Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has issued Clerk Syllabus 2025 & Test Pattern on its official Website at ibps.in. Candidates who applied for IBPS Clerk 2025 Jobs and started their Exam preparation for the Written Test can download the latest Syllabus from this article. In the section below, contenders will get a IBPS Clerk Prelims and Main Exam subject-wise Syllabus.
IBPS Clerk Exam Syllabus
This system of Common Recruitment Process- Online Preliminary & Online Main Examination and provisional allotment for recruitment of Customer Service Associates (Clerical cadre posts) in Participating Banks has the approval of the appropriate authorities.
| Name of Exam | IBPS Clerk 2025 |
| Exam Conducting Authority | Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) |
| Number of Vacancies | 10277 |
| Exam Dates | Prelims- 4th, 5th, 11th October 2025 Mains- 29th November 2025 |
| No.of Questions | Prelims- 100 Mains- 155 |
| Maximum Marks | Prelims- 100 Mains- 200 |
| Negative Marking | ¼ Mark |
| Official website | ibps.in |
IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2025
The applicants for IBPS Clerk Recruitment can check the Clerk Exam Pattern from this page. The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:
IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Pattern (Objective Type)
| Sr. No. |
Name of Tests | Medium of Examination | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks |
Time allotted for
each test (Separately timed) |
| 1 | English Language |
English | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2 | Numerical Ability |
* | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability |
* | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main examination.
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern (Objective Type)
| Sr. No. |
Name of Tests (NOT BY SEQUENCE) | Medium of Examination | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks |
Time allotted for each test (Separately
timed) |
| 1 | General/ Financial Awareness |
* | 40 | 50 | 20 minutes |
| 2 | General English | English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | * | 40 | 60 | 35 minutes |
| 4 | Quantitative Aptitude | * | 35 | 50 | 30 minutes |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 120 minutes |
Penalty for Wrong Answers
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Cut-off Score (Online Main examination)
Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main Examination and also a minimum total score to be considered for further process. Depending on number of the State/ UT wise vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be considered for provisional allotment. Prior to the completion of provisional allotment process scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates.
Decision of IBPS in shortlisting and provisional allotment shall be final.
Local Language Proficiency Test (LLPT)
The candidates applying for vacancies of a particular State/UT, should be proficient in (reading, writing, speaking and understanding) the specified / opted local language of that State/UT (mentioned in the list provided for each Sate/ UT.
IBPS Clerk syllabus
| Topic | Syllabus |
|
English Language/General English
|
Vocabulary
Grammar
Reading Comprehension
|
| Numerical Ability |
|
| Reasoning Ability |
|
| General/ Financial Awareness |
|
| Quantitative Aptitude |
|
IBPS Clerk Syllabus for English
- Reading Comprehension ( at least 2 sets)
- Cloze Test
- Spotting Errors
- Sentence Improvement
- Para Jumbles
- Fill in the Blanks / Double Fillers
- Spelling Correction
Vocabulary
Homonyms, Antonyms, Synonyms, Word Formation, Spelling
Grammar
Spotting Errors, Phrases, and idioms, Direct and Indirect speech, Active/ Passive voice
Reading Comprehension
Theme Detection, Passage completion, Topic rearrangement of passage, Deriving Conclusion.
IBPS Clerk Syllabus For Reasoning
- Puzzles (High level with at least 2 parameters, especially floor-based puzzles)
- Seating Arrangement (Both Circular and Linear, in combination with other parameters)
- Inequality (Both Direct and Coded)
- Syllogism (Try to go through the new syllogism pattern as asked in IBPS PO Mains as well)
- Input-Output
- Coding-Decoding
- Order and Ranking
- Direction based problems
- Blood Relations (Coded as well as Direct)
- Alphanumeric Series
- Data Sufficiency
- Verbal Reasoning
Analogy, Classification, Word formation, Statement and conclusions Syllogism, Statement and assumptions, Statement and arguments, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Passage and conclusions, Alphabet test, Series Test, Number, Ranking and time sequence, Direction Sense Test, Decision making test, Figure series, Input/output, Assertion and reasoning, Sitting Arrangement
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Non Verbal reasoning
Series test, Odd figure Out, Analogy, Miscellaneous Test
IBPS Clerk Syllabus For Quantitative Aptitude
- Data Interpretation (Try to have a thorough practice of calculative sets)
- Number Series
- Simplification / Approximation
- Quadratic Equations
- Arithmetic Topics including following –
- Problem on Ages
- Profit, Loss and Discount
- Averages
- Ratio and Proportion
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Time & Work
- Mixture and Alligations
- Pipes and Cisterns
- Time, Speed and Distance
- Boats & Streams
- Probability
- Geometry
Ratio and proportion, Averages, Time and Work, Speed, Distance and time, Mixture and allegation Stocks and shares, Percentages, partnerships, Clocks, Volume and Surface Area, Bar & Graphs, Line charts, Tables.Height and Distances, Logarithms, Permutation and combinations, Simple and compound interest, Equations, Probability, Trigonometry, Profit, Loss and Discount, Mensuration, Elements of Algebra, Data Interpretation, Pie charts.
IBPS Clerk Syllabus For Computer Knowledge
- Fundamentals of Computer
- History of Computer
- Internet
- MS Office – Word, Power point, Excel & Access
- Memory
- Input Output devices
- Computer Shortcuts
- Important Abbreviations
Basics of Hardware and software, Windows operating system basics, Internet terms and services, Basic Functionalities of MS-Office( MS-word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint). History of computers, Networking and communication, Database basics, Basics of Hacking, Security Tools, and Viruses
IBPS Clerk Syllabus For General Awareness
- Questions will be asked mainly from the Current Affairs & Banking Awareness topics (For instance, you may come across questions related to demonetization)
- This section may also include questions on Books & authors, Currencies, Important Places, Awards, Headquarters, Prime Ministers Schemes, Important Days, etc.
- It would be advisable to go through the GK updates of at least the last 2 – 3 months.
- Do not forget to prepare for the static GK part as well, especially the countries, their capitals and currencies (Try to focus especially on the countries that have been in news lately, for instance, the countries visited by our Prime Minister or President or with whom any major MoU has been signed).
Current affairs related to national and international issues of last 6 months, Overview of Indian Financial System, History of the Indian banking system, Recent credit and monetary policies, Introduction to National financial institutions like RBI, SEBI, IRDA, FSDC, etc and of International organizations like IMF, World Bank, ADB, UN, etc, Abbreviations and Economic terminologies, Banking Terms, Important Government Schemes on capital & money market.
