Hello Aspirants,
IBPS RRB Officers Scale – 1 prelims exam has been successfully held on 3rd, 4th and 11th August 2019 (as per official dates).
This IBPS RRB PO 2019 Exam Analysis will help you to get an idea about the expected cut off marks & difficulty level of asked questions.
Here we are sharing detailed analysis for the IBPS RRB PO (Scale 1) exam. The overall level for IBPS RRB Exam was Easy to moderate. There are some chances of higher cutoff marks this year from the previous exam. Total 80 questions were asked overall in both Reasoning and Quantitative Ability sections.
Each section for IBPS RRB consists of 40 questions. A total of 45 minutes time limit was given to solve these questions.
Check the IBPS RRB PO Result & Cut Off 2018.
IBPS RRB Officer Scale – I 2019 Exam Overall Analysis
Here are the good attempts for both the sections to qualify IBPS RRB Prelims. Candidates will get an estimated idea on how to attempt this paper to ensure scoring maximum marks:
| Section | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning Ability | 27-30 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 22-25 |
| Total | 53-58 |
Details of Questions Asked with Their Difficulty Level:
Reasoning Ability:
The overall level of Reasoning Ability was not excessively hard. Aspirants can score higher in this section if they practiced well.
Most of the questions in all slots were asked from puzzles, inequality, blood relations, etc.
Below you can check the complete analysis of all slots of IBPS RRB Officer Scale Exam.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Puzzle and Seating Arrangement | 20-25 | Difficult |
| Inequality | 3-5 | Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 3-5 | Easy-moderate |
| Blood relation | 3-5 | Easy |
| Alphabetic Series | 3-4 | Easy-moderate |
| Syllogism | 4-5 | Easy-moderate |
Quantitative Aptitude:
The level of Quantitative Aptitude was moderate for all the slots. Mostly questions were asked from the topics like Quadratic Equations, Number Series, Data Interpretation, Ration, etc.
| Topic | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Data Interpretation | 12-17 | Moderate |
| Quadratic Equations | 5-6 | Moderate |
| Missing Number Series | 5-6 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 10-12 | Easy to moderate |
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IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis Conducted on 30th September 2018
Important Note - The IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam 2019 will be conducted on 22nd August 2019. Once the exam will be conducted by IBPS we will update the complete analysis as soon as possible.
Below you can check the IBPS PO Mains 2018 Exam analysis. The difficulty level of questions in 2019 may be higher than the previous exam so it is suggested to the aspirants that they should prepare themselves 1 step ahead from the previous year paper.
IBPS PO Mains Exam Analysis 2018
As you know the IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 main exam has 5 sections. The total marks of this exam are 200 and the time duration is 120 minutes i.e. 2 hours.
The overall exam was a moderate level. Below, you can check the section wise good attempt for Mains examination.
| Section | Good Attempt |
| Reasoning | 21-26 |
| General Awareness | 23-29 |
| Numerical Ability | 17-23 |
| English | 23-27 |
| Hindi | 20-25 |
| Computer Knowledge | 19-24 |
| Total | 117-131 |
The IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Mains Exam Analysis is provided for the following sections.
Quantitative Aptitude: -
| Topic | Number of Questions | Level |
| Data Interpretation | 20 | Moderate - Difficult |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 10 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate - Difficult |
Hindi Language: -
| Topic | Number of questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Mistakes | 10 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 10 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| Filler | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate-Difficult |
English Language: -
| Topic | Number of questions | Level |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 | Moderate - Difficult |
| Error Detection | 8 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 7 | Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| Filler | 5 | Moderate |
| Vocab based Errors | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
Reasoning: -
| Topic | Number of questions | Level |
| Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles | 18 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| Statement and Assumption | 5 | Moderate |
| Direction Sense | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Number Based Ques | 1 | Easy |
| Machine Input- Output | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Alphabet | 1 | Easy |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
General Awareness: -
Most of the questions were asked from banking and Current Affairs. There were only a few questions of static GK. Overall the paper was moderate level.
Computer Knowledge: -
The paper was a moderate level. The questions were asked from basics and OOPS. Almost 10 questions were asked from MS Office, 4-5 questions were related to Encryption and decryption and 5-6 questions were from terminologies of the Internet. The paper was a bit moderate as compared the last year.
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