IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam - Dates, Pattern, Syllabus

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam - Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts the IBPS Clerk exam for recruitment of candidates in the Clerical cadre at 17 participatory banks. IBPS Clerk exam is conducted in two stages - prelims and mains. IBPS Clerk prelims exam is the first stage in the selection process. As per the IBPS Clerk selection process, candidates qualifying in the prelims stage will only be able to proceed to the further stage. The prelims exam of IBPS Clerk is conducted for a total of 100 questions of 1 mark each. As per the IBPS Clerk exam pattern, the questions will be asked from English Language, Numerical Ability, Reasoning Ability. Only those candidates will be able to qualify the IBPS Clerk prelims exam, who will secure the prelims cut off. However, the marks secured in the prelims exam are not added while preparing the final IBPS Clerk result. To know more about the IBPS Clerk prelims exam, go through the article below.

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IBPS Clerk 2020 prelims exam is scheduled to be held on December 12, 13 and 19, 2020. The test is qualifying in nature and is conducted at various CTET exam centres across 34 states/UTs across the country.

IBPS Clerk Dates 2020

The table below contains the IBPS Clerk exam dates along with various other related dates:

IBPS Clerk Important Dates

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern For Prelims

Before appearing for the IBPS Clerk prelims exam, it is very important for the candidates to know the exam pattern. The exam pattern of IBPS Clerk contains the name of sections from where the questions are asked, duration of the test, total questions and the marking scheme. The table below contains the IBPS Clerk prelims exam pattern.

IBPS Clerk exam pattern for prelims

IBPS Clerk Exam Prelims Syllabus

In order to prepare for the IBPS Clerk prelims exam, candidates must go through the syllabus first. IBPS Clerk syllabus for the prelims exam will help to know the topics and the chapters from where the questions will be asked in the exam.

IBPS PO Syllabus for Prelims - English Language

IBPS Clerk prelims exam syllabus 2020 - Numerical Ability

IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2020 - Reasoning

The reasoning sections will contain verbal and non-verbal reasoning topics:

Verbal Reasoning

• Analogy

• Statement and arguments

• Word formation

• Statement and conclusions Syllogism

• Coding Decoding

• Blood Relations

• Passage and conclusions

• Alphabet test

• Classification

• Figure series

• Input/output Assertion and reasoning

• Sitting Arrangement

• Series Test

• Ranking and time sequence

• Direction Sense Test

• Statement and assumptions

• Decision making test

• Number

Non - Verbal Reasoning

• Series test

• Analogy

• Miscellaneous Test

• Odd figure Out

IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut off

To get an idea of IBPS Clerk cut off 2020, candidates must go through the previous years cut off of the prelims stage of the exam.

IBPS Clerk Cut off for Prelims Exam - 2018

IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut off for 2017 & 2016

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