IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2025

IBPS SO Exam Pattern: The IBPS SO Exam is held in online mode and the exam pattern is prepared by the official authorities of the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. According to the IBPS SO Exam pattern, the exam is conducted in 3 stages- Prelims, Mains and Interview. A candidate has to obtain qualifying marks in each stage in order to pass on to the next stage of the exam.

Significant facts of the IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern 2025:

• The IBPS SO Prelims Exam is conducted online and the duration of the exam is 2 hours.
• The total number of questions is 150 and the total marks are 125.
• There is negative marking and 0.25 marks are deducted for every wrong attempt. No marks will be deducted for unattempted questions.
• The IBPS SO Exam Pattern for Mains is different from Prelims and varies from one post to another.
• The Prelims exam has 3 sections and the Mains exam has 2 sections.
• The Exam is conducted in both Hindi and English.
• The questions are objective type with multiple choice answers.

Tabular Representation of the IBPS SO Prelims Exam:

IBPS SO Exam Pattern Mains 2025:

The IBPS SO Mains exam pattern differs from one post to another. Candidates who qualify the Prelims exam with the required marks will be selected to appear for the Mains exam.

Significant facts of the IBPS SO Mains Exam pattern:

• For IT officers and other posts there will be questions on professional knowledge.
• The total number of questions are 60 and the total marks of the exam is 60.
• For Rajbhasa Adhikari there will be questions based on professional knowledge which will be both objective and descriptive.
• The objective type will consist of 45 questions and the descriptive type will consist of 2 questions.
• The medium of questions will be English and Hindi.
• The duration of the exam for IT Officer and other posts is 45 minutes.
• The total duration of the exam for Rajbhasa Adhikari is 60 minutes.

Tabular representation of the IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern:

IBPS SO Interview Round:

Candidates who qualify both the IBPS SO Prelims and Mains round have to appear for the final phase of selection that is the Interview round. The interview round will assess the knowledge and skills of the candidates. The other parameters that will be tested in the interview round will be behavior, personality, career goals and communication skills of the candidates.