NABARD Grade (A & B) (Online) 2015 Pre-ExamAnalysis

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NABARD Grade (A & B) (Online) 2015 Pre-Exam Analysis (1st March, 2015 – MorningSlot)

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted online examination for therecruitment of Grade ‘A’ and Grade ‘B’ Officers (various posts as given in the notification) acrossthe country on 1st March 2015.

There were 200 questions in the paper, which had to be answered in 2 hours and 10 minutes(130 minutes). There were four sections in all - Reasoning, English Language and ComputerAwareness, Quantitative Aptitude, and General Awareness. All the other sections exceptEnglish Language section were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Eachquestion had 5 options. There was negative marking of one-fourth or 0.25 of the marksassigned to that question for all the sections.

The pattern of the test was as follows:

Section TotalQuestions

Max.Marks

Level ofDifficulty

PossibleAttempts

PossibleScore

ApproximateTime Taken(In Minutes)

Reasoning 50 50 Moderate 30-32 27-29 40 minutes

English Languageand ComputerAwareness

60(30+30) 60 Easy 42-45 38-40 35 minutes

QuantitativeAptitude

50 50 Moderate 30-32 26-28 40 minutes

General Awareness 40 40 Moderateto Tough

20-22 12-15 15 minutes

Total 200 200 103-108 130

The details of the individual sections are given below:

ReasoningThis section primarily saw easy to moderate level of questions. A student should have attempted

at least 30 questions. The questions were not time consuming. There were questions on LinearArrangement, Circular Arrangement, Analytical Reasoning, Syllogism, Matrix Arrangement andCritical Reasoning. The detailed break up of questions is as follows –

Topic Number of questions

Circular Arrangement 6

Sitting Arrangements (Linear) 12 (6 + 6)

Matrix Arrangement 6

Syllogism 6

Input-Output 6

Mathematical Inequality 5

Critical Reasoning 3

Blood Relations 2

Data Sufficiency 2

Alphabetical Series 1

Quant Based 1

English Language and Computer AwarenessThere was one Reading Comprehension passage with 5 questions. The passage was an easyread and can be attempted easily. There were 5 questions each on sentence correction, Spotthe error and Fill in the blanks (2 in each question). There was a cloze passage of 10 questionswhich was an easy take. The questions in this section were easier as compared to otherbanking examinations.

Among the computer awareness questions, all the questions were based on basic computerslike operating system, internet, input / output devices etc.

This was the easiest section of the examination.

An attempt of 42 questions can be considered as a good attempt.

Topic Number of questions

Reading Comprehensions 5

Cloze Test 10

Sentence Correction 5

Spot the Error 5

Fill in the Blanks 5

Sentence Completion 5

Quantitative AptitudeIn general, this section was of moderate difficulty level. This section was mostly dominated by DIquestions and a few quant questions which include questions of Arithmetic (time and work,CI/SI, percentage etc.), Number Series and Data Interpretation that include Pie Chart, LineChart, Table etc. The DI questions were relatively less difficult in comparison to other IBPSExams.A well prepared would have attempted 30 questions easily in this section.

Topic Number of questions

Data Interpretation - Line Graph 6

Data Interpretation – Caselet 6

Data Interpretation – Combinational (Pie Chart + Table) 6

Probability 1

Time and Work 1

Mensuration 1

Approximation 5

Partnership 1

Simple Interest / Compound Interest 1

Ages 1

Data Interpretation – Table 6

Mixture and Alligation 1

Averages 1

Pipes and Cisterns 1

Percentages 1

Comparison of Variables 5

Series – Missing number in between 6

General Awareness

This section comprised questions of moderate to tough difficulty level primarily based on currentaffairs. A lot of questions were asked related persons like chief or chairman or variousorganizations. Besides that question based on RBI policy and update related to RBI wereasked. An attempt of 20-22 questions can be considered as a good attempt.

Disclaimer: All information on cut-offs, analysis, answer key and scores are based onindependent analysis and evaluation made by Career Launcher. We do not take responsibilityfor any decision that might be taken, based on this information.

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