IBPS RRB Clerk Syllabus 2026: Prelims and Mains Pattern

Last updated: 2026-11-13 · MockMentor

RRB Clerk has two objective exams: Prelims and Mains. There is no interview and no descriptive paper.

Prelims pattern

Test	Questions	Marks	Time
Reasoning	40	40	25 minutes
Numerical Ability	40	40	20 minutes
Total	80	80	45 minutes

You must clear the cut-off in both sections. Prelims marks are not counted in the final list.

Test	Questions	Marks	Time
Reasoning	40	50	30 minutes
Computer Knowledge	40	20	15 minutes
General Awareness	40	40	15 minutes
English or Hindi language (choose one)	40	40	30 minutes
Numerical Ability	40	50	30 minutes
Total	200	200	120 minutes

Negative marking: a quarter of the marks of a question for each wrong answer.
There is a minimum score in each Mains test. Only Mains marks decide the final merit.

IBPS does not publish a topic-wise syllabus. These topics come up regularly.

Section	Main topics
Reasoning	Puzzles, seating arrangement, syllogism, inequality, coding-decoding, blood relations, direction, alphanumeric series
Numerical Ability	Simplification, approximation, number series, quadratic equations, data interpretation, arithmetic word problems
General Awareness	Current affairs, banking and RBI, Government schemes, rural economy, static GK
Computer Knowledge	Basics, MS Office, internet, networking, shortcut keys, security
English / Hindi	Comprehension, cloze test, error spotting, fillers, vocabulary

The pattern is the same as RRB PO, but the difficulty level is lower. See the RRB PO exam pattern to compare.

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