IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2021 Shift 1 (18 February): Questions Asked, Difficulty Level, Good Attempts

IB ACIO Exam Pattern 2021

As you know, the Tier 1 of IB ACIO 2021 Exam comprises 100 questions from five distinct sections which are Quantitative Aptitude, Analytical Ability/ Reasoning, English Language, General Awareness and General Studies. The below table highlights the exam pattern of Tier 1 of IB ACIO 2021 Exam:

IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2021 18^th February (1st Shift): Highlights          

We have collated some important feedbacks as shared by the exam takers of 18^th February 2021 first shift:

Quantitative Aptitude: 

• Maths was easy to attempt. Questions were simple. 

Analytical Ability/ Reasoning: 

• Reasoning sections were easy to attempt. Questions were simple. 

English Language: 

• English section was easy to moderate

General Awareness and General Studies:

• Questions of General Awareness section were more conceptual based, hence time-taking. 
• General Studies section was full of factual questions based on Static General Knowledge. 

Difficulty Level of sections: General Awareness & General Studies > Quantitative Aptitude > Reasoning > English Language

IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2021, 18^th February (Shift 1): Difficulty Level & Good Attempts

The number of good attempts and difficulty level of the IB ACIO Exam will give you a rough idea about the number of questions you must aim for if you have a forthcoming exam. Overall the exam was Moderate in difficulty level and a good number of attempts can be taken as 67 - 73. The table mentioned below enumerates the number of good attempts and difficulty level of IB ACIO 1st Shift exam conducted on 18^th February 2021:

IB ACIO Exam Timings

The underneath table highlights the exam reporting timing, gate closing timing and exam starting timing and exam finishing timing:

IB ACIO Exam Centre Guidelines

Candidates who are going to attempt the IB ACIO 2021 Exam need to follow the below-mentioned guidelines:

• Candidates have to wear a face mask throughout the examination
• Candidates need to maintain social distancing all through the examination
• Candidate should bring their own face mask, hand gloves, personal hand sanitiser (50 ml), transparent blue/ black ballpoint pen, and water bottle
• Candidate’s temperature will be checked at the entry point via a thermal gun
• The registration of candidates will be done through photo capture, hence, candidates have to remove the face mask only at that time
• Candidates have to sit at alternative computer nodes. In case the candidate has any symptom of COVID-19 he/ she have to sit in separate isolation hall/ lab

IB ACIO 2021 Tier 1 Exam Analysis 18^th February 2021 (1st Shift): General Studies and General Awareness

In the General Awareness section, Questions were asked fro 2020 Current Affairs especially January 2020. Questions were asked about government scheme, Books and authors and awards and military Exercises. 
From the General Studies section, questions were asked about History, Polity, Science and Static General Knowledge. 
The General Studies section and The General Awareness section, both were moderate in the difficulty level. Around 11 - 12 for the General Awareness section and around 15 - 16 for the general studies section can be taken as a safe attempt. 

The number of questions and difficulty level of General Awareness and General Studies section for IB ACIO Exam conducted on 18^th February 2021 is listed below:

IB ACIO 2021 Tier 1 Exam Analysis 18^th February 2021 (1st Shift): English Language

Going by most of the candidates, English Language, questions were easy to attempt. Idioms and phrases questions were a bit difficult. No statement based questions were seen. Mostly grammar-based questions on conjunction were seen. All in all, the English Language section was Easy to moderate in difficulty range and 13 - 15 can be taken as a good number of attempts.

The topic-wise distribution of the number of questions and difficulty level of English Language for IB ACIO Exam conducted on 18^th February 2021 is stated below:

IB ACIO 2021 Tier 1 Exam Analysis 18^th February 2021 (1st Shift): Reasoning

As per the candidates who attempted the IB ACIO Exam conducted on 18^th February 2021, most of the questions were asked from Coding decoding, Venn diagram, syllogism. The reasoning section was easy to attempt. Candidates could solve as much as 14 - 16 questions in shift-1. The number of questions and difficulty level for Reasoning section are tabulated below:

IB ACIO 2021 Tier 1 Exam Analysis 18^th February 2021 (1st Shift): Quantitative Aptitude

In Quantitative Aptitude, the majority of the questions were raised fromLCM HCF, Average, Profit and Loss and Ratio. The overall level of this section was moderate. Around 12 - 14 can be taken as a decent attempt. 
The table enlisted below highlights the number of questions asked and difficulty level of Quantitative Aptitude in IB ACIO Exam conducted on 18^th February 2021:

