SYLLABUS FOR IBPS (INSTITUTE OF BANKING PERSONNEL SELECTION)
PO (Probationary Officer)
IBPS PO/Clerk Prelims Exam Syllabus 2023
English language | Quantitative Aptitude | Reasoning ability |
Reading Comprehension | Simplification and Approximation | Alphanumeric Series |
Paragraph Jumbles | Quadratic Equations | Directions |
Idioms & Phrases | Profit and Loss | Reasoning Puzzles |
Error Detection | Mixtures and Alligations | Order and Ranking |
Tenses Rules | Simple and Compound Interest | Alphabet Combination |
Cloze Test | Surds and Indices | Data Sufficiency Tests |
Multiple Meanings | Work and Time | Coded Inequalities |
Paragraph and passage completion | Speed, Time and Distance | Seating Arrangements |
Mensuration: Cylinder, Cone, Sphere and Cuboid | Picture Series Puzzles | |
Data Interpretation | Tabulation | |
Ratio and Proportion | Syllogism | |
Percentages | Relationships | |
Number Series | Input/Output | |
Boat Stream | Coding and Decoding | |
Series and Sequences | Assertion and Reason | |
Permutation and Combination | Statement, Argument and Assumption | |
Measures of Central Tendency and Variation | Word Formation | |
Probability | Logical Reasoning |
IBPS PO/Clerk Mains Exam Syllabus 2023
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | General/Economy/Banking Awareness | English Language | Data Analysis & Interpretation |
Reasoning: | Banking Awareness | Reading Comprehension | Simplification |
Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning | Financial Knowledge | Vocabulary | Statistics (Averages, Mean, Median etc.) |
Syllogism | Basic Economics | Grammar | Representational Statistics (Graphs and Charts) |
Seating Arrangements (Circular and Linear) | Current Affairs | Usage of English in Business | Ratio and Proportion |
Scheduling | Current Events of National and International Importance with focus on financial news | Letter Writing | Percentages |
Input/Output | Static GK | Essay Writing | Data Interpretation |
Blood Relations | General Knowledge on various topics of importance to financial institutions | Verbal Ability | Data Sufficiency |
Ordering and Ranking | Mensuration | ||
Coding and Decoding | Geometry | ||
Sufficiency of Arguments and Data | Linear Equations | ||
Directions and Displacement | Quadratic Equations | ||
Code Inequalities | Simple and Compound Interest | ||
Alphanumeric Series | Speed, Distance and Time | ||
Computer Aptitude: | Profit, Loss and Discounts | ||
Internet | Time and Work Equations | ||
Memory | Permutations and Combinations | ||
Keyboard Shortcuts | Age Calculation Equations | ||
Computer Related Terms Abbreviations | Systems of Equation in Two Variables | ||
Computer Fundamentals | Number Systems | ||
Microsoft Office and Related Word Processing and Spreadsheet Applications | Mixtures and Alligations | ||
Computer Hardware and Software | |||
Operating Systems and GUI Basics | |||
Computer Network | |||
Microsoft Office | |||
Microsoft Windows |
Note: The exam syllabus for IBPS PO and IBPS Clerk is the same, the only difference is the level of questions asked in the exam. IBPS PO is harder than IBPS Clerk.
Exam Conducted – Once in a Year
Qualification – Graduation in any Stream
Age – 20 to 30 Years
BANK UNDER IBPS | BANK OF BARODA, BANK OF INDIA, BANK OF MAHARASTRA, CANARA BANK, CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA, INDIAN BANK, INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK, PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK, PUNJAB & SIND BANK, UCO BANK, UNION BANK OF INDIA |
Pattern of Exam: Objective Type (Prelims & Main)
Mode of Exam – (Prelims & Main) – Computer Based
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern 2023 | ||||
S.No. | Name of Tests(Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Total | 100 | 100 | 1 Hour |
Note – There will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer.
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern 2023 | ||||
S.No. | Name of Tests (Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
1 | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
2 | English Language | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
4 | General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
Total | 190 | 200 | 160 minutes |