IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2026
Complete subject-wise and topic-wise syllabus for IBPS Clerk, taken from the official notification.
English Language · Prelims
- •Reading comprehension passages
- •Cloze test
- •Error spotting and sentence correction
- •Fill in the blanks with single and double blanks
- •Para jumbles and sentence rearrangement
- •Phrase replacement
- •Synonyms, antonyms and vocabulary in context
- •Idioms and phrases
- •Articles, prepositions and subject verb agreement
- •Tenses and voice
Numerical Ability · Prelims
- •Simplification and approximation
- •Number series, missing and wrong term
- •Quadratic equations and comparison of quantities
- •Percentage, ratio and proportion
- •Average, age and partnership
- •Profit, loss and discount
- •Simple interest and compound interest
- •Time, speed, distance and boats
- •Time and work, pipes and cisterns
- •Mixture and alligation
- •Data interpretation on tables, bar graphs, line graphs and pie charts
- •Permutation, combination and probability basics
Reasoning Ability · Prelims
- •Puzzles based on floors, boxes and scheduling
- •Seating arrangement, linear and circular
- •Syllogism
- •Inequality, direct and coded
- •Blood relations
- •Direction sense and distance
- •Order and ranking
- •Alphanumeric and symbol series
- •Coding decoding
- •Data sufficiency
- •Input output
- •Statement and assumption, course of action
General/Financial Awareness · Mains
- •Reserve Bank of India, functions and monetary policy tools
- •Banking terms, negotiable instruments and types of accounts
- •Types of banks, NBFCs, payment banks and small finance banks
- •Financial regulators SEBI, IRDAI and PFRDA
- •Government financial inclusion and social security schemes
- •Money market and capital market instruments
- •Union Budget and basics of taxation
- •Banking and economic current affairs
- •National and international organisations such as IMF, World Bank and NABARD
- •Awards, sports, appointments and books in the news
- •Indian economy basics, GDP, inflation and national income
English Language · Mains
- •Reading comprehension with inference and tone based questions
- •Cloze test
- •Sentence improvement and error detection
- •Para jumbles and paragraph completion
- •Connectors and sentence fillers
- •Word usage and vocabulary in context
- •Word swap and column based matching
- •Idioms, phrasal verbs and one word substitution
- •Active and passive voice, direct and indirect speech
- •Grammar rules on modifiers, parallelism and conditionals
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude · Mains
- •High level puzzles and seating arrangements
- •Coding decoding and machine input output
- •Syllogism and inequality
- •Blood relations, direction sense and ranking
- •Critical reasoning, statement and inference
- •Data sufficiency
- •History and generations of computers
- •Computer hardware, software and memory types
- •Operating systems and MS Office basics
- •Internet, networking and email fundamentals
- •Database and DBMS basics
- •Computer security, viruses and shortcut keys
Quantitative Aptitude · Mains
- •Data interpretation, tabular, caselet, bar and pie
- •Data sufficiency
- •Simplification and approximation
- •Number series and wrong term
- •Quadratic equations and quantity comparison
- •Percentage, ratio, proportion and averages
- •Profit, loss and discount
- •Simple and compound interest
- •Time and work, time, speed and distance
- •Mixture and alligation
- •Mensuration, area and volume
- •Permutation, combination and probability