Overview

Syllabus & pattern at a glance

IBPS RRB Clerk is an online exam in two phases. Prelims is a screening test; Main exam marks alone decide the final merit and provisional allotment — there is no interview for Office Assistants.

Exam

IBPS RRB Clerk 2026 — Office Assistants (Multipurpose), CRP RRBs-XV

Stages

Prelims → Mains → Provisional allotment (no interview)

Prelims tests

2 — Reasoning, Numerical Ability

Prelims marks

80 questions · 80 marks · 45 min

Mains tests

Reasoning · Computer Knowledge · General Awareness · English Language or Hindi Language · Numerical Ability

Negative marking

¼ of the question’s marks, in every objective test

Medium

English, Hindi and, in many states, the state’s language (the English / Hindi language test only in that language)

Official syllabus

IBPS lists test names only — section D of the notification, ibps.in

Prelims · pattern

Prelims exam pattern

Two objective tests, each separately timed — 25 minutes for Reasoning and 20 for Numerical Ability. You must clear IBPS’s minimum cut-off in both tests, and prelims marks are not carried into the final merit.

Test	Questions	Marks
Reasoning	40	40
Numerical Ability	40	40
Total	80	80

⏱ Duration 45 min Per test 25 + 20 min Negative marking −¼ of marks Nature Screening

Prelims · syllabus

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.

Seating arrangementPuzzlesSyllogismInequalityBlood relationsDirection senseCoding-decodingOrder & rankingAlphanumeric seriesData sufficiency

Simplification & approximationNumber seriesQuadratic equationsData interpretationPercentageRatio & proportionAveragesAgesProfit & lossSimple & compound interestTime & workTime, speed & distanceMixtures & alligationMensuration

Mains · pattern

Mains exam pattern

Five separately timed objective tests — 200 questions, 200 marks, 120 minutes. The fourth test is a language test: you take either English Language or Hindi Language, not both.

Mains test	Questions	Marks
Reasoning	40	50
Computer Knowledge	40	20
General Awareness	40	40
English Language or Hindi Language (choose one)	40	40
Numerical Ability	40	50
Total	200	200

Duration 120 min Language test English or Hindi Negative marking −¼ of marks Counts for final merit (100%)

Mains · syllabus

Mains syllabus, test by test

Mains goes deeper than prelims and adds Computer Knowledge, General Awareness and a language test. Topic chips are commonly tested areas, not an official IBPS list.

Seating arrangementFloor, box & scheduling puzzlesSyllogismInequalityCoding-decodingBlood relationsDirection senseInput-outputData sufficiencyStatements, assumptions & conclusions

Computer fundamentalsHardware & softwareInput & output devicesMemory & storageOperating systemsMS Office basicsInternet & emailNetworking basicsComputer security & virusesKeyboard shortcuts

Current affairsBanking awarenessRBI & monetary policyRegional Rural Banks & NABARDAgricultural & rural financeFinancial inclusion & government schemesIndian economyStatic GK

English: reading comprehensionEnglish: cloze testEnglish: error detectionEnglish: para jumbles & fillersEnglish: vocabularyHindi: comprehensionHindi: grammar & error spottingHindi: vocabulary

Table, bar, line & pie chart DICaselet DINumber seriesQuadratic equationsSimplification & approximationQuantity comparisonArithmetic word problemsProbabilityPermutation & combination

Where the marks are

How marks are split across tests

IBPS does not publish topic-wise weightage. It does fix the marks for each test — in mains, Reasoning and Numerical Ability carry 50 marks each, General Awareness and the language test 40 each, and Computer Knowledge 20.

Reasoning

Prelims: 40 marksMains: 50 marksPuzzles & seating arrangementSyllogism & inequality

Numerical Ability

Prelims: 40 marksMains: 50 marksData interpretationArithmetic

Awareness & Computers

Mains General Awareness: 40 marksMains Computer Knowledge: 20 marksBanking & rural financeComputer fundamentals

Language

Mains only: 40 marksEnglish or Hindi — your choiceReading comprehensionGrammar & vocabulary

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FAQ

Syllabus questions, answered

No. Section D of the CRP RRBs-XV notification lists only the tests with their questions, marks, timing and medium. The topic lists on this page are commonly tested areas, not an official list.

Two — Reasoning (40 questions, 40 marks, 25 minutes) and Numerical Ability (40 questions, 40 marks, 20 minutes), for 80 marks in 45 minutes. You must qualify in both tests by scoring at least the minimum cut-off marks.

For Office Assistants, IBPS calls the maths test “Numerical Ability” in both prelims and mains. The question counts, marks and timings match the officer exam’s maths test; the topic chips above are the areas commonly tested under it.

For every wrong answer in an objective test, one-fourth (0.25) of the marks assigned to that question is deducted. This applies to both prelims and mains. A question left blank carries no penalty.

No. The fourth mains test is either English Language or Hindi Language — 40 questions, 40 marks, 30 minutes — and you opt for one of them. Every mains test is objective.

Apart from the English and Hindi language tests, every test is offered in English and Hindi, and in many states also in the state’s language — for example Telugu in Andhra Pradesh, Marathi and Konkani in Maharashtra, Bengali in West Bengal. You chose the medium in the online application. If a translation differs, the English version prevails.

No. Prelims only decides who goes to mains. For Office Assistants, only Main exam marks are used for the final merit list and provisional allotment — there is no interview.

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