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IBPS RRB Prelims Exam Analysis 2020

Author : Palak Khanna

April 3, 2023

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Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has scheduled the supplementary IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims Exam on 02 January 2021. This post takes you through a detailed analysis of the exam. Go through the IBPS RRB Clerk Analysis and know the questions asked.

IBPS RRB CLERK Exam Analysis 2020

The exam is conducted in two shifts. Here, we have provided in-depth information about the number of good attempts, the exam's difficulty level, and the type of questions asked in each section of the IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam. The analysis is provided based on the feedback received from the students who have appeared for the exam.

Overall IBPS RRB Clerk Shift 1 Analysis - 02 January 2021

Take a look at the number of good attempts and difficulty level of the exam from the table below.

Sections No. of Questions Good Attempt
Reasoning 40 35-37
Numerical Ability 40 34-36
Total 80 69-73
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IBPS RRB Clerk Shift 1 Analysis for Reasoning - 02 January 2021

The overall difficulty level of the section is easy to moderate. 

Topics No. of Questions Level
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement 15 Easy to Moderate
Word Formation (pairing) 01 Easy
Syllogism 05 Easy
Alpha-Numeric 05 Easy
Inequalities 05 Easy
Direction 03-05 Easy
Coding-Decoding 04-05 Easy
Total 40 Easy

IBPS RRB Clerk Shift 1 Exam Analysis for Quantitative Aptitude -  02 January 2021

Topics No. of Questions Level
Data Interpretation 10 Easy
Simplification 10 Easy
Arithmetic Word Problems 15 Easy to Moderate
Missing Series 05 Easy
Total 40 Easy to Moderate

IBPS RRB Analysis 2020 - 31 December 2020

Take a look at the number of good attempts and difficulty level of the exam from the table below.

Sections Good Attempt Level
Reasoning 32-36 Easy
Numerical Ability 30-32 Easy to Moderate
Total 62-68 Easy to Moderate

IBPS RRB Exam Analysis for Reasoning - 31 December 2020

Topics No. of Questions Level
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement 20 Easy to Moderate
Direction Sense 3 Easy
Syllogism 5 Easy
Inequalities 5 Easy
Coding-Decoding 5 Easy to Moderate
Miscellaneous question 2 Easy
Total 40 Easy 

IBPS RRB Exam Analysis for Quantitative Aptitude - 31 December 2020

Topics No. of Questions Level
Data Interpretation 15 Easy to Moderate
Quadratic Equation 5-6 Easy to Moderate
Wrong Number Series 5 Easy
Approximation 5 Easy to Moderate
Arithmetic Word Problems 9-10 Easy to Moderate
Total 40 Easy to Moderate

IBPS RRB Analysis 2020 - 19th September 2020

Check out the detailed analysis for all the five shifts here. Know the difficulty level and a number of good attempts for each subject.

IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Analysis - Shift 4

Reasoning Ability

Topics No. of Questions
Month Based Puzzle 5
Direction Sense 3
Alphabet Series 5
Alpha Numeric 5
Syllogism 5
Order and Ranking, Sequence-Based Puzzle 5
Miscellaneous 2
Box Based Puzzle 5
Flat Floor Based Puzzle 5
Total 40

Numerical Ability

Topics No. of Questions Difficulty Level
Data Interpretation 10 Easy to Moderate
Missing Number Series 6 Easy
Simplification 11-12 Easy
Arithmetic Word Problems 12 Easy
Total 40 Easy

IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Analysis - Shift 3

Reasoning Ability

Topics No. of Questions
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement 20
Direction Sense 2
Alpha Numeric 5
Inequality 5
Blood Relation 2-3
Miscellaneous 7
Total 40

Numerical Ability

Topics No. of Questions Difficulty Level
Data Interpretation 10 Easy to Moderate
Wrong Number Series 5 Easy
Simplification 15 Easy
Arithmetic Word Problems 10 Easy
Total 40 Easy

IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Analysis - Shift 2

Reasoning Ability

Topics No. of Questions Difficulty Level
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement 20 Easy to Moderate
Coding-Decoding 1 Easy
Alpha Numeric 7 Easy
Syllogism 5 Easy
Inequality 3-4 Easy
Total 40 Easy

Numerical Ability

Topics No. of Questions Difficulty Level
Data Interpretation 10 Easy to Moderate
Missing Number Series 5 Easy
Simplification 10 Easy
Arithmetic Word Problems 15 Easy
Total 40 Easy

IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Analysis - Shift 1

Subject Good Attempts
Reasoning Ability 29 – 37
Numerical Ability 27 – 34
Total 66 – 72

