{"id":159253,"date":"2026-07-21T13:07:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=159253"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:37:05","slug":"reading-comprehension-for-ibps-po-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/reading-comprehension-for-ibps-po-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Comprehension for IBPS PO 2026: Tips to Solve in Minimum Time, Free\u00a0 Quiz\u00a0and PDF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reading Comprehension for IBPS PO 2026 can feel like the section that eats your time and gives back the least unless you know where to look and what to skip<\/strong>. Most aspirants lose 3\u20134 extra minutes per passage by reading every line instead of reading with purpose. This guide breaks the process into a repeatable, exam-tested system to help you solve RC passages accurately while leaving enough time for the rest of the English section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading Comprehension, or RC, follows the bank exam’s standard format as per the latest IBPS PO Notification<\/strong><\/a>: long and short passages testing theme, inference, tone, and vocabulary<\/strong>. Solve faster by reading the questions first, skimming for the main idea, using keywords to locate answers, and attempting easy questions before inference-based ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IBPS PO 2026 Reading Comprehension Exam Pattern<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before building a strategy, it helps to know exactly how much of your exam time and score RC actually controls. Here is the verified section-wise breakdown from the official IBPS PO 2026 notification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exam Stage<\/strong><\/td>Section<\/strong><\/td>Questions<\/strong><\/td>Marks<\/strong><\/td>Duration<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Prelims<\/td>English Language<\/td>30<\/td>30<\/td>20 minutes<\/td><\/tr>
Prelims<\/td>Quantitative Aptitude<\/td>35<\/td>30<\/td>20 minutes<\/td><\/tr>
Prelims<\/td>Reasoning Ability<\/td>35<\/td>40<\/td>20 minutes<\/td><\/tr>
Mains<\/td>Objective Test (all sections)<\/td>170<\/td>200<\/td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>
Mains<\/td>Descriptive Test (Essay + Comprehension)<\/td>2<\/td>25<\/td>30 minutes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Within the English section, RC generally makes up 7\u201310 questions in Prelims and 8\u201312 in Mains, based on recent exam trends, since IBPS does not publish a fixed sub-topic split.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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