IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2023 Shift 3 (August 5): Check Difficulty Level

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 Aug 5, 2023 14:38 IST

Shift 3 of IBPS RRB PO 2023 prelims exam was conducted successfully on August 5. The overall difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate. Check here IBPS RRB PO shift 3 exam analysis 2023 to know the section-wise and overall difficulty level of exam.

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2023 Shift 3 August 5

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2023 Shift 3 August 5

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted the Shift 3 of IBPS RRB PO prelims exam on August 5, 2023. The exam for this shift was conducted from 1.30 PM to 2.15 PM. According to IBPS RRB PO shift 3 analysis, the overall difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate. The Quant section was tough compared to the Reasoning section. The Quant section of IBPS RRB PO was calculative too. Questions in the Quant section were asked from Data Sufficiency, Data Interpretation, Simplification, Wrong Number Series, Quadratic Equation, etc. Questions in Reasoning section were asked from Puzzles, Seating Arrangement, Coding Decoding, etc.

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IBPS RRB PO Shift 3 Prelims Exam Analysis 2023: Overall Difficulty Level

The overall difficulty of IBPS RRB PO exam held in Shift 3 is given below.

Sections  Number of questions Good attempts

Reasoning Ability

40

34-36

Quantitative Aptitude

40

25-28

IBPS RRB PO Shift 3 Prelims Exam Analysis 2023: Section-Wise Difficulty

IBPS RRB PO prelims exam comprises 80 questions from two sections-Quant and Reasoning. The total marks allotted to the test are 80. The section-wise distribution of questions is given below.

IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2023 Shift 3: Quantitative Aptitude

This section was a bit calculative and tough. Questions were asked from the following topics.

Name of the topics Number of questions 
Arithmetic 14
Caselet DI (3 Months Based) 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 3: Reasoning Ability

The difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate. A total of 40 questions were asked in this section.

Name of the topics Number of questions
Linear Seating Arrangement 5
Circular Seating Arrangement (8 Persons- Inside and Outside) 5
Designation-Based Puzzle (6 Persons, Variables- Cities) 5
Certain Number of People (Linear Seating Arrangement) 5
Month & Date Based Puzzle 5
Syllogism 5
Coding Decoding 5
Vowel/ Constant Based 1
Meaningful Word 1
Direction & Distance 3
Total 40

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