RRB Recruitment 2018: The Railway Recruitment Board on Thursday conducted examinations for the Group D. Hours after the examination, various experts offered their analysis of the papers that included Mathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Science, and General Awareness. The overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate, according to an analyst quoted by The Indian Express.
Earlier this year, the RRB had invited online applications for around 90,000 posts in Group C level I (Erstwhile Group D) like track maintainer, points man, helper, gateman, porter and group C level-II categories like assistant loco pilots, technicians (Fitter, Crane Driver, Blacksmith, Carpenter). The board is in the process of filling a total of 62,907 posts.
Here’s section-wise analysis of the papers
Mathematics
S.I, CI: 3 questions
Pipe and Cistern: 1 question
Profit/ Loss: 2 questions
Time, Speed and Distance: 2 questions
Average: 1 question
Trigonometry: 3 questions
Percentage: 2 questions
DI (Pie Chart): 2 questions
Ages: 1 question
Time and Work: 2 questions
Geometry (circle): 1 question
Simplification : 3 questions
Reasoning
Syllogism – 4 questions
Analogy – 3 questions
Series – 2 questions
Odd one Out – 2 questions
Venn Diagram – 2 questions
Mirror Image – 2 questions
Direction – 1 question
Statement & Conclusion – 4 questions
Coding – Decoding – 3 questions
Calendar – 2 questions
Blood Relation – 2 questions
Counting Figure – 2 questions
General Science
Physics: 7-8 questions
Chemistry: 6-7 questions
Biology: 10-11 questions
Current Affairs: questions
Current Affairs Questions (All Shifts)
1. Who is the author of Man Ki Baat?
Rajesh Jain
2. In which country the population of tigers became twice?
3. Who is the Chief Minister of Tripura?
Biplab Kumar Deb
4. Who is known as the "Iron Lady" in North East?
Chanu Sharmila
5. Who is the Chief Minister of Telangana?
Chandrashekhar Rao
6. Who is the brand ambassador of GST?
7. Who is the best actor in the Oscar Awards?
Garry Oldman
8. World Malaria Day is on which date?
25th April
9. Who was the first chairman of Planning Commision of India?
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
10. Panji is situated on which river coast?
Mandovi River
11. Who was the winner of the Women Asia Hockey Cup 2017?
India
12. Who was the 45th Chief Justice of India?
Dipak Mishra
13. Who is known as the Bird Man of India?
Salim Ali
14. Name of India is kept on which river?
Indus
15. Who is the brand ambassador of Maharashtra?
Amir Khan
16. Who is the Home Minister of India?
17. Which female cricketer has score maximum runs?
Mithali Raj
18. Which is the biggest city in Rajasthan?
Jaipur
19. Who is known as the "Rocket Man of India"?
K. Sivan
20. Vision 2025 is started from which state?
Karnataka
21. Who is the Foreign Minister of India?
Sushma Swaraj