IBPS PO Syllabus 2025: Find IBPS PO Exam Syllabus, Exam Pattern for Prelims, Main

Name of test

Number of Questions

Maximum Marks

Duration

English Language

30

30

20 Minutes

Quantitative Aptitude

35

35

20 Minutes

Reasoning Ability

35

35

20 Minutes

Total

100

100

60 Minutes

S. No.

Name of Test (Not by Sequence)

Number of Questions

Maximum Marks

Time allotted for each section

1.

45

60

60 minutes

2.

35

40

40 minutes

3.

 Data Interpretation & Analysis

35

60

45 minutes

4.

General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness

40

40

35 minutes

Total

155

200

3 hours

Descriptive Test (English Language): Letter & Essay Writing)

2

25

30 minutes

Topic Description

Expected number of Questions

·   The important sections to pay attention to are double step variation, arithmetic (difference/ multiplication/ division) based, square/ cube/ square root/ cube root based, mixed arithmetic operations based etc

·  There can be 5 questions from this part in the Prelims exam.

·  Lesser chances of questions in the Main phase from this part

·  There can be different kind of question asked in the SBI PO examination

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·   This level is moderate in importance.

·   There will be questions based on basic BODMAS rules, percentages etc.

·   5 questions were asked from this topic in the Prelims exam

·   Questions from this portion is less probable in the Main phase

Topic Description

Expected number of Questions

·   Questions asked from this portion are moderate

·   These are mostly from factorization and less of formula-based

·   5 questions from this portion were given in the prelims exam

·   No chances to be asked in the Main exam.

Topic Description

Expected number of Questions

·   There are topics like - Line graph, Bar graph, Pie Chart, Radar Chart, Mixed charts, Tabular charts, Caselet charts, and Missing DI from where questions are given

·   The level of questions for the Mains is difficult. They are often combined with arithmetic problems

·   The Prelim questions are comparatively easy and are of calculative type

·   Questions on new types of charts might be asked in the mains as they have been introduced in SBI PO.

·   2-3 sets, i.e. 10-15 questions of DI questions were asked in the Prelims phase

·   4-5 sets of DI questions can be expected in 2025 which will be difficult and calculative

Topic Description

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·   There are topics like- Ratio & Proportion, Averages, Age-based problems, Percentages, Profit Loss, & Discount, Mixture & Alligation, Simple & Compound Interest, Time Work & Wages, Speed,Time & Distance, Boats & Streams, Probablity, etc.

·   There will be moderate questions of calculative type

·   The questions can be asked in the form of Caselets or Data Interpretation

·   There were 10 -15 questions asked from this topics in the prelims phase

·   Less probable to be asked in the Mains individually but might be asked in combination with DI sets in this exam

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·   3 statement based Data Sufficiency questions are expected

·   This topic will be asked in both the Prelims or Main exam

·   5 questions are probable in the Main exam

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·   Quantity based questions are asked

·   The nature of the questions are calculative and asked in either/both in Prelims or/and the Main phase of the exam.

·   5 questions are probable from this topic in the Prelims or Main exam

Topic Description

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●       Questions are asked from Seating arrangements (Linear, Square, or circular) or Puzzles (Scheduling, Floor-based, etc)

●       There can be 1-2 variable based questions in the Prelims exam

●       Questions in the Main exam are expected to be more complicated with multiple parameters

●       3 sets (15 questions)  of this type are expected in the Prelims phase

●       The number of questions may go up to 4-5 sets in the Main exam

Topic Description

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●       There may be direct or coded questions from this topic.

●       The level of questions will be Easy to Moderate

●       5 questions were asked from this topic in the Preliminary exam

●       This topic is less expected in the Main exam

Topic Description

Expected number of Questions

●       The pattern of Syllogism questions has changed over the years. Questions are now asked from topics like Reverse Syllogism, new cases like few, only a few, etc.

●       A few questions from the direct syllogism can be expected in the prelims and main exam.

