IBPS Clerk 2017 Institute of Banking Personnel Selection - Clerk

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern is not complex to understand. IBPS has made a very clear distinction of the topics asked in both prelims and main exam. IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern is extremely crucial for an aspirant to understand as it is the first step of the preparation. To crack the IBPS exam, the structure of an exam must be well known to the candidate. 

IBPS Clerk is an online examination and is conducted in two parts-

• IBPS Preliminary Examination

• IBPS Main Examination

Facts on IBPS Clerk 2017 exam:

• IBPS Clerk 2017 will be conducted in two levels Tier 1 & 2 (Preliminary & Mains). 

• There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for every incorrect answer. 

• No marks will be awarded or deducted for unattempted questions in the IBPS clerk exam.

IBPS Clerk Prelims:

The total duration of the test is 1 hour. The candidates must clear the cut off in each section individually...Read More

The IBPS Clerk Eligibility criteria are clearly defined by the IBPS. The candidates who are interested in applying for the IBPS Clerk exam has to pass the eligibility criteria that are defined by the conducting authorities. 

Consider the IBPS Clerk eligibility criteria 2017 through the points that are given below:

• Score Criteria: Candidate must have passed 10+2 or pre-degree with minimum 60% marks.

• Citizenship Criteria: Candidate must be a citizen of India or a subject of Nepal/Bhutan or a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1 January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India.

• Educational Criteria: Candidate must hold a bachelor's degree from a recognized University or equivalent in any discipline.

• Age Criteria: Candidates age should not be more than 30 years and less than 20 years at the time of registration.

• Other Criteria: Aspirants in the final year of their bachelor's program or with awaiting results are not eligible....Read More

• A recent passport sized colored photograph and a scanned signature.

• An active and a valid email address. All correspondence will be through this address.

• A credit/debit card/net banking facilities to pay the application fees online.

Detailed Application Procedure IBPS Clerk

• This exam is scheduled in the month of December for recruiting posts of Clerical Cadre for the first stage.

• A total of 19k vacancies would be filled through the recruitment procedure.

• All the personal details like Name, Father's Name, Residential Address, Religion, Nationality, etc.

• All the Educational Details like Schooling, Graduation details, etc.

• Photograph and Signature of the candidate digitally signed by the candidate at the time of filling online application form.

• Details of the examination like Exam date, Venue, Exam time, Papers details, Exam roll number, etc.

Tentative Dates of IBPS Clerk Admit Card 2017 for each stage:

Details IBPS Clerk Admit Card

To crack the IBPS Clerk exam, the direction of the preparation should be right. A wrong strategy towards the exam can lead to waste of precious time and energy. Some important tips can help the candidates to prepare well for the IBPS Clerk exam. 

Find the important tips that a student must keep in mind while preparing for the IBPS Clerk exam:

Time Management: 

• Maintaining a proper schedule for every task that you do can lead you to success.

• Prepare along with all daily tasks such as exercise, play and every other task by managing the time.

• Time Management is also required in preparing the sections of the prelims and the main exam as time factor is the biggest challenge in the IBPS Clerk exam.

Diet & food: 

• Maintain a completely healthy diet including fresh fruits and vegetables.

• Try to ignore oily stuff and have a balanced diet.

• do not ignore food at the cost of the study.

Positivity: 

• Always try to be positive towards every work that you do and be focused towards all your activities along with studies.

• Being optimistic works very well many times in such situations.

Mock Tests: 

• Prepare the best way by appearing as many mock tests you can, and analyze the results regularly.

• Try solving the portion which you find difficult in the mock tests and create a strong base.

Smart way to Prepare: 

• Make separate sheets for formulas and theorem that can help you a lot while solving numerical in Physics and Mathematics.

• Make daily notes for the General/ Financial Awareness. 

• Weekly revise the notes.

• Practice as many questions as you can.

Believe in yourself:

• Self-belief is most important as it generates a lot of positivity and gives a boost to your confidence.

• Have faith in the preparation and give your best.

Revise: 

• Make sure you revise every topic thoroughly and prepare well every topic by revising time and again.

• Also prepare separate revision plan for last minute preparation.

Section Wise Preparation Tips IBPS Clerk 

The syllabus is the crucial part of any competitive exam. In IBPS exam also, IBPS Clerk Syllabus plays a vital role. For an aspirant preparing for the IBPS exam, getting stick to the prescribed syllabus is very important otherwise, the direction of the preparation may get diverted and the candidate may end up wasting a lot of energy and time.

IBPS CLERK PRELIMS SYLLABUS 2017:

REASONING:

• Multi-dimensional arrangements

• Course of Action and Arguments

• Puzzles

• Visual reasoning

• Arrangement, pie charts, grids

• Blood Relations and Family Tree

• Critical Reasoning

• Calendars

• Statement Conclusions

• Different types of Graphs

• Coded Inequalities

• Input-output

• Blood relations

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE:

•  Basic Geometry

• Ratios and Proportion

• HCF & LCM

• Algebra

• Profit & Loss

• In-equations Quadratic and linear equations

• Geometric Progression

• Percentages and Averages

• Time-Speed-Distance

• Number system

• Mensuration

• Permutation and combinations

• Mixtures and Alligations

ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

• Verbal Reasoning

• Syllogisms

• Fill In the Blanks

• Contextual usage

• Antonyms, Synonyms

• Sentence completion and Jumbled paragraphs

• Foreign language words used in English

• Sentence correction

• Spotting the error

• Unjumbling the sentence

• Paragraph Completion

Detailed IBPS Clerk Syllabus

Cutoff plays a vital role while preparing for the IBPS Clerk exam. Previous year cutoffs can help a candidate to get an idea so that a minimum benchmark of the score can be set up that a candidate needs to get to clear the exam. Although a candidate must aim to score well above the cutoff but to aim a good figure, the previous year cut offs of IBPS Clerk must be known to the candidate.

State Wise IBPS Clerk Cutoff 2016 (Prelims):

Detailed IBPS Clerk Previous Year Cutoff