Analysis of IBPS PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 23rd Aug 2025 (Shift 1)

The analysis of the IBPS PO 2025 Prelim exam held on the 23rd of August 2025 (Shift 1) has been presented below.

This year, IBPS has changed the pattern with respect to the marks allotted to each section. In the exam, there was no mention of question Vs marks.

The following is the sequence of sections that appeared in the exam:

• Reasoning Ability
• English Language
• Quantitative Aptitude

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5
Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section-wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as easy to moderate. No new question types/patterns of questions were asked in this shift of the exam.

There were fifteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on the Table, Line Graph (2 lines) and Caselet). The questions based on the Table were calculation-based.

The table contains information on the difference between red and blue balls in column I and the percentage of Red balls in column II. The line graph contains two lines. The first line gives info on the number of TVs sold, and the second line gives the difference between TVs and Cell phones. Also, it was mentioned that cellphones were less than TVs sold.

There were five questions each on Approximations and Quadratic Comparisons. These were easy to attempt.

Individual questions from the Arithmetic topics were ten in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones. These questions were based on Ages, Ratio, Profit and Loss, Averages, Time, Speed and Distance, Boats and Streams, Mensuration, etc.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 18 – 19 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given an 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

Out of the thirty-five questions in this section, twenty-three questions were on Puzzles:

• Linear Arrangement (Certain number of persons, all facing North)
• Two Row Arrangement (14 Persons, 7 facing North and 7 facing South)
• Month and Date based Puzzle (6 persons, 3 Months and 2 Dates + Distribution (Colour))
• Box Arrangement + Distribution
• Year-Based Puzzle (Base year 2025)

Questions on Puzzles were easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level.

There were three questions each on Blood Relations, Symbols and Notations (Inequalities) and Syllogisms (Deductions; only a few). These questions were easy to solve.

There were three individual questions – Pair of Digits, Odd one out and Meaningful word.

About 25 – 26 questions could be solved in 20 minutes. The topic-wise split, as reported by our students, is given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised eight questions, of which four were vocab questions (two on Synonyms, one on Antonyms and one on FIB). The passage was based on Cloud Kitchen. The questions on Reading Comprehension were easy to moderate in difficulty.
• There were four questions each on Error Identification, FIB (Single Blank), Word Usage and Word Interchange (4 words), which were easy to solve.
• There were five questions on Para Forming. This was based on work-life balance. These questions were easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level.
• There was one question on Match the Column (3 Columns).

Thus, about 22 - 23 questions could be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper was a combination of easy, moderate questions across all three sections and can hence be rated as 'Easy to Moderate’.

Good Attempts:

Analysis of IBPS PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 23rd Aug 2025 (Shift 2)

The analysis of the IBPS PO 2025 Prelim exam held on the 23rd of August 2025 (Shift 2) has been presented below.

This year, IBPS has changed the pattern with respect to the marks allotted to each section. In the instructions, it was mentioned that all questions carry equal marks.

The following is the sequence of sections that appeared in the exam:

• Reasoning Ability
• English Language
• Quantitative Aptitude

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5
Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

The section-wise analysis of the above-mentioned session, as reported by our students, is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate. No new question types/patterns of questions were asked in this shift of the exam.

There were ten questions (2 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on the Table and Bar Graph (2 Bars)). The questions based on the Table were calculation-based and time-consuming.

The table contains information on the total of wooden and mechanical pencils in column I and the cost of wooden and mechanical pencils in column II. In the note, the cost of each wooden and mechanical pencil was given. The bar graph contains two bars. The first bar gives information on the total manufactured, and the second bar gives information on the total sales of a certain product for four companies. The profit per article for each company was given in the note below the graph.

There were five questions each on Approximations and Wrong Number Series. The questions on Approximations were easy, whereas the questions on Wrong Number Series were moderate in nature.

There were five questions on Data Comparisons (2 Quantity comparisons). These were easy to solve.

