RBI Assistant Preliminary Exam 2019 was conducted today. A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the sections, except English Language, were available in both English and Hindi. Every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while every incorrect answer will reduce the score by 0.25. There is sectional timing of 20 minutes.
The detailed break-up of RBI Assistant Preliminary Exam 2019 is as follows:
| Section | Total Questions | Level of Difficulty | Good Attempts | Time Taken (In Minutes) |
| English Language | 30 | Easy | 25-28 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | Easy-Moderate | 23-27 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | Easy | 27-30 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | Easy | 78-85 | 60 |
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of difficulty |
| Reading Comprehension (story based – John and his father) | 10 | Easy –Moderate |
| Spot the Error – Error in part a of sentence. | 5 | Easy |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Easy |
| Word Usage (Bold word – Select the correct sentence from options) | 5 | Easy |
| Spelling Errors | 5 | Easy |
Questions on Spot the Error were based on fundamentals of grammar. Questions from the RC passage were mainly factual. Some questions were from Vocabulary (Synonym and Antonym based). Overall, the level of difficulty of this section was easy.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of Difficulty |
| Data Interpretation (Bar Graph) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Simplification/Approximation | 15 | Easy |
| Number Series (Missing Number) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Partnership | 1 | Moderate |
| Mixture | 1 | Moderate |
| Percentage | 2 | Moderate |
| Age | 1 | Moderate |
| Time, Speed and Distance (Boats and Stream) | 1 | Moderate |
| Time, Speed and Distance | 1 | Moderate |
| Profit, Loss and Discount | 1 | Moderate |
| Average | 1 | Moderate |
| Mensuration (Square/Circle) | 1 | Moderate |
There was one set of five questions from Data Interpretation (Bar Graph based). The questions on Number Series were easy to moderate. The Arithmetic-based questions were primarily from Partnership, Mixture, Percentage, Ages, Profit, Loss & Discount, Time, Speed and Distance, Boat & Stream, Average, Mensuration etc. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy-to-moderate.
| Topic | Number of questions | Level of Difficulty |
| AR (Square Seating Arrangement - 8 people) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Floor based – 8 persons and 4 floors) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| AR (Linear Arrangement – 8 box based) | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 6 people) | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Puzzle – words based series | 5 | Easy |
| Odd One Out | 1 | Easy |
| Dictionary Order – Pair of letters | 1 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | Easy |
| Alpha-numeric Series | 4 | Easy |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
There were four sets of Analytical reasoning which are as: Square Seating Arrangement, Data Arrangement - Floors based, Linear Arrangement - Box based, Linear Seating Arrangement. There were 5 questions based on syllogism. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy.
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