Analysis of RRB Clerk (Office Assistant) Prelim exam held 7th Dec 2025 (Shift 1)

In this write-up, we present the Analysis of the IBPS RRB Clerk (Office Assistant) Preliminary exam, which was held in Shift 1 on 7th Dec 2025.

A snapshot of the IBPS RRB Clerk (Office Assistant) Preliminary Exam is provided below.

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

Students have reported that the online RRB Clerk (Office Assistant) Prelim examination was easy.

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

The order of sections is Reasoning Ability followed by Numerical Ability.

Numerical Ability:

According to feedback from our students who took this exam, this section was rated easy.

There were ten questions on DI (five questions each on the Table and Line Graph). The questions on DI were easy. The Table contains details of the number of blue balls and green balls with five people. In the Line Graph, the information about the number of cars sold in five months is given.

There were fifteen questions on Simplifications. These questions were easy to solve.

There were five questions on the Wrong Number Series, and these questions were easy to solve.

The ten questions on Arithmetic were based on topics such as 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 and Line Graph)	10	Easy
Number Series (Wrong number)	5	Easy
Simplifications	15	Easy
Individual Quant Questions	10	Easy to Moderate

Reasoning Ability:

This section has been tagged as 'easy'.

There were eighteen questions on Puzzles.

• Square Arrangement (eight persons, persons sitting at the corners facing inside and persons sitting in the middle facing outside)
• Box-based Puzzle (7 boxes)
• Day-based Puzzle (Six persons, Mon to Sat)
• Comparisons (Lengths of six pencils, A to F and the length of pencil B was given as 7 Cms)

The questions based on Puzzles can be labelled as easy in terms of difficulty level.

There were four questions on Syllogisms (Deductions), three questions on Inequalities (Symbols and Notations) and two questions on Direction Sense. In Syllogisms, the questions were based on two statements and two conclusions. The questions on Syllogisms, Direction Sense and Inequalities were easy.

Topic	No of Qs	Difficulty Level
Coding- Decoding	5	Easy
Set of words	5	Easy
Symbols Notations (Inequalities)	3
Direction Sense	2	Easy
Syllogisms (Deductions)	4	Easy
Miscellaneous (Pair of Letters, Letter Arrangement and Letter Odd one out)	3	Easy
Puzzles
Square Arrangement (eight persons, persons sitting at the corners facing inside and persons sitting in the middle are facing outside)	5	Easy
Box-based Puzzle (7 boxes)	5	Easy
Day-based Puzzle (Six persons, Mon to Sat)	5	Easy
Comparisons (Lengths of six pencils, A to F and the length of pencil B was given as 7 Cms)	3	Easy

There were five questions each on Coding-Decoding and a Set of words. These questions were easy to solve.

Overall, the paper can be rated as easy.

Good Attempts:

Quantitative Aptitude – 30+

Reasoning – 35+

Analysis of RRB Clerk (Office Assistant) Prelim exam held 6th Dec 2025 (Shift 2)

In this write-up, we present the Analysis of the IBPS RRB Clerk (Office Assistant) Preliminary exam, which was held in Shift 2 on 6th Dec 2025.

A snapshot of the IBPS RRB Clerk (Office Assistant) Preliminary Exam is provided below.

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

Students have reported that the online RRB Clerk (Office Assistant) Prelim examination was easy.

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

The order of sections is Reasoning Ability followed by Numerical Ability.

Numerical Ability:

According to feedback from our students who took this exam, this section was rated easy.

There were ten questions on DI (five questions each on the Table and the Bar Graph). The questions on DI were easy. The Table contains the marks obtained in three subjects (Hindi, English and Maths) by five students. In the Bar Graph, the information on the number of students attending classes in online mode and offline mode in a school on four different days.

There were fifteen questions on Simplifications. These questions were easy to solve.

There were five questions on the Missing Number Series, out of which one question was time-consuming and the remaining were easy. One question was based on prime numbers starting from 17, one was based on double difference, and one was based on x 2, x 3, x 4.

The ten questions on Arithmetic were based on topics like Ages, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Partnership, Compound Interest, Boats and Streams, Time and Work, Mixtures & Alligations, and Mensuration. Students have informed us that these questions were a combination 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 and Bar Graph)	10	Easy
Number Series (Missing number)	5	Easy
Simplifications	15	Easy
Individual Quant Questions	10	Easy to Moderate

Reasoning Ability:

This section has been tagged as 'easy'.

