RRB NTPC Exam Analysis 8th January 2021 (All Shifts): Exam Review, Questions, Difficulty Level

How would the RRB NTPC Exam Analysis help you?

Analysis proves very vital for the candidates who would take the exam in the coming shifts.

• It helps them to understand what they might expect in the exam with regard to the type of questions that have been asked and the area from which more questions are asked.
• Sometimes questions are repeated in different shifts, which are just brownie points for candidates.
• The analysis will also help the candidates get an idea regarding the exam questions, a reasonable number of attempts, the difficulty level of the exam, expected cut off and topic wise questions.

Highlights into the trend observed in the questions asked in the shifts from 28 December to 8 January.   

• As the questions were randomly arranged (including that of DI) candidates found it time taking.
• Variation in the difficulty level in the shifts of the same day.
• Increase in the questions of current affairs with each passing day.
• Increase in number of questions from the history and current affairs question

Exam Analysis 8th January 2021 (All Shifts): Main Highlights & Takeaways

We have put together some essential key points of both the shifts of RRB NTPC exam conducted on 8th January 2021: 

RRB NTPC Difficulty Level & Good Attempts 8 January 2021 (All Shifts)

The number of good attempts for both the shifts of RRB NTPC Examination will help you get a clear idea about the number of questions a student should target to clear the level 1 cut off. The difficulty level of the exam shift provides a fair idea of the examination. We have listed good attempts and its difficulty level separately for the individual section as per the data collected from the students:

RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam Timings:

As the RRB NTPC is one of the most popular exams among aspirants, almost 1.26 crore candidates have filled the exam form. The exam is being conducted in two phases. The first phase is from 28 December to 13 January while phase two is yet to start. Each day there will be two shifts.

The table mentioned below states the RRB NTPC Exam starting timing and finishing timing of the two shifts:

RB NTPC CBT-1 Exam Centre Guidelines

Students who are yet to take the exam in the coming shifts and phases of RRB NTPC 2020-21 Examination are advised to go through the guidelines listed below and adhere to them.

• Exam takers should wear a mask throughout the examination
• Hand sanitiser and pen will be available for students and are expected not to carry such things
• Candidates should present the filled copy of the COVID-19 self-declaration form.
• The registration of the exam takers will be approved with the photo capture; therefore, the candidate is expected to remove mask only at that moment
• A separate dropbox for rough sheets and call letters will be made available, candidates must give away the rough sheets in the designated boxes
• Questions asked in shift 1 and the shift 2 of RRB NTPC 2021 conducted on 8 January 2021 were relatively easy to moderate. 

Read more about the in-depth analysis of different shifts:

 
Go through the Questions in various shifts:

RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam Analysis 8 January 2021 (All shifts)

According to the candidates who have attempted both the shifts of RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam held on 08^th January 2021, we have provided an elaborated section-wise analysis which is stated below: 

RRB NTPC Exam Review 8 January 2021 (All Shifts): Mathematics

According to the experience shared by the students who had appeared in the RRB NTPC examination, Mathematics section was of the same level. Questions were easier than the questions asked in the shifts of previous days. Questions were not arranged in the proper manner. Therefore, it was time-consuming. Also, the questions were lengthy. DI was comparatively easy. One can expect a good number of attempts to be 23 -25 in the shift 1 of and 24 - 26 in shift -2 on 8 January 2021. The difficulty of both the shifts were almost same and questions were of similar kind. 

The number of questions from different topics along with its difficulty level in the Mathematics section of RRB NTPC Examination is listed below:

 
RRB NTPC Exam Review 08 January 2021: General Intelligence & Reasoning

Going by the candidates who had attempted the paper, in Reasoning section, it was of moderate level. Difficulty experienced by candidates in this section. 21 -23 Number of questions is considered to be a good attempt by the exam takers. In shift - 2, 23 - 25 can be assumed as a good number of attempt. 

The topic-wise distribution and difficulty level of the General Intelligence & Reasoning section are listed below:

RRB NTPC Exam Review 08 January 2021 (All Shifts): General Awareness

With respect to the General Awareness section, it was comparatively easy. Questions were asked about the organizations and from current affairs part. History questions, in particular, were not difficult. 2 – 3 questions were repeated too. Overall 31 - 33 can be considered as a good attempt. Questions related to the headquarters of international organisations were seen in both the shifts. For shift 2, 29 - 32 can be taken as a good number of attempts. 

We have listed the topic-wise number of questions and its difficulty level for the General Awareness section in the below table:

Question Asked in RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam 08 January 2021 (All Shifts)

Here are a few questions as shared by the candidates who have appeared in either of the shifts of RRB NTPC Examination conducted on 8th January 2021:

Questions asked in GA

What is the Capital of Australia?

Ans: Canberra

Sagarmatha is situated in which country?
Ans: Nepal

Who is present President of CII?
Ans: Uday Kotak

What is the standard ratio of length to breadth of Indian Flag?
Ans: length and breadth are in the ratio of 3:2.

Common Use of Acid and Base.
Ans: food preservative

Headquarter of OPEC

Vienna

What is full form of Fortran?
Ans: Formula Translation

Where the headquarter of OPEC is situated?
Ans: Vienna

The session in which the congress was divided into two camps-Extremist and Moderates was held in___
Ans- Surat

Which country won the first t20 World Cup in cricket?
Ans- India

Headquarter of the International Labour Organisation? 
Ans - Geneva, Switzerland

Tamasha dance belongs to which state?
Ans - Maharashtra

Full form of COBOL?
Ans - Common Business Oriented Language

What is the pH of soil?

Quantitative Aptitude

•  Simplify: (8-215)
• If the selling price of 9 articles is equal to the cost price of 15 articles. Find the profit/loss percent.
• If the mean of a set of data is 25 and the standard deviation is 5. Find the coefficient of variance.
• If the diagonal of a cube is 9√3 cm. Find the volume of the cube.

 
RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam Expected Cut off 2020

The expected cut- off will be shared, once all the shifts and phases are conducted successfully. The expected cut-off based on the assessment given by the candidates who have taken the exam. The expected cut off of the RRB NTPC Exam is determined on the basis of the following factors:

• The difficulty of the questions asked in the examination
• Type of questions asked in different sections of the exam
• Candidates participation in the exam
• Number of vacancies available

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