RRB Clerk 2022 Expected Topics of Reasoning: Are you excited to make your mark in the upcoming RRB Clerk 2022 Prelims exam? The exam dates are August 7, 13 & 14, 2022. Unlike other banking exams, there are only 2 sections in this exam: Reasoning & Numerical Ability. And in this article, we have come up with the most expected reasoning topics this year. This data is carefully curated after analyzing the topics which were asked in the previous years. By giving extra focus on these topics you will surely be able to clear the cut-off of the reasoning section. Let’s now have a look at this analysis. But before that, have a look below at the analysis of RRB Clerk Prelims exam which took place in 2021.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Now that we have all the data, let’s compile the number of questions which were asked from each topic last year.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangement | 115 |
| Syllogism | 24 |
| Numeric/ Alphanumeric Series | 20 |
| Direction & Distance | 15 |
| Blood Relationship | 14 |
| Coding-decoding | 14 |
| Inequalities | 14 |
| Letter Series | 12 |
| Misc. | 5 |
| Word Formation | 4 |
| Number Pairing | 2 |
As you can see above, seating arrangement & puzzles are the most important topics. 17-20 questions have been asked in each & every shift. If you prepare well in this section and correctly answer 3-4 sets of seating arrangement questions and puzzles, the probability is very high that you will clear the cut-off of the reasoning section.
Next important topic after puzzles & seating arrangement is syllogism. In nearly all the shifts of RRB Clerk Prelims last year, there were 4-5 questions of syllogism. So if you want to score high, practice well in this topic. You can learn the concepts and practise them in your mind or by drawing Venn diagrams.
This is one topic where if you practise well beforehand, you can increase your speed very well and score all the marks of numeric/ alphanumeric series. These questions are relatively easy to answer when compared with other topics.
These topics are important as well.
If you prepare well the above topics and start answering these questions with good speed & high accuracy, you can easily clear the cut-off of the Reasoning section. And you can give a good push to your overall score as well.
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