IBPS is the recruitment agency which conducts exams to select students for the vacancies of the different posts in the various banks in India. IBPS SO exam is being conducted to recruit students for the specialist officer posts in the banks

1. IBPS SO Exam Details
| Pattern | Syllabus
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2. IBPS SO Exam Details – Introduction:
•IBPS is the recruitment agency which conducts exams to select students for the
vacancies of the different posts in the various banks in India.
•IBPS SO exam is being conducted to recruit students for the specialist officer posts
in the banks
•IBPS SO exam is conducted for the post of IT Officer / Law Officer / Agricultural
Officer / Rajbhasha Adhikari / HR Officer and Marketing Officer
•The method of examination is online
•The IBPS SO recruitment includes 2 phases of tests – Preliminary and Main before
at last being absorbed for the post.

3. IBPS SO Exam Details - Eligibility Criteria:
•The IBPS SO criteria is in the form of a student’s nationality
•According to the IBPS Authority, every student must belong to one of the following
•A Student should be citizen of India
•A Student should be citizen of Nepal
•A Student should be citizen of Bhutan
•The age of student should be in between 20 to 30 years
•Education Qualification:
•For Law Officer: A Bachelor’s Degree in Law along with enrolment as Advocate
in Bar Council
•For IT Officer: Engineering Degree in CS/IT/Computer Application/Electronics/
Electronics & Communication or a Post Graduation degree in computer science
/IT/Computer Application/Electronics/Electronics and Communication

4. •For Marketing Officer: Full time MBA in Marketing
•For HR Personnel Officer: Post Graduation Degree or PGDM in Personnel
Management/Labour Laws/HR/HRD
•Agricultural Field Officer: Graduation in Animal Husbandry/Agri Marketing &
Cooperation/Dairy Science/Horticulture/Agriculture Engineering/Fishery
Science/Agro-Forestry.
•For the PWD Category, age relaxation is 10 Years
•For the SC / ST Category, age relaxation is 5 Years
•For the J&K, age relaxation is 5 Years
•For the Ex-Servicemen, age relaxation is 5 Years
•For the OBC Candidate, age relaxation is 3 Years

5. IBPS SO Exam Details - Important Dates:
•IBPS SO Online Registration/Edit/Modification of Application is November 2018
•Application Fees by Online Payments tentative date is November 2018
•Download IBPS SO Preliminary Exam Call Letter tentative date is December 2018
•Preliminary Exams tentative date is 29th and 30th December 2018
•Result of Preliminary Online Exam will be notified soon
•Download IBPS SO Call Letter for main Exam will be notified soon
•Main Exams tentative date is 27th January 2019
•Result of Online Main Examination will be notified soon
•Download all call letters for interview will be notified soon
•Conduct of Interview will be notified soon

6. IBPS Exam Details – Exam Pattern:
•The exam is conducted in two phases – Preliminary & Main
•Preliminary Examination:
•For Post of Law Officer & Rajsabha Adhikari
•Paper 1 will be of 120 minutes and will comprise of 125 marks
•The sections asked are English Language, Reasoning, General awareness with
Special Reference to Banking Industry
•English Language 50 Questions for 25 Marks
•Reasoning 50 Questions for 50 Marks
•General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry 50 Questions for
•50 Marks
•Total question is 150 for total 125 Marks

7. •For other specialist officers (Agricultural field officer, Marketing Officer(scale I),
HR / Personnel Officer, IT Officer Scale I)
•Paper 1 will be of 120 minutes and will comprise of 125 marks
•The sections asked are English Language, Reasoning, and Quantitative Aptitude
•English Language 50 Questions for 25 Marks
•Reasoning 50 Questions for 50 Marks
•Quantitative Aptitude 50 Questions for 50 Marks
•Total question is 150 for total 125 Marks
•Main Examination:
•For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, HR/Personnel
Officer and Marketing Officer
•Paper 1 will be of 45 minutes and will comprise of 60 marks

8. •The sections asked for Professional Knowledge
•Professional Knowledge 60 Questions for 60 Marks
•For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari
•Paper 1 will be of 60 minutes and will comprise of 60 marks
•The Sections asked for Professional Knowledge (Objective) and Professional
Knowledge (Descriptive)
•Professional Knowledge (Objective) 45 Questions for 30 Minutes duration
•Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) 2 Questions for 30 Minutes duration
•The above tests except for the Tests of English Language will be available
bilingually, i.e. English & Hindi
•For each wrong answer 0.25 marks will be deducted.
•The Exam will be conducted online and it will carry objective type questions.

