The analysis of the SBI PO 2024 Prelim exam held on the 24th March 2025 (Shift 1) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

Based on feedback from our students who took this exam, it can be rated as Moderate.

The section-wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate.

There were sixteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on the Double Pie Chart and table and four questions on Caselet). Questions on Data Interpretation were time-consuming and lengthy.

The first pie chart shows the percentage of tickets sold for five different shows on a Sunday. The second pie chart contains the percentage of profit from these shows.

The table contains three products and the Total Rice, White Rice and Brown Rice in percentage and values.

The data given in the form of a caselet can be represented in the form of a table before solving the questions.

There were three to four questions Approximations which were easy to moderate in nature.

Individual Quant questions were twelve to thirteen in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones. These questions were from the topic, Linear Equations, Ratio, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Partnership, Simple and Compound Interest, Mensuration, Boats and Streams, Averages, Mixtures and Alligations etc.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 12 - 13 questions in 20 minutes if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

There were twenty-four questions on Puzzles(Linear Arrangement (Eight persons; four persons facing North and four persons facing South), Month-based puzzle (six persons; six months; Distribution), Circular Arrangement (nine people all facing the Centre), Floor Arrangement (10 people; 5 Floors; 2 flats), Year based Puzzle (six years; six persons; Variable-favorite place) which were of easy to moderate in terms of level of difficulty.

There were four questions on Deductions / Syllogisms (Only a few, Only and Possibility models) which were moderate to solve.

About 21 to 22 questions could be solved in 20 minutes. The topic-wise split, as reported by our students, is given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate' by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised eight questions. The passage was based on the ‘Soft Toy Industry'. There were two questions on Synonyms and one question on Antonym.


• There were three questions each on Phrase Replacement and Fill in the blanks (2 Blanks). These questions were easy to solve.


• There were six questions on the Cloze Test, which were easy. The question types presented were traditional.


• There were five questions each on Para Forming Questions (six sentences; 4th Sentence fixed) and Grammatically Correct Sentences. The questions were moderate.


• There were four questions each on Word Interchange (4 words) and Sentence Rearrangement. These questions were easy to solve.


• The two questions on Match the Column (two columns) were easy to attempt.

Thus, about 26 - 27 questions could be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper can be rated as Moderate.

Analysis of SBI PO 2024 (Prelim) Online exam held on 8^th March 2025(Shift 1)

The analysis of the SBI PO 2024 Prelim exam held on the 8^th March 2025 (Shift 1) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question      

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as Moderate.

The section-wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate.

There were sixteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on Bar Graph + Pie Chart, Caselet and six questions on Table). Questions on Data Interpretation were time-consuming and lengthy.

There were two to three questions each on the Wrong Number Series which were easy to moderate in nature.

Individual Quant questions were eleven to twelve in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 11 - 12 questions in 20 minutes if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

There were twenty-five questions on Puzzles(Linear Arrangement (Two row – seven persons facing North and Seven persons facing South), Designation based puzzle (nine persons and nine designations), Distributions (3 Variable; seven persons, 3 cities and seven colours), Floor Arrangement (7 Floors + Fruit), Box based puzzle (9 boxes), which were of easy to moderate in terms of level of difficulty.

There were four questions on Deductions / Syllogisms (Only a few model) which were moderate to solve and one question on Pair of Digits.

About 22 to 23 questions could be solved in 20 minutes. The topic-wise split, as reported by our students, is given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised nine questions. The passage was based on ‘Ban on betting in US’. There were two questions on Synonyms and about 3 to 4 questions based on the True or False model. The passage contains about 1100 to 1200 words.
• There were three questions on Phrase Replacement. These questions were easy to solve.
• There were six questions on the Cloze Test and five questions on Error Identification, which were easy. The question types presented were traditional.
• There were five questions each on Para Forming Questions and Fill in the blanks (2 Blanks). The questions on Para Forming were moderate to difficult, whereas the questions on Fill in the Blanks were moderate.
• There were five questions on Word Interchange (3 words) and two questions on Match the Column (two columns). These were easy to attempt.

Thus, about 24 - 25 questions could be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper can be rated as Moderate.

Good Attempts and Expected Cutoffs:

The IBPS PO 2024 Mains Exam was held on 30th Nov 2024. The detailed analysis of the exam held in the afternoon slot is presented below.

It has been reported by our students, that this examination was moderate to difficult in terms of difficulty level. Questions in Reasoning, English, Data Analysis and Interpretation had variable marking scheme, the details of which are resented in the detailed analysis given below.

The snapshot of the exam pattern and duartion is given below:

The sections were presented in the following order in the examination.

• Reasoning and Computer Ability
• General / Economy / Banking Awareness
• English Language
• Data Analysis and Interpretation

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

(A) OBJECTIVE TEST:

I) Quantitative Aptitude:

According to feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, this section can be rated as moderate to difficult and was quite time-consuming. There were twenty-five questions carrying 2 marks each and ten questions carrying 1 mark each.

