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Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Exam pattern, marks, timing and topic-wise syllabus for each exam, taken from the latest official notification.

Bank exams

  • IBPS POPrelims 100 marks in 1 hour, Mains 200 marks + descriptive, then interview (80:20).
  • IBPS Clerk (CSA)The clerk post is now called Customer Service Associate. Prelims 100 marks, Mains 200 marks; no interview.
  • SBI POPrelims 100 marks in 1 hour, Mains 200 marks + 30-mark descriptive, then psychometric test, group exercise and interview (75:25).
  • SBI Clerk (JA)Prelims 100 marks in 1 hour, Mains 200 marks in 2 hours 40 minutes, then local language test.
  • IBPS RRB PO (Officer Scale-I)For Regional Rural Banks. Prelims 80 marks in 45 minutes, Mains 200 marks, then interview (80:20).
  • IBPS RRB Clerk (Office Assistant)For Regional Rural Banks. Prelims 80 marks in 45 minutes, Mains 200 marks; no interview.
  • RBI Grade B (General)Phase-I 200 marks, Phase-II 300 marks (objective + typed descriptive), interview 75 marks.
  • RBI AssistantPrelims 100 marks in 1 hour, Mains 200 marks in 135 minutes, then language test.

SSC exams

  • SSC CGLTier-I 200 marks (qualifying), Tier-II Paper-I decides merit; extra papers for JSO and AAO.
  • SSC CHSLFor 12th-pass candidates: LDC/JSA, DEO posts. Tier-I 200 marks, Tier-II 360 marks + qualifying tests.
  • SSC MTS & HavaldarOne CBT in two sessions of 45 minutes; no negative marking in Session-I. PET/PST only for Havaldar.
  • SSC GD ConstableCBT of 80 questions (160 marks) in 60 minutes, then PET/PST and medical.
  • SSC CPO (SI)Paper-I (100 marks), PET/PST, Paper-II (320 marks, new pattern from 2026), then medical.

Railways exams

  • RRB NTPCTwo CBTs: 100 questions, then 120 questions, 90 minutes each. Typing test dropped for 2026.
  • RRB Group D (Level-1)One CBT of 100 questions in 90 minutes, then a physical efficiency test.

More exams will be added.

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