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IBPS SO

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Common Written Examination for Specialist Officers
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Overview

IBPS SO is known as Institute of Banking Personnel Selection - Specialist Officer Examination. This exam is conducted to aid in the recruitment of eligible applicants for multiple public sector banks in across India. The IBPS is a government-owned bank personnel recruitment agency that came into existence in 1975.

  • Those applicants who are eligible to apply for this post can directly apply through the online mode on the official website. IBPS SO exam will be completed into tiers examinations i.e. Preliminary, Mains, as well as Personal Interview. 
  • Before applying for this exam, it is advisable that applicants can read the below information:

Highlights of IBPS SO Exam:

Exam name IBPS SO
Full form of IBPS SO Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Specialist Officer
Conducted by  IBPS
Level of exam National 
Application fees  Rupees 600 for general
Rupees 100 for reserved
Exam mode Online 
Application mode Through online
Duration of exam

Two hours

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Eligibility

To apply in the IBPS SO exam, applicants need to fulfil the eligibility criteria as discussed below:

  • Age limit eligibility
    • The minimum age limit for each candidate for IBPS SO will be 20 years while the maximum age limit will be 30 years.
    • There is age relaxation for ST/ SC will be 5 years
    • The age relaxation for other backward classes will be three years
    • 10 years for the persons with benchmark disability applicants
    • 5 years age relaxation will be ex-servicemen
    • 5 years age relaxation for applicants who are affected by the 1984 riots
  • Educational Qualification
    • The educational qualifications will be different for each post. Applicants can check the educational qualification from the official website.
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Syllabus

Reasoning Ability: Inequality syllogisms, Seating arrangement puzzles, Sufficiency Problems, Input and Output of data, Order and Ranking problems, Blood relations, Verbal Reasoning, Alphanumerics, Distance, and Direction
Quantitative Aptitude: Approximation and Interpretation of Data, Number Series simplifications, Data Sufficiency, Quadratic Equations, Averages, Mensuration, Ratio and Proportion, Simple and Compound Interest, Profit and Loss, Work, Time, Partnership, Distance, Probability.
General English: Reading, Comprehension, Close tests, Sentence Improvement/correction, Spotting Errors, Filling in the blanks, Unscrambling of Paragraphs, Sentence completion
General Awareness: Prime minister’s schemes, Questions on books and their authors, Currencies, Important Places, Current Affairs and Banking Awareness Topics, Awards, Headquarters

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Exam Pattern

The exam pattern of IBPS SO Rajshabha Adhikari and Law officer:

Name of subjects Questions  Marks  Duration 
English Language 50 50 40 minutes
Reasoning  50 25 40 minutes
General Awareness with Special reference 50 50 40 minutes
Total  150 125 Two hours

 

IBPS SO IT, Personeel/ HR and Marketing officer:

Name of subjects Questions  Marks  Duration 
English Language 50 50 40 minutes
Reasoning  50 25 40 minutes
General Awareness with Special reference 50 50 40 minutes
Total  150 125 Two hours

 

IBPS SO mains exam pattern:

Test name Total questions Maximum marks Duration
Professional knowledge 60 60 45 minutes
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Exam Paper

Practicing Previous Year Papers can assist you in preparing for the IBPS SO Exam. To pass the IBPS SO Exam, you must develop a sensible preparation approach that includes the work of practicing Previous Year Question Papers, which will help you improve your speed and accuracy. It increases your chances of passing the IBPS SO Exam.

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Syllabus of IBPS SO Exam

  • Reasoning Ability: Inequality syllogisms, Seating arrangement puzzles, Sufficiency Problems, Input and Output of data, Order and Ranking problems, Blood relations, Verbal Reasoning, Alphanumerics, Distance and Direction
  • Quantitative Aptitude: Approximation and Interpretation of Data, Number Series simplifications, Data Sufficiency, Quadratic Equations, Averages, Mensuration, Ratio and Proportion, Simple and Compound Interest, Profit and Loss, Work, Time, Partnership,Distance, Probability.
  • General English: Reading, Comprehension, Close tests, Sentence Improvement/correction, Spotting Errors, Filling in the blanks, Unscrambling of Paragraphs, Sentence completion
  • General Awareness: Prime minister’s schemes, Questions on books and their authors, Currencies, Important Places, Current Affairs and Banking Awareness Topics, Awards, Headquarters, 

