RBI Grade B 2021 Exam Analysis & Student Reaction: Check Difficulty Level

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has conducted RBI Grade B 2021 Phase-I exam on March 6. Lakhs of candidates took the exam conducted across various cities spread throughout the country. According to the feedback provided by the students, the overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate. The difficulty level of General Awareness section was moderate, English Language section was easy to moderate, the Quantitative Aptitude section was moderate and Reasoning section was moderate to difficult. 

RBI Grade B 2021 Phase-I paper carried objective-type multiple-choice questions. The total marks allotted to the test were 200. Candidates were given 120 minutes to solve all the questions. Read below RBI Grade B 2021 Exam Analysis & Student Reaction for Phase-I.

RBI Grade B 2021 Phase-I Exam Analysis & Student Reaction

Shiksha visited one of the exam centres of RBI Grade B 2021 in Faridabad to gather the feedback of candidates regarding the section-wise and overall difficulty level of the exam. Let’s check below the feedback shared by the candidates.

Sanjay: The overall paper of moderate in terms of difficulty level. The reasoning was tough, Maths was moderate, English and GK was easy to moderate. In English questions were asked from fill in blanks, passage, error detection, etc. In Quant, questions were asked from the quadratic equation, Data Interpretation, etc. In Reasoning, questions were asked from seating arrangement (Circular and linear), inequalities, etc.

Pankaj: The difficulty level of the exam was the way too high this year. This can be compared to the levels of 2017. This was my first attempt at RBI Grade B exam. All the sections were tough. Specifically, the Reasoning section was quite difficult and the Quant section was lengthy and difficult. The questions asked in the Quant section were not straight and simple to comprehend. It took lots of effort to solve the questions. There was no change in the RBI Grade B pattern, but the difficulty level was high.

Kaustav Panchuli: The paper was good in terms of difficulty level. The Reasoning section was a bit difficult. In the Reasoning section, the puzzles were tough. The General Affairs questions were asked based on the events that took place in the last four months. In Quant, questions were asked from age, average, ratio and proportion, mixture, partnership, simple interest, compound interest. In Reasoning, questions were asked mostly asked from puzzles. In English section covered all the topics from RBI Grade B syllabus.

Kunika: The paper was quite moderate. The GA questions were easy and questions were from RBI policies. Tough Reasoning was easy but it was time-taking and lengthy questions were asked. Mostly, questions in Reasoning were asked from puzzles. English was lengthy but easy. Quant section was a bit tough. The Reading Comprehension topic was based on Tuberculosis.

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What after RBI Grade B 2021 Phase-I exam?

Candidates qualifying the exam by securing the section-wise and overall RBI Grade B cutoff marks are called to appear for the Phase-I exam. Qualified candidates for Phase-II will be issued RBI Grade B admit cards for appearing in the exam. The Phase-II exam for Grade B-DR General post comprises three papers. The test will carry both objective and descriptive type questions. The total marks of the test are 300.