IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2021: Check Paper Analysis & Review

By Swayam Gupta, Associate Senior Executive

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is conducting IB ACIO 2021 exam across various cities spread through the country. The exam is being conducted in three shifts: 9 am to 10 am, 12 pm to 1 pm and 3 pm to 4 pm. IB ACIO 2021 exam analysis for Tier-I is provided on this page. According to the feedback shared by the candidates, the overall paper of IB ACIO exam was easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level. The General Awareness and General Studies sections were easy to moderate while Quantitative Aptitude, Logical/Analytical Ability and English Language sections were easy. An attempt of 71 to 76 questions is considered as good.

IB ACIO Tier-I exam analysis 2021 helps candidates to know the section-wise difficulty, overall difficulty, number of good attempts, expected cut off, etc. Read below for more details on IB ACIO exam analysis.

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IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2021
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IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2021

Candidates can check below the overall and section-wise difficulty levels of IB ACIO.

Overall Analysis

Subject	Good Attempts	Difficulty Level
General Awareness	12-13	Easy to Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude	15-16	Easy
Logical/Analytical Ability	16-17	Easy
English Language	15-16	Easy
General Studies	13-14	Easy to Moderate
Good Attempts	71-76	Easy to Moderate

Section-wise Exam Analysis

English Language

The English Language section was easy. The section carried a total of 20 questions from Antonyms, Synonyms, Fill in the Blanks, etc. The topic-wise distribution of questions is given below.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Active - Passive	2-3	Easy
Spelling Check	2-3	Easy-Moderate
Parajumbles + Error Detection	2-3	Easy-Moderate
Single Filler	4	Easy
Idioms and Phrases	2	Easy
Synonyms and Antonym	3	Easy
Sentence rearrangement	2	Easy
Total	20	Easy

Logical/Analytical Ability

This section was also easy in terms of difficulty level. Questions were asked from Word Analogy, Mirror Image, Seating Arrangement, Blood Relation, etc. Check below the topic-wise distribution of topics.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Seating Arrangement (Row Based)	1	Easy
Blood Relation	2-3	Easy
Word Analogy	2-3	Easy-Moderate
Mirror Image	1	Easy-Moderate
Missing Number	1	Easy
Coding-decoding	4	Easy
Mathematical operations	1	Easy
Syllogism	1	Easy
Miscellaneous	7-8	Easy
Total	20	Easy

General Awareness and General Studies

Both the sections were easy to moderate. Currents Affairs questions were asked from the events that took place last year. Some of the questions asked in the GA and GS sections are given below.

Q: Capital of Sunga Dynasty?

A: Pataliputra

Q: Founder of Indian National Congress

Q: Karakoram range Connects which two parts

Q: Where is Keetham lake?

A: Uttar Pradesh

Q: The maximum number of satellites launched by which company?

Q: An extraordinary Life: A biography of Manohar Parrikar” was written by?

A: Sadguru Patil

Q: 20th parallel line is between which country?

A: Libya and Sudan

Q: Bardoli Satyagraha is related to?

A: Sardar Patel

Q: Bandipur National Park in which state?

A: Karnataka

Q: Last ruler of Nanda dynasty?

A: Dhana Nanda

Q; Where is Barabati Fort?

A: Cuttack, Odisha

Q: Sericulture is related to?

A: cultivation of silkworms

Q: Sahitya Akademi Award is given in how many languages?

A: 24

Q: Who got PETA award 2021?

A: John Abraham

Q: Who is the author of the book Geetanjali?

A: Rabindranath Tagore

Q: 1st governor of Meghalaya?

A: Braj Kumar Nehru

Q: Acid Rain happens due to?

Quantitative Aptitude

Questions asked in the Quantitative Aptitude section were easy. The topic-wise distribution of questions is given below.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph)	2	Easy
Mensuration	2	Easy-Moderate
Percentage	1	Easy-Moderate
Successive Discount	1	Easy
Algebra	1	Easy
Speed & Time	1	Easy
Train	1	Easy
Boat & Stream	1	Easy
Time & Work	2	Easy
Simple Interest	1	Easy
Profit & Loss	1	Easy
Missing Number Series (Matrix type)	1	Easy
Simplification	1	Easy
LCM & HCF	2-3	Easy
Number System	2-3	Easy
Total	20	Easy

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Given below is the section-wise and overall difficulty level of IB ACIO exam.

Overall Analysis

Section	Level
General Intelligence	Easy
General Awareness	Moderate-Difficult
Quantitative Aptitude	Moderate
English Language	Easy-Moderate
Overall	Moderate

Section-wise difficulty level

English Language

English language section was of moderate level. Three to four questions were based on Phrases. Apart from these, there were many questions based on Antonyms and Synonyms.

Quantitative Aptitude

Mostly questions were based on Time and Distance topics. The overall difficulty level of the section was moderate.

General Intelligence

This section carried a total of 20 questions. The overall paper was moderate in terms of difficulty level.

General Awareness

Most questions were asked from Current Affairs. Few questions were from Economics, Polity, History and rest were from General Awareness Topics.

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