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Dear Aspirants,
OICL AO Mains 2017 Recruitment Exam is over, Now it’s time for OICL AO (Generalist) Mains Exam Analysis & Review (18th Nov 2017). Many students have appeared for this exam today and this brings them to a step closer in their journey of getting a Job in the government sector. Without wasting any moment, let’s get straight to the analysis for which you are all waiting for. Overall the exam was an Easy to Moderate Level.
OICL AO (Generalist) Mains 2017 exam had 4 sections in the objective test of 200 marks – Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, Reasoning and General Awareness for a composite duration of 120 minutes.
The level of reasoning was Easy to Moderate. Puzzles and Seating Arrangement sets were moderate level. Following were the types of puzzles asked:
OICL AO (Generalist) Mains 2017 exam had 4 sections in the objective test of 200 marks – Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, Reasoning and General Awareness for a composite duration of 120 minutes.
OICL AO Mains (Generalist) 2017-18 Exam ANALYSIS (OVER-ALL):
SECTIONS | GOOD ATTEMPTS |
---|---|
Reasoning | 29-32 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 21-26 |
General Awareness | 29-34 |
English Language | 21-24 |
TOTAL | 138-151 |
Quantitative Aptitude ( Moderate )
This section had 50 questions for 50 marks. The level of Quantitative Aptitude was Moderate and there were 5 sets of Data Interpretation Questions. Following were the types of DI:
- Pie Chart
- Bar Graph
- Caselet
- Tabular DI
- Mixed DI
The questions of Data Sufficiency were also difficult to approach in limited time as they were from advanced maths.
The questions were:
Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
---|---|---|
Data Interpretation | 25 | Moderate |
Missing Number Series | 5 | Moderate |
Quadratic Equation | 5 | Easy |
Approximation | 5 | Easy |
Mixture and Allegation | 1 | Moderate |
Time and Work | 1 | Moderate |
Ratio and Proportion | 1 | Moderate |
Boat and Stream | 1 | Moderate |
Miscellaneous | 6 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 50 | Moderate |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Moderate)
This section had 50 questions for 50 marks. The level of English Language section was moderate. Questions were asked from Reading Comprehension, which included 4 questions from Synonyms/ Antonyms as well.
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
---|---|---|
Reading Comprehension
|
10
|
Moderate
|
Cloze Test
|
10 | Easy-Moderate |
Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
Error Detection | 10 | Moderate |
Double Replacement | 5 | Moderate |
Spell-Error | 5 | Moderate |
Para-Jumbles | 5 | Moderate |
Total
|
50
|
Moderate
|
REASONING ( Easy-Moderate)
The level of reasoning was Easy to Moderate. Puzzles and Seating Arrangement sets were moderate level. Following were the types of puzzles asked:
- Circular Seating Arrangement (2 Variable)
- Linear Seating Arrangement
- Scheduling (Day) Based Puzzle (2 variables)
- Age Based Puzzle
The questions were:
Topic
|
No. of Questions
|
Level
|
---|---|---|
Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles
|
20
|
Moderate
|
Data Sufficiency (2 statement)
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Machine Input-Output
|
5
|
Moderate
|
Syllogism
|
5
|
Easy
|
Order Ranking
|
3
|
Easy
|
Blood Relation
|
3
|
Easy
|
Logical Reasoning
|
8 | Moderate |
Direction Sense | 1 | Easy |
Total
|
50
|
Moderate
|
GENERAL AWARENESS ( Easy-Moderate)
Bankersadda’s G.K Power Capsule for IBPS PO Mains and OICL Mains helped students a lot as many questions asked were covered in the capsule already. Most of the questions were from banking, Static and current affairs. There were also few questions from basic banking awareness and the questions asked from static were based on those cities which were recently in news. The current affairs questions were mainly from the news and events of October and November Month.
Bankersadda’s G.K Power Capsule for IBPS PO Mains and OICL Mains helped students a lot as many questions asked were covered in the capsule already. Most of the questions were from banking, Static and current affairs. There were also few questions from basic banking awareness and the questions asked from static were based on those cities which were recently in news. The current affairs questions were mainly from the news and events of October and November Month.
Descriptive Test—
Essay:1. How to chose right kind of insurance for an individual?
2. What matters are kept in mind while choosing this?
Letter:
1. Letter to insurance company requesting name change after marriage.