RBI Grade B Exam Analysis – 17th June 2017
RBI Grade B Phase B exam is over and as expected the exam was difficult. Students faced difficulty in quantitative aptitude because DI was tough and there were three DI question sets that made the exam more difficult. The complete exam analysis is as follows:
Good Attempts
| Setions | Ideal Attempt |
|---|---|
| English | 12-14 |
| Reasoning | 35-37 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 10-14 |
| General Awareness | 40-44 |
| TOTAL | 90-98 |
English (Difficult)
English section was difficult because it had 2 RCs sets and one was based on new pattern similar to that of in SBI PO Mains 2017. The reading comprehension topics were: Banking System in Britain.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 12 | Difficult |
| Double fillers | 5 | Moderate |
| Idioms and Phrases | 3 | Difficult |
| Sentence Correction | 5 | Difficult |
| Total | 30 | Difficult |
Reasoning (Moderate-Difficult)
This section has some moderate level questions but most of the questions were difficult. 4 puzzles and seating arrangement made it time-consuming as the questions were based on the following pattern
Linear North- South
Students and class (Odd-Even)
Month based Puzzle
Floor based Puzzle with salary.
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Difficult |
| Input – Output | 6 | Difficult |
| Logical Reasoning | 11 | Difficult |
| Blood Relation | 3 | Moderate |
| Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles (Linear, Circular, and Floor) | 20 | Moderate-Difficult |
| Inequality | 5 | Moderate |
| Syllogism | 7 | Difficult |
| Direction | 3 | Moderate |
| Total | 60 | Moderate-Difficult |
Quantitative Aptitude (Difficult)
The entire section has no easy question at all. It had three DI sets one from time and work, second from double pie chart and third from water and tank and these three sets left students astonished
| Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Inequalities (New Pattern) | 5 | Difficult |
| Data Interpretation (Tabular and Bar graph) | 15 | Difficult |
| Miscellaneous (SI,CI, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio etc.) | 10 | Difficult |
| Total | 30 | Difficult |
