ECGC PO 2016 Exam Analysis - 5th December 2016

Today Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India conducted online examination for the post of Probationary Officer . The exam was scheduled from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. Here is the detailed analysis of this exam.

Objective Exam Pattern of ECGC PO Exam

Descriptive Exam Pattern of ECGC PO Exam

Note: For every wrong answers there is a penalty of 1/4 mark.

The overall level of the Exam was Moderate to Difficult.

Let's now delve into the detailed analysis of each individual section.

Reasoning Ability 

Number of Question - 50

Overall Level - Moderate to Difficult

Time Alloted - 40 minutes

• Syllogism - 5 Questions

Note: The questions asked were tricky. You had to identify the conclusion which did not follow logically.

Sitting Arrangement/ Puzzles - 3 sets (17 questions)

• (a) Floor Based Puzzle - 8 floors, different colours - 5Qs.
• (b) Parallel Sitting Arrangement - 12 persons (6 north facing, 6 south facing, facing each other) - 7Qs
• (c) Puzzle - 7 persons with different designation, 7 different cars - 5Qs 

Logical Reasoning- 10 Questions (Based on Cause & Effect and Inference based)
Coding Decoding -  5 Questions
Input Output - 4Qs

English Language

Number of Questions - 40

Overall Level - Moderate to Difficult

Time Alloted - 30 minutes

Reading Comprehension - 2 sets (10 Questions) - Lengthy

• (a) RC was based on Economy - 5Qs
• (b) RC was based on Medical - 5Qs

Para Completion - 5 Questions (A short paragraph was given with 5 statements in the options. The most appropriate sentence had to be selected)

Synonym / Antonym Questions - 5 Questions

Sentence Improvement - 10 Questions ( sentence were highlighted )

Cloze Test - 5 Questions
5 sentences are given you have to identify which sentence is not related to other 4 sentences - 5Qs

Quantitative Aptitude

Number of Questions - 50

Overall Level - Moderate to Difficult

Time Alloted - 40 minutes

Data Interpretation - 3 sets (15 Questions)

• (a) Missing DI - 5Qs
• (b) Pie Chart - 5Qs
• (c) Line Graph - 5Qs

Number Series - 5 Questions (The wrong number out of the given series had to be identified)

Simplification/Approximation - 5 Questions (These questions were doable)

Data Sufficiency - 5 questions

Quadratic Equation - 5Qs

Miscellaneous - 15 Questions (Probability, Partnership, Average, Mensuration, Mixture and 

Alligation, Boats and Streams, Time and Work)

General Awareness

Number of Questions - 40

Overall Level - Easy to Moderate

Time Alloted - 20 minutes

The section was doable. Questions asked included -

• ECGC related various schemes - 7 to 8 Qs
• SBI ties up with ________ for wallet expansion - IRCTC and Aditya Birla
• New Governor of RBI - Urjit Patel
• Handset maker _______ has signed an agreement with the Haryana government for setting up a manufacturing unit - Gionee 

Computer Knowledge

Number of Questions - 20

Overall Level - Easy to Moderate

Time Alloted - 10 minutes

This section was easy to attempt. Questions asked are based on-

• Intranet
• Operating System
• Network related - 2 to 3 Qs

Descriptive Test

Number of Question - 2 Qs
Total marks - 40 marks

Time Alloted - 40 minutes

Essay -

• Benefits of FDI for developing countries.
• Role of WTO

Precis - 

• Based on Information Technology