Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted recruitment process for probationary officer of scale I, II, III for public sector banks and assistant officer(multipurpose) for regional rural banks across India has three stages of recruitment. First stage is preliminary exam, next stage is Mains exam and last or third stage is personal interview. Only successful candidates in prelims and mains exam can proceed to personal interview stage. The exam pattern depends on the stage of recruitment process, gives details about distribution of marks across various subjects, number of questions and duration of exam. Candidate should review the exam pattern to understand how to study, what subjects and what is the weightage of the topic so that they can score better.
Candidates appearing in IBPS RRB PO exams should score minimum cut-off marks in each of the exams i.e. Prelims and Mains to qualify for interview. The syllabus for IBPS RRB PO prelims is as listed below.
| S. No. | Reasoning Ability | Quantitative Aptitude |
| 1 | Coded & Mathematical Inequalities | Permutation, combination And probability |
| 2 | Directions & Distances | Sequence & Series |
| 3 | Syllogism | Simplification |
| 4 | Alpha-numeric series | Average |
| 5 | Data sufficiency | Partnership |
| 6 | Order and ranking | Ratio and proportion |
| 7 | Coding decoding | Quadratic equation |
| 8 | Input-Output | Profit and Loss |
| 9 | Puzzle | Time and work |
| 10 | Blood relation | Problems on age |
| 11 | Tabulation | Percentage, Mensuration |
| 12 | Logical reasoning | Problems on train |
| 13 | Seating arrangement | Boats and stream |
| 14 | Double Lineup, Scheduling, | Mixture of allegation |
| 15 | Ordering & Ranking, | Time, speed & distance |
| 16 | Arrangement & Pattern | Simple and Compound interest |
| 17 | Analogy and Classification | Data Sufficiency & interpretation |
IBPS RRB PO mains exams are difficult and not easy to qualify. The syllabus for exams for the post of scale I officer and assistant officer for Mains exam. Subject topics are listed in the syllabus for IBPS Mains exam.
The list of subjects included in IBPS RRB PO Mains exam for the year 2022 is as given below
| Syllogism | Coded Inequality | Coded Direction sense | Alpha-numeric series |
| Coded Blood relation | Order and ranking | Analytical and decision making | Course of action |
| Data sufficiency | Coding decoding | Critical reasoning | Verbal reasoning |
| Circle Seating arrangement | Square seating arrangement | Puzzle & Logical Reasoning | Input-Output |
| Tabulation | Scheduling | Statement and assumption | Statement and conclusion |
The syllabus for IBPS RRB PO Mains exam has Quantitative Aptitude and DI section as listed below
| Sequence & Series | Graph | Quantity Based Sums | Pie chart |
| Data sufficiency | Permutation, combination & probability | Simplification | Ratio and proportion |
| Percentage, Average & partnership | Quadratic equation | Profit & Loss | Time & work |
| Pipes and cisterns | Boats and stream | Problems on age | Problems on train |
| Mixture of allegation | Time, speed & distance | Mensuration | Simple and Compound interest |
Syllabus for IBPS RRB PO Mains exam for Subject Hindi and English language, has following topics as listed below.
| English language | Hindi language |
| Reading comprehension | Vyakaran |
| Jumbled sentences | Fill in the blanks |
| Fillers | Paragraphs |
| Cloze test | Mistakes |
| Error spotting | Synonyms and antonyms |
| Phrase replacement | Miscellaneous |
| Sentence improvement, | connector & completion |
| Miscellaneous | Match the column |
The Syllabus for IBPS RRB Mains exam for Computer Knowledge has topics as listed below
| Internet | MS Office | Memory | Computer hardware |
| Keyboard shortcuts | Computer fundamentals | Computer abbreviations | Operating system |
| Number system | Networking | Basic of logic gates | Computer terminologies |
| Database | History of computer |
IBPS RRB PO exam for the post of Office Assistant and Scale I officer has a subject General Awareness section with topics listed below
| Static GK | Current Affairs | Banking Awareness |
IBPS RRB PO Mains exam has Financial Awareness section for recruiting Scale II & III officers, the topics covered are listed below
| Financial news | Overview of the banking system | NPA and bad loans | Basel norms |
| Asset reconstruction companies | Loans | Restructuring of loans | Budget |
| Economic survey | Risk management | Monetary policy | miscellaneous |
IBPS RRB PO exam pattern will help candidates appearing for the exam to understand the scope for the topics and subjects covered in the exam, distribution of marks will explain the weightage of each section. The exam pattern for IBPS RRB PO exam will explain the candidate how to take of what is covered in the exam.