There were five sets (about twenty questions) on Data Interpretation. The questions on Data Interpretation were lengthy and time-consuming.

Two Mark Questions:

• Pie chart + Line Graph (5 Q) – This set can be rated as difficult as it was difficult to interpret the variables.
• Caselet 1 (3 Q) – This set was based on three persons selling two products ‘Hats’ and ‘Caps’. This set was moderate to solve.
• Caselet 2 (3 Q) - This set was based on Chocolates and shops. The information presented was confusing and hence this set can be rated as difficult.
• Caselet 3 (4 Q) – This set was based on Mixtures and Alligations. This set can be rated as Moderate.
• Data Sufficiency, Data Comparisons and Number Series: There were three questions each on the Missing Number Series (3 Series with numbers and variables), and Data Sufficiency (3 Statements) and four questions on Data Comparison (3 Quantities). All these questions can be rated as moderate.

One Mark Questions:

• Line Graph and Table (5 Q) – This set contains the Cost Price of articles given in the table and the Line Graph contains Discount % and Profit %, This set involves a lot of calculations and hence can be rated as ‘Moderate’ in terms of difficulty level.
• Arithmetic Questions and Quadratic Comparisons: There were four questions on Arithmetic topics and one question on Quadratic Comparisons. The questions on Arithmetic topics were from Profit and Loss, Partnership, Simple and Compound Interest etc.

The topic-wise split, in a nutshell, of this section is given in the table below.

II) Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude:

This section has been labelled as 'Moderate to Difficult'. There were fifteen questions carrying 2 marks each and thirty questions carrying 1 mark each.

Two Mark Questions:

• Distribution (Days and Slots given) (5 Q) – Moderate to Difficult. (6 days and 50 slots).
• There were five questions on Input-Output, two questions on Data Sufficiency (3 Statements) and three questions on Direction Sense with Symbols. These questions were moderate.
  
  

One Mark Questions:

• Circular Arrangement + QBR (5 Q) – Moderate (Eight persons; some facing inside and some facing outside; Age)
• Two Row Distribution (4 Q) – Moderate
• Linear Arrangement + Quant-based Reasoning (5 Q) – Moderate to Difficult. This question has appeared in handouts and mock tests of T.I.M.E. material and T.I.M.E. students would have an edge over others in solving this question type.
• Comparisons + Quant-based Reasoning (3 Q) – Moderate
• Dice + Letter Arrangement (New Model Puzzle) (3 Q) – Moderate
• There were five questions on Critical Reasoning which can be rated as Moderate to Difficult.
• Though the name of the section is ‘Reasoning and Computer Ability’, there were no questions on Computers. In fact, for the last many years, no questions on Computers have been asked in this section.

There were no questions on Computer Aptitude in this section.

The topic-wise split, in a nutshell, of this section is given in the table below.

III) English Language:

This section can be rated as ‘Moderate’.

Two Mark Questions:

Match the Column (2 Q) New Model – Table I with Three Columns A, B, C and Table II with two columns P, Q were given. The column B was empty. One needs to connect columns A and C with B. The missing part in B is to be chosen from Table II (either from P or Q) (New Model)

Short Paragraph (3 Q) – A short paragraph with three questions was given. One question on Tone, one question on inference and one question on Filler were asked.

One Mark Questions:

PFQs with Third Sentence Fixed (5 Q) – Moderate. Seven sentences were given. The third sentence is in its correct position.

Word Usage (3 Q) – Easy to Moderate. A word is given followed by three statements in which the said word has been used. One needs to identify the sentence where the Word has been correctly used, making the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

Error Identification (3 Q) – Moderate. A sentence is divided into four parts. One has to identify the part with the error and its replacement from the options. The ‘No Error’ option was not present. (New Model)

Reading Comprehension (17 Q) – There were two RC passages with approximately seventeen questions. One passage was based on Work Culture. In one of the passages, one question on FIB was asked and in the other passage, one question on Phrase filler, finding the meaning of sentence in italics, one question on Word Rearrangement, and one question on True or False was asked.

The topic-wise split, in a nutshell, of this section is given in the table below.

IV) General Awareness:

This section too was the saving grace in the entire paper. This section can be rated as ‘Moderate’.

As reported by our students, about 25 to 26 questions were on Current Affairs (based on recent events and a few questions from May to Aug events as well), 6 to 8 questions on Banking Awareness and Economy and a few questions on Static GK. Thus, students who are regularly following current affairs could have easily attempted 30+ questions.

(B) Descriptive Test:

This section was conducted for 25 marks, with a time limit of 30 minutes, and comprised Letter and Essay Writing. There were three topics for writing essays and three for letters, and the test-taker had to pick one topic from each of these to write on.

