IBPS PO Mains Exam Analysis 2025 LIVE Updates: Check Section-wise Difficulty, Good Attempts & Review
The IBPS PO 2025 Mains exam will be conducted online on October 12 at various centres across the country. Candidates can check below the detailed exam analysis live updates including the difficulty level, good attempts, questions and answers, topics asked based on the students' reactions, etc.
IBPS PO 2025 Mains Exam Analysis
IBPS PO 2025 Exam Analysis LIVE: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will conduct the IBPS PO 2025 Mains exam on October 12. The admit was already released. The exam start at 9 AM and will conclude at 12:10 AM. Candidates should report the exam centre atleast one hour before the start of an exam. The total duration of the exam is three hour ten minutes. Candidates who have cleared the preliminary exam will be able to appear for the Mains exam. In the Mains exam, 145 objective questions will be asked for 200 marks and an additional Descriptive Paper worth 25 marks will be asked, making the total 225 marks. Each section is separately timed which is demanding better time management from the candidates.The mains exam consists of both objective and descriptive type tests. The objective test is divided into four sections-Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness, English Language, and Data Analysis & Interpretation. Scroll down for the latest live updates about the IBPS PO 2025 Mains exam analysis including the difficulty level, good attempts, questions and answers, topics asked based on the students' reactions, etc.
IBPS PO 2025 Mains Exam Analysis SOON!
After the completion of an exam, we will provide the details Mains exam analysis based on the students' review, questions and answers and more.
IBPS PO 2025 Mains Exam Day Guidelines
Candidates can check below the exam day guidelines for IBPS PO Main exam 2025:
- Mobile phones, smart watches, Bluetooth devices, pagers, calculators, electronic gadgets are not allowed
- Sit at assigned seat before the exam starts
- Follow all security checks, biometric verification, document verification, and attendance procedures
- There will be a handwriting sample/signature collection before IBPS PO main exam starts, if required
- Do not leave exam hall before conclusion of paper
- Listen to invigilator guidelines
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IBPS PO 2025 Mains Exam Live Updates
- 4:56 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
IBPS PO 2025 Mains exam analysis Soon: Live Updates
The authority will conduct the IBPS PO 2025 Mains exam on October 12 at various centres across the country. Here we will provied the exam analysis based on the students' feedback.
- 4:05 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
Key Points Related to IBPS PO Mains exam
- There will be sectional and overall IBPS PO cutoff marks in the mains exam
- Candidates with a higher score are called for the interview
- The marks of the mains exam are counted for the final merit list
- 3:23 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
What are the exam important exam day guidelines?
Candidates can check guidelines for IBPS PO Main exam 2025:
- Mobile phones, smart watches, Bluetooth devices, pagers, calculators, electronic gadgets are not allowed
- Follow all security checks, biometric verification, document verification, and attendance procedures
- Sit at assigned seat before the exam starts
- There will be a handwriting sample/signature collection before IBPS PO main exam starts, if required
- Do not leave exam hall before conclusion of paper
- Listen to invigilator guidelines
- 3:06 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
What is the IBPS PO 2025 Mains revised exam pattern?
Section name No. of
QuestionsAllotted Time Maximum
MarksMedium of
ExamEnglish Language
35
40 minutes
40
English
Data Analysis &
Interpretation35
45 minutes
50
English &
HindiReasoning
40
50 minutes
60
English &
HindiGeneral/ Economy/
Banking
Awareness /
Digital/ Financial
Awareness
including RBI
circulars35
35 minutes
50
English &
HindiTotal
145
160 minutes
200
Descriptive
Paper* (Essay and
Comprehension)2
30 minutes
25
English
- 2:41 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
What is the reporting time for IBPS PO 2025 Mains exam?
The IBPS PO Mains exam 2025 will be held in a single shift from 9 am to 12:10 pm. The reporting time is one hour before the exam start that is 8 am.
- In the Mains exam, 4 sections will be there namely Reasoning Ability, English Language and Data Analysis & Interpretation and General Awareness.
- The total time for IBPS PO 2025 Mains Objective Exam is 160 minutes and 30 minutes additional for descriptive test. Therefore, the total duration of the Mains exam is 190 minutes or 3 hours and 10 minutes.
- A penalty of 0.25 marks will be deducted for each incorrect answer in the objective test.
- In the Mains exam now, 145 objective questions will be asked for 200 marks and an additional Descriptive Paper worth 25 marks will be asked, making the total 225 marks.
- Each section is separately timed which is demanding better time management from the candidates.
- 2:14 AM IST• 12 Oct 2025
When is the IBPS PO Mains exam 2025?
The IBPS PO 2025 Mains exam is on October 12, 2025. Stay tuned for the detailed exam analysis.
Candidates can check below the IBPS PO 2025 Mains the latest exam pattern:
Revised Structure of Mains Exam (Objective and Descriptive)
| Section name | No. of Questions |
Allotted Time | Maximum Marks |
Medium of Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
English Language |
35 |
40 minutes |
40 |
English |
Data Analysis & |
35 |
45 minutes |
50 |
English & |
Reasoning |
40 |
50 minutes |
60 |
English & |
General/ Economy/ |
35 |
35 minutes |
50 |
English & |
Total |
145 |
160 minutes |
200 |
|
Descriptive |
2 |
30 minutes |
25 |
English |
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In the prelims exam of IBPS PO, the English section carries 30 marks whereas the Quant carieis 30 marks and Reasoning sections carries 40 marks. In the Mains exam of IBPS PO, the total marks allotted to the English section are 40 whereas the Data Interpretation and Analysis carries 50 marks, Reasoning section carries 60 marks each. The General Awareness section carries 50 marks.
Section-Wise Distribution of Marks in Prelims Exam
Sections
Total marks
English Language
30
Quantitative Aptitude
30
Reasoning Ability
40
Total
100
Section-Wise Distribution of Marks in Mains Exam
Section name
Total marks
English Language
40
Data Interpretation and Analysis
50
Reasoning
60
General Awareness
50
Total
200
English (Essay and Letter Writing)
25
Grand Total
225