IBPS Clerk
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 candidates have to pass both IBPS Clerk 2020 Prelims and Main exam 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.
candidates wuill more information like dates, application structure, notification, etc. associated with IBPS Clerk 2020 exam in the article below.
20th Nov. 2020 – IBPS has officially released the IBPS Clerk admit cards on the officil website – www.ibps.in. Candidates can download their IBPS Clerk 2020 admit card till 5th December 2020 using their registration numbers and passwords.
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 2019 exam events are mentioned in the table below:
Timelines | Notification |
2nd Sepetember 2020 | Online Registration Process started |
23rd September 2020 | Last Date to Apply |
20th November 2020 | IBPS Clerk Prelims Admit Card Released |
5th, 12th and 13th December 2020 | IBPS Clerk Prelim Examination |
Yet to be Announced | IBPS Clerk Prelim Results |
January 2021 | IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Admit Card Released |
Yet to be Announced | IBPS Clerk Prelims Scorecard |
24th January 2021 | IBPS Clerk Main exam of IBPS Clerk (conducted for candidates who qualified prelims) |
Yet to be Announced | Re-examination of IBPS Clerk Mains at some centres |
1st April 2021 | Provisional Allotment of Seats |
The important features of IBPS Clerk Main are mentioned in the table below:
Exams | Common Recruitment Process for Recruitment of Clerks |
Conducted By | Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) |
Level of Exam | National Level |
Category | Graduation |
Stages of Exam | Prelims and Main |
To appear for the IBPS Clerk exam, candidates must comply to the following eligibility criteria:
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 |
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 |
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 |
Details to upload in the application:
The fees for different categories of IBPS Clerk candidates are tabulated below:
SC / ST/ PwD / Ex-Serviceman Candidates | Rs 100 |
All Others | Rs 600 |
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 |
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 cards are released separately for prelims and main exams. IBPS Clerk 2020 prelims admit card has released on 20th November 2020 and the expected dates for the releas of Mains admit card is 12th January 2021.
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:
On the exam day, candidates have to bring one of the following documents along with admit card to the exam hall:
IBPS Clerk Results
IBPS Clerk 2020 main results/provisional allotment is informed to the candidates once all the stages of exams are successfully conducted.
Important Points:
The IBPS Clerk 2020 final result cut offs are not yet released as the exams are yet to be conducted. The state-wise and section-wise cut off for the previous year’s exam 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 (2019)
State | Cut off (Prelims) |
Andhra Pradesh | 66.25 |
Assam | 63 |
Bihar | 65 |
Chandigarh | 71.5 |
Delhi | 71.75 (General), 67 (OBC) |
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 |
Participating Banks
The following banks recruit candidates who pass the IBPS clerk exam:
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 |
The notification for IBPS 2020 Clerk exam has announced the dates for Prelims Exam, which is scheduled to be conducted on 5th, 12th and 13th December 2020, whereas mains exam is scheduled on 24th January 2021.
Yes, all IBPS exams are bilingual i.e. in English and Hindi.
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.
No, candidates must at least hold a Bachelor's degree in any discipline to apply for the 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.
Attempts are not counted in the IBPS Clerk exam. Candidates do not need to worry about the attempts for the exam.
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