IBPS Clerk Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2019: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection is conducting the qualifying Common written exam (CWE) every year. This recruitment for clerk cadre is announced for this year also. Candidates who applied for this recruitment process will be eagerly waiting for syllabus and exam pattern.
Candidates who applied for IBPS Clerk Recruitment should go through this page for more details regarding the IBPS Exam pattern, Syllabus, and a few more things.
IBPS is going to be released through a notification on the official website about IBPS clerk exam 2019. The exam is conducted in two stages – Preliminary and Mains.
Prelims exam is scheduled on 07.12.2019, 08.12.2019, 14.12.2019 & 15.12.2019 and Mains exam is scheduled on 25.01.2020.
Aspired candidates will be in post in SBI after short probation. There are more than 7000 vacancies this year for the clerk post. There is no interview process in any of the two stages.
Exam Fee of IBPS Clerk Exam :
General – Rs.600
SC/ST/PWD – Rs.100
Necessary things required to download the admit card:
- Registration Number
- Admit Card
IBPS Clerk Examination Syllabus 2019:
IBPS has changed the syllabus for clerk posts in the year 2017. Below is the updates syllabus for IBPS clerk examination 2019. Candidates are requested to check the syllabus carefully and comment us below if you have questions.
IBPS syllabus for clerk recruitment :
- English
- Quantitative Aptitude
- Reasoning
- General Awareness
- Computer Knowledge
| S.no | Subject | Syllabus |
| 1 | English | Vocabulary |
| Grammar | ||
| Reading Comprehension | ||
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | Ratio and proportion |
| Averages | ||
| Time and work | ||
| Speed, Distance and time | ||
| Mixture and allegation | ||
| Stocks and shares | ||
| Percentages | ||
| Partnership | ||
| Clocks | ||
| Volume and Surface Area | ||
| Height and Distances | ||
| Logarithms | ||
| Permutation and combinations | ||
| Simple and compound interest | ||
| Equations | ||
| Probability | ||
| Trigonometry | ||
| Profit, Loss, and Discount | ||
| Mensuration | ||
| Elements of Algebra | ||
| Data Interpretation | ||
| Pie charts | ||
| Tables | ||
| Bar & Graphs | ||
| Line charts | ||
| 3 | Reasoning Verbal | Verbal Reasoning |
| Analogy | ||
| Classification | ||
| Word formation | ||
| Statement and conclusions | ||
| Syllogism | ||
| Statement and assumptions | ||
| Statement and arguments | ||
| Coding Decoding | ||
| Blood Relations | ||
| Passage and conclusions | ||
| Alphabet test | ||
| Series Test | ||
| Number, Ranking and time sequence | ||
| Direction Sense Test | ||
| Decision making test | ||
| Figure series | ||
| Input/output, Assertion, and reasoning | ||
| Sitting Arrangement | ||
| 4 | Reasoning Non-verbal | Series test |
| Odd figure out | ||
| Analogy | ||
| Miscellaneous Test etc | ||
| 5 | General Awareness | Current affairs |
| Overview of Indian Financial System | ||
| History of Indian banking system | ||
| Recent credit and monetary policies | ||
| Introduction to National financial institutions | ||
| Abbreviations and Economic terminologies | ||
| Banking Terms | ||
| Important Government Schemes on capital & money market |
IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Pattern 2018:
| S.No. | Name of Tests(Objective | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 1 Hour | |
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern 2018:
| Sr. No | Name of Tests | No. of | Maximum | Medium of Exam | Time allotted for each | |
| (NOT BY SEQUENCE) | Questions | Marks | test (Separately timed) | |||
| 1 | General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | 35 minutes | |
| 2 | English Language | 40 | 40 | English | 35 minutes | |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 minutes | |
| 4 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | 45 minutes | |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 minutes | |||
Candidates applying for IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2018 should have to qualify in three tests. They are qualified only if they get minimum cutoff marks mentioned by the IBPS. There preliminary tests, mains examination and finally personal interview to be placed in the vacant positions announced by IBPS.
There is also minus or penalty for the wrongly answered questions. 1/4th mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. If there are some questions those are left blank and unanswered there will be no penalty.
It is always important for the candidates to check all these details like exam pattern, the time duration for each examination, selection procedure and more. These details can help them make their preparation easy for written exams.
