IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) selects candidates for clerical cadre posts in 17 public sector banks. In 2019, 12,075 vacancies were open for IBPS clerk positions. The IBPS Clerk exam is conducted in two stages – prelims and main. The examination is also known as CRP Clerks and is conducted once a year. The IBPS Clerk 2019 candidates have to pass both prelims and main with merit to get allotted to one of the participating banks depending on the vacancies to be filled in the 2020-21 year. Recruitment into these banks depends upon restrictions imposed, business volume, business growth, the health of the organizations, branch expansion, internal and external factors, structural changes etc.
IBPS Clerk 2019 Main exam was held on 19 Jan 2020 and the provisional allotment of IBPS clerk cadre posts are withheld due to the countrywide lockdown.
IBPS Clerk – Latest Updates
The selection process for IBPS Clerk involves a preliminary examination and a main exam. Currently, IBPS Clerk 2019 provisional allotments have been delayed. The total marks allotted for online Main examination are 200. For provisional allotment, the marks will be converted out of 100 marks. Candidates should qualify in the online main examination and be sufficiently high in the merit to be considered for the subsequent provisional allotment process.
On completion of the Main Examination, depending on the state/UT wise vacancies to be filled in during the financial year 2020-21 and based on the business needs of the participating organisations, candidates shortlisted (on merit preference) will be provisionally allotted to one of the IBPS participating organisations.
IBPS Clerk – Key Dates
IBPS Clerk 2019 exam events are mentioned in the table below:
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Timelines |
Notification |
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17 September 2019 |
Online Registration Process started |
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9 October 2019 |
Last Date to Apply |
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26 November 2019 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Admit Card Released |
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7-8 December 2019 |
IBPS Clerk Prelim Examination |
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1 January 2020 |
IBPS Clerk Prelim Results |
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7 January 2020 |
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Admit Card Released |
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8 January 2020 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Scorecard |
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19 January 2020 |
IBPS Clerk Main exam of IBPS Clerk (conducted for candidates who qualified prelims) |
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8 February 2020 |
Re-examination of IBPS Clerk Mains at some centres |
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April 2020 |
Provisional Allotment of Seats (postponed due to coronavirus) |
Note: A pre-exam training is conducted before IBPS Clerk Prelims IBPS is arranged by the Nodal Banks/ Participating Organisations for candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/ Minority Communities/ ExServicemen/ Persons With Benchmark Disabilities (PwD). IBPS Clerk 2019 pre-exam training was held between 25-30 November 2019. The IBPS Clerk admit card 2019 for pre-exam training was released on November 13. Candidates could download their admit card for pre-exam training till November 30.
IBPS Clerk – Exam Features
The important features of IBPS Clerk Main are mentioned in the table below:
|
Exams |
Common Recruitment Process for Recruitment of Clerks |
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Conducted By |
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) |
|
Level of Exam |
National Level |
|
Category |
Graduation |
|
Stages of Exam |
Prelims and Main |
IBPS Clerk – Eligibility
To appear for the IBPS Clerk exam, candidates must comply to the following eligibility criteria:
- Candidates who are between the age of 20-28 years can apply for IBPS Clerk exam. Relaxation in the upper age limit will be provided to candidates belonging to reserved categories.
- Candidates must have a graduation degree in any discipline recognised by the Government of India.
- Candidates must have studied Computer/IT at high school or college or possess a certificate degree or diploma in computer operations or language.
- They must also be proficient in the official language of the state/UT in which they would be appearing for the exam.
Note: Candidate should indicate the percentage obtained in Graduation calculated to the nearest two decimals in the online application. The percentage marks shall be arrived at by following this formula:
Total marks obtained by the candidate in all the subjects in all semester(s)/year(s) ÷ Aggregate maximum marks (in all the subjects irrespective of honours/optional/additional optional subject, if any) × 100.
This will be applicable for those universities also where class/grade is decided on the basis of Honours marks only.
