IB ACIO Exam Pattern 2025, Marking Scheme & Question Distribution

Q: What is IB ACIO Tier 2 exam pattern?

Check below. IB ACIO Exam Pattern Tier II Section Marks Total Time Essay Writing 30 1 Hour Comprehension and Precis Writing 20 Total 50

Q: What is IB ACIO Tier 1 exam pattern?

Check below the pattern. IB ACIO Exam Pattern Tier I Sections Total Questions Total Marks Time General Awareness 20 20 60 Minutes Quantitative Aptitude 20 20 Analytical Ability 20 20 English Language 20 20 General Studies 20 20 Total 100 100

Q: What is IB ACIO syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude?

The syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude is given below. Advance Arithmetic Mensuration Trigonometry Height and Distance Triangle Circle Polygon Tangent Ratio and Proportion Mixture and Allegation Missing Numbers Age Time and Work Boat and Stream Volume LCM and HCF Percentage Profit and Loss Simple and Compound Interest Time and Distance Average Fractions Series Completion

Q: What is IB ACIO syllabus for General Awareness?

The General Awareness syllabus is given below. General Studies Current Affairs Polity and Indian Constitution Indian history Science and Technology Geography Physics Biology Chemistry Economics and Finance Computer Science National News International News New Schemes Eminent Personalities Financial Schemes Nobel Prize Winners Awards

Updated on Jan 28, 2025 15:07 IST

By Swayam Gupta, Associate Senior Executive

IB ACIO Exam Pattern 2025: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) releases IB ACIO exam pattern along with the notification. IB ACIO selection process is divided into Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3. Tier 1 is conducted in online mode and the Tier 2 is a descriptive type test. The total marks allotted to the tier 1 are 100. The total marks allotted to Tier 2 are 50 marks. The Interview carries a total of 100 marks.

IB ACIO exam pattern highlights the overall structure of the exam. It provides details such as total marks, duration of the test, marking scheme and weightage of each section. The Intelligence Bureau of Ministry of Home Affairs prescribes IB ACIO exam pattern. Read below for more details on the IB ACIO exam pattern.

Q: What is IB ACIO Tier 2 exam pattern?

Check below.

IB ACIO Exam Pattern Tier II
Section	Marks	Total Time
Essay Writing	30	1 Hour
Comprehension and Precis Writing	20
Total	50

Q: What is IB ACIO Tier 1 exam pattern?

Check below the pattern.

IB ACIO Exam Pattern Tier I
Sections	Total Questions	Total Marks	Time
General Awareness	20	20	60 Minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	20	20
Analytical Ability	20	20
English Language	20	20
General Studies	20	20
Total	100	100

Q: What are the important highlights related to IB ACIO exam?

The highlights of IB ACIO exam pattern for Executive post are given below.

Exam name	IB ACIO
Stages of exam	Tier I, II and Interview
Mode of exam	Tier-I Online Tier-II: Offline
Nature of questions	Tier I: Objective Type Tier II: Descriptive Type
Total marks	Tier I: 100 Tier II: 50 Interview: 100
Duration of the test	Tier I: 60 Tier II: 60
Negative marks	1/4

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IB ACIO Exam Pattern

Check the pattern below.

IB ACIO Exam Pattern for Tier 1

The structure of the Tier 1 exam is given below.

Subjects	Number of questions
General Awareness	20
Quantitative Aptitude	20
Numerical/Analytical/Logical Ability & Reasoning	20
English Language	20
General Studies	20

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IB ACIO Exam Pattern for Tier 2

The structure of Tier II is given below.

Topics	Total marks
Essay	30 marks
English Comprehension and precis writing	20 marks

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IB ACIO Exam Pattern for Interview

The interview carries 100 marks. In the interview, candidates are judged based on their intelligence and personality.

Commonly asked questions

Q: What is IB ACIO Exam Pattern?

IB ACIO exam pattern is given below.

