This year, the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has scheduled the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2025 for only two days and 8 shifts. This year, more than 12 lakh applications have been received for 10696 vacancies of Clerk post (Customer Service Associates), which means in each shift, more than 1.5 lakh candidates will be appearing for the exam. After the completion of the 1st shift, the candidates whose exam is scheduled for the next shifts must be anxious to know the difficulty level, type of questions asked and safe score.
If you are looking for a detailed and accurate IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 for 4th October Shift 1, then you are at the right place as we have shared the details as per candidates’ who appeared in today’s 1st shift.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025
Candidates are provided a time of 60 minutes to complete the exam, which holds 100 multiple-choice questions from English, Reasoning, and Quantitative subjects. There is a sectional timing of 20 minutes for each section, so candidates are advised not to invest much time on any single question and try to attempt as many questions as they can answer correctly and confidently. The IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 discussed in this article is going to help the candidates understand the type of paper set by IBPS this year.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 Difficulty Level
As per the reviews collected by the candidates who appeared, the prelims exam of the 1st shift is of Easy to Moderate. English section was of Easy level.
| SNo. | Subjects | Difficulty Level |
| 1. | English Language | Easy |
| 2. | Reasoning Ability | Easy to Moderate |
| 3. | Quantitative Aptitude | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall Difficulty | Easy to Moderate | |
IBPS Clerk Exam Analysis 2025 Shift 1 Good Attempts
After the complete IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis is over, we have updated the safe score/good attempts for the 1st shift of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam held on 4th October 2025.
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Good Attempts |
| English Language | 30 | 24-26 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 26-28 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 25-27 |
| Total | 100 | 75-81 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025- 5th October 2025 Shift 1
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 Reasoning
There were 35 questions from Reasoning Ability, and candidates reviewed that this section was of Easy to Moderate level.
Puzzles & Seating Arrangements asked in Shift 1 of IBPS Clerk Prelims 3rd October 2025-
- Circulae Seating Arrangement (8 persons, Inside)- 5 questions
- Month-Based Puzzles (Non-Consecutive)- 5 questions
- Certain Number of Persons (N-16)- 3 questions
- Box-based puzzle (8 boxes)- 5 questions
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangements | 18 |
| Mix Series (No. + Symbol) | 05 |
| Inequality | 03 |
| Blood Relation | 03 |
| Direction Distance | 03 |
| Pair Formation (Digit) | 01 |
| Odd One Out | 01 |
| Meaningful Word | 01 |
| Total | 35 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 Quantitative
This section was of “Easy to Moderate” level, and the questions asked in this shift were quite calculative.
Arithmetic Questions Asked- Boat & Stream, Ages, Mensuration, Time & Distance, Mixture, and Partnership.
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Simplification | 10 to 12 |
| DI (Table) | 05 |
| DI (Line) | 05 |
| Arithmetic | 11-12 |
| Total | 35 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis 2025 English
This section was compartively “Easy” as per the feedbacks of candidates who appeared in 1st shift of IBPS Clerk Prelims 3 October exam.
Topic of Reading Comprehension- Army dog related
Topic of Cloze Test- Medical Research Reconstruction from Old Skeleton
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Reading Comprehension | 09 |
| Word Rearrangement | 05 |
| Error Detection | 05 |
| Cloze Test | 06 |
| Word Usage (Discard) | 01 |
| Phrase Replacement | 04 |
| Total | 30 |
IBPS Clerk 2025 Exam Timings
As the exam is to be held in 4 shifts each day, the shifts will be in morning, afternoon, and evening sessions. The timing for each shift is as follows-
- Shift 1- Candidates have to report at their centre at 8 am, and the exam will be conducted from 9 am to 10 am.
- Shift 2- Candidates have to report at their centre at 10:30 am, and the exam will be conducted from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.
- Shift 3- Candidates have to report at their centre at 1 pm, and the exam will be conducted from 2 pm to 3 pm.
- Shift 4- Candidates have to report at their centre at 3:30 pm, and the exam will be conducted from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
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