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The IB ACIO Exam dates are finally out. The exam is scheduled to be held on 18th, 19th, and 20 February 2021. The admit card for the same will be live on 15th February which the candidates can download to check their respective exam details. We hope that all the students are going well with their examination, and today in this article we will provide you the exam analysis of the previous year of IB ACIO exams that will the candidates an overview of the upcoming examination.
IB ACIO Exam Analysis
Before jumping onto this year’s IB ACIO Exam Analysis, it is very important for us to Look at the previous year’s exam analysis To know the trend that the intelligence bureau has been following for its IB ACIO Exams. candidates will also get to know about the sections in which they can score and also the sections that can be challenging.
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IB ACIO Exam 2021: Important topics based on the previous year
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IB ACIO Syllabus 2021: Check IB ACIO Exam Pattern & Subject Wise IB Exam Syllabus
IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2017
The IB ACIO Exam 2017 was conducted in an off-line mode. A new exam pattern was introduced this year that was different from the exam pattern of IB ACIO Exam 2015. Let us now look at the section-wise paper analysis of IB ACIO Exam 2017:
English language
This section was of a moderate difficulty level. 3 to 4 questions were based on phrases and some questions were from synonyms and antonyms.
Quantitative aptitude
The quantitative aptitude section 2 was of a moderate difficulty level.More than 15 questions out of 25 were based on time and distance topic. There was a substantial decrease in the number of attempts in this section.
General intelligence
This was the easiest section in the IB ACIO Exam 2017. According to the review of the candidates who appeared for this exam, most of them attempted all the questions.
General awareness
This section came up with a surprise this year, where most of the questions are based on current affairs. Apart from these questions some of them were based on economics, polity, history and the rest were from the general awareness topic. The general awareness section was of moderate difficulty level.
Good Attempts
Section
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Level
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Good Attempts
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General Intelligence
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Easy
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21-23
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General Awareness
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Moderate-Difficult
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11-12
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Quantitative Aptitude
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Moderate
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15-16
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English Language
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Easy-Moderate
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16-18
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Overall
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Moderate
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62-68
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IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2015
The IB ACIO Exam 2015 was conducted on 22 February 2015. The overall level of this examination was easy to moderate. The exam had 60 questions from the general awareness section while the rest of them were from reasoning, numerical ability, and English. The IB revised the exam pattern of IB ACIO after this year’s exam. Let us look at the section-wise analysis of the IB ACIO Exam 2015:
- English language section was of moderate difficulty level. The majority of the questions were from the reading comprehension topic.
- The quantitative aptitude/numerical ability was lengthy and challenging. Candidates faced problems in solving the questions.
- The general awareness section consisted of 60 questions which mean
- That the general when a section carried the highest weightage of marks.
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- The reasoning was an easier section of easy to moderate difficulty level. Candidates did not find any difficulty while solving the reasoning ability questions.
Good Attempts
Section
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Level
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Good Attempts
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General Intelligence
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Easy
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22-24
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General Awareness
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Moderate-Difficult
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11-12
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Quantitative Aptitude
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Moderate
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17-18
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English Language
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Easy-Moderate
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17-19
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Overall
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Easy-Moderate
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67-73
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IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2021
As per the IB ACIO Exam that was conducted in the years 2017 & 2015, it is clear that countries have to strictly focus on the general awareness section. The number of questions and the difficulty level is prime in this section which means that it requires the candidate to have thorough knowledge about General Awareness to ensure scoring maximum marks.
The intelligence bureau did not release any notification regarding A new exam pattern for IB ACIO Exam, which means that the candidates must follow and consider the exam pattern that has already been given. let us now look at this year’s good attempt that the candidates must make to score maximum marks in the IB ACIO Exam 2021.
Good Attempts
Section
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Level
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Good Attempts
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General Intelligence
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Easy
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22-24
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General Awareness
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Moderate-Difficult
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11-12
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Quantitative Aptitude
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Moderate
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17-18
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English Language
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Easy-Moderate
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17-19
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Overall
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Easy-Moderate
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67-73
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IB ACIO 2021: Exam Pattern
IB ACIO II/Executive Tier 1 Exam
Subjects | Time | Total Marks |
General Awareness | 1 Hour | 100 |
Quantitative Aptitude | ||
Numerical/Logical/analytical ability and reasoning | ||
English language. | ||
General Studies |