IBPS CWE RRB (Officer Scale I) – Analysis 6th Sep 2015
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 – EasyEnglish-22, Hindi- 30 English – 16-18, Hindi – 23-25 English – 25,
Hindi – 25Computer 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 LanguageÂ
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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