IBPS RRB PO 2026 Syllabus (Prelims + Mains) | Complete Subject-Wise Topics (Officer Scale-I)

Last Updated: February 2026

IBPS RRB PO 2026 syllabus has Reasoning + Quantitative Aptitude (Numerical Ability) in Prelims, and Reasoning, Quant, General Awareness, English/Hindi, and Computer Knowledge in Mains.
Mains is 200 marks with section-wise weightage (Reasoning 50, Quant 50, GA 40, English/Hindi 40, Computer 20) as per widely followed latest pattern pages.
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A) Reasoning Syllabus (Prelims + Mains)

1) Puzzles & Seating Arrangement (Highest priority)

• Linear seating (single/double row), circular seating (inside/outside)
• Floor-based, box-based, day/month/year scheduling
• Comparison/assignment puzzles (people–city–color–rank–profession)
• Uncertain/conditional arrangements, mixed variables

2) Syllogism & Inequality

• Basic + advanced syllogisms (possibility cases)
• Coded inequalities, mathematical inequalities

3) Coding-Decoding

• Old pattern coding, new pattern coding, coding with symbols
• Chinese coding, blood relation coding, direction coding

4) Blood Relation, Direction Sense, Order & Ranking

• Family tree based relations
• Distance + direction + final direction
• Ranking (tallest/oldest/position-based)

5) Input-Output (Mains focus)

• Word/number rearrangement, step pattern, alternate shift, based on conditions

6) Logical/Verbal Reasoning (Mains boosters)

• Statement–Assumption, Statement–Conclusion, Cause–Effect
• Data Sufficiency (Reasoning), Decision making (occasionally)

1) Arithmetic (Make this your scoring engine)

• Percentage, Ratio–Proportion, Average
• Profit & Loss, Discount, SI–CI
• Time & Work, Pipes & Cistern, Work & Wages
• Time–Speed–Distance, Trains, Boats & Streams
• Mixture–Alligation
• Partnership
• Ages
• Mensuration (basic), Probability (light/occasionally in mains)
• Number system basics (HCF/LCM, divisibility)

2) Simplification & Approximation (Prelims must)

• BODMAS, surds/indices (basic), approximation techniques
• Simplification with fractions/decimals

3) Number Series

• Missing number series, wrong number series, pattern series

4) Quadratic Equation (commonly asked)

• Factorization, comparison of roots (basic)

5) Data Interpretation (Major in Mains)

• Tabular DI, bar DI, line DI, pie DI (basics)
• Caselet DI, missing DI, radar/mixed DI (mains)
• Quantity comparison DI (mains)

Focus = Banking + Current Affairs + Static basics

• Current Affairs (national/international): last 4–6 months (safe window)
• Banking Awareness: banking terms, types of accounts, NPA, Basel basics
• RBI & monetary tools: repo/reverse repo, CRR, SLR, MSF
• Government schemes (rural + finance + women/education/agri)
• Budget & Economic Survey basics (key highlights)
• Static GK (light): capitals, currencies, important days, awards
  (General awareness and banking focus is consistently included in mains across major prep sources.)

English

• Reading Comprehension (short + moderate)
• Cloze test, fillers
• Error detection, sentence improvement
• Para jumbles, sentence rearrangement
• Vocabulary (synonyms/antonyms), phrase replacement

Hindi

• गद्यांश (Reading Comprehension)
• वाक्य त्रुटि/सुधार, व्याकरण
• रिक्त स्थान, पर्यायवाची-विलोम
• वाक्य क्रम, मुहावरे-लोकोक्तियाँ

(Language choice English/Hindi and its inclusion in mains is shown in mains pattern tables.)

• Fundamentals: hardware vs software, memory (RAM/ROM), storage
• Operating systems basics, shortcuts
• MS Office: Word/Excel/PowerPoint basics
• Internet: browser, email, search, cyber safety
• Networking: LAN/WAN, IP basics, modem/router
  (Computer section is a fixed component in mains pattern.)

• Prelims: skipping puzzles or DI practice
• Mains: ignoring GA/Computer (free marks)
• Studying “everything” but not completing topic-wise revision cycles