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IBPS PO 2025 Mains Reasoning PYQ – 12 Oct 2025 (39 Questions with Solutions)

The IBPS PO 2025 Mains Reasoning paper of 12 October 2025, with three-row and circular seating, a designation puzzle, data sufficiency, input-output, coding-decoding and statement-based reasoning.

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Duration
50 min
Marks
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IBPS PO 2025 Mains Reasoning Question Paper: 12 October 2025 PYQ

This is the Reasoning section of the IBPS PO 2025 Mains exam held on 12 October 2025, presented as a previous-year question set.

Topic-wise questions in IBPS PO 2025 Mains Reasoning

9topics
Seating Arrangement10 · 26%
Statement & Conclusions7 · 18%
Input-Output5 · 13%
Puzzles5 · 13%
Coding-Decoding4 · 10%
Direction Sense4 · 10%
Data Sufficiency (Reasoning)2 · 5%
Alphabet & Word Test1 · 3%
Alphanumeric Series1 · 2%

What this tells you: course of action

  • First priority: Seating Arrangement, Statement & Conclusions and Input-Output, roughly 56% of the questions between them.
  • Keep in rotation: Puzzles, Coding-Decoding, Direction Sense and Data Sufficiency (Reasoning), a steady 38% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Leave for last: 2 topics appear only once, about 5% in total. Revise them from short notes after the topics above are solid.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 5 for the first group, 4 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

Key reasoning concepts to revise for IBPS PO Mains

  • Fixing definite positions first in multi-row and circular seating, then branching into possible cases
  • Ordering persons by seniority of designation from the clues given
  • Spotting the step-wise rule in input-output machines from the first two steps
  • Matching repeated words to repeated codes in phrase-based coding

FAQs about IBPS PO 2025 Mains Reasoning PYQ – 12 Oct 2025 (39 Questions with Solutions)

How many questions were in the IBPS PO 2025 Mains (12 October 2025) Reasoning Ability section?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2025 Mains, 12 October 2025 Reasoning Ability section on Aptitude360 has 39 multiple-choice questions, and Aptitude360's timed version gives 50 minutes for them.
What was the marking scheme in IBPS PO 2025 Mains (12 October 2025) Reasoning Ability?
In the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2025 Mains, 12 October 2025 Reasoning Ability section, each question carries 1.5 marks and a wrong answer costs 0.38 marks; an unanswered question costs nothing. The maximum score on this section is 58.5.
Which topics came in IBPS PO 2025 Mains (12 October 2025) Reasoning Ability?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2025 Mains, 12 October 2025 Reasoning Ability section had questions on topics including coding-decoding, direction sense, seating arrangement and dictionary and alphabet order. For example, one question begins: “Seven letters are arranged to form a meaningful word.” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Coding-Decoding and Direction Sense Problems practice lessons.
How many puzzle sets came in IBPS PO 2025 Mains (12 October 2025) Reasoning Ability?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2025 Mains, 12 October 2025 Reasoning Ability section had 7 puzzle and arrangement sets, covering 30 of its 39 questions. They include ones that open with “Eight persons — P, Q, R, S, T…”, “In a certain code language, “summer beach coconut…” and “There are four persons John, Albert, Nathon and…”.
Where can I practise IBPS PO 2025 Mains (12 October 2025) Reasoning Ability questions online?
You can practise the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2025 Mains, 12 October 2025 Reasoning Ability section on Aptitude360, where it is a free test. Normal practice is untimed and needs no account, while the Simulated test runs on one clock with a question palette and shows your score, section-wise analysis and the key at the end.

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IBPSPO25 MAINS · 12 Oct 2025 · Reasoning3950 min

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Total marks
58.5 across 39 questions.
Negative marking
A wrong answer costs marks. Leaving a question unanswered costs nothing.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

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