You can find the list of questions from comment page number 2
Request: share your exam experience
RBI Grade B officer (Preliminary) exam was held on August 3, 2014 (Sunday) in two sessions. But since this exam is to be conducted online=>difficult for next years’ aspirant to find “previous question” papers. Therefore, I request all the readers, to share following data AFTER exam is over, in the comments below.
- What was the Span of current affairs latest and oldest topic asked in General Awareness?
- How much PIN (persons in news?) by the way, PIN-2014 series has been uploaded long time back. in case you missed, go to https://mrunal.org/current#pin
- General idea on “topicwise breakup” – in general awareness. How much economy (budget related), how much banking sector related and so on. Did they ask computer awareness in it?
- How tough was English section compared to SBI PO and CSAT?
- How tough / lengthy was Maths/DI section compared to other exams. Did they ask chillar questions like profit loss, or was it entirely focused on lengthy data interpretation as in SBI PO? what was the overall breakup?
- Reasoning section: did they ask high level reasoning like syllogism, assertion-reasoning, course of action etc?
- Other observations about pattern, trend, wisdom, tips for future aspirants.
—update—
To check your Prelim result
http://rbi.org.in/scripts/ResultGradeBPhase12014.aspx
What next?
RBI will send call letters to selected candidates via email
| Paper I – English | September 13, 2014 (Saturday) |
02.30 PM to 05.30 PM |
| Paper II – Economic & Social Issues | September 14, 2014 (Sunday) |
09.30 AM to 12.30 PM |
| Paper III – Finance & Management | September 14, 2014
(Sunday) |
02.30 PM to 05.30 PM |
RBI Previous Mains papers (2002-2012)
Following link contains questions papers fro 2002 to 2012 (2012’s prelim held in August 2013 and Mains in November 2013)
files.secureserver.net/0fLmpFbbcQk8a5
Cutoff marks for RBI Prelim 2014
| Section | Max | GENERAL | OBC | SC | ST | PH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA/GK | 80 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
| English | 30 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Maths | 30 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Reason | 60 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| TOTAL | 200 | 104 | 94 | 89 | 69 | 69 |
Overall, cutoff has “decreased”- compared to 2013’s prelim. but that is expected given the toughness of this year’s exam.
| Section | Max | Gen | OBC | SC | ST | PH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA/GK | 80 | 36 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| English | 30 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Maths | 30 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Reason | 60 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| TOTAL | 200 | 126 | 113 | 106 | 96 | 96 |
Thank you all for sharing your prelim experiance in the comments- it’ll be of great help to future aspirants.
Hi
Review of second session:
GA: Easy ( one could easily attempt 70-75) in 20-25 min
Eng: Easy ( 22-26) in 20 min
Reasoning : Moderate to difficult ,to attempt more than 40 questions. 1-2 questions from blood relation, questions from syllogism was mix of easy and confusing, sitting arrangement and puzzles can be solved after spending some time. in 40-50 min :(
Aptitude : I found it bit difficult ( perhaps my preparation was not RBI oriented ) but one can easily solve 15 to 17 in 30 min.
i cannot guess what will be the cut off but with av prep. one can attempt 135-140 question with high accuracy .
Finger crossed:P
I gave RBI morning shift exam today.
Exam started after one hour from scheduled time of 8: 30 a.m.
General Awareness was moderate I suppose. Not very tough. I attempted 55.
Banking and Finance questions were mostly there. 2 movie questions. 2 awards questions.
if you are preparing for IAS, it will be easyfor you.
English moderate: initiator and starter type questions were new in exam.
Maths: it was very lengthy. able to solve only 15 ques.
Reasoning: if you had prepared for SBI po reasoning, then it will be easy for you.
Overall: Cutoff will be low than last year of 126. Expecting it to be around 110.
Ga-58
Qa-9
Rs-24
Eng-24
After noon session
1. Not elected mp minister- jetly
2. Defence minister-jetly
3. World bank president- jim yong kim
4. How to reduce liquidity- weird options were given. Two were wrong. Other two were ‘repo’ ‘bank rate’.I wrote nonr of these.
