Indian Bank SO Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2020 – Latest Specialist Officer Syllabus & Exam Pattern
BPS SO 2019-20 Notification has been released by IBPS. The preliminary exam of IBPS SO 2019-20 is scheduled on 28th and 29th December 2019 and IBPS SO Mains Exam 2019 is scheduled on 25th January 2020. To ace IBPS SO 2019-20 Exam, it is necessary to be acquainted with the Exam Pattern and detailed Syllabus. This will help candidates in judicious preparation for the upcoming IBPS SO 2019-20 Exam. Let’s have a look at the IBPS SO 2019 Exam Pattern and Syllabus one by one.
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IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2020: Detail Information
IBPS SO 2019-20 Exam will be conducted in the following three phases: Preliminary Exam, Mains Exam and Interview Process. It is mandatory for every applicant to clear all level of examination to get selected to the post of Specialist Officer in multiple Public Sector Banks participating in IBPS SO 2019-20.
IBPS SO Syllabus & Exam Pattern: Important Points
- The exam will be conducted in three phases: Preliminary, Mains and Interview Process.
- IBPS has introduced separate sectional timing for each sections in prelims exam. The IBPS SO preliminary examination has a total duration of 120 mintues and 40 mintues for each sections.
- A candidate must appear for the Prelims first and the selected students after the Preliminary Exam will be eligible to give the Mains Exam.
- Score of Preliminary Exam will not be taken into consideration for final allottment. Final selection will be based on on the Mains Exam and Interview Process.
- The Mains Examination will contain questions only from the Professional Knowledge Subjects.
IBPS SO Preliminary Exam Pattern
For post of law officer & Rajsabha Adhikari
| Section |
No. of Questions/ Total Marks |
Duration |
| 1. Reasoning |
50/ 50 |
40 minutes |
| 2. English Language |
50/ 25 |
40 minutes |
| 3. General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry |
50/ 50 |
40 minutes |
| Total |
150/ 125 |
|
For other Specialist Officers (Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer, IT Officer Scale I
| Section |
No. of Questions/ Total Marks |
Duration |
| 1. Reasoning |
50/ 50 |
40 minutes |
| 2. English Language |
50/ 25 |
40 minutes |
| 3. Quantitative Aptitude |
50/ 50 |
40 minutes |
| Total |
150/ 125 |
IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern
For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer
| Name of Test |
No. of Questions/ Total Marks |
Duration |
| Professional Knowledge |
60/ 60 (English & Hindi) |
45 minutes |
For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari
| Name of Test |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Medium of Exam |
Duration |
| Professional Knowledge(Objective) |
45 |
60 |
English & Hindi |
30 minutes |
| Professional Knowledge(Descriptive) |
2 |
English & Hindi |
30 minutes |
IBPS SO 2019 Interview Process
Candidates who qualify the Mains Exam will be finally called for the Interview Process by IBPS. It is really important for candidates to fare well in the Interview Process as the final selection of a candidate is based on how he/she fares in this final round of the IBPS SO Recruitment Process.
Indian Bank Specialist Officer Syllabus 2020:
Quantitative Aptitude
| Simplification |
Partnerships |
| Number Systems |
Average |
| Percentage |
Time & Work |
| Profit & Loss |
Time, Speed & Distance |
| Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
Problems on Trains |
| Ratio & Proportion |
Data Interpretation |
| Problems on Age |
Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere |
| Permutation, Combination & Probability |
Sequence & Series |
Reasoning Ability
| Puzzles & Seating Arrangements |
Coding-Decoding |
| Direction Sense |
Machine Input-Output |
| Blood-Relation |
Inequalities |
| Syllogism |
Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series |
| Order and Ranking |
Alphabet Related Questions |
English Language
| Reading comprehension |
Sentence Completion |
| Fillers (Double fillers, Multiple Sentence Fillers, Sentence Fillers) |
Connectors |
| Cloze Test |
Paragraph Conclusion |
| Phrase Replacement |
Phrasal Verb Related Questions |
| Odd Sentence Out cum Para Jumbles |
Error Detection Questions |
| Inference |
Word usage/ Vocab Based Questions |
General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry
| History, functions, and roles of RBI, SEBI, IRDA, etc. |
Monetary and Credit Policies, Inflation types like CRR, SLR, etc |
| History of Indian Banking Industry, Types of Banks and Concept of NBFC |
Static awareness of Counties, Capitals, Currencies, etc. |
| Current Affairs |
Government schemes |
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