IBPS Clerk: Latest Syallbus and Exam Pattern

 

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has provided the IBPS Clerk exam pattern and syllabus for the Prelims and Mains exam in its official notification. To ace the IBPS Clerk exam, students must have an idea of the latest exam pattern and syllabus. In this article, we have stated the latest details about the IBPS Clerk exam. 

IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2022 

For Prelims

The IBPS Clerk Prelims exam has three sections, including English Language, Reasoning Ability, and Quantitative Aptitude. The latest IBPS Clerk syllabus is given below:

• English Language

Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Spotting Errors, Sentence Improvement, Sentence Correction, Fill in the Blanks, Para Jumbles, Para/Sentence Completion.

• Reasoning Ability

Seating Arrangements, Syllogism, Puzzles, Inequalities, Input-Output, Blood Relations, Data Sufficiency, Order and Ranking, Alphanumeric Series, Distance and Direction, Verbal Reasoning.

• Quantitative Aptitude

Simplification/Approximation, Number Series, Data Interpretation, Quadratic Equation, Data Sufficiency, Mensuration, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Profit and Loss, Work, Time, and Energy, Relations, Time and Distance, Probability, Simple and Compound Interest, Permutation and Combination.

For Mains

The IBPS Clerk Mains syllabus will have an additional General Awareness section, which will have questions based on financial awareness.

• English Language

Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Spotting Errors, Sentence Improvement, Sentence Correction, Fill in the Blanks, Para Jumbles, Para/Sentence Completion.

• Reasoning Ability

Seating Arrangements, Inequalities, Puzzles, Syllogism, Input-Output, Data Sufficiency, Blood Relations, Order and Ranking, Alphanumeric Series, Distance and Direction, Verbal Reasoning.

• Quantitative Aptitude

Number Series, Data Interpretation, Simplification/ Approximation, Data Sufficiency, Quadratic Equation, Mensuration, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Profit and Loss, Work, Time, and Energy, Time and Distance, Probability, Relations, Simple and Compound Interest, Permutation and Combination.

• General/ Financial Awareness

• Current Affairs related to the national and international affairs of the past 6 months

• History of the Indian banking system

• Recent advancements in monetary policies

• Books & Authors

• Currencies

• Important Places

• Awards

• Banking Awareness

• Important Dates & Events

• Government Plans and Policies

• Headquarters

• Introduction to national financial institutions like RBI, SEBI, FSDC, IRDA, etc., and of international organizations like IMF, World Bank, UN, ADB, etc. 

• Important Economic Terminologies

• Banking Terms 

• Government Schemes on Capital & Money Market

• Computer Aptitude

Basics of Hardware & Software, Internet terms and services, Windows operating system basics, Basic Functionalities of MS Office (MS-word, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Excel), History of Computers, Database basics, Networking & communication, Basics of Hacking, Security Tools and Viruses

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2022

For Prelims

Candidates are required to qualify in all three sections individually by securing the minimum cut-off marks decided by IBPS. A sufficient number of candidates, as per the IBPS requirements, will be shortlisted for the Mains examination. The exam pattern for the IBPS Prelims exam is given below:

Sections	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
English Language	30	30	20 minutes
Numerical Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Total	100	100	60 minutes

For Mains

Candidates who successfully clear the sectional as well as overall cut-off will be eligible for the Mains exam. 

The Mains paper will be divided into four sections, namely General English, Financial Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude. One-forth mark is deducted for every incorrect answer. The IBPS Clerk Mains exam pattern is tabulated below:

Sections	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
General English	40	40	35 minutes
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 minutes
General/ Financial Awareness	50	50	35 minutes
Total	190	200	160 minutes

IBPS Clerk Final Selection 

Candidates will have to clear both the IBPS Prelims and Mains exams to get into the final merit list. However, the Prelims exam is only qualifying in nature, i.e., the Prelims score will not be considered in the final merit list of the candidates. 

Whereas the Mains exam is both qualifying and scoring in nature i.e., the final selection of the candidates will depend on the score of the Mains exam. The final list will be prepared after scaling the marks of the candidates out of 100

FAQs

Q1. What are the stages in the IBPS Clerk 2022 exam?

IBPS Clerk 2022 exam will be conducted in two stages, Prelims and Mains. 

Q2. Is the IBPS Clerk 2022 exam difficult?

The difficulty level for the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam will be easy to moderate, and for the Mains exam will be Moderate to Difficult. To prepare better you can take the help of the IBPS Clerk coaching. 

Q3. What is the pay scale of the IBPS Clerk exam?

The pay scale of the IBPS Clerk ranges from INR 11,765 to 31,540 as per the experience and other factors.

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