Bank Exams: 10 Best Bank Exams To Gear Up For In 2025

Bank Exams: 10 Best Bank Exams To Gear Up For In 2025

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Anangsha Patra
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Updated on Jul 17, 2025 14:37 IST

Bank Exam Calendar 2025: As the academic year 2025 started, many job seekers are eyeing for a job in the banking sector. To secure a position in this field, candidates need to appear for a series of bank exams conducted by various banks & testing agencies. The best bank exams are IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS RRB, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, etc. Scroll down to check the 10 top bank exams to appear for in 2025.

10 Best Bank Exams in India

10 Best Bank Exams in India

Banking Exams 2025: Every year, a large number of students apply for various bank jobs. However, it is not easy to get a job in the banking sector due to high competition. Bank jobs are open to people with any educational qualification. To be eligible for various bank jobs, candidates must have a graduation degree, basic knowledge of computer, aptitude, etc. Bank jobs are also popular among the youths because they provide a stable career growth, attractive salary, perks and allowances, job security, etc. To get a job in the public sector banks in India, candidates need to appear for various bank exams conducted by different banks and testing agencies.

Bank jobs that candidates can appear for in 2025 are SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS RRB, RBI Grade B, RBI Assistant, and NABARD Grade A. The positions offered to candidates are of Probationary Officers, Specialist Officers, Clerical cadre, and many more.

To prepare for various bank exams, candidates need to go through the bank exam syllabus. Candidates must also attempt mock tests and solve previous years' question papers to improve their speed and accuracy of solving questions. The selection process of various bank exams comprises prelims exam, mains exam and interview. However. the selection process varies post-wise. Read below for more details on various banking exams 2025.

Table of content
  • Bank Calendar 2025
  • Upcoming Banking Exams 2025
  • Best Bank Exams In India
  • Banking Exams in India
  • Banking Exam After Graduation
  • Will There be Banking Exams in 2025?
  • Which Bank Exam Has Highest Salary?
  • Which Bank exam is Best and Easy?
  • What is SBI Clerk Salary?
  • How Can I Prepare for Bank Exams 2025?
  • Top Bank Exams in India
  • Best 10 bank exams in 2025
  • Bank Exam Syllabus
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Bank Calendar 2025

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) revised IBPS Calendar 2025. The prelims exam of IBPS RRB PO will be conducted on November 22 and 23, 2025. The preliminary exam of IBPS RRB 2025 for Office Assistant will be conducted on December 5, 7, 13 and 14, 2025.  The mains exam for IBPS RRB PO 2025 will be conducted on December 28, 2025. The mains exam for IBPS RRB Clerk will be conducted on February 1, 2025. The single online exam will be conducted on December 28, 2025. 

The prelims exam for IBPS Clerk (Customer Service Associates) will be conducted on October 4, 5 and 11, 2025. The mains exam for this post will be conducted on November 29, 2025.

IBPS PO application form and notification was released on June 30, 2025. The last date to fill the application form is July 21, 2025. The prelims exam of IBPS PO will be conducted on August 17, 23 and 24, 2025. The mains exam will be conducted on October 12, 2025.  SBI PO 2025 application form was available from June 24 to July 14, 2025. 

SBI Clerk 2025 notification will be released soon. IBPS SO notification 2025 is available now. The application form could be submitted till July 21, 2025. 

Upcoming Banking Exams 2025

The table below provides the list of upcoming banking exams 2025.

Exam Exam Dates

SBI Clerk

Prelims-To be notified

Mains-To be notified

IBPS RRB

Officers Scale 1 prelims

November 22 and 23, 2025

Office Assistant Prelims

December 6, 7, 13 and 14, 2025

Single Online Exam:

December 28, 2025

Mains Exam Officers Scale 1

December 28, 2025

Mains Exam Office Assistant

February 1, 2025

IBPS Clerk 

Preliminary exam:

October 4, 5 and 11, 2025

Mains exam:

November 29, 2025

IBPS PO 

Prelims:

August 17, 23, and 24, 2025

Mains:

October 12, 2025

RBI Assistant

Prelims:

To be notified

Mains:

To be notified

RBI Grade B

Preliminary exam: To be notified

Mains exam: To be notified

SBI PO 

Preliminary exam: July /August 2025

Mains exam:  September 2025

IBPS SO

Prelims Exam:

August 30, 2025

Mains Exam:

November 9, 2025

Best Bank Exams In India

Bank exams are one of the desired exams for graduates willing to make their career in the banking sector of the country. Every year, multiple banks release vacancies for the post of Bank PO, Bank Clerk, Bank SO, etc. Bank jobs comprise multiple stages of exam for the selection process. Bank jobs offer handsome salaries, job security, perks, and allowances (DA, HRA, Medical, Travelling, etc.). Due to all these benefits, a large number of candidates apply for bank jobs. To ace the best bank exams in India, candidates must prepare well with dedication and hard work.

