IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 (29 November), Shift 1 Questions & Good Attempts

Today, the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 2025 commenced and there is only a single shift, with thousands of banking aspirants appearing across multiple shifts. After connecting with the candidates who participated in the first day’s exam reviewed that “Exam was of Moderate level”. We have prepared the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 on the basis of a review of the 29th November 2025 Shift 1, offering insights into question patterns, aiding aspirants preparing for the upcoming Clerk Mains exam on 2nd December 2025.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025

The IBPS Clerk Mains 2025 exam commenced today, 29th November, across multiple shifts with thousands of prelims-qualified banking aspirants participating. The objective test features four sections totalling around 155 questions to be attempted in 120 minutes, including Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and General/Financial Awareness. This analysis covers section-wise breakdowns, aiding preparation for similar bank exams.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 Difficulty Level

The overall and sectional difficulty level for the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 2025, conducted on 29th November 2025, has been discussed in this section after connecting with the candidates who appeared in today’s exam. Overall exam was of Moderate level with Quantitative Aptitude of Moderate to difficulty level.

Sections	Difficulty Level
Reasoning Ability	Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude	Moderate to Difficult
General/Financial Awareness	Moderate
English Language	Easy to Moderate
Overall	Moderate

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 Good Attempts

The IBPS Clerk Mains Exam provides 120 minutes, so candidates must allocate time wisely across sections, such as 30 minutes each for Reasoning & Computer Aptitude and Quantitative Aptitude, to prioritise easy questions first and avoid getting stuck on tough ones. Below, we have updated the section-wise good attempts for today’s IBPS Clerk Mains Exam.

Subjects	No. of Questions	Good Attempts
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	40	23-25
Quantitative Aptitude	35	18-20
General/Financial Awareness	40	15-17
English Language	40	28-30
Overall	155	84-93

As per the candidate’s review, their expected attempts as shared is as follows-

IBPS Clerk Mains Today Exam Analysis 2025 (Sectional Review)

Careerpower faculty connected directly with candidates who appeared in the 1st shift to evaluate question types, topic distribution, and overall difficulty across sections. In this section, we have discussed a detailed IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis, explaining the questions asked from each subject.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 Reasoning Ability

The overall difficulty of this section as reviewed by the candidates, was somewhat Moderate. The section was lengthy and time-consuming.

Reasoning Ability Questions Asked in Shift 1 of 29 November 2025

Reasoning Ability Questions from Section A (2 Marks)

Single Row (Mixed Direction), 6 persons & colour variable- 5 questions
Box-based + variable (6 boxes independent)- 5 questions
Year-Based (base year 2025) 6 years- 5 questions
Conditional Coding- 4 to 5 questions

Reasoning Ability Questions from Section B (1 Mark)

Machine Input (Number-based- 2-digit)- 4 to 5 questions
Data Sufficiency (2 statement-based)- 4 questions
Critical Reasoning- 6 questions
Blood Relation (Passage-based)- 1 question
Word-Based (Single)- 1 question
Box Based Number of pencils (7 boxes) (Range 10-16)- 5 questions

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 Quantitative Aptitude

Arithmetic questions are asked from Boat & Stream, Train, Partnership, Time & Work, and Simple Interest. There were 3 sets of Data Interpretation (DI) asked in the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 2025.

Pie Chart DI (Percentage)- 6 questions
Bar Graph- 6 questions
Caselet DI (Boys/Girls)- 3 questions

Topics	No. of Questions
Data Interpretation	16
Quadratic Equation	02
Approximation	05
Q1-Q2	02
Data Sufficiency	02
Arithmetic Word Problems	07 to 08

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 English Language

The English language section of the IBPS Clerk exam was Moderate, and given below is the distribution of questions based on the questions asked in the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 2025 paper. There were 2 Reading Comprehensions asked.

Topics	No. of Questions
Reading Comprehension	12
Sentence Rearrangement	05
Cloze Test Replacement	07
Connectors	02
Starters	01
Sentence Replacement	02 to 03
Double Error (2 sentence-based)	02 to 03
Miscellaneous	07 to 08

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025- General/ Financial Awareness

The General/ Financial Awareness section is quite important & scoring one. As per the feedback of candidates, the level of questions from the General/ Financial Awareness section was of a Moderate level. The General/ Financial Awareness questions asked in the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam held on 29th November 2025 are updated here as per our IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025.