Essay topics (Choose anyone) (250 words):

1. Climatic Changes and Difficulties faced by Agriculture Sector. How can we improve Agriculture Productivity?

2. Development and Innovation in Technology

3. Hectic Work Culture

Letter Writing (Choose anyone) (150 words):

1. Letter to the Police Station regarding the Noise caused by neighbours

2. Letter to the Head of the OTT platform regarding the inclusion of Animation of Educational content.

OVERALL SUMMARY:

The Reasoning and Data Analysis & Interpretation sections were moderate to difficult while the English and General/Economy/Banking Awareness sections were moderate.

Analysis of IBPS PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 20th Oct 2024 (Shift 1)

The analysis of the IBPS PO 2024 Prelim exam held on the 20th of October 2024 (Shift 1) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

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

The section-wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as easy. No new question types/patterns of questions were asked in this shift of the exam.

There were fourteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on the Pie Chart and Caselet and four questions on the Table). The questions based on the Table were calculation-based.

There were six questions on Approximations and five questions were based on Quadratic Comparisons.

Individual questions from Arithmetic topics were ten in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones. These questions were based on Ages, Ratio, Profit and Loss, Averages, Time and Work, Boats and Streams, Simple Interest, etc.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 20 - 22 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given an 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

Out of the thirty-five questions in this section, twenty-three questions were on Puzzles.

• Linear Arrangement (Certain number of persons, all facing North)
• Two Row Arrangements (12 Persons)
• Month and Date based Puzzle (3 Months and 2 Dates + Distribution (Flowers))
• Box Arrangement + Distribution
• Distributions (9 persons and 3 States)

Questions on Puzzles were easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level.

There were three questions each on Direction Sense, Symbols and Notations (Inequalities) and Syllogisms (Deductions; only a few). These questions were easy to solve.

About 28 – 30 questions could be solved in 20 minutes. The topic-wise split, as reported by our students, is given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised eight questions, of which three were vocab questions (two on Synonyms, and one on FIB). The passage was based on Woman Leadership and Emotional Quotient. About 2 – 3 questions were based on True or False type and indirect. The questions on Reading Comprehension are moderate.
• There were five questions each on Error Identification and Word Interchange which were easy to solve.
• There were six questions on the Cloze Test and three questions each on Phrase Replacement and Match the Column.

Thus, about 19 - 21 questions could be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper was a combination of easy, moderate questions across all three sections and can hence be rated as 'Easy to Moderate’.

Good Attempts:

Analysis of IBPS PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 19th Oct 2024 (Shift 2)

The analysis of the IBPS PO 2024 Prelim exam held on the 19th of October 2024 (Shift 2) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

Sequence of Sections: English Language, Quantitative Ability and Reasoning Ability.

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

The section-wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as easy to moderate. No new question types/patterns of questions were asked in this shift of the exam.

There were fifteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on the Table, Bar Graph and Caselet). The questions based on the Table were lengthy and calculation-based.

There were five questions each on Approximations and Quadratic Comparisons. These questions were easy to solve.

Individual questions from Arithmetic topics were ten in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones. These questions were based on Ages, Ratio, Percentages, Profit and Loss, Averages, Time and Work, Boats and Streams, Simple Interest, etc.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 18 - 22 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Easy to Moderate' tag

Out of the thirty-five questions in this section, twenty questions were on Puzzles.

• Linear Arrangement (7 persons; some facing North and some facing South
• Floor Arrangement (3 Floors, 2 Flats + Distribution (Cars)
• Box Arrangement (9 boxes)
• Month-based Puzzle (3 Months & 2 Dates + Distribution (Colours)

Questions on Puzzles were easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level.

There were three questions each on Syllogisms (Only a few), Symbols & Notations (Inequalities), Direction Sense, and Blood Relations. These questions were easy to solve.

About 28 – 30 questions could be solved in 20 minutes. The topic-wise split, as reported by our students, is given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Moderate’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised eight questions, of which one was a vocab question (Synonym). The passage was based on the Consumer Price Index. The questions on Reading Comprehension are moderate.
• There were six questions on the Cloze Test which were easy to solve.
• The questions based on Incorrect/Inappropriate usage and wrongly spelt words, Sentence Rearrangement and Phrase Replacement were easy to moderate where whereas the questions based on Grammatically Correct Sentences (3 sentences; identify the grammatically correct sentence) were moderate and time-consuming.

Thus, about 18 - 20 questions could be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper was a combination of easy, moderate questions across all three sections and can hence be rated as 'Easy to Moderate’.

Good Attempts:

Analysis of IBPS PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 19th Oct 2024 (Shift 1)

The analysis of the IBPS PO 2024 Prelim exam held on the 19th of October 2024 (Shift 1) has been presented below.

