IB Exam Pattern & Selection Procedure
IB
Security Assistant Exam 2018 has attracted attention by a number of aspirants
seeking for govt. job thus acquiring an honored post in IB Department.. Without
further ado, let's get straight to the new exam pattern for IB
Security Assistant. Exam Pattern has been changed to a noticeable extent that
might bring out a major difference in one's preparation strategy and
thus in one's performance in the exam. Scroll down to note the difference
between previous exam pattern and new exam pattern for IB security Assistant
Exam 2018.
IB Security Assistant Exam Pattern
1. New Revised Exam Pattern for 4 mandatory subjects of IB Security Assistant Exam 2018 is as follows:
S. No.
Subjects
No. of Questions
Marks
Duration
1
General Awareness
40
40
2 hour
2
Quantitative aptitude
20
20
3
Logical/analytical ability
20
20
4
English language
20
20
Total
100
100
Note:
- There will be negative marking of ¼ mark for each wrong answer.
- There would be cut-off marks (out of 100) in Tier-I exam as under: UR-35, OBC-34 & SC/ST-33 (all Ex-servicemen would be treated in their own category viz., UR/OBC/SC/ST).
On the basis of their performance in Tier-I exam, candidates would be shortlisted for Tier-II & Tier-III exam at 10 times the number of vacancies.
2.
Tier-II examination will be of qualifying nature.
The cut-off in Tier-II is same for candidates of all categories.
(Candidates would be required to obtain minimum 20/50 marks so that their marks in Tier-III could be taken into account for preparing final merit list)
Note:All candidates appearing in Tier-II exam would be provisionally admitted in Tier-III exam, i.e. interview/personality test.
3.
There is no cut-off for Tier-III exam.
Final Merit-> Final merit list will be based on the basis of combined performance in Tier-I & Tier-III exam.
S. No.
|
Subjects
|
No. of Questions
|
Marks
|
Duration
|
1
|
General Awareness
|
40
|
40
|
2 hour
|
2
|
Quantitative aptitude
|
20
|
20
|
|
3
|
Logical/analytical ability
|
20
|
20
|
|
4
|
English language
|
20
|
20
|
|
Total
|
100
|
100
|
Note:
- There will be negative marking of ¼ mark for each wrong answer.
- There would be cut-off marks (out of 100) in Tier-I exam as under: UR-35, OBC-34 & SC/ST-33 (all Ex-servicemen would be treated in their own category viz., UR/OBC/SC/ST).
On the basis of their performance in Tier-I exam, candidates would be shortlisted for Tier-II & Tier-III exam at 10 times the number of vacancies.
2.
Tier-II examination will be of qualifying nature.
The cut-off in Tier-II is same for candidates of all categories.
(Candidates would be required to obtain minimum 20/50 marks so that their marks in Tier-III could be taken into account for preparing final merit list)
Note:All candidates appearing in Tier-II exam would be provisionally admitted in Tier-III exam, i.e. interview/personality test.
3.
There is no cut-off for Tier-III exam.
Final Merit-> Final merit list will be based on the basis of combined performance in Tier-I & Tier-III exam.
Final Merit-> Final merit list will be based on the basis of combined performance in Tier-I & Tier-III exam.
General Awareness for IB Security Assistant
It can be noted down that mark distribution for number of questions in General Awareness has been reduced to a larger extent as 66 number of questions from GA section asked earlier have now been replaced with 40 number of Questions.
Below given table shows the marks distribution and total number of questions asked from every topic consisting in GA Section.
Topic
No of Questions
History
7
Geography
4
Polity
2
Books & Authors
3
Biology
9
Physics
7
Chemistry
7
Current Affairs
8
Computer
2
Awards
5
Static
5
Sports
2
Misc.
5
Total
66
It can be noted down that mark distribution for number of questions in General Awareness has been reduced to a larger extent as 66 number of questions from GA section asked earlier have now been replaced with 40 number of Questions.
Below given table shows the marks distribution and total number of questions asked from every topic consisting in GA Section.
Below given table shows the marks distribution and total number of questions asked from every topic consisting in GA Section.
|
Topic
|
No of Questions
|
|
History
|
7
|
|
Geography
|
4
|
|
Polity
|
2
|
|
Books & Authors
|
3
|
|
Biology
|
9
|
|
Physics
|
7
|
|
Chemistry
|
7
|
|
Current Affairs
|
8
|
|
Computer
|
2
|
|
Awards
|
5
|
|
Static
|
5
|
|
Sports
|
2
|
|
Misc.
|
5
|
|
Total
|
66
|
Quantitative aptitude For IB Security Assistant
20 Questions from Quantitative Aptitude Section are to be asked in IB Security Assistant 2018 as per the new exam pattern where only 7-10 questions from Quantitative Aptitude Section were asked in the exam until previous years.
Topics
No. Of Questions
Number System
2
Simplification
3
Geometry
1
AP
1
Total
7
20 Questions from Quantitative Aptitude Section are to be asked in IB Security Assistant 2018 as per the new exam pattern where only 7-10 questions from Quantitative Aptitude Section were asked in the exam until previous years.
|
Topics
|
No. Of Questions
|
|
Number System
|
2
|
|
Simplification
|
3
|
|
Geometry
|
1
|
|
AP
|
1
|
|
Total
|
7
|
Logical/analytical Ability For IB Security Assistant
20 Questions from Logical/analytical Section are to be asked in IB Security Assistant 2018 as per the new exam pattern which were 5 in number until previous year.
Topic
No of Questions
Sequence
1
Missing Term
1
Direction Sense Test
1
Analogy
1
Word Arrangement
1
Total
5
20 Questions from Logical/analytical Section are to be asked in IB Security Assistant 2018 as per the new exam pattern which were 5 in number until previous year.
|
Topic
|
No of Questions
|
|
Sequence
|
1
|
|
Missing Term
|
1
|
|
Direction Sense Test
|
1
|
|
Analogy
|
1
|
|
Word Arrangement
|
1
|
|
Total
|
5
|
English Language For IB Security Assistant
20 Questions from English Language Section are to be asked in IB Security Assistant 2018 as per the new exam pattern.
Topic
No of Questions
One word substitution
3
Fillers
16
Total
19
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20 Questions from English Language Section are to be asked in IB Security Assistant 2018 as per the new exam pattern.
|
Topic
|
No of Questions
|
|
One word substitution
|
3
|
|
Fillers
|
16
|
|
Total
|
19
|
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