The IBPS PO Prelims exam is just around the corner. lakhs of candidates are geared up to compete to clear 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 make that happen. Hence, 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 Prelims 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.
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 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.
Here is a complete list of all the IBPS PO Syllabus topics for each section separately:
| Topic Name | Probable Question Types |
| Reading Comprehension | Economy, Social Science, Environment, Story, Essay, etc. |
| Error Spotting | Grammar Based, Wrong Spelling, Incorrect Punctuation, etc. |
| Phrase Replacement | Grammar Based, Vocabulary Based |
| Cloze Test | Identify the missing word |
| Sentence Re-arrangement | Verbal Ability questions |
| Fill in the Blanks | Single Filler, Double fillers, Grammar-based, Vocabulary based |
| Vocabulary | Synonyms, Antonyms, Phrase replacement, one-word substitution. |
| Topic Name | Probable Question Types |
| Coded Inequalities/ Mathematical Inequalities | Problems based on Letters, Numbers, Height, etc. |
| Syllogisms | Direct Questions, Positive Info Questions, Negative Info Qs |
| Coding & Decoding | Letter Shifting type, Made-up Language, Analogy type, Word-Letters type. |
| Circular Seating Arrangement Arrangement | The easier one is a clock-wise or anti-clock-wise arrangement in/around a circle, square, rectangle, etc. Problems with higher difficulty have blood relations, profession, etc. |
| Linear Seating | Single Row, Double Row, North Facing, Opposite facing, etc. |
| Blood Relations | Family Tree Problems, Coded Blood Relations. |
| Direction Sense | Problems based on age, height, weight, rank, order in a row, etc. |
| Order & Ranking | Floor Based Puzzles, age-based, Grid-Based, profession-based, etc. |
| Arrangement & Pattern | Alphabets based: Set of 5 or Set of 3, Number based: Set of 5 or Set of 3, Alphanumeric type, etc. |
| Double Lineup | 2 variables, 3 variables, 4 variables type conditions |
| Scheduling | Day-wise, Week-wise, Month-wise, etc. |
| Analogy | Meaning-based, Letter based, Number based. |
| Classification | Letter based, Meaningful Words based, GK based, Number based. |
| Data Sufficiency | Based on other topics of the reasoning syllabus |
| Series | Alphabet Series, Number Series, and Alphanumeric Series. |
| Topic Name | Probable Question Types |
| Average | Questions based on Weight, Height, Age, Marks, Expenditure, Temperature, etc. |
| Data Interpretation | Graphs- Bar & Line, Pie-Charts, Tabular data, Caselets. |
| Data Sufficiency | Questions on this topic are based on the other topics of the syllabus. |
| Interest | Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Mixed Interest, Installments. |
| Linear Equations | Single Variable, Double Variable. |
| Mensuration | calculation of Area and Volume of geometrical figures like Square, Rectangle, Parallelogram, Rhombus, Circle, Semicircle, Triangle, Cone, Cylinder, Cube. |
| Mixtures & Alligations | Mixing 2 or more solutions, Dishonest mixing |
| Number Series | Missing number, Wrong Number, Next number |
| Number System | Divisibility & Remainder, Multiples & Factors, Integers, LCM & HCF. |
| Percentage | Direct questions |
| Permutation & Combination / Probability | Basic Problems – arrangement, selection. |
| Problems on Ages | Ratio, Average, Equation based |
| Profit and Loss | Find Selling Price, Cost Price, Profit/Loss, Discount, Dis-honest shopkeepers, etc. |
| Quadratic Equations | Find X or Y based on given equations |
| Ratio and Proportion | Simple Ratios, Compound Ratios, Componendo and Dividendo, Direct & Indirect Proportions. |
| Simplification | BODMAS Rule, Approximation, Decimals, Fractions, Surds & Indices, Percentages, etc. |
| Speed, Time, and Distance. | Trains, Boats, Streams, average speed, etc. |
| Time and Work | Work Efficiency, Work & Wages, Pipes & Cisterns, etc. |
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