RRB NTPC MAINS : Exam Analysis -18th January
The second stage of Railways Recruitment Board NTPC exam, Railways RRB Mains exam, started from yesterday. The exam will span across 3 days – 17th, 18th and 19th January 2017. Owing to the huge number of applicants appearing for RRB Non-technical Popular Category (NTPC) Mains 2016-17, the exam will take place in 3 shifts (9:00 AM, 12:00 PM & 4:00 PM) each day. This article will give you the detailed Railways RRB NTPC Mains Analysis 18th January 2017.
Overall Good Attempt:
| Subject | Difficulty Level (Shift 1) |
Good Attempt (Shift 1) |
Difficulty Level (Shift 2) |
Good Attempt (Shift 2) |
Difficulty Level (Shift 3) |
Good Attempt (Shift 3) |
| Reasoning | Very Easy | 22-25 | Easy | 19-23 | Easy | 19-25 |
| Arithmetic | Easy | 18-21 | Easy | 16-22 | Easy | 18-22 |
| General Awareness | Moderate | 38-45 | Moderate | 37-42 | Moderate | 37-41 |
| Overall | Easy | 98-101 | Easy | 92-97 | Easy to Moderate |
94-98 |
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| Profit/Loss | 3-4 | Moderate |
| S.I / C.I | 5-6 | Easy -moderate |
| Percentage | 3-4 | Easy |
| Trigonometry | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Algebra | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Time and Work | 2 | Easy |
| Ratio | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Speed and Distance | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Average | 3-4 | Easy |
| DI (tabular) | 3 | Easy |
| Data Sufficiency | 2 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | Moderate |
| Total | 30-35 | Easy-moderate |
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
This section was moderate and the most scoring subject for all students.
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| Syllogism | 2 | Easy-moderate |
| Logical(statement) | 4 | Easy |
| Analogy | 3 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 6-7 | Easy-moderate |
| Alphabetical coding | 3-4 | moderate |
| Odd one out | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Ranking | 2 | Easy |
| Alpha Numeric series | 3-4 | Easy |
| Number Series | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 12 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate |
GENERAL AWARENESS
This section was of moderate level, current affairs and general awareness questions were asked from last 10 months. In general science most questions were asked from Biology.
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
| History | 2-3 | Easy – Moderate |
| Geography | 3 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Polity | 4-5 | Moderate-difficult |
| Economics | 3-4 | Moderate – Difficult |
| General Science | 7-8 | Moderate – Difficult |
| Computer | 3-4 | Moderate |
| Current Affairs/GA | 8-9 | Easy – Moderate |
| Miscellaneous | 15 | Easy – Moderate |
| Total | 45-50 | Moderate |
