The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts annual RRB PO Prelims exam for the recruitment of Officers (POS) in Regional Rural Banks (RRB). For the candidates preparing for this highly competitive exam, analyzing previous trends is a smart and strategic step. To help the candidates get a clear understanding of the nature and pattern, we have compiled IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Trend Analysis for the last 5 years, section-wise. This wide breakdown of questions types, levels of difficulty and subject-wise weightage can serve as a valuable guide in shaping your preparation.
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis Trend
Candidates preparing for IBPS RRB PO Exam will have to prepare with the previous year’s prelims exam analysis trend which will help them to check how many questions have been asked in the last few years.
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis Analysis Trend
The reasoning capacity section consists of 40 questions with 40 marks. Here in the following table, we have tabulated the examination analysis trend of the logic capacity section.
| Subject | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Puzzle and seating arrangement | 22 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 25 |
| Direction | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Number based chain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alphabetical series | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Inequality | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Coding-decoding | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Miscellaneous questions (number -based, word coupling, meaningful words, odd one) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Blood relation | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Syllasia | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis Analysis Trend of Quantitative Aptitude
Candidates can check the subjects asked by quantitative aptitude in IBPS RRB PO Prelims, which will help candidates in the examination with weightage to understand how much weightage is in which subject.
| Subject | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| data interpretation | 12 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 10 |
| With | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rheumatism | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| quadratic equation | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Missing/wrong number chain | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Quantity 1 and quantity 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Arithmetic words problems | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| Data capacity | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Pattern
Candidates can check the exam pattern for IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam in the following table:
| Stream | Number of questions | Mark |
| Argument capacity | 40 | 40 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 |
| overall | 80 | 80 |
