RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis, Review 2017: 27th Nov

Dear Aspirants,

RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis & Review:

RBI‘s recruitment of Assistant is the much-anticipated opportunity for every banking aspirant and with the Preliminary exam, you are now a step closer to achieve your goal. Today’s (27th November’17) RBI Assistant Pre exam 2nd shift is over now, and it is the time for its Exam Analysis. All those aspirants who are yet to appear for RBI Assistant Prelims Exam can benefit from this exam analysis as here we provide you with an insight on the types and levels of questions being asked in this year’s RBI Assistant Pre exam. The level of this shift’s examination was Very Easy. You can expect this year’s cut off to be high in comparison to last year’s RBI Assistant Precut off. In the second shift, the exam pattern was same as compared to first shift except for Reasoning ability Section.

RBI Assitant Prelims Analysis: Overall

The preliminary exam for RBI Assistant was conducted online and had 100 questions for 60 minutes. Candidates have to manage those 60 minutes themselves while dealing with three sections- Reasoning Ability (35 Ques), Numerical Ability (35 Ques), and English Language (30 Ques).

Subject	Good Attempt	Time (in min.)
English Language	16-19	15
Reasoning Ability	29- 32	20
Numerical Ability	22-24	25
Total	81-85	60

English Language (Easy-Moderate )

The level of English Language was Easy-Moderate. The topic of reading comprehension was based on a story. There were 4 questions of Antonyms and synonym with the passage.

Topic	No. of Question	Level
Reading Comprehension	12	Moderate
Single Filler	6	Easy
Error Detection	7	Easy-Moderate
Spelling	5	Moderate
Total	30	Esay-Moderate

Numerical Ability (Easy-Moderate)

The level of Numerical Ability section was Easy-Moderate. The number of questions from arithmetic (word problems) was significantly high as 15 out of 35 questions were from the arithmetic portion There was only 1 set of DI:

Tabular

Topics	No. of Question	Level
Tabular DI	5	Easy-Moderate
Simplification	10	Easy
Number Series (Missing)	5	Easy
Average	1	Moderate
Profit & Loss	2	Easy
Compound Interest	1	Moderate
Discount	2	Easy
Problem on Ages	1	Moderate
Ratio and Proportion	1	Moderate
Time and Work	1	Moderate
Boat and Stream	1	Moderate
Miscellaneous	5	Moderate
Total	35	Easy-Moderate

Number series Questions asked in second shift:

6, 5, 7, 12.5, 27,—–
3, 18, 35, 56, 83,—–
7, 6, 10, 27,——, 515
45, 49, 40, 56, 31,——
11, 29, 65, 137,——, 369

Reasoning Ability (Very Easy)

There were 2 puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-

Linear (Facing North) – 1 Variable
Day Based (Monday to Sunday)- 1 Variable

Topics	No. of Questions	Level
Coding Decoding	1	Easy
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	10	Easy-Moderate
Inequality	4	Easy
Number Series	5	Easy
Order and Ranking	2	Easy
Blood Relation	2	Easy
Alphabet Series	5	Very Easy
Miscellaneous	4	Very Easy
Alphabets	2	Very Easy
Total	35	Very Easy