5. Which is not saarc country- Japan
6. C in SAAARC stands for- cooperation
7. Market cap is equity shares etc assets. I’m not sure abt this one.
8. Modi visited first which country’ bhutan
9. Who accompanied modi In his first foreign visit – I think sushma swaraj.
10. Sarfeaci act
11. Asset reconstruction company of india limited
12. Two questions on secutarisation
13. Fifa final match venue
14. Sbi associated banks – 5
15. PSL not fulfilled money goes to RIDF
16. Rajat gupta was in news recently because- I think ‘court squashed his request to remain outside jail’
17. MH 317 in news because disappeared mysteriously.
18. Banking ombudsmen – can fine max
1 lac for mental agony stress.
Gk : easy comparatively attempts : 69
English: 1 paragraph comprehensive 10 questions
1cloze test – difficult 10 questions
5 mark jumble
Attempts- 26
Maths : tough gave 35 minutes still could solve 18 only
Logical resoning : was time consuming .
But one advice : solve blood relationship, arithmetic relationship , code for arithmetic relationship
Puzzles were difficult
Solved 46 . Didn’t get time to look at last puzzle.
Total attempt : 159
Evening session ,, General awareness was easy , english also ok but had one new type of question style which I never solved:
If sm 1 remember it was like,
Q: 4 line paragraph … Then tell which suits better to start.
a)…………
b)………….
c)…………….
Ans: a , a and b , all of these , none of these , b and c.
Maths was ok accept Data Interpretation, very lengthy calculations and also those wrong series questions( Mera to sir ghuum gaya ).
reasoning average ( nothing tough accept sitting puzzles ) .
Some GS Q:
1.current finance minister.
2.who lost in lok sabha and sitted in cabinet . ( again JetLee baba).
3.where modi went in his first foreign trip.
4. ENt surgeon as Minister.
5.Which minister went foreign with Modi.
6.World bank head.
7.Objective of IMF.
8. Budget: some relief in house loan emi kinda slabregarding taxation.
9 first asian to win noble.
10.rajan succeded which governor.
11.Which are government securities.
I am not able to recall, going to sleep, attept 138/200 : 120 right approx for sure .
It was a nice experience although , good decision to drop UPPSC.
Mrunal’s scripts were Epic . i did 50+ objectives right and I didn’t read anything except some sports and awards. All is in detail in scripts.
Useless Ramesh Singh for this exam for phase I, Keep revising scripts and understand concepts available here. 70+ is a cake for u if u follow the only this site. Thnx Mrunal Sir
The questions in the beginning of the english section were rather unpleasantly surprising. I have never seen this type of questions before:
You are given two statements. To make a single statement, you are given Starters (A), (B) & (C) using which starters can a combined statement be produced : (now I don’t remember exact statements so I will just make up an example)
Statement 1: The company has reduced its greenhouse emissions.
Statement 2: This is due to eco-friendly investments & policies of using renewable mechanisms.
(A): Due to investments…
(B): Reduction in…
(C): Greenhouse emissions…
a. Only A & B
b. All A,B,C
c. Only A
d. None
I wish I could remember the exact questions but I found this surprise very annoying since there were at least 5 such questions. In this example you may think all three are applicable but the actual questions took a lot of thinking. You will initially feel like a sentence could be made using each of the starters in every question so it was difficult to reject any of the starters.
Many questions have already been shared by other people here, some more I can recall are (there were more options in the exam but I m writing fewer):
– Greenback is a popular name for: a.Yen b. Euro c. US Dollar
– Which of these is not in Delhi : a.Bibi ka maqbara b. jantar mantar c. jama masjid d. qutub minar
– Rajat Gupta was in news because a. US supreme court rejected his application to remain out of jail b. he confessed to his role in insider trading c. none of these
– MH 370 in news because a. it was shot down b. it disappeared c. it crossed over Chinese territory
– Which minister is an ENT specialist by profession – a. Harshvardhan
– Who preceded Raghuram Rajan – a.D. Subbarao
– How much is our CAD currently : not percentage but exact amount in $__billions
– Economic Advisory Council members include : a. PM B.Home Minister c.Foreign Minister d. Finance & Defence Minsiter
Dates were not asked except on which date this year Father’s day was celebrated.
Morning Shift
Difficulty Level:
GK: Moderate to Low
English: Easy
Quant: Moderate
Reasoning: Moderate
*GK covered in the exam was not older than 6 months in almost all the cases.
Breakup:
^More than 10 questions related to PIN.
^Majority of portion was from economy and bank related GK.
^2-3 questions related to General elections 2014
^Rest was mainly from newspaper headlines and routine news items.
