IBPS RRB 2021 Prelims Exam Analysis & Student Reaction for Office Assistant/Clerk

IBPS RRB 2021 Office Assistant prelims is being conducted by IBPS. The overall difficulty level of the paper can be termed easy to moderate. Check here IBPS RRB 2021 prelims exam analysis and student reaction.

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is conducting IBPS RRB 2021 exam for Office Assistant (Multipurpose). The overall level of IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2021 exam was ‘Easy to Moderate’. Thousands of candidates appeared for IBPS RRB Office Assistant/Clerk exam at various exam centres.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant prelims exam is conducted to shortlist candidates for the mains exam. The marks of the prelims exam will not be counted for final selection. To qualify the prelims exam, candidates need to secure the section-wise and overall IBPS RRB cutoff marks.

Highlights of IBPS RRB 2021 Office Assistant Prelims Exam

• The overall paper of IBPS RRB 2021 Office Assistant/Clerk prelims exam was easy
• The Maths section was easy in terms of difficulty level
• The Reasoning section was easy to moderate
• An attempt of 69-70 questions is considered good
• Questions in Maths were asked from Data Interpretation, Number Series, Simplification, Word Problems (Simple & Compound Interest, Profit & Loss, Time & Work, Speed & Distance, Pipes & Cistern, Partnership, Age Problems, Boat & Stream and SI & CI)
• Questions in Reasoning were asked from Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Syllogism, Alphanumeric Series, etc. 
• The cutoff of IBPS RRB prelims exam for Office Assistant post is expected to be around 60

IBPS RRB Prelims Exam Analysis 2021 for Office Assistant

According to IBPS RRB exam pattern 2021, the prelims exam of Office Assistant carried questions from Reasoning Ability and Numerical Ability. A total of 80 questions were asked in the exam which candidates had to answer within 45 minutes. The total marks allotted to the test are 80.

Shiksha reported live from one of the IBPS RRB exam centres in Dibrugarh (Assam). Check below the feedback shared by the students.

Bhashwati Konwar said, "The overall paper was easy. The Numerical Ability section was easy and questions were doable. QUestions in this section were asked from DI (2 questions), Simplification, Word Problem, etc. In Reasoning, questions were asked from Blood Relation, Direction, Seating Arrangement, Puzzles, Chinese Coding. There were no questions from Inequalities. Seating Arrangement questions were box-based, parallel-line-based, etc."

Manash Gogoi, "The overall paper was easy but I could not complete it on time. Reasoning questions were asked from Blood Relation, Puzzles, Direction, Syllogism, Miscellaneous, Chinese Coding, etc. In Numerical Ability, there were two DI questions of 5 marks each, Simplification, Missing Number Series, Partnership, etc."

Sourav Dey, "The overall paper was easy. Both the sections-Reasoning and Numerical Ability were easy. Questions in Maths were asked from Simplification, DI, Number Series. In Reasoning questions were asked from Seating Arrangement, Syllogism, Puzzles, Alphanumeric Series, etc.

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Section-Wise Distribution of Questions

The section-wise distribution of questions in IBPS RRB 2021 Clerk Prelims exam is given below:

Maths

Reasoning

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