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5

Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

Sequence of Sections: Reasoning Ability, English Language and Quantitative Ability.

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

The section-wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as easy. No new question types/patterns of questions were asked in this shift of the exam.

There were fifteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on the Table, Line Chart and Caselet) . The questions based on the Table were calculation-based.

There were five questions on Approximations and six questions were based on Wrong Number Series.

Individual questions from Arithmetic topics were nine in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones. These questions were based on Profit and Loss, Averages, Time and Work, Boats and Streams, Simple Interest, etc.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 23 - 25 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given a 'Moderate' tag. There were no questions asked on Syllogisms and Symbols-Notations (Inequalities) in this shift of the exam.

Out of the thirty-five questions in this section, twenty-three questions were on Puzzles.

• Linear Arrangement (6 persons; all facing North + Distribution (Fruits)
• Circular Arrangement (7 persons; 4 persons facing towards the centre and 3 persons facing away from the centre)
• Box Arrangement (6 boxes + Distribution (types of boxes)
• Quant-based Reasoning (7 persons and their ages)
• Comparisons

Questions on Puzzles were easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level.

There were five questions on Coding-Decoding and three questions on Blood Relations. These questions were easy to solve.

About 28 – 30 questions could be solved in 20 minutes. The topic-wise split, as reported by our students, is given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Moderate’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised eight questions, of which three were vocab questions (one each on Synonym, Antonym and FIB). The passage was based on Woman Leadership and Emotional Quotient. About 3 – 4 questions were based on True or False type and indirect. The questions on Reading Comprehension are moderate.
• There were five questions on Para Forming (6 sentences) which were easy to solve.
• The questions based on FIB (Single Blank), Word usage (1 word;3 usages) and Incorrect/Inappropriate usage and wrongly spelt words were easy to moderate where whereas the questions based on Grammatically Correct Sentences (3 sentences; identify the grammatically correct sentence) were moderate and time-consuming.


Thus, about 18 - 20 questions could be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper was a combination of easy, moderate questions across all three sections and can hence be rated as 'Easy to Moderate’.

Good Attempts:

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Analysis of RRB Officer (Scale I) Prelim exam held 3rd Aug 2024 (Shift 2)

The RRB PO (Scale I) Prelim examination is scheduled to be held on the 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.

In this write-up, we present the Analysis of the IBPS RRB PO (Scale I) Prelim exam which was held in shift 2 on 3rd Aug 2024.

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

Students have reported that the online RRB Officer (Scale I) Prelim examination held on 3rd Aug 2024 (Shift 2) 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 ‘Moderate’.

There were fifteen questions on DI (five questions each on Table, Line Graph and Caselet). The questions based on Tabular data were easy, Line Graph were easy to moderate and those based on Caselet were lengthy and time-consuming.

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.

There were five questions each on Wrong Number Series and Approximations. The questions on Wrong Number Series were moderate and the ones on Approximation were easy to Moderate.

Reasoning Ability:

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

There were twenty-four questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (uncertain number of persons), Circular Arrangement (Eight persons; four facing towards the centre and the four facing away from the centre), Box Arrangement (10 boxes), Floor Arrangement (4 floors and each floor with 2 flats). 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 Direction Sense were easy to crack.

Topic	No of Qs	Difficulty Level
Symbols Notations (Inequalities)	4 - 5	Easy
Chinese Coding-Decoding	5	Easy
Direction Sense	3 - 4	Easy
Miscellaneous (Meaningful word, Pair Formation, OMO, Number Arrangement)	4	Easy
Puzzles:
Linear Arrangement (uncertain number of persons)	4	Easy
Circular Arrangement (Eight persons; four facing towards the centre and the four facing away from the centre)	5	Easy to Moderate
Box Arrangement (10 boxes)	5	Easy
Floor Arrangement (5 floors and each floor with 2 flats)	5	Easy to Moderate
Day-based Puzzle (7 days; flower variable)	5	Easy to Moderate

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

Good Attempts:

Quantitative Aptitude – 20+

Reasoning – 30+

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

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.

In this write-up, we present the Analysis of the IBPS RRB PO (Scale I) Prelim exam which was held in shift 3 on 3rd Aug 2024.

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

Students have reported that the online RRB Officer (Scale I) Prelim examination held on 3rd Aug 2024 (shift 3) 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 (five questions each on Bar Graph, Double Pie chart and Caselet). The questions on DI were easy to moderate and time consuming.

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, Probability 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.

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

Reasoning Ability:

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

There were twenty questions on Puzzles (Linear Arrangement (seven persons all facing North; Fruit), Square Arrangement (Eight persons), Month + Date based puzzle (4 Months, 2 Dates), Box based puzzle (10 persons; Purchase). 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.

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

Good Attempts:

Quantitative Aptitude – 20+

Reasoning – 35+