Today (January 10, 2017) was NIACL Officer Scale I Phase II (Main) Exam 2016. There were 200 questions, which had to be answered in 120 minutes. There were four sections, namely, Reasoning, English Language, General Awareness and Quantitative Aptitude. All the sections except the section on English Language were available bilingually, that is, both in English and in Hindi. Each question had 5 options. One-fourth or 0.25 marks will be deducted for every incorrect answer.
| Sections |
Number of questions |
Maximum marks |
Level of difficulty |
Good attempts |
Approx. Time Taken (in minutes) |
|
Reasoning |
50 |
50 |
Easy-Moderate |
25-28 |
35 minutes |
|
English Language |
50 |
50 |
Moderate-Difficult |
20-22 |
25 minutes |
|
General Awareness |
50 |
50 |
Easy-Moderate |
25-30 |
20 minutes |
|
Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
50 |
Moderate-Difficult |
22-25 |
40 minutes |
Total |
200 |
200 |
- |
110-120 |
120 |
Questions featured in the Reasoning section of NIACL Officer Scale I Phase II (Main) Exam 2016 were easy-moderate in terms of difficulty level. The Analytical reasoning part saw questions from Circular, Square and linear Seating Arrangements. From the Verbal Reasoning section, questions on Syllogism came.
| Topics |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Analytical Reasoning (Circular Seating Arrangement -Two Variables with not all facing the center) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Analytical Reasoning (Data Arrangement) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Analytical Reasoning (Square Seating Arrangement with blood relation) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Analytical Reasoning (8 floor arrangements) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Analytical Reasoning (Linear Seating Arrangement - Two Parallel Rows with one variable) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Puzzles (Ranking, Directions etc.) |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
|
Blood Relation |
3 |
Easy- Moderate |
|
Coding-Decoding |
1 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Alphabet Based |
1 |
Easy |
|
Input-Output |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
|
Syllogisms |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Logical Reasoning |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
The overall difficulty level of the English Language section in NIACL Officer Scale I Phase II (Main) Exam 2016 was moderate to difficult. There were questions on Sentence Fillers and Error Spotting. There were two Reading Comprehensions based on Investment Policy and Rwanda Economy.
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of difficulty |
|
Reading Comprehensions (One was based on Investment Policy and the other was based on Rwanda Economy ) |
10 + 10 |
Moderate |
|
Sentence Completion (Fill in the Blanks) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Double Fill in the Blanks |
10 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Spot the Error |
10 |
Easy- Moderate |
|
Phrase Replacement |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
In general, the difficulty level of this section was easy-moderate. This section saw a mix of questions from Current Affairs and Banking. Some questions were from Static Part.
Questions in the Quantitative Aptitude section of NIACL Officer Scale I Phase II (Main) Exam 2016 were Moderate-Difficult. There were questions on Data Interpretation- Table, Bar Graph and Line Graph. The questions on Data Sufficiency and Wrong Number Series were moderate.
|
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of difficulty |
|
Data Sufficiency |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Data Interpretation (Table) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Data Interpretation (Line Graph) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Missing Data (Bar Graph) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Number Series (wrong number based) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Profit, Loss and Discount |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Ratio/Proportion |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Partnership |
1 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Average |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Age |
1 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Mixture /Alligation |
1 |
Moderate |
|
SI/CI |
1 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Work & Time |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Time, Speed and Distance |
1 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Mensuration |
1 |
Moderate |
|
Miscellaneous (Quant Based) |
15 |
Easy-Moderate |
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