IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis 2019 – 13 October – By Experts

IBPS conducted the RRB PO (Officers Scale 1) Mains exam today and here we are the detailed section-wise analysis of the exam. We would be talking about the sectional and overall difficulty levels of the paper. The IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis 2019 is being conducted by Oliveboard’s Expert Faculty for English, Reasoning, Quants and General Awareness. 

IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis 2019 – Section-wise

The difficulty level of the overall paper was Moderate.

1. Reasoning Ability 

Level of Difficulty – Moderate to Difficult

1. Puzzles (age & year & cities) – 10 Q
2. Seating Arrangement (Line Arrangement – uncertain number of people sitting in the north) – 6 Q
3. Alphanumeric Series – 1 Q
4. Input-Output – 5 Q
5. Syllogisms – 5 Q
6. Inequality – 5 Q
7. Direction Sense – 5 Q
8. Logical Reasoning – 3 Q

2. Computer Aptitude

Level of Difficulty – Easy

Shortcut based questions

Fundamentals of computers 

3. General Awareness

Level of Difficulty – Moderate

Most of the questions were from the past 6 months mostly from April to September. Some were beyond 6 months.

4. English Language

Level of Difficulty – Easy to Moderate

1. 3 Sets Reading Comprehension (homeschooling) – 12 Q
2. Para-jumbles – 05 Q
3. Error Spotting – 05 Q
4. Match the Column – 05 Q
5. Cloze Test – 8 Q
6. Fillers (Word Usage) – 5 Q

5. Hindi Language

Level of Difficulty – Easy 

1. अनेक शब्दों के लिए एक शब्द – 1 Q
2. पर्यायवाची / विलोम / समानार्थी – 7 Q
3. वाक्य वर्गीकरण – 5 Q
4. वाक्य में त्रुटी – 5 Q
5. अनुच्छेद –  5 Q
6. रिक्त स्थान – 5 Q
7. विविध – 12 Q

6. Quantitative Aptitude

Level of Difficulty – Difficult 

1. DI (Bar Graph, Caselet, Pie Chart, Table Based) – 22 Q
2. Quantity Comparison (Q1 & Q2) – 4 Q
3. Miscellaneous (Boats & Streams, Age-Based, SI &CI, Boats & Streams, Probability) – 14 Q

IBPS RRB PO Mains 2019 – Exam Pattern

The candidates who clear the prelims exam will be eligible for the IBPS RRB PO Main Exam. It will also be an online objective test having 5 sections. Following are the details -:

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	Medium of Exam	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	50	Composite Time of 2 hours
2	Computer Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	20
3	General Awareness	Hindi/English	40	40
4 a•	English Language	English	40	40
4 b•	Hindi Language	Hindi	40	40
5	Quantitative Aptitude	Hindi/English	40	50
	Total		200	200

 

Note:

Candidates can opt either 4 a or 4 b.

Negative Marking of one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question is applicable in both the Exams – Prelims and Mains.

We hope this analysis helps you in understanding the level of difficulty of the paper. 

Thank You.

Also, Read: IBPS PO Prelim Exam Analysis 2019 – 12 Oct 2019

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