IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2023 Shift 1 August 6: Questions Asked & Expected Cut off

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

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Anangsha Patra
Deputy Manager – Editorial
Updated on Aug 6, 2023 10:28 IST

The difficulty level of IBPS RRB PO shift 1 exam held on August 6 was easy to moderate. The Quant section was moderate and Reasoning section was easy to moderate. Check below IBPS RRB PO Prelims Shift 1 Exam Analysis 2023 August 6.

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2023 Shift 1 August 6

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2023 Shift 1 August 6

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted the shift 1 exam of IBPS RRB PO 2023 prelims exam on August 6. The test paper of IBPS RRB PO carried 80 objective-type multiple choice questions from Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability. The total marks allotted to the test are 80. The duration of the test was 45 minutes. The difficulty level of the exam held on Shift 1 on August 6 was easy to moderate. The Quant section of IBPS RRB PO was moderate whereas the Reasoning section was easy to moderate. In this article, we have provided IBPS RRB PO shift 1 prelims exam analysis 2023. Through the exam analysis, candidates can know the section-wise difficulty level, overall difficulty level, number of good attempts, expected cut off, etc.

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Table of content
  • IBPS RRB PO Prelims Shift 1 Exam Analysis 2023 August 6: Overall Difficulty
  • IBPS RRB PO Shift 1 Exam Analysis August 6: Number of Good Attempts
  • IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2023 Shift 1 August 6: Section-Wise Difficulty

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Shift 1 Exam Analysis 2023 August 6: Overall Difficulty

We have provided below the overall difficulty level of IBPS RRB PO prelims Shift 1 exam:

Sections Total Questions Difficulty Level

Reasoning Ability

40

Easy to Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

40

Moderate

Overall

80

Easy to Moderate

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IBPS RRB PO Shift 1 Exam Analysis August 6: Number of Good Attempts

The number of good attempts is given below for different sections.

Sections

Good Attempts

Reasoning Ability

30-33

Quantitative Aptitude

21-23

Overall

51-56

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2023 Shift 1 August 6: Section-Wise Difficulty

The section-wise difficulty level is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude

The Quantitative Aptitude section was moderate. The test paper carried a total of 40 questions and candidates were given 45 minutes to solve this section. The topic-wise distribution of questions is given below.

Name of the topics

Number of questions 

Arithmetic

14

Caselet DI

4

Tabular Data Interpretation

5

Approximation

5

Line Graph Data Interpretation

5

Missing Number Series

5

Q1 & Q2

2

Total 

40

IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2023 Shift 1 August 6: Reasoning Ability

The difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. Total of 40 objective-type multiple-choice questions were asked in this section. The distribution of questions is given below.

Name of the topics

Number of questions

Seating Arrangement

15

Puzzle

10

Syllogism

5

Coding Decoding

5

Vowel/ Constant Based

1

Meaningful Word

1

Direction & Distance

3

Total

40

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