Institute of Banking Personnel Selection or IBPS is an independent agency in India which has been employing many aspiring candidates over the years in Finance and Banking sector.
IBPS PO Exam is conducted on two levels that is Preliminary Exam which is followed by Mains Exam after which selected candidates are called for the Interview.
IBPS PO Preliminary Exam
The questions are Objective Type. The time duration for Preliminary Exam is 1 hour. It consists of 3 subjects, English Language, Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude.
IBPS PO Prelims Syllabus for Reasoning Ability
- Coding Decoding
- Blood Relations
- Analogy; Classification
- Statement & Conclusions; Statements & Argument
- Syllogism, Sitting Arrangement
- Series test; Figure Series
- Number and Ranking; Direction Sense test
- Inequality; Input/output
- Data Sufficiency; Number Series
Reasoning Ability
The expected number of questions from Reasoning Ability in IBPS PO Prelims is given below.
| Topics | Expected Number of Questions |
| Syllogism | 5 |
| Blood Relations | 5 |
| Input Output | 0-5 |
| Coding Decoding | 5 |
| Alphanumeric Series | 0-5 |
| Ranking/Direction/Alphabet | 0-5 |
| Data Sufficiency | 0-5 |
| Coded Inequalities | 5 |
| Seating Arrangement | 10 |
| Puzzle | 5-6 |
| Statement based | 4-8 |
| Analogy and Classification | 5-8 |
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