IBPS PO EXAM PATTERN & SYLLABUS


IBPS has been giving opportunities to the young aspirants in creating a Banking career. IBPS started Common Written Examination (CWE) in 2011 to recruit the officers and clerks for the Public Sector Banks. Aspirants can apply based on their educational qualifications. The minimum educational qualification to attempt the clerical exam is graduation in any discipline.  



In this session, we will look at IBPS PO Exam in detail.

In 2018, the expected number of posts available is 4000. The Pre-Exam of IBPS PO Exam date will be on 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th October and the Main Examination to be held on 26th November 2018.

Following table shows IBPS PO exam date

Activity
Date
Preliminary Exam
13th, 14th , 20th & 21st October 2018
Main Exam
18th November 2018


                                                                                                                    

Let us take a look the eligibility criteria for IBPS PO exam:
      
Educational Qualification:

For an aspirant to attempt the IBPS PO exam, the minimum educational qualification is a Graduation degree in any stream (B.A, B.Com, B.Sc. or B.Tech) from a reputed University approved by the Indian government. The Graduation marks should be mentioned during registration to attempt the IBPS PO exam.

It is mandatory that the aspirant should have adequate knowledge of computer operation to attempt the IBPS PO exam in the online mode.

An aspirant should also have verbal as well as written aptitude in the official language the specific State or Union Territory. The aspirant should also be able to read, write and speak the language.

Age Eligibility:

The aspirant should be at least 20 years of age but should not be above 30 years. There is some relaxation for aspirants belonging to backward categories. Here is the tabular representation:

Category
Age Relaxation
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST)
5 years
Other Backward Classes (OBC Non-Creamy Layer)
3 years
Persons with Disabilities (PWD)
10 years
Ex-Servicemen (Army personnel)
5 years
Widows/Divorced Women
9 years
Persons with Domicile of Jammu &Kashmir during the period of 1-1-1980 to 31-12-1989
5 years
Persons affected by 1984 riots
5 years
Regular Employees of Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal

retrenched from service(for MP state Only)
5 years

Nationality or Citizenship of the Candidate:

Following criteria should be fulfilled by the candidate to attempt the IBPS PO exam:

1.Must be a citizen of India
2.Should be a migrant of Nepal or Bhutan
3. A refugee from Tibet who came to India before January 1962 and intended to settl e permanently in India
4. Should be a Person of Indian Origin (PIO) who migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam or any country of East Africa like Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi intended to settle permanently in India.

Aspirant belonging to categories 2,3 or 4 must have an eligibility certificate issued by the Indian government in their favour.

IBPS PO Exam Pattern:

IBPS PO Exam has two phases namely, the Prelims and the Mains.

IBPS PO- Prelims:

The Prelims exam has to be completed in one hour, conducted online. There will be 3 sections with a     total of 100 questions and a total score of 100 marks. It should be noted that IBPS PO exam has a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer. Aspirants must score the cut-off marks for qualifying into the Mains exam. The tabular representation of IBPS PO Prelims is as follows:

S.No.
Name of Tests (Objective
No. of Questions
Maximum Marks
Duration
1
English Language
30
30
Composite time of 1 Hour
2
Numerical Ability
35
35
3
Reasoning Ability
35
35
Total
100
100




 IBPS PO- Mains:

The IBPS PO Exam Pattern Mains exam has been modified for 2018. There is the descriptive paper included in the Mains. The Main exam of IBPS PO is also conducted online, with 4 sections holding a total score of 200 marks to be answered in 180 minutes. The descriptive paper has 1 section carrying a total score of 25 marks to be answered in 30 minutes.

There are a total of 5 sections in IBPS exam, with each section having different time limits. However, the total duration is 180minutes for the multiple choice questions and 30 minutes for the descriptive type question. IBPS PO Main exam also has a penalty of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer. Following is the tabular representation of the Mains exam:

S.No.
Name of Tests (Objective)
No. of Questions
Maximum Marks
Duration
1
Reasoning and Computer Aptitude
45
60
60 minutes
2
General/Economy/Banking Awareness
40
40
35 minutes
3
English Language
35
40
40 minutes
4
Data Analysis & Interpretation
35
60
45 minutes

                       Total
155
200
180 minutes

English Language(Letter Writing
& Essay)
2
25
30 minutes

 IBPS PO- Interview:

Aspirants who qualify the Mains exam will be eligible to attend the Interview, carrying 100 marks. To clear the interview round, the aspirant should score at least 40% (35% in case of SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates).

This duration of Interview will be about 15-20 minutes. There will be a group of Bank officials, raising questions concerning themselves, banking sector, current affairs, general knowledge etc.

The aspirant must dress well, have confidence and most importantly, carry the required documents for the interview. Based on the score secured in the Mains and the interview, IBPS sets the merit list. There is a ratio of 80:20 maintained by the IBPS to work out the final score along with the weightage of marks for the Mains and the interview.

 IBPS PO Syllabus:

The syllabus of IBPS exam is the same as other Bank exams. However, IBPS provides more of broad subjects, which are further classified into separate topics based on the questions from the previous years. The IBPS PO syllabus is divided into two parts: Prelims and the Mains.

Syllabus for IBPS PO Prelims:

Reasoning Ability
Quantitative Aptitude
English Language
Logical Reasoning
Simplification
Reading Comprehension
Alphanumeric Series
Profit & Loss
Cloze Test
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test
Mixtures &Alligations
Para jumbles
Data Sufficiency
Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices
Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting
Coded Inequalities
Work & Time
Fill in the blanks
Seating Arrangement
Time & Distance
Miscellaneous
Puzzle
Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
Paragraph Completion
Tabulation
Data Interpretation

Syllogism
Ratio & Proportion, Percentage

Blood Relations
Number Systems

Input Output
Sequence & Series

Coding Decoding
Permutation, Combination &Probability


Syllabus for IBPS PO Mains:

The exam pattern for IBPS PO Mains exam has been modified for 2018. There is the descriptive paper included in the Mains. The Main exam of IBPS PO is also conducted online, with 4 sections holding a total score of 200 marks to be answered in 180 minutes.

The descriptive paper has 1 section carrying a total score of 25 marks to be answered in 30 minutes.


The Mains exam comprises 5 sections:
  • ·         Reasoning & Computer
  • ·         English
  • ·         Data Analysis and Interpretation
  • ·         General Awareness
  • ·         Descriptive test comprising Letter Writing and Essay  

Review:
In this session, we discussed the exam date, exam pattern and syllabus for IBPS PO. Hope the session has been helpful and informative. Prepare well. Crack IBPS with flying colours!!

                          GOOD LUCK!!


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