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IBPS PO Mains Reasoning Mock Test 1
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection: Probationary Officer
Focus on Reasoning with 40 original questions in one dedicated practice session.
Syllabus-checked original practice
Mapped to the official Mains syllabus and answer-checked on 3 August 2026.
View official pattern sourceScoring note: Question marks are scaled equally to the official 60-mark section total; each wrong answer deducts one-fourth of that question's marks.
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About this IBPS PO Reasoning sectional test
This sectional test isolates Reasoning from the IBPS PO Mains pattern, so you can drill it on its own instead of only meeting it inside the full mock. It draws 40 original practice questions across 15 distinct topics, syllabus-checked the same as our full mocks.
Topics covered
Number series
4 questions
Syllogism
4 questions
Alphanumeric series
3 questions
Blood relations
3 questions
Coded inequalities
3 questions
Coding-decoding
3 questions
Data sufficiency
3 questions
Puzzle
3 questions
Analogy
2 questions
Direction sense
2 questions
Input-output
2 questions
Ranking
2 questions
Seating arrangement
2 questions
Statement and assumption
2 questions
Statement and conclusion
2 questions
Scoring and result analysis
Each question uses its assigned marks and penalty; together they total 60 marks. Unattempted questions score zero. This section's 40 questions are difficulty-tagged: 2 easy, 26 medium, 12 hard. After submitting, you receive topic-wise accuracy, time spent, answer explanations, and source links.
Frequently asked questions
Is this an official IBPS PO question paper?
No. It's an independent practice test with original Reasoning questions, mapped to the official IBPS PO Mains syllabus and answer-checked on 3 August 2026.
How many questions are in this Reasoning sectional test, and how long is it?
40 questions in 45 minutes.
Which topics does this test focus on?
It spans 15 topics, with the heaviest coverage on Number series, Syllogism, and Alphanumeric series.
Is there negative marking in this test?
Marks vary by question in this section: see the scoring note above for the exact breakdown.
More IBPS PO practice
20 other reviewed tests are published for this exam, and these are the nearest 6. The rest of this Mains stage comes first, then the other stages.
- Reasoning Sectional Test 2 · 40 questions
- General, Economy, Banking, Digital and Financial Awareness Sectional Test 2 · 50 questions
- English Language Sectional Test 2 · 40 questions
- Data Analysis and Interpretation Sectional Test 2 · 40 questions
- General, Economy, Banking, Digital and Financial Awareness Sectional Test 1 · 50 questions
- English Language Sectional Test 1 · 40 questions
Drill Reasoning beyond IBPS PO
40 of the 40 questions here are pure reasoning, and reasoning is the one part of a paper that is not exam-specific: a seating puzzle does not change because it appears in a bank paper rather than a railway one. Our Logical Reasoning section pools 750 such questions from across every exam on this site and sorts them two ways: by difficulty, so you can find your level, and by topic, so you can drill the family that costs you time.
It is practice, not simulation: there is no negative marking there, so a score in that section is not comparable with your score here. Use it to build the skill, and come back to this test to rehearse the exam.