IDBI Assistant Manager Syllabus 2026
The IDBI Assistant Manager online test has 200 questions across four sections, and each section runs on its own clock. Knowing the syllabus is useful. Knowing which topics deserve most of your time is what actually moves your score.
This guide covers the complete IDBI Assistant Manager syllabus for 2026, section by section. It includes a priority level for each topic, the time you get per question, and a study plan that fits the syllabus. The exam pattern details come from IDBI Bank's official Advertisement No. 6/2025-26.
IDBI Assistant Manager Syllabus 2026: Quick Facts
Detail | Information |
|---|---|
Post | Assistant Manager – Grade 'A', IDBI Bank |
Exam mode | Online, objective type |
Number of sections | 4 |
Total questions and marks | 200 questions, 200 marks |
Total time | 120 minutes, with separate timing for each section |
Negative marking | None |
Language | English and Hindi (English Language section in English only) |
Next stage | Document verification and personal interview |
Important for students: This post requires at least two years of permanent banking experience after graduation. Most students take IBPS, SBI or RRB exams first. The good news is that this syllabus overlaps heavily with those exams, so your preparation counts twice.
What the Official Notification Says
IDBI Bank's advertisement lists the four section names, the questions, marks and time for each. It does not publish a topic-wise syllabus. The topics in this guide are the ones these sections usually cover in bank officer exams. Use them as your study map, and always check the notification for your cycle for any change in pattern.
IDBI Assistant Manager Exam Pattern
Section | Questions | Marks | Time | Time per question |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Logical Reasoning, Data Analysis & Interpretation | 60 | 60 | 40 minutes | About 40 seconds |
English Language | 40 | 40 | 20 minutes | About 30 seconds |
Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes | About 52 seconds |
General / Economy / Banking Awareness / Computer / IT | 60 | 60 | 25 minutes | About 25 seconds |
Total | 200 | 200 | 120 minutes |
The "time per question" column changes how you should study each section.
Reasoning and GA carry 60 marks each, together 60% of the paper.
General Awareness gives you only about 25 seconds per question. You either know the answer or you do not, so this section is won before exam day through revision.
Quantitative Aptitude gives you the most time per question, but DI sets and arithmetic word problems use it up quickly.
You must also clear a minimum score in every section and in the total, so no section can be skipped.
About negative marking: Several syllabus pages online mention a 0.25-mark penalty. The official 2026-27 Assistant Manager advertisement states that there will be no penalty for wrong answers. Attempt every question.
Section-wise IDBI Assistant Manager Syllabus
Each table marks topics as High, Medium or Low priority. High-priority topics usually appear in larger sets or carry more questions in bank officer exams. Start with them.
1. Logical Reasoning, Data Analysis & Interpretation (60 Marks)
This is the largest section. It tests both reasoning and data handling, so it rewards daily practice more than any other section.
Topic | What to expect | Priority |
|---|---|---|
Puzzles | Floor, box, month/day and scheduling puzzles in sets of 3–5 questions | High |
Seating arrangement | Linear, circular and square arrangements | High |
Data interpretation | Tables, bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, caselets | High |
Syllogism | Statements and conclusions, including "only a few" and possibility cases | Medium |
Inequality | Direct and coded inequalities | Medium |
Blood relations | Family trees and coded relations | Medium |
Coding-decoding | Letter, number and word-based coding | Medium |
Direction and distance | Movement and shortest-distance questions | Medium |
Input-output | Step-by-step machine arrangements | Low |
Order and ranking, alphanumeric series | Position and pattern-based questions | Low |
Data sufficiency and logical reasoning | Statement-assumption, course of action, cause and effect | Low |
Study tip: Solve at least two puzzle or arrangement sets and one DI set every day. Speed in these sets decides your score here.
2. English Language (40 Marks)
You have just 20 minutes, so reading speed matters as much as grammar.
