IBPS
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection commonly known as IBPS has been formed under the Government of India to conduct recruitment exams and promotional tests for various government allied organizations. In 1984, when Personnel Staff Selection (PSS) under National Institute of Bank Management was converted into autonomous Institute of Banking Personnel Selection.
About IBPS
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection commonly known as IBPS has been formed under the Government of India to conduct recruitment exams and promotional tests for various government allied organizations. In 1984, when Personnel Staff Selection (PSS) under National Institute of Bank Management was converted into autonomous Institute of Banking Personnel Selection.The services of IBPS exams are availed by public sector banks, RBI, Insurance bodies and development banks in rural areas like NABARD. There was an exam IBPS Combined Written Exams (IBPS CWE), a Common Written Examination conducted independently and separately for Clerical and Officer level jobs for different PSU Banks. In 2011, it was decided that a single exam will be conducted for all PSU banks. Then three major exams came into existence:
- IBPS PO (for Probationary Officer Jobs in PSU Banks)
- IBPS Clerk ( Clerical Jobs in PSU Banks)
- IBPS SO (Specialist Officer Jobs in PSU Banks).
The IBPS exams span each year between August to January. The general sequence of IBPS notifications starts with IBPS – PO, followed by IBPS – Clerk and then IBPS – SO. Below is the list of all major IBPS exams in 2017-18:
- IBPS PO
- IBPS Clerk
- IBPS RRB
- IBPS SO (IT Officer, HR Officer, Marketing Officer, Agriculture Officer)
- IBPS- PO Prelims & IBPS- PO MAINS
| Notification- IBPS PO | SCHEDULE |
| On-line registration | 14th-Aug-2018 to 4th-Sep-2018 |
| IBPS PO Preliminary Exam Date | 13th, 14th, 20th & 21th October 2018 |
| IBPS PO Mains Exam Date | 18th November 2018 |
| Declaration of IBPS PO Mains Exam Result | Dec-18 |
| Declaration and download of IBPS PO Interview Call Letter | Jan-19 |
| Date of IBPS PO Interview | January / February 2019 |
| Allotment of Provisional Posting | Apr-19 |
- IBPS Clerk Prelims & IBPS- Clerk MAINS
| Notification- IBPS Clerk | SCHEDULE |
| Start Date Of Online Application | 12th September 2017 |
| End Date Of Online Application | 03rd October 2017 |
| Preliminary Exam Dates | 2nd, 3rd, 9th and 10th December 2017 |
| Mains Examination Dates | 21st January 2018 |
- IBPS RRB
| Notification- IBPS RRB | Dates | |
| Start Date for Online Registration | Officer Scale-1 | 24.07.2017 |
| Office Assistant | ||
| Last Date for Online Registration | Officer Scale-1 | 14.08.2017 |
| Office Assistant | ||
| Preliminary Examination | Officer Scale-1 | 09th, 10th and 16th (if required) September 2017 |
| Office Assistant | 17th, 23rd and 24th (if required) September 2017 | |
| Mains exam | Officer Scale-1 | 05th November 2017 |
| Office Assistant | 11th November 2017 | |
| Result of Preliminary Examination | Officer Scale-1 | Oct-17 |
| Office Assistant | ||
| Result of Mains Examination | Officer Scale-1 | Nov-17 |
| Office Assistant | ||
| Date for Provisional Allotement | Officer Scale-1 | Jan-18 |
| Office Assistant | ||
| Interview | Officer Scale-1 | Dec-17 |
| Office Assistant | No Interview | |
- IBPS SO
| Notification- IBPS SO | SCHEDULE |
| On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates | 07 November 2017- 27 November 2017 |
| Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) | 07 November 2017- 27 November 2017 |
| Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary | Dec-17 |
| Commencement of Preliminary Exam | 30th and 31st December 2017 |
| Result of Online exam – Preliminary | Jan-18 |
| Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main | Jan-18 |
| Online Examination – Main | 28th January 2018 |
| Declaration of Result of Online Main Examination | Feb-18 |
| Download of call letters for interview | Feb-18 |
| Conduct of Interview | Feb-18 |
| Final Allotment | Apr-18 |
Exam Dates
| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| Preliminary Exam | 13th, 14th, 20th & 21st October 2018 |
| Main Exam | 18th November 2018 |
Exam Pattern
IBPS Clerk Preliminary Examination:
| Name of Tests (Objective) | No. of Questions | Duration (in min) |
|---|---|---|
| English Language | 30 | 60 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | |
| Total | 100 |
IBPS Clerk Mains Examination:
| Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| English Language | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 minutes |
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Pattern
| Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Duration (in min) |
|---|---|---|
| English Language | 30 | 60 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | |
| Total | 100 |
IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern
| Name of Tests(Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes |
| English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| General Economy & Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 3 Hours |
| English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 2 | 25 | 30 minutes |
IBPS Assistant Preliminary Exam Pattern:
| Section | Question | Duration (in min) |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 40 | 45 |
| Numerical Ability | 40 | |
| Total | 80 |
IBPS Assistant Mains Exam Pattern:
| Section | Question | Marks | Duration (in min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 40 | 50 | 120 |
