IBPS PO Exam pattern is available here. Grab detailed IBPS PO Exam Pattern for both Prelims and Mains Exam from this page. You should know the IBPS PO Exam Pattern clearly, to crack IBPS PO Exam in the first attempt. On this page, you can get the latest IBPS PO Exam Pattern for both Prelims and Mains Exam in a detailed manner.
New Update 15.06.2020: IBPS PO Exam pattern 2020: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection had released the IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2020. the candidates who are applying for PO Exam can check their IBPS Exam Pattern 2020. The IBPS PO Syllabus 2020 contains 2 exams i.e. Prelims and Mains. The candidates will be given 1 hour of duration for each paper to answer the questions. IBPS PO Syllabus 202 0is all about the total number of marks, the scheme of the test, topics that are covered for the exam, etc. For the admit card or the exam notification about the mentioned exam the candidates can visit the official website ibps.in.
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English Language |
Numerical Ability |
Reasoning Ability |
General Awareness |
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Reading Comprehension |
Number Series |
Puzzle and Arrangements |
Banking Awareness |
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Cloze Test |
Simplification/ Approximation |
Inequality |
Financial Awareness |
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Fillers |
Quadratic Equations |
Syllogism |
Govt. Schemes and Policies |
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Spotting Errors |
Data Interpretation |
Coding-Decoding |
Current Affairs |
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Sentence Improvement |
Data Sufficiency |
Input-Output |
Static General Awareness |
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Fill in the Blanks |
Miscellaneous |
Data Sufficiency |
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Para Jumbles |
Quantity Based Questions |
Logical Reasoning |
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Paragraph Completion |
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Miscellaneous (Blood Relations, Direction sense, Order and Ranking, etc.) |
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Sentence Connectors |
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Computer Aptitude |
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Name of test |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Duration |
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English Language |
30 |
30 |
20 minutes |
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Quantitative Aptitude |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
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Reasoning Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
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Total |
100 |
100 |
1 hour |
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Name of Test |
No. of Qs. |
Max. Marks |
Time |
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English Language |
35 |
40 |
40 minutes |
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Data Interpretation & Analysis |
35 |
60 |
45 minutes |
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Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude |
45 |
60 |
60 minutes |
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General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness |
40 |
40 |
35 minutes |
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Total |
155 |
200 |
3 hours |
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Descriptive Test: Letter & Essay Writing |
2 |
25 |
30 minutes |
Letter Writing: Candidates have to write formal, semi-formal, or informal letters based on general topics, current affairs & banking awareness.
Essay Writing: Essay writing is basically a long article that can be asked about any random subject, especially those related to current affairs/issues, or issues that have been brought to everyone's attention lately. Take a look at the 15 most anticipated topics of the IBPS PO Descriptive Paper for your self-study.
IBPS conducts common written Examination under the name "IBPS PO/ MT CWE VII" in two phases namely, IBPS PO Preliminary Examination and IBPS PO Mains Examination. After that, Interview will be held for candidates who qualified in IBPS PO Mains Exam.
IBPS PO Prelims exam is conducted in online mode only. IBPS PO Prelims exam comprises of 100 multiple choice questions under 3 main subject category sections namely English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability. Total marks allotted for IBPS PO Prelims exam is 100 marks and Total Duration of IBPS PO Prelims exam is 60 mins (1 hour). Know the exact IBPS PO Exam Dates for the current year now.
| Sr.No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions (Objective type) | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 1 hour |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
Negative Marking:- There will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by you, there will be no negative marking for that question.
In order to attend the IBPS PO Mains exam, Candidates have to qualify in each of the three sections mentioned above, by securing IBPS PO cut-off marks. IBPS PO online Prelims exam Scores are normalized using the equi-percentile method. Number of Candidates shortlisted for IBPS PO Mains Exam is One-Tenth of the total available vacancies. A sufficient number of candidates in each category (General, OBC, SC, ST) will be shortlisted for the mains examination.
