IBPS RRB Official Exam Pattern 2025

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IBPS RRB PO Exam Pattern (Officer Scale 1) For Prelims

IBPS RRB PO Exam Pattern (Officer Scale 1) For Mains

IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Pattern (Office Assistant) for Prelims

IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Pattern (Office Assistant) for Mains

IBPS RRB Officer Scale 2 Exam Pattern (General Banking Officer)

IBPS RRB Officer Scale 2 Exam Pattern (Specialist Cadre)

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern for Officer Scale 3 (Specialist Officer)

IBPS RRB Marking Scheme

List of Version of tests (Medium of examination)

IBPS RRB Officer Exam Pattern FAQs

Aspirants have proper knowledge of the IBPS RRB Exam Pattern before they start preparation for the exam. It will give a clarity of ideas to them, knowing the number of questions asked from each section along with the marking scheme. We have shared the detailed IBPS RRB Clerk & RRB PO exam pattern in order to provide a clear idea about the examination . We hope that the detailed & latest pattern of IBPS RRB 2025 Prelims & Mains will help candidates prepare efficiently for the same.

The exam pattern for the IBPS RRB 2025 exam for the posts of Office Assistant (Clerk) and Officer Scale-I (PO), II, and III are discussed in this article.

IBPS RRB PO Exam Pattern (Officer Scale 1) For Prelims

IBPS RRB PO Exam Pattern (Officer Scale 1) for prelims includes 2 subjects which are reasoning ability and quantitative aptitude. Below is the detailed IBPS RRB PO (Officer Scale 1) exam pattern.

Name of Test	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Exam Medium	Total Duration
Reasoning Ability	40	40	English/ Hindi	Composite time of 45 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	40	40	English/ Hindi
Total	80	80	-

IBPS RRB PO Exam Pattern (Officer Scale 1) For Mains

The latest IBPS RRB PO exam pattern (Officer Scale 1) for the mains stage has been shared in the tabulated form below:

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning	40	50	Composite Time of 2 hours
2	Computer Knowledge	40	20
3	General Awareness	40	40
4a•	English Language	40	40
4b•	Hindi Language	40	40
5	Numerical Ability	40	50

IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Pattern (Office Assistant) for Prelims

The IBPS RRB prelims exam pattern for Office Assistant posts is similar to that of Officer Scale 1. The Prelims stage is of qualifying in nature and no marks will be added in the final result. Below you can check out the detailed IBPS RRB Clerk exam pattern for prelims.

Name of Test	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Exam Medium	Total Duration
Reasoning Ability	40	40	English/ Hindi	Composite time of 45 minutes
Numerical Ability	40	40	English/ Hindi
Total	80	80	-

IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Pattern (Office Assistant) for Mains

Below is the IBPS RRB mains exam pattern for the Office Assistant (multipurpose) post as released officially.

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning	40	50	Composite Time of 2 hours
2	Computer Knowledge	40	20
3	General Awareness	40	40
4a•	English Language	40	40
4b•	Hindi Language	40	40
5	Numerical Ability	40	50

IBPS RRB Officer Scale 2 Exam Pattern (General Banking Officer)

IBPS RRB Officer Scale 2 (General Banking Officer) Exam will be conducted at a single level. Here is the exam pattern of Officer Scale 2 (General Banking Officer) -

S. No.	Test Name	Exam Medium	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Duration
1.	Reasoning Ability	English/ Hindi	40	50	Composite time of 2 hours
2.	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	English/ Hindi	40	50
3.	Financial Awareness	English/ Hindi	40	40
4 (a)*	English Language	English	40	40
4 (b)*	Hindi Language	Hindi	40	40
5.	Computer Knowledge	English/ Hindi	40	20
	Total		200	200

IBPS RRB Officer Scale 2 Exam Pattern (Specialist Cadre)

This is also a single level exam like the GBO post. You can go through the Exam Pattern of Officer Scale 2 (Specialist Cadre) below.

S. No.	Test Name	Exam Medium	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Duration
1.	Reasoning Ability	English/ Hindi	40	40	Composite times of 2 hours and 30 minutes
2.	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	English/ Hindi	40	40
3.	Financial Awareness	English/ Hindi	40	40
4 (a)*	English Language	English	40	20
4 (b)*	Hindi Language	Hindi	40	20
5.	Computer Knowledge	English/ Hindi	40	20
6.	Professional Knowledge	English/ Hindi	40	40
	Total		240	200

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern for Officer Scale 3 (Specialist Officer)

IBPS RRB Officer Scale 3 is also a single level exam. You can go through its exam pattern below.

S. No.	Test Name	Exam Medium	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Duration
1.	Reasoning Ability	English/ Hindi	40	50	Composite time of 2 hours
2.	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	English/ Hindi	40	50
3.	Financial Awareness	English/ Hindi	40	40
4 (a)*	English Language	English	40	40
4 (b)*	Hindi Language	Hindi	40	40
5.	Computer Knowledge	English/ Hindi	40	20
	Total		200	200

IBPS RRB Marking Scheme

● There is a negative marking of 1/4th marks for every wrong attempt.

● There are no sectional cutoffs and only an overall cutoff.

● The prelims stage is only qualifying in nature.

● Category-wise merit list will be drawn based on aggregate marks scored in the Mains and Interview.

List of Version of tests (Medium of examination)

Sr. No.	Name of State	The version of tests (Medium of examination)
1	Andhra Pradesh	English, Hindi and Telugu
2	Arunachal Pradesh	English and Hindi
3	Assam	English, Hindi and Assamese
4	Bihar	English and Hindi
5	Chhattisgarh	English and Hindi
6	Gujarat	English, Hindi and Gujarati
7	Haryana	English and Hindi
8	Himachal Pradesh	English and Hindi
9	Jammu & Kashmir	English, Hindi and Urdu
10	Jharkhand	English and Hindi
11	Karnataka	English, Hindi, Kannada and Konkani
12	Kerala	English, Hindi and Malayalam
13	Madhya Pradesh	English and Hindi
14	Maharashtra	English, Hindi, Marathi and Konkani
15	Manipur	English, Hindi and Manipuri
16	Meghalaya	English and Hindi
17	Mizoram	English and Hindi
18	Nagaland	English and Hindi
19	Odisha	English, Hindi and Odia
20	Puducherry	English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
21	Punjab	English, Hindi and Punjabi
22	Rajasthan	English and Hindi
23	Tamil Nadu	English, Hindi and Tamil
24	Telangana	English, Hindi, Telugu and Urdu
25	Tripura	English, Hindi and Bengali
26	Uttar Pradesh	English, Hindi and Urdu
27	Uttarakhand	English and Hindi
28	West Bengal	English, Hindi and Bengali

IBPS RRB Officer Exam Pattern FAQs

1.Is there any sectional time in the RRB clerk exam pattern?

There is no sectional time limit as per the RRB clerk exam pattern.

2.Is there any negative marking in the RRB clerk exam pattern?

1/4th marks will be deducted for every wrong answer attempted by a candidate as per the RRB clerk exam pattern.

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