Banking Exams in India 

Every year lakhs of candidates appear for different banking exams, depending on the number of vacancies. Nowadays, candidates are aspiring for a career in the banking industry. Candidates need to prepare well to make it to the final list of shortlisted candidates. The banking industry offers very good career prospects to candidates who wish to make their career in this field. Through different banking exams in India, lakhs of candidates are recruited to various posts, such as Probationary Officer (PO), Clerk, and Specialist Officer (SO) in different regional and public sector banks. The difficulty level of various bank exams depends on the number of posts. Selection to the various banks in PO/SO posts is usually done based on prelims, mains, and interview. For clerical-level posts, the selection is done based on prelims and mains exams. 

Banking Exam After Graduation

Aspirants can apply for banking exams after graduation. There are no bank exam after Class 10. To be eligible for various banking exam, candidates need to complete Graduation in any discipline from a recognised university. Some banks also decide on qualifying percentages in graduation to select candidates for various roles.

Will There be Banking Exams in 2025?

There will be bank exams 2025 such as IBPS RRB, IBPS Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS SO, SBI Clerk, SBI PO, RBI Assistant, RBI Grade B. Candidates can prepare for these banking exams 2025 by following a proper strategy such as formulating study plan, priotising the important topics, solving mock tests and many more.

Which Bank Exam Has Highest Salary?

The salary which is offered by the State Bank Of India is the highest salary among all the public banks in India. SBI PO salary is INR 27,620 (with four advance increments). The pay scale for Junior Management Grade Scale I is INR 23,700-980/7-30560-1145/2-32850-1310/7- 42020.

Which Bank exam is Best and Easy?

Amongst all the banking exams the easiest to crack is IBPS RRB-Regional Rural Bank examinations. IBPS RRB is conducted for the recruitment of Officers Scale I, II and III and Office Assistant (Multipurpose).

What is SBI Clerk Salary?

SBI Clerk salary is revised by SBI. The initial pay of SBI Clerk is INR 19,900 (INR 17,900 plus two advance increments admissible to graduates). As per SBI Clerk salary, the pay scale is INR 17900-1000/3-20900-1230/3-24590-1490/4-30550-1730/7-42600-3270/1-45930-1990/1-47920. 

How Can I Prepare for Bank Exams 2025?

The exam pattern for almost all the bank exams is more or less the same. However, the difficulty level of these exams varies. To prepare for the various banking exams, candidates must understand the syllabus and exam pattern. They should practice different mock tests. Mock tests give candidates a real-time experience of a bank exams. Candidates must also go through the previous years' cutoff banks of various bank exams. This will help them to devise a preparation strategy for the bank exam. Candidates must solve the previous years' question papers to know the types of questions asked in the banking exams and difficulty level. 

Top Bank Exams in India

SBI, IBPS and RBI are the recruitment bodies that conduct various banking exams. Listed below are 10 bank exams that candidates can gear up for in 2025.

SBI PO

SBI SO

SBI Clerk

IBPS Clerk

IBPS PO

IBPS SO

IBPS RRB

RBI Grade B

RBI Assistant

NABARD

Best 10 bank exams in 2025

The best 10 banking exams in 2025 that aspirants can apply for are explained below in detail:

SBI PO

Vacancies for this recruitment are released every year. Candidates are recruited to the post of Probationary Officer (PO). The exam is conducted in three phases: Preliminary, Mains and Interview. The job profile is a general banking or banking administration role. The starting basic pay has been revised to INR 48,480 (Plus four advance increments). SBI PO payscale is INR48480-2000/7-62480-2340/2-67160-2680/7-85920 which is applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale-I. Besides, candidates are also entitled to DA, HRA, CCA, Medical, and Other allowances.

To get updates on SBI PO exam, check the links below:

SBI PO dates

SBI PO application form

SBI PO salary

SBI PO notification

SBI PO recruitment

SBI PO Exam Pattern

SBI PO syllabus

SBI PO admit card

SBI PO preparation

SBI PO books

SBI PO vacancies

SBI PO result

SBI PO cut off

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SBI Clerk

SBI Clerk recruitment is conducted to select candidates for to post of Junior Associates (Customer Support of Sales). The exam is conducted in two phases: Prelims and Mains. The job profile involves direct data entry and direct interaction with the customers. 

Click the links below for related articles of SBI Clerk

SBI Clerk dates

SBI Clerk application form

SBI Clerk salary

SBI Clerk notification

SBI Clerk recruitment

SBI Clerk Exam Pattern

SBI Clerk syllabus

SBI Clerk admit card

SBI Clerk preparation

SBI Clerk books

SBI Clerk vacancies

SBI Clerk result

SBI Clerk cut off

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IBPS PO

The Institute of Banking Personal Selection conducts IBPS PO exam for recruitment to Probationary Officer/Management Trainee. The selection process includes prelims, mains and interview. The IBPS PO job profile is general banking, bank administration, supervision of the clerical works, and working for increasing the bank business level.

