IBPS RRB PO Previous Year Mains Exam Analysis
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IBPS RRB PO Mains Jan 30, 2021 Exam Analysis

Section-wise Good Attempts

Section-wise IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis
SectionGood Attempts
Reasoning Ability21-22
Quantitative Aptitude17-18
General Awareness26-27
English/Hindi Langauge20-21
Computer Knowledge20-25

Reasoning Ability Section

IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis – Reasoning Ability
Puzzles & Seating Arrangement20 questions
Order & Ranking3 questions
Direction Sence1 question
Coding1 question
Data Sufficiency6 questions
Inequalities4 questions
Blood Relations3 questions
Miscellaneous2 questions

Quantitative Aptitude

IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis – Quantitative Aptitude
Data Interpretation15 questions
Caselet10 questions
Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems10 questions
Missing Number series5 questions

English Language

IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis – English Language
Reading Comprehension12 questions
Cloze Test5 questions
Sentence Correction6 questions
Error Detection5 questions
Match the Columns3 questions
Para Jumbles6 questions
Miscellaneous3 questions
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Hindi Language

IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis – Hindi Language
Reading Comprehension10 questions
Error Spotting5 questions
Fill in the blanks5 questions
Sentence Rearrangement5 questions
Cloze Test10 questions
Synonyms and Antonyms5 questions

Computer Knowledge

  1. Shortcut keys for MS PowerPoint/Excel
  2. VIRUS
  3. Generation of Computer
  4. Google Spreadsheet
  5. File Transfer Protocol
  6. Web Browsers

General Awareness

  1. G20 Summit
  2. ICC World Cup 2019 winning captain
  3. Agricultural Loan
  4. Budget Theme
  5. World Population Day
  6. PSB merger
  7. A Song of India Book
  8. International Mountain Day Theme
  9. MUDRA Scheme
  10. Special Drawing Right
  11. Small Finance Bank
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Overall Good Attempts

Total Questions200
Level of ExamModerate-Difficult
Good Attempts104-113

Previous Year RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis

IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis and Review: Shift I (September 12, 2020)  

The shift we are discussing here was the first shift of the examination. All the instructions were also provided in regional languages state-wise. No changes were observed from the last year’s paper in terms of the exam pattern.   

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Good Attempts for IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2020  

The overall difficulty level estimated was easy to moderate. Any prepared aspirant could easily have a good number of attempts with decent accuracy as well. The table below, however, mentions the average number of reasonable attempts.   

Subject Good Attempts 
Reasoning Ability 28 – 32 
Quantitative Aptitude 22 – 27 
Total 52 – 57 
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Section-wise Analysis for IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2020  

Reasoning Ability  

The reasoning section was easy compared to the other sections. The section was dominated mainly by puzzles and seating arrangements. Around 25 questions were asked from the mentioned topic. Coding-decoding was the next topic that took the limelight by having been asked five times. Other topics included direction sense, alphabet-based, inequality, number-based, and a day-based miscellaneous question.   

Topics No. of Questions Level 
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement 25 Easy to Moderate 
Direction Sense Easy 
Number Based Easy 
Alphabet Based Easy 
Inequality Easy 
Coding-Decoding Easy to Moderate 
Day based miscellaneous question Easy 
Total 40 Easy to Moderate 

Quantitative Aptitude  

Again, this section was also categorized as easy to moderate. As expected, the section was dominated by data interpretation and arithmetic word problems. The other topics which were asked were quadratic equations, missing number series, and quantity 1 and quantity 2 based inequality. A total of five questions were given for each of these quantitative topics.   

Topics No. of Questions Level 
Data Interpretation 10 Easy to Moderate 
Quadratic Equation Easy 
Missing Number Series Easy 
Quantity 1 and Quantity 2 are based on inequality Easy to Moderate 
Arithmetic Word Problems 15 Easy to Moderate 
Total 40 Easy to Moderate 
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Four techniques for RRB PO Prelims coding-decoding questions  

Here are some the questions asked in the first shift   

Number Series  

1. 20, 12, 14, 23 ?.  

2. 19, 20, 42, 129 ? 2605  

3. 520, 532, 508, 544, ?, 556.  

3. 2033, ?, 2054, 2075, 2103, 2138.  

4. 302, 142, 62, ?, 2, -8.  

Arithmetic Questions  

Q1. A and B together can complete a work in 4 days. An alone takes 6 days less than B alone takes. In how many days c alone completes the work if he is 50% more efficient than B?  

Q2. There are 240 students in class ix, and out of that, 40% appeared in the exam, and in-class x 210 students out of that, 30% appeared in the exam. Then find the difference b/w number of students not appeared in the exam from both classes?  

Conclusion  

The level of paper last year for prelims was easy to moderate, and that can explain why the cut-off for last year was relatively low compared to the previous year in 2019. However, this doesn’t mean one should underestimate the IBPS RRB PO this year. On the contrary, it’s better to prepare for the best as we can never be sure about the difficulty level maintained by any of the examining bodies.   

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