BPS Syllabus – IBPS Bank PO

Verbal: Syllabus – General

 Number Series Awareness:
 Alphabet Series  Current Affairs
 Test of Direction (National and
Sense International)
 Coding-Decoding  Major
 Number Ranking Financial/Economic
 Arithmetical News
Reasoning  Budget and Five
 Problem on Age Year Plans
Calculation  Who’s Who
 Blood Relations  Sports
 Analogy  Books and Authors
 Decision Making  Awards and Honors
etc.  Science
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Syllabus – Non- Discoveries
Verbal:  Abbreviations
 Important Days
 Non Verbal Series  International and
 Mirror Images National
 Cubes and Dice Organizations
 Grouping Identical
Figures
IBPS Bank Syllabus –
  Embedded Figures Quantitative Aptitude:
etc Number System


English:  HCF, LCM

 Verb  Simplification
 Adverb  Decimal Fractions
 Subject Verb  Ratio and
Agreement Proportions
 Error Correction  Unitary Method
 Tenses  Percentage
 Sentence  Time and Distance
Rearrangement  Time and Work
 Fill in the Blanks  Profit and Loss
with Modals,  Average
Articles etc  Simple and
 Comprehension Compound Interest
 Answering  Menstruation (2D
questions based on and 3D)
Unseen Passages  Algebra
 Vocabulary  Data Interpretation
 Synonyms
 Antonyms
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Bank PO Exam Pattern
Bank PO Preliminary Exam
pattern
Sr
Test Name Qns. Marks Duration
No.
Reasoning Ability
1 35 35
Paper
Quantitative
2 35 35 01 hour
Aptitude Paper
English Language
3 30 30
Paper
Total 100 100
 There will be 100 questions in the
examination
 Each question will be of 01 mark
 Total time given to complete the
preliminary examination is 01 hour
Bank PO Mains Exam Pattern
Sr
Test Name Qns. Marks Duration
No.
1 Reasoning & 45 60 60 Min.
 Computer Aptitude
General/ Economy/
2 40 40 35 Min.
Banking Awareness
3 English Language 35 40 40 Min.
Data Analysis &
4 35 60 45 Min.
Interpretation
03
TOTAL: 155 200
Hours
English Language
5 (Letter Writing & 2 25 30 Min.
Essay)
 There will be 155 questions in the
examination
 Maximum marks given to candidates to
complete the examination will be 200
 Total time given to candidates to
complete the examination will be 03
hours
 An additional paper of English Language
(Letter Writing & Essay) will also be
there and there will be 02 questions in it.
Questions will be of 25 marks and half an
hour will be given to complete the
examination.
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Bank Clerk Exam Syllabus:
Bank Clerk performs every day office
responsibilities and accounts associated
works in the bank. Candidates who wish to
apply for this position they must have
knowledge of banking. To crack the exam of
clerk in any banking institute candidates
should study according to the following
syllabus:
IBPS Syllabus – Bank Clerk Syllabus
Marketing: – Quantitative
 Product life cycle Aptitude:
 Various marketing Problems based


models on age
 Various modes of Ratio and
advertisements proportion
 Types of marketing Time and distance


strategies Practice questions

 Various modes of Time and work


advertisements Data
 Product interpretation
development process Percentages

Bank Syllabus –  Permutation and
Reasoning: combination
 Series  Probability
 Analogy  Simple and
 Mirror image compound interest
questions  Average
 Sitting arrangement  Profit and loss
questions  Allegation
 Puzzles  Partnership
 Boats and streams
IBPS Clerk Exam  LCM and HCF
Syllabus – English  Quantitative
Language: aptitude shortcuts’
 Para jumbles
 Reading IBPS Clerk Syllabus
comprehension – Banking
 Vocabulary Awareness:
 Grammar
 Synonyms Types of banks