Individual questions from the Arithmetic topics were ten in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones. These questions were based on Ages, Profit & Loss, Simple and Compound Interest, Mensuration, Averages, Mixture, and Time and Distance.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 16 – 17 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given an 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

Out of the thirty-five questions in this section, twenty-three questions were on Puzzles:

• Floor Arrangement (4 floors, 2 flats)
• Month-based Puzzle (6 Months, non-consecutive + Distribution)
• Designation-based puzzle (8 persons, 8 designations)
• Distribution (8 persons, 3 cities, 8 colours)
• Comparisons (6 persons)

Questions on Puzzles were easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level.

There were three questions each on Blood Relations, Direction Sense and Syllogisms (Deductions; only a few). These questions were easy to solve.

There were three individual questions – Pair of Digits, Letter Odd one out and Meaningful word.

About 23 – 24 questions could be solved in 20 minutes. The topic-wise split, as reported by our students, is given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised eight questions, of which three were vocab questions (one on Synonym, one on Antonym and one on FIB). The passage was based on a Chinese Payment Gateway. The questions on Reading Comprehension were easy to moderate in difficulty.
• There were four questions on Grammatically Correct sentences (Finding the incorrect sentence). These were easy to moderate to solve.
• There were six questions on the Cloze Test. These questions can be rated as easy.
• There were five questions on Word Interchange (4 words).
• There were two questions on Match the Column (2 Columns). These were easy to moderate.
• There were three questions on Sentence Rearrangement and two questions on Word usage (1 word, 3 usages).

Thus, about 19 - 20 questions could be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall, the paper was a combination of easy, moderate questions across all three sections and can hence be rated as 'Easy to Moderate’.

Good Attempts:

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate. No new question types/patterns of questions were asked in this shift of the exam.

There were fifteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (five questions each on the Table, Bar Graph (2 Bars) and caselet). The questions based on the Table were calculation-based and time-consuming.

The table contains information on four companies, A, B, C, and D - the total males in column I and the number of female managers in column II. It was also mentioned that the difference between the number of males and females is 130. Also, it was mentioned that in companies B & C there were more than 510 employees.

The bar graph contains two bars and provides information on five events. The first bar gives information on the number of persons registered for the event, and the second bar gives information on the number of persons who participated in the event.

The Caselet was Venn diagram-based. There were two schools, A’ and ‘B’. The total number of students in each school, info on students who like Arts, students who like music and students who like both.

There were five questions on Approximations and four questions on Quadratic Comparisons. Wrong Number Series. These questions were easy to solve.

Individual questions from the Arithmetic topics were eleven in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones. These questions were based on Ages, Profit & Loss, Simple and Compound Interest, Pipes & Cisterns, Time & Work, Mensuration, and Time and Distance etc.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 16 – 17 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given an 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

Out of the thirty-five questions in this section, twenty-three questions were on Puzzles.

• Two Row Arrangement (14 persons; 7 facing North and 7 facing South)
• Year-based puzzles (Base year 2025) + Variable
• Designation-based puzzle (6 persons + Variable (Country))
• Linear Arrangement (Certain number of persons, all facing North, 18 persons)
• Floor Arrangement (8 persons, 4 floors and 2 flats)

Questions on Puzzles were easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level.

There were three questions each on Inequalities (symbols and notations), Direction Sense, and Syllogisms (deductions - only a few). These questions were easy to solve.

There were three individual questions – Pair of Digits, Letter Odd one out and Meaningful word.

About 22 – 23 questions could be solved in 20 minutes. The topic-wise split, as reported by our students, is given below.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised eight questions, of which four were vocab questions (two on Synonym, one on Antonym and one on FIB). The passage was based on children speaking Bilingual languages Vs children speaking Multilingual languages.
• There were five questions on Grammatically Correct sentences (Three questions on finding the incorrect sentence and two questions on finding the correct sentence). These were easy to moderate to solve.
• There were five questions on Para Formation (6 sentences). These were moderate in nature and were based on Data Privacy on the mobile App.
• There were three questions each on Word usage (1 word, 3 usages), Word Replacement, Word Interchange (4 words) and fill in the Blank (Single Blank).

