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IBPS PO 2025-26: Exam Pattern & Syllabus
IBPS PO 2025-26: Exam Pattern & Syllabus
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts the IBPS PO Exam every year to recruit Probationary Officers (POs) in various public sector banks. The exam is conducted in three stages:
- Preliminary Exam
- Main Exam
- Interview
IBPS PO Preliminary Exam Pattern
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Section
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No. of Questions
|
Marks
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Duration
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
English Language
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30
|
30
|
20 mins
|
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
35
|
30
|
20 mins
|
|
Reasoning Ability
|
35
|
40
|
20 mins
|
|
Total
|
100
|
100
|
60 mins
|
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Nature: Objective (MCQs)
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Negative Marking: 0.25 marks or 1/4th marks deducted for each wrong answer.
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Qualifying: Marks are not added in the final merit; used only for screening.
IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern
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Section
|
No. of Questions
|
Marks
|
Duration
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Reasoning
|
40
|
60
|
50 mins
|
|
General/Economy/Banking Awareness
|
35
|
50
|
25 mins
|
|
English Language
|
35
|
40
|
40 mins
|
|
Data Analysis & Interpretation
|
35
|
50
|
45 mins
|
|
Descriptive Test (English)
|
2 (Essay + Letter)
|
25
|
30 mins
|
|
Total
|
147
|
225
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160 mins + 30 mins
|
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Descriptive Paper: Conducted online, tests writing skills.
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Negative Marking: Applicable for objective sections.
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Final Selection: Based on Mains + Interview (80:20 ratio).
IBPS PO Interview
|
Component
|
Marks
|
|---|---|
|
Personal Interview
|
100
|
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Minimum qualifying marks: 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PwD)
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Conducted by participating banks with IBPS coordination.
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Final Merit = 80% of Mains + 20% of Interview
IBPS PO 2025-26 Syllabus
IBPS PO Prelims Syllabus 2025
| IBPS PO Prelims Syllabus 2025 | ||
| Quantitative Ability Syllabus | Reasoning Syllabus | English Language Syllabus |
| Simplification | Logical Reasoning | Reading Comprehension |
| Profit & Loss | Alphanumeric Series | Cloze Test |
| Mixtures & Allegations | Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test | Para jumbles |
| Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | Data Sufficiency | Word Usage, Word-Swap |
| Work & Time | Inequalities | Fill in the blanks |
| Time & Distance | Seating Arrangement | Error Detection, Error Spotting |
| Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Puzzle | Paragraph Completion |
| Data Interpretation | Tabulation | One word Substitution |
| Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | Syllogism | Miscellaneous |
| Number Systems | Blood Relations | |
| Sequence & Series | Input-Output | |
| Permutation, Combination &Probability | Coding-Decoding | |
IBPS PO Mains Exam Syllabus
| IBPS PO Mains Exam Syllabus 2025 | ||||
| Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus | General Awareness Syllabus | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude Syllabus | English Language Syllabus | |
| Simplification | Financial Awareness | Verbal Reasoning | Internet | Reading Comprehension |
| Average | Current Affairs | Syllogism | Memory | Vocabulary |
| Percentage | General Knowledge | Circular Seating Arrangement | Keyboard Shortcuts | Grammar |
| Mixture and Allegations | Static Awareness | Code Inequalities | Computer Abbreviation | One word Substitution |
| Ratio and Percentage |
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Linear Seating Arrangement | Microsoft Office | Verbal Ability |
| Data Interpretation | Double Lineup | Computer Hardware | ||
| Mensuration and Geometry | Scheduling | Computer Software | ||
| Quadratic Equation | Input-Output | Operating System | ||
| Interest | Blood Relations | Networking | ||
| Problems of Ages | Directions and Distances | Computer Fundamentals /Terminologies | ||
| Profit and Loss | Ordering and Ranking | |||
| Number Series | Data Sufficiency | |||
| Speed, Distance and Time | Coding and Decoding | |||
| Time and Work | ||||
| Number System | ||||
| Data Sufficiency | ||||
| Linear Equation | ||||
| Permutation and Combination | ||||
| Probability | ||||
Prelims is qualifying only.
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Mains + Interview forms the final merit list (80:20 ratio).
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The syllabus mostly remains unchanged from previous years, but keeping up with current affairs is crucial for success in the Awareness and Descriptive sections.
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