IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (9th September) - Shift 1

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (9th September) - Shift 1

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis: IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2017 Exam is over, Now it's time for exam RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Review) of 9th September 2017 - 1st Shift. A lot of students have appeared for this exam today and this brings them to a step closer in their journey of getting a Job in Banking Sector. Without wasting any moment, let's get straight to the analysis for which you are all waiting for. 

IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2017 Exam Pattern

As per the exam syllabus and pattern for IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Examination, there were 80 questions in total. Each question carried 1 mark and the total time to solve the paper was 45 minutes.

Section	No of Questions	Maximum Marks
Reasoning Ability	40	40
Quantitative Ability	40	40
Total	80	80

IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2017-18 Overall Exam Analysis

The overall exam was of an Easy level, this was a major relief to all the aspirants but this also means that the number of attempts will go high. Since competition has amped up, a better score instills more confidence.

Let us read about the section-wise IBPS RRB Officer Prelims Exam Analysis for Scale-I Examination 2017.

IBPS RRB Officer Pre Exam Analysis for Quant Section

In the quantitative aptitude section of IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I, the level of the questions asked in reasoning section ranged from Easy to Moderate but a bit calculative. 
1. Simplification/ Approximation :Questions were not very calculative and could be attempted easily.
2. Quadratic Equation Questions were mostly factorization based, and easy to attempt.
3. Data Interpretation: The three sets of DI included following:

1. Line Chart (based on male-female population)
2. Pie Chart
3. Tabular graph (based on different subjects and their percentages

The topic-wise breakdown is as follows:

Topic	Questions	Level
Quadratic Equations	5	Easy-Moderate
Data Interpretation	15	Moderate
Number Series	5	Easy
Approximation	5	Easy
Mixture and Alligation	1	Moderate
Problems on Ages	1	Moderate
Speed, Distance and Time	1	Easy
Percentage	1	Easy
Problem on Trains	1	Easy
Miscellaneous (Si, CI, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Average and Ratio)	5	Moderate
Total	40	Easy-Moderate

IBPS RRB Officer Pre Exam Analysis for Reasoning Section

The level of the questions asked in reasoning section ranged from Easy to Moderate, and some were plain confusing. 
1. Syllogism : Questions were easy to attempt based on the old pattern. There were no possibility based questions
2. Inequality :Level of Questions: Easy Direct inequality based questions were asked. There were no questions from coded inequality.
3. Puzzles & Seating Arrangement :

• (a) Circular puzzle, with some people facing the centre and some facing outside. 
• (b) Linear puzzle, with people sitting in 2 rows, some facing north and some facing south. 
• (c) Scheduling puzzle: Month based puzzle with 7 people. 
• (d) Box based puzzle

4. Miscellaneous Problems

• The questions from this section were mostly order and ranking based.
• There were questions where a word was provided and one had to answer the maximum number of words that can be framed from it. 

The topic-wise breakdown is as follows.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level of Difficulty
Inequality	5	Easy
Sitting Arrangement & Puzzles	20	Easy-Moderate
Coding and Decoding	5	Easy
Alphabetical Arrangement	1	Easy
Syllogism	5	Easy
Number Arrangement	2	Easy
Miscellaneous	2	Easy
Total	40	Easy

IBPS RRB Officer Pre Exam : Good Attempts

Based on our calculations, we assume a good attempt to be around 59-64 Questions with 90% accuracy. 

Section	Good Attempts
Quantitative Aptitude	20-22
Reasoning Ability	25-27
Overall	59-64

We hope this article on IBPS RRB Officer Prelims Exam Analysis has provided you some good insights on your performance.

Note: Only recommendation for aspirants who are yet to attempt IBPS RRB PO Prelims in the upcoming days/shifts would be – “AVOID NEGATIVE MARKING”.

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