IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 OUT: Exam Review, Good Attempts & Expected Cut off

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk Exam 2025 ( IBPS Clerk )

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Anangsha Patra
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Updated on Nov 29, 2025 11:36 IST
IBPS Clerk mains exam analysis is provided on this page after the exam is conducted. This help candidates to know the difficulty level, good attempts, and section-wise analysis. Total 200 marks are allotted to the test. Read here IBPS Clerk exam analysis including good attempts, expected cut off, etc.

IBPS Clerk mains exam analysis is provided on this page after the exam is conducted. This help candidates to know the difficulty level, good attempts, and section-wise analysis. 

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) was conducted on November 29. The exam was conducted in single shift. IBPS Clerk mains exam analysis is provided on this page. Last year, the overall difficulty level of IBPS Clerk exam was moderate. This help candidates to know the difficulty level, good attempts, and section-wise analysis. Read below for more details on IBPS Clerk mains exam analysis.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025

The section-wise exam analysis is given below.

Sections

Difficulty 

General Intelligence & Reasoning 

Moderate

English Language

Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

Moderate

General/ Financial Awareness

Easy to Moderate

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   How is IBPS Clerk cut off calculated?
A: 

IBPS Clerk cut off for the prelims exam is calculated out of 100. The Mains exam cut off is calculated after normalising the marks out of 100. The cut off is applied on overall/state-wise cutoff marks and sectional cut off. 

Q:   What are the factors that influence calculation of IBPS Clerk cut off marks?
A: 

IBPS Clerk cut off is calculated based on factors such as difficulty level of exam number of vacancies, number of candidates who appeared for exam. Candidates are required to secure both sectional and overall cut off marks. Corrected scores obtained by each candidate in different sessions are normalized using equi-percentile method. Scores up to two decimal points are taken for purpose of calculations.

Q:   What was IBPS Clerk prelims cut off 2022 for General category?
A: 

IBPS Clerk cut off for the prelims exam are calculated out of 100 marks. Candidates qualifying the prelims exam are called for the mains exam. In 2022, IBPS Clerk cut off for Andhra Pradesh was 76.5 while the cut off for Assam was 80.75. IBPS Clerk cut off for Bihar was 87.75. The cut off for Chhattisgarh was 81.25. IBPS Clerk cut off for Delhi was 84.50. The cut off for Gujarat was 81. IBPS Clerk prelims cut off for Himachal Pradesh was 86.50. IBPS Clerk cut off for Haryana was 85.5. The cut off for Jharkhand was 84.75. IBPS Clerk cut off for Kerala was 85.5. IBPS Clerk cut off for Madhya Pradesh was 85. The cut off for Maharashtra was 75.5. The cut off for Odisha was 87.50. The cut off for Punjab was 83.25. IBPS Clerk cut off for Rajasthan was 86.25. The cut off for Karnataka was 74.75. IBPS Clerk cut off for Uttar Pradesh was 84. The cut off for Uttarakhand was 89.50. The cut off for  West Bengal was 86. The cut off for Tamil Nadu was 78.

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IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern

IBPS Clerk mains exam comprises four sections. A total of 190 questions are asked in the exam. Total 200 marks allotted to the test. IBPS Clerk exam pattern is given below.

S.No. Name of Tests No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration

1

Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

40

60

35 minutes

2

English Language

40

40

35 minutes

3

Quantitative Aptitude

35

50

30 minutes

4

General/ Financial Awareness

40

50

20 minutes

Total

190

200

120 minutes

IBPS Clerk Topic-Wise Distribution of Questions

The topic-wise distribution of questions in IBPS Clerk is given below.

Reasoning

Topics

Weightage

Puzzles

15

Syllogism

3

Logical Reasoning

9

Machine Input Output

5

Coded Directions

3

Data Sufficiency

4

Coded Blood Relations

5

Resultant Based Questions

5

Miscellaneous

3

 English Language

Topic Weightage

Reading Comprehension

13

Cloze Test

6

Error Detection

5

Sentence Rearrangement

3

Idioms and phrases

3

Para Jumble

2

 Quantitative Aptitude

Topic Weightage

Data Interpretation

21

Arithmetic 

8

Quadratic Equation

6

Data Sufficiency

3

Simplification/Approximation

6

Series Based

6

 

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The IBPS Clerk exam analysis helps candidates to know he difficulty level of the exam. It also help them to identify the expected cut off. Candidates appearing in the upcoming shifts can also plan their strategies. 

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The candidates should note that the topics stated in the syllabus are common to many exams. The candidates find the arithematic topics the difficult to solve during the examination.

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