IBPS PO Mains exam is conducted in online mode only. IBPS PO Mains exam comprises of 200 multiple choice questions under 5 main subject category sections namely Reasoning, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness (with special reference to Banking) and Computer Knowledge. Here, all Questions for all four sections except the English Language will be present in both English as well as the Hindi Language.
Total marks allotted for IBPS PO Prelims exam is 200 marks and there is section wise time allotment for IBPS PO Mains exam which is mentioned below. Navigation through next section is not possible until the specified time for the current section gets over.
| Sr.No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions (Objective type) | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
| 1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | English & Hindi | 60 minutes |
| 2 | English Language | 35 | 40 | English | 40 minutes |
| 3 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 minutes |
| 4 | General / Economy/ Banking Awareness |
40 | 40 | English & Hindi | 35 minutes |
| Total | 200 | 200 | 140 minutes | ||
| 5 | English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) |
2 | 25 | English | 30 minutes |
Negative Marking:- There will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by you, there will be no negative marking for that question.
In IBPS PO Mains Exam, Candidates should secure Overall Cutoff marks as well as minimum cutoff marks for each Section of Reasoning, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness and Computer Knowledge. Candidates who qualified in Mains Exam are called for the Final stage of Selection process i.e., Interview.
Candidates are shortlisted for PO interview based on their IBPS PO Mains examination marks only. IBPS PO prelims marks are not considered for Interview. IBPS is tentatively scheduled to conduct an interview for IBPS PO in the month of January / February 2018.
| Total marks allotted for PO Interview | 100 |
| Minimum qualifying marks in interview | 40% i.e, 40 marks (For General category candidates) |
| (35% i.e, 35 marks (For SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD candidates) |
For Provisional Allotment of candidates to various Nationalised Banks, Final IBPS PO Result is released in the month of April. Candidates should secure high score in the both IBPS PO Mains Exam and interview so that they will be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process. The Combined Final Score is calculated as Marks obtained in mains exam (out of 200) + Marks obtained in Interview (100). The weight of IBPS PO Mains exam and interview will be 80:20 respectively. Based on the Cutoff score, Obtained Score, Ranks and Post Preference, Final qualified Candidates will be allotted to any of the participating banks.
Expected number of questions on each and every topics of Quantitative Aptitude for IBPS PO Prelims Examination is provided below.
| Topics of Quantitative Aptitude | No. of Questions expected |
| Number Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 |
| Simplification | 5 |
| Data Interpretation | 10 (each 5 questions from 2 sets) |
| Miscellaneous (Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio, Partnership, Mensuration, etc.) | 10 |
| Total | 35 questions |
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Expected number of questions under each and every topics of Reasoning Ability for IBPS PO Prelims Examination is provided below.
| Topics of Reasoning Ability | No. of Questions expected |
| Inequalities | 5 |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Coding & Decoding | 5 (from Single Set) |
| Puzzles | 10 (every 5 questions from 2 different sets) |
| Sitting Arrangement | 5 (from Single Set) |
| Miscellaneous Topics (Blood Relations, Ranking, Direction Sense,etc. ) | 5 |
| Total | 35 questions |
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Expected number of questions under each and every topics of English Language for IBPS PO Prelims Examination is provided below.
| Topics of English Language | No. of Questions expected |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 (from Single Set) |
| Close Test | 5 (from Single Set) |
| Fillers (Fill in the blank spaces) | 5 |
| Para-Jumbled | 5 (from Single Set) |
| Errors in a given sentence | 5 |
| Total | 30 questions |
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Expected number of questions under each and every topics of Reasoning Ability for IBPS PO Mains Examination is provided below.
| Topics of Reasoning Ability | Expected Number of questions |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Blood Relations | 5 |
| Input Output | 0-5 |
| Coding Decoding | 5 |
| Alphanumeric Symbol Series | 5 |
| Ranking/ Direction/ Alphabet Test | 0-5 |
| Data Sufficiency | 0-5 |
| Coded Inequalities | 5 |
| Seating Arrangement | 5 - 10 |
| Puzzle | 5-10 |
Expected number of questions under each and every topics of Quantitative Ability for IBPS PO Mains Examination is provided below.
