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RRB Clerk 2023: Important Topics Based on Previous Year Paper

Those who are serious about passing the RRB Clerk 2023 exam must have begun preparing at this point. The RRB Clerk test is slated for August 5, 2023, per the IBPS Calendar for this year. Although candidates have more than 1.5 months to prepare, getting a head start on the competition will undoubtedly benefit you.

The purpose of this article is to assist candidates preparing for the IBPS RRB Office Assistant preliminary examination in 2023 by outlining the most often asked—or, you may say, significant—questions in RRB Clerk, which are based on last year’s examinations. The applicants for RRB Clerk 2023 should pay close attention to these themes.

The purpose of this post is to inform applicants of the types of questions to be expected in the RRB Clerk Prelims exam this year. On our website, candidates can even take a free, live sample test for the RRB Clerk position. So, here are the topics for RRB Clerk prelims 2023 that you need to study.

Let’s first take a closer look at the RRB Clerk Prelims test pattern before we start with a thorough analysis of the previous year’s paper and the crucial themes that came earlier in the exam. A good understanding of the exam format and syllabus is essential.

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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
Table
10
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
Caselet
13
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

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Most Asked Topics Of Quantitative Aptitude in RRB Clerk 2020

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

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

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