Railway (RRB) ALP Exam Analysis : 13th August 2018 Shift 1
Dear Aspirants,
Railway department is today also conducted the Exam for the recruitment Railway ALP. Our AffairsGuru Team is not leaving any stone to analyse the Railway all shifts. All the aspirants who have still next shift exam, they can get clear idea about the exam pattern and difficulty level. 47 Lakh candidates have applied for RRB ALP Technician Exam 2018. Almost 74% candidates have given the exam in first shifts according to national traveller. About 1 lakh 19 thousand out of 1 lakh 61 thousand candidates gave the exam at 160 cities of country. This attendance is a record since 2015 raiway exams. Further the exams is going to be held on 10, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 29, 30 and 31 August 2018.
Railway (RRB) ALP Shift Timing
There are three shifts in which Railway ALP Exam has been divided. There are some points that should be in mind while giving exams.
- RRB ALP Exam is Computer Based Test.
- Exam will be Binlingual (English & Hindi).
- First Stage CBT round is for selecting candidates for second rounds CBT.
- Marks of first CBT will not be included in the final merit list.
- First Stage CBT will be for 1 hour total only.
- Total 75 questions will only be asked.
Shift 1 Timing : 10.00 AM to 11.00 AM
Shift 2 Timing : 01.00 PM to 02.00 PM
Shift 3 Timing : 04.00 PM to 05.00 PM
Railway (RRB) ALP Exam Analysis 13th August 2018
Below is given the Railway (RRB) ALP Exam analysis. Good attempts that need to do for chances of clearing this exam and appearing for second CBT.
| Subjects | Total No. of Qs | Level | Good-Attempts |
| Maths | 20 | Easy-Moderate | 15-17 |
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | 25 | Easy | 18-20 |
| General Science | 20 | Easy-Moderate | 12-16 |
| General Awareness (Current Affairs) | 10 | Easy | 6-7 |
| Total | 75 | Easy-Moderate | 58-64 |
Railway (RRB) ALP Exam Analysis 2018- Maths Question Asked
The level of Railway (RRB) ALP Maths was easy to moderate.
1. What will be the square root of √4000 – 63
| Topics | No. of Question | Level |
| Percentage | 1 | Easy |
| Algebra & Trignometry | 2-3 | Easy- Moderate |
| Time and Work | 1-2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Time and Distance | 1-2 | Easy |
| Age Calculation (Average) | 1 | Easy |
| SI & CI | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Profit and Loss | 1-2 | Easy |
| Partnership | 1-2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Geometry | 1 | Easy |
| Simplification | 2-3 | Easy |
| Total | 17-19 | Easy-Moderate |
Railway (RRB) Exam Analysis 2018- General Intelligence & Reasoning Question Asked
The level of Railway (RRB) General Intelligence & Reasoning was easy.
1. Mirror Image of ‘Strong ‘ and ‘Transport’ Word.
| Topics | No. of Question | Level |
| Coding and Decoding | 2 | Easy |
| Analogy | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Percentage | 1 | Easy |
| Hidden Figure | 2-3 | Easy |
| Relationships | 1 | Easy |
| Venn Diagram | 1-2 | Easy |
| Conclusions and Decision Making | 6 | Easy |
| Directions | 1 | Easy |
| Alphabetical & Number System | 1-2 | Easy |
| Coding and Decoding | 1-2 | Easy |
| Sylogism | 2-3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Image | 1 | Easy |
| Total | 18-20 | Easy |
Railway (RRB) ALP Exam Analysis 2018 – Question Asked in General Awareness (Current Affairs)
Below are some questions asked into the shift 1 exam.
1. Who Discovered Vaccine – Edward Jenner
2. Who invented pencil ?- Conrad Gessner
3. Who is the author of book ‘Story of my divorce’?- Judy Balan
4. Neeraj Chopra is related to which sports ? – Jevelin Throw
5. Bangkok, Capital of Thailand is located on which river ? Chao Phraya River
6. Merdeka Cup is related to which field ? – Football
7. Who is author of ‘Two Fates‘? – Judy Balan
8. Arun Jaitley was elected as a Rajya Sabha member from which state? – > He was a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat. He was re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh in March 2018.
9. Which tunnel connects Jammu with Kashmir? -> Chennai Nashri Tunnel, India’s longest road tunnel with a length of 9.28 km (5.8 mi). It is the first tunnel in the India with a fully integrated tunnel control system. The tunnel reduces the distance between Jammu and Srinagar by 30 km and travel time by two hours.
10. Where was the 2017 Asian boxing championship held? -> Tashkent, Uzbekistan
11. Which Indian cricketer is the owner of the Tamil Nadu Pro Kabaddi Team Tamil Thalwa? -> Sachin Tendulkar
Railway (RRB) ALP Exam Analysis 2018 – Question Asked in General Science (Shift 1)
Below are some questions that came in the Railway (RRB) ALP exam shift 1.
1. What is the use of Voltmeter ?- Voltage
2. One question related to blood.
3. Unit of Ampere –Current.
4. Who is the father of genetics ? – Gregor Mendal
5. PH of Urine.
6. What is the structure of diamond Carbon ?
7. Formula of Oms Law- I (Current ) = V (Volts) / R (Resistance)
8. Nephron Unit ? – Kidney
9. How does reproduction of Amoeba ? –Binary Fission
10. Isotopes of Hydrogen – 3
11. What are the sub-products of photosynthesis? -> Oxygen
12. What depends on the pitch of the sound? -> Pitch depends on frequency but also on loudness and spectrum. In the introduction on sound, we saw that pitch depends primarily on frequency. However, it also depends, weakly on sound level. It depends, too, on harmonic content.
13. Number of PI and Sigma bonds in Benzene? -> There is also an addition bond called a pi bond present wherever there is a double bond. This leads to 12 sigma bonds (do not forget the hydrogens) and 3 pi bonds. It should be noted that the pi bonds are in a conjugated system and rotate around the ring which gives stability to benzene.
14. What is the outermost part of the cell formed from? -> The outermost part of the epidermis is composed of multiple layers of flattened cells, that overlies a baselayer (stratum basale) composed of columnar cells arranged perpendicularly. The rows of cells develop from the stem cells in the basal layer.
15. Define the second law of Faraday? -> The amounts of different substances enlightened by the same quantity of electricity passing through the electrolytic solution are proportional to their chemical equivalent weights.
16. What is the SI unit of work? -> Joule
17. Find the equivalent of the 3 resistor, where 2 parallel is connected and one is connected to the series.
| Topics | No. of Question | Level |
| Science & Technology | 7-8 | Easy |
| Culture | 2-3 | Easy |
| Economics | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Sports | 1-2 | Easy |
| Current Affairs | 4-6 | Moderate |
| Total | 16-18 | Easy-Moderate |
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