IBPS PO Syllabus

Exam patterns are revised periodically — always confirm the latest structure with the official IBPS notification (ibps.in) before applying.

CWE – ONLINE EXAMINATIONS

The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:

Preliminary Examination

SNo.	Subject	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	Composite time of 1 hour
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100

Main Examination

SNo.	Subject	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45	60	60 minutes
2	General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness	40	40	35 minutes
3	English Language	35	40	40 minutes
4	Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	60	45 minutes
	Total	155	200	3 hours
5	English Language (Letter Writing & Essay)	2	25	30 minutes

Previous Year Question Papers

Working through a full paper is the fastest way to understand the question pattern, topic weightage and difficulty level.

• 📝 IBPS PO Prelims 2023, Shift 1 (memory based) — all 100 questions (text)
• 📝 IBPS PO Prelims 2023, Shift 2 (memory based) — all 100 questions (text)

Memory-based reconstructions of the paper held on 23 September 2023 (English 30, Quantitative 35, Reasoning 35). Reproduced for candidates' study and reference; no answer key is published. The data-interpretation sets are flagged as figure-based.