Analysis of IBPS PO (Prelim) Online exam held on 23rd Aug 2025 (Shift 4)

The analysis of the IBPS PO 2025 Prelim exam held on the 23rd 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:

Test Area	No. of questions	Marks	Duration
Quantitative Aptitude	35 Questions	30	20 Mins
Reasoning Ability	35 Questions	40	20 Mins
English Language	30 Questions	30	20 Mins
Total no. of Questions	100 Qs	100	60 Mins

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 fifteen questions (3 sets) on Data Interpretation (Table, Line Graph, and Caselet). The questions based on the Caselet were calculation-based and time-consuming.

The table contained information on five schools (A, B, C, D, E) – the total of Football and Tennis in column I and the ratio of Tennis to Total given in column II.

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.

Individual questions from Arithmetic topics were ten in number, based on Ages, Profit & Loss, Partnership, Simple and Compound Interest, Mensuration, Trains, etc.

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

Topic	No. of Questions	Difficulty Level
Data Interpretation (3 sets. Table, Line Graph & Caselet)	15	Easy to Moderate
Approximations	5	Easy
Wrong Number Series	5	Moderate
Individual Quant Questions	10	Easy to Moderate

Reasoning:

This section has been given an 'Easy to Moderate' tag. Out of the 35 questions, 23 were on Puzzles:

• Circular Arrangement (7 Persons, some facing the centre and some facing away)
• Month & Date based Puzzle (4 Months, 2 Dates)
• Box Arrangement (6 Boxes + variable)
• Row Arrangement (17 persons facing North)
• Year-based Puzzle (Base Year 2025, 6 years + variable)

Other questions included Inequalities, Direction Sense, Syllogisms, and Miscellaneous (Pair of Digits, Letter Odd one out, Meaningful word).

Topic	No of Qs	Difficulty Level
Inequalities (Symbols & Notations)	3	Easy
Direction Sense	3	Easy
Syllogisms (Deductions)	3	Easy
Miscellaneous (Letter Odd one out, Meaningful word, Pair of Digits)	3	Easy
Circular Arrangement	5	Easy to Moderate
Month & Date based Puzzle	5	Easy
Box Arrangement	5	Easy to Moderate
Row Arrangement	3	Easy
Year-based Puzzle	3	Moderate

English Language:

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

• One Reading Comprehension passage (9 Qs, vocab-based questions included, passage on House Rent Vs Homelessness).
• Para Forming Questions (5 Qs).
• Error Identification (5 Qs).
• Word Interchange (5 Qs).
• Fill in the Blanks (3 Qs).
• Phrase Replacement (2 Qs).
• Word Usage (1 Q).

Topic	No of Questions	Difficulty Level
Reading Comprehension	9	Easy to Moderate
Para Forming Questions (6 Sentences)	5	Easy to Moderate
Error Identification	5	Easy
Word Interchange	5	Easy
Fill in the Blanks (Single Blank)	3	Easy
Word Usage	1	Easy
Phrase Replacement	2	Easy to Moderate

Good Attempts:

Test Area	Good Attempts
Quantitative Aptitude	16 - 17
Reasoning Ability	23 - 24
English Language	18 - 19
Overall	57 - 60

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