RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis Of All The Shifts Conducted On 11th August 2018

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate and Calculative)

Reasoning (Moderate)

The level of reasoning section was Moderate. There were a total of 6 sets of Puzzles and Seating Arrangements. Following are the types of Puzzles and Seating Arrangement asked in the 1st shift of IBPS RRB Officer Scale I 2018 Exam:

• Linear 2 Parallel Rows, 14 people were to be arranged
• Circular Seating Arrangement, 5 people were facing towards the center and 3 people were facing outside
• Day Based (Mon to Fri) Scheduling Puzzle, Movies in different time
• Linear Seating Arrangement, 24 persons in a single row (Number of people was to be calculated) 
• Height Comparison based short puzzle – 3 questions
• Box-based puzzle

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	27	Moderate-Difficult
Syllogism	5	Moderate
Blood Relation	3	Moderate
Numeric Series	1	Easy-Moderate
Direction	3	Easy
Alphabetical Series	1	Easy-Moderate
Total	40	Moderate

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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

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	15	Moderate
Quadratic Equations	5	Moderate
Missing Number Series	5	Moderate
Quantity-1, Quantity-2	5	Moderate
Arithmetic Word Problems	10	Moderate
Total	40	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

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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. A huge number of questions were asked from the miscellaneous part – the arithmetic word problems.

Following types of DIs were asked in this shift:

• Bar Graph
• Tabular
• Caselet

Number Series asked in this shift:

• 2 3 7 89 456 2677
• 60 20 30 45 90 225 695
• 2 3.4 6.8 11.14
• 900 896 912 848 1104

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	15	Moderate
Approximation	5	Moderate
Wrong Number Series	5	Moderate
Arithmetic Word Problems	15	Moderate
Total	40	Moderate

Reasoning (Moderate)

The level of reasoning section was Moderate. There were a total of 5 sets of Puzzles and Seating Arrangements. Following are the types of Puzzles and Seating Arrangement asked in the 3rd shift of IBPS RRB Officer Scale I 2018 Exam:

• Floor-based
• Square Seating Arrangement
• Linear Seating Arrangement
• Circular (2 variable, based on people and their ages)
• Box-based

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	25	Moderate
Coding-Decoding	5	Moderate
Blood Relation	1	Moderate
Inequalities	2	Moderate
Alphabet-based (OBSTRUCT)	1	Moderate
Miscellaneous	6	Moderate
Total	40	Moderate

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IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2018: Section-wise Analysis

Subject	Good Attempts
Reasoning Ability	26-29
Quantitative Aptitude	27-30
Total	53-57

Quantitative Aptitude (Moderate and Calculative)

The level of this section was Moderate and the questions were calculative. 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:

• 2 Mix DIs (Table + Bar Graph)
• 1 Caselet

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	15	Moderate
Approximation	5	Moderate
Wrong Number Series	5	Moderate
Quantity-1, Quantity-2	5	Moderate
Arithmetic Word Problems	10	Moderate
Total	40	Moderate

Reasoning (Moderate)

The level of reasoning section was Moderate. There were 4 sets of Puzzles that are as follows:

• Circular Puzzle (8 people, 3 of them facing center and 5 facing outside)
• A puzzle based on Days, People and Movies
• Linear Puzzle (10 people sitting in a row facing north)
• Box-based puzzle (11 boxes)

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	20	Moderate
Syllogism	5	Moderate
Blood Relation	4	Moderate
Inequalities	4	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	3	Moderate
Direction	3	Moderate
Alphabets-based	1	Moderate
Total	40	Moderate