What is AFCAT Exam Pattern?

AFCAT exam pattern highlights the overall structure of the exam such as number of sections, weightage of topics, time duration, total marks, marking scheme, etc. AFCAT exam is divided into online test and AFSB interview. Besides AFCAT candidates who applies for the technical branch are required to appear for the Engineering Knowledge Test (EKT). AFCAT test comprises different sections such as General Awareness, Verbal Ability in English . Numerical Ability, Military Reasoning, and Aptitude test. EKT carries questions from Mechanical, Computer Science, and Electrical & Electronics. AFCAT carries a total of 100 questions whereas, EKT carries 50 questions. The total marks allotted to AFCAT are 300 whereas, EKT carries 150 marks. The duration of AFCAT exam is two hours whereas EKT is held for 45 minutes. Both AFCAT and EKT is held in online mode and the language of the question paper is English.

What is IBPS RRB pattern?

IBPS RRB exam pattern highlights the overall structure of the exam such as marking scheme, total marks, number of sections, duration of exam, etc.. Before beginning with the preparation, candidates must go through IBPS RRB exam pattern thoroughly. As per IBPS RRB exam pattern, the prelims exam is conducted for the posts of Officers Scale 1 and Office Assistant (Multipurpose). The total marks allotted to the test are 80. The mains exam of IBPS RRB is conducted for the posts of Officers Scale 1 and Office Assistant (Multipurpose) and carries 200 marks. The single online exam is conducted for the posts of Officers Scale 2 & 3 . The Interview carries 100 marks and is conducted for the posts of Officers Scale 1, Officers Scale 2 & 3. There is no interview for the post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose).

What is IBPS RRB Exam Pattern?

IBPS RRB Clerk exam pattern is such that it is divided into prelims and Mains exams. IBPS RRB PO exam pattern is such that it is divided into prelims exam, Mains exam and interview. IBPS RRB SO exam pattern comprises single online exam and interview. The exam pattern is explained below: Preliminary Exam This is an online test with objective-type questions The exam typically includes sections such as Reasoning, Numerical Ability, and/or Quantitative Aptitude The time duration is usually 45 minutes The total marks allotted to the prelims exam are 80 Main Exam The main exam is also an online test with objective-type questions The Mains exam comprises sections such as Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, English/Hindi Language, and Computer Knowledge The Mains exam comprises 2 hours Total marks allotted to the Mains exam are 200 Single Online Exam The Single Online Exam is conducted for Officers Scale 2 and 3. The single online exam for Officers Scale 2 carries questions from Reasoning, Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation, Finance Awareness, English/Hindi Language, Computer Knowledge. The single online exam for Officers Scale 2 comprises questions from Reasoning, Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation, Finance Awareness, English/Hindi Language, Computer Knowledge, Professional Knowledge. Total marks allotted to the single online exam are 200. Interview Interview is conducted for Officers Scale 1, 2 and 3. Total marks allotted to interview are 100.

What is section-wise weightage in AFCAT exam?

AFCAT exam comprises sections such as General Awareness, Verbal Ability in English Numerical Ability, Military Reasoning, and Aptitude test. Out of the 100 questions, Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test carries 35 questions, Verbal ability in English carries 30 questions, Numerical Ability carries 15 questions, General Awareness carries 20 questions. The Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test section carries a total of 105 marks, Verbal ability in English carries a total of 90 marks, Numerical ability section carries a total of 45 marks, General Awareness section carries a total of 60 marks. Candidates can check below the section-wise weightage of AFCAT exam: Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test: 35 questions and 105 marks Logical Reasoning: 30 questions and 90 marks Numerical Ability: 15 questions and 45 marks General Awareness: 20 questions and 60 marks.

What is the career growth of IBPS RRB Officers Scale 1?

IBPS RRB Officers Scale 1 is on probation for two years. After its completion, candidates are promoted to Assistant Manager. The career growth of IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 is mentioned below: IBPS RRB Officer Scale I (PO) Assistant Manager Deputy Manager Branch Manager Senior Branch Manager Chief Manager Assistant General Manager Deputy General Manager General Manager

What is AFCAT marking scheme?

AFCAT marking scheme is prescribed by the examination authority. The marking scheme highlights the marks that candidates score for correct answers and marks deducted for wrong answers. The total marks allotted to AFCAT exam are 300. AFCAT marking scheme is given below: For correct answers, candidates score three marks. For example: Reasoning section carries 35 questions and candidates have answered 20 questions correctly. They will score 60 marks For every wrong answer, one mark will be deducted. For example: Candidates have attempted 18 questions, out of which, 15 questions are correct and three questions are incorrect. The score of candidates will be 15x3-3=42. The examination authority does not deduct marks for unattempted questions.

