IBPS RRB PO 3rd Shift Analysis 12th September 2020: Know Difficulty Level, Good Attempts

This exam analysis will also help aspirants of the IBPS RRB Office Assistant exam as the syllabus and exam pattern for both the exam is more or less similar. So check out the detailed section-wise exam to combat the fear of upcoming shifts and the IBPS RRB Clerk exam as well.

Let us discuss the section-wise IBPS RRB PO 3rd Shift Prelims exam review, difficulty level, good attempt, and questions asked in the exam below.

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IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2020: Exam Timings

Number of Shift	Reporting Time	Gate Closing Time	Handwritten Sample	Starting of Examination
Shift 1	7:30 AM	8:15 AM	8:30 - 8:35 AM	8:35 AM
Shift 2	9:45 AM	10:30 AM	10:45 - 10:50 AM	10:50 AM
Shift 3	12:00 PM	12:45 PM	1:00 - 1:05 AM	1:05 AM
Shift 4	2:15 PM	3:00 PM	3:15 - 3:20 AM	3:20 AM
Shift 5	4:30 Pm	5:15 PM	5:30 - 5:35 AM	5:35 AM

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam 2020: Exam Centre Guidelines

Students are required to wear a mask during the examination.
Students are allowed to carry a personal transparent water bottle, personal hand sanitizer (50 ml), gloves & a simple pen inside the exam centre
An aspirant must have installed Arogya-Setu app on their smartphone and the app must show the COVID 19 risk profile of the student.
At the exam centre, the registration of the candidates will be done with photo capture.
In the exam hall, there will be two separate dropbox for the rough sheets and call letters. Students are required to drop these in the designated boxes.

IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2020 (Shift 1)

IBPS RRB PO 2nd Shift Analysis 2020

IBPS RRB PO 3rd Shift Analysis 12th September 2020 - Key Highlights

The third shift was Moderate.
There were no new pattern questions.
The reasoning ability was comparatively easy.
Overall no major changes were introduced. Candidates with clarity of the concepts must have done well.
Both the languages were displayed together.
The sequence of the section was reasoning ability>quant

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis (Shift 3): Difficulty level and exam pattern

No changes were observed in this shift.
The pattern of the shift remained the same as that of the shift-1 and shift 2.
Both the shifts were similar in terms of difficulty level and types of questions asked.
Overall the level was moderate.
Reasoning section was the easiest and not lengthy.
Few questions were tricky from the quant section. Overall it was easy to moderate.

IBPS RRB PO 3rd Shift Exam Review 2020 (Section-wise)

1. IBPS RRB PO 3rd Shift Review 2020: Reasoning Ability

The overall level of the section was moderate and lengthy.
Below is a detailed analysis of the Reasoning section.

Name of the topic	Topic Details
Puzzles & Seating Arrangements	Number of Questions: 20 One box based puzzle was asked, there were 10 boxes. (P-Y boxes)-5 ques Square-based puzzle, Corner people facing inside, people sitting in the middle were facing outside. (5 ques) Scheduling puzzle-5 Months were given (Jan, March, June, November and December) Dates were also given(5, 4, 18)- ques Age-Based Scheduling puzzle- 10 people (P-Y)-5 ques
Inequality	5 questions were asked Three statements and 2 conclusions
Coding-Decoding	There were 5 questions on this topic. Conventional coding was asked
Syllogism	Total of 5 questions was asked New pattern questions were asked.
Alphanumeric Series	SEGMENT word was given Only one question was there.
Blood Relation	Total 3 questions were there Questions were of moderate level.
Word Formation	One question was there.

2. IBPS RRB PO 3rd Shift Review 2020: Quantitative Aptitude

The overall level of the exam was easy.
Following table depicts the topic-wise breakdown of the questions asked in Numerical Ability Analysis -

Topic Name	Topic Details
Data Interpretation	Number of Questions: 5+5 Tabular DI and Line graph DI were asked. Questions on DI were of Moderate level.
Approximation	Number of Questions: 5 The questions from this topic were not calculative. All questions can be easily solved with the BODMAS rule.
Data Sufficiency	Total questions- 5 Questions were doable. Few questions were based on Mensuration. Questions on partnership were also there.
Missing Number Series	Number of Questions: 5 Missing Number series was asked. The pattern of the series was of moderate level.
Quantity 1 Quantity 2	Total 5 questions were there. Questions were of easy-moderate level.
Arithmetic Questions	Number of Questions: 10 The questions from the miscellaneous section were little time-consuming, lengthy and calculative. Partnership, SI, Train, Profit and loss, age-based, boat and stream, etc questions were asked. One ques on probability.

IBPS RRB PO Prelims 3rd Shift Analysis 12th September 2020: Good Attempts (Overall)

Based on the level of the exam, we are sharing the good attempts sectional and overall as follows -

Name of Section	Number of Good Attempts
Reasoning Ability	26-28
Numerical Ability	25-27
Overall	57-62

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Shift 3 FAQs

1. What was the level of shift 3?

The level of shift 3 was moderate.

2. is there any change in shift-2 and shift-3 questions?

No, no major changes were observed.

3. Will there be normalization in shift-3 also?

Yes, There will be normalization in IBPS PO Prelims exam 2020.

4. Which was the easiest section?

The reasoning was comparatively easy in shift-3 also.

5. Can students change section from reasoning to quant or quant to reasoning?

Yes, as there is no sectional timing students can switch within the section.

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