Written Examination	Description of the Examination	Time	Marks
	Tier I Exam: 100 Objective type MCQs, divided into 5 parts containing 20 questions of 1 mark each on. Current Affairs, General Studies, Numerical Aptitude, Reasoning/Logical Aptitude, English	1 Hour	100
	Tier II: Descriptive type paper of 50 marks essay (30 marks) and English comprehension and precis writing (20 marks)	1 Hour	50
Interview	Tier 3: Interview	–	100

IB ACIO Syllabus 2025

Candidates can check below IB ACIO Syllabus.

Subjects	Topics
General Knowledge	Indian History, Polity, Current Events, Geography, Economy, Basics of Computers etc. The focus will also be on Current national & International events, banking, sports, awards, recruitments, etc.
Reasoning	Analogies, Similarities and Differences, Spatial Visualisation, Spatial Orientation, Problem-Solving, Analysis, Judgment, Decision Making, Visual Memory, Discrimination, Observation, Relationship Concepts, Arithmetic Reasoning, Verbal and Figure, Non-Verbal Reasoning
English Comprehension	Grammar Rules, Antonyms, Synonyms, One-Word Substitution, Idioms & Phrases, Fill in the Blanks, Reading Comprehension/Passage, Cloze Test, Para-Jumble Sentences, etc.
Quantitative Aptitude	Number System, HCF LCM, Simplification, Average, Time & Work, Mensuration, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Simple & Compound Interest, Investment, Problem on Ages, Time & Speed, Problem on Trains, Permutation and Combination, Series and Sequences, Bar Graph, Pictorial Graph, Pie Chart.

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Commonly asked questions

Q: What is IB ACIO syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude?

The syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude is given below.

Advance	Arithmetic
Mensuration Trigonometry Height and Distance Triangle Circle Polygon Tangent	Ratio and Proportion Mixture and Allegation Missing Numbers Age Time and Work Boat and Stream Volume LCM and HCF Percentage Profit and Loss Simple and Compound Interest Time and Distance Average Fractions Series Completion

Q: What is IB ACIO syllabus for General Awareness?

The General Awareness syllabus is given below.

General Studies	Current Affairs
Polity and Indian Constitution Indian history Science and Technology Geography Physics Biology Chemistry Economics and Finance Computer Science	National News International News New Schemes Eminent Personalities Financial Schemes Nobel Prize Winners Awards

Q: What is the syllabus for the Intelligence Bureau Security Assistant exam?

The subjects that are included in the Intelligence Bureau Security Assistant Syllabus are Reasoning, Arithmetic, General Knowledge, General Studies, and General English . General Awareness & General Studies: Current Affairs (5-6 months), Indian Polity & Constitution, Science & Technology, Physics Economy & Finance, Geography, History, Chemistry Biology and Static GK. Reasoning: Logical Venn diagram, Missing Number, Paper-cutting & folding, Embedded figures, Figure Formation & Analysis, Series, Alphabet Test, Analogy, Arithmetic Reasoning, Blood Relation, Classification, Coding decoding, Distance direction test, Matrix, Cube & Dice, Mirror Image, Water Image, Pattern Completion, Counting of figures. Quantitative Aptitude Speed, Distance & Time, Profit loss, Discount, Ratio Proportion, Average, Boat & Stream, CI & SI, LCM & HCF, Mixture & Allegation, Partnership, Percentages, Complementary angles, Pipes & Cistern, Problem on Ages, Time & Work, Mensuration Data Interpretation, Standard Trigonometry Identities, Heights and Distances (Basic), Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar diagram & Pie chart. General English . Synonyms & Antonyms, Spotting Error, Para Jumble, Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test Sentence Improvement, fill in the blanks, Idiom & Phrase, One-word Substitution, Active & Passive Voice, and Preposition. For more details, you may visit the Shiksha Intelligence Bureau exam page. (https://www.shiksha.com/exams/ib-acio-exam-syllabus). I hope this will help you.

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