9. IBPS SO Exam Details - Application Fees:
•For the SC / ST/ PWD Category, the application fee is 100/- Rupees
•For the General and Others Category, the application fee is 600/- Rupees

10. IBPS SO Exam Details - Application Procedure:
•Apply for IBPS SO Exam by Online mode only.
•First, Visit the official website of the IBPS
•http://www.ibps.in
•Click on the link apply online
•Now Application form will be displayed on the screen
•Fill it carefully.
•Read all the instructions carefully before filling the IBPS SO Application Form.
•Upload a Clear, scanned copy of the photograph along with your signature
•Make the Application Fee Payment through Challan / SBI Net / Banking / Credit
/ Debit Card.
•Once done, take the print out of the application form for the future reference.
•Once the registration is successful, you will receive the confirmation by SMS or

11. IBPS SO Exam Details – Exam Syllabus:
Preliminary Syllabus
Logical Reasoning:
•Seating Arrangements
•Puzzles Inequalities
•Syllogism
•Input-output
•Data Sufficiency
•Blood Relations
•Order and Ranking
•Alphanumeric Series
•Distance and Direction
•Verbal Reasoning

12. English Language:
•Cloze Test
•Reading Comprehension
•Spotting Errors
•Sentence Improvement
•Sentence Correction
•Para Jumbles
•Fill in the Blanks
Quantitative Aptitude:
•Number Series
•Data Interpretation

13. •Simplification/Approximation
•Quadratic Equation
•Data Sufficiency
•Mensuration
•Average
•Profit and Loss
•Ratio and Proportion
•Work, Time, and Energy
•Time and Distance
•Probability Relations
•Simple and Compound Interest
•Permutation and Combination

14. General Awareness:
•Current Affairs
•Banking Awareness
•GK Updates
•Currencies
•Important Places
•Books and Authors
•Awards Headquarters
•Prime Minister Schemes
•Important Days

15. Mains Syllabus:
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I)
•Human Resource Development
•Business Policy and Strategic Analysis
•Transactional Analysis
•Training and Development
•Recruitment and Selection
•Rewards and Recognition
•Industrial Relations
•Grievance and Conflict Management
•Performance Management and Appraisal

16. IT Officer (Scale – I)
•Database Management System
•Data Communication and Networking
•Operating System
•Software Engineering
•Data structure
•Computer Organization and Microprocessor
•Object Oriented Programming
Law Officer (scale – I)
•Banking Regulations
•Compliance and Legal Aspects

17. •Relevant Law and Orders related to negotiable instruments, securities,
foreign exchange
•Prevention of Money laundering, limitation Act
•Consumer Protection Act
•SARFAES
•Banking Ombudsman Scheme
•Laws and Actions with direct link to Banking
•Bankers Book Evidence Act
• DRT Act
Marketing Officer (Scale – I)
•Basic of Marketing Management
•Brand Management

18. •Advertising
•PR
•Sales
•Retail
•Business Ethics
•Market Segmentation
•Market Research and forecasting demand
•Product life cycle
•Corporate Social Responsibility
•Service Marketing
•Marketing Strategies

19. Agricultural Field Officer (Scale – I )
•Basics of crop production
•Horticulture
•Seed Science
•Agronomy and Irrigation
•Agricultural Economics
•Agricultural Practices
•Soil Resources
•Animal Husbandry
•Agro Forestry
•Ecology
•Government Schemes

20. IBPS SO Exam Details – Admit Card:
•Visit the IBPS official website that is
•http://www.ibps.in
•Now, Enter your registration number, Password and the date of birth
•Enter the Captcha
•Click the login button
•And your IBPS SO Admit card will appear on the screen
•Now, click the download button
•Print and save the admit card for your future reference

21. IBPS SO Exam Details - Result:
•Visit the official website IBPS that is
•http://www.ibps.in
•Go to the latest updates on the home page
•Then, find the IBPS SO result
•Enter the Required details on the screen
•Click on the submit
•You will displayed your result on the screen
•Download the result
•Save and print the result for your future reference