Topic | What to expect | Priority |
|---|---|---|
Reading comprehension | Passages on economy, banking, society and current topics | High |
Cloze test | Fill blanks in a passage using context | High |
Error detection / sentence correction | Grammar-based sentence errors | High |
Sentence rearrangement (para jumbles) | Arranging 5–6 sentences into a paragraph | Medium |
Fillers | Single and double blanks | Medium |
Vocabulary | Synonyms, antonyms, word usage | Medium |
Phrase replacement and word swap | Improving a highlighted part of a sentence | Low |
Study tip: Read one editorial daily and time yourself. Faster reading helps the RC and cloze test questions, which usually form a large share of this section.
3. Quantitative Aptitude (40 Marks)
Topic | What to expect | Priority |
|---|---|---|
Data interpretation | Table, bar, pie and caselet DI with 4–5 questions each | High |
Simplification / approximation | Fast calculation questions | High |
Number series | Missing and wrong number series | High |
Quadratic equations | Comparing roots of two equations | Medium |
Percentage, ratio and proportion | Standalone and inside DI | Medium |
Profit, loss and discount | Word problems | Medium |
Simple and compound interest | Direct and comparison questions | Medium |
Time and work, pipes and cisterns | Efficiency-based problems | Medium |
Time, speed and distance, boats and streams | Relative speed problems | Medium |
Averages, ages, mixtures and alligation | Arithmetic word problems | Low |
Probability, permutation and combination, mensuration | Occasional questions | Low |
Data sufficiency | Deciding whether given data is enough | Low |
Study tip: Learn squares up to 30, cubes up to 20 and percentage-fraction conversions. Faster calculation lets you use your time on DI.
4. General / Economy / Banking Awareness / Computer / IT (60 Marks)
This section has four parts. Cover all of them, because 60 marks is too much to leave to chance.
Part | Key topics | Priority |
|---|---|---|
Current affairs | National and international news of the last 6 months, appointments, awards, summits, sports, defence | High |
Banking awareness | RBI functions, monetary policy tools (repo, reverse repo, CRR, SLR), types of banks, NPAs, KYC, payment systems (UPI, NEFT, RTGS, IMPS), financial inclusion schemes | High |
Economy | Union Budget, Economic Survey, GDP and inflation basics, fiscal and monetary policy, government schemes, regulators such as RBI, SEBI and IRDAI | Medium |
Computer / IT | Computer fundamentals, MS Office, internet and networking, cyber security basics, database concepts, shortcut keys | Medium |
Static GK | Headquarters of banks and institutions, important days, capitals and currencies | Low |
Study tip: Keep a one-page note for each month's current affairs and revise weekly. For banking awareness, understand concepts instead of memorising definitions. Concept-based questions are common.
How This Syllabus Overlaps with Other Bank Exams
For students, this overlap is the most practical point in this guide.
Section | Also important for |
|---|---|
Reasoning & DI | IBPS PO, SBI PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS RRB |
English Language | IBPS PO, SBI PO, IBPS Clerk |
Quantitative Aptitude | IBPS PO, SBI PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS RRB |
Banking & Economy Awareness | IBPS PO Mains, SBI PO Mains, IBPS Clerk Mains, and later JAIIB |
If you prepare this syllabus properly now, you build the base for your first bank job and for the IDBI Assistant Manager exam later.
A 12-Week Plan to Cover the Syllabus
Weeks | Focus | Daily target |
|---|---|---|
1–4 | Basics: arithmetic, simplification, reasoning concepts, grammar rules; start current affairs notes | 2 topics + 1 editorial |
5–8 | High-priority sets: puzzles, arrangements, DI, RC, cloze test; banking awareness concepts | 2 puzzle sets + 1 DI set + 20 GA questions |
9–12 | Full-length mocks with sectional timing, error analysis, revision of weak topics | 1 sectional test daily + 2 full mocks per week |
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Skipping General Awareness until the end. It carries 60 marks, and it cannot be crammed in the last week.
Practising without a timer. Every section closes on its own clock, so untimed practice gives a false picture of your level.
Ignoring low-priority topics completely. Cover them at a basic level. With no negative marking, even partial knowledge helps.
Using outdated pattern information. Check the official notification for the section structure and marking rules of your cycle.
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