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Free practice MCQs for IBPS PO 2025 — Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, and Banking & Financial Awareness — with bilingual Hindi + English answers and explanations.
100 questions · 100 marks · 60 minutes · 0.25 negative marking
3 sections with 20-minute sectional timing: English Language (30 questions) · Quantitative Aptitude (35 questions) · Reasoning Ability (35 questions). Banking & Financial Awareness is tested in Mains — practise all four here.
IBPS PO is the Probationary Officer recruitment exam conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) to recruit Probationary Officers / Management Trainees for participating public sector banks across India.
Selection happens in three stages: Preliminary exam (online objective) → Main exam (online objective + descriptive English) → Interview. Final merit is based on Mains + Interview; the Prelims is only a qualifying screen.
IBPS PO Prelims has 3 sections, 100 questions, 100 marks, 60 minutes with a 20-minute sectional time limit for each section:
1. English Language (30 questions): Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Para Jumbles, Error Spotting, Sentence Improvement, Fill in the Blanks, Word Usage.
2. Quantitative Aptitude (35 questions): Simplification & Approximation, Number Series, Quadratic Equations, Data Interpretation, Percentage, Ratio, Time-Speed-Distance, Profit & Loss, Interest.
3. Reasoning Ability (35 questions): Puzzles, Seating Arrangement, Syllogism, Blood Relations, Direction Sense, Coding-Decoding, Inequalities, Order & Ranking.
Negative marking is 0.25 marks per wrong answer.
IBPS PO Mains has 4 objective sections (155 questions, 200 marks, 3 hours) plus a descriptive English test (letter + essay, 25 marks, 30 minutes):
1. Reasoning & Computer Aptitude · 2. General / Economy / Banking Awareness · 3. English Language · 4. Data Analysis & Interpretation.
Banking & financial awareness and current affairs are tested only in Mains — make sure to add them to your preparation after Prelims.
Educational Qualification: A Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognised university, with a valid degree certificate at the time of registration. Basic computer literacy is required.
Age Limit: 20 to 30 years. Age relaxation: SC/ST — 5 years; OBC (non-creamy layer) — 3 years; PwBD — 10 years; Ex-servicemen — as per government rules.
Nationality: Indian citizen (or other categories specified in the official notification).
Yes, IBPS PO has negative marking in the objective sections of both Prelims and Mains:
0.25 marks are deducted for each wrong answer. Each correct answer carries 1 mark in Prelims. Unattempted questions carry no penalty.
Strategy tip: With strict 20-minute sectional timing in Prelims, prioritise accuracy and attempt only questions where you can eliminate at least two options. Strong candidates clear the sectional and overall cut-offs with high accuracy rather than maximum attempts.
Month 1 — Build speed: Quantitative Aptitude (simplification, number series, arithmetic, basic DI) and Reasoning (puzzles, seating arrangement, syllogism, inequalities). These decide Prelims, so practise daily with a timer.
Month 2 — English + Banking Awareness: English (reading comprehension, cloze test, para jumbles, error spotting) and start Banking & Financial Awareness (RBI, monetary policy, NEFT/RTGS/IMPS, NABARD/SEBI) for Mains. Read one current-affairs source daily.
Month 3 — Mocks with sectional timing: Daily sectional tests under the 20-minute limit, then 2-3 full mocks per week. Analyse every error and revise weak areas. Speed and accuracy under sectional timing decide the result.
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