Exam Syllabus
Information about various topics asked in the exam.
IBPS PO Syllabus
Every year IBPS conducts the exam for the post of probationary officer. The exam is divided into two stages: Prelims and Mains.
Prelims: In IBPS PO Prelims exam, following three subjects are tested.
- English Language
- Quantitative Aptitude
- Reasoning Ability
Generally, questions from the following topics are asked in both the prelims and the mains examination.
| English Language | Quantitative Aptitude | Reasoning Ability |
| Reading Comprehension | Simplification | Logical Reasoning |
| Cloze Test | Profit & Loss | Alphanumeric Series |
| Para Jumbles | Mixtures & Allegations | Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test |
| Miscellaneous | Simple Interest & Compound Interest | Data Sufficiency |
| Fill in the blanks | Work & Time | Coded Inequalities |
| Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting | Surds & Indices | Seating Arrangement |
| Paragraph Completion | Work & Time | Puzzle |
| Time & Distance | Tabulation | |
| Mensuration - Cylinder, Cone and Sphere | Syllogism | |
| Data Interpretation | Blood Relations | |
| Ratio & Proportion | Input Output | |
| Percentage | Coding-Decoding | |
| Number Systems | ||
| Sequence & Series | ||
| Permutation & Combination / Probability |
Mains: In IBPS PO Mains exam, the following four subjects are tested.
- English Language
- Data Analysis & Interpretation
- Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude
- General Awareness with special reference of banking
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | Reasoning | English Language | General/Economy/Banking Awareness | Computer Aptitude |
| Tabular Graph | Verbal Reasoning | Reading Comprehension | Financial Awareness | Internet |
| Line Graph | Syllogism | Grammar | Current Affairs | Memory |
| Pie Chart | Circular Seating Arrangement | Vocabulary | General Knowledge | Keyboard Shortcuts |
| Bar Graph | Linear Seating Arrangement | Verbal Ability | Static Awareness | Computer Abbreviation |
| Radar Graph Caselet | Double Lineup | Word Association | Banking & Financial Awareness | Microsoft Office |
| Missing Case DI | Scheduling | Sentence Improvement | Computer Hardware | |
| Data Sufficiency | Input Output | Parajumbles | Computer Software | |
| Probability | Blood Relations | Cloze Test | Computer Fundamentals/Terminology | |
| Permutation & Combination | Directions & Distances | Error Spotting | Networking | |
| Ordering & Ranking | Fill in the blanks | Number System | ||
| Data Sufficiency | Operating System | |||
| Coding & Decoding | Basics of Logic Gates | |||
| Code Inequalities | ||||
| Course of Action | ||||
| Critical Reasoning | ||||
| Analytical & Decision making |