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IBPS RRB PO vs Clerk Exam: Detailed Comparison between

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Updated on: September 25th, 2023

IBPS RRB PO vs Clerk Exam: As the IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Mains exam has been completed, we can now move forward with the detailed comparison between the 2 exams. We will discuss subject-wise analysis, expected cutoff, the number of good attempts, GA questions asked in the exam, etc.

You are requested to kindly go through the below article to have a complete idea of the IBPS RRB exam 2022 and get some key takeaways to prepare for the upcoming exams and the next IBPS RRB exam.

IBPS RRB 2022 Subject-wise Analysis (Pre & Mains)

1. IBPS RRB Prelims 2022: Quantitative Aptitude

There are 40 questions in the quant section of the IBPS RRB Prelims exam. Kindly go through the below table for a detailed comparison between the questions asked on various topics.

Topic Name

IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims

IBPS RRB PO Prelims

Missing Number Series

 5  

Wrong Number Series

0 5

Approximation

0 5
Simplification  15 0

Data Interpretation

 Tabular: 5

Linear graph: 5

Tabular: 10

Caselet

0

5

Arithmetic Questions

 10 (Age, mensuration, mixture, solution, profit-loss, partnership) 15

IBPS RRB Prelims 2022: Reasoning Analysis

There are 40 questions asked in the Reasoning Ability section of IBPS RRB Prelims exam 2022. Kindly go through the below table for a detailed comparison between the questions asked on various topics.

Name of the topic

IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims

IBPS RRB PO Prelims

Puzzles & Seating Arrangements

 Circular: 5 (7 people)

 Date-month based: 5

 Floor-based: 5 (7 people)

 

20
syllogism (only a few based)  5 5
inequality  5 4
Coding-decoding 0 4-5
Miscellaneous  2-3( forward-backword, odd one out)  1-2
Letter based  4  0
Alphanumeric(Alphabet based)  5 0
Blood relation  3 3-4

IBPS RRB Mains 2022: English Language

Kindly go through the below table for a detailed comparison between the questions asked on various topics.

Name of the topic

IBPS RRB Clerk Mains 

IBPS RRB PO Mains

Reading Comprehension

 RC 10Q (mustard sauce french…export drought…)  

2 RC

 10 from each set

Total 20 Qs

Sentence rearrangement  5  0
Misspelled word  2  0
Cloze test  6  6-7
Filler  6  3
New type 5Q– a paragraph was given, in that 5 words were highlighted 5, different questions were asked and students were asked to replace some words with their syn and some with ant..—handsome…ant, concentrated – syn…)  Conversation between 2 people was given:person 1
person 2Questions that followed were:What is the conversation about?
How was the second person feeling?
Error spotting 5  4

IBPS RRB Mains 2022: Quant Analysis

 Kindly go through the below table for a detailed comparison between the questions asked on various topics.

Topic Name

IBPS RRB PO

IBPS RRB Clerk

Missing Number Series

 5  5

Simplification

 2-3  0

Arithmetic Questions

 10-11 11-12

Quadratic Equation

4-5 5
Quantity comparison 3 3
Caselet DI 5 5

DI

 Pie chart: 5

 Tabular DI: 5

Tabular(Missing data):5

 Pie chart+2 Tables: 5

IBPS RRB Mains 2022: Reasoning Analysis

 Kindly go through the below table for a detailed comparison between the questions asked on various topics.

Name of the topic

IBPS RRB PO

IBPS RRB Clerk

Puzzles & Seating Arrangements

 Schedule-based: 5

 Designation-based: 5

 Double row: 5

Designation-based:5

 box-based: 5

 Circular: 5

 Linear arrangement (9 ppl Facing north and south) 5qs

Uncertain linear: 5

Syllogism

 4-5  0

Inequality

5  4

Direction

3  3

Data sufficiency

3  0
Blood relation  3  1
Miscellaneous  1-2  3-4
Order-ranking   3
Input-output  5  0

IBPS RRB Mains 2022: GA Analysis with Questions

IBPS RRB PO Mains GA Questions

1. Which state government has signed an MoU with ISMC Analog Fab Private Limited for setting up a semiconductor fab plant in the state at a cost of Rs 22,900 crore?

