Dear students, with IBPS RRB PO 2018, the banking aspirants across India have got another opportunity to make a headway in their career with a public sector bank in the country. The notification for the examination to be held for this recruitment process was released in the month of June and today is the 1st day of IBPS RRB PO Prelims Examination 2018. A huge number of students apply and appear for this examination every year and that’s the reason why the fight to get through it is real tough. So, it’s a must for one to get down to the nitty-gritty so as to be prepared with the best strategy to deal with this examination.
Here is the detailed analysis of today’s 2nd shift of IBPS RRB PO Prelims Examination by Adda247 that discusses in detail the pattern and types of questions asked in the two sections viz. Quantitative Aptitude Section and Reasoning Ability Section. This analysis will help students get an insight into the difficulty level, types of questions asked in today’s examination and questions that could be asked in the upcoming shifts of this examination. The overall difficulty level of this examination was Moderate. Let’s move forward to the section-wise analysis of IBPS RRB PO Prelims Examination 2018.
IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis
| Subject | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning Ability | 26-29 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 18-23 |
| Total | 48-54 |
Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate and Calculative)
The level of this section was Moderate and the questions were calculative. There were no questions from approximation and simplification. Questions based on Quantity 1 and Quantity 2 in a preliminary level examination took everyone by surprise.
Following types of DIs were asked in this shift:
- 1 Caselet
- 2 Tabular DIs
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Topics
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No. of Questions
|
Level
|
|
Data Interpretation
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15
|
Moderate
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|
Quadratic Equations
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5
|
Moderate
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|
Missing Number Series
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5
|
Moderate
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|
Quantity-1, Quantity-2
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5
|
Moderate
|
|
Arithmetic Word Problems
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10
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Moderate
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Total
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40
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Moderate
|
Reasoning (Moderate)
The level of reasoning section was Moderate. There were 5 sets of Puzzles that are as follows:
- Floor and box-based (11 people)
- Day-based (7 days and 7 sports)
- Circular (10 people facing center)
- Parallel Seating Arrangement (6 people in each row)
- Linear random puzzle (number of people was to be calculated)
Topics
No. of Questions
Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement
22
Moderate-Difficult
Coding-Decoding
5
Moderate
Syllogism
4
Moderate
Inequalities
5
Moderate
Alphabets-based
1
Moderate
Direction
3
Moderate
Total
40
Moderate
The level of reasoning section was Moderate. There were 5 sets of Puzzles that are as follows:
- Floor and box-based (11 people)
- Day-based (7 days and 7 sports)
- Circular (10 people facing center)
- Parallel Seating Arrangement (6 people in each row)
- Linear random puzzle (number of people was to be calculated)
| Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 22 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Moderate |
| Syllogism | 4 | Moderate |
| Inequalities | 5 | Moderate |
| Alphabets-based | 1 | Moderate |
| Direction | 3 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
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