IBPS RRB Clerk prelims 2024 exam will be conducted soon. Don’t forget you’re among millions of candidates who will be competing in this exam to grab one of the posts. Therefore, you must master and focus on the most important topics to multiply your chances of clearing the upcoming exam. Practice more on the important topics asked in the examination to score well in the prelims exam.
In this blog, we’ll take a look at the most scoring topics or the topics with the most weightage for the year 2024 that can be predicted based on the analysis of previous years’ question papers.
Given below IBPS RRB PO Topic-wise weightage for all the sections:
Candidates can check the topic-wise weightage of the reasoning ability topics for the PO posts in the IBPS RRB Recruitment for the previous years.
| IBPS RRB PO Prelims Topic Wise Weightage – Reasoning | ||||||
| Topics | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Puzzles and Seating Arrangement | 20-25 | 20-22 | 20-25 | 20-25 | 20-25 | 20-25 |
| Direction & Distance | 0-3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2-3 | 2-3 |
| Alphabet Test | 0-1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Coding-Decoding | 0-5 | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Inequality | 3-5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Syllogism | 3-5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Blood Relation | 2-4 | 3 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 3 | 2-3 |
| Alphanumeric Test | – | – | 2-3 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 2-3 |
| Order Ranking | 0-2 | – | 3-4 | 3-4 | 3-5 | 3-4 |
| Number Arrangement | 0-1 | – | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 |
| Miscellaneous | 2-5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Candidates can check the topic-wise weightage of the quantitative aptitude topics for the PO in the IBPS RRB Recruitment for the previous years.
| IBPS RRB PO Prelims Topic Wise Weightage – Quantitative Aptitude | ||||||
| Topics | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Data Interpretation | 15-16 | 15-17 | 10-15 | 10-15 | 10-15 | 10-15 |
| Quadratic Equation | 0-5 | 0-5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Number Series | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Quantity 1 & Quantity 2 Based Inequality | – | – | 5 | – | – | – |
| Data Sufficiency | – | – | 5 | – | – | – |
| Approximation | 4-6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Arithmetic Word Problems | 09-15 | 12 | 10-15 | 10-15 | 10-15 | 10-15 |
Take a look at the IBPS RRB PO Mains topic-wise weightage from the table given below:
Here we have added the IBPS RRB PO Mains topic-wise weightage for reasoning ability questions asked in IBPS RRB PO 2021 & 2020.
| IBPS RRB PO Mains Topic Wise Weightage – Reasoning | ||
| Topics | No. of Questions (2021) | No. of Questions (2020) |
| Puzzles | 15 | 10 |
| Seating Arrangement | 05 | 10 |
| Syllogism | 03 | – |
| Logical Reasoning | 05 | 03 |
| Coding Decoding | – | 01 |
| Directions | 03 | 01 |
| Data Sufficiency | 04 | 03 |
| Inequality | – | 04 |
| Blood Relations | 03 | 03 |
| Letter Based Questions | 01 | – |
| Order & Ranking | – | 03 |
| Miscellaneous | 01 | 02 |
Here we have added the IBPS RRB PO Mains topic-wise weightage for quantitative aptitude questions asked in IBPS RRB PO 2021 & 2020.
| IBPS RRB PO Mains Topic Wise Weightage – Quantitative Aptitude | ||
| Topics | No. of Questions (2021) | No. of Questions (2020) |
| Data Interpretation | 15 | 15 |
| Caselet | – | 10 |
| Data Sufficiency | 05 | – |
| Missing Number Series | 02 | 05 |
| Arithmetic (Word Problem) | 10 | 10 |
| Q1&Q2 Questions | 05 | – |
Here we have added the IBPS RRB PO Mains topic-wise weightage for English language questions asked in IBPS RRB PO 2021 & 2020.
| IBPS RRB PO Mains Topic Wise Weightage – English Language | ||
| Topics | No. of Questions (2021) | No. of Questions (2020) |
| Reading Comprehension | 8 | 10 |
| Sentence Correction | 03 | 03 |
| Error Detection | 03-04 | 04 |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 05-06 | 06 |
| Word Swap | 5 | 04 |
| Para Jumbles | 05 | 05 |
| Fillers | 04 | 04 |
| Match the column | 5 | 04 |
Here we have added the IBPS RRB PO Mains topic-wise weightage for Hindi language questions asked in IBPS RRB PO 2021 & 2020.
| IBPS RRB PO Mains Topic Wise Weightage – Hindi Language | |
| Topics | No. of Questions (2021) |
| गद्यांश | 08 |
| वाक्य में त्रुटी | 05 |
| रिक्त स्थान | 10 |
| वाक्य व्यवस्थीकरण | 01 |
| समानार्थी | 02 |
| विलोम | 01 |
Q. Where can I check the IBPS RRB Topic-wise weightage for the various sections?
A. Candidates can check the IBPS RRB Topic-wise weightage for the various sections that we provided here.
Q. Whether there is any sectional timing for the IBPS RRB PO exam 2024?
A. No. There is no sectional timing for the IBPS RRB PO exam 2024.
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