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IBPS SO Exam 2020

IBPS SO Eligibility Criteria - 2020

Educational Qualification (as on 26-11-2020):

 

S.No.

Post

Educational Qualification

1.

I.T. Officer (Scale I)

1)Four years of engineering/Technology degree in Computer Science/IT/Computer Application/Electronics and Communication Engineering/Electronics and Telecommunication/ Electronics and Instrumentation OR
2) Post Graduate Degree in Computer Science/IT/Computer Application/Electronics and Communication Engineering/Electronics and Telecommunication/ Electronics and Instrumentation OR
Graduates having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level exam

2.

Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I)

4 years graduation degree in agriculture/ Horticulture/ Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ dairy Science/ Agricultural engineering/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri Marketing and cooperation/ Co-Operation and Banking/ Agro-Forestry

3.

Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)

Post Graduate in Hindi with English as a subject at the graduation or degree level OR Post-Graduate Degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as a subject at graduation level

4.

Law Officer (Scale I)

A bachelor’s degree in Law and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council

5.

HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)

Graduate and Full Time Post Graduate Degree or Full-time Diploma in Personnel Management/ Industrial Relation/ HR/ HRD/ Social Work/ Labour Law

6.

Marketing Officer (Scale I)

Graduate and Full-Time MMS (Marketing)/ MBA (Marketing)/Full time PGDBA/ PGDBM with specialization in Marketing

IBPS SO Exam Pattern

This year the exam will be in 2 parts: IBPS Preliminary Exam or Tier 1 and IBPS Mains Exam or Tier 2. This year IBPS exam change the pattern of IBPS SO Exam. The previous year there used to be only one examination then taken the interview but this year there will be a two (prelims and mains) examination. The preliminary exam will be qualify phase to appear in Mains Exam. This examination is followed by an interview For the Post of IT Officer, Law Officer, Agriculture Field Officer,  Marketing Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, Professional Knowledge Test.

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern

 

The IBPS SO preliminary examination is of two-hour duration and is conducted online. It has 3 sections with having 150 questions in total with a maximum score of 125 marks. There is a negative marking in IBPS SO pre-exam as one-fourth marks are deducted for every wrong answer.

For the Post of Law Officer and Rajsabha Adhikari Scale-I officer

Serial No

Section

No. of Questions

Total Marks

Duration

1.

Reasoning

50

50

40 min

2.

English Language

50

25

40 min

3.

General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry

50

50

40 min

 

Total

150

125

120 min


For the Post of Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer, IT Officer Scale I

Serial No

Section

No. of Questions

Total Marks

Duration

1.

Reasoning

50

50

40 min

2.

English Language

50

25

40 min

3.

Quantitative Aptitude

50

50

40 min

 

Total

150

125

120 min

IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern

For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer

Name of Test

Number of Questions

Maximum Marks

Medium of Exam

Duration

Professional Knowledge

60

60

English & Hindi

45 min

For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari

Name of Test

Number of Questions

Maximum Marks

Medium of Exam

Duration

Professional Knowledge(Objective)

45

60

English & Hindi

30 min

Professional Knowledge(Descriptive)

2

English & Hindi

30 min

The Mains Examination will contain questions only from Professional Knowledge Subjects.

For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture  Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer it has Professional Knowledge Test there is 1 section having a total score of 60 marks of 45 minutes duration.

For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari, there are 2 sections having a total score of 60 marks of 60 minutes duration the total time duration is 30 minutes for objective and 30 minutes for descriptive.

IBPS SO Syllabus 2020

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Syllabus 2020

Reasoning Ability

Quantitative Aptitude

English Language

General Awareness

Logical Reasoning

Simplification

Reading Comprehension

Current Affairs

Alphanumeric Series

Profit & Loss

Cloze Test

GK Updates

Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test

Mixtures &Alligations

Para jumbles

Currencies

Data Sufficiency

Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices

Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting

Important Places

Coded Inequalities

Work & Time

Fill in the blanks

Banking Awareness

Seating Arrangement

Time & Distance

Miscellaneous

Awards

Puzzle

Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere

Paragraph Completion

Book And Author

Tabulation

Data Interpretation

 

Headquarter

Syllogism

Ratio & Proportion, Percentage

 

Important Days

Blood Relations

Number Systems

 

Prime minster Scheme

Input Output

Sequence & Series

 

 

Coding-Decoding

Permutation, Combination &Probability

 

 

IBPS SO Mains Exam Syllabus 2020

Apart from these subjects, candidates are required to have Professional Knowledge in his/her area of expertise as well. The detailed syllabus is discussed below:

Marketing

Officer (Scale-I)

Agricultural Field Officer

(Scale-I)

Law Officer (Scale-I))

HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I)

IT Officer

(Scale-I)

Basics of Marketing Management

Basics of Crop production

Banking Regulations

Human Resource Development

Operating System

Brand Management

Horticulture

Compliance and Legal Aspects

Business policy and strategic analysis

DBMS

Advertising

Seed Science

Relevant Law and Orders related to negotiable instruments, securities, foreign exchange

Transnational Analysis

Data communication and networking

PR

Agronomy and Irrigation

Prevention of Money-laundering, Limitation Act

Training and Development

Software engineering

Sales

Agricultural Economics

Consumer Protection Act

Recruitment and Selection

Computer Organization and Microprocessor

Retail

Agricultural Practices

Surfaces

Rewards and Recognition

Data Structure

Business Ethics

Soil resources

Banking Ombudsman Scheme

Industrial Relations

Object-Oriented Programming

Market Segmentation

Animal Husbandry

Laws and Actions with a direct link to Banking Sector

Business Policy and Strategic Analysis

 

Market research and forecasting demand

Agroforestry

Bankers Book Evidence Act

Grievance and Conflict Management

 

Product Life Cycle

Ecology

DRT Act

Performance Management and appraisal

 

Corporate Social Responsibility

 

 

 

 

Service Marketing

 

 

 

 

IBPS SO Online Application

The registration for IBPS SO Exam 2020 will be done online. In order to avoid any technical errors please make sure that the web-browser used to fill up the IBPS SO 2020 Application form is one of the following:

  1. Internet Explorer 8 and above
  2. Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and above
  3. Google Chrome 3.0 and above
  4. Candidates applying online must have the following pre-requisites:
  5. A valid Email Id
  6. Application Fee must be paid online so all document required for online transaction
  7. Photograph and Signature scanned in the prescribed size
  8. The IBPS SO 2020 application form can only be filled on the official website.
  9. Before proceeding with the registration and application process, all candidates are requested to go through the complete guide for IBPS PO Online Application

IBPS SO Application Fee

The category wise application fees for the IBPS SO exam are given below. Fee/Intimation charges once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection. The application fee must be paid online. To know more please check the complete guide for IBPS SO Application

Sr. No.

Category

Application Fee

1

SC/ST/PWD

Rs.100/- (Intimation Charges only)

2

General and Others

Rs. 600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)