IBPS RRB Clerk 2019 Mains Exam Analysis

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Common Written Examination Regional Rural Banks 2025 ( IBPS RRB )

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Anangsha Patra
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Updated on Oct 20, 2019 14:29 IST
The mains exam of IBPS RRB Clerk was conducted on October 20. The overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate to easy.

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has conducted the mains exam of IBPS RRB Clerk on October 20. The overall paper of IBPS RRB Clerk mains was moderate to easy. 

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has conducted the mains exam of IBPS RRB Clerk on October 20. The students who have appeared for the mains exam shared their feedbacks regarding the difficulty level of exam. According to students, the overall paper of IBPS Clerk mains was moderate to easy.

The mains exam of IBPS RRB Clerk comprised five sections – Reasoning, General Awareness, Numerical Ability, English/Hindi Language and Computer Knowledge. The duration of the test was 2 hours. Total marks of the test are 200.

IBPS RRB Clerk 2019 Mains Exam Analysis (Overall)

Sections

Difficulty level

Good attempts

**Hindi Language

Easy to moderate

21-26

**English Language

Easy to moderate

24-28

Reasoning

Easy to moderate

27-32

Quantitative Aptitude

Moderate to difficult

12-16

Computer Knowledge

Easy to moderate

23-27

General Awareness

Easy to moderate

26-30

Total

 

139-152

Section-wise difficulty level

Quantitative Aptitude

This section comprised 40 questions for 50 marks. The level of Quantitative Aptitude was moderate. There were four sets of Data Interpretation questions.

  • Caselet DI (Based on Year, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015)
  • Tabular DI (Based on Apple & Banana)
  • Double Pie Chart DI (Based on teaching & non-teaching staff)
  • Caselet DI (Based on sale of 2 wheelers, 3 wheelers & 4 wheelers)

Topic-wise difficulty level

Topic

No. of Questions

Level

Data Interpretation

20

Moderate

Quantity 1: Quantity 2

5

Easy-Moderate

Miscellaneous (Train Based, Boat & Stream, CI and SI, Profit & Loss, Time and Work, Partnership, Age Based, Mensuration etc.)

15

Moderate

Total

40

Moderate

English Language

The level of questions in English section was Easy to Moderate. There was one set of Reading Comprehension which consisted of 10 questions, out of which one question was based on filler. The topic of Reading Comprehension was Dolphin and Human Interaction. The Cloze test was based on Artificial Intelligence.

Topic-wise difficulty level

Topic

No. of Questions

Level

Reading Comprehension

10

Easy-Moderate

Word Swapping

5

Easy-Moderate

Cloze Test

10

Easy-Moderate

Sentence Correction

5

Easy

Single Word Fillers

5

Easy

Sentence Rearrangement

5

Easy-Moderate

Total

40

Easy-Moderate

Reasoning Ability

The level of Reasoning was Easy to Moderate. Total 40 questions were asked in this section. The puzzles that were asked in the exam are as follows -

  • Circular Seating Arrangement (8 People facing inside, based on Age)
  • Floor Based Puzzle (9 Floors, single variable)
  • Box Based Puzzle (10 boxes)
  • Parallel Row Puzzle (North South direction, 7 people each side)
  • Month Based Puzzle (3 months, 2 dates, 6 people, 6 city)

Topic-wise distribution of questions and difficulty level

Topic

No. of Questions

Level

Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles

24

Easy-Moderate

Direction Based

03

Easy

Alphabet Based

01

Easy

Number Based

01

Easy-Moderate

Coding Decoding

05

Easy

Order & Ranking (Based on Direction)

03

Easy

Blood Relation

03

Easy

Total

40

Easy

Computer Knowledge

The questions asked in this section were very basic. Topics from where questions were asked are given below -

MS Office
Shortcut Key
Binary to Decimal
Operating System
MAC Address
Common Pointing Device

General Awareness

This section was easy to moderate. There were no questions from static awareness, Union Budget and Economy Survey. Some of the questions/topics asked are as follows –

  • NASA Apollo 11
  • Operation Sunrise
  • Question based on Autobiography
  • National park
  • Hemis Festival
  • Wimbledon 2019

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