Relaxation of Upper Age Limit
|
S.No |
Category |
Age relaxation |
|
1. |
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe |
5 years |
|
2. |
OBC |
3 years |
|
3. |
Persons with Disabilities |
10 years |
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4. |
Ex-servicemen |
Actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years |
|
5. |
Widows, Divorced Women etc |
9 years |
|
6. |
Persons ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 |
5 years |
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7. |
Persons affected by 1984 riots |
5 years |
|
8 |
Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service (MP candidates only) |
5 years |
IBPS Clerk – Application, Documents & Fees
- Candidates are first required to go to the IBPS website www.ibps.in
- Click on the “Homepage” to open the link “CRP Clerks” and then click on the option “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP- Clerks (CRP-Clerks-IX)” to open the On-Line Application Form.
- Candidates should click on “CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION” to register their application by entering their basic information in the online application form.
- After that, a Provisional Registration number and password will be generated by the system and displayed on the screen.
- Candidates should note down their Provisional Registration number and password.
- An email & SMS indicating the Provisional Registration number and Password will also be sent.
Details to upload in the application:
- Photograph
- Signature
- Left Thumb Impression
- A handwritten declaration
The fees for different categories of IBPS Clerk candidates are tabulated below:
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SC / ST/ PwD / Ex-Serviceman Candidates |
Rs 100 |
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All Others |
Rs 600 |
IBPS Clerk – Syllabus & Pattern
IBPS Clerk prelims will contain 100 questions with 30 marks in English section, 35 marks in Reasoning Ability and 35 marks in the Numerical Ability. Applicants are given 1 hour to complete the exam.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern
|
Exam Sections |
Total No. of MCQs |
Marks |
Time |
|
English Language |
30 |
30 |
20 |
|
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 |
|
Numerical Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 |
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Total |
100 |
100 |
60 minutes |
IBPS Clerk Prelim Syllabus
Candidates are asked MCQs from three sections – English Language, Numerical Ability & Reasoning Ability.
|
English Language |
Reasoning Ability |
Numerical Ability |
|
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary
Fill in the Blanks
Antonym & Synonym
Sentence Completion
Cloze Test
Error Detection
Para jumbles
Phrase Replacement
Inference
Connectors |
Puzzles – Seating Arrangements, Directions, Box-based, Month-Based, Days-Based, Row-based
Distance and Direction
Blood Relations
Syllogism
Order and Ranking
Coding-Decoding
Input-Output
Inequalities
Alphanumeric Series
Figure Series
Verbal Reasoning |
Data Interpretation – Tabular, Bar Graph, Line Chart & Pie Chart
Number Series
Quadratic Equations
Simplification
Approximation Percentages
Simple Interest & Compound Interest
Profit and Loss
Average
Speed, Distance and Time
Ratio and Proportion
Problem on Ages
Data Sufficiency
Work, Time and Wages
Boats and Stream
Pipes and Cisterns
Mensuration
Probability
Permutation and Combination |
Note: The difficulty in the English section is easy to moderate or moderate while the difficulty level of the other two sections (Reasoning Ability and Numerical Ability) is moderate to difficult. Each question in IBPS Clerk prelims paper is of 1 mark each and every wrong answer costs 0.25 marks.
IBPS Clerk Main Pattern
Candidates are asked MCQs from four sections:
1.) General/Financial Awareness
2.) English Language
3.) Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude
4.)Quantitative Aptitude or Data Analysis & Interpretation.
There is a sectional timing allocated for each section.