Thus, about 17 - 18 questions could be solved in 20 minutes in the English section. The break-up of the questions is as follows:

Overall: The paper was a combination of easy, moderate questions across all three sections and can hence be rated as 'Easy to Moderate’.

Good Attempts:

Analysis of IBPS PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 24th Aug 2025 (Shift 4)

The analysis of the IBPS PO 2025 Prelim exam held on the 24th of August 2025 (Shift 4) has been presented below.

This year, IBPS has changed the pattern with respect to the marks allotted to each section. In the instructions, it was mentioned that all questions carry equal marks.

The following is the sequence of sections that appeared in the exam:

• Reasoning Ability
• English Language
• Quantitative Aptitude

Snapshot of the Exam:

No of choices per question – 5
Negative marking: 0.25 of the marks assigned to each question

As per feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, the exam can be rated as easy to moderate.

Quantitative Aptitude:

This section can be rated as moderate. No new question types/patterns of questions were asked in this shift of the exam.

There were twelve questions (2 sets) on Data Interpretation (six questions each on the Bar Graph (2 Bars) and Pie chart). The questions can be rated as easy to moderate.

The pie chart contains five sectors in percentage distribution, and the total value is given. The bar graph contains two bars. The first bar gives information on the number of laptops, and the second bar gives information on the number of desktops. In the note, the ratio of laptops to tablets was given.

There were three questions each on Approximations and Data Comparisons (2 Qty), and five questions on Missing Number Series. The questions on Approximations and Data Comparisons were easy, whereas the questions on Missing Number Series were easy to moderate in nature.

Individual questions from the Arithmetic topics were twelve in number. These were a combination of easy, moderate, and difficult ones. These questions were based on Ages, Profit & Loss, and Partnership, Simple and Compound Interest, Mensuration, Trains etc.

A student could, therefore, have solved around 17 – 18 questions in 20 minutes, if he chose judiciously.

Reasoning:

This section has been given an 'Easy to Moderate' tag.

Out of the thirty-five questions in this section, twenty-three questions were on Puzzles.

• Linear Arrangement (7 persons; some facing North and some facing South)
• Circular Arrangement (6 Persons + Variable (Animal), all facing the centre)
• Box Arrangement (7 Boxes) + variable (colour)
• Year-based Puzzle (Base Year 2025)
• Comparisons (6 persons & their ages)

Questions on Puzzles were easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level.

There were four questions on Syllogisms (deductions; only a few) and five questions on Coding-Decoding (2-column). These questions were easy to solve.

There were three individual questions – Pair of Digits, Letter Odd one out and Meaningful word.

About 23 – 24 questions could be solved in 20 minutes.

English Language:

This section has been tagged as 'Easy to Moderate’ by our students.

• The lone Reading Comprehension passage was conventional in its presentation and comprised nine questions, of which four were vocab questions (two on Synonym, one on Antonym and one on FIB). The words given were Benefit, Introduce, etc. The questions on Reading Comprehension were moderate.
• There were six questions on the Cloze Test. Two blanks to be filled with a phrase and the remaining with words. These questions were easy to solve.
• There were four questions on Grammatically Correct Sentences (Three questions were asked on finding the correct sentence, and one was based on finding the incorrect sentence). These were easy to moderate in nature.
• There were three questions on Sentence Rearrangement and four questions on Phrase Replacement.
• There were two questions each on Word Usage (1 word, 3 usages) and match the column (2 columns). In word usage, the words given were Sale, Ground etc.

Thus, about 16 - 17 questions could be solved in 20 minutes in the English section.

Overall: The paper was a combination of easy, moderate questions across all three sections and can hence be rated as 'Easy to Moderate’.

Good Attempts: