IBPS Clerk Important Dates
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of IBPS Clerk 2025 exam:
| Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
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| 01 Aug ’25 | IBPS Clerk 2025 Notification |
| 01 Aug – 21 Aug ’25 | IBPS Clerk Application Form 2025 |
| 04 Oct – 05 Oct ’25 | IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims Exam |
| 11 Oct ’25 | IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims Exam |
| 29 Nov ’25 | IBPS Clerk 2025 Mains Exam |
IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern
The IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern for Prelims and Mains is given in brief below:
IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern for Prelims
| Name of the Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 1 hour |
IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern for Mains
| Name of the Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 minutes |
IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern – Salient Points
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All the above tests will be conducted in English and Hindi except for the English Language.
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There will be a deduction of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in the Objective test.
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Unanswered questions will not be awarded marks.
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The conducting body reserves the right to set the IBPS Clerk exam syllabus and pattern. One must clearly go through the official notification before starting preparation.
Section-wise Preparation Related Links
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Logical Reasoning
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Quantitative Aptitude
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Verbal Ability
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Static GK
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Current Affairs
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Computer Knowledge
IBPS Clerk Syllabus – Prelims
The IBPS Clerk Prelims syllabus consists of three subjects making up the objective type paper. There has not been a major change in the syllabus in the past few years, and the same is expected for the IBPS Clerk syllabus 2025.
The three main subjects are:
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English Language
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Reasoning Ability
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Numerical Ability
The IBPS Clerk Syllabus for Prelims
| English Language | Reasoning Ability | Numerical Ability |
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| Reading Comprehension | Logical Reasoning | Profit, Loss and Discounts |
| Tenses Rules | Alphanumeric Series | Quadratic Equations |
| Cloze Test (Fill in the Blanks) | Alphabetic Series | Approximation and Simplification |
| Jumbled Paragraphs | Ranking | Mixtures and Alligations |
| Idioms and Phrases | Data Sufficiency Tests | Simple and Compound Interest |
| Multiple Meaning | Coded Inequalities | Surds and Indices |
| Error Spotting Correction | Direction Test | Work and Time |
| Preposition Rules | Seating Arrangements | Speed, Time and Distance |
| Puzzles | Mensuration: Cone, Sphere, Cylinder | |
| Tabulation | Data Interpretation | |
| Syllogism | Ratio, Proportion and Percentage | |
| Input/Output | Number Systems | |
| Coding and Decoding | Sequences and Series | |
| Blood Relations | Permutation, Combination and Probability |
IBPS Clerk Syllabus – Mains
The IBPS Clerk Mains syllabus covers the topics from prelims in a more detailed manner. As per the IBPS Clerk Mains Syllabus, the paper is divided into four sections:
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General and Financial Awareness
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General English
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Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude
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Quantitative Aptitude
Detailed Syllabus
| General & Financial Awareness | General English | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | Quantitative Aptitude |
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| Static GK – Static General Knowledge | Vocabulary | Reasoning Ability | Ratio and Proportion |
| Current Affairs | Tenses Rules | Analogy | Time, Speed and Distance |
| Banking Awareness | Grammar | Assumptions and Statements | Work and Time Equations |
| India’s Financial and Banking System | Idioms & Phrases | Syllogism | Mixtures and Alligations |
| Budget and Monetary Plans | Reading Comprehension | Coding and Decoding | Measures of Central Tendency & Stats |
| Key National Institutions | Blood Relations | Stocks, Shares and Debentures | |
| Basics of Banking | Sense of Direction and Distance | Percentages | |
| Alphanumeric Series | Clock Ray Questions | ||
| Non-Verbal Reasoning | Volume and Surface Area | ||
| Computer Aptitude | Logarithms | ||
| – Basics of Hardware and Software | Permutation and Combination | ||
| – Operating Systems | Partnerships | ||
| – Internet and associated topics | Heights and Distances | ||
| – Microsoft Office | Probability | ||
| – History of Computing | Simple and Compound Interest | ||
| – Networking Basics | Profit, Loss and Discounts | ||
| – Cyber Security Basics | Basic Algebra | ||
| Basic Trigonometry | |||
| Charts, Bars and Graphs | |||
| Data Interpretation |
Important Tips
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Daily solve at least one set.
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Analyze your test paper.
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Make notes of the wrong questions you attempted.
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Read the newspaper daily.