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Banking & Insurance Exam (Probationary Officers/Assistants/Specialist Officer/Clerks) 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.    IBPS provides its service to all Public Sector Banks & Regional Banks (Scheduled & Not Scheduled) . 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. 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 V onwards. IBPS department decided to take IBPS PO Online exam in two parts:  1. IBPS Preliminary Exam 2. IBPS Mains Exam. 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.

1. A) IBPS PO 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

1. 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	Composite time of 2 Hour
2	English Language	40	40
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50
4	General Awareness (with special reference to Banking Industry)	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge	20	20
	Total	200	200

Important Note – Marks obtained by the candidates in the Main examination will only be considered for short listing 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. The tentative dates for the IBPS CWE PO/MT-VI Preliminary Examination: 16.10.2016, 22.10.2016, 23.10.2016. Main Examination:22.11.2016

IBPS PO MT Eligibility Criteria 2015

Education:

Graduate

Age:

Candidate’s age must be between 21 years and 30.

1. 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. PARTICIPATING BANKS 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

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.

1. A) IBPS CLERK 2015 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

1. 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	40	40	Composite time of 2 Hour
2	English Language	40	40
3	Quantitative Aptitude	40	40
4	General Awareness (with special reference to Banking Industry)	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge	40	40
	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. The tentative dates for the IBPS CWE CLERK-V Preliminary Examination 26.11.2016, 27.11.2016, 03.12.2016, 04.12.2016, Mains Examination 31.12.2016 & 01.01.2017    IBPS CLERK Eligibility Criteria 2015 Educational Qualifications: A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. Of Proficiency in the Official Language of the State/UT (candidates should know how to read/ write and speak the Official Language of the State/UT) for which vacancies a candidate wishes to apply is preferable. Age Minimum: 20 years Maximum: 28 years.

1. C)  Interview Process

Interview process for clerical cadre has been excluded in Feb-2016 Notice of IBPS PARTICIPATING BANKS IBPS RRB There will be single examination for Recruitment of Officers and Assistants in the Gramin Banks across country. So this means that there is no Pre/Mains pattern in IBPS RRB in selection process of RRBs. The only change in this year’s RRB is Common Interview and the timings of the exam has been reduced to 2 hours. 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. Group: I For ‘A &B ’ category States (under Official Languages Act) The pattern of exam is:

S.No	Name of Test	Medium of Exam	No. ofQuestions	Max.Marks	Total Time
1	Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	50	Composite Time of 2 hours
2	Numerical Ability	Hindi/English	40	50
3	General Awareness	Hindi/English	40	40
4a	English Language	English	40	40
4b	HindiLanguage	Hindi	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	20
	Total		200	200

  IBPS Officer Scale-I Exam Pattern The pattern of exam is:

S.No	Name of Test	Medium of Exam	No. ofQuestions	Max.Marks	Total Time
1	Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	50	Composite Time of 2 hours
2	Quantitative Aptitude	Hindi/English	40	50
3	General Awareness	Hindi/English	40	40
4a	English Language	English	40	40
4b	HindiLanguage	Hindi	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	20
	Total		200	200

IBPS Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre) Exam Pattern The pattern of exam is:

S.No	Name of Test	Medium of Exam	No. ofQuestions	Max.Marks	Total Time
1	Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	40	Composite Time of 2 hours
2	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	Hindi/English	40	40
3	Financial Awareness	Hindi/English	40	40
4a	English Language	English	40	20
4b	HindiLanguage	Hindi	40	20
5	Computer Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	20
6	Professional Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	40
	Total		240	200

  IBPS Officer Scale- III Exam Pattern The pattern of exam is:

S.No	Name of Test	Medium of Exam	No. ofQuestions	Max.Marks	Total Time
1	Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	50	Composite Time of 2 hours
2	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	Hindi/English	40	50
3	Financial Awareness	Hindi/English	40	40
4a	English Language	English	40	40
4b	HindiLanguage	Hindi	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	20
	Total		200	200

IBPS Office Assistant (Multipurpose) Exam Pattern The pattern of exam is:

S.No	Name of Test	Medium of Exam	No. ofQuestions	Max.Marks	Total Time
1	Reasoning	English	40	50	CompositeTime of 2 hours
2	Numerical Ability	English	40	50
3	General Awareness	English	40	40
4	English Language	English	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge	English	40	20
	Total		200	200

  PARTICIPATING BANKS   For Officer Scale- III– Above 21 years – Below 40 years i For Officer Scale- II– Above 21 years – Below 32 For Officer Scale- I– Above 18 years – Below 30 years For Office Assistant (Multipurpose) – Between 18 years and 28   INTERVIEW While appearing for the Interview, the candidate should produce valid prescribed documents given below. In the absence of documents candidature of the candidates shall be cancelled. IBPS/ Nodal RRB/RRBs take no responsibility to receive/ connect any certificate/remittance/ document sent separately. IBPS SO IBPS SPECIALIST OFFICER CWE IBPS conducts the recruitment for the post of Specialist Officers Cadre in the participating organizations. Details of Posts

• I.T. Officer (Scale-I) • Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
• Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
• Law Officer (Scale I)
• HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
• Marketing Officer (Scale I)
• I.T. Officer (Scale-II)
• Law Officer (Scale II)
• Chartered Accountant (Scale II)
• Manager Credit (Scale II)/ Finance Executive (Scale II)

Exam Pattern

Name of the Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Time
Reasoning	50	50	120 Minutes
English Language	50	25
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50
Professional Knowledge	50	75
Total	200	200

SBI EXAMS State Bank of India (SBI) Recruitment of Probationary Officers (PO) 2015 State Bank of India (SBI) Recruitment of Probationary Officers (PO)  this year was announced with a changed pattern with the introduction of PRELIMS AND MAINS & GDPI Examinations.

Name of Post	Age Limit
Probationary Officers (PO)	21 to 30 Years as on 01/04/2015 [born not earlier than 02.04.1985 and not later than 01.04.1994 (both days inclusive)]

Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from a recognized University. Selection Process: Preliminary Examination, Main Examination and Interview. Phase-I – Preliminary Examination: The Exam consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online. This test would be of 1 hour duration consisting of 3 Sections as follows:-

Name of test	No. of Questions	Marks
English Language	30	30
Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
Reasoning Ability	35	35
Total =	100	100

Phase-II – Main Examination: The Exam will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online.  Candidates will have to answer Descriptive test by typing on the computer. Immediately after completion of Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered. (i) Objective Test -> The Objective Test of 2 hour duration consists of 4 Sections with 50 marks each (Total 200 marks) as follows:-

1. a) Test of English Language (Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)
2. b) Test of General Awareness, Marketing &Computers
3. c) Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation
4. d) Test of Reasoning (High Level)

(ii) Descriptive Test -> The Descriptive Test of 1 hour duration with 50 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay). Phase-III – Final Selection: The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for the selection and only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II) will be added to the marks obtained in GD & Interview (Phase-III) for preparation of the final merit list. State Bank of India (SBI) Recruitment of CLERK State Bank Of India (SBI) will conduct its SBI Clerk Exam for recruitment to the post of Assistant in C