| Numerical Ability | 40 | 50 | |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | |
| English/Hindi Language | 40 | 40 | |
| Computer Knowledge | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
IBPS SO 2017 Preliminary Exam Pattern:
For Rajyasabha Adhikari and Law Scale-I officer| S. No | Section | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration (in min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 120 minutes |
| 2. | English Language | 50 | 25 | |
| 3. | General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry | 50 | 50 | |
| Total | 150 | 125 |
For other Specialist Officers (Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer, IT Officer Scale I
| Serial No | Section | No. of Questions | Total Marks | Duration (in min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 120 minutes |
| 2. | English Language | 50 | 25 | |
| 3. | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | |
| Total | 150 | 125 |
IBPS SO 2017 Mains Exam Pattern:
For the Post of Law, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer| Section | Number of Questions | Marks | Medium | Duration |
| Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 Minutes |
| Section | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| Professional Knowledge(Objective) | 45 | 60 | English & Hindi | 30 minutes |
| Professional Knowledge(Descriptive) | 2 | English & Hindi | 30 minutes |
IBPS EXAM SYLLABUS
IBPS Clerk Preliminary Syllabus & IBPS Clerk Mains Syllabus:
| S. no | Verbal | Quant | Reasoning | GK | Computer Aptitude |
| 1 | Reading Comprehension | Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart) | Puzzles | Banking and Insurance Awareness | History and Generation of Computers |
| 2 | Cloze Test | Inequalities (Quadratic Equations) | Seating Arrangements | Financial Awareness | Introduction to Computer Organisation |
| 3 | Fillers | Number Series | Direction Sense | Govt. Schemes and Policies | Computer Memory |
| 4 | Sentence Errors | Approximation and Simplification | Blood Relation | Current Affairs | Computer Hardware and I/O Devices |
| 5 | Vocabulary based questions | Data Sufficiency | Syllogism | Static Awareness | Computer Software |
| 6 | Sentence Improvement | Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns) | Order and Ranking | Computer Languages | |
| 7 | Jumbled Paragraph | Coding-Decoding | Operating System | ||
| 8 | Paragraph Based Questions ( Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Paragraph /Sentences Restatement) | Machine Input-Output | Computer Network | ||
| 9 | Inequalities | Internet | |||
| 10 | Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series | MS Office Suit and Short cut keys | |||
| 11 | Data Sufficiency | Basics of DBMS | |||
| 12 | Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument) | Number System and Conversions | |||
| 13 | Computer and Network Security |
IBPS PO Preliminary Syllabus & IBPS PO Mains Syllabus:
| S. no | Verbal | Quant | Reasoning | GK | Computer Aptitude |
| 1 | Reading Comprehension | Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart) | Puzzles | Banking and Insurance Awareness | History and Generation of Computers |
| 2 | Cloze Test | Inequalities (Quadratic Equations) | Seating Arrangements | Financial Awareness | Introduction to Computer Organisation |
| 3 | Fillers | Number Series | Direction Sense | Govt. Schemes and Policies | Computer Memory |
| 4 | Sentence Errors | Approximation and Simplification | Blood Relation | Current Affairs | Computer Hardware and I/O Devices |
| 5 | Vocabulary based questions | Data Sufficiency | Syllogism | Static Awareness | Computer Software |
| 6 | Sentence Improvement | Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns) | Order and Ranking | Computer Languages | |
| 7 | Jumbled Paragraph | Coding-Decoding | Operating System | ||
| 8 | Paragraph Based Questions ( Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Paragraph /Sentences Restatement) | Machine Input-Output | Computer Network | ||
| 9 | Inequalities | Internet | |||
| 10 | Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series | MS Office Suit and Short cut keys | |||
| 11 | Data Sufficiency | Basics of DBMS | |||
| 12 | Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument) | Number System and Conversions | |||
| 13 | Computer and Network Security |
IBPS RRB Assistant Preliminary Syllabus & IBPS RRB Assistant Mains Syllabus:
| S. no | Verbal | Quant | Reasoning | GK | Computer Aptitude |
| 1 | Reading Comprehension | Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart) | Puzzles | Banking and Insurance Awareness | History and Generation of Computers |
| 2 | Cloze Test | Inequalities (Quadratic Equations) | Seating Arrangements | Financial Awareness | Introduction to Computer Organisation |
| 3 | Fillers | Number Series | Direction Sense | Govt. Schemes and Policies | Computer Memory |
| 4 | Sentence Errors | Approximation and Simplification | Blood Relation | Current Affairs | Computer Hardware and I/O Devices |
| 5 | Vocabulary based questions | Data Sufficiency | Syllogism | Static Awareness | Computer Software |
| 6 | Sentence Improvement | Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns) | Order and Ranking | Computer Languages | |
| 7 | Jumbled Paragraph | Coding-Decoding | Operating System | ||
| 8 | Paragraph Based Questions ( Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Paragraph /Sentences Restatement) | Machine Input-Output | Computer Network | ||
| 9 | Inequalities | Internet | |||
| 10 | Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series | MS Office Suit and Short cut keys | |||
