IBPS
The Institute of Banking
Personnel Selection (IBPS) is an autonomous body set up to evolve and implement
world class processes of assessment and selection of personnel for various
client organizations.
Over the years, IBPS has
gained reputation of being a major “Personnel Selection Test Conducting Agency”
of the country. Its strength lies in its capability to develop and construct
Multiple Choice Objective Tests & tools used for mass level testing
programmes and its ability to conduct these exams simultaneously for lakhs
& lakhs of candidates in about 200 cities/towns all over India and also in
few foreign locations.
In Banking, the main exams conducted by IBPS are given below:
IBPS PO
Institute of Banking
Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts its examination for the post of Probationary Officer
(PO). But this time the exam will be conducted in two levels Tier 1 &
2 (Preliminary &
mains). Two tier exam for recruitment of PO/MT from CWE VI onwards. IBPS department decided to
take IBPS PO Online exam in two parts:
1. IBPS Preliminary Exam
2. IBPS Mains Exam.
Note: All participants who successfully registered himself / herself in PO/MT VI firstly have to
fight with (Preliminary)
Pre exam and Shortlist candidates in Preliminary examination will be
called for Mains Exam.
Marks scored in mains exam will be decided for short listing for interview
.
IBPS Preliminary Exam Pattern:
IBPS Pre Exam Pattern will contain 100 questions & in 3 sections in the Preliminary Examination with 1 hour duration. The marks obtained in the Preliminary examination will not be considered for preparing the final merit list.
IBPS Preliminary Exam Pattern:
IBPS Pre Exam Pattern will contain 100 questions & in 3 sections in the Preliminary Examination with 1 hour duration. The marks obtained in the Preliminary examination will not be considered for preparing the final merit list.
A) IBPS PO 2016 Exam Pattern – Preliminary Examination
1
|
English Language
|
30
|
30
|
Composite time of 1
Hour
|
2
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
35
|
35
|
|
3
|
Reasoning Ability
|
35
|
35
|
|
Total
|
100
|
100
|
B) IBPS Mains Exam Pattern
IBPS Mains exam will contain 200 questions which will be of 2 hours. The pattern of the Mains exam is:
Sr.No.
|
Name of the Test
|
No. of Questions
|
Maximum Marks
|
Duration
|
1
|
Reasoning
|
50
|
50 (40 min.)
|
140
minutes
|
2
|
English Language
|
40
|
40 (30 min.)
|
|
3
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
50
|
50 (40 min.)
|
|
4
|
General Awareness
(with special
reference to Banking Industry)
|
40
|
40 (20 min.)
|
|
5
|
Computer Knowledge
|
20
|
20 (10 min.)
|
|
Total
|
200
|
200
|
Important Note – Marks obtained by the candidates in the Main
examination will only be considered for shortlisting for Interview and
preparation of final merit list.
Note: There will be
negative marking for wrong answers marked by the candidates in both Preliminary
and Main Examination which implies a penalty of one – fourth or 0.25 of the
marks assigned to the particular question will be deducted as penalty to arrive
at corrected score.
C) Interview
Process
The last round of
selection is Interview process to be attended only by the candidates who would
have obtained the minimum cut off score in the Main Examination. The Interview
will be held at selected centres and will be conducted by Participating Organizations
and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each State/ UT with the help of IBPS.
IBPS Clerk
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts its
examination for the post of Clerks
But this time the exam will be conducted in two levels Tier 1
& 2 (Preliminary & mains). Two tier
exam for recruitment of Clerk from CWE VI onwards.
IBPS department decided to take IBPS 5 Online exam in
two parts
1. IBPS Preliminary Exam
2. IBPS Mains Exam
Note: All
participants who successfully registered himself / herself in Clerk V firstly
have to fight with (Preliminary) Pre exam and Shortlist candidates
in Preliminary examination will be called for Mains Exam. Marks scored in mains exam will be decided
for short listing for interview.
IBPS Preliminary Exam Pattern
IBPS Pre Exam Pattern will
contain 100 questions & in 3 sections in the Preliminary Examination with 1 hour duration. The marks obtained in the Preliminary
examination will not be considered for preparing the final merit list.
A) IBPS CLERK 2016 Exam Pattern – Preliminary
Examination
Sr.No.
|
Name of the Test
|
No. of Questions
|
Maximum Marks
|
Duration
|
1
|
English Language
|
30
|
30
|
Composite time of 1
Hour
|
2
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
35
|
35
|
|
3
|
Reasoning Ability
|
35
|
35
|
|
Total
|
100
|
100
|
B) IBPS Mains Exam Pattern
IBPS Mains exam will contain 200 questions which
will be of 135 minutes. The pattern of the Mains exam is:
Sr.No.
|
Name of the Test
|
No. of Questions
|
Maximum Marks
|
Duration
|
1
|
Reasoning
|
40
|
50 (30 min.)
|
135 minutes
|
2
|
English Language
|
40
|
40 (30 min.)
|
|
3
|
Quantitative Aptitude
|
40
|
50 (30 min.)
|
|
4
|
General Awareness
(with special
reference to Banking Industry)
|
40
|
40 (25 min.)
|
|
5
|
Computer Knowledge
|
40
|
20 (20 min.)
|
|
Total
|
200
|
200
|
Important Note – Marks obtained by the candidates in the Main
examination will only be considered for shortlisting for Interview and
preparation of final merit list.
Note: There will be negative marking for wrong answers marked by
the candidates in both Preliminary and Main Examination which implies a penalty
of one – fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to the particular question will
be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score.
C) Interview Process
The last round of selection is Interview process to be attended
only by the candidates who would have obtained the minimum cut off score in the
Main Examination. The Interview will be held at selected centres and will be
conducted by Participating Organizations and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in
each State/ UT with the help of IBPS.
