RRB Group Exam Analysis 2022, 22 August: Shift 1, 2 & 3 Paper Review, Expected Cut Off

By PARUL RISHI|Updated : August 22nd, 2022

RRB Group Exam Analysis 2022, 22 August Shift 1, 2 & 3: The Railway Recruitment Board will conduct the RRB Group D CBT Phase 1 exam from August 17 to August 25, 2022. Today is the third day of the examination and before entering the upcoming shifts, applicants preparing for the RRB Group D computer-based online exam should read the RRB Group D paper review 2022 to get a better understanding of the exam's difficulty level.

In this article, we'll analyse the RRB Group D Phase 1 Exam section-by-section as well as Shifts 1, 2, and 3 to help candidates comprehend the format and difficulty level of the examination.

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  • Total Vacancies: 103769
  • Total Number of Questions: 100
  • Duration of examination: 90 mins.

RRB Group D Exam Analysis 22 August 2022

In this article of August 22, 2022, we will provide you with a detailed RRB Group D exam analysis. There will be a discussion of every aspect of the analysis, including the level of difficulty, the topics covered, etc. This will provide candidates, who are going for the examination for later shifts, a better idea of the types of questions they can expect to encounter in the exam.

RRB Group D Exam Shift Timings

Phase 1 of the RRB Group D Exam 2022 started on August 17 and will last till August 25. There will be three shifts each day. Candidates are required to arrive at the examination locations 1.5 hours prior to the start of the exam. Once the gates are locked, candidates will not be permitted to enter the exam site. The schedule for each of the three shifts is listed in the table below.

Shift 

Report Timing

Gate Closing Timing

Starting of Examination

Exam End Time

Shift 1

 7:30 AM

 8:30 AM

 9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Shift 2

11:15 AM

12:15 PM

12:45 PM

2:15 PM

Shift 3

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:00 PM

6:30 PM

RRB Group D Exam Highlights 22 August 2022 

RRB Group D Phase 1 exam is currently going on and today is the third day of the examination, the shift wise highlights of the examination are as follows:

RRB Group D Shift 3 Highlights

Below are the important highlights of the exam that a candidate should refer to before going for the examination in the upcoming shifts:

  • The difficulty level of the Examination: The difficulty level of the examination can be considered Moderate
  • Difficulty Order of various sections: Reasoning <  Math  < General Science < General Awareness
  • Good Number of Attempts: 73-83

RRB Group D Shift 2 Highlights

Below are the important highlights of the exam that a candidate should refer to before going for the examination in the upcoming shifts:

  • The difficulty level of the Examination: The difficulty level of the examination can be considered Moderate
  • Difficulty Order of various sections: Math < Reasoning < General Science < General Awareness
  • Good Number of Attempts: 72 - 82

RRB Group D Shift 1 Highlights

Below are the important highlights of the exam that a candidate should refer to before going for the examination in the upcoming shifts:

  • The difficulty level of the Examination: The difficulty level of the examination can be considered Moderate
  • Difficulty Order of various sections: Math < Reasoning < General Science < General Awareness
  • Good Number of Attempts: 76-84

RRB Group D Exam Analysis 22 August 2022: Difficulty Level

As per the exam analysis conducted on day 3, shift 3, the exam's difficulty level was found to be Moderate. Students have categorically mentioned that the General Awareness section was the toughest section among all the 4 sections in the RRB Group D Phase 1 examination. 

Section

Level of the Section (Shift 3)

Level of the Section (Shift 2)

Level of the Section (Shift 1)

General Intelligence and Reasoning

Easy Easy-ModerateEasy

Mathematics 

 Easy-ModerateEasy-ModerateEasy

General awareness and Current Affairs

 ModerateModerateModerate

General Science

 ModerateModerateModerate

Total 

 ModerateModerateModerate

RRB Group D Analysis Section-wise 

The RRB Group D CBE exam consists of four sections namely, Math, Reasoning, General Science, and General Awareness. Let's analyse the topic-by-topic exam analysis of the weighted questions in shift 3 on August 22nd, 2022.