| 11 | Data Sufficiency | Basics of DBMS | |||
| 12 | Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument) | Number System and Conversions | |||
| 13 | Computer and Network Security |
IBPS SO Preliminary Syllabus & IBPS SO Mains Syllabus:
| S. no | Verbal | Quant | Reasoning | Marketing Officer Syllabus |
| 1 | Reading Comprehension | Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart) | Puzzles | Marketing Overview and Marketing Process and Marketing Planning |
| 2 | Cloze Test | Inequalities (Quadratic Equations) | Seating Arrangements | Concept, Nature |
| 3 | Fillers | Number Series | Direction Sense | Scope and Importance of Marketing |
| 4 | Sentence Errors | Approximation and Simplification | Blood Relation | Functions and Importance of Marketing Management |
| 5 | Vocabulary based questions | Data Sufficiency | Syllogism | Consumer/ Buyer Behavior |
| 6 | Sentence Improvement | Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns) | Order and Ranking | Market Segmentation |
| 7 | Jumbled Paragraph | Coding-Decoding | Importance of Market Segmentation | |
| 8 | Paragraph Based Questions ( Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Paragraph /Sentences Restatement) | Machine Input-Output | Marketing Research | |
| 9 | Inequalities | Product Planning and Development Sales Promotion and its Objectives | ||
| 10 | Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series | Branding | ||
| 11 | Data Sufficiency | Packaging, and Labeling | ||
| 12 | Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement, and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument) | Pricing Decisions | ||
| 13 | Pricing | |||
| 14 | Pricing Decision Strategies | |||
| 15 | Wholesale and Retail Trade | |||
| 16 | Services Marketing | |||
| 17 | Bank and Insurance Marketing | |||
| 18 | Consumer Protection in India: List of Consumer Rights | |||
| 19 | Consumer Protection Act | |||
| 20 | Marketing Organization | |||
| 21 | Marketing Program | |||
| 22 | Marketing Decision-Making; Sales Forecasting | |||
| 23 | Social Responsibility and Business Ethics | |||
| 24 | Product Distribution: Definition | |||
| 25 | Channels of Distribution | |||
| 26 | Advertisement | |||
| 27 | Sales Management | |||
| 28 | Marketing Environment | |||
| 29 | Rural Marketing | |||
| 30 | International Marketing |
Sample IBPS Entrance Exam Questions
Q1If 12% of a = 20% of b,
If 12% of a = 20% of b,
then b% of 12
is same as
Q2
The HCF of two numbers 795 and 1296 is 3. Find their LCM.
Q3
In how many ways can one or more books be chosen out of 5 different books?
Q4
Find the next term of the series: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, …..
Q5
Choose the Odd One Out from the given options.
Q6
Pen : Write :: Door : ?
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Frequently Asked Questions About IBPS
- Q1. What is IBPS-PO?
- Q2. When notification for IBSP-PO registration is released?
- Q3. When Preliminary exam of IBPS-PO is conducted?
- Q4. When main exam of IBPS-PO is conducted?
- Q5. When results of IBPS-PO are released?
- Q6. What are eligibility criteria for appearing for IBPS-PO?
Not below 20 years and not above 30 years.
A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. The candidate must possess valid Mark-sheet/Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he / she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.
- Q7. When results of IBPS-PO are released?
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection commonly known as IBPS has been formed under the Government of India to conduct recruitment exams and promotional tests for various government allied organizations. In 1984, Personnel Staff Selection (PSS) under National Institute of Bank Management was converted into autonomous Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. IBPS-PO exam is conducted to recruit personnel for 20 Public Sector Banks. This is one of the most sought-after exams as all PO level recruitment in Public Sector Banks, except SBI, are done through this exam.
The notification for IBPS-PO is usually released in August.
Preliminary exam of IBPS-PO is usually conducted in the month of October.
Main exam of IBPS-PO is usually conducted in the month of November.
The results of preliminary exam are usually announced in October and that of Main in December.
The following are eligibility criteria for IBPS-PO:
IBPS-PO exam comprises two phases. A. Phase I: Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Test for 100 marks will be conducted online. The test will have of 3 Sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:
| Section | Number of questions | Duration (in min) |
| English Language | 30 | 60 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | |
| Total | 100 |
Each correct answer carries 1 mark and each wrong answer attracts a penalty of 0.25 marks.
B. Phase- II: Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 25 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online.
(i). Objective Tests (200 marks): The objective test of 3 hours duration consist of 4 Sections for total 200 marks. The objective test has a separate timing for every section as follows:
| Section | Number of questions | Marks | Duration (in min) |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 |
| General/Economy/Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 |
| English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 180 |
| English Language (Letter writing | 2 | 25 | 30 |
Each wrong answer attracts a penalty of 1/4th of marks assigned to the question.
