IB ACIO Exam 2025 Toughest Shift: Tier 1 Detailed Hardest Shift Analysis

IB ACIO Exam 2025 Toughest Shift: The Ministry of Home Affairs conducted the Assistant Central Intelligence Officer – IB ACIO Exam 2025 on September 16, 17 and 18. The exam took place in 3 shifts per day, which means the total number of shifts was 9. As the exam authority implements the normalization process while processing the results, the test takers shall get fair justice irrespective of the varied question paper difficulty level. The IB ACIO Tier 1 Exam consists of 5 subjects with 20 questions from each section. There is a negative marking of ¼ for each wrong attempt.

The test takers can check the detailed IB ACIO Exam 2025 Toughest Shift analysis to figure out which was the hardest shift. This analysis is purely based on subject experts and responses received from the test takers. Therefore, the candidates are advised to consider the following information as a basic reference.

IB ACIO Exam 2025 Toughest Shift: Shift-wise Analysis (as per Subject Experts)

Here is the detailed toughest-shift analysis of IB ACIO Exam 2025 according to the subject experts -

As per the above analysis, IB ACIO Exam 2025 Shift 2 of September 16 was the ‘Toughest Shift’ of the exam . On the other hand, Shift 1 of September 16 and 17 were the second toughest shifts.

Also read | Current Affairs September 2025 for Competitive Exams

IB ACIO Toughest Shift 2025: Detailed Student Reviews

The detailed student reviews on IB ACIO Exam 2025 Toughest Shift are being updated based on the responses received through the Google Form provided above. These reviews are purely shared by test takers, and they might vary from the toughest shift analysis by subject experts.

• An aspirant named KK (full name not disclosed) appeared for the exam in Shift 2 on September 17 . According to this aspirant, the paper was 'Moderate'.

• An aspirant named Vekho appeared for the exam on Shift 2 on September 18 and felt that the paper was 'Tough' . According to him, Maths, CA and GK were very tough, and the English Comprehension part is tough. Reasoning 14-16 is a bit easy; the rest is time-consuming

• An aspirant (name not disclosed) appeared for the exam on Shift 2 on September 16. According to this aspirant, the paper was 'Tough' , and the aptitude questions were more time-consuming.

• A candidate named Samrat took the September 18, Shift 1 exam. According to him, the exam was 'Toughest of all' .

• A test taker took the exam on 'September 16, Shift 2' and reported it as ' Tough'.

• Another test taker appeared for the exam on 'September 17, Shift 3', and found it 'Tough'.

• A candidate named Amit took the exam on ' September 16 - Shift 3' and termed it 'Easy'.

• An aspirant who sat for the exam on September 17 - Shift 3 considered it 'Tough'.

• A test taker named Chishi, who took the 'September 18 - Shift 3' exa,m found the ' Maths subject the most difficult'. The overall exam difficulty level for them was 'Moderate'.

• A candidate named  Suresh Rani sat for the 'September 16 - Shift 1' exam and called it a 'Very tough paper' .

IB ACIO Hardest Shift 2025: Shift-wise Student Votes on Toughest Shift

Based on the responses received from students, the detailed shift-wise student votes on the ACIO exam hardesh shift 2025 are being updated here.

Students clearing the IB ACIO Tier 1 Exam 2025 will be eligible for the Tier 2 exam, followed by Tier 3. The results of the Tier 1 exam are expected to be released in 2-3 months. The official date for the result announcement has not been confirmed.