RBI Assistant Mains Exam Analysis 2017 : 20th December

By Astha Shukla|Updated : December 20th, 2017

The Mains Exam of RBI Assistant 2017 has concluded now. The exam was conducted in a single shift today. We are now sharing the RBI Assistant Mains Exam Analysis 2017 which includes topics asked in the exam, section-wise difficulty level and other major insights of the exam. Go through the exam analysis now to know about the changes introduced and safe attempts to sail through the RBI Assistant Mains Exam 2017!

RBI Assistant Mains Exam Analysis 2017

Major Highlights of the Exam :

The overall level of RBI Assistant Mains exam falls into Moderate Category.

Reasoning Ability -

  • There were no syllogism questions asked.

English Langauge -

  • A new pattern based Sentence Connector Questions were asked. 
  • In this, there were 2 sentences given in the question. Then 3 parts were given in the question itself. Candidates need to join the two sentences with the help of these 3 part in a way so that the meaning of the sentences do not change and then select the appropriate option.

Numerical Ability -

  • There were no number series questions in Exam.

Overall Analysis of RBI Assistant Mains Exam 2017

Section

Total Questions

Maximum Marks

Level of Difficulty

Reasoning Ability

40

40

Moderate

Numerical Abilty

40

40

Easy-Moderate

English Language

40

40

Moderate

General Awareness

40

40

Moderate

Computer Knowledge

40

40

Easy

Total

200

200

Moderate

Check out the section-wise exam analysis of RBI Assistant Mains exam below :

1. English Language Analysis :

  • The level of English Section was of Moderate Level. An economy based Reading Comprehension was asked which was long.
  • A new pattern question was introduced. In this , there were 2 sentences given in the question. Then 3 parts were given. Candidates need to join the two sentences with thehelp of these 3 part and then select the appropriate option.
  • Check out the topics asked in English Language section here -

Topic Asked

Number of Questions

Difficulty Level

 Reading Comprehension, 4 Antonyms and Synonyms were asked, Topic was related to education in US 10 questions Moderate
 Cloze Test  5 questions Easy
 Parjumbles 5 questions Easy
 Replace the given phrases/idioms 5 questions Easy
New Pattern Questions of Sentence Connector10 questionsModerate-Difficult
Error Spotting Questions5 questionsEasy

2. Numerical Ability Analysis -

The level of this section was comparatively high as compared to other sections. Questions were tricky and time-consuming. Following topics were asked in Numerical Ability Section-

Topic Asked

Number of Questions

Difficulty Level

 Tabular DI  5 questions Moderate 
Bar Graph DI5 questionsEasy
 Casellete DI 5 questions Difficult
 Approximation 5 questions Easy
 Quadratic Eqautions 5 questions Moderate
 Data Sufficiency 5 questions Moderate
Miscellaneous questions from Arithmetic Topics10 questionsModerate

3. Reasoning Ability Analysis 

Reasoning section was scoring in the exam. The level of the section falls in to easy to moderate category. Puzzles and seating arrangement dominated this section as there were many questions from this section -

Topic Asked

Number of Questions

Difficulty Level

 Box Based Puzzle 5 questions Moderate
 Year Based Puzzle 5 questions Moderate
 North Facing Seating Arrangement 5 questionsModerate
Direction based Puzzle5 questionsModerate
Family and age-based Puzzle5 questionsModerate
 Input - Output 5 questionsModerate
Inequality2 questionsEasy
Alphanumeric Series1 questionEasy
Blood Relation2 questionsEasy
Miscellaneous5 questionsEasy

4.General Awareness Section Analysis :

The level of this section was moderate. Banking Awareness questions had more weightage as compared to other topics. Many questions were figure and data based which raised the level of the section slightly high. Following questions were asked in this section-

  • Voting share of promoters in payment bank?
  • CISF Headquarter is located in which city – New Delhi
  • Meghalaya Traditional ethnic dress – Jainsem
  • Girija devi is associated with which of the following field – Singer
  • Gorakhpur city is situated at which river?
  • Mastercard Launches its First Mastercard Lab in which city – Pune
  • Sowa-Rigpa is which region's medicine?
  • S stands for what in term BCSBI?
  • Dudhwa National park is located in which State – Uttar Pradesh
  • Who is the winner of 2017 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold (Golf)?
  • Loktak lake is located in which Indian State – Manipur
  • Which bank has launched Project Nishchay – IDBI bank
  • Gudi Pahva is the festival of which state?
  • Which bank gives 1% cash back on EMI?
  • What is the capital of Jordan ?
  • Which day is observed on 10th November – World Science Day for Peace and Development
  • In LAB , 'A' stands for what? – Local Area Bank

5.Computer Knowledge Section Analysis :

Computer section was easy.Questions were asked from the topics of MS Office, Computer Operating System, Memory, Hardware and software and Computer Security. Some questions asked are as follows :

  • Which port is used for connectin Old mouse and modem?

RBI Assistant Mains Exam: Safe Attempts

Safe attempts are based on the difficulty level of the exam and number of vacancies available. As the number of vacancies for each state is different, we are sharing a range of good attempts for the exam.

Section

Safe Attempts

Reasoning Ability

 20-22

Numerical Ability

 20-22

English Language

 18-22

General Awareness

 25-28

Computer Knowledge

 30-35

Total

 125-130

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