  1. Kerala
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Karnataka
  4. Andhra Pradesh
  5. Telangana

2. Who among the following has become the first woman to join the Army Aviation Corps as a combat aviator?

  1. Captain Summy Singh
  2. Captain Abhilasha Barak
  3. Captain Padma Bandopadhyay
  4. Captain Harita Kaur Deol
  5. Captain Tania Shergill

3. Who among the following has been named as the Chairperson of Reliance Jio Infocomm?

  1. Isha Ambani B. Nita Ambani
  2. Akash Ambani D. Anant Ambani
  3. Russell Mehta

4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted the National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL), the licence to register as an asset reconstruction company (ARC). It is also dubbed as_____.

  1. Bad Bank
  2. Asset Management Company
  3. Asset Monetization Company
  4. PARA
  5. None of the above

5. Gautam Adani has been named among the world’s 100 most influential people of 2022 by TIME magazine. He has been named in which category?

  1. Icons
  2. Pioneers
  3. Titans
  4. Innovators
  5. Leaders

6. Dholera Greenfield Airport is located in which state?

  1. Arunachal Pradesh
  2. Himachal Pradesh
  3. Sikkim
  4. Gujarat
  5. Odisha

IBPS RRB Clerk Mains GA Questions

1. Who has become the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan after replacing Imran Khan?

  1. Shah Mahmood Qureshi
  2. Shehbaz Sharif
  3. Sadiq Sanjrani
  4. Ayaz Sadiq
  5. Nawaz Sharif

2. The 2028 Summer Olympics will be held in which country?

  1. United States
  2. France
  3. Canada
  4. Italy
  5. Mexico

3. After the resignation of the former Lieutenant Governor, Anil Baijal, who among the following has been appointed as new Lieutenant Governor of Delhi?

  1. Aditya Kumar Anand
  2. Vinit Nandanwar
  3. Vinai Kumar Saxena
  4. Vishal Sarangal
  5. Yogesh Babanrao Nirgude

4. Which of the following ministries implements the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme?

  1. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
  2. Ministry of Education
  3. Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises
  4. Ministry of Rural Development
  5. Ministry of Finance

5. In which city, PM Modi has inaugurated World’s first Nano Urea (Liquid) Plant, to boost productivity and increase farmers’ income?

  1. Chennai, Tamil Nadu
  2. Pune, Maharashtra
  3. Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
  4. Ranchi, Jharkhand
  5. Gandhinagar, Gujarat

6. After defeating which country India has won the first-ever Thomas Cup in May 2022?

  1. Indonesia
  2. China
  3. South Korea
  4. Japan
  5. Bangladesh

7. Who has been appointed as Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to the government of India?

  1. MR Kumar
  2. Raj Kumar
  3. Ajay Tyagi
  4. V Anantha Nageswaran
  5. Subhash Chandra Garg

8. 11-day long ‘Dhanu Jatra’ is celebrated in which state of India?

  1. West Bengal
  2. Orissa
  3. Andhra Pradesh
  4. Tamil Nadu
  5. Karnataka

IBPS RRB PO Mains Good Attempt

Kindly go through the good attempts of IBPS RRB PO Mains exam 2022 foe a better understanding of the exam difficulty level.

Name of Section

Number of Good Attempts(General Category)

Reasoning Ability  27-29
Numerical Ability  20-23
English Language  26-29
General Awareness  27-32
Computer Knowledge  25-38

Overall

 105-110

IBPS RRB Clerk Mains Good Attempt

Kindly go through the good attempts of IBPS RRB Clerk Mains exam 2022 foe a better understanding of the exam difficulty level.

