IBPS CWE RRB (Office Assistant), September 14, 2014 - Exam Analysis 2014

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted the year’s first online examination for the recruitment of Office Assistant (Multipurpose) in Regional Rural Banks across the country on September 14, 2014.

There were 200 questions in the paper, which had to be answered in 2 hours and 30 minutes. There were five sections in all - Reasoning, Numerical Ability, General Awareness, English Language/Hindi Language and Computer Knowledge. Other than the fourth section, where in a candidate had to attempt either the section on English Language or the one on Hindi Language, all the other sections were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Each question had 5 options. There was negative marking of one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question for all the sections.

The pattern of the test was as follows:

Section	Total Questions	Max. Marks	Level of Difficulty	Good Attempts	Good Score	Approximate time taken (in minutes)
Reasoning	40	50	Easy	32-33	40	35-40
Numerical Ability	40	50	Easy	32-33	40	35-40
General Awareness	40	40	Moderate	30	30	20
English Language/Hindi Language	40	40	Easy	English-25-30 Hindi -30-35	English - 25 Hindi - 30	30-35
Computer Knowledge	40	20	Easy	33-35	15	20
Total	200	200		160-170	155-160	150

The details of the individual sections are given below:

Reasoning

This section saw primarily easy level of questions. A student should have attempted at least 32 - 33 questions. Some of the topics on which questions were asked were Seating Arrangement, Coding Decoding, Blood Relations, Data Sufficiency, etc. No puzzle was asked.

Numerical Ability

The questions in this section were quite easy. There were 5 simple questions on a data interpretation. Some of the topics on which questions were asked were Averages, Simple & Compound Interest, Averages, Age related problems, etc.

General Awareness

The maximum number of questions from this section was from Current Affairs & General Knowledge. Questions from banking were also there. This section was of moderate difficulty level.
Below are some of the questions asked:

• Agriculture growth in FY 2014-2015?
• Jacques Kallis retired from international cricket he belongs to which country?
• Top country for export dairy milk?
• Where does the Kosi river originate?
• Aizawl capital of .....?
• Narendra Modi had visited Nepal after how many year last pm visited this country?

English Language

Questions on Error spotting, Spelling and Cloze test dominated this section. There was one Reading Comprehension passage with 10 questions. The questions in this section were fairly easy.

The details of the section are as follows:

Computer Knowledge

This section comprised very easy questions based on basic knowledge of computers. The main areas from which questions were asked are: Windows, Networking, Hardware and Software.

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