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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.

and European countries and their currencies(Euro)

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

General Awareness (Moderate)

GA comprised of 80 marks had moderate to some difficult questions. The section has more of banking awareness questions and current affairs of May and June only. This section did not have any question from budget or economy that disappointed students a bit as they spent lot of time on that section