Name of Section

Number of Good Attempts(General Category)

Reasoning Ability  28-34
Numerical Ability  22-27
English Language  29-32
General Awareness  20-25
Computer Knowledge  26-31

Overall

 127-142

IBPS RRB PO Mains Cut off Expected (Section-wise)

Let’s now go through the expected sectional cutoff of the IBPS RRB PO Mains exam held on 1st October 2022. Candidates first need to clear the sectional cutoff to get eligible for the overall cutoff scrutiny process. The candidates need to attain the IBPS RRB sectional cutoff to be able to gain insights into the exam.

Sections Cutoff(General category)
Reasoning Ability  12-14
Quantitative Aptitude  6-7
English Language  10-12
General Awareness  5-7
Computer Knowledge  6-8

IBPS RRB PO Mains 2022 Expected Cut off

Please review the overall expected cutoff for IBPS RRB PO Mains 2022 exam provided by the BYJU’S Exam Prep expert team. Please keep in mind, however, that this is just a prediction based on student feedback, and that it may differ from state to state.

State/UT General
Andhra Pradesh 80-84
Arunachal Pradesh 61-65
Assam 71-75
Bihar 80-84
Chhattisgarh 73-77
Gujarat 79-83
Haryana 89-93
Himachal Pradesh 90-94
Jammu & Kashmir 77-81
Jharkhand 82-86
Karnataka 66-70
Kerala 89-93
Madhya Pradesh 80-84
Maharashtra 78-82
Meghalaya 55-59
Odisha 78-82
Puducherry 85-89
Punjab 91-97
Rajasthan 87-91
Tamil Nadu 81-85
Telangana 78-82
Tripura 76-80
Uttar Pradesh 80-84
Uttarakhand 92-96
West Bengal 82-86

IBPS RRB Clerk Mains Expected Cutoff (Section-wise)

Let’s now go through the expected sectional cutoff of the IBPS RRB Clerk Mains exam held on 24th September 2022. The candidates need to attain the IBPS RRB Clerk sectional cutoff to be able to gain insights into the exam.

Sections Cutoff(General category)
Reasoning Ability  16-18
Quantitative Aptitude  10-12
English Language  12-14
General Awareness  10-13
Computer Knowledge  9-11

IBPS RRB Clerk Mains 2022 Expected Cut off (Overall state-wise)

Kindly go through the expected IBPS RRB Clerk Mains 2022 overall cutoff by the BYJU’S Exam Prep expert team.

State/UT General
Andhra Pradesh 76-81
Arunachal Pradesh 52-57
Assam 71-76
Bihar 72-77
Chhattisgarh 75-80
Gujarat 72-77
Haryana 78-83
Himachal Pradesh 71-76 
Jammu & Kashmir 69-84 
Jharkhand 72-77
Karnataka 72-77
Kerala 75-80 
Madhya Pradesh 68-73
Maharashtra 74-79
Manipur 62-67
Meghalaya 56-61
Mizoram 53-58
Odisha 67-82 
Puducherry 68-73
Punjab 72-77
Rajasthan 71-76
Tamil Nadu 74-79
Telangana 78-83
Tripura 66-71
Uttar Pradesh 75-80
Uttarakhand 73-78
West Bengal 75-80

Takeaways for Next Year’s Exams

Reasoning Section

  • Focus on puzzles and seating arrangements, as you will get 15-20 questions from this topic in both Prelims as well Mains exams.
  • Some of the important miscellaneous chapters are syllogism, inequality, blood relation, direction-sense, and coding-decoding. You can expect 3-4 questions from each of these topics.

Quant Section

  • Focus on topics like number series(both missing and wrong), simplification, and approximation, quadratic equations. These chapters are relatively easier and mark-fetching. Practice them regularly.
  • Practice arithmetic and DI questions. You will get 10-12 questions from arithmetic in both Prelims and Mains exam. Also, you can expect arithmetic mixed DI in the Mains exams.

English Section

  • Focus on important topics like Reading comprehension, filler, error spotting, and cloze test. You can expect questions from these topics in both Prelims and Mains.
  • You can expect some new types of questions also, especially in the Mains exam.

GA Section

You can solely go for the last 4-5 months’ current affairs and some basic static GA and Banking Awareness for this section.

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