IBPS Clerk (Junior Associate) mock test
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IBPS Clerk (Junior Associate) Syllabus 2026
The complete IBPS Clerk (Junior Associate) syllabus for 2026 — 5 sections and 52 topics in all, organised exactly as the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) prescribes. Use it as your revision checklist, then test yourself with a free IBPS Clerk (Junior Associate) mock below.
Quantitative Aptitude / Numerical Ability12 topics
- Simplification and Approximation (BODMAS, decimals, fractions, square roots)
- Number Series (missing/wrong number pattern recognition)
- Quadratic Equations comparison (x-y relation)
- Percentages, Profit-Loss-Discount
- Simple Interest and Compound Interest (annual / half-yearly)
- Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Ages
- Time and Work, Pipes and Cisterns
- Time, Speed and Distance — Boats and Streams, Trains
- Averages, Mixtures and Alligation
- Mensuration (2D shapes — squares, rectangles, triangles, circles; basic 3D — cuboid, cylinder)
- Data Interpretation — Tabular DI, Bar graph, Line graph, Pie chart, Caselet (Mains is heavier on Caselet)
- Data Sufficiency (single and two-statement; Mains)
Reasoning Ability11 topics
- Puzzles — Linear seating, Circular seating, Floor-based, Box-based, Day/Month scheduling (heaviest topic)
- Syllogism (statement-conclusion, possibility syllogisms)
- Inequalities (direct and coded)
- Coding-Decoding (alphabet, numeric, symbol)
- Blood Relations (direct + coded)
- Direction Sense with distance
- Order and Ranking
- Alphanumeric Series
- Input-Output machine reasoning (Mains)
- Statement-Assumption, Cause-Effect (Mains-level logical reasoning)
- Data Sufficiency in reasoning context
English Language10 topics
- Reading Comprehension (passages on banking, economy, social themes)
- Cloze Test (single-blank filler passages)
- Para Jumbles (sentence rearrangement)
- Sentence Improvement / Phrase Replacement
- Error Spotting (grammar, usage, prepositions, tenses)
- Fill in the Blanks (single, double)
- Synonyms and Antonyms in context
- Match the Column / Sentence Connectors
- Idioms and Phrases (Mains)
- Word Usage / Word Swap (Mains)
General / Financial Awareness (Mains)12 topics
- Banking history — RBI Act 1934, Banking Regulation Act 1949, nationalisation, recent PSB mergers (2020)
- RBI structure, functions, monetary policy tools — repo, reverse repo, CRR, SLR, MSF, Bank Rate, MPC
- Banking products — deposits (savings, current, recurring, term), loans (demand, term, cash credit, overdraft)
- Digital payments and rails — UPI, IMPS, NEFT, RTGS, BHIM, Bharat QR, AePS, CBDC (Digital Rupee)
- Financial Inclusion — PMJDY, MUDRA, Stand-Up India, PMSBY, PMJJBY, APY
- Government schemes — PM-KISAN, PMFBY, PM Vishwakarma, PM Surya Ghar, Stand-Up India
- Banking awareness — KYC, AML, Banking Ombudsman Scheme, Deposit Insurance (DICGC up to Rs 5 lakh)
- Capital market basics — SEBI, NSE/BSE, mutual funds, IPO/FPO, demat
- Insurance basics — IRDAI, LIC, term/endowment policies, ULIPs
- Union Budget highlights and Economic Survey themes (latest cycle)
- International institutions — IMF, World Bank, ADB, WTO, AIIB, NDB, BIS, FATF
- Static GK and Current Affairs — awards, sports, books, persons in news, defence, science
Computer Aptitude (Mains — within Reasoning section)7 topics
- Computer fundamentals — generations of computers, hardware components, I/O devices
- Operating systems — Windows, Linux basics, file management
- Networking basics — LAN/WAN/MAN, internet, intranet, IP addressing fundamentals
- MS Office — Word, Excel, PowerPoint (shortcuts, basic formulas in Excel)
- Database basics — DBMS vs RDBMS, primary key, table operations
- Cyber security — phishing, malware, antivirus, OTP, two-factor authentication
- Common computer abbreviations (RAM, ROM, CPU, ALU, DBMS, SQL, HTTP, HTTPS, URL, IP)
Know the syllabus — now see where you stand.
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