RRB Group D Exam Analysis 2022: Mathematics

Shift 1: Maths section was found to be easy by the candidates who appeared for the examination in today's first shift. The Good Number of attempts can be considered to be 21-23 where some questions are calculative in nature.

Shift 2: The question pattern and the difficulty level of the maths section in shift 2 were the same as in the previous shifts. Maths questions were easy to moderate and students were able to solve as many as 20-22 questions.

Shift 3: Maths section was found to be easy by the candidates who appeared for the examination in today's third shift. The Good Number of attempts can be considered to be 20-23.

Topic

Total Number of Questions (Shift 3)

Total Number of Questions (Shift 2)

Total Number of Questions (Shift 1)

Percentage

 11-22

Mensuration

2 (Cylinder & Cone) 2-3 (Cylinder)2

Ratio and Proportion

2-32-3

S.I, CI

1 (SI) 1 (SI)2 (SI)

Pipe & Cistern

 -0-

Profit/ Loss

 1-21-22

Simplification

 22-32-3

Time and Work

 11-20-1

Number System

 22-31

Time, Speed and Distance

 11-21-2

Average

 1-211-2

Trigonometry

1 (MODERATE) 1 (Series)1 (Easy)

Total

 252525

RRB Group D Exam Analysis 2022: Reasoning 

Shift 1: The reasoning section was Easy and a Good Number of attempts can consider being 24-26, the puzzles were a bit tricky according to students' opinions.

Shift 2: There was no new change found in the question pattern and difficulty level of the seasoning section in shift 2 on comparing with the previous shifts. Reasoning questions were easy-moderate in the difficulty level and students could easily attempt 23-25 questions

Shift 3: The reasoning section was Easy and a Good Number of attempts can consider being 24-26.

Topic

Total Number of Questions (Shift 3)

Total Number of Questions (Shift 2)

Total Number of Questions (Shift 1)

Syllogism

1-2 2-32-3

Venn Diagram

 12-31-2

Mathematical operator

 21-22

Water Image

1 (word based) 0-

Odd one out

 1-21-21

Coding-Decoding

 3-42-33-4

Analogy

 12-31-2

Series

 1-23-42

Clock

 -2-3-

Direction

 2-32-33

Statement & Conclusion

 211-2

Counting Figure

 ---

Puzzle

 3 (2 linear, 1 circular)4-55-6 (Square, Circular Arrangements)

Total

 303030

RRB Group D Exam Analysis 2022: General Awareness

Shift 1: The general Awareness section was Moderate where a good number of attempts can consider being 13-15. The Current Affairs are generally asked from December 2021-  2022 (most recent). There are 4-5 questions asked from the Current Affairs section.

Shift 2: The general Awareness section was Moderate where a good number of attempts can be taken as 12-15. The Current Affairs are generally asked from 2022 (most recent). There are 5-6 questions asked from the Current Affairs section. There were questions asked from the commonwealth games, constitutional articles, Government schemes etc.

Shift 3: The general Awareness section was Moderate where a good number of attempts can consider being 12-15. The Current Affairs are generally asked from both 2021 & 2022 . There are 6-7 questions asked from the Current Affairs section.

Topic

Total Number of Questions (Shift 3)

Total Number of Questions (Shift 2)

Total Number of Questions (Shift 1)

History

 2-321-2

Polity

 2-32-33-4

Geography

 2-3 1-21-2

Economics

 1-22-3 (Schemes)1-2

Current Affairs

 6-7 (2022 & 2021)5-6 (2022)5-6 (2022 Majorly)

Total

 202020

RRB Group D Exam Analysis 2022: General Science 

Shift 1: Most of the questions in the General Science Section were based on Science NCERT Books up to the 10th Standard. The questions from the Chemistry section have greater weightage than Physics and Biology sections.

Shift 2: General Science questions were moderate. Students could attempt 17-20 questions.  

