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IBPS RRB Office Assistant Main Exam Analysis 2019, Oct 20: Difficulty Level Moderate

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Main exam was conducted today, for aspirants who cleared the preliminary round of the same. The exam took place in various centres all across the country in a single shift.
IBPS RRB Office Assistant Main Exam Analysis 2019, Oct 20: Difficulty Level Moderate
IBPS RRB Office Assistant Main exam was conducted today, for aspirants who cleared the preliminary round of the same. The exam took place in various centres all across the country in a single shift.
IBPS RRB Office Assistant Main exam had five sections, namely Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, English Language, Computer Awareness, and General Awareness. The weightage of the exam was 200 marks, for which a composite time of 2 hours was provided.

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Candidates felt that the section of Quantitative Aptitude was the toughest and time-consuming, whereas the Computer Awareness section was the easiest, in which direct questions were asked.

After talking to the aspirants and collecting their feedback, we have provided the IBPS RRB Office Assistant Main exam analysis. This analysis will prove to be useful for the aspirants to form an idea about the expected cut-off.
IBPS RRB Office Assistant Main Analysis
Name of the Section

Number of Questions

Difficulty Level

Good Attempts

Reasoning

40

Moderate

33-38

Quantitative Aptitude

40

Tough

26-30

English Language

40

Easy- Moderate

32-36

General Awareness

40

Easy- Moderate

28-32

Computer Knowledge

40

Easy

30-32


IBPS RRB Office Assistant Main Sectional Analysis
Reasoning
The level of this section was moderate. Twenty-five questions were asked from Puzzle sets and Seating Arrangement in the form of double row linear seating arrangement, floor- puzzles, based, circular puzzle, linear seating arrangement, and scheduling and thus, these were the most prominent topics of this section. Questions of Coding- Decoding were also included along with some miscellaneous questions.

The topic-wise break-up is given below:
Name of the Section

Number of Questions

Difficulty Level

Seating Arrangement and Puzzles

25

Moderate

Coding-decoding

5

Easy - Moderate

Direction Sense

5

Easy - Moderate

Other miscellaneous questions

5

Moderate


Quantitative Aptitude

Candidates felt this section was the toughest out of all the sections. The questions were time-consuming. Questions of DI dominated this section. Questions from miscellaneous Arithmetic topics and old pattern Data Sufficiency were seen in the paper.
Name of the Section

Number of Questions

Difficulty Level

Data Interpretation

10

Tough

Data Sufficiency

5

Very Tough

Caselet

10

Moderate - Tough

Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems

15

Tough


The topic-wise break-up is given below:
Name of the Section

Number of Questions

Difficulty Level

Data Interpretation

10

Tough

Data Sufficiency

5

Very Tough

Caselet

10

Moderate - Tough

Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems

15

Tough


General Awareness

This section was in the range of easy-moderate according to the difficulty level. As is the trend of banking exams, most of the questions in this section were asked from the current affairs of the last six months. Some questions from Static GK and recent government schemes were also asked.
English Language

This time, the section of the English Language was easy- moderate. There were eight questions from Reading Comprehension, which was based on the theme of Dolphins. Seven questions were asked from Coze Test. Other topics were Sentence Correction, Sentence Rearrangement, Error Spotting, and Fill in the Blanks.
The topic-wise break-up is given below:
Name of the Section

Number of Questions

Difficulty Level

Reading Comprehension

8

Easy-Moderate

Cloze Test

7

Easy

Sentence Correction

5

Moderate

Sentence Rearrangement

5

Easy

Phrase Replacement

5

Moderate

Fill in the Blanks

5

Moderate

Error Spotting

5

Moderate


Computer Knowledge

Like every time, this section was the easiest and can contribute towards improving the score of the candidates if they have attempted the questions correctly. Topics such as the Operating System of Computers had the maximum weightage in this section.
The overall good attempt of the paper is expected to be around 150-160.
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