IBPS Clerk Main Exam Pattern
|
Sections |
MCQ |
Marks |
Timing |
|
General Awareness |
50 |
50 |
35 min |
|
English Language |
40 |
40 |
35 min |
|
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude |
50 |
60 |
45 min |
|
Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
50 |
45 min |
|
Total |
190 |
200 |
160 minutes |
IBPS Clerk Main Syllabus
|
Subject |
Syllabus Topics |
|
General/Finance Awareness |
Static GK – Country, Currency & Capital, Firsts in the world and India, Indian Constitution, Indian Culture, Airports & Railways, History, Geography
Financial Awareness – Indian Banking, important terms, Bank Headquarters, Regulatory Bodies, Functions of RBI, etc. |
|
English Language |
Reading Comprehensions, Vocabulary, Fill in the blanks, Antonym & Synonym, Sentence Completion, Cloze Test, Error Detection, Para jumbles, Phrase Replacement, Inference, Connectors |
|
Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude |
Alphanumeric Series, Syllogism, Blood Relations, Distance and Direction, Verbal Reasoning, Figure Series, Seating Arrangements, Box-based Puzzle, Month-Based puzzle, Days-Based puzzle, Row-based puzzle, Order and Ranking, etc. |
|
Quantitative Aptitude |
Number Series, Quadratic Equations, Data Interpretation – Pie Chart, Bar Graph, Tabular & Line Chart, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Approximation, Simplification, Profit and Loss, Percentages, Average, Data Sufficiency, Mensuration, Probability, Permutation and Combination, Ratio and Proportion etc. |
IBPS Clerk – Admit Card
IBPS Clerk admit cards are released separately for prelims and main exams. IBPS Clerk 2019 prelims admit card was released on 26 November 2019 and the main exam was held on January 19, 2020 for which admit card was released on Jan 7 2020.
What are the prerequisites before downloading the IBPS Clerk admit card?
Candidates need to have registration/roll number and date of birth/password for logging into their account on the official website for downloading the IBPS Clerk admit card.
Steps to follow to download an admit card:
- Candidates need to visit the official website of IBPS
- In the home page, click on the available “admit card link”
- Enter registration number or roll number and date of birth or password
- Admit card appears on the screen
- Download the admit card and take its printout for exam day
IBPS Clerk – Exam Day, Results, Answer Key
On the exam day, candidates have to bring one of the following documents along with admit card to the exam hall:
- PAN Card
- Passport
- Permanent Driving License
- Licence/Voter’s Card/Bank Passbook
- Photo identity proof issued by a Gazetted Officer
- Identity Card issued by a recognised college/university
- Aadhar/E-aadhar card with a photograph/Employee ID
IBPS Clerk Results
IBPS Clerk 2019 main results/provisional allotment is delayed. It was supposed to be announced in April 2020 but due to the coronavirus outbreak, it has been delayed till further notice.
Important Points:
- The scorecard is released after the IBPS Clerk main results are declared.
- The scorecard consists of overall and sectional marks and category-wise cut off marks.
- Normalisation of marks is done using the ‘equi-percentile’ method. IBPS exam is conducted in multiple sessions, and the question papers are different for each session. Normalisation process is followed to equate the difficulty level of question sets. The corrected scores obtained by each candidate in different sessions is normalised. Final scores are rounded off up to two decimal digits after normalisation.
IBPS Clerk – Cut off
The IBPS Clerk 2019 final result cut offs are not yet released due to the COVID-19 lockdown and there have been delays in the announcement of the IBPS 2019 main results. The state-wise and section-wise cut off are available on the official website in PDF format. Based on IBPS Clerk main cut off, candidates are provisionally allotted in one of the participating banks.
What affects the cut off score?
Exam difficulty level, vacancies and total number of applicants are the factors that decide the cut off for IBPS clerk exam.
