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

The first shift of the 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 “moderate” level with 70 to 76 good attempts. 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. In today’s 1st shift, candidates reviewed quantitative aptitude, which was of moderate level with some questions being time-consuming. 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 Today Exam Analysis 2026: Good Attempts

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

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 23 August 2026- Click to Check

IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2026 Shift 1 Difficulty Level

The overall exam was of Moderate 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 Exam Analysis 2026: Reasoning Ability

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
• Selection-based (9 persons) – 5 questions
• Comparison-based (6 persons) – 3 questions

IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2026: English Language

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

The topic of Cloze test was based on Crops.

IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2026: Quantitative Aptitude

The questions in 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.

MISSING NUMBER SERIES ASKED IN IBPS PO PRE FIRST SHIFT

1) 100, 116, 152, x, 316

2) 8000, x, 480, 192, 96, 57.6

3) 107, x, 117, 139, 225, 674

4) 300, 420, 543, 672, 810, 965

5) 33, x, 138, 200, 273, 359

Those who have their exam in upcomimg shifts can also go through 2nd shift exam analysis and check whether any changes or new type of questions were asked. Although the exam was of same level i.e. Moderate. 

IBPS PO Prelims Shift 2 Exam Analysis 2026- Click to Check

IBPS PO Prelims Admit Card 2026 Out- Click to Download

IBPS PO Prelims Video Exam Analysis

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.