RBI Grade-B Exam Analysis, Review 2018 Phase-1: 16 August

Dear Aspirants, The Most awaited RBI Grade-B 2018 Phase-1 exam is over, Now it’s time for exam analysis of RBI Grade-B 2018 Phase-1 (16th August 2018), Shift-1. A lot of students have appeared for their Phase 1 exam today and this brings them to a step closer in their journey of getting a Job in Banking Sector. Without wasting any moment, let’s get straight to the analysis For which you are all waiting for. The overall exam was of a difficult level.

There are 4 Sections in RBI Grade-B 2018 Phase-1 exam namely English, Reasoning, General Awareness and Quantitative Aptitude.

RBI Grade-B 2018 Phase-1 Exam ANALYSIS (OVER-ALL):

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE	13-17
REASONING ABILITY	37-43
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE	11-14
GENERAL AWARENESS	49-55
TOTAL	93-102

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (Difficult)

The level of quantitative aptitude was difficult and many students found it lengthy as well. There were two sets of DI one was a Bar Graph and the other was a Tabular DI. There were no separate questions of approximation, however like the recent trend in bank exams miscellaneous arithmetic questions were based on use of approximate value.

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Data Interpretation	10	Difficult
Quantity 1, Quantity 2	5	Difficult
Data Sufficiency	5	Difficult
Wrong Number Series	5	Moderate-Difficult
Miscellaneous (Percentage, Time and Work, Partnership, Boat and Stream)	5	Difficult
Total	30	Difficult

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Difficult)

The level of English was Difficult. There were three set of RC in which one was based on a passage related to China and Taiwan Currency. A new pattern based cloze test was also introduced in the English Language Section of this exam.

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Reading Comprehension	15	Moderate-Difficult
Error Detection	5	Moderate-Difficult
Sentence Connector (Match the Following)	5	Moderate-Difficult
Cloze Test (New Pattern)	5	Difficult
Total	30	Moderate-Difficult

REASONING ABILITY (Moderate-Difficult)

The level of reasoning was Moderate – Difficult. There were 4 puzzles and sitting Arrangement based on following pattern: Linear Seating Arrangement of 2 variables (single line), Square seating arrangement of 2 variables, Box based puzzle and there was one more set of puzzle.

The questions were:

Topic	No. of Questions	Level
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement	20	Moderate-Difficult
Alpha-Numeric Series	2	Moderate
Logical Reasoning	12	Moderate-Difficult
Blood Relation	5	Moderate
Direction Sense	5	Moderate
Inequality	5	Moderate
Alphabet	1	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	5	Moderate
Coding Decoding	5	Moderate
Total	60	Moderate-Difficult

GENERAL AWARENESS (Moderate)

General Awareness had 80 questions for 80 marks. This section is moderate for those who knows banking terms and were well versed with static awareness. Around 8 to 9 questions covered the static general knowledge portion and most of the questions were from current affairs of April, May, June and July. There were no question s from budget. The questions covering banking awareness were related to RBI.

All The Best For Upcoming Exams!!!