IBPS PO Prelims Syllabus 2026
The 2026 preliminary exam contains three separately timed tests. IBPS officially specifies the test names, questions, marks and timing; it does not publish an exhaustive subtopic list.
Transparent labelling: the section pattern below is official. The topic lists are a TakeMockTest preparation map based on recurring bank-exam question families, not an IBPS-prescribed syllabus.
English Language
30 questions · 30 marks · 20 minutes- — Reading comprehension and contextual vocabulary
- — Cloze tests and fillers
- — Sentence correction and error detection
- — Para jumbles and sentence arrangement
- — Word usage and phrase replacement
Quantitative Aptitude
35 questions · 30 marks · 20 minutes- — Simplification, approximation and number series
- — Quadratic equations
- — Data interpretation
- — Percentage, ratio, average and partnership
- — Profit and loss, interest and mixture
- — Time and work, pipes, speed and distance
Reasoning Ability
35 questions · 40 marks · 20 minutes- — Seating arrangement and logic puzzles
- — Syllogism and coded inequalities
- — Coding-decoding and alphanumeric series
- — Blood relations and direction sense
- — Ranking, order and comparison
- — Data sufficiency and input-output patterns
Official pattern source: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, CRP PO/MT-XVI detailed notification, section D. View the official notification