IBPS CWE RRB (Officer Scale I) - Analysis 6th Sep 2015: Afternoon Slot

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is conducting an online examination for the recruitment of Officer Scale - I in Regional Rural Banks (RRB), across the country for year 2015. The exam is being conducted in 2 shifts per day over 4 days, i.e. 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th September, 2015. The morning slot is being held from 9:30 a.m to 11:30 a.m. and the afternoon slot is being held from 13:30 p.m. to 15:30 p.m.

This analysis is of the second day of the examination, afternoon slot.

There were 200 questions in the paper with negative marking, across all sections, of one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question. There were five sections in all - Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, English Language/Hindi Language and Computer Knowledge. Other than the fourth section, where in a candidate had to attempt either the section on English Language or the one on Hindi Language, all the other sections were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Each question had 5 options. This year the duration of the exam was 2 hrs as compared to the 2 hrs 30 minutes duration of last year.

The pattern of the test was as follows:

Section	Total Questions	Max. Marks	Level of Difficulty	Good Attempts	Good Score	Approximate Time Taken (In Minutes)
Reasoning	40	50	Moderate	28- 30	26-28	30
Quantitative Aptitude	40	50	Moderate	25 -28	22-24	35
General Awareness	40	40	Difficult	15-20	12 -15	15
English Language/Hindi Language	40	40	English - Moderate Hindi - Easy	English-22, Hindi- 30	English - 16-18, Hindi - 23-25	English - 25, Hindi - 25
Computer Knowledge	40	20	Easy	25	15-18	15
Total	200	200		135 - 140	100 - 105	120

Expected Cutoffs - These cannot be given at this stage since there are huge variations in cut-offs among different Gramin banks depending on their state.

The details of the individual sections are given below:

Reasoning

The details of the section are as follows:

Topic	Number of Questions
Syllogisms	5
Mathematical Inequalities	5
Linear Sitting Arrangement	11 (6+5)
Ranking Arrangement	2
Circular Sitting Arrangement	5
Critical Reasoning	4
Coding Decoding	5
Blood Relations	3

Quantitative Aptitude
The details of the section are as follows:

Topic	Number of Questions (Approx)
Age Problems	1
Profit, Loss and Discount	1
Number Series	5
Mixtures & Alligations	1
Percentages	1
Averages	1
Partnerships	1
Time and Work	1
Simple Interest/Compound Interest	1
Time, Speed and Distance	1
Miscellaneous	1
Comparison of Variables	5
Data Interpretation (Pie Chart)	5
Data Interpretation (Table)	5
Data Interpretation (Line Graph)	5
Data Interpretation (Caselet)	5

English Language 

The details of the section are as follows:

Topic	Number of Questions
Reading Comprehension	10
Sentence Correction	5
Para Jumble	5
Cloze Test	10
Spot the Error	5
Fill in the Blanks	5

General Awareness
Most questions were from current affairs (National and International) with government schemes banking related schemes full forms and few questions from geography as well.

Computer Knowledge
The main areas from which questions were asked are: Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel), Networking, Basic Hardware and Software, Languages, etc.

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