IBPS RRB office assistant main exam was conducted today 21st October 2019 for the candidates who cleared the preliminary round. The exam took place in various centers all over the country on a single shift basis.
The RRB Office Assistant’s main exam had five sections- quantitative aptitude, reasoning, English language, general awareness, and computer awareness. The weightage of the exam was 200 marks and the duration of the exam is 2 hours.
Candidates felt that the quantitative aptitude section was the toughest and time-consuming. And computer awareness was the easiest section in which direct questions were asked. After talking to the candidates and collecting the feedback, the IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2019 main exam analysis has been provided.
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IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains Analysis:
| Section | Questions | Difficulty level | Good attempts |
| Reasoning | 40 | Moderate | 33-38 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | Tough | 26-30 |
| General Awareness | 40 | Easy to moderate | 28-32 |
| English | 40 | Easy to moderate | 32-36 |
| Computer knowledge | 40 | Easy | 30-32 |
Sectional Analysis:
Reasoning:
This section was moderate.
Topic-wise break up:
| Section | Questions | Difficulty level |
| Seating arrangements and puzzles | 25 | Moderate |
| Coding-decoding | 5 | Easy to moderate |
| Direction | 5 | Easy to moderate |
| Other questions | 5 | Moderate |
Quantitative aptitude:
This is the toughest of all sections. Questions were time-consuming.
| Section | Questions | Difficulty level |
| Data sufficiency | 5 | Very tough |
| Date interpretation | 10 | Tough |
| Case | 10 | Moderate to tough |
| Arithmetic problems | 15 | Tough |
General awareness:
This section was easy to moderate according to the difficulty level. Most of the questions were asked from the last six months of current affairs. Some questions were asked from static GK and recent Government schemes.
English Language:
| Section | Questions | Difficulty level |
| Reading comprehension | 8 | Easy to moderate |
| Cloze test | 7 | Easy |
| Sentence correction | 5 | Moderate |
| Sentence rearrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Phase replacement | 5 | Moderate |
| Fill in the blanks | 5 | Moderate |
| Error spotting | 5 | Moderate |
Computer:
This section is the easiest of all sections and can contribute to improving the score of candidates if questions are attempted correctly. You can also read, IBPS PO Cut off 2019.
The overall good attempt of the paper is expected to be around 150-160.