Candidates can stay tuned to this page for more updates regarding the IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2018. We have provided the maximum information regarding the IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2018.
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IBPS Clerk V Main Examination Pattern, Syllabus, and Suggested Books
The Institute of Personal Banking (IBPS) has released has released the notification for the candidates those are going to write the IBPS Clerk V 2015 Main Examination. This Examination will be conducted in two phases they are Preliminary Examination and Mains examination.
IBPS Clerk V 2015 Main Examination Pattern
The Mains examination (Tier II) will be having 200 questions which are spread over five sections that are English Language, Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability, General Awareness (with special reference to Banking Industry) as well as Computer Knowledge. Each section consists of 40 questions and the duration of the examination is 2 hours.
| Subject | Maximum Marks | Number of Questions |
| Reasoning | 40 | 40 |
| English Language | 40 | 40 |
| Q.A | 40 | 40 |
| Computer | 40 | 40 |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
IBPS V Negative marking
Negative marking of 0.25 marks will be done for every incorrect answer. Negative marking will be there for each and every wrong answer.
IBPS V Clerk Mains Examination
For Reasoning
- Circular Seating Arrangement
- Linear Seating Arrangement
- Puzzle
- Syllogism
- Coding-Decoding
- Inequality
- Data Sufficiency
- Miscellaneous like Blood Relations, Alphanumeric Series, Ranking and Direction
Marks according to the topic wise
- Circular or Linear Seating Arrangement will be 5 marks
- Puzzle – 5
- Miscellaneous – 10
- Syllogism – 5
- Inequality – 5
- Coding and Decoding – 5
- Data Sufficiency – 5
Total number of questions is 40 marks
For English Language
- Reading Comprehension
- Fill in the Blanks
- Cloze Test
- Spotting Error
- Para Jumbles
- Sentence Improvement
Marks are given according to the topic wise
- Reading Comprehension – 10
- Cloze Test – 10
- Fill in the Blanks – 5
- Spotting Error – 5
- Para Jumbles – 5
- Sentence Improvement – 5
Total number of questions is 40
For Quantitative Aptitude
- Data Interpretation – Bar Charts, Line Charts and Pie Charts
- Time & Work
- Profit & Loss
- Average
- Mixture & Allegations
- Ratio & Proportion
- Percentages
- Simple Interest & Compound Interest
- Boats & Streams
- Number System
- Distance & Time
- Simplification
- Number Series
Marks given according to topic wise is
- Data Interpretation – 10
- Number Series – 5
- Simplification – 10
- Profit & Loss – 2
- Time & Work – 2
- Average – 2
- Distance & Time – 2
- Ratio & Proportion and Percentages – 1
- Simple Interest & Compound Interest – 2
- Mixture & Allegations – 1
- Boats & Streams – 1
- Number System – 2
General Awareness
Banking Awareness – RBI, Types of Accounts, Monetary Policy, Indian Financial System, Economic News, Financial Awareness
Current Affairs – National News, Sports, Awards, International News Obituaries, Schemes, Summits & Conferences, Persons in News, State News, Books and Authors, Defence and Science News, Leader visited
Total number of questions is 40
For Computer Language
- History of Computer
- Database Management
- MS Office – MS Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
- Generations of Computer
- Operating System
- Hardware
- Software
- Internet – History, Concept, Application
Total number of questions is 40
IBPS Clerk V Suggested Books Lists
For Reasoning
- Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude (by R.S. Agarwal/ P.K Mittal)
- General Intelligence or Test of Reasoning (by G.K. Puri)
- A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning (by R.S Agarwal)
- You can also go through the Complete Study of Reasoning by Grade stock.
- IBPS Clerk V Reasoning Preparation Material
For the English Language
- Objective General English (by R.S. Agarwal)
- Objective English for Competitive Exams (by Hari Prasad and Uma Sinha)
- Objective English (by Thorpe)
Quantitative Aptitude
- Numerical Ability and Mathematical Aptitude (by Aditha B Rao)
- Reasoning & Quantitative Aptitude (by R.S. Agarwal/ P.K Mittal)
- Magical Book on Quicker Maths (by M Tyra)
Current Affairs and Banking Awareness
- Solve GK and Banking Awareness Quiz and read daily some of the gk updates
Computer Awareness
- Computer Literacy and Knowledge (by Kiran Prakashan)
- MCQ on Computer Fundamentals (by Alok Kumar)
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