The IBPS PO exam is just around the corner. It is indeed is one of the most sought-after Bank PO exams in India. If you’re a home-maker, job goer, or are in the final year of your exam and want to clear the exam, you will have to invest proper time and energy to complete the syllabus to clear this year’s IBPS PO 2021 Exam.
To accomplish that objective, it is essential to know the Exam pattern and detailed and updated syllabus of the exam.
Let’s take a look at the latest IBPS PO Syllabus and Exam Pattern for both Prelims and Mains exam for 2021!
The IBPS PO Prelims exam tests a candidate with 100 questions of Objective type (MCQ). In the second stage, you will have to face Objective questions (MCQ) of 200 + 25 marls of Objective (MCQ) nature, except for the English Descriptive Paper. The last stage, the interview, will test you with Verbal questions of 100 Marks.
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Pattern
The prelims exam of IBPS PO consists of a total of 100 questions with a time duration of 60 minutes.
| S. No. | Name of Test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
Note: As per the official IBPS website, Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination
IBPS PO Mains exam also entertains Multiple Choice type questions with a slightly higher difficulty level. The Number of questions and the duration of the exam is higher as compared to the Prelims Exam. In addition, there is also a negative marking of 0.25 in the IBPS PO main exam for every incorrect answer you will give. Take a look at the table given below to know the No. of Questions asked and the time duration allowed to answer each section of the IBPS PO Mains Exam.
| S. No. | Section Name | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes |
| 2 | English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes |
| 3 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| 4 | General Economy & Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 3 Hours | |
| 5 | English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 2 | 25 | 30 minutes |
Note: As per the official IBPS website, IBPS reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination which will be intimated through its authorized website. Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters from the authorized IBPS website.
IBPS PO exam has three stages Preliminary Exam, Mains Exam, and an interview. Candidates who clear the preliminary exam become eligible to appear in the mains exam. The Preliminary Exam of IBPS PO entertains three major sections: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Language.
| English Language Syllabus | Quantitative Ability Syllabus | Reasoning Syllabus |
| Para jumbles | Simplification | Logical Reasoning |
| Cloze Test | Profit & Loss | Alphanumeric Series |
| Reading Comprehension | Mixtures & Allegations | Data Sufficiency |
| Miscellaneous | Data Interpretation | Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test |
| Fill in the blanks | Time & Distance | Seating Arrangement |
| Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting | Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | Coded Inequalities |
| Paragraph Completion | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Blood Relations |
| Number Systems | Tabulation | |
| Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | Syllogism | |
| Work & Time | Puzzle | |
| Sequence & Series | Input-Output | |
| Permutation, Combination &Probability | Coding-Decoding |
The Mains Examination of IBPS PO exam 2021 consists of Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, English Language, Quantitative, Aptitude & General Awareness. IBPS has also introduced a descriptive paper in the mains exam.
Given below are the topics that you need to cover:
| Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus | General Awareness Syllabus | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude Syllabus | English Language Syllabus | |
| Simplification | Financial Awareness | Verbal Reasoning | Internet | Reading Comprehension |
| Average | Current Affairs | Syllogism | Memory | Vocabulary |
| Percentage | General Knowledge | Circular Seating Arrangement | Keyboard Shortcuts | Grammar |
| Ratio and Percentage | Static Awareness | Linear Seating Arrangement | Computer Abbreviation | Verbal Ability |
| Data Interpretation | Double Lineup | Microsoft Office | ||
| Mensuration and Geometry | Scheduling | Computer Hardware | ||
| Quadratic Equation | Input-Output | Computer Software | ||
| Interest | Blood Relations | Operating System | ||
| Problems of Ages | Directions and Distances | Networking | ||
| Profit and Loss | Ordering and Ranking | Computer Fundamentals /Terminologies | ||
| Number Series | Data Sufficiency | |||
| Speed, Distance and Time | Coding and Decoding | |||
| Time and Work | Code Inequalities | |||
| Number System | ||||
| Data Sufficiency | ||||
| Linear Equation | ||||
| Permutation and Combination | ||||
| And Probability | ||||
| Mixture and Allegations | Get a FREE IBPS PO 2021 Mock Test! |
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