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IBPS PO Syllabus & Exam Pattern
Version IBPS detailed notification CRP PO/MT-XVI · current
IBPS PO / Management Trainee (CRP PO/MT-XVI). Prelims 100 marks in 1 hour, Mains 200 marks + descriptive, then interview (80:20).
Exam facts
- Conducted byIBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection)
- Age (as on 1 Jul 2026)20 to 30 years (relaxation for reserved categories)
- QualificationGraduation in any discipline
- StagesPrelims → Mains (objective + descriptive) → Interview
- Negative marking1/4 of the marks of the question (Prelims and Mains objective)
- Final meritMains and Interview in the ratio 80:20; interview is out of 100 (minimum 40%, 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PwBD)
- Prelims marksQualifying only; not counted in final merit
Exam pattern
Prelims (objective)
- English Language30 Qs30 marks20 min
- Quantitative Aptitude35 Qs30 marks20 min
- Reasoning Ability35 Qs40 marks20 min
- Total100 Qs100 marks60 min
Each section is separately timed. You must clear the cut-off in each section.
Mains (objective)
- Reasoning40 Qs60 marks45 min
- General / Economy / Banking / Digital / Financial Awareness (incl. RBI circulars)50 Qs60 marks35 min
- English Language40 Qs20 marks35 min
- Data Analysis & Interpretation40 Qs60 marks45 min
- Total170 Qs200 marks160 min
Plus a Descriptive Paper (essay and comprehension): 2 questions, 25 marks, 30 minutes, in English.
Topic-wise syllabus
Tap a subject to see its topics.
Reasoning (Prelims) 11
- Seating arrangement (linear, circular)
- Puzzles
- Inequalities
- Syllogism
- Coding-decoding
- Blood relations
- Direction and distance
- Order and ranking
- Alphanumeric series
- Input-output
- Data sufficiency
Quantitative Aptitude (Prelims) 13
- Simplification and approximation
- Number series
- Quadratic equations
- Data interpretation (table, bar, line, pie)
- Percentage, ratio and proportion, average
- Profit and loss
- Simple and compound interest
- Time and work
- Speed, time and distance; trains; boats
- Mixture and alligation
- Ages, partnership
- Mensuration (basic)
- Permutation, combination and probability
English Language 8
- Reading comprehension
- Cloze test
- Error spotting / sentence correction
- Fillers (single and double)
- Para jumbles / sentence rearrangement
- Word swap and word usage
- Phrase replacement
- Vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms)
Reasoning (Mains) 7
- Puzzles and seating arrangement (complex)
- Logical reasoning: statement-assumption, conclusion, course of action, cause and effect, arguments
- Machine input-output
- Data sufficiency
- Coding-decoding (new pattern)
- Syllogism, inequality
- Blood relations, direction
Data Analysis & Interpretation 6
- Data interpretation: table, bar, line, pie, mixed, caselet, missing data
- Arithmetic-based DI
- Data sufficiency
- Quantity comparison
- Probability, permutation and combination
- Number series (wrong number, missing number)
General / Banking / Financial Awareness 5
- Current affairs of the last 6 months
- Banking awareness: RBI, monetary policy, banking terms, financial institutions
- Economy and government schemes
- Digital banking and payments (UPI, NPCI, CBS, NEFT, RTGS, IMPS)
- Static GK: HQs, currencies, national parks, dams, important days, committees, books and authors
Descriptive paper 1
- Essay and comprehension; may be based on economic and social issues, banking and technology trends, current events, ethics (as per notification)
Pattern, marks, timing, age and marking scheme are from the official source: IBPS detailed notification CRP PO/MT-XVI (30 Jun 2026). Topic lists follow the notification’s syllabus where it gives one; otherwise they are the standard topics asked in past papers. Always confirm with the latest official notification before the exam.
Version history
- Current: IBPS detailed notification CRP PO/MT-XVI
When a new notification changes the pattern or syllabus, the new version is added on top and the older versions stay listed here.