>>No Ph.D. required, only a bird’s eye view at what is happening around will do the trick.
Indian Economy + RBI FAQ & Glossary + Mrunal Economy along with brief Budget analysis and newspaper reading for RBI GK is more than sufficient.
*Level of English was below SBI and CSAT in general. Only a para jumble (with 5 questions and time eater- 20 minutes in my case, can’t say about others) can be put under difficult category.
*Quant section was of moderate difficulty. One can easily find 15-16 easy questions.
^Though table and pie chart related questions (10 in number) were time consuming.
^Several questions related to inequalities for establishing a relationship between x and y (x<y, x<y etc.)
^One question related to mensuration ( Direct formula input for volume of a cylinder)
^One related to probability
^One question related to boat speed (upstream/downstream flow)
^One question related to mixing of liquids,
^One question related to work man hour.
^4-5 questions related to missing/wrong number in the series etc.
*Reasoning was also of moderate difficulty level and the pattern was very much like last year.
^Machine Input/Output – 5Q
^Three statement syllogism -5Q
^ Sitting Arrangements, Who stays on which floor – 10Q
^Data Sufficiency (More than 5)
^Cause/Effect related statements – 5Q
^Blood Relations
^Code language related questions etc.
My total attempts are 135 and final score would be around 110. In my case, para jumble ( 7 statement) proved to be the real culprit and a thorough spoilsport by eating approx. 20 minutes of my crucial time.
I request Mrunal sir to provide some insight on the way to go about para jumbles.
Some GK questions based on memory:
* Number of female MPs in current Lok Sabha
* State with maximum representations in the form of ministers at the center
*Economic Adviser to PM
*Which is the website of PM of India
*Current National Security Adviser
*International Women's Day
*Writer of Tale of Two Cities
*Sardar Sarovar Dam's place in the world(in terms of height) after addition of 17 ft.
* Eldest women parliamentarian in cabinet
* Which is wrong about WTO
Estd. as GATT in 1948
HQ in Paris
Relationship with IMF
*Which organization got Noble Peace Prize for Peace in 2013
* Two questions related to Bandhan
*One question related to RIDF etc. etc.
Well, If i compare this year RBI exam, It was tougher than last year except GA part. Most of the questions of GA is already discussed.
Quanta:- Lengthier than last year. A lot of calculation intensive question was asked.
Topic Wise:-
10 from DATA Interpretation
5 from DATA Sufficiency
5 from obtaining odd no. from the no. series
2 Questions from Mensuration ( Cylinder Surface Area, Rectangle)
1 from Probability
Reasoning:-
1. Puzzle based on seating arrangement (always asked in RBI) and take a lot of time.
2. Input arrangement Tougher than last year. Not tough but time consuming.
3. Syllogism 5 questions
4. 1 puzzle based on weight
5. 1 puzzle based on direction n seating arrangement
6. 5 questions from weaken n strengthen the statement.
English:- pattern was same as last year but surprise 5 questions based on which are sufficient to draw the same meaning.
GA:- Very easy than last year if anyone has gone through MRUNAL’s CA Capsules would have cracked more than 60 questions.
Some of the questions asked from MRUNAL CA article-
1. Attorney General of India
2. Young Women to climb MT. Everest.
3. Largest Thermal power plant of india.
4. which country has not the rupee currency.
5. who player Mr. Bean.
6. Sitter Who plays Bobby Jasoos.
7. which one is component of demand liability.
8. Earning from Agriculture will go where. like public fund, consolidation fund.
Rest all are discussed above.
quant was tough for me and it was time consuming. the way they twisted the answer for pie chart questions. we have to find the percentage of sales between say a and b but the answer were given as mixed fraction. how do you guys solved that? normal percentage can be easily calculated from the pie chart but expressing them in the form of mixed fraction, thats where i failed.
gave xam in evening shift…attempted 135 questions without any guess…..reasoning was lengthy.gs was good and easy. some of the questions are;-1)namo recently visited which country and who accompanied him 2)members of saarc 3)one of the cabinet minister who lost election but is a cabinet minister4)cabinet minister who is a dr.and ENT specialist 5)function of imf 6)uttarakhand received loan from one of the organisation,its name 6)questions related to mahila bank 7)when is fathers day celebrated 8)world bank president..9)SARFESI ACT related 10)banking ombudsman……these are the some of the questions i remember…english was good…reasoning made this xam tough,otherwise other portions were very good…enjoyed the xam as this was my first online xam…just focus on mrunal sir’s articles and practice reasoning and can excel in xam…..thank u MRUNAL SIR:-) :-)
GK Contd.
