IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2025: Check Prelims & Mains Exam Analysis
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Common Written Examination Regional Rural Banks 2025 ( IBPS RRB )
Exam On - 22 Nov '25 - 23 Nov '25
IBPS RRB Exam Analysis 2025 is provided separately for prelims and mains exams. Usually, the difficulty level of prelims and mains exams remain moderate. The difficulty level of the Reasoning section is usually moderate, English Language/Hindi Language is easy to moderate, Numerical Ability is moderate, Computer Knowledge section is easy and General Awareness section is moderate. According to IBPS RRB shift timings, the prelims exam is conducted in four shifts and mains exam is conducted in two shifts.
Going through IBPS RRB exam analysis 2025, candidates can understand the sectional and overall difficulty level of the exam. Besides, it also helps candidates to know the topic-wise distribution of questions in IBPS RRB exam, important topics, number of good attempts, etc. The exam analysis also provides the IBPS RRB cut off based on the difficulty level of the exam. Knowing the cut off, candidates can learn their chances of selection for the next round. Read this article below for more details on IBPS RRB exam analysis 2025.
- Previous Year's IBPS RRB Exam Analysis
- IBPS RRB Exam Pattern 2025
- IBPS RRB Exam Analysis 2025 FAQs
Previous Year's IBPS RRB Exam Analysis
Candidates can check below the previous year's IBPS RRB exam analysis:
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2024
The shift-wise IBPS RRB PO exam analysis is given below.
IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2024 4th August Shift 1
| Sections | Difficulty Level |
|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability | Easy to Moderate |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate |
| Overall | Moderate |
IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2024 Shift 4 Aug 3
| Sections | Difficulty Level |
|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability | Moderate |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate |
| Overall | Moderate |
IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2024 Shift 3 Aug 3
| Sections | Difficulty Level |
|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability | Easy |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | Easy to Moderate |
IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2024 Shift 2 Aug 3
| Sections | Difficulty Level |
|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability | Easy to Moderate |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Moderate |
| Overall | Moderate |
IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2024 Shift 1 August 3
The overall difficulty level of IBPS RRB PO 2024 prelims exam was easy to moderate. An attempt of 58-62 is considered as good. The overall and section-wise difficulty level of the exam is given below.
IBPS RRB PO Overall Difficulty Level
| Sections | Difficulty Level | Number of Good Attempts |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | Moderate | 32-35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Easy | 25-27 |
| Overall | Easy to Moderate | 55-62 |
IBPS RRB PO Exam Analysis 2024: Section-Wise
Reasoning Ability
The Reasoning section was of Moderate level. Candidates were asked questions from puzzles, seating arrangements, syllogisms, and coding-decoding. The following types of puzzle questions were asked in the exam.
- Linear Seating Arrangement + Variable (7 persons)- 5 questions
- Parallel Row SA (14 persons)- 5 questions
- Comparison Puzzle (Height based, 7 persons)- 2 questions
- Floor + Flat Based Puzzle (5X2)- 5 questions
- Month Based puzzle (9 months Non-Consecutive)- 5 questions
The distribution of questions is given below.
| Topics | Number of Questions |
|---|---|
| Inequality (Double Comma Based) | 3 |
| Syllogism | 3 |
| Chinese Coding Decoding | 5 |
| Blood Relation | 3 |
| Pair Formation Number Based | 1 |
| Odd One Out | 1 |
| Meaningful Word | 1 |
| Number Based (7 Digits) | 1 |
| Linear Seating Arrangement (North Facing- 7 Persons) | 5 |
| Parallel Row Seating Arrangement (14 Persons) | 5 |
| Comparison-Based Puzzle (Height Based- 7 Persons) | 2 |
| Floor & Flat Based Puzzle (5 Floors & 2 Flats) | 5 |
| Month Bassed Puzzle (9 Months) | 5 |
Quantitative Aptitude
A total of 40 questions were asked from Data Interpretation, Wrong Number Series, Quadratic Equation, and Arithmetic Word Problems (Ratio, Ages, SI & CI, Profit and Loss, Partnership etc.). The distribution of questions is given below.
| Topics | No. of Questions |
|---|---|
| Approximation | 6-7 |
| Missing Number Series | 5-6 |
| Tabular Data Interpretation | 6 |
| Double Pie Chart Data Interpretation (Swiggy & Zomato) | 5 |
| Caselet DI (A, B, C- Boys and Girls) | 3 |
| Arithmetic | 14 |
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IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2024
The overall and section-wise difficulty levels of IBPS RRB Clerk exam are given below.
