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About IBPS PO exam

IBPS is an autonomous body that conducts the recruitment process of IBPS PO exam once every year. Any eligible candidate who aspires to join as Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee in the participating organisations can apply for the IBPS PO examination. The details of the IBPS PO examination along with scheme and syllabus of the IBPS PO exam are given below.

Eligibility for IBPS PO exam

Nationality / Citizenship

A candidate must be either:

A Citizen of India or
A subject of Nepal or
A subject of Bhutan or
A Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1^st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling 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 2, 3, 4 and 5 shall be a person n whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Age Limit for IBPS PO exam

The minimum age limit for IBPS PO exam is 20 years and the maximum age limit for the IBPS PO exam is 30 years.

Relaxation of Upper age limit

Code No	Category	Age relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit
01	SC/ST	5 years
02	OBC	3 years
03	PwD	10 years
04	Ex-Servicemen (ESM)	05 years
05	Person domiciled in Jammu & Kashmir	05 years
06	Person affected by 1984 riots	05 years

Educational Qualification

The minimum qualification required for IBPS PO exam is Graduation in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
The candidate must possess valid Mark-sheet / Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the he / she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.

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IBPS PO Exam Pattern

Any eligible candidate is required to register for the Common Recruitment Process (CRP-PO/MT-IX). The IBPS PO examination consists of two phases, Online Preliminary and Online Main examination.
The candidates who qualifies in Online Preliminary examination and shortlisted appears for Online Main examination and the shortlisted candidates in Online Main examination are subsequently called for a Common Interview.

The scheme of IBPS PO exam are:

Preliminary Examination

S. No	Subject	Number of Questions/ Maximum Marks	Time Duration (For all four Parts)
1.	English Language	30/30	20 minutes
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35/35	20 minutes
3.	Reasoning Ability	35/35	20 minutes
	Total	100/100

Main Examination

S. No	Subject	Number of Questions/ Maximum Marks	Time Duration
1.	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45/60	60 minutes
2	General/Economy/Banking Awareness	40/40	35 minutes
3.	English Language	35/40	40 minutes
4.	Data Analysis & Interpretation	35/60	45 minutes
5.	English Language (Letter Writing & Essay)	2/25	30 minutes

Important things to remember

Negative marking: There is penalty of one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question.

The corrected scores obtained by candidates are normalized using equi-percentile method.

Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main examination and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for interview.

Marks obtained in the Online Main examination only is considered for shortlisting for interview and also for final Merit List.

IBPS PO Exam Interview Process

The candidates shortlisted in the Online Main Examination are called for interview by the Participating Organisations (Indian Banks).
Total Marks: 100
Minimum qualifying marks in interview is not less than 40%.
The weightage (ratio) of Online Main Exam and interview will be 80:20 respectively.
A candidate should qualify both in the Online Main Exam and interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process.

IBPS PO Syllabus

The exam syllabus of IBPS PO is similar to other banking exams. Based on the previous year questions the topics that are asked for different subjects are given below:

IBPS PO Prelims Syllabus

English Language

Reading Comprehension
Cloze Test
Para Jumbles
Error Correction
Narration

Quantitative Ability

Simplification
Time & Work
Time & Distance
Profit & Loss
Simple Interest & Compound Interest
Mensuration
Data Interpretation
Ratio & Proportion
Percentage
Number Systems
Probability

Reasoning Ability

Logical Reasoning
Alphanumeric Series
Data Sufficiency
Coded Inequalities
Seating Arrangement
Puzzle
Tabulation
Syllogism
Blood Relations
Input Output
Coding Decoding

IBPS PO Main Examination Syllabus

Quantitative Aptitude

Simplification
Average
Ratio and Percentage
Mixture & Alligation
Profit & Loss
Mensuration
Geometry
Number System
Quadratic Equations
Permutation & Combination
Probability

General Awareness

Current Events
Indian Economy
Banking Awareness
Financial Awareness
Indian History
Indian Culture
Indian Geography

Reasoning Aptitude

Verbal and Non- Verbal Reasoning
Syllogism
Seating Arrangement
Directions
Ordering and Ranking
Data Sufficiency
Blood Relations

Computer Aptitude

Internet
Memory
Keyboard Shortcuts
Computer Abbreviation
Microsoft Office
Computer Hardware
Operating System
Computer Terminologies

English Language

Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary
Verbal Awareness
Cloze test
Error Correction

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