Syllabus & pattern at a glance
IBPS PO is an online exam in two phases. Prelims is a screening test; the Main exam decides who is called for the personality test and interview, and makes up 80% of the final merit.
Prelims exam pattern
Three objective tests, each separately timed at 20 minutes. You must clear IBPS’s minimum cut-off in every test, and prelims marks are not carried into the final merit.
| Test | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| English Language | 30 | 30 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 30 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
Prelims syllabus, test by test
IBPS publishes only the test names. Tap a test for the topics commonly tested under it — use them as a study checklist, not an official list.
Mains exam pattern
Four separately timed objective tests — 170 questions, 200 marks, 160 minutes — followed by a 30-minute descriptive paper in English. IBPS notes the tests are not in a fixed sequence.
| Mains test | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 40 | 60 |
| General / Economy / Banking Awareness / Digital / Financial Awareness (incl. RBI circulars) | 50 | 60 |
| English Language | 40 | 20 |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 40 | 60 |
| Objective total | 170 | 200 |
Mains syllabus, test by test
Mains goes deeper than prelims and adds an awareness test and a descriptive paper. Topic chips are commonly tested areas; the descriptive themes are the ones IBPS itself mentions.
How marks are split across tests
IBPS does not publish topic-wise weightage. It does fix the marks for each test — and in mains, Reasoning, Data Analysis & Interpretation and the awareness test carry 60 marks each, while English carries 20.
Reasoning
Quant & Data Analysis
Awareness
English
Crack IBPS PO with your own daily plan
Daily targets, PYQ-style practice sets & timed mocks — built around the IBPS PO pattern.
Turn this syllabus into a daily plan
A topic list only helps once it’s sequenced. JobSafal breaks the IBPS PO prelims and mains tests into short daily targets you can actually finish.
Syllabus as daily targets
Prelims and mains topics split into small daily targets, so you always know what to study next.
PYQ-style practice sets
Six timed IBPS PO practice sets to test what you’ve covered against the clock.
Timed mocks
Practise in a timed test interface, with analysis after every attempt.
English & Hindi
Notes and practice in both languages — the English Language tests themselves are in English only.
