Important Tips to Score 70+ in IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims Exam 2020
How To Score 70+ in IBPS RRB Office Assistant Pre 2020?
IBPS RRB Prelims Exam Pattern 2020
The IBPS RRB Exam Pattern for Office Assistant and Officer Scale 1 is provided below:
Sections
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Number of
Questions
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Maximum
Marks
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Reasoning
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40
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40
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Numerical Ability
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40
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40
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Total
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80
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80
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1. Understanding the important topics
- It is essential to go through the syllabus and sort the important topics.
- Look at the difficulty level of the questions and the weightage of marks of each topic to sort them.
- Firstly, Study the high yielding topics, and then cover the entire syllabus.
- Keeping in mind the time constraints, candidates will have to choose the topics which can yield better marks in less time.
- Once you are aware of the important topics and their prioritization, you will have to prepare a plan to cover the syllabus in time. Along with it, you should allot some time for revision and practice.
- You can start with shorter study sessions and increase it gradually. This is to ensure that you are being consistent with your study as per the plan.
- Time management is very crucial in the IBPS RRB Prelims exam. According to the exam pattern, you have less than a minute to solve each question.
- To cope up with this, candidates are advised to focus on concept clarity and regular practice of the questions
- Candidates cannot afford to get the wrong answers because of a negative marking scheme in IBPS RRB exam.
- Candidates will have to study the topics well and have a proper understanding of the underlying concepts.
- One of the ways to have better concept clarity is to solve a variety of sample questions.
- You should work on the fundamental concepts and clear any doubts regarding the topic.
- Focusing on problem-solving speed and its accuracy is very important.
- To improve accuracy, solve different types of problems and rectify the mistakes you have made. Learn from your mistakes and clarify all the doubts.
- The marks scored is directly related to the speed and accuracy with which one solves problems.
- Taking mock tests on a regular basis is very important to check how well you have prepared.
- Solving mock papers will help you to move in the right direction and to detect and correct your mistakes.
- Mock tests will give you a hands-on experience of the exam.
- Prioritizing the questions depending on the difficulty level and the time to solve the problem is very critical to score high.
- Even if you have good problem-solving speed and accuracy, you will still need to choose the right questions first to maximize the score.
- Prioritizing the questions will help in scoring the maximum marks within the specified time.
- As the Prelims exam has a composite time of 45 minutes, one can easily switch between the subjects and prioritize the questions.
- Even after working hard and smart, candidates may commit some silly mistakes or may underestimate or overestimate the questions asked.
- Thus, candidates will have to practice and pay proper attention to the questions to move ahead in the right direction towards solving it. These challenges can be tackled by taking several IBPS RRB Mock Tests and by analyzing the results.
- Analyzing the mock test result, identifying the loopholes, and working on them will make you completely ready and confident for the upcoming exam.
- Number Series – These questions are quite easy and one must not spend more time to solve this.
- Simplification & Approximation – For these topics, your solving speed matters. You will have to practice well to increase speed and accuracy.
- Data Interpretation – The questions here are usually easy to moderate in nature. Revise the basic concepts to perform better.
- Quadratic Equations – Questions here are quite easy. However, if a tricky question appears, you can skip it and revisit the question later.
- Miscellaneous/ Arithmetic – Attempt the questions which you find easy. At a later stage, you can revisit to solve the doubtful questions.
Some questions will be direct formula based whereas others might require little analytical skills. Do not spend too much time on difficult questions. Solve the easy ones first and keep the difficult ones for later. Remember that, your aim is to maximize the correct attempt and qualify the cutoff. You need not aim to answer all the 80 questions with lower accuracy. Instead, focus on maximizing the correct attempts.
- Inequality – This is the easiest topic and needs to be attempted first with 100% accuracy.
- Alphanumeric Series – The questions are easy and one must read through and answer the questions carefully.
- Seat Arrangement & Puzzles – Both circular and linear seating arrangement questions are asked. Puzzles of various types are also asked. The puzzles can be tricky. If you find it difficult, solve it later.
- Coding-Decoding – The questions can be of easy to moderate difficulty level. This section can be easy but needs focus. Read the questions carefully before solving them.
- Syllogism – Direct questions are usually asked in this section. Around 5 to 6 questions can be asked from this section.
- Miscellaneous – Questions from topics such as Blood Relation, Distance & Direction, Ranking, and Queue are asked. This section is easy.
Topic
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Weightage
(Office Assistant)
|
Inequalities
|
3-5 Questions
|
Coding-Decoding
|
5-7 Questions
|
Syllogisms
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4-6 Questions
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Linear Seat Arrangement
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5-10 Questions
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Circular Seat Arrangement
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5-10 Questions
|
Puzzles
|
0-5 Questions
|
Arrangement & Patterns
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10-12 Questions
|
Blood Relations
|
1-4 Questions
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Order & Ranking
|
0-5 Questions
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Direction & Distances
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0-5 Questions
|
Data Sufficiency
|
0-5 Questions
|
Miscellaneous
|
0-3 Questions
|
Topic
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Weightage
(Office Assistant)
|
Number Series
|
5 Questions
|
Simplification
|
0-5 Questions
|
Data Interpretation
|
10-15 Questions
|
Miscellaneous
|
10-15 Questions
|
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