IBPS RRB Clerk 2021 Prelims will be conducted in multiple shifts today and banking aspirants would be waiting for its analysis with bated breath. Will there be any new kinds of questions asked? Will any unexpected topic appear? Well! To address all your queries, we have come up with a detailed section-wise topic-wise analysis of this exam. We will be covering the analysis of all the shifts and try to make the information available to you as quickly as possible. To get the updates first, please install the PracticeMock app. Let’s get started:
Here is the exam pattern on the basis of which, questions will be asked in today’s shifts:
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| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Inequalities | 4 |
| Syllogism | 4 |
| Letter Series | 5 |
| Blood Relationship | 3 |
| Numeric Series | 4 |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement- -Designation based Puzzle (5 Q) -Linear Seating Arrangement of Uncertain people (5 Q) -Floor & Flat based Puzzle (5 Q) -Box based Puzzle (5 Q) | 20 |
| Total | 40 |
This section was easy as well.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Simplification | 12 |
| Wrong Number Series | 5 |
| Data Interpretation -Tabular (5 Q) -Line Chart (5 Q) | 10 |
| Word Problems | 13 |
| Total | 40 |
| Section | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning | 30-33 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 29-32 |
| Overall | 62-66 |
This section was easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Coding-Decoding | 4-5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Numeric Series | 5 |
| Direction & Distance | 2-3 |
| Number Pairing | 1 |
| Misc. | 2 |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement- -Floor based with 7 floors (5 Q) -Double Line Seating Arrangement with 8 people (5 Q) -Square based with 4-in/4-out (5 Q) -Age based (Order) (5 Q) | 20 |
| Total | 40 |
This section was easy as well.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Simplification | 13 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Data Interpretation -Tabular (5 Q) -Line Chart (5 Q) | 10 |
| Word Problems | 12 |
| Total | 40 |
| Section | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning | 29-32 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 27-30 |
| Overall | 61-64 |
This section was easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Inequalities | 5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Alphabets & Misc | 5 |
| Direction & Distance | 3 |
| Blood Relation | 2 |
| Number Pairing | 1 |
| Word Formation | 1 |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement- -Circular based Seating Arrangement with 8 people facing inside (4 Q) -Single Line Seating Arrangement with people facing north (4 Q) -Box based (5 Q) -Floor based (5 Q) | 18 |
| Total | 40 |
This section was easy as well.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Simplification | 12 |
| Missing Number Series | 5 |
| Data Interpretation -Tabular (5 Q) No. of Restaurants & Months -Bar based (5 Q) No. of Cars | 10 |
| Word Problems | 13 |
| Total | 40 |
| Section | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning | 30-32 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 27-29 |
| Overall | 63-65 |
This section was easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Alphabets & Misc Series | 5 |
| Direction & Distance | 3 |
| Blood Relation (3 Generations) | 3 |
| Word Formation | 1 |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement- -Circular based Seating Arrangement with 5 people facing inside (3 Q) -Month & Date based (5 Q) -Box based (5 Q) -Single Line Seating Arrangement of 8 people (5 Q) | 18 |
| Total | 40 |
This section was easy as well.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Missing Number Series | 5 |
| Data Interpretation -Tabular (5 Q) -Bar based (5 Q) | 10 |
| Word Problems | 12 |
| Quantity Comparison | 3 |
| Total | 40 |
| Section | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning | 31-33 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 29-31 |
| Overall | 65-67 |
This section was easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 |
| Inequalities | 5 |
| Numeric Series | 5 |
| Direction & Distance | 3 |
| Blood Relation | 3 |
| Word Formation | 1 |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement- -Month & Date based (5 Q) -Comparison based (2 Q) -Single Line Seating Arrangement of 7 people facing north (5 Q) -Day based Puzzle (5 Q) | 17 |
| Misc. | 1 |
| Total | 40 |
This section was easy as well.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Simplification | 10 |
| Missing Number Series | 5 |
| Data Interpretation -Tabular (5 Q) -Tabular (5 Q) | 10 |
| Word Problems | 15 |
| Total | 40 |
| Section | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning | 32-34 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 34-36 |
| Overall | 66-68 |
This section was easy.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Digit-based | 1 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Alphanumeric Series | 5 |
| Direction & Distance | 3 |
| Blood Relation | 3 |
| Meaningful Word | 1 |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement- -Circular Seating Arrangement of 8 people looking inside (5 Q) -Comparison based of 6 people (2 Q) -Single Line Seating Arrangement of Uncertain people facing north (5 Q) -Month based Puzzle of 7 Months (5 Q) -Double Line Seating Arrangement (5 Q) | 22 |
| Misc. | |
| Total | 40 |
This section was easy as well. Wrong Number Series appeared for the 1st time in this exam.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Simplification | 15 |
| Wrong Number Series | 5 |
| Data Interpretation -Line Graph | 5 |
| Word Problems | 15 |
| Total | 40 |
| Section | Good Attempts |
| Reasoning | 32-34 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 30-32 |
| Overall | 62-64 |
We hope that the above analysis will be helpful in your preparation. This article will be updated as different shifts end. Do let us know in the comments section below how did your paper go.
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