Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released exam schedule of IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2020 on its official website ibps.in. As per the IBPS Calendar 2020, the IBPS Clerk Prelims 2020 exam will be held on 05.12.2020, 12.12.2020 and 13.12.2020 and IBPS Clerk Mains 2020 exam will be held on 12.01.2021. Candidates who look forward to appear for the IBPS Clerk Exam to fetch job in public sector banks should go through the given IBPS Clerk syllabus and exam pattern. The given IBPS Clerk Syllabus contains important topics of each subject or section. Go through the given IBPS Clerk Syllabus & Exam Pattern and test your preparation level now. The syllabus contains important topics from which questions are asked from each section and their marking scheme.
IBPS Clerk Recruitment is carried out in two phases - Preliminary and Mains Examinations. Here is the topic-wise and section-wise IBPS Clerk syllabus that contains the important topics from which the questions could be asked in the IBPS Clerk Exam. With just a few days left for the Mains examination, it is suggested that candidates should devote this time for preparations as per the latest syllabus. Though many of the candidates might be aware of the exam pattern and syllabus of the IBPS Clerk Prelims & Mains 2020, there might be many who would be appearing for the IBPS Clerk Recruitment Exam for the first time.
a. Preliminary Examination
Sr. No. |
Name of Tests |
No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
English Language |
30 |
30 |
20 minutes |
2 |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
3 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 minutes |
Total |
100 |
100 |
60 minutes |
b. Main Examination
Sr. No. |
Name of Tests (NOT BY SEQUENCE) |
No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
General/ Financial Awareness |
50 |
50 |
35 minutes |
2 |
General English |
40 |
40 |
35 minutes |
3 |
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude |
50 |
60 |
45 minutes |
4 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
50 |
45 minutes |
Total |
190 |
200 |
160 minutes |
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2020: Syllabus – Questions Asked, Topics & Difficulty Level
English Language
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Reasoning Ability
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Numerical Ability
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Reading Comprehensions
Vocabulary
Fill in the blanks
Antonym & Synonym
Sentence Completion
Cloze Test
Error Detection
Para jumbles
Phrase Replacement
Inference
Connectors
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Puzzles - Seating Arrangements, Directions, Box-based, Month-Based, Days-Based, Row-based
Distance and Direction
Blood Relations
Syllogism
Order and Ranking
Coding-Decoding
Input-Output
Inequalities
Alphanumeric Series
Figure Series
Verbal Reasoning
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Data Interpretation - Tabular, Bar Graph, Line Chart & Pie Chart
Number Series
Quadratic Equations
Simplification
Approximation
Percentages
Simple Interest & Compound Interest
Profit and Loss
Average
Speed, Distance and Time
Ratio and Proportion
Problem on Ages
Data Sufficiency
Work, Time and Wages
Boats and Stream
Pipes and Cisterns
Mensuration
Probability
Permutation and Combination
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Difficulty Level – Easy to Moderate OR Moderate
- Possibility of high accuracy
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Difficulty Level – Moderate
- Possibility of high accuracy
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Difficulty Level – Moderate to Difficult
- Possibility of high accuracy
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IBPS Clerk Mains 2020: Syllabus – Questions Asked, Topics & Difficulty Level
Quantitative Aptitude
(Difficulty Level – Moderate to Difficult
- Possibility of high accuracy)
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Number Series, Quadratic Equations, Data Interpretation - Pie Chart, Bar Graph, Tabular & Line Chart, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Approximation, Simplification, Profit and Loss, Percentages, Average, Data Sufficiency, Mensuration, Probability, Permutation and Combination, Ratio and Proportion, Problem on Ages, Speed, Distance and Time, Work, Time and Wages, Boats and Stream, Pipes and Cisterns
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English Language
(Difficulty Level – Easy to Moderate OR Moderate
- Possibility of high accuracy)
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Reading Comprehensions, Vocabulary, Fill in the blanks, Antonym & Synonym, Sentence Completion, Cloze Test, Error Detection, Para jumbles, Phrase Replacement, Inference, Connectors
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Reasoning & Computer Aptitude
(Difficulty Level – Moderate
- Possibility of high accuracy)
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Alphanumeric Series, Syllogism, Blood Relations, Distance and Direction, Verbal Reasoning, Figure Series, Seating Arrangements, Box-based Puzzle,
Month-Based puzzle, Days-Based puzzle,
Row-based puzzle, Order and Ranking, Coding-Decoding, Input-Output, Inequalities, Basic Computer Knowledge, Microsoft Office, Computer Hardware & Software, Internet & Networking, Keyboard shortcuts, Abbreviations
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General/Financial Awareness
(Difficulty Level – Moderate
- Possibility of high accuracy)
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Static GK – Country, Currency & Capital, Firsts in the world and India, Indian Constitution, Indian Culture, Airports & Railways, History, Geography
Financial Awareness – Indian Banking, important terms, Bank Headquarters, Regulatory Bodies, Functions of RBI, Indian Financial System, Fiscal & Monetary Policy, International Organisations – IMF, WB, ADB, UNO, SWIFT, BBB, BIS & UFBU
Current Affairs – Government schemes, National & International Days/weeks, Awards, Sports & other happenings
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