State-wise IBPS Clerk Cut off in Preliminary Examination
|
State |
Cut off (Prelims) |
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Andhra Pradesh |
66.25 |
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Assam |
63 |
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Bihar |
65 |
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Chandigarh |
71.5 |
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Delhi |
71.75 (General), 67 (OBC) |
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Goa |
67 |
|
Gujarat |
27 |
|
Haryana |
68.5 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
62.25 (General), 41.25 (OBC) |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
– |
|
Jharkhand |
73 (OBC, General) |
|
Karnataka |
53.25 (EWS) |
|
Kerala |
73.5 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
70 |
|
Maharashtra |
61.50 |
|
Odisha |
71.50 |
|
Punjab |
66.25 |
|
Rajasthan |
71.25 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
57.75 |
|
Telangana |
61 |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
68.25 (General), 67 (OBC) |
|
Uttarakhand |
76 |
|
West Bengal |
70.75 |
Based on the previous year’s cut offs, expected final cut off for IBPS Clerk 2019 are:
|
Uttar Pradesh |
77 |
|
Uttrakhand |
76.25 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
72.75 |
|
Delhi |
73 |
|
Gujarat |
69.75 |
|
Bihar |
75 |
|
Chattisgarh |
75.75 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
59 |
|
Odisha |
74 |
|
Rajasthan |
74.75 |
|
Goa |
69 |
|
Haryana |
75 |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
76.25 |
|
Telangana |
59.75 |
|
Karnataka |
67 |
|
Kerala |
69.25 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
74 |
|
Jharkhand |
75.25 |
|
Maharashtra |
65 |
|
Assam |
69 |
|
West Bengal |
76 |
|
Punjab |
75.75 |
|
Chandigarh |
69.50 |
IBPS Clerk – Banks & Vacancies
Participating Banks
The following banks recruit candidates who pass the IBPS clerk exam:
- Allahabad Bank
- Canara Bank
- Indian Overseas Bank
- Syndicate Bank
- Andhra Bank
- Central Bank of India
- Oriental Bank of Commerce
- UCO Bank
- Bank of Baroda
- Corporation Bank
- Punjab National Bank
- Union Bank of India
- Bank of India
- Indian Bank
- Punjab & Sind Bank
- United Bank of India
- Bank of Maharashtra
Statewise Vacancies
12,075 vacancies are available in 17 participating banks across the country. The statewide vacancy list is shown below.
|
State |
Vacancy |
|
Andaman & Nicobar Island |
14 |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
777 |
|
Arunachal Pradesh |
11 |
|
Assam |
189 |
|
Bihar |
295 |
|
Chandigarh |
64 |
|
Chhattisgarh |
174 |
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
4 |
|
Daman & Diu |
2 |
|
Delhi |
525 |
|
Goa |
67 |
|
Gujarat |
600 |
|
Haryana |
328 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
129 |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
63 |
|
Jharkhand |
141 |
|
Karnataka |
953 |
|
Kerala |
349 |
|
Lakshadweep |
1 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
440 |
|
Maharashtra |
1257 |
|
Manipur |
11 |
|
Meghalaya |
7 |
|
Mizoram |
9 |
|
Nagaland |
11 |
|
Odisha |
417 |
|
Pondicherry |
44 |
|
Punjab |
634 |
|
Rajasthan |
325 |
|
Sikkim |
23 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
1379 |
|
Telangana |
612 |
|
Tripura |
53 |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
1203 |
|
Uttarakhand |
117 |
|
West Bengal |
847 |
|
Total |
12075 |
IBPS Clerk – FAQs
Q. When will the notification for IBPS 2020 be announced and when will the exams be conducted?
The notification for IBPS 2020 exam is likely to be announced in the first week of September 2020 and the Prelims Exam is scheduled to be conducted on 2 Dec 2020, 13 Dec 2020 & 19 Dec 2020 whereas mains exam is scheduled on 24th January 2021.
Q. Is the IBPS Clerk exam bilingual?
Yes, all IBPS exams are bilingual i.e. in English and Hindi.
Q. Is there any negative marking in the IBPS clerk exam?
Negative marking for wrong answers in both preliminary test and mains exam is applied. One-fourth of the total marks will be deducted for the question marked wrong by the candidate.
Q. Can a candidate apply for IBPS clerk exam after 12th class?
No, candidates must at least hold a Bachelor's degree in any discipline to apply for the exam.
Q. What is the age limit for appearing in the IBPS clerk exam?
A candidate must be of age between 21-28 years (age relaxation upto 5 years is given to candidates belonging to SC and ST). The candidates belonging to OBC categories are given an age relaxation of 3 years.
Q. How many attempts are possible to appear in the IBPS clerk exam?
Attempts are not counted in the IBPS Clerk exam. Candidates do not need to worry about the attempts for the exam.