*One question related to forex reserve
*Role of RBI
*In which loan Mortgage is required
*Which among the following is an intangible asset
*Credit related committee’s purpose
*In which case a banker is not likely to extend credit facility
*One question related to lease (features) etc.
RTGS , Banking ombudsman – 10 lac limit, financial sector regulator, prime minister first foreign visit, who accompanied him, which country praised Pm invitation to saarc countries, saarc – c for co operation, rbi functions, raghuram rajan preceded whom, gulzar conferred phalke award, gilt edge, My advice: study something about everything, no need to go in depth. world bank chief name, i attempted 42/80, dint attempt any question in which i was 1% confuse. maths- 1 question from probability, 10 from d.I,work time, some percentage. reasoning :syllogism 5 question , who lives above whom, whether both statement needed or not.
how i dug my own grave: after i attempted 42 question of economics, i was overwhelmed with time left. 101 mins remaining, i started pie chart. same like sbi po, my brain was screaming”please some one give me calculator”, when i finished 6/10 of d.i question 59 mins were left. still my brain was saying atleast attempt 15 question, succeeded in 12. ok hands tremor starts now, reasoning 60 question left, english 30 question left. english 18/30 (level medium-high, comprehension very easy), reasoning 10-12 attempt. i attempted 80/200. if i had 1 more hour my attempt might have crossed 150 questions. Overall advice: dont read economics till last hour , start english maths ,the moment you finish reading this.
How to score 140 : 50/80 in economics (too easy), english(25/30)(Not so easy),maths(14-18)(practice practice practice,hide a calculator in your pocket),reasoning(40)(HAHAHA). Gen cut off- 110-115 . Cos if it exceeds 115, i m still not in competition.
If i am given one more chance : I can score far better, dont get too relaxed reading this statement.reason- although syllogism was my strong point but after getting 2 no conclusion of first two answer i doubted all remaining answer.
Hi mrunal sir,
i appeared in evening shift,there are few questions, what I remember as following topicwise:-
Economy survey- (2013-14)/budget
1. current account deficit in terms of money. (but,i just recalled in % value during exam,2.1%)
2. Tax‐free cap on home loan interest
3.who is add in advisory body of planning of economy survey during NDA govt.
Current-
1. Narendra modi first visit (bhutan)
2. narendra modi go with which minister in their first foreign visit ( NOT option is also available)
3. who is union minister after loosing in election (jaitly sahab)
4. ‘ *** surgon’ degree associated with which current minister
5. MH370 reason
6. Inernational visits
Misc-
wrong pairs select( 2 question, one matching with their currency and second one matching with capital)
1. combodia-jakarta, zimbombe-harare,keny-nairobi,egypt-cairo, ****
2. omen-musct, ***- riyal,***-riggt, ****
3. SAARC, “C” stand for?
4. SAARC ,in given option which country not belongs ?
5.Books writer based two question( i was not able to attempt,so i don’t remeber excatly the questions)
one question writer of “A bend in the river”
6. Knighthood award(tata sahab)
7. dada saheb falke award 2013
8. there is one famous tamil moovie (i don’t remember,MIND IT), actor name who famous recently in delhi( most frustating question)
9. father day
banking-
1. mahila bank related “maximum limit”
2. banking ombudsman characterstics-
The Banking Ombudsman may award compensation not exceeding Rs 1 lakh to the complainant only in the case of complaints relating to credit card operations for mental agony and harassment.
3. world bank president
4. uttrakhand disater- which bank offer 100 million $( current+banking)
5. basis point value
6. SEBI(answer) “as a supervisory body”(question)
7. RBI based 5-6 question,
what is the function, or which function not belongs, supervise to which banks/institution,to control inflation tools(option based on basics only,no need of p.hd.)
8. greenback money?
basics economy- based 10-12 question
1.like credit loans control by( laab laab lenghty option)
2. taxes( which is indirect tax, *** taxes which body impose)
3. liabilties (based 2 question,coceptual lenghty options)
4. balance sheet
5. balance of payment
6. capital expenditure
7. to up and down SLR,CRR what happend?
overall economy- 50-60 question ( economy survey(2-3),budget(2-3),banking, basics)
Minister (degree,department,visits etc.)
