Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts an online examination to recruit Specialist Officers (SO) for various Public Sector banks in India. 1163+ Vacancies were released for the post of SO.
The preliminary exam is of objective type with 3 sections and a composite time of 2 hours.
Every question carries equal marks (1 mark for Reasoning & Quant and 1/2 mark for English) and ¼ marks will be penalised for every wrong answer.
Candidate must clear the cut off three sections.
The pattern is as follows:
Section | Number of Questions | Total Marks | Time | |
1 | English | 50 | 25 | 40 minutes |
2 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
3 | Quantitative Ability | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
Total | 150 | 125 | 2 hours |
Every question carries equal marks (1 mark for Reasoning & GK and 1/2 mark for English) and ¼ marks will be penalised for every wrong answer.
Section | Number of Questions | Total Marks | Time | |
1 | English | 50 | 25 | 40 minutes |
2 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
3 | General Awareness with special reference to banking industry | 50 | 50 | 40 minutes |
Total | 150 | 125 | 2 hours |
| Event | Date |
| Starting Date of Online Application | November 2021 |
| Last Date to Apply Online | November Ending 2021 |
| Download of call letters for Online examination - Preliminary | December 2021 |
| Online Examination - Preliminary | 18th & 26th December 2021 |
| Result of Online exam - Preliminary | January 2022 |
| Download of Call letter for Online exam - Main | January 2022 |
| Online Examination - Main | 30th January 2022 |
| Declaration of Result of Online Main Examination | To Be Announced |
| Download of call letters for interview | To Be Announced |
| Conduct of interview | To Be Announced |
| Provisional Allotment | To Be Announced |
The IBPS SO examination consists of the following sections/areas.
Age Limit as on 01.11.2019
Minimum: 20 years
Maximum: 30 years
A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.11.1989 and not later than 01.11.1999
Age Relaxation:
SC/ST - 05 Years
OBC - 03 Years
Persons With Benchmark Disability - 10 Years
Ex-servicemen - 5 years
Person affected by 1984 riots - 5 years
Person of Jammun & Kashmir province during the period 01.01.1980 and 31.12.1989 - 5 years
I.T. Officer (Scale-I): 4 year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation
Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I): 4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing.
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I): Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level.
Law Officer (Scale I): A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council.
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I): Graduate and Two Years Full-time Post Graduate degree.
Marketing Officer (Scale I): Graduate and Two Years Full-time MMS (Marketing)/ Two Years Full-time MBA (Marketing)/ Two Years Full-time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing.
The basic pay of a IBPS bank SO salary is as follows:
Officer Scale I: 23700-980(7)-30560-1145(2)-32850-1310(7)-42020.
Officer Scale II: 31705-1145(1)-32850-1310(10)-45950.
Officer Scale III: 42020-1310(5)-48570-1460(2)-51490.
The basic salary will be around 23650. The in-hand salary will be around 34000/-
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