Analysis of IBPS PO/MT Main Exam 2025

The IBPS PO 2025 Mains Exam was held on 12th October 2025. The detailed analysis of the exam is presented below.

It has been reported by our students that this examination was moderate to difficult in terms of difficulty level. Questions in Reasoning, English, Data Analysis and Interpretation had a variable marking scheme, the details of which are presented in the detailed analysis given below.

The snapshot of the exam pattern and duration is given below:

S. No	Name of Tests	No. of Qs	Max Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning Ability	40	60	50 Minutes
2	Data Analysis and Interpretation	35	50	45 Minutes
3	General / Economy / Banking Awareness	35	50	25 Minutes
4	English Language	35	40	40 Minutes
	TOTAL	145	200	160 Minutes

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

(A) OBJECTIVE TEST:

I) Data Analysis and Interpretation:

According to the feedback received from our students who appeared for this exam, this section can be rated as moderate. There were fifteen questions carrying 2 marks each and twenty questions carrying 1 mark each.

Part A (Two Mark Questions):

• Table + Double Pie chart (3 Qs) – Difficult and time-consuming; data of Q1–Q4 represented in pies and private projects in a table with percentages.
• Caselet (3 Qs) – Based on three schools; moderate difficulty.
• One question each on Profit and Loss, Time and Distance and Mensuration.
• Three questions on Quadratic Comparisons with three equations – Moderate.
• One question on Data Sufficiency and two on Missing Number Series.

Part B (One Mark Questions): This part comprises Data Interpretation, Number Series, Data Sufficiency and Data Comparison.

• Table (4 Qs) – Profit amount of companies P, Q, R, S for 2021 and 2022.
• Missing Table (4–5 Qs) – Sales data of Chocolate and Vanilla ice cream with missing values.
• Bar Graph (4–5 Qs) – Sales of alcoholic and non-alcoholic sanitisers; ratio of males and females also given.
• Four Data Sufficiency (2 statements), two Number Series and 1–2 Data Comparison questions.

Topic-wise Split:

Topic	No. of Questions	Difficulty
Data Interpretation	18 - 20	Moderate - Difficult
Missing Number Series	4	Moderate
Data Sufficiency (2 Stmt)	5	Moderate
Data Comparisons (2 Qty)	1 - 2	Moderate
Arithmetic Questions	3	Moderate
Quadratic Comparisons (Three Equations)	3	Moderate

II) Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude:

This section has been labelled as 'Moderate to Difficult'. There were twenty questions carrying 2 marks each and twenty questions carrying 1 mark each.

Part A (Two Mark Questions):

• Three row arrangement (16 persons, various facing directions) – 5 Qs
• Circular + Linear Arrangement – 5 Qs
• Designation-based Puzzle (6 persons, posts, states, sports) – 5 Qs
• Direction Sense with Symbols – 5 Qs

Part B (One Mark Questions):

• Input – Output – 5 Qs
• Data Sufficiency – 3 Qs
• Coding-Decoding (New Pattern) – 3 Qs
• Critical Reasoning – 7 Qs (Moderate to Difficult)

Topic-wise Split:

Topic	No. of Questions	Difficulty level
Three row arrangement	5	Moderate
Circular + Linear Arrangement	5	Moderate
Designation-based Puzzle	5	Moderate
Direction Sense with Symbols	5	Moderate
Coding-Decoding (New Pattern)	3	Difficult
Input-Output	5	Moderate
Data Sufficiency	3	Moderate
Critical Reasoning	7	Moderate - Difficult
Miscellaneous	2	Easy

III) English Language:

This section can be rated as ‘Moderate’. There were five questions carrying two marks each and thirty questions with one mark each.

Part A (Two Mark Questions):

• Error Identification (2 Qs)
• Odd-One-Out (2 Qs)
• Para Jumbled Sentences (1 Q)

Part B (One Mark Questions):

• Reading Comprehension:
  • Passage 1: ‘African Aviation’ – 10 Qs (3–4 on incorrect word usage).
  • Passage 2: ‘Online Video Gaming’ – 3 Qs.
• Cloze Test: 5 Qs – Identify replacements for bold phrases.
• Fill in the Blanks: 5 Qs – One word fits all blanks.
• Match the Column: 3 Qs – Sentence connections and replacements.
• Para Summary: 3 Qs.

Topic-wise Split:

Topic	No. of Questions	Difficulty level
Reading Comprehension	13 (2 passages)	Easy to Moderate
Para Forming Questions	1	Moderate
Error Identification	2	Moderate
Odd-One-Out	2	Moderate
Cloze Test	5	Moderate
Fill in the Blanks	5	Moderate
Match the Column	3	Easy to Moderate
Para Summary	3	Moderate

IV) General Awareness:

This section was the saving grace and can be rated as ‘Easy to Moderate’.

There were 15 questions with 2 marks each and 20 questions with one mark each. Most of the two-mark questions were based on RBI Circulars.

• PM SVANidhi scheme
• Kisan Credit Card scheme
• Foreign Remittance scheme
• Pravaah portal
• Padma Awards
• Credit Rating Agencies
• EPIC Card – Number of Digits
• AI Chatbot
• RBI Citizen Charter
• Safai Sarvekshan
• DICGC
• Gulf of Mannar – Marine National Park

Students who regularly follow current affairs could have easily attempted 30+ questions.

(B) Descriptive Test:

This section was conducted for 25 marks, with a time limit of 30 minutes, and comprised Comprehension and Essay Writing.

Essay topics (Choose any one) (250 to 300 words): 15 Marks

• Biodiversity
• The government has to protect the sensitive information of the public

Reading Comprehension (10 Marks): Based on Artificial Intelligence (Other countries Vs India).

OVERALL SUMMARY: The Reasoning and Data Analysis & Interpretation sections were moderate to difficult while the English and General/Economy/Banking Awareness sections were moderate.