IBPS RRB PO preliminary exam for the year 2022 has following pattern
| Paper | Medium of Exam | Number of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
| Logical Reasoning | Hindi/English/Regional Language | 40 | 40 | One hour |
| Numerical Ability | Hindi/English/Regional Language | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 80 | 80 |
IBPS RRB Mains exam for the year 2022 has following pattern
| Paper | Medium of Exam | Number of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
| Logical Reasoning | Hindi/English | 40 | 50 | 3 hours and 30 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | Hindi/English | 40 | 50 | |
| General Awareness | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 | |
| English OR Hindi Language | English | 40 | 40 | |
| Computer Knowledge | Hindi/English | 40 | 20 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
IBPS RRB PO Mains exams will have 200 MCQ (multiple choice questions) The exam will be of 3 hours and 30 minutes duration. Candidates have to secure minimum cut-off marks to qualify in the exam. There will be negative marking for each incorrect answer, there will be 1/4 of total marks of the question will be deducted from score secured for every incorrect answer.
| S.No | Name of the book | Publishing House | Author |
| 1. | Static General Knowledge | Arihant Publication | – |
| 2. | Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Exams | – | R. S Agarwal |
| 3. | A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal and Non-Verbal | – | B. S Sijwali & InduSijwali |
| 4. | Computer Awareness for General Competitive Exams | – | B.K Publications |
| 5. | General English for all competitive exams | Arihant Publication | – |
| 6. | Fast Track Objective Arithmetic | – | Rajesh Verma |
| 7. | A modern approach to verbal and non-verbal | – | RS Aggarwal |
| 8. | Banking Awareness Handbook of Banking Information | – | N.S Toor |
| 9. | How to Prepare for Data Interpretation for CAT | – | Arun Sharma |
| 10. | How to Crack Test of Reasoning: In All Competitive Exam | Arihant Publication | – |
| 11. | Objective Computer Awareness | – | – |
| 12. | Magical Book on Quicker maths | BSC Publication | M Tyra |
| 13. | Analytical Reasoning | – | M.K Pandey |
| 14. | General Knowledge | – | Lucent |
| 15. | General Awareness Basic Banking & Financial Issues | Upkar’s Publication | – |
For every competitive exam, candidates should prepare for the exam with a strategy, so that they can secure good marks. Candidates should focus on key areas and weakness. Following are some of the points to be considered while preparing for the exam.
Mock test is the final step in preparation plan of IBPS RRB PO exam. When you have covered all the major topics covered in the syllabus, feel confident and are ready to assess yourselves, take practice test. Tool for self-evaluation is mock test assists to generate atmosphere that is similar to IBPS RRB PO 2022 exam and will help generate result the level of preparedness.
Taking mock test is the ideal way to find out how much have you prepared for the exam. Select reputed platform for high quality mock test sample questions.
Practice test is similar to solving previous year’s question papers from model question papers, while solving candidates should keep an eye to track the time. Previous questions asked will be available from internet.
Candidate can improve the categories they are poor or less prepared by solving questions. Candidate should practice a lot for mathematical and logical thinking as cognitive abilities will be improved upon practice.
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Ans. The recruitment process is divided into three stages, prelims exam, mains exam and interview. Candidate have to first appear in prelims exam, followed by mains exam. After successfully qualifying in mains exam, candidates will be selected for interview. After interview, successful candidate will be recruited for posts such as probationary officer in public sector banks and assistant officer in regional rural banks across India.
Ans. Yes, IBPS RRB PO exam for the year 2022 is online computer based test with prelims exam of total 80 marks and mains exam of 200 marks. Candidates successfully qualifying in prelims can only become eligible to appear in Mains exam.
Ans. Yes, IBPS RRB PO exam for year 2022 have a negative marking for every incorrect answer. There will be a deduction of ¼ of mark of the question from the score.
Ans. The recruitment process is divided into three stages, prelims exam, mains exam and interview. Candidate have to first appear in prelims exam, followed by mains exam. After successfully qualifying in mains exam, candidates will be selected for interview
Ans. The exam pattern is available on IBPS official website under notification for IBPS RRB PO exam for 2022.
Ans. There are multiple choice questions with each questions having multiple answers with only one answer to be correct that should be selected by the candidate.
Ans. The medium of appearing the IBPS RRB PO exam has two choices, Hindi and English. Candidates appearing the exam can appear in any one from the above languages.
Ans. IBPS RRB PO Prelims exam for the year 2022, the Syllabus has subjects such as reasoning ability, numerical ability, general awareness, and English & Hindi Language.
Ans. No, there is no difference in the syllabus of both Clerk and PO exam. The topics in syllabus are same, the difference is only in the difficulty level of the questions asked in the exam.