IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Analysis 2025: 13th December Shift 1 Review, Good Attempts
The IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims Shift 1 on 13th December 2025 has successfully concluded. Candidates yet to appear for the exam can review the detailed shift difficulty, section-wise good attempts, and question distribution here.
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) successfully conducted the RRB Clerk Prelims Exam on 13th December 2025 during the first shift. Held from 9:00 am to 9:45 am, the paper challenged candidates over a 45-minute duration. Based on real-time student feedback, this analysis covers the overall difficulty, section-wise breakdown, and high-yield topics. Read on for the comprehensive IBPS RRB Clerk 13th December Exam Analysis 2025 for Shift 1.
IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Analysis 2025 Shift 1, 13th December
The RRB Clerk Prelims paper comprises 80 questions, split equally between Reasoning and Numerical Ability. Consistent with the assessments on 6th and 7th December 2025, the difficulty level for this shift remained in the easy-to-moderate range. Whether you have already appeared or are preparing for upcoming shifts, our expert-curated analysis provides essential insights into the exam pattern.
RRB Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 1 Difficulty Level
Our detailed assessment of the 13th December, Shift 1 exam confirms that the paper followed the expected pattern, maintaining an easy-to-moderate difficulty level consistent with previous IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims papers.
| Section | Difficulty Level |
|---|---|
| Reasoning | Easy to moderate |
| Numerical Ability | Easy to moderate |
| Overall | Easy to moderate |
RRB Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 1 Good Attempts
Maintaining high speed and accuracy is the key to clearing the cutoff. Following extensive student feedback, we have updated the expected good attempts for this shift to help you gauge your performance level.
| Section | Good Attempts |
|---|---|
| Reasoning | 32-36 |
| Numerical Ability | 31-35 |
| Total | 64-72 |
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Section-wise Analysis of RRB Clerk Prelims Shift 1 Exam 2025
This section-wise analysis reflects insights gathered from student interactions. The Reasoning section focused on core topics such as puzzles, seating arrangements, syllogisms, and coding-decoding, while Numerical Ability highlighted arithmetic, number series, and data interpretation. The paper prioritized speed and accuracy as usual. A full, detailed review of each section is now available below.
RRB Clerk Shift 1 Reasoning Analysis 2025
- Day-Based Puzzle: 5 Qs (Mon-Sun, 7 Person)
- Box Based (7 boxes)- 5 Qs
- Comparison puzzle: 3 Qs (weight-based)
- Square-based: 5 Qs
| Topics | Questions |
| Puzzle | 18 |
| Mixed series | 5 |
| Inequality | 3 |
| Syllogism ( 2 statements- 2 conclusions) | 3-4 |
| Direction Distance | 3 |
| Coding (Chinese) | 5 |
| Meaningful word | 1 |
| Number based | 1 |
RRB Clerk Shift 1 Numerical Ability Analysis 2025
- Wrong Number series (Double Difference- 12-12-12)
- Wrong Number series (Difference- 16/25/36…)
- Train & Speed: A train crosses a pole in 25 seconds. The speed of the train is 72 km/h. If the speed is increased by 18 km/h, find the time taken by the train to cross the pole.
- Profit, Loss & Discount: A shopkeeper marks an article at a 40% markup and gives a 20% discount. Find the overall profit or loss percentage.
- Ratio: The ratio of age of Dimple and Kajal is given.
| Topic | No. of Questions |
| Approximation & Simplification | 15 |
| Wrong Number series | 5 |
| Bar Graph | 5 |
| Table DI | 5 |
| Arithmetic | 10 |