Misc- awards( 3), books(2), currency(1),capital(1), international body(world bank,ADB,SAARC)
EASY section as compare to PO or CSAT.
ENglish-
one passage on “finacial inclusion”
cloze test
sentence arragment
Overall EASY( but i’m poor in english section)
Aptitude-
since 2013 IBPS gonna cruel in this section, same level as IBPS PO,SBI PO.
resoning-
same as PO level,I think CSAT apti/resoning is more easier than PO/RBI level.
1. seating arragment( center facing, each one like some items)
2. floor arragment
3. syllogism
4. sufficient data
5. coding( simple “rose is red” as “re ja ma” and P+Q= p is the father of Q types)
6. assumption-conclusion based( m=nu types)
overall moderate( except seating arragment(tough)
this is my first attempt, i could attempt only 105(hopeless)..
No prediction for cut-off( less attempt so i can’t).
I gave in the afternoon slot ..
I will be starting with the GK
MAny question related to the reserve bank like , custodian of forex reserves , arun jailtley is mino fwhic etc and .. CAD in $bn ? , one committe question was dere , Securitization ?, Dematerialisation ?, Policy rate ?, previous governer ?, monetory policy ? , functions of rbi ?, limit of income tax raised to how much ?, then …it was … then gulzar , phalke award , gilt fund etc ab aur yad nhi aa rhe
ab maths … questions calcuation thik thik thi , hmm aur 5, ques related to ratios
reasoning .. bhut sare syllogism /missing number
english paragraph… + re arrange , fill in blanks of paragraph[close test] ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND74C0lAv6I
RBI Gr. B 2014 Afternoon Session
GK:
1. which one is not a negotiable instrument ?
2. gilt-edge market means ?
3. PM recently visited to ?
4. Who says a remarkable movement to the PM Pakistan visit ?
5. dadasaheb phalke award ?
6. Mahila bank financing limit ?
7. which amongst of these can not be considered as FDI ?
8. word bank cheif ?
9. which international org. financed for the uttarakhand disaster ?
10. FIFA final match held at ?
11. Ombudsman can compensate to customer regarding credit card amount not more than ?
12. Bond yield to maturity.
13. name of FM ?
14. who assisted PM during his visit to china ?
i will be posting further as soon as it recovered from memory…
Compared to last yr ppr was easy. This may be because last yr I didn’t knw anything abt economy! ;)
GA span was 3 months at max I guess!
exact allocations given to programs were asked. Budha birth place was also asked. Many questions related to PM Modi and his govt ministers.
Which award was won by Vinoba bhave, Prakash Javadekar in common something like this question was there. Currency-country matching and country-capital odd man out waala type questions. :p
V.S. Naipul authored book.
English was nice but with some twist. A new pattern was introduced in this which I had not faced in any other banking exam. Sentences have to be joined but we had to choose the starting words which can join the sentences.
QA section loooooong calculations. Attempted only 13.
Reasoning: I love this section. It was good. Moderate, this is what we can say abt it.
BUT AFTER READING THE REVIEW OF MORNING SESSION CANDIDATES I am very much stressed that whether I will clear this exam or not! As I have attempted only 122 with 3 reviewed. Ppl hv attempted 150+ :O :/ :(
God Bless me :) :)
At last..
MRUNAL SIR, “THANKS” FOR UR GUIDANCE. COZ OF U ONLY TODAY I KNOW WHAT ECONOMICS AND BANKING IS. WHATEVER KNOWLEDGE I HAVE TODAY REGARDING COMPETITIVE EXAMS DATS ALL COZ OF U.
THANKS A LOT SIR.
Hi,evng session GA,,,,,,57/80 (99%accuracy). English,,,,26/30(4 questions. Palke hi nahi pade).Reasoning,,,,,,41/60 (puzzle and Input question. Nai kiye).Quant,,,,,,21/30……….lets hope together
GA – 68 (cakewalk)
English – 19 (moderate)
Quant – 14
Reasoning – 32
Total : 132
Fingers crossed as Quant and Reasoning wr time consuming . Expecting cutoff to be lower than the previous yr.
Hello
I took exam in the afternoon session.
As already known the exam was divided into 4 sections
G.S. – was extremely easy.