Reasoning Ability

Topics No. of Questions Difficulty Level
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement 20 Easy to Moderate
Direction Sense 2 Easy
Alphabet Series 5 Easy
Alpha Numeric 4 Easy
Syllogism 4 Easy
Order and Ranking 2 Easy
Miscellaneous 3 Easy
Total 40 Easy

Numerical Ability

Topics No. of Questions Difficulty Level
Data Interpretation 10 Easy to Moderate
Missing Number Series 5 Easy
Simplification 10 Easy
Arithmetic Word Problems 15 Easy
Total 40 Easy

IBPS RRB Paper Analysis 2020 - 13th September 2020

Today the exam was codnucted only for PO post in four shifts. Go through the detailed shift-wise analysis below and enhance your preparation for further stages.

IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2020 - Shift 4

Quantitative Aptitude

  • Box Puzzles: 5 questions
  • Floor Questions with 10 floor: 5 questions
  • Circular Seating Arrangement: 5 questions
  • Linear Seating Arrangement – Short Puzzle: 5 question
  • Syllogism: 5 questions
  • Blood Relations: 5 questions
  • Number Based: 1 question
  • Alphabet: 1 question
  • Miscellaneous: 7-8 questions

Reasoning Ability

  • Data Interpretation: 16 questions
  • Wrong No Series: 5 questions
  • Quadratic Equation: 6 questions
  • Simplification: 5 questions
  • Arithmetic Word Problems: 8 questions

IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Analysis - Shift 3

Quantitative Aptitude

  •  Data Interpretation: 15 questions
  • Missing No Series: 5 questions
  • Quadratic Equation: 5 questions
  • Approximation: 5 questions
  • Arithmetic World Problems: 10 questions

Reasoning Ability

  • Box Based Puzzles: 5 questions
  • Linear Seating Arrangement (Uncertain No of people+Single Line North direction up): 10 questions
  • Floor Based Puzzles:  5 questions
  • Circular Seating Arrangement: 5 questions
  • Syllogism: 5 questions
  • Direction: 3 questions
  • Inequality: 5 questions
  • Coding Decoding; 1 questions
  • Miscellaneous: 1 question
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IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2020 - Shift 2

Quantitative Aptitude

  • Approximation: 5 questions
  • Missing No Series: 6 questions
  • DI Bar Graph: 5 questions
  • Table DI: 5 questions
  • Caselet DI: 4 questions
  • Quadratic Equation: 5 questions
  • Arithmetic: 10 Questions

Reasoning Ability

  • Syllogism: 5 questions
  • Direction: 3 questions
  • Blood Relation: 3 questions
  • Floor Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Uncertain Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Parallel Line Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Month Based Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Pairing: 1 question
  • Miscellaneous: 8 questions

IBPS RRB PO Analysis 2020 - Shift 1

Quantitative Aptitude

  • Quadratic Equation: 5 questions
  • Wrong No. Series: 5 questions
  • Data Interpretation (Table + Line): 10 questions
  •  Age: 2 questions
  • Boats & Streams: 1 question
  • Ratio & Proportion: 2 questions
  • Miscellaneous: 15 questions

Reasoning Ability

  • Box Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Floor+Flat Based Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Row based puzzle: 5 questions
  • Classification Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Chinese Coding: 5 questions
  • Uncertain: 5 questions
  • Inequality: 5 questions
  • Blood Relations: 3 questions
  • Miscellaneous: 2 questions

IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2020 - 12th September 2020

Check out the detailed analysis for IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Exam 2020. 

IBPS RRB PO Analysis 2020 - Shift 4

Quantitative Aptitude

  • Caselet Data Interpretation: 6 questions
  • Table DI: 6 questions
  • Pie Chart: 6 questions
  • Wrong No Series: 6 questions
  • Quadratic Equation: 5 questions
  • Arithmetic: 10-11 questions

Reasoning Ability

  • Puzzles (box+ages+floor): 15 questions
  • Inequality: 5 questions
  • Syllogism: 5 questions
  • Direction: 4 questions
  • Chinese Coding: 5 questions
  • Blood Relation: 1 question
  • Circular Seating Arrangement: 5 questions

IBPS RRB 2020 Analysis - Shift 3

Quantitative Aptitude 

  • Approximation: 5 questions
  • Bar Graph: 5 questions
  • Line Graph: 5 questions
  • Missing Number Series: 5 questions
  • Q1 & Q2 based: 5 questions
  • Arithmetic: 15 questions

