Table of Contents

1. Important Dates for the IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Mains Exam

2. IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Selection Process

3. IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Eligibility Criteria

4. IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Application Fee

5. IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Admit Card

6. IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Mains Exam Pattern

7. IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Mains Marking Scheme

8. IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Mains Syllabus

9. IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Prelims Exam Analysis

10. IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Tips and Tricks

Important Dates for IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Mains Exam

• IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Notification Release date: June 30, 2020

• IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Application form filling (Registration) opening Date: July 01, 2020

• IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Application form (Registration) closing Date: July 21, 2020

• IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 PET Call Letters: August 12, 2020, onwards.

• IBPS RRB Pre-Exam Training is scheduled from August 24, 2020, until August 29, 2020

• IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Call letters for Prelims Exam: September 08, 2020

• IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Prelims Exam Date: September 12 – 13 and September 19 – 20, 2020.

• IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Result date: October 2020

• IBPS RRB Mains Admit Card: In January 2021

• IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Mains Exam: January 30, 2021

In selecting IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Post, the candidates have to go through a proper selection procedure to get recruited. The selection will be entirely based on the score obtained by the candidates in the two stages:

1. IBPS RRB Officers Scale 1 Prelims Exam

2. IBPS RRB Officers Scale 1 Mains Exam

3. Interview

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For the candidate who is aspiring to be a part of RRB, the eligibility criteria must be taken care of. The Officer Scale I post requires a candidate with a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University. The candidate must be well-versed with the local language of the state. The prescribed age limit for the Officer Scale I post is 18-30 years of age.

** For detailed information, check IBPS RRB Officer-I Eligibility.

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• IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Registration Fee: Rs. 850

• SC/ST/PWBD: Rs. 175

• The admit card for the IBPS RRB OFFICER SCALE 1 test will be available in January. The applicants can download the authentic call letter from the official website.

• It is an essential document for the day of the test; the applicant has to carry it along with the valid ID proof.

• The candidates are advised to save a copy of the admit card for future use.

• The candidates should have clear information about the exam pattern and marking process before attempting the real exam.

• The admit card will be available to download from the date to till exam.

IBPS RRB Officer Scale Mains Exam Pattern

IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Mains Exam comprises five sections: Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, Computer Awareness, General Awareness, and English/Hindi Language. All sections will have 40 Questions required to be solved in the time duration of 2 hours. The recruitment exam will have 200 questions, with every question allotted to 1 mark.

The candidates will have the ease of appearing in the examination in Hindi, English, and the state's regional language. The candidates will appear for the Mains Exam after clearing the IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Prelims Exam. Check the IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Prelims Exam Details.

IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Mains Exam Pattern:

Key Points of IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Mains Exam Pattern:

1. The RRB Officer Scale-I post's selection procedure is the three-stage process with the Prelims Exam, Mains Exam followed by the final Interview session.

2. IBPS will conduct the RRB Officer Scale I Mains Exam online with Multiple-Choice Objective Questions.

3.  The negative marking of 1/4^th marks for each incorrect answer is applicable for Mains Exam.

4. IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Mains Exam will be conducted in Hindi, English, and Regional Language of the state.

5. IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Mains Exam Duration is 120 Minutes (2 Hours).

6. The exam will be from the five sections, and each section will have 40 questions making a total of 200 Questions for the examination.

7. The total marks for IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Mains Exam are 200 Marks.

8. The candidates have to score a minimum of 40% in the Mains Examination to appear for the final selection stage, i.e., Interview.

IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Mains Marking Scheme

The IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Mains exam's marking scheme is the same as that of the Preliminary Examination. Each question of any subject contains 1 Mark. The negative marking is an important factor because it prevents gaining marks and deducts the score by penalty of negative marks. 

On every four incorrect answers, the candidates lose 1 Mark or the marks of one right answer. The candidates should focus on the accuracy of answers to score good marks in the exam. Let's take a close look at the negative marking part in IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Mains Exam:

Key Points of negative marking for the IBPS RRB Prelims Exam is here:

• 1 mark will be awarded for every correct marked answer.

• 0.25 Marks will be subtracted from the overall score for every incorrect answer. It makes every 4 incorrect answers will take up the score of a correct answer.

• The candidate's score won’t be deducted for any mark if they leave the question unattempted.

The questions from the five sections in the Mains Examination are distributed evenly. Each section has 40 questions making a total of 200 questions in the examination.

Let’s have an elaborated understanding of the first section that is Quantitative Aptitude/ Numerical Aptitude. Practice the chapter-wise questions of Numerical Ability or Quantitative Aptitude according to the difficulty level of the exam. The questions are enlisted in the mock tests. Check them here:

Reasoning is a broad area where most people find some difficulty as the majority part seems easy, but the answers what we feel and calculate are right, probably get wrong. The candidates are prepping up for the examination; the reasoning section is the one that comes in almost every recruitment exam.

