IBPS RRB Office Assistant Main Exam 2018 was held on October 07, 2018. There were 200 questions spread across 5 sections namely, Reasoning, Numerical Ability, General Awareness, English Language/Hindi Language and Computer Knowledge. All sections except the ‘language section’ were available bilingually. A candidate had to attempt either the section on English Language or Hindi Language. Each question had 5 options, with negative marking of one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question. The paper had to be attempted in 2 hours (120 minutes).
The detailed break-up of IBPS RRB Office Assistant Main Exam 2018 is as follows
| Section | Total Questions | Max. Marks | Level of Difficulty | Good Attempts | Approximate Time Taken (In Minutes) |
| Reasoning | 40 | 50 | Moderate | 22-26 | 30 |
| Numerical Ability | 40 | 50 | Moderate | 18-22 | 35 |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | Moderate | 25-30 | 15 |
| English Language/Hindi Language | 40 | 40 | Easy-Moderate | English – 23-28 and Hindi 28–30 | English – 25, Hindi – 25 |
| Computer Knowledge | 40 | 20 | Easy | 30-35 | 15 |
| Total | 200 | 200 | Moderate | 135 – 145 | 120 |
Expected Cutoffs – These cannot be given at this stage since there are huge variations in cut-offs among different RRBs depending on their state.
Reasoning
| Topic | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| AR (Circular Seating Arrangement) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Linear Seating Arrangement –Single row) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Linear Seating Arrangement – 2 parallel rows) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – months based – 3 variables) | 5 | Moderate |
| AR (Data Arrangement – Comparison based) | 5 | Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| Blood Relation – Set based | 3 | Moderate |
| Directions – set based | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Syllogism | 1 | Easy |
| Coding-Decoding | 1 | Easy |
| Input-output | 1 | Easy |
The reasoning section was dominated by Analytical Reasoning questions. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
Numerical Ability
| Topic | Number of Questions (Approx.) | Difficulty Level |
| Data Interpretation (Table – Missing values based) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Data Interpretation (Line Graph) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Data Interpretation (Caselet based) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Data Interpretation (Pie Chart) | 5 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Moderate |
| TSD – Boat and Stream | 1 | Moderate |
| Mensuration | 1 | Moderate |
| Time and Work | 1 | Moderate |
| Partnership | 1 | Moderate |
| Ratio and Proportion | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Profit, Loss and Discount | 1 | Moderate |
| Mixture/Alligation | 1 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (Quant based) | 8 | Moderate |
There were 4 sets of DI based on table, line graph, pie chart and caselet. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
English Language
| Topic | Number of Questions | Difficulty Level |
| Reading Comprehension (based on Social Media – 2-3 questions were based on vocabulary.) | 10 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test | 8 | Easy-Moderate |
| Para jumbles / Sentence Arrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| Spot the error | 7 | Moderate |
| Spot the error – Spelling based | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
| Word usage | 5 | Easy-Moderate |
There was only one set of Reading Comprehensions consisting 10 questions out of which 2-3 questions were of antonyms and synonym. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
General Awareness
Most of the questions were from banking, static and current affairs including government schemes, banking related schemes. Most of the current affairs questions were related to news events of July and August. General Awareness was easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level.
Computer Knowledge
This section was easy to attempt. The main areas of focus were Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel), Networking, Internet, Basic Hardware and Software.
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