Reasoning Ability

  • Inequality: 5 questions
  • Syllogism: 5 questions
  • Chinese Coding-Decoding: 5 questions
  • Blood Relations: 3 questions
  • Pairing Based: 1 question
  • Box Based Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Square Arrangement Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Month + Date Based Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Month + City+Event Based Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Miscellaneous: 1 question

IBPS RRB Analysis 2020 - Shift 2

Quantitative Aptitude 

  • Quadratic Equation: 5 question
  • Tabular DI: 3 questions
  • Pie Chart: 5 questions
  • Approximation: 5 questions
  • Wrong No Series: 3 questions
  • Arithmetic: 10-15 questions
  • 1 Caselet: 5 questions
  • Ages: 2 questions
  • Simple Interest: 1 question
  • Compound Interest: 1 question
  • Time & Work: 1 question
  • Q1 & Q2: 2 questions
  • Miscellaneous: 2 questions

Reasoning Ability

  • Floor Based Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Flat Based Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Day Based Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Square Based Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Linear Based Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Inequality: 5 questions
  • Syllogism (Only a few): 5 questions
  • Blood Relation: 3 questions
  • Miscellaneous: 2 questions

IBPS RRB 2020 Exam Analysis - Shift 1

Quantitative Aptitude 

  • Tabular Data Interpretation: 5 questions
  • Pie Chart: 5 questions
  • Quadratic Equation: 5 questions
  • Missing No Series: 5 Questions
  • Data Sufficiency: 5 questions
  • Arithmetic: 15 questions

Reasoning Ability

  • Inequality: 5 questions
  • Direction: 3 questions
  • Chinese Coding-Decoding: 5 questions
  • Uncertain Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Box Based Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Flat Floor Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Circle Based Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Straight Line Puzzle: 5 questions
  • Order and Ranking: 1 question
  • Alphanumeric: 1 question

IBPS RRB 2019 Exam Analysis

Go through the complete information about the exam analysis for IBPS RRB 2019 here. Know the difficulty level, the number of good attempts and the number of questions asked from each subject.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains Exam Pattern 2019

Here is the IBPS RRB Mains Exam Pattern for the Office Assistant Mains exam. Take a look at the pattern and go through the analysis.

Section No. of Questions Max. Marks Duration
Reasoning Ability 40 50 Composite Time of 2 hours
Numerical Ability 40 50
General Awareness 40 40
Computer Knowledge 40 20
English/ Hindi Language 40 40
Total 200 200

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains Exam Analysis Overview 2019

We have tabulated the overall good attempts and difficulty level of the paper here. Check out the below table to know what are the good attempts. 

  • Based on the reviews received by students, the paper was lenghty.
  • The level of the paper was not so difficult, but it was time consuming.
  • As the examination gets over, we will update the analysis here. 
  • For detailed analysis, you can refer the subject wise analysis below which helps in knowing the topic wise number of questions and number of good attempts.
Section Number of Good Attempts
Reasoning Ability 27-32
Numerical Ability 12-16
Computer Knowledge 25-30
General Awareness 26-30
Hindi Language 21-26
English Language 24-28
Total 139-152

IBPS RRB Mains Assistant Section-wise Analysis 2019

Check out the detailed section-wise analysis for IBPS RRB Assistant  Mains exam conducted on October 20, 2019.

Reasoning Ability

Name of Topic Number of Questions Difficulty Level
Order & Ranking Moderate 
Direction Sense Easy  
Coding & decoding Easy 
Blood Relation 5 Easy to Moderate
Sitting Arrangement & Puzzles 5 Moderate 
Miscellaneous
Total 40   Easy to Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

  • 1 pie chart based question
  • 1 table based question
  • 3 caselet
Moderate
Name of Topic Number of Questions Difficult Level
Quadratic Equation 6-8  Easy to Moderate 
Data Interpretation (Bar-Graph, Table, Caselet, Double Pie Chart) 20 Moderate 
Miscellaneous (Mensuration, Simplification, Boat & Stream, Time and Work, CI & SI, Profit & Loss etc.) 15 
Total 40   Moderate

Hindi Language

Name of Topic Number of Questions Difficulty Level
Sentence Rearrangement
Filler
Cloze Test
Error Spotting
Reading Comprehension
Total  Easy to Moderate

English Language

Name of Topic Number of Questions Difficulty Level
Word Swapping 5 Easy to Moderate 
Single Word Filler 5 Easy 
Re-One liner 5 Moderate
Cloze Test 10 Easy to Moderate 
Sentence Rearrangement Easy to Moderate 
Reading Comprehension 10 Easy to Moderate 
Total 40  Easy to Moderate

General Awareness

Here we will update the number of questions appeared from each topic and difficulty level of the paper.