Exam Pattern of IBPS SO Exam:
The exam pattern of IBPS SO Rajshabha Adhikari and Law officer:

Name of subjects Questions  Marks  Duration 
English Language 50 50 40 minutes
Reasoning  50 25 40 minutes
General Awareness with Special reference 50 50 40 minutes
Total  150 125 Two hours

 

IBPS SO IT, Personeel/ HR and Marketing officer

 

Name of subjects Questions  Marks  Duration 
English Language 50 50 40 minutes
Reasoning  50 25 40 minutes
General Awareness with Special reference 50 50 40 minutes
Total  150 125 Two hours

 

IBPS SO mains exam pattern

Test name Total questions Maximum marks Duration
Professional knowledge 60 60 45 minutes
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Exam Important Date

Events  Important dates
Starting date to fill the application form First week of November 2022
Last date to fill the form November 2022, last week
Payment of application fee November 2022, last week
Admit card available December 2022, last week
Preliminary exam result  Jan-23
Admit card of Mains exam Jan-23
Call letter for interview Feb-23
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Exam Application Process

  • First applicants need to visit the official website 
  • Applicants who are login using registration ID and password 
  • After entering login details applicants need to provide other details like educational and personal
  • After this, candidates need to upload their scanned versions like a signature, photographs as well as left thumb impression
  • Download your application form and print out it

 

Selection Process of IBPS SO Exam:

  • Applicants will be selected for IBPS SO post on the basis of the qualifying exam. The exams includes Prelims and Mains exam. First applicants need to clear the prelims exam then they also need to clear Mains exam. Once both the exams clear then applicants will be called for an interview round.

 

Cut off of IBPS SO exam:

  • Cut off is the minimum score that is required to secure the quality for the exam by the IBPS through the official website. 
  • Applicants can check cut off by just following the below steps:
    • Go to the IBPS official website and click on the link of IBPS SO Cut off
    • Applicants then need to required their login details
    • The mark sheet will be then visible on the screen
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Exam Center

Check the list of exam centers below information:

Guwahati, Vijayawada, Faridabad, Naharlagun, Vishakapatnam, Patna, Chandigarh/Mohali    Raipur, Port Blair, Delhi/New Delhi, Surat, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Panji, Gurugram, Hissar, Ahmedabad, Shimla, Hamirpur, Srinagar, Jammu, Bengaluru, Ranchi, Kochi, Hubli, Kavaratti, Thiruvananthapuram, Aurangabad, Bhopal, Nagpur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Imphal, Pune, Aizawl, Shillong, Kohima, Puducherry, Bhubaneshwar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Chennai, Jaipur, Barding/Gangtok, Madurai, Hyderabad, Tirunelveli, Allahabad, Agartala, Meerut, Lucknow, Dehradun, Siliguri

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FAQ

Ques: What is the preparation strategy a candidate need to follow?
Ans: Follow the below preparation tips for IBPS SO exam:

  • Gather all related syllabus from the official website
  • Prepare the strict timetable to cover all the syllabus
  • Solve previous year sample as well as mock papers
  • Read newspapers and journals to build strong general awareness

 

Ques: What are the best books for IBPS So preparation 2022?
Ans:

  • Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency
  • Analytical Reasoning
  • Kiran’s IBPS specialist officers
  • Essential English Grammar with answers
  • Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive exam by RS Agarwal
  • Lucent’s GK

 

Ques: What are the participating banks of IBPS SO?
Ans:

  • Bank of India
  • UCO Bank
  • Canara Bank
  • BOB
  • Indian Bank
  • Central Bank of India
  • Union Bank of India
  • Bank of Maharashtra
  • Punjab national bank

 

Ques: When the application form available for IBPS SO?
Ans: From the first week of November the application form will be available.
 

Ques: How to get the admit card of IBPS SO?
Ans: Applicants can download their admit card of IBPS SO from the official website.

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