IBPS Clerk (Preliminary + Mains) Exam Syllabus

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection

:: IBPS CLERK Online Exam Syllabus ::

I. The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:

IBPS CLERK Preliminary Examination

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	Composite time of 1 hour
2	Numerical Ability	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for online main examination.

IBPS CLERK Main Examination:

Sr. No.	Name of Tests (NOT BY SEQUENCE)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time allotted for each test (Separately timed)
1	Reasoning	40	50	30 minutes
2	English Language	40	40	30 minutes
3	Quantitative Aptitude	40	50	30 minutes
4	General Awareness (with special reference to Banking)	40	40	25 minutes
5	Computer Knowledge	40	20	20 minutes
	Total	200	200	135 minutes

The above tests except the Tests of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.

IBPS reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination which will be intimated through its website. Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters from the authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in.