RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis & Review 2017: Shift 1- 28th Nov

By Akanksha Jigyasu|Updated : November 28th, 2017

Today is the second day of RBI Assistant Prelims Exam 2017. The 1st shift of RBI Assistant Prelims Exam 2017 has concluded. Go through this post now to check out the detailed exam analysis of RBI Assistant Prelims Exam 2017. Based on the feedback shared by the candidates who appeared for this exam, we have shared the section-wise and overall difficulty level as well as the questions asked from different sections in this RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Review.

 

RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2017

Here is the section-wise RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2017:

1. English Language Exam Analysis of RBI Assistant Prelims 2017

There were 30 Questions asked in this section. The overall level of the exam was Easy to Moderate. English section included following topics in the exam:

  • Reading Comprehension
    (a) The passage was story based and consisted of questions from Synonyms & Antonyms as well. 
    (b) 12 Questions were asked from this topic. 
    (c) The passage was based on the story of a beggar and a priest. 
  • Spotting Errors
    (a) 10 Questions were asked from error based questions. 
    (b) Questions were based on usual error spotting pattern
  • Fill in the blanks
    (a) 8 Questions were asked from this topic.
    (b) Questions were based on single filler. 

2. Reasoning Ability Exam Analysis of RBI Assistant Prelims 2017

35 Questions were asked in this section. The overall level of this section was Moderate. Questions from following topics were asked in this section:

  • Puzzles & Seating Arrangement
    (a) 10 Questions, i.e 2 sets of puzzles & arrangement questions were asked.
    (b) One was a Floor based puzzle. 
    (c) The other was a Linear puzzle in which 8 people were sitting in a row, 6 facing north and 2 facing south. 
  • Syllogism
    (a) 5 Questions were asked from this topic. 
    (b) Questions were direct and easily doable. 
  • Coding-Decoding
    (a) 5 Questions were asked from Coding questions. 
    (b) The Questions were based on normal sentence coding, where the codes of 4 words were given in different lines. 
  • Alphanumeric Series & Numeric Series
    (a) 10 Questions were asked from this topic. 
  • Miscellaneous Questions
    (a) Remaining 5 Questions of this section were asked from miscellaneous topics like Direction, Blood relation etc. 

3. Numerical Ability Exam Analysis of RBI Assistant Prelims 2017

This section comprised of total 35 questions. The overall level of this section was Moderate to Difficult. Following topics were asked in this section:

  • Number Series
    (a) 5 Questions were asked from this topic. 
    (b) Questions were asked from missing Number Series. 
  • Simplification/ Approximation
    (a) 10 Questions were asked from this topic. 
    (b) Questions were based on basic BODMAS rules. 
  • Data Interpretation
    (a) 1 set of DI, i.e. 5 Questions were asked from this topic. 
    (b) A tabular DI was asked, based on the data of the students of 4 different schools, for different years. 
    (c) Questions were based on basic calculations like Ratios, Averages, Difference etc. 
  • Miscellaneous Questions
    (a) 15 Questions were asked from Miscellaneous Arithmetic Questions. 
    (b) Questions were asked from topics like Averages, Age-based problems, profit & loss, partnerships, speed time & distance, simple & compound interest, percentages etc. 
    (c) Questions from the arithmetic topics were slightly calculative and time-consuming. 

Number of Good Attempts for RBI Assistant Prelims 2017

Go through the expected number of good attempts of RBI Assistant Prelims based on the exam level below:

Name of the Section

Number of Good Attempts

English Language

20-22 Questions

Reasoning Ability

25-27 Questions

Numerical Ability

23-25 Questions

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