IBPS RRB
As per the new IBPS RRB Exam Pattern 2016, the exam will be conducted in two tiers
– Prelims and Mains
Examination for the post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose) and
Officers Scale I.
Interview will be conducted for the post of Officers Scale I.
Candidates appearing for Office Assistant
(Multi- purpose) will be shortlisted for provisional allotment on the
basis of marks obtained in
Mains Exams. However, there will be a single online examination followed by Common Interview
for the post of Officers Scale II (Generalist and Specialists) and
Officers Scale III.
IBPS Exam Pattern for
RRB
IBPS RRB Exam Pattern of
Officer Scale I , II , III Check details. IBPS RRB Officer Exam Pattern. IBPS Conducts
Online Common Written Exam (CWE) for filling the posts of Group “A”-Officers (Scale-I, II
& III) and Group “B”-Office Assistants (Multipurpose) in Rural Banks.
Preliminary Examination:
Office Assistant (Multipurpose)
Sr. No.
|
Sections
|
No of Questions
|
Total Marks
|
Medium
|
Time Duration
|
1
|
Reasoning
|
40
|
40
|
English/Hindi
|
45 minutes
|
2
|
Numerical Ability
|
40
|
40
|
||
Total
|
80
|
80
|
Officer Scale-I
Sr. No.
|
Sections
|
No of Questions
|
Total Marks
|
Medium
|
Time Duration
|
1
|
Reasoning
|
40
|
40
|
English/Hindi
|
45 minutes
|
2
|
Numerical Ability
|
40
|
40
|
||
Total
|
80
|
80
|
Mains Examination:
Office Assistant
(Multipurpose)
Serial No
|
Sections
|
No of Questions
|
Total Marks
|
Medium
|
Time Duration
|
1
|
Reasoning
|
40
|
50
|
English/Hindi
|
2 hours
|
2
|
Numerical Ability
|
40
|
50
|
English/Hindi
|
|
3
|
General Awareness
|
40
|
40
|
English/Hindi
|
|
4 (a)
|
English Language
|
40
|
40
|
English
|
|
4 (b)
|
Hindi Language
|
40
|
40
|
Hindi
|
|
5
|
Computer Knowledge
|
40
|
20
|
English/Hindi
|
|
Total
|
200
|
200
|
Officer Scale I
Serial No
|
Sections
|
No of Questions
|
Total Marks
|
Medium
|
Time Duration
|
1
|
Reasoning
|
40
|
50
|
English/Hindi
|
2 hours
|
2
|
Quantitative Ability
|
40
|
50
|
English/Hindi
|
|
3
|
General Awareness
|
40
|
40
|
English/Hindi
|
|
4 (a)
|
English Language
|
40
|
40
|
English
|
|
4 (b)
|
Hindi Language
|
40
|
40
|
Hindi
|
|
5
|
Computer Knowledge
|
40
|
20
|
English/Hindi
|
|
Total
|
200
|
200
|
Single Level Examination:
Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer)
Serial No
|
Sections
|
No of Questions
|
Total Marks
|
Medium
|
Time Duration
|
1
|
Reasoning
|
40
|
50
|
English/Hindi
|
Composite Timeof 2 hours
|
2
|
Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation
|
40
|
50
|
English/Hindi
|
|
3
|
Financial Awareness
|
40
|
40
|
English/Hindi
|
|
4 (a)
|
English Language
|
40
|
40
|
English
|
|
4 (b)
|
Hindi Language
|
40
|
40
|
Hindi
|
|
5
|
Computer Knowledge
|
40
|
20
|
English/Hindi
|
|
Total
|
200
|
200
|
Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre)
Serial No
|
Sections
|
No of Questions
|
Total Marks
|
Medium
|
Time Duration
|
1
|
Reasoning
|
40
|
40
|
English/Hindi
|
Composite Time of 2hours and 30 minutes
|
2
|
Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation
|
40
|
40
|
English/Hindi
|
|
3
|
Financial Awareness
|
40
|
40
|
English/Hindi
|
|
4 (a)
|
English Language
|
40
|
20
|
English
|
|
4 (b)
|
Hindi Language
|
40
|
20
|
Hindi
|
|
5
|
Computer Knowledge
|
40
|
20
|
English/Hindi
|
|
6
|
Professional Knowledge
|
40
|
40
|
Hindi/English
|
|
Total
|
240
|
200
|
Officer Scale-III
Serial No
|
Sections
|
No of Questions
|
Total Marks
|
Medium
|
Time Duration
|
1
|
Reasoning
|
40
|
50
|
English/Hindi
|
Composite Timeof 2 hours
|
2
|
Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation
|
40
|
50
|
English/Hindi
|
|
3
|
Financial Awareness
|
40
|
40
|
English/Hindi
|
|
4 (a)
|
English Language
|
40
|
40
|
English
|
|
4 (b)
|
Hindi Language
|
40
|
40
|
Hindi
|
|
5
|
Computer Knowledge
|
40
|
20
|
English/Hindi
|
|
Total
|
200
|
200
|
IBPS RRB Interview:
·
Interview is
applicable only for post of Officers (Scale I, II and III)
· Candidates who have
been shortlisted in the main examination for the post of Officers Scale I and
in the single level examination for the post of Officers Scale II and III under
CWE RRB-V will subsequently be called for an Interview.
· The total marks allotted
for Interview are 100
· The minimum qualifying
marks/ scores in interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC / ST/OBC/PWD
candidates)
· The minimum qualifying
marks in interview for Officers Scale II and III will also be not less than 40%
for all the candidates except 35% for SC / ST/OBC/PWD candidates.
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