IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Clerk) Mains Exam Analysis 12 November 2017
IBPS RRB Clerk Mains 2017 Recruitment Exam is over, Now it's time for the much awaited IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Clerk) Mains Exam Analysis 12 November 2017. Many students have appeared for this exam today and this brings them to a step closer in their journey of getting a Job in govt. sector. Let's get straight to the analysis for which you are all waiting for. First let’s have a look at the Exam Pattern of IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Clerk) Mains.
IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Clerk) Mains Exam Pattern 2017
IBPS RRB Clerk Mains 2017 exam had 5 sections in the objective test of 200 marks - Numerical Ability, English/Hindi Language, Reasoning, Computer Knowledge, and General Awareness for a composite duration of 120 minutes.The exam consist of total 200 Questions for 2 hours duration. Also there is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
- Reasoning – 40 Questions – 50 Marks
- Quantitative Aptitude – 40 Questions – 50 Marks
- General Awareness – 40 Questions – 40 Marks
- English/Hindi Language – 40 Questions – 40 Marks
- Computer Knowledge 40 Questions – 20 Marks
IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Clerk) Mains Overall Exam Analysis
Overall the Exam was of a Easy to Moderate Level.
Students were expecting high level Quant and Reasoning questions as asked in SBI and IBPS but dear students IBPS came with a sigh of relief and- The level of Numerical Ability and Reasoning was easy to moderate.
- General Awareness surprise and was flooded with Static and Banking questions.
- Computer was found easy by most of the students.
Overall Analysis of IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains Exam 2017
| Section | Total Questions | Max. Marks | Level of Difficulty | Sectional Time allotment |
| Reasoning Ability | 40 | 50 | Easy- Moderate | 35 |
| English Language/Hindi Language | 40 | 40 | Moderate | 25 |
| Numerical Abilty | 40 | 50 | Moderate-Difficult | 35 |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | Easy-Moderate | 15 |
| Computer Knowledge | 40 | 20 | Easy | 10 |
| Total | 200 | 200 | 120 Minutes |
IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Clerk) Mains Good Attempts
As per the level of exam, and number of Vacancies available, following are the good Attempts for the exam-
Now let's go through the section-wise exam analysis for IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains exam
| Section | Safe Attempts |
| Reasoning Ability | 28-32 |
| Numerical Ability |
21-25
|
| English Language |
22-25
|
| Hindi Language | 25-28 |
| General Awareness | 28-33 |
| Computer Knowledge | 30-34 |
| Total | 140-150 |
Now let's go through the section-wise exam analysis for IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains exam
NUMERICAL ABILITY ANALYSIS
This section had 40 questions for 50 marks. The level of Numerical Ability was moderate and there were 3 sets of Data Interpretation Questions. Following were the types of DI:
- Bar Graph
- Caselet
- Tabular
Following topics were asked from this section -
| Topic Asked | Number of Questions |
| DI (Bar Graph ) - Topic was related to form application |
7
|
| DI (Tabular) -Topic was related to flights | 6 |
| Quadratic Eqautions |
7
|
| Arithmetic Topics |
15
|
| Passage based on Union Intersection topics |
4
|
HINDI LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
This section had 40 questions for 40 marks. The level of Hindi Language section was easy to moderate. There was one Reading Comprehension consisting 10 questions which included 5 vocab based questions of antonym and synonym.
This section was easy-moderate. The questions were based on rules of Hindi Grammar.
| Topics asked | Number of questions |
| गद्यांश | 10 |
| क्लोज़ टेस्ट | 10 |
| वाक्य त्रुटि पहचान | 5 |
| वाक्य व्यवस्था | 5 |
| शब्दावली | 5 |
| शब्द प्रयोग | 5 |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
This section had 40 questions for 40 marks. The level of English Language section was moderate. There were two sets Reading Comprehensions consisting 7 questions each.
English Language Analysis :
The questions were doable but they were new to the candidates. A topic in which there were 3 words given for a sentence. The candidates were required to find out the right out.In Double fillers questions, Candidates needed to fill male and female counterpart in different blanks.
Following topics were asked -
| Topic Asked | Number of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension - based on topic of Hospitality |
10
|
| Cloze Test - In Cloze test, apart from filling the words, sentence filling was also asked) |
10
|
| Double Fillers |
5
|
| Para Summary |
5
|
REASONING ABILITY ANALYSIS
The level of reasoning was Easy to Moderate. Following were the types of puzzles asked:
- Circular Seating Arrangement (2 Variable)
- Comparision Based (2 Variable)
- Scheduling (Month, Date) Based Puzzle
- Linear Seating Arrangement (3 Variable)
| Topic Asked | Number of Questions |
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement :
|
20 ( 4 sets)
|
| Syllogism |
5
|
| Alphanumeric Series |
5
|
| Miscellaneous( order and ranking, Blood Relations, Coding-decoding, Direction Sense ) |
10
|
GENERAL AWARENESS ANALYSIS
Our G.K BITES for helped students a lot as many questions asked were covered in the capsule already.- Most of the questions were from banking,
- Static and current affairs.
- There were also few questions from basic banking awareness and surprised students a bit as the level was a bit high.
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE ANALYSIS
Computer section was easy. The basic questions were asked from this section which does not require a very vast study.The topics which were included in questions were
- Internet,
- Microsoft Office,
- Networking,
- Hardware and Software.
Note: Only recommendation for aspirants who are yet to attempt UIIC Exam in the upcoming days/shifts would be – “AVOID NEGATIVE MARKING”.
Note: Only recommendation for aspirants who are yet to attempt UIIC Exam in the upcoming days/shifts would be – “AVOID NEGATIVE MARKING”.
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