IBPS Clerk 2023 Prelims Exam Pattern
The IBPS Prelims Exam is of 100 marks of 1-hour duration with 20 minutes for each section.
- The Prelims Stage of IBPS PO will have three sections of a total duration of 1 Hour.
- There will be a total of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).
- Candidates will have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks individually for each section to be decided by IBPS.
- An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.
| IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern | |||
| Sections | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration (in minutes) |
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 |
IBPS Clerk 2023 Main Exam Pattern
The IBPS Clerk Mains Exam has 190 questions that need to be completed in a time frame of 160 minutes.
- The IBPS Clerk Mains Exam will have a total of 190 questions with a duration of 160 Minutes.
- There will be four sections in the IBPS Clerk Exam for Mains with different sectional timings.
- Earlier, the Computer Aptitude and Reasoning Ability Sections used to be conducted separately. But, as per the recent update by IBPS, both these sections have been amalgamated together constituting a total of 50 Marks.
| IBPS Mains Exam Pattern | |||
| Sections | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration (in minutes) |
| Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 |
| English Language | 40 | 40 | 35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 |
| General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 |