Ex – 1. Current governor of rbi
2. Father’s day celebrated on
3. First asian to win nobel prize – rabindranath tagore
4. Modi’s 1st visit to which country after becoming PM
5. Current finance minister
6. Who is in the current cabinet inspite of loosing the elections – arun jaitley
7. Vinoda bhave, dalai lama n 2 more names – won which award = roman magsaysay
8. Gautam buddha’s birthplace – lumbini
9. MH 370 was in news beacuse
10. Rajat gupta was in news recently because
11. Who accompained modi on his first visit to bhutan
12. Which act allows banks to forfeit the property which is kept as collateral – SARFESI act
13. Fifa world cup final venue
14. Which of the foll team not a part of ipl
And so on…
English – barring a few questions, others were easy.
There was a comprehension, parajumbles, place the word
Reasoning – not difficult but time consuming
Quant – difficult as well as time consuming
Ex. Data interpretation question involving 2 pie charts.
1st chart had %share of total books sold by 6 distributors. Total books sold = 64000
2nd chart talked about %share of total ACaDEMIC books sold by 6 distributors. Total =42000
Complex because
A. Individual values for each store for total books and acadmic as well
B. Calculation involving non academic books. It was to be taken out by substracting academic ones from non academic.
2nd DI question involved percentage of literates in 6 villages.
Also literate and illiterates in all the villages. This is not the end :p
Then male and female ration of literates as well as illiterates
And trust me the questions in quant were not that easy. I was expecting IBPS type of level but RBI had a few surprises to offer.
Overall the exam was below my level of expectations. The computer interface was really irritating. Pen paper mode can easily allow you to scribble in the q paper, thus making life easy. Here, i had to write the same q again to solve it.
Attempted 150/200. Hoping for the best :/
Sir, what is Carbon Credit?
This question was also there.
plz xplain this.
Refer to Kyoto protocol written by mrunal sir in enb section.
Thanks Vinay
Though exam was moderate to tough specially quant n English were tough. I feel game was not up to mark it was more ca than ga. I went through Ramesh Singh which is of little use as static part not asked but indirectly in five ques. Mrunal one thing I would like to share is that since I bps is conducting exams these days hence ques are similar for RBI SBI n I bps po because they are setting ques n they do not have good ques bank for RBI. Today ga standard was down not up to rbi .
no question was .mod4’s first visit to which country??
Second shift GA :
The Place Gautam Buddha born?
FIFA world cup 2014 final Held at?
one Question about RTGS.. ( if it can be done through mobile banking?)
First Asian to get Noble
Britain’s Knight order..the Ratan Tata one
which organisation gave away 100 million for Uttarakhand tragedy (IMF, World bank)
who is not a member of SAARC countries
union minister, who lost election
Dada saheb phalke award
one question related to mortgage..they asked we dont create the charge of mortgage in which type of loan (options: Reverse mortgage, consumer loan in which goods purchased gets hypothecated, housing loan..and some other
one question was match the following kind capital and country
able to recall only this much right now..
I’ve attempted 110 only :(
45 in reasoning..
others approx 20-20-25(GA)
BTW thanks to this page..good work Mr Mrunal..thanks a lot :)
SHORT and SWEET: If somebody had read all your articles under economy section and PIN (13-14),……and have basic knowledge in maths and reasoning…. He/She will pass this exam with flying colors…… THANKS A LOT MRUNAL FOR YOUR VALUABLE GUIDANCE…….KEEP ON THE GOOD WORK……
I think for general it will 112to 118
What was the Span of current affairs latest and oldest topic asked in General Awareness?
For the morning session, current affairs were from pretty recent issues. April-June/July. Yes, the july one being ‘The actress in bobby jasoos’, probably.
How much PIN (persons in news?
Very few, like the contenders for the Afghan presidential elections, Newly appointed NSA etc.
General idea on “topicwise breakup” – in general awareness. How much economy (budget related), how much banking sector related and so on. Did they ask computer awareness in it?
Around 40% were banking related, one or two questions on economic survey, one or two on budget like amount allocated for the bullet train, and around 40% on General awareness. Nothing from computer awareness in my session. If you regularly read newspapers, you can answer around 30/80.
How tough was English section compared to SBI PO and CSAT?
No idea about SBI-PO. Compared to CSAT, the level was pretty much the same. Parajumbles, Reading comprehension, word meanings (Jeopardized) etc.
