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IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II Exam Analysis 2020 for 18 Oct: Detailed Exam Review

IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II Exam Analysis- Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has conducted the IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II Recruitment Exam on 18th October 2020 and here we present to all our readers the exam analysis and review collected from the students. After the lockdown due to the pandemic IBPS RRB was amongst the first few recruitment notification that were released in July, which also gave govt. job aspirants a sense of hope in their quest to get a govt. job in 2020. The IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II Exam for Generalist Officer was for 2 hours and for other streams of Specialist Officer it was for 2 hours 30 mins.

The level of the examination was easy to moderate with students attempting good number of questions with accuracy. Given below is the exam pattern and complete exam analysis of IBPS RRB General Banking Officer.

IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II Exam Patten 2020

  • For Generalist Officer
Sno. Name of Test Questions Marks Duration
1 Reasoning 40 50
Composite time of 2hrs
2 Computer Knowledge 40 20
3 Financial Awareness 40 40
4 English or Hindi Language 40 40
5 Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation 40 50
Total 200 200
  • For Specialist Officer
Sno. Name of Test Questions Marks Duration
1 Reasoning 40 40
Composite time of 2hrs 30 mins
2 Computer Knowledge 40 20
3 Financial Awareness 40 40
4 English or Hindi Language 40 20
5 Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation 40 40
6 Professional Knowledge 40 40
Total 240 240

IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II Exam Analysis 2020

As per the review shared by students who appeared for this exam, the level of the IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II Exam was easy to moderate. The following table has section-wise good attempts for GBO-

S.No. Subject Good Attempts (in no. of questions)
1 Financial Awareness 24 to 32
2 Computer Knowledge 32 to 36
3 Reasoning Ability 30 to 35
4 Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation 28 to 33
5 English Language 31 to 35
Overall (out of 200 questions) 160 to 171

Financial Awareness (Easy to Moderate)

The level of the questions asked in the financial awareness section was easy to moderate. There were around 30 questions from current affairs and near about 10 questions from static awareness. The following are some of the questions shared by students who appeared for the exam-

  • When was RBI established?
  • One question related to FDI
  • Which bank financed Mumbai metro project?
  • One question on CRR ?

Computer Knowledge (Easy)

This section had most of the questions from MS Office that included Excel, PowerPoint and Word. The level of questions was very easy. Near about 9 questions alone were related to MS Excel and 3 to 4 from other software of the MS Office. There were 4 to 5 questions from networking and 3 to 4 question from general topics like ROM, RAM etc.

Reasoning Ability (Easy)

As reported by the students who appeared for IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II Exam, the questions asked in the reasoning section were also easy. There were a total of 10 questions from seating arrangement that included a circular seating arrangement and a linear seating arrangement. There were 5 questions from machine input output and the rest of the questions were from other miscellaneous topics of reasoning ability.

Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation (Easy)

The questions asked in this section were also easy. There were 3 sets of Data Interpretation i.e. 15 questions and the rest of the questions were from the miscellaneous arithmetic portion, which included partnership, compound interest, time and work, pipes and cistern, probability

English Language (Easy)

The students who chose to attempt the English Language section informed that the level of questions in this section was also easy. There were near about 15 questions from Reading Comprehension, 5 questions of Idioms and Phrases, 5 questions of sentence rearrangement and the rest miscellaneous topics were there.

We wish you all the best for results and upcoming exams!!

IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II Exam Analysis- FAQ

Q. What was the level of the IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II Exam?

Ans. The exam was of easy to moderate level.

Q. What are the average good attempts for this exam?

Ans. 160 to 171

Q. What was the level of financial awareness questions?

Ans. The level was easy to moderate, most of the questions were from current affairs.