Eligibility for IBPS-PO

• Citizenship: The aspiring Candidate of IBPS PO must be a citizen of India or candidate can be a resident of Bhutan/Nepal or a Tibetan refugee, however in that case candidate's ancestors should have with an intention of permanently settling in India, moved to India before 1st January 1962.

• The Candidate must have a bachelor's degree in any stream from a recognized University.

• The candidate must have valid certificates to prove his claim of completing graduation degree, the certificate should mention the date of qualifying the exam along with the total marks obtained by the candidate. 

• The Candidate must have relevant job experience or a professional degree.

• Aspirants who are either in the final year of their bachelor's degree or awaiting graduation results are not eligible.

• Age criteria: Candidate's age should not be less than 20 years and more than 30 years at the time of registration.

IBPS PO Registration 2019 can only be done through Online mode. The candidate has to register at the official website of IBPS. 

Before applying, make sure you have the following documents-

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

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

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

IBPS PO Admit card is an important document that is mandatory to be carried with at the time of examination. There are some provisions of the admit card that an IBPS aspirant must know about.

• IBPS PO Prelims Admit card 2019 will be released by the IBPS in the month of October 2019.

• The hard copy of the admit card will not be sent by post. The candidates must download the admit card from the official website of IBPS.

• To download the admit card, the candidate needs to enter their registration number and date of birth in the specified format.

• You might also be required to enter a captcha. The admit card will appear on your screen. Save the admit card and take a printout for future reference.

• The admit card will be released separately for each stage as and when the candidate qualifies each part of the exam. The admit card for the Mains exam can be downloaded only by those candidates who have qualified in the preliminary exam.

Find some General tips for cracking the IBPS PO exam. The tips can be helpful to clear the exam by taking the candidate in the right direction of the preparation. 

Consider the points given below for IBPS PO Preparation-

• Make a good plan for studies. Understand about the syllabus and prepare for the weaker sections.

• Update yourself on current affairs on a regular basis.

• Practice various topics available and do well.

• General Knowledge would help you gain good marks and push your overall score.

• Manage time well as this is the most critical resource that would help you do well.

• Keep trying online mock tests to judge yourself and your knowledge to work on your inefficiencies.

• Revise all of your topics and do well in the exam.

• Proper diet and enough sleep would help you do well.

Exam pattern is one of the most important aspects of a competitive examination. To clear the exam, the candidate must be well aware of the features of the IBPS Po Exam pattern. Without a clear insight of Exam pattern, the direction of preparation may get distorted.

IBPS PO is an online examination and is conducted in three parts-

• IBPS Preliminary Examination

• IBPS Main Examination

• Interview

IBPS reserves the right to change the Exam pattern and may change it from time to time as per the requirement of the recruitment. The same shall be informed to the candidates by the notification. Therefore, it is inevitable to read the notification carefully and to know the important characteristics of the IBPS PO exam pattern.

The syllabus is the most important part of any competitive exam. In IBPS exam also, IBPS PO Syllabus plays a vital role. For an aspirant preparing for the IBPS exam, getting stick to the syllabus is very important otherwise the direction of the preparation may get distorted and the candidate may end up wasting a lot of time on the unproductive topics.

Find the IBPS PO Syllabus 2019 for both Prelims and Main exam:

IBPS PO Prelims Syllabus 2019-

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

Previous Year papers are extremely useful for the preparation of the IBPS PO exam. According to the experts, before a candidate starts preparing for the IBPS Po exam, the aspirant must go through at-least last 5 years papers to get an idea of the nature of questions and the level of difficulty of the exam. It is important to analyze in depth the paper organized by the IBPS last year.

Here is the in-depth analysis of the IBPS PO 2018 paper: 

The exam was divided into 5 sections- English Language, Reasoning Ability, Computer Awareness, General Knowledge, and Quantitative Aptitude.

Quantitative Aptitude:

The level of quantitative aptitude was moderately difficult. There were two sets of DI (Data Interpretation).

Cutoff plays a vital role while preparing for the IBPS PO 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 PO must be known to the candidate.

Find here, IBPS PO previous year cutoffs-

The final selection will be based on the candidate's score in the main exam and the personal interview in an 80:20 ratio respectively. The final merit will be prepared by scoring the candidate out of 100. The students can check the details of final merit list and provisional allotment of services.

The final selection will be based on the candidate's score in the main exam and the personal interview in an 80:20 ratio respectively. The final merit will be prepared by scoring the candidate out of 100. The students can check the details of final merit list and provisional allotment of services.