The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection ( IBPS ) conducts IBPS Probationary Officers Examination every year for all the member PSBs as well as a few public sector insurance companies .
IBPS provides recruitment and training services to a common standard for public sector banks (PSB) .
IBPS PO is the most popular exam. conducted by IBPS
The institute renamed the Bank PO exam as the Common Written Examination (CWE PO/MT) in 2011 .
Candidates looking forward to the IBPS PO 2020 recruitment should expect it to begin by August 2020.
The IBPS PO notification gives an idea about the recent update , if any , with respect to the Probationary Officer exam.
>> You should keep referring to the official website of IBPS (www.ibps.in) for proper vacancy details and important dates .
The official IBPS calendar 2020 has been released by The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. Given below are the tentative dates for the IBPS PO exam based on the IBPS calendar 2020:
IBPS PO 2020 Exam | |
Events | Important Dates |
IBPS PO Apply Online | August/September 2020 |
IBPS PO Prelims Exam | October 3, 2020 October 4, 2020 October 10, 2020 |
IBPS PO Mains Exam | November 28, 2020 |
Interview | January/February 2020 |
The IBPS exam calendar for probationary officer exam 2019-20 is given below:
IBPS PO Exam 2019-20 | |
Events | Important Dates |
Online Application | August 7 to August 28, 2019 |
Preliminary Exam Admit Card | September 30, 2019 |
Preliminary Exam | October 12, 13 & 19, 2019 |
Preliminary Exam Result | November 1, 2019 |
Mains Exam Admit Card | November 11, 2019 |
Mains Exam | November 30, 2019 |
Mains Exam Result | January 2, 2020 |
Interview | January/ February 2020 |
IBPS shall soon release the official calendar for 2020-21 recruitment to various posts.
>> You should keep referring to the official website of IBPS ( www.ibps.in ) for proper vacancy details and important dates .
The application process for IBPS PO is completely online. Candidates can register for the exam. from the official website.
The following fees have to be paid by the aspirants for completing their IBPS PO exam online application:
IBPS PO online application Category | IBPS PO Online Application Fees |
Unreserved | Rs. 600 |
SC/ST/PWD | Rs. 100 |
IBPS PO Prelims Cut Off 2019-20 | |
General | 59.75 |
SC | 53.50 |
ST | 46.25 |
OBC | 59.75 |
EWS | 59.75 |
HI | 21.25 |
OC | 44.50 |
VI | 52.25 |
ID | 20.75 |
* Candidate should be a Citizen of India . |
The bank PO examination is divided into three phases :
1. Preliminary Examination
2. Mains Examination
3. Interview
The First Phase Preliminary Examination is divided into three sections :
The Preliminary Examination is of Objective Type and is conducted Online .
The Details of the Preliminary Examination Pattern is given below :
SUBJECTS | No. of Questions |
English Language | 30 Questions |
Quantitative Aptitude | 35 Questions |
Reasoning Ability | 35 Questions |
GRAND TOTAL | 100 QUESTIONS |
EXAMINATION PATTERN | OBJECTIVE TYPE |
EXAMINATION MODE | ONLINE |
PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS | There will be a penalty for each wrong answer , given by you . |
SPECIAL NOTE | The Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS . |
REASONING ABILITY | QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE |
Logical Reasoning | Simplification |
Alphanumeric Series | Profit & Loss |
Ranking / Direction / | Mixtures |
Data Sufficiency | Simple Interest , |
Coded Inequalities | Work & Time |
Seating Arrangement | Time & Distance |
Puzzle | Mensuration, |
Tabulation | Data Interpretation |
Syllogism | Ratio & Proportion, |
Blood Relations | Number Systems |
Input Output | Sequence & Series |
Coding Decoding | Permutation, |
E N G L I S H L A N G U A G E | |
Reading Comprehension | Fill in the Blanks |
Cloze Test | Miscellaneous |
Para Jumbles | Paragraph Completion |
Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting |
The Main Examination is of Objective & Descriptive type . It is conducted online . The details of Main Exam. pattern is given below :
Level - 1 | |
Name of Test | No. of Questions, |
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 35 Questions |
English Language | 35 Questions |
Data Analysis and Interpretation | 35 Questions |
General / Economy / Banking Awareness | 40 Questions |
TOTAL | 155 Questions |
English Language | 2 Questions |
Grand Total | 157 Questions |
Penalty for Wrong Answers | There will be a penalty for each wrong answer , given by you . |
Examination Pattern | Objective & Descriptive Type |
Examination Mode | Online |
Important Note | * Objective Type Test will be of Two Hours |
LEVEL - 2 | Candidates who have successfully passed the previous tests are called for the GD and Personal interview . |
LEVEL - 3 | The Final Merit List is prepared based on the scores of all the previous examinations . |
NOTE | IBPS reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination which will be intimated through its website. |
IBPS reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination which will be intimated through its website.
Other detailed information regarding the examination is given in an Information Handout to the candidates .
They can download it along with the call letters from the authorized IBPS website www.ibps.in .
You may note that :
This pattern may differ for different Bank PO Examinations . The candidates are advised to properly check , on the official website of the concerned bank/organization , the eligibility criteria , syllabus and selection process before applying for the post .
Focus On Time – Saving Methods
By viewing the above bank PO examination pattern you would have noticed that there is a fixed time allotted to complete each section in the preliminary as well as the main examinations .
For example, in the main examination you get :
v 35 minutes for General English ( 40 Questions )
v 45 Minutes for Quantitative Test ( 50 Questions )
v 45 Minutes for Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude ( 50 Questions )
v 35 Minutes for General / Financial Awareness ( 50 Questions )
Now you can well imagine that for solving 50 questions of Quantitative Aptitude you get only 45 minutes .
Similarly, to solve 50 Questions of Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude you get only 45 Minutes .
Clearly, if you try to solve the Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability questions by traditional long methods then you may not be able even to attempt all the questions regardless of the fact that if given more time you could easily solve good number of questions correctly .
Hence , it is imperative that you solve the questions using more and more Short- Cut or Time – Saving Methods .
There are some online coaching institutes which focus more and more on teaching through Short –Cut or Time – Saving Methods .
Hence, it is advisable that before choosing an online institute , you must enquire whether they give stress on Time – Saving Methods of not .
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