IB ACIO 2021 Tier 1 Exam Analysis 18^th February 2021 (1st Shift): Question Asked

According to the feedback shared by the exam takers who have appeared in the 1st Shift of IB ACIO 2021 conducted on 18^th February 2021:

• Who was the leader of Bardoli Satyagraha Andolan?
  Ans: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

• First women CM of India? Sucheta kriplani 

• Who was the king of France at the time of French Revolution?
  Ans: Louis XVI

• Who was the founder of  Indian National Congress?
  Ans: Allan Octavian Hume

• What was the capital of the Sunga dynasty?
  Ans: Pataliputra & Vidisha

• Which space organisation has recently launched the maximum number of satellites at a time?
  Ans:SpaceX - 143 satellite

• Who is called yuva turk?
  Ans: Chandra Shekhar

• Where was the bike ambulance launched by DRDO ?
  Ans: RAKSHITA

• Who is the author of ‘An Extraordinary Life: A Biography of Manohar Parrikar’?
  Ans: Sadguru Patil

• Which disease was recently eradicated in Africa?
  Ans: Polio

• What is the name of the Space Company of Tesla?
  Ans:SpaceX.

• Saksham Scheme related to?
  Ans:Saksham Scheme for economically weaker differently abled students.

• India Year book 2020 was launched by?
  Ans: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar

• Bandipur national park is in which state?
  Ans: Karnataka

• Bhagwati fort is situated in which state?
  ANS: Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

• Karakoram Range lies in which countries?
  Ans: China, India, and Pakistan, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

• Rohit Sharma is related to which sports?
  Ans: Cricket

• Rajinder Goel is related to which sports?
  Ans: Cricket

• In which year muslim league and INC had an agreement?
  Ans: Lucknow Session, 1916

• Who is the present Governor of Meghalaya ?
  Ans: Satya Pal Malik

• Giotto is related to which field?
  Ans Painting

• Which tax was abolished by the Government in Budget 2020?
  Ans: Budget 2020 abolished Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT) on dividends declared by mutual funds

• Sheikh Chilli's Tomb is in which state?
  Ans: Haryana

• Which of the following is fundamental duties?
  Ans: 

• Who is the first woman CM of Uttar Pradesh?
  Ans: Sucheta Kripalani
  
  
• Who is the governor of Nagaland?
  Ans: RN Ravi

English Questions Asked:

• Idiom - with might and main

• Syn - Hostile (Aggressive)

• Ant - Exaggeration 

• Anto - Ameliorate 

• Parajumbles 

• One word - Deciduous 

• Fill in the blanks - 2 (grammar based)

• Sentence improvement -   

Maths Questions Asked:

• If the diameter of a sphere is 21 cm then find the volume of the sphere.

• If the volume of a cube is 64 cm³ then find the total surface area of the cube.

• The average of 5 consecutive numbers is 21 then find the value of the largest number.

• Two numbers are in ratio of 5:3 and their LCM is 240. Find the larger number of the given numbers.

• A + B can complete a work in 12 days, B + C can complete the work in 10 days and A + B + C can complete the same work in 6 days. Find the number of days taken by A + C to complete the same amount of work.

• Rs. 1000 becomes Rs. 1200 in 2 years at simple interest. Find the interest rate.

• A train has 18 coaches, each 15 m long. It crosses a pole in 18 sec. If 3 coaches are removed from the train. Find the time taken by the train to cross the pole.

• [(1 - ½)(1 - 1/3)(1 - 1/4)........(1 - 1/100)]-0.25 = ?

• 2 Questions from Data Interpretation: 1 - Bar Graph, 1 - Line Graph

• One question based on the divisibility rule of 11. 

• No questions from Mixture & Alligation and Partnership in 1st shift.

• 1 Question from Boats & Stream.

•  1 question from Percentage.
•  2 questions from HCF-LCM topic.

IB ACIO 2021 Tier 1 Exam Expected Cut off

After completion of all the shifts of IB ACIO Exam, we will be in a position to share the expected cut off of exam. The expected cut off IB ACIO 2021 Tier 1 Exam depends upon the following factors:

• The difficulty level of the Tier 1 exam
• A new type of questions in the shifts (if any)
• Total number of appearing candidates in the exam
• Total number of vacancies available

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