Introduction
IBPS has announced 3800 vacancies for IBPS Regional Rural Banks Probationary Officers Positions for the year 2020. The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted the RRB 2020 exam for Officer Scale 1 post [latex]{12}^{th}[/latex] September 2020. This article will gives the complete IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Prelims Exam Analysis 2020 which includes the topics, number of questions asked in the exam and difficulty level of the questions.
A total of 80 questions were asked, 40 from Reasoning and 40 from Numerical Ability section. Each question carries 1 Mark. Candidates need to attempt these 80 question in cumulative time duration of 45 minutes. There is negative marking of one-fourth (0.25) marks for every wrong answer marked by the candidates.
IBPS RRB PO - Exam Calendar:
| Activity | Dates |
|---|---|
| On-line registration Starts | 01.07.2020 |
| On-line registration Ends | 21.07.2020 |
| Application Fee Last Date | 21.07.2020 |
| Call letters for Pre- Exam Training | 12.08.2020 |
| Conduct of Pre-Exam Training | 24.08.2020 to 29.08.2020 |
| Call letters for online examination – Preliminary | 08.09.2020 to 13.09.2020 |
| Online Examination – Preliminary | Officer Scale I: 12.09.2020, 13.09.2020 Office Assistants: 19.09.2020, 20.09.2020 and 26.09.2020 |
| Result of Online exam – Preliminary | Will Update Soon!!!! |
| Call letter for Online exam – Main / Single | Will Update Soon!!!! |
| Online Examination – Main / Single | Officers Scale I, II & III: 18.10.2020 Office Assistants: 31.10.2020 |
| Result – Main/ Single (For Officers Scale I, II and III) | Will Update Soon!!!! |
| Call letters for interview (For Officers Scale I, II and III) | Will Update Soon!!!! |
| Conduct of interview (For Officers Scale I, II and III) | Will Update Soon!!!! |
| Provisional Allotment | Will Update Soon!!!! |
Prelims 2020
| SL | Name of test | Medium of Exam | Number of questions | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reasoning | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 | Composite time of 45 minutes |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 80 | 80 |
Note: *Candidates(for both posts) have to qualify in both the tests by securing minimum cut-off marks. An adequate number of candidates in each category, depending upon requirements, will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.
Note:
PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS (APPLICABLE TO ALL – PRELIMINARY, MAIN AND SINGLE LEVEL EXAMINATIONS)
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.
Analysis
| Shift 1 | Shift 2 | Shift 3 | Shift 4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Attempts | Level | Good Attempts | Level | Good Attempts | Level | Good Attempts | Level |
| 27-32 | Easy to Moderate | 27-32 | Easy to Moderate | 28-34 | Easy to Moderate | 28 – 35 | Easy to Moderate |
| Topic | Number of Questions / Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shift 1 | Shift 2 | Shift 3 | Shift 4 | |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangements | 25Qs-Easy to Moderate | 25Qs-Easy to Moderate | 20Qs-Easy to Moderate | 20Qs-Easy to Moderate |
| Direction Based | 3Qs-Easy | - | - | 3Qs-Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 1Q-Easy | - | - | - |
| Blood Relation | - | 5Qs-Easy | 3Qs-Moderate | 1Q-Moderate |
| Syllogism | - | 5-Easy | 5-Easy | 5-Easy |
| Inequalities | 3Qs-Easy | 3Qs-Easy | 5Qs-Easy | 5Qs-Easy |
| Coding-Decoding | 5Qs-Easy-Moderate | 1Q-Easy | 5Qs-Easy | 5Qs-Easy |
| Alphabetical Series | 2Qs-Easy | 1Q-Easy | 1Q-Easy | 3Qs-Easy-Moderate |
| Number Based | 1Q-Easy | - | 1Q-Easy | - |
| Order and Ranking | - | - | - | 1Qs-Easy |
| Total | 40Qs-Easy-Moderate | 40Qs-Easy-Moderate | 40Qs-Easy-Moderate | 40Qs-Easy-Moderate |
| Shift 1 | Shift 2 | Shift 3 | Shift 4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Attempts | Level | Good Attempts | Level | Good Attempts | Level | Good Attempts | Level |
| 23-27 | Easy to Moderate | 22-26 | Easy to Moderate | 25 – 29 | Easy to Moderate | 24 – 27 | Moderate |
| Topic | Number of Questions / Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shift 1 | Shift 2 | Shift 3 | Shift 4 | |
| Missing Number Series | 5Qs-Easy | 5Qs-Easy | 5Qs-Easy | - |
| Wrong Number Series | - | - | - | 6Qs-Easy |
| Quadratic Equation | 5Qs-Easy | - | - | 6Qs-Easy to Moderate |
| Quantity 1 and Quantity 2 based Ineuality | 5Qs-Easy to Moderate | 5Qs-Easy to Moderate | 5Qs-Easy to Moderate | - |
| Data Interpretation | 10Qs-Easy to Moderate | 15Qs-Easy to Moderate | 12Qs-Easy to Moderate | 18Qs-Moderate |
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 15Qs-Easy to Moderate | 10Qs-Easy to Moderate | 13Qs-Easy to Moderate | 10Qs-Easy to Moderate |
| Approximation | - | 5Qs-Easy | 5Qs-Easy | - |
| Total | 40Qs-Easy to Moderate | 40Qs-Easy to Moderate | 40Qs-Easy to Moderate | 40Qs-Moderate |