The Intelligence Bureau conducted the first shift of the IB ACIO 2025 Exam today, on 16th September 2025, in which thousands of candidates have appeared. Now our faculty have connected with the candidates who appeared in 1st shift and prepared a detailed IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2025, and the same is also shared in this article. The difficulty level of 1st shift of IB ACIO Tier 1 exam is reviewed as Easy to Moderate.
IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2025
The 1st shift analysis shared in this article will help the candidates who have their exam in upcoming shifts to understand the pattern followed by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) for the Assistant Central Intelligence Officer Grade 2/ Executive Exam this year. The duration of the exam is 60 minutes and in total 100 questions will be asked from the following subjects-
- Current Affairs
- General Studies
- Numerical Aptitude
- Reasoning and Logical Aptitude
- English Language
Stay tuned with us, we will shortly provide the detailed exam analysis for 1st shift exam held today.
IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2025 Shift 1 Difficulty Level
The difficulty level of all subjects and overall exam of 1st shift has been discussed below as per the feedbacks of the candidates. Candidates reviewed that the exam was of “Easy to Moderate” level.
| Subjects | Difficulty Level |
| Current Affairs | Easy to Moderate |
| General Studies | Moderate |
| Numerical Aptitude | Easy to Moderate |
| Reasoning and Logical Aptitude | Easy |
| English Language | Easy |
| Overall | Easy to Moderate |
IB ACIO Exam Analysis 16 September 2025 Good Attempts
In this section, we have updated the good attempts and difficulty level of each section, i.e. Current Affairs, General Studies, Numerical Aptitude, Reasoning and Logical Aptitude, and English Language, after conducting our IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2025.
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Good Attempts |
| Current Affairs | 20 | 15-16 |
| General Studies | 20 | 11-12 |
| Numerical Aptitude | 20 | 14-17 |
| Reasoning and Logical Aptitude | 20 | 18-20 |
| English Language | 20 | 16-17 |
| Overall | 100 | 74-82 |
IB ACIO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2025 Sectional Review
The detailed section-wise IB ACIO Exam Analysis for shift 1 of 16th September 2025 will be shared below as shared by the applicants who appeared in this shift. We will share questions asked from all subjects Current Affairs, General Studies, Numerical Aptitude, Reasoning and Logical Aptitude, and English Language sections.
IB ACIO Exam Analysis 2025- General Studies + Current Affairs
There were 3 to 4 questions asked about Indian Polity. A few of the questions that candidates remembered who appeared in 1st shift of 16 September IB ACIO Exam are shared below.
- Article 21 related
- Coast related
- 42nd amendment Constitutional remedies act
- Fundamental Rights-related question
- Wetland related
- Supreme Court Article
- Harappa
- Mizoram Dance-related
- Economics Budget
- GDP
- Forest Report related
- 70 National Award Male Actor
- Padma Shri Goa Liberation
- World Bank GEP 2025 Jan
- Syed Modi Trophy
- Triumph exercise Location
- Deep Ocean Mission
IB ACIO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2025- Reasoning
Candidates reviewed that the reasoning section was Easy but some questions were time consuming
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Statement & Conclusion | 02 |
| Coding Decoding | 03 to 04 |
| Mathematical Operations | 04 to 05 |
| Blood Relation | 03 |
| Address Matching | 01 |
| Simplification | 02 to 03 |
IB ACIO Tier 1 Exam Analysis 2025- English Language
- Antonyms- Redemption, Figurative
- one word substitute- Liguist
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Idioms | 01 to 02 |
| Phrasal verb | 01 |
| Passage Lengthy (related to Italy) | 07 to 08 |
| Synonyms | 03 to 04 |
| PQRS | 02 |
| Narration | 02 to 03 |
| Active Passive | 02 to 03 |
| One word substitute | 01 |
| Correct spelling | 02 |
IB ACIO 2025 Shift Timings
The duration of IB ACIO Exam is 1 hour (60 minutes), and this year the online exam for ACIO Grade 2/Executive posts is to be held on 16th, 17th, and 18th September 2025. Each day, there would be 3 shifts for which the timings have been tabulated below.
| Shifts | Reporting Time | Exam Timing |
| 1st | 7:30 am | 9 to 10 am |
| 2nd | 10:30 am | 12 to 1 pm |
| 3rd | 1:30 pm | 3 to 4 pm |
| Important Links | |
| IB ACIO Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2025 | IB ACIO Salary Structure 2025 |
| IB ACIO Cut Off [Previous Year] | IB ACIO Previous Year Question Papers |
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