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For those who are serious about clearing RRB Clerk 2023 examination must hve started preparing by now. According to the IBPS Calendar this year the RRB Clerk exam is scheduled for 5th August 2023. Though, aspirants have more than 2 months to prepare, but starting a little early will definitely give you an edge above other aspirants. In this article today we are here to help the candidates preparing for IBPS RRB Office Assistant prelims 2023 by telling them the most asked or you can say important topics in RRB Clerk which is based on the previous year’s papers. Its important that the candidates should not ignore these topics for RRB Clerk 2023. As we always say that aspirants must practice previous year’s papers in order to get an idea as what kind of questions have been asked in the past. This article is all about the this as to let know the candidates as what kind of questions you can expect in this year’s RRB Clerk Prelims exam. Candidates can even attempt RRB Clerk free mock test which is live there on our platform. So, here we are with the topics you must prepare for RRB Clerk prelims 2023.

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Before, we begin with the complete analysis of past year’s paper and the important topics that have come earlier in the exam let’s first take a closer look at the RRB Clerk Prelims exam pattern. Knowing the exam pattern and syllabus thoroughly is a must.

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RRB Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern

S.noSectionNo. of QuestionsMax Marks
1Reasoning 4040
2Numerical Ability4040
Total80/duration:45 mins80

As far as the RRB Clerk exam dates are concerned, mentioned below is the complete table for important event dates.

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IBPS RRB Clerk 2023 Important Dates

Preliminary ExaminationOffice Assistants and Officer Scale I:05.08.2023, 06.08.2023, 12.08.2023, 13.08.2023 and19.08.2023.
Single ExaminationOfficers Scale II&III : 10.09.2023
Main ExaminationOfficer Scale I: 10.09.2023Office Assistants : 16.09.2023

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IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Analysis 2022

TopicsShift 1Shift 2Shift 3Shift 4
Simplification10 -1210 – 1211-1314-15
Tabular Data Interpretation5 (Slightly lengthy)512(All DI combined)10(All DI combined)
Caselet DI
Graph DI55
Wrong Number Series (Decimal, Square, Difference)5
Missing Number Series555
Arithmetic (Pipe & Cistern, Profit & Loss, SI, Mensuration, Averages, Percentage, Partnership, Mixture & Alligation)12 – 1312 – 1312-1310
Overall40404040

Reasoning Ability

TopicsShift 1Shift 2Shift 3Shift 4
Inequality44 -54-53-4
Order & Ranking
Puzzle5 (Month and date)

5 (Day based)

5 (Parallel rows)
5 (Circular SA – 8 people facing inside)

5 (2 flat and 3 floors)

5 (Uncertain linear SA – 25 people)
18-2010
Blood relations33-4
Coding decoding4 (Chinese)
Series4 (Digit based)3 (Number based)36
Mixed series
Syllogism454-54-5
Alphanumeric Series5
Direction and Distance333-5
Word pair and formation1 (ARCHIEVE)2 (Chemical)
Comparison based
Number Forward/Backwards5-61-2
Overall40404040

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IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims Analysis Shift – I – 17th August 2019

Reasoning

TopicNo. of Questions
Puzzles●      Seating Arrangement (Circular – 7 persons – facing the centre)●      Seating Arrangement (Parallel – 10 persons – 5 North and 5 South Facing )●      Floor Based Puzzle (7 Persons and 7 Floors)●      Unknown number Seating Arrangement (Linear Based)20
Direction Sense Test3
Inequalities4
Syllogisms4
Alphabet-Numbers based series5
Order and Ranking2
Miscellaneous2
Total40

Quantitative Aptitude

TopicNo. of Questions
Data Interpretation●      Bar Graph●      Table10
Number Series (Wrong)5
Equations Comparison (Quadratic)5
Simplification10
Word Problems (Averages, Profit and Loss, Compound Interest, Time and Work, Partnership etc.)10
Total40

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IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims Analysis Shift – I – 18th August 2019

Reasoning

TopicNo. of Questions
Puzzles●      Seating Arrangement (Square – 8 persons – 4 corner facing outside; 4 middle facing inside)●      Seating Arrangement (Parallel – 10 persons – 5 North and 5 South Facing )●      Floor Based Puzzle (8 Persons and 8 Floors)●      Unknown number Seating Arrangement (Linear Based)20
Blood Relations3
Inequalities5
Syllogisms5
Alphabet based series5
Miscellaneous2
Total40

Quantitative Aptitude

TopicNo. of Questions
Data Interpretation●      Bar Graph●      Table●      Caselet13
Number Series (Wrong)5
Equations Comparison (Quadratic)3
Simplification11
Word Problems (Profit and Loss, Compound Interest, Time and Work, Partnership etc.)8
Total40

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IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims Analysis Shift – I – 18th August 2018

Reasoning

TopicNo. of Questions
Coding-decoding5
Box based puzzle6
Month based puzzle5
Linear arrangement (North-South)6
Ranking based puzzle3
Blood relation1
Number related1
Alphabet related1
Direction related4
Numbers based Series5
Syllogism3
Total40

Quantitative Aptitude

TopicNo. of Questions
Simplification12
Approximation5
Data Interpretation 1st set of 5 questions (Tabular DI based on data of subjects, marks and students) (easy);  2nd  set also had 5 questions (Caselet – the parameters were employees, % of people and different departments) 10
Number Series5
Word Problems (Questions from  Time and Work, Profit and Loss, Ages, Number System, Boats, Geometry)8
Total40
SubjectGood Attempts 2019Good Attempts 2018
Reasoning Ability35-3833-36
Quantitative Aptitude32-3632-35
Total71-7565-69

Most Asked Topics Of Quantitative Aptitude in RRB Clerk 2020

Quantitative Aptitude is one of the scoring sections which can fetch you a significant score, however it can only be done via practice. There are few topics which are always asked and carry a good weightage. As you can see in the above analysis topics like Data Interpretation, Number Series, Arithmetic Word Problems and Simplification/Approximation carried a significant weightage.

TopicsNo. of Questions (2019)No. of Questions (2018)
Data Interpretation1310
Number Series5 5
Arithmetic Word Problems88
Simplification/Approximation1117

Most Asked Topics Of Reasoning in RRB Clerk 2020

Reasoning ability is another section which comprises of 40 marks. As we can see that Puzzles and Seating Arrangement is one of the most important topic that can help the candidates to score good marks. Mentioning the table below of important reasoning topics that has been majorly asked in the previous year’s exams.

TopicsNo. of Questions (2019)No. of Questions (2018)
Syllogism55
Puzzles & Seating Arrangement2020
Direction Sense34
Coding Decoding5
Blood Relation31
Alphabetical Series51

These are some of the important topics that are to be must prepared by the candidates preparing for RRB Clerk Prelims 2020. If we specifically talk about puzzles and seating arrangements in the past year’s these are the types of puzzles that were asked:

  • Floor based puzzle
  • Box based puzzle
  • Square based puzzle
  • Parallel seating arrangement

With this the blog comes to an end. Don’t Ignore these Topics for RRB Clerk 2023 – Based on Previous Year’s Paper. Attempt RRB Clerk prelims free mock test and know your weak areas.

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