What is IBPS RRB marking scheme?

Scores obtained by candidates in IBPS RRB exam are calculated based on the marking scheme. The marking scheme is prescribed by the examination authority. IBPS RRB marking scheme is given below: Preliminary Exam: Each correct answer typically carries 1 mark For every incorrect answer, there is a penalty of 0.25 marks (1/4th of the mark assigned to that question) Unanswered questions do not attract any penalty Main Exam The marking scheme for the main exam is generally similar to the preliminary exam, where each correct answer is awarded 1 mark. There is typically a penalty for wrong answers, which is around 0.25 marks (1/4th of the mark assigned to that question) There are no negative marking for unanswered questions

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 & Student Reaction

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Exam On - 27 Jul '25

Anangsha Patra

Deputy Manager – Editorial

Updated on Aug 20, 2022 12:20 IST

The overall difficulty level of IBPS RRB PO exam was easy to moderate. Read here IBPS RRB PO prelims exam analysis 2022.

IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2022 & Student Reaction

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has conducted IBPS RRB PO 2022 prelims exam on August 20 and 21. The first shift of IBPS RRB PO was conducted successfully. Thousands of candidates appeared in the IBPS RRB PO Shift 1. Candidates who appeared in the exam said that the difficulty level of the test was moderate. The Quant section was moderate while the Reasoning section was easy to moderate. In this article, we have discussed IBPS RRB PO difficulty level, good attempts and many more details.

Also Read: IBPS PO 2022 Live: Exam Analysis

IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2022: Difficulty Level

The difficulty level of the first shift of IBPS RRB PO prelims was Easy to Moderate. Provided below is the overall difficulty level of IBPS RRB PO prelims exam.

Sections	Number of questions	Difficulty Level
Reasoning Ability	40	Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude	40	Moderate
Overall	80	Moderate

IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2022: Good Attempts

The test comprised two sections- Reasoning Ability and Quantitative Aptitude. The overall good attempts for IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam of first shift is 55-60.

Section	Good Attempts
Reasoning Ability	29-32
Quantitative Aptitude	26-28
Total	55-60

Also Read: IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2022

IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2022: Section Wise

The section-wise IBPS RRB PO exam analysis is given below:

IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2022 for Quantitative Aptitude

The level of the Quantitative Aptitude section of IBPS RRB PO prelims exam was Moderate. Questions from Data Interpretation, Wrong Number Series, Quadratic Equation, and Arithmetic Word Problems were asked in the exam. There were three sets of Data Interpretation (DI) ( Line Graph, Tabular DI, and Caselet DI).

Topic	No. of questions
Arithmetic word problems	12
Wrong Number Series	5
Approximation	5
Quadratic Equation	5
Caselet DI	3
Line Graph DI	5
Tabular DI	5
Total	40

IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2022 for Reasoning Ability

The level of Reasoning section was easy to moderate. Candidates can check below IBPS RRB PO exam analysis 2022.

Topic	No. of questions
Uncertain Number of Persons (Row Seating Arrangement)- 13 Persons	5
Month & Date Based Puzzle(September – December -15, 22)	5
Square Based Seating Arrangement)	5
Linear Seating Arrangement- North Facing	5
Meaningful Word	1
Syllogism	3
Inequality	4
Direction & Distance	3
Blood Relation	4
Alphanumeric Series	3
Number Based	1
Word Pairing	1
Total	40

Also Read: IBPS RRB Cut off 2022

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis & Student Reaction

Shiksha reported live from one of the test centres of IBPS RRB PO exam in Gurugram to gather the feedback of students regarding the difficulty level of the exam. Candidates can check below the feedback shared by students.

Abhilasha said, “The overall difficulty level of the paper was easy. In Reasoning, there were month-based puzzles questions, inequality, etc. In Maths, there were questions from DI, Arithmetic, Quadratic Equation, Wrong Number Series, etc.

Priyanka said, “The paper was easy in terms of difficulty. The questions were asked from the topics given in the syllabus. In Reasoning, maximum questions were asked from Seating Arrangement.”

Sujata said, “The overall paper was good but it was time-consuming. The Quant section was tough and questions were asked from DI, wrong number series, etc.”