Read different articles related to the exam by clicking the below links:

IBPS PO dates

IBPS PO application form  

IBPS PO salary

IBPS PO notification

IBPS PO recruitment

IBPS PO exam pattern

IBPS PO syllabus

IBPS PO admit card

IBPS PO preparation

IBPS PO books

IBPS PO vacancies

IBPS PO result

IBPS PO cut off

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IBPS RRB

IBPS RRB is conducted to select candidates for various Group A and B posts such as Officers Scale I, II, III, and Office Assistant (Multipurpose). Candidates for the post of Office Assistant are conducted based on prelims and mains exam. For Officers Scale I, candidates are selected based on prelims, mains, and interview. Candidates to the post of Officers Scale II and III are selected based on single online exam and interview.

Read more about IBPS RRB recruitment by clicking the links below:

IBPS RRB application form  

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IBPS RRB salary

IBPS RRB notification

IBPS RRB recruitment

IBPS RRB exam pattern

IBPS RRB syllabus

IBPS RRB admit card

IBPS RRB preparation

IBPS RRB books

IBPS RRB vacancies

IBPS RRB result

IBPS RRB cut off

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IBPS Clerk

Recruitment to IBPS Clerk is done to clerical cadre posts. Candidates are selected based on the prelims exam and interview. The job profile includes a direct data entry job and direct interaction with the bank customers. The basic pay of Clerks is INR 11,765.

Click the links below for more updates:

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IBPS Clerk application form  

IBPS Clerk salary

IBPS Clerk exam pattern

IBPS Clerk recruitment

IBPS Clerk admit card

IBPS Clerk syllabus

IBPS Clerk books

IBPS Clerk preparation

IBPS Clerk result

IBPS Clerk vacancies

IBPS Clerk cut off

IBPS SO

IBPS SO is conducted for selection to the post of  Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, IT Officer, Law Officer, and Rajbhasha Adhikari. The starting basic IBPS SO salary is INR 23,700.

Click the links below for more updates:

IBPS SO dates

IBPS SO application form  

IBPS SO salary

IBPS SO exam pattern

IBPS SO recruitment

IBPS SO admit card

IBPS SO syllabus

IBPS SO books

IBPS SO preparation

IBPS SO result

IBPS SO vacancies

IBPS SO cut off

NABARD

NABARD conducts recruitment to Grade A, B and Group C. Grade A is conducted for Group A post is conducted for Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS), Protocol & Security Service (P&SS), Rajbhasha and Legal. Grade B is done for a Development Assistant. Group C recruitment is done for Office Attendant.

Click the links below to read more on NABARD recruitment.

NABARD dates

NABARD application form

NABARD result

NABARD exam pattern

NABARD syllabus

NABARD vacancies

NABARD admit card

NABARD salary

RBI Grade B 

RBI Grade B exam is conducted for the direct recruitment of Grade B Officers in Combined Seniority Group (CSG) streams. Recruitment is done for Officers in Grade B (General), Officers in Grade B (Department of Economic and Policy Research), and Officers in Grade B (Department of Statistics and Information Management). The basic RBI Grade B salary is INR 55,200 per month. Click the links below to read more on RBI Grade B exam:

RBI Grade B Notification RBI Grade B Dates
RBI Grade B Exam Pattern RBI Grade B Syllabus
RBI Grade B Admit Card RBI Grade B Preparation Tips
RBI Grade B Books RBI Grade B Salary
RBI Grade B Vacancies -

Bank Exam Syllabus

The subjects included in the bank exam syllabus are almost the same across all banking exams. However, the difficulty level of the banking exam varies as per the posts. Candidates can check below bank exam syllabus.

English Language: Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Fillers, Spotting Errors, Sentence Improvement, Fill in the Blanks, etc.

Numerical Ability: Number Series, Simplification/ Approximation, Quadratic Equations, Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency, etc.

Reasoning Ability: Puzzle and Arrangements, Inequality, Syllogism, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Direction sense and Order and Ranking, etc.

Computer Aptitude: History and Generation of Computers, Introduction to Computer Organisation, Computer Hardware and I/O Devices, Computer Languages, Basics of DBMS, Operating System, Internet, Computer Network & Security, Computer Memory, Computer Software, etc.

Q:   Can I crack SBI Clerk in 2 months?
Q:   What is the difficulty level of SBI Clerk exam?

General Knowledge: Banking and Insurance Awareness, Financial Awareness, Current Affairs, Govt. Schemes and Policies, Static Awareness, etc.

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