IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2025: For the IBPS PO test, the officials had made the syllabus and exam pattern available. Each component of the preliminary test has its own sectional time. The preliminary exam, mains exam, and interview process are the three stages of the IBPS PO 2025 exam. Several Public Sector Banks need candidates to pass every exam level in order to be chosen for the position of probationary officer.
| IBPS PO Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2025 | |
| Organisation | Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) |
| Posts | Probationary Officer |
| Exam Name | IBPS PO 2025 |
| Category | Syllabus & Exam Pattern |
| IBPS PO Exam Date 2025 | Prelims- 17th, 23rd, 24th August 2025 Mains- 12th October 2025 |
| Mode of Exam | Online |
| Duration of Exam | Prelims- 60 minutes Mains- 190 minutes |
| Negative Marking | 0.25 marks |
| Recruitment Stages | Prelims, Mains, and Interview |
| Official website | www.ibps.in |
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IBPS PO Preliminary Exam Pattern 2025
Candidates have one hour to finish the IBPS PO preliminary test, which will be administered online. With a maximum score of 100 marks and 100 questions overall, it is divided into three portions. For every incorrect response a candidate attempts, 0.25 points are subtracted from their score in the IBPS PO preliminary test. To be eligible for the IBPS PO Main test, candidates must pass the cut-off in each of the three areas. Quantitative aptitude and reasoning ability section total scores have changed.
| IBPS PO Prelims Exam Pattern 2025 | ||||
| S.No. | Name of Tests(Objective | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 40 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes | |
| IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern 2025 | |||||
| S. No. | Name of test | No. of Questions | Max. Marks | Medium of Examination | Time Allotted |
| 1 | Reasoning | 40 | 60 | English & Hindi | 50 minutes |
| 2 | English Language | 35 | 40 | English only | 40 minutes |
| 3 | Data Analysis and Interpretation | 35 | 50 | English & Hindi | 45 minutes |
| 4 | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness / Digital/ Financial Awareness including RBI circulars | 35 | 50 | English & Hindi | 25 minutes |
| Total | 145 | 200 | 160 minutes | ||
| English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 02 | 25 | English | 30 minutes | |
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 | |