●       There can be about 4-5 direct questions in the prelims exam

●       Questions from Reverse Syllogism or new patterns can be asked in the Main phase

Topic Description

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●       The pattern of Coding-Decoding has changed.

●       Questions from this portion are based on word coding, sentence coding, or the new pattern-based coding questions.

●       There were 3-4 questions from word/ sentence coding asked in the Prelims exam.

●       New pattern-based coding questions are more probable to be asked in the Mains.

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●       There are topics like - Blood Relations, Direction sense, Order & Ranking, Alphanumeric Series, etc.

●       The level of the questions would be moderate.

●       There were 8-10 questions asked from this portion in the Prelims exam.

●       In the main phase there might be a lesser number of questions from this portion but with a higher level in the Main phase.

Topic Description

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●       Questions may be based on single or double shifting.

●       You can also expect questions in combination with arithmetic operations in this topic.

●       5 Questions are expected from this topic in the Main exam.

●       Questions from this topic are not expected to be asked in the Preliminary exam.

Topic Description

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●       Questions can be  asked based on 2 or 3 statements.

●       The difficulty level of the questions would be moderate.

●       There can be 5-7 questions from this topic in the Main exam.

●       Data Sufficiency questions are also asked in the prelims exam.

Topic Description

Expected number of Questions

●       The topics from this section are like- Statement and conclusion/ argument/ course of action, Cause and Effect, theme-based, etc.

●       Approximately 10 questions from this topic in the Main exam can be expected.

●       Logical reasoning questions are not expected in the Prelims phase.

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●       Questions from this section may be conversion or flowchart-based.

●       The level of these questions would be moderate.

●       About 5 questions from this topic can be expected in the Main exam.

●       Questions from Computer Aptitude are not expected to be asked in the Prelims phase.

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●      Passages related to economy and other types are given to solve Comprehension.  Synonyms/ Antonyms under RC  are not expected in the Main phase.

●      Students are advised to read newspapers like Economic Times/ The Hindu/ The Indian Express for this.

●      There are  7-10 questions in 1 set of RCs that can be asked in the Prelims exam.

●      2 RC sets are expected to be asked with a total of approximately 12-18 questions in the Mains.

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●      The questions from the Cloze test will be based on the old or new pattern.

●      The level of these questions is expected to be moderate.

●      Around 5-10 questions are expected on this topic in the Prelims exam.

●      Questions from the new pattern cloze test can be asked in the Main phase.

Topic Description

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●      There have been some major changes over the past year.

●      New pattern-based error spotting questions can be expected in both prelims and Main exams.

●      5-7 questions are expected in the Prelims exam of the new pattern.

●      There can be questions based on the new pattern in the Main exam.

Topic Description

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●      Questions from para jumbles are expected to be asked based on the old or new pattern.

●      The level of these questions will be moderate.

●      Questions are expected to be asked in the Prelims exam.

●      New pattern-based questions may be asked in the Mains

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●      There are errors in a single or multiple parts of a sentence

●      The level of these questions are expected to be moderate to difficult

●      5 questions are expected from this topic in the prelims exam

●      There are questions with errors in multiple parts of the sentence/New pattern which are expected to be asked in the Main phase

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●      There can be double or triple fill-ups based questions

●      There is another variation of this question where you may be asked to identify one single word that would aptly fill 2 different sentences

●      New pattern fill in the blanks can be asked

●      Around 5 questions from this topic may be asked in the Prelims or Main exam

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●      Sentence or paragraph completion based questions are expected in the Main phase

●      The overall level of these questions is moderate to difficult

●      Around 5 questions from this topic in the Main exam are expected

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●      This is a recent topic introduced by SBI

●      The level of these questions is moderate to difficult, depending on how well the topic is understood

●      5 questions are expected to be asked from this topic in the Prelims/Main exam.

Topic Description

Expected number of Questions

●      Many new topics have been introduced in the various bank exams

●      Questions from Vocabulary, word usage, grammar usage can be asked in prelims and main examination

●      About 5-10 new pattern Questions are expected in the Prelims or Main exam.