  • Where is Tadoba National Park located?
  • Who is the winnner of WImbeldon Singles match?
  • What was the themem of Yoga Day 2019?
  • What is the Global Peace Ranking of India?
  • What is the rank of India in Global Competitive Index?
  • Where is the Headquarters of ADB located?
  • What is the meaning of 'I' in CIC? - Central Information Commission

Computer Knowledge

This is the last section in the Mains exam which includes all basic questions of Computers and problems.

  • Questions on Fundamentals of Computers
  • MS Office
  • Shortcut key
  • Binary to Decimal
  • Operating System
  • MAC Address
  • Common Pointing Device

IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Pattern 2019

Here is the IBPS RRB Exam Pattern for Officer Scale 1 Mains Exam. Take a look at the pattern and go through the analysis.

Section No. of Questions Max. Marks Duration
Reasoning 40 50 Composite Time of 2 hours   

Computer Knowledge 40 20
General Awareness 40 40
English/ Hindi Language 40 40
Quantitative Aptitude 40 50
Total 200 200

IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis Overview 2019

We have tabulated the overall good attempts and difficulty level of the paper. Check out the below table to know what are the good attempts. 

  • As per the reviews by students, the paper was quite tough.
  • Quantitative Aptitude section was tough and lenghty
  • For detailed analysis, you can refer the subject wise analysis below which helps in knowing the topic wise number of questions and number of good attempts.
Section Number of Good Attempts Difficulty Level
Reasoning Ability 28-30  Moderate to Difficult
Quantitative Aptitude 17-23  Difficult
Computer Knowledge 30-32 Easy to Moderate
General Awareness 23-24 Moderate
Hindi Language 20-25  Easy
English Language 32-35 Easy to Moderate
Total 125-140 Moderate

IBPS RRB Mains PO Section-wise Analysis 2019

Check out the detailed section-wise analysis for IBPS RRB PO Mains exam conducted on October 13, 2019.

Reasoning Ability

Name of Topic Number of Questions Difficulty Level
Input-Output Easy 
Direction Sense 2-3  Moderate 
Inequality 4-5 Easy to Moderate
Statement and Assumption 8-10 Moderate 
Sitting Arrangement & Puzzles Easy 
Syllogism 3 Moderate
Miscellaneous 1 Moderate 
Total  40 Easy to Moderate 
  • 1 line arrangement puzzle
  • Northfacing puzzle
  • 1 Statistics based puzzle
  • Inequality Based questions
  • Syllogism were easy
  • alphanumeric series
  • Floor based question (2 variable, ABCD, No. of sum)
  • Input-output - Double shifting question

Quantitative Aptitude

Name of Topic Number of Questions Difficult Level
Quadratic Equation
Data Sufficiency
Data Interpretation (Bar-Graph, Table, Caselet, Double Pie Chart) 20 Difficult
Miscellaneous (Mensuration, Simplification, Boat & Stream, Time and Work, CI & SI, Profit & Loss etc.)
Arithmetic
Total Difficult
  • Age based problem
  • 1 Probability
  • 1 Line DI (ratio of male given, need to find females)
  • 1 Pie chart + Table DI - 5 questions
  • Day based DI
  • 1 caselet DI

Hindi Language

Name of Topic Number of Questions Difficulty Level
Sentence Rearrangement
Filler
Cloze Test
Error Spotting
Reading Comprehension 10 
Total  Easy

English Language

Name of Topic Number of Questions Difficulty Level
Sentence Rearrangement Easy 
Filler Moderate 
Match the Following 5 Easy
Errors (Vocabulary Based) Easy 
Cloze Test Easy
Error Detection 5 Easy 
Reading Comprehension 2 (5 from each RC)  Easy 
Total 40  Easy 
  • Error Detection was very easy

General Awareness

Here we will update the number of questions appeared from each topic and difficulty level of the paper.

  • Satkosia Tiger Reserve is located in which state?
  • Kuno Wildlife Sancuatry is located in which state?
  • Questions were asked from January month
  • Deputy Prime Minister of India
  • Budget Related questions

Computer Knowledge

This is the last section in the Mains exam which includes all basic questions of Computers and problems.

  • 2 shortcut based question
  • Question related to MS Word
  • Questions related to Fundamentals of Computer

IBPS RRB Prelims Exam Analysis 2019

As the IBPS RRB Prelims Exam was conducted on August 4 & 11, 2019 for Officer Scale 1, and August 17, 18, & 25, 2019 for Office Assistant, here is the detailed IBPS RRB Prelims Analysis 2019. Click on the below PDF link to check or download the complete analysis.

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