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IBPS PO Shift 2 Exam Analysis 22 August 2026, Good Attempts & Exam Review

The Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection (IBPS) is conducting IBPS PO Prelims exam in multiple shifts for lakhs of candidates. The 2nd shift of today’s exam ran from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, with thousands of candidates attempting it during this shift. Here we have shared IBPS PO 2026 Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 2, of 22nd August 2026. The IBPS PO Exam Analysis helps you to understand the type of questions asked in Shift-2, the difficulty level of exam held this year, topic-wise questions asked, and the number of good attempts

IBPS PO Shift 2 Exam Analysis 2026

The prelims exam includes 100 questions from quantitative aptitude, reasoning, and English language, and the total duration of the exam is 1 hour with 20 minutes of sectional timings. Our experts at Career Power have directly interacted with a few of the candidates who appeared in the exam to collect the detailed and exact IBPS PO Shift 2 Exam Analysis, which we have presented in this article for you. The IBPS PO Today exam analysis gives proper guidance to the candidates who are preparing for other bank examinations.

Also check IBPS PO Prelims Shift 1 Exam Analysis 2026 to compare the difficulty level and questions asked in the 1st and 2nd shifts. 

IBPS PO Prelims 2nd Shift Good Attempts & Difficulty Level

In this section, we have updated the sectional and overall difficulty levels along with the good attempt marks that candidates must score to get shortlisted for the next stage of IBPS PO 2026. The IBPS PO good attempts for Shift-2 are prepared on the basis of the student’s review and exam analysis conducted by our faculty; however, it may vary from state to state.

Sections No. of Questions Difficulty Level Good Attempts
Reasoning Ability 35 Easy to Moderate
English Language 30 Easy to Moderate
Quantitative Aptitude 35 Moderate
Total 100 Moderate

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 2: Subject-wise Review

In this section, we will cover the detailed section-wise IBPS PO Exam Analysis for Shift 2 conducted on 22nd August 2026. Go through each section and know which questions were asked and what the level of each section was.

IBPS PO 2nd Shift Quantitative Aptitude Analysis

The section was a bit moderate. This time the Quantitative Aptitude section was a little bit more calculative as compared to the 1st shift. There were two types of Data Interpretation (DI) questions asked in the exam. Data interpretation questions are based on Line Graph DI & Table DI.

There was no question asked from approximation, wrong number series and quadratic equations in the 2nd shift of the IBPS PO prelims exam.

Topics No. of Questions
Simplification 4 to 5
Missing Number Series 3 to 4

IBPS PO 2nd Shift Reasoning Ability Analysis

Topics No. of Questions
Puzzles & Seating Arrangement
Syllogism
Blood Relation
Odd One Out
Pair Formation
Meaningful Word
Direction & Distance

IBPS PO 2nd Shift English Language Analysis

Topics No. of Questions
Reading Comprehension
Cloze Test
Column Based
Error Detection [Sentence Based]
Sentence Rearrangement
Word Swap
Phrase Replacement
Phrase Usage

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