 Antonyms Functions of bank



 Computer Credit
 policy
Knowledge Fiscal policy


 Input output devices Macro economics



 Operating system concepts

 BMS/RDBMS
  Types of topologies
 Latest technological
updates
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IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern:
IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Pattern
Sr
Test Name Qns. Marks Duration
No.
Reasoning Ability
1 35 35
Paper
Numerical
2 35 35 01 hour
Ability Paper
English Language
3 30 30
Paper
Total 100 100
 There will be 100 questions in the
examination
 Each question will be of 01 mark
 Total time given to complete the
preliminary examination is 01 hour
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IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern
Sr (Objective) Maximum (Separately
Marks
No. Test Name Marks timed)
General/
1 Financial 50 50 35 Min.
Awareness
General
2 40 40 35 Min.
English
Reasoning
Ability &
3 50 60 45 Min.
Computer
Aptitude
Quantitative
4 50 50 45 Min.
Aptitude
Total 190 200 160 Min.
 There will be 190 questions in the
examination
 Maximum marks given to candidates to
complete the examination will be 200
 Total time given to candidates to
complete the examination will be 160
minutes
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Bank SO Syllabus
IBPS Syllabus – IBPS SO Syllabus –
Reasoning Ability English Language
Seating Reading
Arrangement Comprehension
Puzzles Cloze Test
Inequality Spotting Errors
Syllogism Sentence
Input – Output Improvement/
Data Sufficiency Correction
Blood Relations Para Jumbles
Order and Ranking Fill in the blanks
Alphanumeric Para / Sentence
series Completion
Distance and Bank Syllabus SO –
Direction General Awareness
Verbal Reasoning
Questions will be
Bank Syllabus – asked mainly from
Quantitative Aptitude the Current Affairs
Number Series & Banking
Simplification / Awareness topics
Approximation This section may
Data Interpretation also include
Quadratic Equations questions on
Data Sufficiency Books & authors,
 Mensuration Currencies,
 Miscellaneous Important Places,
Topics ( Average, Awards,
Profit & Loss, Headquarters,
Simple and Prime Ministers
Compound Interest, Schemes, and
Time & Work, Important Days
Time & Distance, etc.
Partnership, Ratio  It would be
& Proportion, advisable to go
Problem on Ages, through the GK
Probability etc. updates of at least
last 3 – 4 months.
 Do not forget to
prepare for static
GK part as well,
especially the
countries, their
capitals and
currencies (Try to
focus especially on
the countries that
have been in news
lately, for instance,
the countries
visited by our
 Prime Minister or
President or with
whom any major
MoU has been
signed).
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Bank SO – Professional Knowledge
Syllabus
Bank SO IT Officer Syllabus (Scale-I)
Database Management System
Data Communication and Networking
Operating System
Software Engineering
Data Structure
Computer organization and
microprocessor
Object Oriented Programming
Bank SO Agriculture Field Officer Syllabus
(Scale –I)
Basics of Crop production and
improvement
Horticulture (Spacing time of sowing seed
rate, Important varieties, Herbicides
Pesticides, Preservation of fruits and
vegetables, Types of cropping system,
Different plant diseases)
Seed Science
Agronomy and irrigation
Agricultural economics
Various types of agricultural practices
Soil resources
Animal husbandry and technology
Agricultural research, education and
extension
Agroforestry and Ecology
Priority sector advances
Rural welfare activities in India
Different insurance schemes regarding
agriculture
Various government schemes
Bank SO Marketing Officer Syllabus (Scale-
I)
 Basics of Marketing Management (4 Ps of
 Marketing)
 Brand management
 Advertising, PR, sales promotion
 Basic knowledge of retail management
 Business ethics
 Market Segmentation
 Marketing Research and forecasting
demand
 Product life cycle
 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
 Corporate social responsibility
 Services Marketing
 Marketing Strategy
Bank SO Law Officer Syllabus (Scale-I)
Banking Regulation & Compliance and
Legal Aspects
Relevant laws and orders related to
negotiable instruments, securities, Foreign
Exchange.
Prevention of money laundering,
Limitation Act
Consumer Protection Act
SARFAESI
Bankers Book Evidence Act, DRT Act.
Banking Ombudsman Scheme
  Offenses and Penalties
 Law and Acts with direct and Indirect
Implication on the banking sector like
Contract Acts, Partnerships, Companies,
Firm, Constitution
Bank SO HR/ Personnel Officer Syllabus
(Scale-I)
Human Resource Development:
Strategies and Systems.
Business policy and strategic analysis
Transnational Analysis.
Training and Development.
Recruitment and Selection.
Rewards and Recognition
Industrial relations.
Business policy and strategic analysis
Grievance and conflict management
Performance management and appraisal
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Bank Specialist IT Officer Syllabus:
IT Officer supports the banks by offering
technical support. They look after of data
centers and banking software. So candidates
who have technical knowledge of computers
may apply for the IT officer jobs.
Candidates may check the syllabus for its
written exam from the below section:
Bank Syllabus 2018 – Data Base
Management System (DBMS):
 RDBMS
 Normalization
 Overview of SQL Queries
 E- R Diagrams
 Transaction Management
Bank Syllabus – Data Communication &
Networking:
 Network Architecture
 OSI Model
 TCP-IP Model
 Data Communication
 IP Addressing (Subnetting)
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Bank Syllabus – Operating System and
system programming:
 Process
  Thread
 Types of OS
 Semaphore
 CPU Scheduling
 Dead Lock
 Memory Partitioning
 Page Replacement
Software Engineering:
 Software Development life cycle (SDLC)
 Software Development Models
Web Technologies:
 HTML Tags
 XML
IBPS Bank Syllabus 2018 – Network
Security:
 Cyber Crimes
 Risk Management
