Detailed Overview Of IBPS Clerk Mains 2025: Exam Pattern, Shift Timings And Category Wise Vacancies

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is all set to conduct the IBPS Clerk Mains Exams 2025 on November 29 to December 2, 2025. The exam will be held in a single shift from 8:35 am to 10:35 am. Those who qualify the mains exam will be invited for an interview, followed by document verification before being appointed to the post of Clerk.

The IBPS Clerk Mains exam paper will have three sections: General/ Financial Awareness, General English, Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude and Quantitative Aptitude. The total duration of the exam is 160 minutes. 

The candidates are required to appear in one single shift from 8:35 to 10:35 am.  

CAT 2025 will be conducted in approximately 170 cities. Candidates will be given the option to choose five preferred cities. The CAT Centre will try its best to ensure that a candidate gets one of their preferred options. In case of high demand in a particular region, the CAT Centre reserves the right to allot a centre close to any of the preferred options. Once a centre is allotted to a candidate, no change is permitted. The list of cities may be subject to changes based on the discretion of the CAT authorities.

The duration of the test will be 120 minutes. The test will have the following three sections: Section I: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Section II: Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning Section III: Quantitative Ability Candidates will be allotted exactly 40 minutes for answering questions in each section and they will not be allowed to switch from one section to another while answering questions. 

The 15th edition of the IBPS Clerk recruitment drive seeks to fill 10,277 posts, with specific reservations allotted across five categories.
Category-wise vacancies
General: 4,671
Other Backward Classes (OBC): 2,271
Economically Weaker Section (EWS): 972
Scheduled Caste (SC): 1,550
Scheduled Tribe (ST): 813