IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern & Syllabus (1)

1
IBPS Clerk Syllabus Exam Pattern 2016-2017
2
About IBPS Clerk Exam

• There are total of 19,243 vacancies.
• Every year lakhs of candidates register for IBPS
  Clerk Exam.
• IBPS Clerk Pre Exam will be conducted on 26th Nov
  2016, 27th Nov 2016, 3rd Dec 2016 4th Dec 2016.
• IBPS Clerk Main Exam is to be held on 3rd Dec
  2017.

.
3
IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Pattern

• No need to prepare for General Awareness and
  Computer Knowledge Section for Pre exam.
• You just need to clear your category cut-off
  sectional as well as total to qualify for the
  Mains Exam.

.
4
IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Pattern
Sr. No. Name of Tests No. of questions Max. Marks Duration
1 English language 30 30 1 hours
2 Quantitative Aptitude 35 35 1 hours
3 Reasoning Ability 35 35 1 hours
Total 100 100
.
5
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern
Recommendation

• You need to score more marks than your categorys
  cut-off so that you can get an interview call.
• Score as much as possible in the Mains Exam, so
  that the interview marks do not affect your
  overall marks needed to get a bank allotment.
• The deeper you get in the recruitment process,
  the tougher the completion is. So, it is
  necessary to score more than other candidates to
  get finally selected.

.
6
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern
Sr. No. Name of Tests No. of questions Max. Marks Duration (Minutes)
1 Reasoning 40 40 30
2 English language 40 40 30
3 Quantitative Aptitude 40 40 30
4 General Awareness (with special reference to banking industry) 40 40 25
5 Computer Knowledge 40 40 20
Total 200 200 135
.
7
IBPS Clerk Exam Syllabus for Reasoning Section
Major Topics

• Puzzle
• Syllogism
• Statements Conclusions
• Statements Assumptions
• Statements Arguments
• Series Test
• Input-Output
• Coding-Decoding
• Sitting Arrangement

.
8
IBPS Clerk Exam Syllabus for Reasoning Section
Minor Topics

• Blood Relation
• Alphabet Test
• Direction Sense Test
• Decision Making
• Odd Man Out

Here is detailed IBPS Clerk Syllabus
.
9
IBPS Clerk Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude
Section
Major Topics

• Data Interpretation
• Simplifications
• Number series
• Approximation
• Quadratic Equations

.
10
IBPS Clerk Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude
Section
Minor Topics

• Profit and Loss
• Simple and Compound Interest Problems
• Time Work, Pipes Cisterns Problems
• Time, Speed and Distance Problems
• Average Problems
• Mensuration

.
11
IBPS Clerk Syllabus for English Language Section

• Spotting errors
• Fill in the blank - Cloze Test
• Idioms Phrases
• Synonyms and antonyms
• Reconstruction of sentence passage
• One-word substitution
• Phrase substitution
• Jumbled up sentences
• Double blanks in a sentence
• Commonly misspelled words
• Comprehension passages

.
12
IBPS Clerk General Awareness Syllabus
Note Try to cover last 6 months Current Affairs

• Each every topic related to Bank
• Important days/dates
• Currency and Capital
• World Countries and their capital and currencies
• Ministers and their departments
• Indian Economy
• International Economy

.
13
IBPS Clerk General Awareness Syllabus
Note Try to cover last 6 months Current Affairs

• Abbreviations/full forms
• Head of the Organizations
• Tag Lines
• Books Their Authors
• Budget
• Census, Important Persons
• UNO
• Awards Honors
• Sports

.
14
IBPS Clerk Computer Knowledge Section Syllabus

• Basic computer fundamentals
• History and Future of Computers
• Computer abbreviation
• Microsoft-office
• Basic knowledge of Internet use
• Shortcut keys
• Basic Software Hardware and their
  functionalities,
• Networking

.
15
Thank You!