| Topics of Quantitative Ability | Expected Number of questions |
| Simplification | 5 |
| Number Series | 5 |
| Data Interpretation | 10 - 15 |
| Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | 3 |
| Number Systems | 3 |
| Profit & Loss | 2 |
| Mixtures & Allegations | 1-2 |
| Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | 1-2 |
| Time and work | 2 - 3 |
| Time & Distance | 2 - 3 |
| Mensuration | 1-2 |
| Permutation, Combination & Probability | 5 |
| Partnership | 1 - 2 |
Expected number of questions under each and every topics of English for IBPS PO Mains Examination is provided below.
| Topics of English | Expected Number of questions |
| Reading Comprehension | 10 |
| Cloze Test | 10 |
| Fill in the blanks | 0-5 |
| Error Spotting | 0-5 |
| Sentence Correction/ Paragraph Complete | 5 |
| Para jumbles | 5 |
Expected number of questions under each and every topics of General Awareness for IBPS PO Mains Examination is provided below.
| Section | Category | Topics of General Awareness | Expected No of Questions |
| General Awareness | Awards | Indian Awards | 2 |
| International Awards & Honors | |||
| Indian Affairs | Acts and Laws | 1 | |
| Indian Geography | Culture | 2 | |
| National parks and sanctuaries | |||
| Indian Industry | Defence and Railways | 4 | |
| Infrastructure and IT | |||
| Indian Taxation | Income Tax | 1 | |
| International Awareness | Currency, Country & its Capital | 3 | |
| Major International Organizations | |||
| Sports | Indian and International Sport Personalities | 3 | |
| International Sporting Events and Venues | |||
| Banking | Commercial Banking | Heads and Head Quarters | 4 |
| New Banking Entities & Foreign Collaborations | |||
| Functions of a Bank | |||
| E-banking & New Trends | Bitcoins and E-wallets | 3 | |
| RTGS and Rupay | |||
| Functions of RBI | Banker & Debt Manager to Government | 3 | |
| Financial Regulation & Supervision | |||
| Foreign Exchange Management | |||
| Other Banking or Non-Banking Institutions | Regulatory Authorities | 1 | |
| RBI | New Initiatives & Policies | 3 | |
| Organization of RBI | |||
| Terms | Finance & Accounts | 2 | |
| Insurance Policy & Operations | |||
| Shares & Stocks | |||
| Current Affairs | Awards & Honors | Films | 1 |
| Indian Affairs | Census | 4 | |
| India in International Reports | |||
| Indian Authors & their Books | |||
| New Government Policies & Schemes | |||
| International Relations | Major Treaties & Agreements with Other Countries | 1 | |
| Personalities | Famous Personalities | 2 | |
| Total | 40 |
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Expected number of questions under each and every topics of Computer Knowledge for IBPS PO Mains Examination is provided below.
| S. No | Topics of Reasoning Ability | Expected Number of questions |
| 1 | Computer Fundamentals/ Terminologies | 6 - 8 |
| 2 | Networking | 1 |
| 3 | Computer Hardware | 2 - 4 |
| 4 | Computer Software | 1 - 2 |
| 5 | Operating Systems | 1 - 2 |
| 6 | Microsoft Office | 2 - 3 |
| 7 | Computer Abbreviations | 1 - 2 |
| 8 | Keyboard shortcuts | 1 - 2 |
| 9 | Memory | 0 - 1 |
| 10 | Internet | 2 - 3 |
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The duration for the IBPS PO Exam 2020 is 2.30 Hours.
Candidates can refer to the IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2020 so that they will get an idea about their exam duration, number of questions and sections in the question paper.
Candidates can visit the IBPS official website. On the home page, the link for IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2020 and Syllabus will be available. Candidates can click on the link, to get the Exam Pattern and can download them for preparation of the examination.