The candidates must practice the questions according to the syllabi of the RRB Officer Scale I Mains Examination to ensure the best scores. The chapter-wise questions of the Reasoning Section are enlisted in the Y4W IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Mains Mock Tests; check the chapters from where you will get the central part of questions in the Mains Exam:

How many questions will be asked from Computer Knowledge Section?

40 Questions are asked from the Computer section in IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Mains Examination. The area constitutes 20 marks in the examination. The chapter-wise questions of Computer Section are enlisted in the Y4W IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Mains Computer Knowledge Mock Tests; check the chapters from where you will get the major part of questions in the Mains Exam:

What is the General Awareness Section for IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Mains Examination?

As general awareness requires a sharp eye on the daily happenings and good knowledge about the past's necessary things. This section is applicable for every subject as inventions, achievements all come under this section. The candidate has to prepare this section according to the syllabi prescribed by the exam conducting authority, i.e., Institute of Banking Personnel IBPS. The particular topics from the General awareness section are enlisted in the table:

What about the Language section of the IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Mains Examination?

The candidates have to choose either language to attempt in the examination. The mains exam has two parts 4a and 4b, where the candidate has to opt for one language and attempt the exam completing five sections. The two languages from which the candidates have to choose are English and Hindi.

The syllabi for both languages in the exam are quite similar; the topic-wise syllabi of the English Language are distributed here, check the topics and start practicing with the mock tests:

The topic-wise syllabi of Hindi Language from where maximum questions will appear in the IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Mains Examination are here; check the topics and prepare with Y4W IBPS RRB Mock Test Series:

The previous year exam seemed to be of the level of the difficulty level of moderate-difficult. The general awareness and computer knowledge section was pretty easy to attempt and score. The detailed analysis of the previous year paper is here:

First section: Quantitative Aptitude/ Numerical Ability

This section's questions were majorly asked from the Data Interpretation section where the candidates find it quite time-consuming. As there is no sectional time limit in the examination, so it became difficult for solving lengthy calculations to get to the correct answer. The detailed structure of the Quantitative Aptitude section is here:

Second Section: Reasoning Section

The candidates have found the previous year exam’s reasoning section to be on the difficult side as the questions were taking long enough to get solved. Most of the questions were from the Puzzle and Seating Arrangement topic of the reasoning section. Here, is the even distribution of the questions appeared from the different topics:

Third Section: General Awareness

The questions in this section were basically from the recent current affairs for the year and the banking awareness for the month of August, September, and October. The section was easy comparatively.

Fourth Section: Language

The English language section was distributed in the Comprehension, Cloze test, and the miscellaneous part where the candidates found some difficulty to solve it. The distribution is here:

The Hindi Language section was of moderate difficulty level for the candidates. The question distribution is here:

Fifth Section: Computer knowledge

The candidates found this section loaded with Internet, Networking, and Software related questions. This section too was easy as compared to the other sections.

IBPS RRB Officer Scale- 1 Eligibility Criteria:

For the candidate who is aspiring to be a part of RRB, the eligibility criteria is a must factor that should be taken care of. The Officer Scale I post requires a candidate with a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University. The candidate must be well-versed with the local language of the state. The prescribed age limit for the Officer Scale I post is 18-30 years of age.

** For detailed information, check IBPS RRB Officer-I Eligibility.

Preparation Tips for IBPS Recruitment: Officers Scale 1 Mains Exam
 
•             You need speed to finish the online test/exam within the prescribed time limit, which is just 120 minutes. Practice reasoning and mathematics problems by memorizing formulas. After each study session keep 1 hour for revision of topics learned/practiced.
 
•             Make mathematics your strong suit, practice questions to solve them within time to increase efficiency. The trick here is to mug up math formulas by heart, so they come in handy while solving a problem.
 
•             Remember negative marking is a factor here. Therefore, try not to attempt questions that put you in doubt.
 
•             Manage your time properly; give appropriate amount of time to each section. Try to improve your time by practicing as many online tests as possible. Youth4work provides online mock tests will time limit attached to each question; this way one can learn to finish the entire exam within the time limit.
 
•             Studying in a stretch for hours can be tedious and hard and also not so good. Therefore, try to study at several times in regular sessions during a day. This will make learning easy and fun, also you will have enough time to brush up the already studied topics in between intervals.
 
•             It is very important to maintain proper health, so you don’t fall sick on the big day. Give your brain appropriate time to refresh itself. Don’t rush too much information into your head than its limit allows. Take it slow and steady. And get at least eight hours of sleep each night.

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