Overall Difficulty
| Sections | Difficulty Level | Good Attempts |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability | Moderate | 32-35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Easy to Moderate | 30-33 |
Section-Wise Difficulty
The distribution of questions in both the sections are given below.
Quantitative Aptitude
| Topics | No. of Questions |
|---|---|
| Simplification | 15 |
| Missing Number Series | 5 |
| Arithmetic | 10 |
| Table DI (Related to Cake, Cookies, and Candies) | 5 |
| Bar Graph DI | 5 |
| Topics | No. of Questions |
|---|---|
| Month & Date Puzzle(3 Months + 2 Dates) | 5 |
| Sequence Based Puzzle (Sunday to Saturday, 7 Persons) | 5 |
| Comparison-Based Puzzle (No. of Chocolates, 6 Persons) | 3 |
| Floor Based Puzzle | 5 |
| Inequality | 3 |
| Syllogism | 3 |
| Chinese Coding | 3 |
| Distance & Direction | 3 |
| Letter Series | 4 |
| Word Series | 3 |
| Meaningful Word(Word-FAILURE) | 1 |
| Pair Formation(Word-REBUILT) | 1 |
| Word Based (Vowel-1/Consonant+1) | 1 |
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IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Analysis 2024
IBPS RRB PO mains exam was moderate in terms of difficulty level. The good attempts ranges between 95 to 106.
| Sections | No. of Questions | Good Attempts | Difficulty Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning |
40 |
27-30 |
Easy to Moderate |
| General Awareness |
40 |
17-19 |
Moderate |
| Numerical Ability |
40 |
15-17 |
Moderate |
| English/Hindi Language |
40 |
18-20 |
Easy to Moderate |
| Computer Knowledge |
40 |
18-20 |
Easy |
| Overall Attempts |
200 |
95-106 |
Moderate |
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2024
The overall difficulty level of IBPS RRB Clerk exam is given below.
| Section | Difficulty Level |
|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability |
Moderate |
| Numerical Ability |
Moderate |
| General Awareness |
Moderate |
| English/Hindi Language* |
Easy to Moderate |
| Computer Knowledge |
Easy |
| Total |
Moderate |
Commonly asked questions
IBPS RRB Exam Pattern 2025
IBPS RRB Clerk exam pattern is such that it is divided into prelims and mains exams. IBPS RRB PO exam pattern is such that it is divided into prelims exam, mains exam and interview. The total marks allotted to the prelims exam of IBPS Clerk are 80. The total marks allotted to the mains exam are 200. The duration of the prelims exam is 45 minutes. The duration of the mains exam is two hours. The interview is conducted for the post of Officers Scale 1, 2, 3 and carries 100 marks. The structure of IBPS RRB exam pattern is given below.
Prelims Exam
| Section | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability | 40 | 40 | 45 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 80 | 80 |
Mains Exam
| Section | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability | 40 | 50 | 2 hours |
| Numerical Ability | 40 | 50 | |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | |
| English/Hindi Language* | 40 | 40 | |
| Computer Knowledge | 40 | 20 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
Commonly asked questions
IBPS RRB Exam Analysis 2025 FAQs
Candidates can check below IBPS RRB exam analysis 2025 FAQs.
Commonly asked questions
IBPS RRB Exam
Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 4 weeks ago
The highest salary in IBPS RRB is offered to Officers Scale III. The salary for this post ranges between INR 80,000 to 90,000. The next the highest salary is provided to Officers Scale 1. The range for this post is between INR 65,000 to 67,000. IBPS RRB PO salary ranges between INR 75,000 to 77,000.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a month ago
The details related to IBPS RRB exam centre are mentioned in the admit card. Candidates are required to reach the exam centre on time. Candidates reaching the exam centre late are not allowed to appear for the exam.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a month ago
IBPS RRB exam centres 2025 were released on September 1 along with the notification. Candidates are required to select one exam centre each for prelims and Mains exam while filling the application form. IBPS RRB prelims exam is conducted at 170 cities, while the Mains exam will be conducted at more
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a month ago
IBPS RRB Clerk participating banks are given below.
