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.

Important Updates

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.

IBPS Clerk – Highlights

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:

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

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
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:

1. 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.
2. Candidates must have a graduation degree in any discipline recognised by the Government of India.
3. Candidates must have studied Computer/IT at high school or college or possess a certificate degree or diploma in computer operations or language.
4. 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
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

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:

SC / ST/ PwD / Ex-Serviceman Candidates	Rs 100
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
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 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:

• 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 2020 main results/provisional allotment is informed to the candidates once all the stages of exams are successfully conducted.

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 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

IBPS Clerk – Banks & Vacancies

Participating Banks

The following banks recruit candidates who pass the IBPS clerk exam:

1. Allahabad Bank
2. Canara Bank
3. Indian Overseas Bank
4. Syndicate Bank
5. Andhra Bank
6. Central Bank of India
7. Oriental Bank of Commerce
8. UCO Bank
9. Bank of Baroda
10. Corporation Bank
11. Punjab National Bank
12. Union Bank of India
13. Bank of India
14. Indian Bank
15. Punjab & Sind Bank
16. United Bank of India
17. 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 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.

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.