IBPS Clerk – Clerk Notification, Exam Date, Application, Documents & Fees

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 2022-23 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.Β 

Candidates will find more information such as dates, application structure, notification, etc. associated with IBPS Clerk 2022 exam in the article below.

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IBPS Clerk – Highlights

The selection process for IBPS Clerk involves a preliminary examination and a main exam.Β 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.Β 

On completion of the Main Examination, depending on the state/UT wise vacancies to be filled in during the financial year 2022-23 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 – Key Dates

IBPS Clerk 2022 exam events are mentioned in the table below:

Events

Dates

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Availability of online IBPS Clerk applications

01 July 2022

Closing date of IBPS Clerk registration

21 July 2022

Availability of IBPS Clerk admit cards (prelims)

17th August 2022

Examination date for prelims IBPS Clerk exam

03 September and 04 September 2022

Result declaration for IBPS Clerk prelims

21st September 2022

IBPS Clerk – Exam Features

The important features of IBPS Clerk Main are mentioned in the table below:

Exams

Common Recruitment Process for Recruitment of ClerksΒ 

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.Β 
  2. Candidates must have a graduation degree in any discipline recognized by the Government of India.Β 
  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/UTΒ  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) Γ· Aggregate maximum marks (in all the subjects irrespective of honors/optional/additional optional subject, if any) Γ— 100.Β 

This will be applicable for those universities also where class/grade is decided on the basis of Honors 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.Β 

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 β€œHomepage” to open the link β€œCRP Clerks” and then click on the option β€œCLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP- Clerks (CRP-Clerks-IX)” to open the On-Line Application Form.
  • Candidates should click on β€œCLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION” to register their application by entering their basic information in the online application form.Β 
  • 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.Β 
  • An email & SMS indicating the Provisional Registration number and Password will also be sent.Β 

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.Β 

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

TotalΒ 

100

100

60 minutes

IBPS Clerk Prelim Syllabus

Candidates are asked MCQs from three sections – English Language, Numerical Ability & Reasoning Ability.Β 

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 LanguageΒ 

3.) Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

4.)Quantitative Aptitude or Data Analysis & Interpretation.Β 

There is a sectional timing allocated for each section.

IBPS Clerk Main Exam Pattern

Sections

MCQΒ 

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

TotalΒ 

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 2022 prelims admit card will released in the 2nd week of August, 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:

  • Candidates need to visit the official website of IBPS
  • In the home page, click on the available β€œadmit 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

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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 2022 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.Β 
  • The scorecard consists of overall and sectional marks and category-wise cut off marks.Β 
  • Normalisation of marks is done using the β€˜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 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.Β 

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 PradeshΒ 

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. Bank of Baroda
  2. Canara Bank
  3. Indian Overseas Bank
  4. UCO Bank
  5. Bank of India
  6. Central Bank of India
  7. Punjab National BankΒ 
  8. Union Bank of India
  9. Bank of MaharashtraΒ 
  10. Indian BankΒ 
  11. Punjab & Sind Bank

State-wiseΒ Vacancies

6,035 vacancies are available in 11 participating banks across the country. The statewide vacancy list is shown below.

State

Vacancy

Andaman & Nicobar Island

04

Andhra Pradesh

209

Arunachal Pradesh

14

Assam

157

Bihar

281

Chandigarh

12

Chhattisgarh

104

Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu

01

Delhi

295

Goa

71

Gujarat

304

Haryana

138

Himachal Pradesh

91

Jammu & Kashmir

35

Jharkhand

69

Karnataka

358

Kerala

70

Lakshadweep

05

Madhya Pradesh

309

Maharashtra

775

Manipur

04

Meghalaya

06

Mizoram

04

Nagaland

04

Odisha

126

Pondicherry

02

Punjab

407

Rajasthan

129

Sikkim

11

Tamil Nadu

288

Telangana

99

Tripura

17

Uttar Pradesh

1089

Uttarakhand

19

West Bengal

528

Total

6,035

IBPS Clerk – FAQs

Q. When will the notification for IBPS 2022 be announced and when will the exams be conducted?

The notification for IBPS 2022 Clerk exam has been announced on June 30, 2022. The Prelims exam will take place on 28 August, 03 September and 04 September 2022.

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 20-28 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.

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