How tough / lengthy was Maths/DI section compared to other exams. Did they ask chillar questions like profit loss, or was it entirely focused on lengthy data interpretation as in SBI PO? what was the overall breakup?
DI was ratio and profit loss combined. Took a bit of time. But the numerics were not so tough, as most of them were multiples. Not much chillar questions. But doable. Quants were like 1) r+h of a cylinder is given, find volume. 2) 5L of water is added after removing same qty of fruit juice from a 100% soln. Repeatd twice. Final conc of juice: water is 81:19, find the initial qty of fruit juice.
Reasoning section: did they ask high level reasoning like syllogism, assertion-reasoning, course of action etc?
Syllogism was not there. Course of action was there. Reasoning was a bit lengthy. Could only attempt around 22 in this section as i kept this section for the last 25 minutes.
Other observations about pattern, trend, wisdom, tips for future aspirants.
My overall attempt is only 121 with an 80-90% accuracy. I see that the cut off was 127 last year. So not pinning much hopes on cracking the prelims this year, which was overall an easy paper. I would advise the future aspirants to focus on time and precision. You should mentally set a timer for each section, as the application doesn’t provide an individual timer. 30 minutes for quant, 20 for verbal, 40 for GK and 40 minutes for reason would be an apt distribution. Do reasoning ONLY IN THE END. Verbal, followed by Quant, GK and Reasoning would be a nice strategy. Good luck to everyone for the mains as well as the future aspirants.
Now I can peacefully go back to my CAT preparation :D
1. Finance Minister of India
2. Who did the current governor succeed
3. Mahila bank no collateral limit for woman
4. absolute value of CAD
5. bank take over assets as per which act ?SARFAESI
6. who takes over debt ?ARC
7. what is loan taking by dis cmpanies called-factorization
8. Dematerialization definition
9. Household sec 80 C limit
10. Which sector contributes max to saving-Household
11. Which minister went to Bhutan with Modi ?
12. Longterm financing route-takeout financing
13. Who is a minister even after loss in LS? Arun Jaitley
14. President of WB
15. Directors name given guess marathi movie? Fandry
16. Dadasaheb Phalke award for lyrics?Gulzar
17. Persistence of Vision used in? Motion Picture/Movie
18. Which country did Modi visit 1st ?
19. Who praised India’s swearing ceremony invitation to Pakistan
20. Which district got divided ?Thane -Palghar new district
21. What is ‘c’ in SAARC
22. Inflation is ?All possible definitions given
23. Which is a financial regulator ? CMC,SEBI,etc
24. What is gilt edged security
25. Which of these is Govt Security?Treasury Bill, PSU bond etc
26. Bond interest rate in banking parlance ?Yield
27. 1st Nobel Prize winner of Asia
28. Vinoba Bhave,JP,etc have in common ?Ramon Magsaysay Award, Man Booker Prize etc
29. Which is used by RBI to decrease money supply ?increase SLR,CRR;Rep etc
30. Which of these is a RBI tool ? Monetary olicy,Fisacal Deficit
31. Who is not a part of SAARC?Japan
32. Naipauls Book
33. Who wrote this book type (I don’t remember) A lion something..
34. Energy supply in India is mostly by ?Thermal
35. Fathers Day is celebrated on ?
36. How many subsidiaries does SBI have ?
37. Fifa world was In which city ?
38. Who played in final match? Argentina(I am not sure whether this was there OR this is my football love talking)
39. Which of these is not in Delhi?Qutub Minar,Humayun Tomb,Bibi ka Maqbara?
40. Which one these is going to loose UNESCO status ?Coral Reef Australia etc.
41. What is the meaning of FDI?
42. Currency was given ?Syria ,malaysia,Qatar
43. 1 basis point is ?0.01
44. What is market cap ?
45. Who gave 100 crore to Uttarakhand ?IMF ,WB
46. What is the function of IMF ?
47. ENT surgeon in cabinet ?Harshvardhan
48. There is audit done and CAMEL status is given ,who does this audit ?
49. Rajat Gupta was in news for ?
50. Which of these is scheduled commercial bank ?HDFC Securities,Kotak something,SBI card ,South Indian Bank
51. Banking Ombudsman can given maximum penalty of how much sum for mental agony ?
52. Which of these is indirect tax ?Central Excise,Income Tax etc
53. Matching countries with Capital ?Egypt-Cairo,Cambodia-Jakarta etc
54. Functions of RBI ?Baker to Govt ,Foreign Reserve ,Currency Management
55. Which of these is not negotiable instrument ?Demand Draft,Cheque,Air Travel Receipt etc
56. MH370 was in news recently ?Korea shot it down ,disappeared with any know how etc
57. Gautam Buddha was born in ?Sarnath,Lumbini ,Pataliputa,Nalanda
58.
