The Overseas Bank of India Local Bank Officer (LBO) exam 2025 will follow a structured online exam pattern designed to assess candidates in four essential areas. Candidates should understand the examination structure, marking plan and section-wise course to prepare strategically. In this article, we have covered the IOB LBO course and exam pattern 2025.
Indian Overseas Bank LBO Syllabus
Below we have provided section-wise syllabus Indian Overseas Bank LBO recruitment 2025This detailed course will help candidates understand important topics to focus during their preparation. By covering each section well, candidates can improve the possibilities of fulfilling the qualifying marks in every part of the exam.
Argument and computer qualification
This section evaluates logical logic skills with basic computer qualifications. Major topics include:
- Puzzle and seating arrangement
- input Output
- Coding-decoding
- Blood relation
- Syllasia
- Statement and argument
- Data capacity
- Internet and networking basics
- MS office
- Operating system and keyboard shortcuts
General / Economy / Banking Awareness
This section tests the general awareness of the candidate with the importance of financial and banking sectors:
- Indian economy and budget
- Banking terms and concepts
- Current case (final 6 months)
- RBI Work and Monetary Policy
- Financial institutions in India
- Government schemes and policies
- Static general knowledge
Data analysis and interpretation
It is a high scoring but calculation-intensive section that assesses numerical ability and analytical thinking:
- Data interpretation (table, pie chart, line and bar graph)
- With
- Data capacity
- Possibility
- Sequence and combination
- Time and work
- Percentage and ratio-based problems
English knowledge
This section tests the candidate’s command on English language and grammar:
- reading comprehension
- cloze test
- Sentences
- Fill spaces
- Synonym
- error detection
- Grammar use
IOB LBO exam pattern 2025
The online test for the recruitment of Indian Foreign Bank LBO will include 140 objective-type questions divided into four major sections. The examination will be held in a period of 3 hours, along with the individual time limit assigned to each section.
| IOB LBO exam pattern 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section | Number of questions | Maximum marks | Examination medium | Duration |
| Argument and computer qualification | 30 | 60 | English and Hindi | 60 minutes |
| General / Economy / Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | English and Hindi | 30 minute |
| Data analysis and interpretation | 30 | 60 | English and Hindi | 60 minutes |
| English knowledge | 40 | 40 | English | 30 minute |
| Total | 140 | 200 | 3 hours | |
For each incorrect response, 0.25 marks (ie one-fourth of the marks assigned to the question) will be cut.
Sectional qualification
To qualify in the online examination, candidates have to secure minimum qualification marks in each section. These are qualifying marks:
- 35% for unreserved category candidates
- 30% for reserved category candidates
