RRB NTPC Exam Analysis Today (Shift 1 & 2) 20 January 2021: Review, Questions, Difficulty Level

Every day, a change is observed in the question pattern asked in the ongoing phase-2 of RRB NTPC 2020 examination. It becomes all the way more important for candidates to keep a check on the daily exam analysis. Let us move on to the analysis of shift-1 and shift - 2 of 20 January 2020 and look into the highlights of both the shifts of today.

Main Highlights and Takeaways:  

• In reasoning and general intelligence section, more questions were seen based on number series and analogy. No question was seen on blood relation or puzzle. 
• In General awareness section, static general knowledge and current affairs gave the hard time to candidates. 
• According to the candidates, out of 40 questions, 20- 25 questions were easy and repeated. 
• In static general knowledge, some questions were new and non repeated ones.
• Sections according to increasing order of difficulty: General Intelligence and reasoning< Mathematics< General Awareness. 

RRB NTPC Difficulty Level & Good Attempts 20 January 2021 (Shift-1)

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

Go through the Questions in various shifts:

RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam Analysis 20 January 2021 (Shift-1 and Shift-2)

As per the candidates who have taken the exam in the shift-1 and shift - 2 of RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam held on 20 January 2021, we have made a detailed analysis section-wise which is given below:

RRB NTPC Exam Review 20 January 2021 (Shift-1): Mathematics

Mathematics section was of moderate level. No change was seen in the mathematics section. one question was seen from pipe and cistern,  the rational and irrational number, LCM and HCF. There were 4 questions asked from average and 4 from statistics. Overall, considering the difficulty level of shift-1, 23 - 25 attempted question will be considered as a good attempt. All in all this section was moderate. in shift-2 mathematics was a bit easier, not too easy as compared to shift-1. For shift - 2, 24 - 27 can be considered as a decent number of attempted questions. 

The following table states the topic-wise question distribution under the mathematics section from shift-1 and shift - 2:

RRB NTPC Exam Review 20 January 2021 (Shift-1 and Shift-2): General Intelligence & Reasoning

This was again the easiest section for the candidates as the questions were not that difficult and repeated. A few questions from the Venn diagram and statement conclusions were tough. Rest sections were easy. For shift-1, 25 - 27 and for shift-2, 25 - 26 can be considered as a safe number of attempted questions. The level of difficulty of questions in both the shifts was the same and of moderate level. For 

The topic-wise question distribution of the General Intelligence & Reasoning section is given in the table:

RRB NTPC Exam Review 20 January 2021 (Shift-1 and Shift-2): General Awareness

General awareness section gave the hard time to the students. In this section, static general knowledge and current affairs gave the hard time to candidates. According to the candidates, out of 40 questions, 20- 25 questions were easy and repeated. In static general knowledge, some questions were new and non repeated ones. questions were asked about the first satellite, president of Sri Lanka and the noble prize 2007 winner. Some questions were new which were not expected. Overall 27 - 29 can be taken as a reasonable number of attempted questions. For shift-2, 28 - 31 is expected to be a good number of attempted questions. 
Let us have a look at the topic-wise questions from the General Awareness section:

Question Asked in RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam 20 January 2021 (Shift-1 and Shift-2)

Here are a few questions which appeared in the shift-1 and Shift-2 of RRB NTPC Examination conducted on 20 January 2021:

NTPC Questions asked in GA

Who won the orange cap in IPL 2020?
Ans: KL Rahul (Kagiso Rabada ends with Purple Cap)

RBI Governor 2020?
Ans: Shaktikanta Das

Who was the constitutional advisor to the constituent assembly?
Ans: B. N. Rau

Who invented the computer?
Ans: Charles Babbage

Who developed C language?
Ans: Dennis Ritchie

Which newspaper was started by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa?
Ans: Indian Opinion

Which movement started by Gandhi ji after returned from Africa?
Ans: Champaran

Who among the following got Padma Vibhushan 2020?
Ans: 7 Padma Vibhushan in 2020- George Fernandes, Arun Jaitley, Anerood Jugnauth, Mary Kom, Chhannulal Mishra, Sushma Swaraj and Vishwesha Teertha.

Who designed Gateway of India?
Ans: George Wittet

The binomial name Homo sapiens was coined by___
Ans: Carl Linnaeus

Taklamakan desert is located in which country?
Ans: China

Who was the first woman president of the INC session?
Ans: Annie Besant in 1917

Who is present president of Sri Lanka?
Ans: Gotabaya Rajapaksa

“India Divided” is written by whom?
Ans: Rajendra Prasad

Ujwala scheme is related to?
Ans: launched in 2015 to dispense LPG connection

The scientific name of Wheat?
Ans: Triticum Aestivum

Maximum no of tigers are found in which national park?
Ans: Kanha National Park

International rice research center is located in?
Ans: Manila, philippines

Gir forest famous for?
Ans: Asiatic Lions

Who is the first woman president of Congress?
Ans: Annie Besant

Fundamental rights are taken from which country?
Ans: USA

2007 Nobel Peace Prize was given to?
Ans: Albert Arnold

Who is the author of ‘India Divided’?
Ans: Rajendra Prasad

Why was Ram Prasad Bismil hanged?
Ans: hanged on 19 December 1927 at Gorakhpur Jail for Kakori conspiracy.

Maths Questions Asked:

• A consumer has to pay Rs 279 after a 10% discount on the electricity bill. What is the original bill?

• In triangle ABC, the sum of angle A and angle B is 90°. If sin A = 5/3. FInd the value of tan B. 

• If the cost price of 10 pens is equal to the selling price of 8 articles, then find the profit/loss percentage. 

• 0.23 is a/an  ______ number. 

• Find the area enclosed between two concentric circles of radii 7 cm and 14 cm. 

• Find the time taken by a train moving with the speed of 60 kmph to cross a bridge of 600 m. The length of the train is 400 m. 

• Find the third proportional of 16 and 40.

• In what time ₹1600 amounts to ₹2116 at 15% per annum interest rate compounded annually. 

• The square of √3 + √11 is a/an _______ number.  

• 1 + tan 15.cot 75 = ?

•  A&B can do a piece of work in 15 days, B & C can do the same work in 12 days and C & A can do it in 20 days. In how many days A, B and C together can complete the work?

• In a triangle ABC, the sum of the angles A & B is 90 and sinA = ⅗. What is the value of tan B.

• If the total surface area of the cube is 1944, then find the volume of the cube.

• Find the mean of the first 8 prime numbers.

• If mean = (3median - mode)/p, then find the value of p.

•  If the number is first increased by 5% and then decreased by 5% then what is the net effect?

• If x = 5 and y = 2, then 16x4 – 40x2y + 15x3 =?

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