IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 & Student Reaction: Check Overall & Section-Wise Difficulty
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer Exam 2025 ( IBPS PO )
IBPS is conducting IBPS PO prelims exam for all the registered candidates. The overall difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate. Read here IBPS PO prelims exam analysis 2022 & student reaction.
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2022
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is conducting the IBPS PO 2022 prelims exam to fill up a total of 6932 vacancies. According to the students, the overall paper was easy to moderate. The Quantitative Aptitude section was easy to moderate. The Reasoning section was easy to moderate. The English section was easy to moderate. An attempt of 64-70 questions is what is considered as good.
IBPS PO prelims exam is qualifying in nature. Candidates qualifying this paper are eligible to appear for the mains exam. The marks secured in this paper are not considered for the final merit list. To qualify the paper, candidates need to secure both sectional and overall IBPS PO cutoff marks
In this article, we have provided IBPS PO prelims exam analysis 2022 and student reaction. Read this article to know the section-wise difficulty, overall difficulty, number of good attempts, student reaction and many more.
Also Read: IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2022 Live
- IBPS PO Prelims Exam Pattern
- IBPS PO Syllabus 2022
- IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 & Student Reaction
- IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 Video
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Pattern
According to the IBPS PO exam pattern, the prelims exam comprises three sections-Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning and English. The test carries a total of 100 questions and 100 marks. The duration of the IBPS PO exam is one hour with sectional timings. Candidates qualifying the prelims exam will be called for the mains exam. The structure of the prelims exam is given below.
| Sections | Total questions | Total marks | Duration (In minutes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Language |
30 |
30 |
20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude |
35 |
35 |
20 |
| Reasoning Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 |
| Total |
100 |
100 |
60 |
IBPS PO Syllabus 2022
IBPS PO syllabus comprises the topics of graduation level. IBPS PO syllabus is given below:
Reasoning: Logical Reasoning, Alphanumeric Series, Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test, Data Sufficiency, Coded Inequalities, Seating Arrangement, Puzzle, Syllogism, Input-Output, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relation.
Quantitative Aptitude: Simplification, Profit & Loss, Mixtures & Alligations, Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices, Work & Time, Time & Distance, Mensuration-Cylinder, Cone, Sphere, Data Interpretation, Ratio & Proportion, Percentage, Number Systems, Sequence & Series and Permutation, Combination & Probability.
English Language: Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Para jumbles, Spotting Error, Fill in the blanks, etc.
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 & Student Reaction
Shiksha reported live from one of the IBPS PO prelims exam centre in Noida. Check below the feedback shared by the students regarding the overall difficulty level of the exam.
Rahul said, “The overall difficulty level of the paper was easy. In English, there were fewer questions from the vocabulary. IBPS PO cut off is expected to go high since the paper was easy.”
Gopal said, "The paper was moderate. I attempted around 58 questions. One needs to practice a lot of mocks to crack the exam. All the topics given in the IBPS PO syllabus were covered in the exam."
Ranvijay said, "The paper was moderate. In Quant, questions were asked from DI. In Reasoning, questions were asked from Puzzles and Syllogism. There was no change in the exam pattern."
Deep said, "The paper was moderate. In Reasoning, questions were asked from Puzzles, In Quant, questions were asked from DI, Quadratic Equation, Simplification, etc. In English, questions were asked from RC, Synonyms & Antonyms, etc."
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 Video
Candidates can check below IBPS PO prelims exam analysis 2022 video.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a month ago
Yes, the IBPS had released the IBPS PO main admit card 2025 on October 1. The candidates can download their admit card to know their exam centre, exam date and shift timing.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 months ago
The IBPS PO cutoff is the minimum qualifying mark for the exam, and it varies as per the categories. It matters because of the difficulty level of the exam, number of candidates, overall performance, and so on. The expected IBPS PO Prelims exam cutoff is given below:
| Category | Cut-Off Marks |
|---|---|
GEN | 46-48 |
EWS | 46-48 |
SC | 45-47. |
ST | 37-40 |
OBC-NCL | 46-48 |
EWS | 48.50 |
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Contributor-Level 6