IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 (2nd December), Good Attempt, Difficulty level

The Mains exam for IBPS Clerk 2025 has been successfully conducted in a single shift on 02 December 2025. The IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 indicates a moderate level of difficulty, based on candidates’ feedback and our expert team analysis. In this article, we will provide a detailed analysis of the IBPS clerk mains exam, including the difficulty level, good attempts, section-wise analysis, and more.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 (2nd December)

The Mains exam had 4 sections: Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, Quantitative Aptitude, General/Financial Awareness, and English Language, with a total of 155 questions to be solved in 2 hours and 40 minutes. Most candidates rated the overall difficulty level of the exam as moderate, with a few sets of Reasoning and Quant sections posing time pressure. English language and General awareness were fairly rewarding, with students who had prepared thoroughly expecting maximum marks from these two sections.

IBPS Clerk Mains Difficulty Level & Good Attempts

As per the 2 December shift analysis, all four sections ranged from easy to moderate or moderate to difficult, depending on some topics from various sections. Refer to the table below for the section-wise difficulty level and good attempts:

IBPS Clerk Mains Section-wise Analysis 2025

Each section posed its own kind of challenges, with Reasoning Ability and Quantitative Aptitude being the two most challenging sections of the IBPS Clerk Mains exam. Understanding the section-wise topics from these sections will help candidates analyse their performance better and improve their attempts and scoring strategy for future examinations. Below is a section-wise IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2025 (02 December 2025):

1. Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

This section was rated moderate, with topics from the reasoning ability, such as seating arrangements and puzzles, posing time management challenges. Some sets were lengthy; however, students who had a vast preparation, including topics of input-output, coded syllogisms & inequality, and standard puzzles, were able to perform better. For Computer Aptitude, questions were mostly conceptual, covering basic theory of hardware, software, shortcuts, and banking-related computer usage.

2. Quantitative Aptitude

This section was said to be of moderate to difficult level due to calculative DI sets and arithmetic questions. Students who had a strong conceptual clarity were able to manage this section better than others.

3. English Language

This section was labelled as easy to moderate, with a few questions being lengthy and time-consuming, such as the RC sets. The section mainly checked comprehension ability, vocabulary, and grammar through a mix of RCs and new pattern questions.

• RC 1 is based on a biography/neurology theme, and RC 2 on DNA & AI, together accounting for the largest chunk of questions.
• Sentence rearrangement, starters, word replacement, error detection (3-sentence based), odd one out, word swap, and column-based questions.

4. General Awareness

This section was fairly well-balanced, focusing primarily on current affairs along with banking and finance-related updates. Most questions were straightforward and manageable for well-prepared candidates, though some questions required a deeper understanding of recent events and data. The complete set of questions from this section will be uploaded soon.