IBPS Clerk
IBPS Clerk 2022 – IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) selects candidates for clerical cadre posts in 22 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 2022 Prelims and Main exam with merit to get allotted to one of the participating banks depending on the vacancies to be filled in the 2021-22 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 will find more information such as dates, application structure, notification, etc. associated with IBPS Clerk 2022 exam in the article below.
The selection process for IBPS Clerk involves a preliminary examination and a main exam. The total marks allotted for the online IBPS Clerk 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 2021-22 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 2022 exam events are mentioned in the table below:
Events | Dates |
Availability of online IBPS Clerk applications | September 2021 |
Closing date of IBPS Clerk registration | October 2021 |
Availability of IBPS Clerk admit cards (prelims) | November 2021 |
Examination date for prelims IBPS Clerk exam | November- December 2021 |
Result declaration for IBPS Clerk prelims | December 2021 |
Availability of IBPS Clerk admit cards for the main exam | December 2021 |
Examination date of the IBPS Clerk main exam | January 2022 |
Result declaration of the IBPS Clerk main exam | February 2022 |
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 2022 prelims admit card will release on the fourth week of October 2021 and the expected dates for the releas of Mains admit card is January 2022.
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 2022 main results/provisional allotment is informed to the candidates once all the stages of exams are successfully conducted.
Important Points:
The IBPS Clerk 2022 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 22 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 2022 Clerk exam has not announced the exact dates for Prelims Exam. However, the Prelims exam will take place on December 2021 and the Main exam will be conducted on January 2022.
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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