IBPS is the premier organization started in 2011 to conduct various banking examinations. It includes various posts such as clerk, office assistant, probationary officer, specialist officer etc. It conducts common written examination for each post through online in order to recruit personnel in respective positions. There are about 27 public sector and RRBs participating in this CWE process. The mode of application is also online. Recently IBPS has released CWE-VII clerk notification on their official website. As per notification, the preliminary exam will be conducting on 07th, 08th, 14th & 15th December 2019. The main exam will be conducting on 25th January 2020. To know more about IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2019, read below
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IBPS Clerk 2019 Important Dates
In 2018-19, there are about 7275 clerk vacancies. In this year also it is expecting more than 7000 vacancies. The examination will be conducting at various centers in India. There is pre-exam training for minority candidates before the preliminary exam. Important dates of IBPS CWE-VII clerk is shown below
| Activity | Tentative Dates |
| On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates | 18.09.2018 to 10.10.2018 |
| Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) | 18.09.2018 to 10.10.2018 |
| Download of call letters for Pre- Exam Training | November 2018 |
| Conduct of Pre-Exam Training | 26.11.2018 to 01.12.2018 |
| Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary | November 2018 |
| Online Examination – Preliminary | 08.12.2018, 09.12.2018,
15.12.2018 & 16.12.2018 |
| Result of Online exam – Preliminary | December 2018/ January 2019 |
| Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main | January 2019 |
| Online Examination – Main | 20.01.2019 |
| Provisional Allotment | April 2019 |
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IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2019
IBPC Clerk exam is a two stage exam. First stage is preliminary and second stage is a mains exam. There is no interview after mains exam. Those who qualify in preliminary exam will be called for mains exam. Those who qualify in mains exam will be enlisted for the final selection. IBPS Clerk syllabus mainly consists of arithmetic, mental ability and English language. Preliminary exam has three sections: reasoning, quantitative aptitude and English language. Mains exam has four sections: quantitative aptitude, reasoning and computer aptitude, general English and general awareness. Section wise cutoff and a total cutoff are to be cleared for qualifying the exam. Pattern of the clerk exam of each stage is shown below.
- Preliminary exam
| Sr.
No. |
Name of Tests | No. of
Questions |
Maximum
Marks |
Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
- Mains exam
| Sr.
No. |
Name of Tests
(NOT BY SEQUENCE) |
No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
| 1 | General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| 2 | General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability & Computer
Aptitude |
50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| 4 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 minutes |
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Syllabus for Prelims
Questions are asked from reasoning section for testing mainly the mental ability of the candidates. Quantitative section is for testing the numerical ability and English part is for analyzing the vocabulary and grammar knowledge of the candidates.
Reasoning Topics
- Logical Reasoning
- Ranking
- Alphanumeric Series
- Data Sufficiency
- Inequalities
- Seating Arrangement
- Tabulation
- Syllogism
- Puzzle
- Blood Relations
- Input-Output Machine
- Coding-Decoding
- Alphabet Test
Quantitative Aptitude Topics
- Profit and Loss
- Number Series
- Time and Work
- Mixtures and Allegations
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Time and Distance
- Mensuration
- Data Interpretation
- Ratio & Proportion
- Number Systems
- Sequence and Series
- Permutation & Combination
- Probability
English Language Topics
- Reading Comprehension
- Jumbled Paragraph
- Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting
- Fill in the blanks
- Miscellaneous
- Paragraph Completion
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Syllabus for Mains
For quantitative, reasoning and English language has the syllabus is as same as that of preliminary exam. Computer aptitude covers the following topics.
Computer Aptitude (mains)
- Internet
- Memory
- Computer Abbreviation
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Microsoft Office
- Computer Hardware and software
- Fundamentals and Terminologies
- Operating System Networking
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