Institute of Banking Personal Selection (IBPS) has continued with RRB exam on 20 September 2015. The exam has already been conducted on 5, 6, 12, 13 and 19 September 2015. Today, the exam was conducted for Office Assistants posts.
Exam Pattern: The exam consists of 5 sections that include Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, English Language/Hindi Language, Computer Knowledge and General Awareness. The total time given was 2 hours as against 2.5 hours last year.
Exam Analysis: It was almost the same type of paper that was asked in yesterday’s exam. The paper was of a typical IBPS RRB Clerk level. In comparison to last year, the paper level was high. In today’s paper, the Quantitative Aptitude was difficult whereas Computer was easy. Reasoning, English and General Awareness was of moderate level.
Analysis of individual section is given below. Read More on Question Paper Analysis
Difficulty Level and Expected Cutoff: Difficulty level and expected cutoff for individual and overall section is given below-
| Section | Total Qns | Max Marks | Difficulty Level | Expected Cutoff | Good Score |
| Reasoning | 40 | 50 | Moderate | 16-18 | 32-34 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 50 | Difficult | 16-18 | 32-34 |
| English/Hindi | 40 | 40 | Moderate | 20-22 | 30-32 |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | Moderate | 20-22 | 30-32 |
| Computer Knowledge | 40 | 20 | Easy | 8-10 | 14 |
| Total | 200 | 200 | Moderate | 110 | 135 |
Reasoning section: Reasoning section had 40 questions. The difficulty level was moderate. Topics included are-
| Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Syllogism | 5 | Moderate |
| Seating Arrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| Inequality | 5 | Moderate |
| Puzzles | 10 | Difficult |
| Blood Relation | 5 | Moderate |
| Coding Decoding | 5 | Moderate |
| Statement and Assumption | 5 | Difficult |
English Language: This section comprised of 40 questions. The breakup of section is given below-
| Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 15 | Moderate |
| Para Jumbles | 5 | Difficult |
| Sentence Correction | 5 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 10 | Moderate |
| Sentence Fillers | 5 | Moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude: This section comprised of 40 questions. The break up is given below-
| Topic | No. of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Number Series | 5 | Moderate |
| Profit & Loss | 2 | Moderate |
| Time, Speed & Distance | 3 | Moderate |
| SI and CI | 5 | Moderate |
| Ratio and Proportion | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Interpretation | 15 | Moderate |
| Number System | 5 | Moderate |
General Awareness: This section comprised of 40 questions. The questions were both from basis GK as well as Current Affairs. The questions were of easy to moderate level. Current Affairs have been proved helpful for this paper. The topics are-
- Basics of Indian Economy
- Banking & Finance
- Current Affairs
Computer Knowledge: This section comprised of 40 questions. This section were of 20 marks only. This section was easiest among all the sections. The questions asked in this section were on
- Computer Basics
- Internet, email related
- Application Software
- Input-Output devices
- Software & Hardware
- Networking, DBMS
- Computer shortcuts
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