IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2026 (22 August), Shift 1 Question & Difficulty Level

The first shift of IBPS PO 22nd August exam is over, and thousands of candidates have appeared in this shift. Our faculty has connected with the candidates, and as per the feedback, the exam was of “Easy to Moderate” level with  We have provided a complete analysis in this article, including the difficulty level, the number of good attempts, and the questions that were asked.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2026

With over 11 lakh applicants competing for 7,565 probationary officer/management trainee vacancies, the exam is being conducted across two days (22 and 23 August) in a total of 6 shifts, which means competition will be high.

If you have your exam in the upcoming shifts or are preparing for next year’s exam, go through the article to know whether any changes in the pattern of questions or difficulty level have been observed in the exam.

Sequence of IBPS PO Prelims Exam: Reasoning ➡️ English Language ➡️ Quantitative Aptitude

IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2026 Shift 1 Difficulty Level

Candidate feedback for the 9:00–10:00 AM slot has been collected, and this section is updated with the confirmed overall and sectional difficulty level.

Below, we have discussed each section in detail, along with the section-wise difficulty level and the questions asked in today’s exam.

IBPS PO Reasoning Exam Analysis 2026

This section had 35 questions. The overall reasoning section was of easy to moderate difficulty as per our IBPS PO exam analysis conducted by experts. There were 5 sets of puzzles and seating arrangements asked.

Puzzles and Seating Arrangement Asked-

• Month + Date based (variable) – 5 questions
• Box-based + variable (6 boxes) – 5 questions
• Parallel row (14 persons) – 5 questions
• Selected based (9 persons) – 5 questions
• Comparison-based (6 persons) – 3 questions

IBPS PO Quantitative Aptitude Exam Analysis 2026

The questions of this section were easy to moderate with 2 sets of chart-based data interpretation (DI). There was no question from Caselet DI asked in today’s exam.

IBPS PO English Exam Analysis 2026

The topic of reading comprehension was based on modern town planning, disease, etc.

The topic of Cloze test was based on Crops.

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IBPS PO 2026 Prelims Shift 1 Good Attempts

The IBPS PO Prelims exam had 3 sections, and good attempts for each section will be updated here after the complete IBPS PO Prelims Exam analysis is done by our faculty.

IBPS PO 2026 Exam Structure

The exam consists of 100 questions from 3 sections, and this year, the sectional marks have been reshuffled even though the question count per section is unchanged. Candidates are given 60 minutes (20 minutes per section) to complete the exam.

• Reasoning Ability (35 questions for 40 marks)
• English Language (30 questions for 30 marks)
• Quantitative Aptitude (35 questions for 30 marks)

IBPS PO 2026 Exam Timings

The exam is scheduled for a total 6 shifts on 22nd and 23rd August. Today, the exam will be held in 4 shifts and on 23rd August, there shall be 2 shifts only. The complete schedule, including reporting time, gate closing time, handwriting sample time, and exam start and end time, has been discussed below.