September 2014 (Morning Session)

September 2014 (Morning Session)

Hello Readers,
As you all know that IBPS RRB 2014 was flagged off from today. The 150 minute test is being conducted in two time slots - morning and evening. 1 mark will be awarded for every correct answer while 1/4th marks will be deducted for every incorrect answer.

It has been ascertained from candidate’s assessment that overall the level of the exam by and large ranged from moderate to difficult. The pattern of the question paper compared to the last year exams was comparatively difficult.


Yet again, the Quantitative Aptitude Section turned out as a tough nut to crack.  Questions were lengthy and time consuming, especially Data Interpretation. The candidates had a tough time working against the clock to attempt all the sections. English Section was reported to be a lengthy one as Reading Comprehension questions, which students dread, dominated this section. Reasoning was moderate; and General Awareness and Computer knowledge section were comparatively easy.

The pattern of test was as follows:

Section	Total Ques			Max. Marks	Level of Difficulty	Possible Attempts
Reasoning		40	50		Moderate	20-24
Quantitative Aptitude		40	50		Difficult	16-19
General Awareness		40	40		Easy	25-30
English Language		40	40		Moderate	20-24
Computer Knowledge		40	20		Easy	23-26
Hindi Knowledge		40	40		Easy	26-29
Total		200	200			130-152

Reasoning 

Overall this section had moderate level of difficulty. Sitting Arrangement questions tricky. Inequality and puzzle questions were easy but time consuming. Questions on decision making were lengthy enough to make students run out of time. No question from Non Verbal Reasoning as usual.

The details of the section are as follows:

Topic	Number of Ques
Sitting Arrangement	5
Puzzle	5
Syllogism	5
Direction Test, Ranking, Blood relation, Alphanumeric Series, Word Arrangement etc.	8-10
Inequality	5
Input Output	5
Data Sufficiency	5

English Language

The difficulty level of this section can be ranged from moderate. There were two reading comprehensions with 10 questions each. Understanding the comprehensions took quite some time. Rest of the section consisted of Rearrangement of sentences, Cloze test and Sentence Improvement. Cloze test was reported to be comparatively easy.

The details of the section are as follows:

Topic	Number of Questions
Reading Comprehensions	20
Rearrangement	5
Cloze test	10
Sentence Improvement	5

Quantitative Aptitude

The topics covered and the pattern of the questions was in line with the ones which have appeared in previous exams of IBPS PO-III. The level of the questions was hard. DI was time consuming and calculative. Number series questions were tricky.

The details of the section are as follows:

Topic	Section
Data Interpretation	15
Arithmetic (Profit and loss, Average, CI and SI, Pipe and Cistern, Time and Distance etc.)	13-14
Mensuration	2
Data Sufficiency	5
Number Series	5
Quadratic Equations	5

General Awareness

There were almost an equal number of questions from Banking, Economy and Current Affairs. This section saw easy level of questions. The questions covered a wide range of topics including banking awareness and economy, current and international affairs, awards, books and authors etc. 

According to various readers of BA, almost all the questions were from BankersAdda GK Power Capsule.

Computer Knowledge

The computer section again was a savior as the level of the questions was comparatively easy. The questions had their main focus on the topics: Operating System, Networking, Hardware, Software, and internet. 

Disclaimer: All information provide above are based on independent analysis made by Bankersadda and Career Power. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information