STATE | Bank |
ANDHRA PRADESH | ANDHRA PRAGATHI GRAMEENA BANK |
CHAITANYA GODAVARI GRAMEENA BANK | |
SAPTAGIRI GRAMEENA BANK | |
ARUNACHAL PRADESH | ARUNACHAL PRADESH RURAL BANK |
ASSAM | ASSAM GRAMIN VIKASH BANK |
BIHAR | DAKSHIN BIHAR GRAMIN BANK |
UTTAR BIHAR GRAMIN BANK | |
CHHATTISGARH | CHHATTISGARH RAJYA GRAMIN BANK |
GUJARAT | BARODA GUJARAT GRAMIN BANK |
SAURASHTRA GRAMIN BANK | |
HARYANA | SARVA HARYANA GRAMIN BANK |
HIMACHAL PRADESH | HIMACHAL PRADESH GRAMIN BANK |
JAMMU & KASHMIR | ELLAQUAI DEHATI BANK |
J & K GRAMEEN BANK | |
JHARKHAND | JHARKHAND RAJYA GRAMIN BANK |
KARNATAKA | KARNATAKA GRAMIN BANK |
KARNATAKA VIKAS GRAMEENA BANK | |
KERALA | KERALA GRAMIN BANK |
MADHYA PRADESH | MADHYA PRADESH GRAMIN BANK |
MADHYANCHAL GRAMIN BANK | |
MAHARASHTRA | MAHARASHTRA GRAMIN BANK |
VIDHARBHA KONKAN GRAMIN BANK | |
MANIPUR | MANIPUR RURAL BANK |
MEGHALAYA | MEGHALAYA RURAL BANK |
MIZORAM | MIZORAM RURAL BANK |
NAGALAND | NAGALAND RURAL BANK |
ODISHA | ODISHA GRAMYA BANK |
UTKAL GRAMEEN BANK | |
PUDUCHERRY | PUDUVAI BHARATHIAR GRAMA BANK |
PUNJAB | PUNJAB GRAMIN BANK |
RAJASTHAN | BARODA RAJASTHAN KSHETRIYA GRAMIN BANK |
RAJASTHAN MARUDHARA GRAMIN BANK | |
TAMIL NADU | TAMIL NADU GRAMA BANK |
TELANGANA | ANDHRA PRADESH GRAMEENA VIKAS BANK |
TELANGANA GRAMEENA BANK | |
TRIPURA | TRIPURA GRAMIN BANK |
UTTAR PRADESH | ARYAVART BANK |
BARODA UP BANK | |
PRATHAMA UP GRAMIN BANK | |
UTTARAKHAND | UTTARAKHAND GRAMIN BANK |
WEST BENGAL | BANGIYA GRAMIN VIKASH BANK |
PASCHIM BANGA GRAMIN BANK | |
UTTARBANGA KSHETRIYA GRAMIN BANK |
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a month ago
IBPR RRB PO 2025 vacancies are given below.
Category | Vacancies |
General | 1476 |
SC | 520 |
ST | 243 |
OBC | 969 |
EWS | 343 |
Total | 3583 |
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a month ago
IBPS RRB Clerk vacancies are given below.
State | Bank | SC | ST | OBC (NCL) | EWS | GENERAL | TOTAL |
Andhra Pradesh | Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank | 16 | 7 | 27 | 10 | 40 | 100 |
Andhra Pradesh | Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank | 8 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 50 |
Arunachal Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
Assam | Assam Gramin Vikash Bank | 47 | 12 | 50 | 22 | 93 | 224 |
Bihar | Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank | 35 | 18 | 63 | 23 | 95 | 234 |
Chhattisgarh | Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank | 43 | 79 | 0 | 32 | 154 | 308 |
Gujarat | Saurashtra Gramin Bank | 23 | 11 | 41 | 23 | 52 | 150 |
Haryana | Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank | 34 | 0 | 49 | 18 | 81 | 182 |
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a month ago
A total of 13217 vacancies were announced for IBPS RRB 2025 exam. The vacancy break-up is given below.
| Posts | Vacancies |
|---|---|
| Office Assistants (Multipurpose) | 7972 |
| Officer Scale I (PO) | 3907 |
| Officer Scale-II (Agriculture Officer) | 50 |
| Officer Scale-II (Law) | 48 |
| Officer Scale-II (CA) | 69 |
| Officer Scale-II (IT) | 87 |
| Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer) | 854 |
| Officer Scale-II (Marketing Officer) | 15 |
| Officer Scale-II (Treasury Manager) | 16 |
| Officer Scale III | 199 |
| Total Vacancies | 13217 |
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 months ago
Candidates can check their registered email ID or SMS where the examination authority has sent the registration details during the application process. Candidates can also use the 'Forgot Password' option on the login page.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 months ago
Yes, separate IBPS RRB admit cards are issued for prelims and Mains exams. The prelims admit card is released for all the registered candidates. The Mains admit card is released for candidates who qualifies the prelims exam.
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Contributor-Level 7
Upcoming Sarkari Exam Dates
Bihar STET Notification 2025 19 Sep '25 - 31 Oct '25
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