IBPS Exam 2020: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is an autonomous agency. It operates by recruiting Personnel for Nationalized and Rural Banks, other than State Bank of India (SBI). Every year IBPS conducts competitive exam for to fill vacancies of clerical and probationary officer position in banks across India. For the year 2020, following banks would participate in the IBPS bank exam:
- Allahabad Bank
- Indian Bank
- Syndicate bank
- Canara Bank
- Andhra Bank
- Indian Overseas Bank
- UCO Bank
- Bank of India
- Vijaya Bank
- Dena Bank
- Bank of Baroda
- Central Bank of India
- Corporation Bank
- Oriental Bank of Commerce
- Union Bank of India
- IDBI Bank
- Bank of Maharashtra
- Punjab & Sind Bank
- United Bank of India
- Punjab National Bank
- IBPS Exam 2020 (RRB): IBPS announced over 8400 vacancies for 2020 IBPS RRB, you can find the breakup of posts under IBPS RRB as under:
| IBPS RRB Posts | Vacancies (IBPS Exam 2020) |
| IBPS RRB Office Assistant | 3688 |
| IBPS RRB Scale I | 3382 |
| IBPS Scale II Agriculture | 106 |
| IBPS RRB Scale II Marketing Officer | 45 |
| IBPS RRB II Treasury Officer | 11 |
| IBPS Scale II Law | 19 |
| IBPS Scale II CA | 24 |
| IBPS Scale II IT | 76 |
| IBPS Scale II General Banking Officer | 893 |
| IBPS Scale III | 157 |
Below is the exam pattern you must prepare for a time bound study.
| POST (IBPS Exam 2020) | TIER | SECTION | NO. of QUES. | MAX. MARKS | TIME DUARATION |
| For Officer Scale I | Prelims Exam |
Numerical Ability | 40 | 40 | Cumulative time of 45 mins. |
| Reasoning Ability | 40 | 40 | |||
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Mains Exam |
Reasoning | 40 | 50 | Cumulative time of 2 hours is provided |
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| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | |||
| Numerical Ability | 40 | 50 | |||
| English/Hindi | 40 | 40 | |||
| Computer Knowledge | 40 | 20 | |||
| For Officer Scale II (General Banking) |
Mains Exam |
Reasoning | 40 | 50 |
Cumulative time of 2 hours is provided |
| Financial Awareness | 40 | 40 | |||
| Numerical Ability & Data Interpretation | 40 | 50 | |||
| English/Hindi | 40 | 40 | |||
| Computer Knowledge | 40 | 20 | |||
| For Officer Scale II (Specialist Cadre) |
Mains Exam |
Reasoning | 40 | 50 |
Cumulative time of 2 hours 30 minutes
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| Financial Awareness | 40 | 40 | |||
| Numerical Ability & Data Interpretation | 40 | 50 | |||
| English/Hindi | 40 | 40 | |||
| Computer Knowledge | 40 | 20 | |||
| Professional Knowledge | 40 | 40 | |||
| For Officer Scale III (Specialist Cadre) | Mains Exam | Reasoning | 40 | 50 | Cumulative time of 2 hours |
| Financial Awareness | 40 | 40 | |||
| Numerical Ability & Data Interpretation | 40 | 50 | |||
| English/Hindi | 40 | 40 | |||
| Computer Knowledge | 40 | 20 | |||
| · | · Application fees for IBPS Exam is to be made online. For SC/ST Fees is Rs. 100/- and for General category fees is Rs. 600/- | ||||
- IBPS Exam 2020 (PO): IBPS has announced 4336 probationary officer position in a total of 9 participating banks. The exam will be conducted in online written mode in two Tiers.
| TIER (IBPS Exam 2020) | SECTION | NO. of QUESTIONS | MAXIMUM MARKS | TIME DUARATION |
| Prelims Exam | English Language | 30 | 30 | 60 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | ||
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | ||
| Score obtained in Prelims Exam are only considered for qualification to Mains exams. They in no way will be considered for the final score. | ||||
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Mains Exam |
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes |
| General/Economy/Banking | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes | |
| English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes | |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes | |
| English Language (Letter writing & Essay) | 2 | 25 | 30 minutes | |
| 80:20 (Mains & Interview) ratio is considered while preparing final merit list.
· For both prelims & main paper, every incorrect answer will fetch negative 0.25 marks. No negative marking for leaving a question blank. |
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| · Application fees for IBPS Exam is to be made online. For SC/ST Fees is Rs. 100/- and for General category fees is Rs. 600/- | ||||
- IBPS Exam 2020 (SO): IBPS SO Officer post is conducted in two parts- Prelims and Main Exam. Preliminary exam is conducted Online. Exam scheme can be bifurcated as below:
| POST (IBPS Exam 2020) | TIER | SECTION | NO. of QUES. | MAX. MARKS | TIME DURATION |
| Law Officer & Rajsabha Adhikari Officer Scale I |
Prelims Exam |
Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 40 mins. |
| English Language | 50 | 25 | 40 mins. | ||
| General Reference (Special reference to Banking Industry) | 50 | 50 | 40 mins. | ||
| Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer, IT Officer Scale I | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 40 mins. | |
| English Language | 50 | 25 | 40 mins. | ||
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 40 mins. | ||
| · For every wrong answer in the prelims exam, 1/4th marks will be deducted. | |||||
| Law Officer, IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, HR/Personnel, Marketing Officer |
Mains Exam |
Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | 45 mins. |
| Rajsabha Adhikari | Professional Knowledge (Objective type questions) | 45 |
60 |
30 mins | |
| Professional Knowledge (Descriptive questions) | 2 | 30 mins. | |||
| Application fees for IBPS Exam 2020 (SO) is to be made online. For SC/ST Fees is Rs. 100/- and for General category fees is Rs. 600/- | |||||