 Firewall
 Cryptography
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Computer organization & Microprocessor:
 Bus Structure
Data Structure:
 Array
 Linked List
 Stacks
Programming Languages:
 Basics of C, C++
 Basics of OOP (Objected oriented
Programming)
 Integrated Circuits
 Digital Electronics
 Compiler Design
Bank SO Exam pattern
IBPS Prelims Paper Pattern
Sr
Test Name Qns. Marks Duration
No.
Reasoning
1 35 35
(ररररररर)
English Language
2 30 30
(रररररररर) 01 hour
General Awareness
3 (ररररररर 35 35
ररररर)
Total 100 100
  There will be 100 questions in the
examination
 Each question will be of 01 mark
 Total time given to complete the
preliminary examination is 01 hour
IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern
Sr
Test Name Qns. Marks Duration
No.
Professional
knowledge
1 100 100 01 hour
(रररररररररर
ररररर)
Total 100 100
 In the main examination there will be one
exam of Professional Knowledge
 There will be 100 questions concerning
the stream /branch/subject
 Total time given to complete the
examination will be 01 hour
Bank Online Practice Test
 START: General Knowledge Online Test
 START: Quantitative Aptitude Online
Quiz
  START: English Language Online Quiz
 START: Logical Reasoning Online Quiz
 START: Computer Knowledge Online
Quiz
IBPS Exam Preparation Books:
1. Reasoning by R.S Agarwal.
2. Numerical Abilities by R.S.
Agarwal,Solved Papers of Kiran/Unique
publication.
3. English Language by Lucent’s General
English, R.S Agarwal, Puri, Wren &
4. General Awareness- National
Newspaper, Pratiyogita
Darpan,Chronicle,
5. Samanya Gyan Darpan, Arihant
publication.
6. Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal,
Gulati.
7. Upkar’s SBI Clerical Cadre
Recruitment Exam.
8. Ramesh’s Bank Clerical Exam(Solved
Papers).
9. Upkar’s SBI PO Examination (Solved
Papers).
 10. Ramesh’s Bank PO. Previous year
Solved Papers.
11. Bank PO Sampurn Success Package by
S C Gupta.
12. Bank Probationary Officers Bharti
Pariksha.
13. BANK PO and Specialist Officers
Exam Guide by GKP.
14. BPO Bank Probationary Officers Exam
by Ashok Mehta.
15. Allahabad Bank PO Probationary
Officers Recruitment Exam by GKP.
16. Bank PO / Specialist Officers Exam
Guide 2011 by R. Gupta’s.
17. Previous Papers BANK P. O.
Recruitment Exam by GKP.
18. Bank Of India – Probationary Officers
Exam by R. Gupta.
19. Bank Clerical Cadre Recruitment Exam
by T. S. Jain.
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Here in the below section we are providing
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useful for all candidates in preparing well…
  Prepare A Good Schedule:
Before beginning with the studies,
understudies should plan their own
particular time-table which coordinates all
the material that must be secured and reveals
to them what amount is should have been
considered every day. A timetable of each
subject ought to be made with various needs.
Extreme subjects and the ones in which an
understudy is frail ought to be given more
hours, and less demanding ones ought to be
given less hours with adequate interims
between each subject. The timetable should
critically have softens up between.
 Be Fearless
Dread and stress are one of the main
considerations which have a tendency to
wind up noticeably an impediment in getting
high rate. One should free all the dread and
free his psyche. Approximating a specific
score to accomplish is outside our ability to
control .This reality additionally should be
comprehended by guardians, who ought not
pressurize their youngsters yet rather help up
their certainty.
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 Cramming Is Not A Good Habit Make
Proper Notes
Understudies should give up off the packing
part as it isn’t a decent strategy for
considering. Rather than this, they should
make short notes while considering. Packing
everything can bring about overlooking
everything and influencing brief notes to can
help in recalling all focuses while updating
the subject.
 Have Faith In Yourself
Understudies ought to contemplate or
supplicate a long time before the exam as it
helps in unwinding their brain and
furthermore gives colossal vitality and peace
to the psyche. What’s more, it is much
imperative that you are certain about
yourself of delivering wonderful outcome.
 Sleeping Well And Eating Good Are Two
Important Steps To Follow
The greatest slip-up understudies confer
amid exam time is that they don’t rest and
eat well. They think resting is an exercise in
futility. They ought to put stock in the way
that they have to rest between 6-8 hours per
day. They additionally need to deal with
their eating regimen. They should attempt
and stay away from eat garbage
nourishment, and rather incorporate
sustenance which supplies ceaseless vitality
to their mind for a more extended
timeframe.
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 Give Your Studies Proper Time And Also
Set Time To Study
Time is perhaps the most critical factor. As
indicated by an examination directed, human
mind is in its most dynamic state between 5
am to 8 am in the morning and at night
between 7 pm to 11 pm. Hence,
understudies who consider amid these
timings have the greatest maintenance
control in correlation with others.
Bank written exam is conducted in two parts
i.e preliminary exam and main exam.
Candidates, who will get qualify in the
preliminary exam, only they will be eligible
for mains examination. Both examinations
contain the negative marking for wrong
answers. So candidates should be very
careful while answering the questions.
Candidates must go through these topics and
sections to crack the bank written
examination according to the post. The
above mentioned Bank Syllabus will
definitely help you in preparation of bank
written exam. Candidates can also get the
Bank Syllabus for other posts by go through
our web portal. Candidates must get the
syllabus for better information of all the
topics that would be covered under the
examination.
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