Notification 2022

Important Dates

Vacancy Count

Application Fee

Eligibility Criteria

• Minimum:    20 years
• Maximum:   28 years
• (i.e. Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-07-1994 and not later than 01-07-2002.)
  
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  Relaxation of Upper age limit :

  Category	Age Relaxation
  Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe	5 years
  Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)	5 years
  Persons With Disabilities	10 years
  Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen	actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled ExServicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years
  Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried	Age concession upto the age of 35 years for General/EWS, 38 years for OBC and 40 years for SC/ST candidates
  Persons affected by 1984 riots	5 years

• Candidate must have done graduation in any stream from a recognized university
• Candidate should possess minimum qualification of Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or equivalent qualification recognized by the Central Government. The candidate must have the certificate as proof of having passed the qualifying examination.
• The candidate should have a valid mark-sheet/degree certificate that he/she is a graduate on the day of registration and indicating the percentage of marks obtained in graduation while registering online.
• Computer Literacy: Operating and working knowledge in computer systems is mandatory i.e. candidates should have certificate/diploma/degree in computer operation/language/study computer/information technology as a subject in high school/college/institute .
• 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 the candidate wishes to apply is preferabl

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• A candidate must be -
• • a Citizen of India
    OR
  • a subject of Nepal
    OR
  • a subject of Bhutan
    OR
  • a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently setting in India
    OR
  • a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

• IBPS Attempts are not counted in Clerk exam. Candidates need not worry about their efforts for the exam.

Pattern

• The recruitment process of IBPS-CRP-Clerk XII takes place in two stages:
   1. Preliminary Examination
   2. Main Exam
   Most of the major public sector banks require students to qualify for both these exams to get selected for the post of clerical cadre. The main thing to note here is that no interview process is required for the selection of candidates after the main examination. 100% weightage is given to the result of the main examination result.

 Preliminary Exam

• The syllabus for all the sections of IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam is as follows:
  

  Sr. No.	Subject	Total Ques.	Total Mark	Marks
  01	English Language	30	30	20 min.
  01	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 min.
  01	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 min.
  	Marks	100	100	60 min.

 Mains Exam

• IBPS Clerk Mains exam will now have 190 questions which need to be completed in 160 minutes time limit
  

  Sr. No.	Subject	Total Ques.	Total Marks	Duration
  01	English Language	40	40	35 min.
  01	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 min.
  01	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 min.
  01	General/Financial Awareness	50	50	35 min.
  	Total	100	200	160 min.

 notes:

1. Candidate will get 1 mark for each correct answer in Preliminary and Main Examination
2. 0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer in both preliminary and main examination.
3. However, no marks will be deducted in case of unanswered questions or questions which were not attempted.

Syllabus

 Preliminary Exam

• The IBPS-Clerk Syllabus 2022 for Preliminary Exam is tabulated below. It consists of 3 sections, i.e. English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability.
  

  Subject
  English language Reading Comprehension Tenses Rules Cloze Test(Fill in the Blanks) Jumbled Paragraphs Idioms and Phrases Multiple Meaning Error Spotting Correction Reading Comprehension Preposition Rules
  Reasoning Ability Logical Reasoning Alphanumeric Series Alphabetic Series Ranking Data Sufficiency Tests Coded Inequalities Direction Test Seating Arrangements Puzzles Tabulation Syllogism Input/Output Coding and Decoding Blood Relations
  Numerical Ability Profit, Loss and Discounts Quadratic Equations Approximation and Simplification Mixtures and Alligations Simple and Compound Interest Surds and Indices Work and Time Speed, Time and Distance Mensuration: Cone, Sphere, Cylinder Data Interpretation Ratio, Proportion and Percentage Number Systems Sequences and Series Permutation, Combination and Probability

 Mains Exam

• The IBPS Clerk Mains exam consists of sections viz., English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude, General Awareness & financial awareness. However do keep in mind that the difficulty level is much more in this phase of examination as compared to Pre.
  

  Subjects
  General And Financial Awareness General Knowledge Current Affairs Banking Awareness India’s Financial and Banking System Budget and Monetary Plans of the Government Key National Institutions Basics of Banking
  General English Vocabulary Grammar Idioms & Phrases Reading Comprehension
  Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude Reasoning Ability: Analogy Assumptions and Statements Syllogism Coding and Decoding Blood Relations Sense of Direction and Distance Alphanumeric Series Non-Verbal Reasoning Computer Aptitude: Basics of Hardware and Software Operating Systems Internet and associated topics Microsoft Office and other word processing software History of Computing Basic Computer Networking Basics of Databases Basics of Cyber Security Tools and Processes
  Quantitative Aptitude Ratio and Proportion Time, Speed and Distance Mixtures and Alligations Measures of Central Tendency and Basic Statistics (Mean, Average, Median and Variance etc.) Stocks, Shares and Debentures Percentages Clock Ray Questions Volume and Surface Area Logarithms Permutation and Combination Partnerships Heights and Distances Probability Simple and Compound Interest Profit, Loss and Discounts Basic Algebra Basic Trigonometry Charts, Bars and Graphs Data Interpretation