IBPS RRB PO (Scale I) Prelim Exam held on 3rd Aug 2024 (Shift 1)

Analysis of RRB Officer (Scale I) Prelim exam held 3rd Aug 2024 (Shift 1)

The series of Bank Exams conducted by IBPS, which are held every year from Aug – Dec were off to a start today with the IBPS PO (Scale I) Prelim Examination.

The RRB PO (Scale I) Prelim examination is scheduled to be held on 3rd and 4th Aug, followed by the IBPS RRB Clerk exam to be held on the 10th, 17th and 18th Aug. For the first time, IBPS has introduced a section-wise time limit for this exam.

A snapshot of the IBPS RRB PO (Scale I) prelim exam is given below.

Test Area No. of Questions Duration
Quantitative Aptitude 40 20 Minutes
Reasoning Ability 40 25 Minutes
Total 80 45 Minutes


Students have reported that the online RRB Officer (Scale I) Prelim examination held on 3rd Aug 2024 (Slot 1) was easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level.

An analysis of the session mentioned above, as reported by our students, is given below.

Quantitative Aptitude:

According to the feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, this section can be rated as easy to moderate.

There were sixteen questions on DI (six questions on Table and five questions each on Double Pie chart and Caselet). The questions on DI were easy to moderate.

Individual questions in this section were based on topics like Ages, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Partnership, Simple and Compound Interest, Time and Distance, Time and Work, Mixtures & Alligations, and Mensuration. Students have informed us that these questions were a combo of easy and moderate ones. One needed a good command of fundamentals to attempt these questions successfully.

Topic No of Questions Difficulty Level
Data Interpretation (Table, Double Pie Chart and Caselet) 16 Easy to Moderate
Number Series (Missing number) 5 - 6 Easy
Approximations 5 - 6 Easy
Individual Quant Questions 12 - 14 Easy to Moderate


There were five to six questions each on Missing Number Series and Approximations. These questions were easy to solve.

Reasoning Ability:

This section has been tagged as 'easy to moderate'.

There were twenty-two questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (seven persons all facing North), Two Row Arrangement (Fourteen persons; seven facing North and seven facing South), Month based puzzle (nine months), Floor Arrangement (5 floors and each floor with 2 flats), Comparisons (seven persons & their heights)). The questions based on Puzzles can be labelled as easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level.

Questions on Symbols Notations (Inequalities), Chinese Coding-Decoding and Blood Relations were easy to crack. The questions based on Syllogisms (three statements and two conclusions) (‘Only a few’) were easy to moderate.

Topic No of Qs Difficulty Level
Symbols Notations (Inequalities) (Double Comma) 3 Easy
Chinese Coding-Decoding 5 Easy
Blood Relations 3 Easy
Syllogisms (Only a few) 3 Easy to Moderate
Miscellaneous (Meaningful word, Pair Formation, OMO, Number Arrangement) 4 Easy
Puzzles:
Linear Arrangement (seven persons all facing North) 5 Easy
Two Row Arrangements (Fourteen persons; seven facing North and seven facing South) 5 Easy to Moderate
Month based puzzle (nine months) 5 Easy
Floor Arrangement (5 floors and each floor with 2 flats) 5 Easy to Moderate
Comparisons) (seven persons; heights)). 2 Easy


Overall, the paper can be rated as easy to moderate.

Good Attempts:
Quantitative Aptitude – 25+
Reasoning – 35+