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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.
- 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 |
- 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.
- 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
- IBPS Preliminary Exam
- 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.
- 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 |
- 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.
- C) Interview Process
Interview process for clerical cadre has been excluded in Feb-2016 Notice of IBPS
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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:-
- a) Test of English Language (Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)
- b) Test of General Awareness, Marketing &Computers
- c) Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation
- 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