22. IBPS SO Exam Details - Pay Scale:
•IBPS SO Basic Pay – 23,700/- Rupees
•IBPS SO Gross Salary – 39,000/- Rupees
•IBPS SO Allowances – 10,000/- Rupees
•DA – 45.5% of Basic (Revised every 3 months, depends on Inflation)
•HRA – 1000 to 3000 (depends on location)

23. IBPS SO Exam Details - Exam Preparation:
•In the IBPS SO Exam Pattern, the Students will be selected for Interview round,
It is based on their marks in the Professional Language Subjects.
•Focus on more the professional language subject. Remaining other subjects,
they need to study only for the qualifying marks.
•In the Previous year paper’s, in the professional language paper contain
highest difficulty level and most of the students get fail to achieve good scores.
•Do more study for the professional language paper. Don’t take it lightly; make
a best preparation plan.
•Set Your Target for IBPS SO
•Note down the Important Topics from the Syllabus and start studying one by one.
•If you seriously wish to get job in IBPS SO, you have to study daily 6 to 7 hours.
•Create short notes at the time of preparation!

24. •Solve IBPS SO Previous Years Papers, Sample and Mock Test Papers!
•Attempt Short time taking questions at first!
•Discuss your problems with friends and tutors!
•Don’t even touch GK section.
•Start preparing Mathematics
•Mathematics is the most scoring subject
•Practice as much as you can
•First you must clear the concept then go for shortcuts.
•And only prepare according to the syllabus mentioned.
•After you complete mathematics go for reasoning. Same concept, Same
shortcut, and practice.

25. •While practicing only solves questions using tricks.
•For English there is not much to prepare in less than one month.
•So just go for grammar section.
•And try reading books like novels or magazines.
•Newspaper is found to be boring by students.
•Start giving tests online so that you can know your weak points and improve
them.
•Attempt mathematics first, then English and reasoning.
•Don’t give too much time to one question how alluring it may be.
•Time is actually money here.
•Firstly, in the beginning of the study process, you should have a focused and
should be a methodical approach towards your study. And start a honest
analysis of yourself.

26. •Take the test as though you were answering the real one.
•Take it seriously. And then, when you are done, see the patterns of your results.
•Mock tests do help in your own way.
•Take every mock test as if it’s the actual exam.
•Don’t take tests for the sake of taking tests.
•These tests will not to tell you how good you are, but how you can be better.
•Try to analyze these tests to understand your strengths and weaknesses.
•Learn from your mistakes and don’t keep repeating them.
•Don’t demotivate from Mocks Test score, The biggest myth is, student have
in their mind is that if they are not scoring good marks in Mock Test, they feel
that it’s waste of preparation and time.
•And they think they cannot qualify in the actual exam with such low scores.

27. •Look at your practice answers. Where is the mistake happening? Is there a
pattern? Assess and improve.
•Work by research on easy tips and techniques to improve the speed and
accuracy for hard and critical types of questions.
•In the Online Examination you have to do preparation and also you should
have smartness
•Don’t just tick any of answer be confident in your reply because there is
negative marking also applicable.
•Think before choosing any of answer we are not in a hurry.
•The Preparation for IBPS specialist officer, you have to makes some top notes,
formulas, and shortcuts tricks. So that it will help you a lot at the last time.
•Revise them much time especially for IBPS exam.
•You should focus on a single issue at a time.

28. IBPS SO Exam Details - Exam Books:
English Section:
•Objective general English - SP Bakshi
•Word Power made easy - Norman Lewis
•Better English - Norman Lewis
•English from (plinth to paramount) - Neetu Singh
•Quick learning objective general English - RS Agarwal
Quantitative Aptitude:
•General aptitude - P.Gupta
•Quantitative Aptitude - RS Agarwal
•Quantitative aptitude and reasoning - R.V. Praveen
•Quantitative Aptitude for competitive examination paperback by - Guha
•Fast track objective arithmetic by – Arihant Publication
•Quantitative aptitude - Kashyap Trivedi, Chirag Trivedi
Reasoning Ability:
•Analytical reasoning by M.K. Pandey (BSC Publication)
•A modern approach to verbal and non verbal reasoning by RS Agarwal (S.Chand)
•Logical and analytical reasoning

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&
Good Luck!
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