Shift 3: The questions from the Physics section have greater weightage than Biology and chemistry sections. A good number of attempts can be considered to be 17-19

Topic

Total Number of Questions (Shift 3)

Total Number of Questions (Shift 2)

Total Number of Questions (Shift 1)

Physics

8-9 5-77-8

Chemistry

 4-54-68-9

Biology

 4-54-67-8

Total

 25

25

25

RRB Group D Exam Analysis 22 August 2022: Good Attempts

The good number of attempts for the RRB Group D exam can be considered to be between 73-83 where the section-wise good number of attempts is tabulated below in the table.

Section

Number of Good Attempts (Shift 3)

Number of Good Attempts (Shift 2)

Number of Good Attempts (Shift 1)

General Intelligence and Reasoning

24-2623-2524-26

Mathematics 

20-2320-2221-23

General awareness and Current Affairs

12-1512-1513-15

General Science

17-1917-2018-20

Total 

73-8372 - 8276-84

RRB Group D Expected Cut Off 2022

The RRB Group D cut-off 2022 for various categories is provided below candidates can check the expected cut-off marks for the RRB Group D 2022.

Category 

RRB Group D Expected Cut Off

UR

70-80

SC

65-75

ST

60-70

PwD (VI)

40-50

PwD (HI)

42-52

PwD (LD)

50-60

PwD (MD)

30-40

OBC

70-75

Ex-Serviceman

28-35

CCAA

25-34

RRB Group D Exam Pattern

The RRB Group D exam pattern consists of basically 4 sections Maths, Reasoning, General Awareness and General Science. The students have given 90 mins to complete the examination where there are 100 questions asked in the examination.

Marks/Subjects

Mathematics

Reasoning

General Awareness

General Science

Marks

25

30

20

25

RRB Group D Questions Asked 

General Awareness

  1. Chota Nagpur plateau is situated in which state? (Ans: Jharkhand)
  2. Padma Vibhushan 2022 in science? 
  3. Which state of India implemented GST first? (Ans: Assam)
  4. One question related to centre-state relations?
  5.  Who is the highest law officer in the state?
  6. Whose birthday was celebrated as Parakram Diwas?
  7. Who is the flag bearer of India in the Commonwealth Games 2022
  8. The anniversary of Tripura's Kokborok language (Ans :- 38th)
  9. Question-related to age limit in Atal pension yojna.

General Science

  1. One question on meiosis and mitosis?
  2. How many chromosomes are there in humans? (Ans: 46)
  3. 1 question related to Mendeleev’s periodic table - few statements were given out of which the incorrect one has to be found out.
  4. 4 elements were given from which the one with the highest valency has to be chosen - Al, Na, F, ….
  5. Two numerical questions were related to lenses. One was f and u was given to us and we need to find ‘v’.

Maths Questions

  1. Find the area of the triangle having sides 5 cm, 7 cm and 10 cm.
  2. The present age of the father is 3 times of his son’s age. After 10 years the ratio of age of son and father is 1:2. Find the present age of father.

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Stay tuned to know Shift-wise RRB Group D Exam Analysis 22nd August 2022.

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  • RRB Group D exam analysis 2022 for 22 August 2022 can be found in this article. We have discussed the exam analysis in detail covering all the important aspects such as difficulty level, questions asked, topic-wise questions distributions etc. Students can also check the section-wise order of difficulty.

  • Good number of attempts for shift 1 of the RRB Group D exam conducted on 22 August 2022 can be taken as 76-84. The good number of attempts are nothing but safe attempts that can be considered to pass the cutoff. It is important to note that good number of attempts are determined considering 90% accuracy,

  • RRB Group D exam analysis 2022 is helpful for the students having exams in the upcoming shifts to get an idea about the question pattern and the difficulty level of the exam they can expect in their shifts. It helps them in improving their scores and get ahead in the competition.

  • The overall difficulty level of the RRB Group D CBT exam for shift 3 of 22 August 2022 is Moderate. Out of the four subjects, students found reasoning and mathematics to be easy whereas General awareness was a bit tricky and difficult to attempt.

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