IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Preliminary Exam 

IBPS Exam season has finally begun. IBPS RRB is one of the easier bank exams conducted annually as English subject is not asked in Prelims phase and it is optional in the Mains phase of the exam. The first shift of IBPS RRB PO Prelims is already over and to keep you abreast with the latest level of the IBPS RRB Scale-1 Prelims 2018 exam, we are here with IBPS RRB exam analysis 2018 of the first shift of Officer Scale I Prelims exam.
Highlights of IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Preliminary Exam 

The Overall level of the exam was Moderate.


Variations as compared to last year: The level was at par with last year. There were no major changes introduced this year.

Quantitative Aptitude: No Simplification & Approximation question was there.

Reasoning Ability: Coding Decoding and Inequality were not asked.

Here is the section wise exam analysis of IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Prelims exam for 1st shift.

Analysis of Quantitative Aptitude for IBPS RRB Officer Scale I
Details of Topics asked and their Difficulty Level
1. Number Series
  • Level: Easy - Moderate
  • Wrong Number series were Asked.
  • Questions were based on simple arithmetic calculations, like difference etc,
3. Quadratic Equation
  • Level: Easy
  • Questions were mostly factorization based, and easy to attempt.
4. Data Interpretation
  • Level: Moderate
  • Questions were very calculative. 
  • The three sets of DI included the following:
    (a) 2 Bar Graphs were there,
    (c) One missing Tabular graph 
 5. Miscellaneous Problems
  • Level of Questions: Moderate
  • This section comprised of questions from topics like: Age based questions, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Time and Work, Probability, Partnership, Time, Speed & Distance etc.

Analysis of Reasoning Ability for IBPS RRB Officer Scale I

Topics Asked

Here is the breakup (questions asked) of different topics asked in the reasoning ability section of Officer Scale I prelims exam.
Details of Topics asked and their Difficulty Level
1. Syllogism
  • Level: Easy-Moderatte
  • Questions were possibility based. 3 out of 5 were easily doable. 
2. Puzzles
  • Level: Moderate
  • Scheduling puzzle: Movies were arranged in Monday to Friday (Days)
  • Box-based puzzle: 11 boxes were there
3. Puzzles & Seating Arrangement
  • Level: Moderate
  • Following sets of puzzles were asked:
    (a) Circular puzzle, with some people facing the centre and some facing outside.
    (b) Linear puzzle, with people sitting in 2 rows, some facing north and some facing south. 
         (c) Linear Puzzle, with one row, no. of persons were not mentioned. 
4. Miscellaneous Problems
  • Level: Easy to Moderate
  • The questions from this section were mostly direction sense and blood relation.




Overall Attempt



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