There were eighteen questions on Puzzles.

• Circular Arrangement (seven persons, all facing inside)
• Box-based puzzle (seven boxes)
• Month-based Puzzle (seven months)
• Unknown number of persons (Linear Arrangement, all facing North)

The questions based on Puzzles can be labelled as easy in terms of difficulty level.

There were four questions each on Syllogisms (Deductions), Inequalities (Symbols and Notations) and Sets of Numbers. In Syllogisms, there was one question on which of the following is definitely false. The questions contained three statements and two conclusions. These questions were easy to solve, whereas the three questions based on Blood Relations were moderate. There were five questions on Sequence, which were easy to solve.

Topic	No of Qs	Difficulty Level
Sequence	5	Easy
Set of Numbers	4	Easy
Symbols Notations (Inequalities)	4	Easy
Blood Relations	3	Moderate
Syllogisms (Deductions)	4	Easy
Miscellaneous (Pair of Letters, Number Arrangement)	2	Easy
Puzzles
Circular Arrangement (seven persons, all facing inside)	5	Easy
Box-based puzzle (seven boxes)	5	Easy
Month based puzzle (seven months)	5	Easy
Unknown number of persons (Linear Arrangement, all facing North)	3	Easy

Overall, the paper can be rated as easy.

Good Attempts:

Quantitative Aptitude – 30+

Reasoning – 35+

Analysis of RRB Clerk (Office Assistant) Prelim exam held 6th Dec 2025 (Shift 1)

In this write-up, we present the Analysis of the IBPS RRB Clerk (Office Assistant) Preliminary exam, which was held in Shift 1 on 6th Dec 2025.

A snapshot of the IBPS RRB Clerk (Office Assistant) Preliminary Exam is provided below.

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

Students have reported that the online RRB Clerk (Office Assistant) Prelim examination was easy.

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

The order of sections is Reasoning Ability followed by Numerical Ability.

Numerical Ability:

According to feedback from our students who took this exam, this section was rated easy.

There were eleven questions on DI (six questions on the Table and five questions on the Bar Graph). The questions on DI were easy. The Table contains the details of Cars and Scooters sold in five different cities. In the Bar Graph, the information on the number of male workers in four companies is presented.

There were fifteen questions on Simplifications. These questions were easy to solve.

There were five questions on the Wrong Number Series, out of which one question was moderate and the remaining were easy.

The nine questions on Arithmetic were based on topics like Ages, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Partnership, Simple and Compound Interest, Time and Distance, Time and Work, Mixtures & Alligations, and Mensuration etc. Students have informed us that these questions were a combination 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 and Bar Graph)	11	Easy
Number Series (Wrong number)	5	Easy
Simplifications	15	Easy
Individual Quant Questions	9	Easy to Moderate

Reasoning Ability:

This section has been tagged as 'easy'.

There were eighteen questions on Puzzles.

• Square Arrangement (eight persons, persons sitting at the corners facing inside and persons sitting in the middle facing outside)
• Designation-based Puzzle (7 Persons)
• Month and Date-based Puzzle (Six persons, Three months and two dates)
• Comparisons (Scores of six persons)

The questions based on Puzzles can be labelled as easy.

There were three questions each on Syllogisms (Deductions), Inequalities (Symbols and Notations) and Blood Relations. In Syllogisms, there was one question with two statements and two conclusions and two questions with three statements and two conclusions. The questions on Syllogisms and Inequalities were easy, whereas the questions based on Blood Relations were moderate. There were five questions each on Coding-Decoding and a Set of words. These questions were easy to solve.

Topic	No of Qs	Difficulty Level
Coding- Decoding	5	Easy
Set of words	5	Easy
Symbols Notations (Inequalities)	3
Blood Relations	3	Easy
Syllogisms (Deductions)	3	Easy
Miscellaneous (Pair of Letters, Letter Arrangement and Odd one out)	3	Easy
Puzzles
Square Arrangement (eight persons, persons sitting at the corners facing inside and persons sitting in the middle are facing outside)	5	Easy
Designation-based Puzzle (7 Persons)	5	Easy
Month and Date-based Puzzle (Six persons, Three months and two dates)	5	Easy
Comparisons (Scores of six persons)	3	Easy

Overall, the paper can be rated as easy.

Good Attempts:

Quantitative Aptitude – 30+
Reasoning – 35+