English Section :
1. Comprehension (7 questions)
a. Synonym : Augmented
b. Antonym : skewed ,inefficacy
c. Rest straight forward questions
2. Make proper passage by Arranging sentence(5 questions)
3. There were this questions in which short passage was given .u need to pickup options which can also be used to start the passage without modifying meaning
a. Ex :Some woman taught her children with the help of scheme made by Govt and they are now employed ,So she can afford her healthcare.
Ans: May start with .Due to the Government Scheme……
4. Complete passage by inserting correct words.
a. Briton is envy of all countries.Unemployment level in Britain today has reached new threshold and remain on work.American unemployment level is decreasing in sectors…………..
(While,Development,threshold etc)
Quant Section :
1. Data Interpretation on basis of Pie Chart
a. Two pie charts one showing Academic Books sale by store other shows both Academic and Non academic book sale
Questions were based on Finding Non Academic Books ratio to Academics.So that we waste time in Subtraction
2. Probability Questions : Two bags. One having 4Red 6 Blue balls other 4Blue 5Red .Find Probability on 1red 1 Blue if only one bag is selected
3. Boat question
4. Speed of typing Given .A printing of book is to be done.Allot papers so that all spend same time.Find no. of Papers.A:B:C–16:28:32 speed
5. A table is given with division of literates and illeterates.Sub sectioned into Males and Female.Guess total population etc
6. Solve two Quadratic equations and find relation between rots of both.(X,Y)
7. Question on cylinder (sum of r,h is 26.Total surface area given is 1144 .Find Volume)
8. Find odd man out of the series ? 5 Questions
a. 1 3 24 61 138 etc
Reasoning :
1. Eight people in round circle,with their religions given (7 questions)
2. Who lives on which floor .Building question(5 Questions)
3. Blood Relation Questions with signs ^&*%$# given(4 questions)
4. Sufficiency question
You made a request and I didn’t wanted you to be disappointed Mrunal.
Hi All,
Gave my RBI Grade ‘B’ exam for 4th time. Every time cleared pre, cleared mains twice in last 3 attempts, missed selection by 1.5 and 1 marks in last two attempts respectively. Given the experience I have related to RBI exams, the exam was of moderate difficulty, expect cut-off to range between 110-120 for general candidate. Reasons are stated below:
1. GA was simpler than last year(+5), I attempted 79.
2. English was tougher than last year(-3), attempted 29.
3. QA was much tougher than last year(-7), attempted 30.(belongs to mathematics background)
4. Reasoning was tougher than last year(-5), attempted 32.
Conclusion: Cut-off must be down by (+5-3-7-5) i e -10 so I expect cut off to be 116(+/-5).
Looking at the last two years exams including current one, one must prepare for reasoning and practice QA seriously. GA can be covered by watching “DD News”, listing BBC Hindi/AIR News and reading Economic times. No special preparation required. I was out of touch as working for long hours as a PO in premier nationalised bank, still could attempt 79/80 in GA with almost 95% accuracy. Do your preparation wisely.
Sir,
August 3 afternoon
General awareness is easy can do well
Reasoning and arithmetic/aptitude are really time taking could do well in the limited period
Arithmetic pie chart academic and non academic books and table regarding literates and non-literates are time taking
Series are head breaking
time and work one problem typing x words A takes “p” mins b takes “q” mins c takes “r” mins then if they work for equal mins how much they can type something related question was asked
Boat and stream one question
2 equations preferably quadratic equations related question 4-5 in no. options are x>-y x=y y>x ,none of the above etc
Reasoning questions are not easy for me
statements and conclusions,
syllogisms,
students are learning students are fast li ke se da lu ,time is with ke zi ji la etc then what is “are with fast” type of question
ABCDEFG 7 floors
Series on Tallest to shortest arrangements time taking problems and lengthy
i could attempt only
GA : 45-55
English :15-20
Arithmetic 10-15
Reasoning 20-30
Hi everyone. . Will questions attempted but marked for review be evaluated in the final score ?
yes