IBPS Clerk 2026 Exam - Notification, Application form, Admit card, Syllabus

In order to apply for the IBPS Clerk 2026 exam, candidates must meet certain eligibility criteria. Thus, the exam conducting authority has determined the eligibility criteria of IBPS Clerk 2026 on the basis of Nationality, Age, and Educational Qualification.

Eligibility Criteria of IBPS Clerk – Nationality/Citizenship

A candidate must be either of the following :
(i) A Citizen of India or
(ii) A subject of Bhutan or
(iii) A subject of Nepal or
(iv) A Tibetan Refugee who settled in India before January 1, 1962, permanently.
(v) A person of Indian origin who has migrated to settle in India permanently from Sri Lanka, Burma, Vietnam, Pakistan, and East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, and Ethiopia.
Candidates belonging to the above categories (ii, iii, iv & v) must have a certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India.

Eligibility Criteria of IBPS Clerk – Age Limit

In order to fill out the online application form for the 2026 IBPS Clerk, candidates must be at least 20 years of age and must not exceed 28 years.
However, there are certain age relaxations given by the exam conducting authority according to the categories of the candidates.

IBPS Clerk Eligibility Criteria – Age Relaxation

Eligibility Criteria of IBPS Clerk – Education Qualification

• Candidates must hold a Graduation degree from a government-recognized university or any equivalent qualification recognized by the Central Government.

• While registering online, candidates must have a valid Degree certificate/Mark-sheet indicating the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation.   

• Candidates must have operating and working knowledge of computer systems and have a Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer operations/language, or must have studied Computer/IT as one of the subjects in High School/Institute/College.

• Proficient in the official/Local Language of the State/UT for which a candidate is applying. Candidates must know how to read/write and speak the Official language of the preferred State/UT.       

Candidates who meet the eligibility criteria can fill out the IBPS Clerk application form 2026 along with the payment of application fees. Before filling the IBPS clerk application form, candidates must keep the following prerequisites ready with them.

• E-mail ID: Candidates must have an active and valid e-mail ID till the selection process is completed because all information related to the IBPS Clerk exam is sent to the candidate's e-mail ID.
• Scanned copy of handwritten declaration according to the format given in the notification.
• Photograph & Signature: Candidates must have their signature scanned and have a passport-size photograph as per the specifications required.
• Bank account or card details through which the payment will be made, 

Candidates must keep in mind that the IBPS Clerk application form will not be accepted without the payment of the application fees. The application fees must be paid in online mode.

The exam conducting authority has decided the amount of fee to be paid by the candidates according to their categories:

IBPS Clerk Application Fee                                                                            

Candidates can pay the IBPS Clerk application fee through debit cards (Visa/RuPay/MasterCard/Maestro), credit cards, IMPS, cash cards/mobile wallets, and internet banking.

IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Pattern

The IBPS Clerk exam pattern for prelims contains questions from three sections - English, Aptitude, and Reasoning.

• There are a total of 100 questions asked in the preliminary exam of IBPS Clerk.   

• Each question carries 1 mark. For each incorrect answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted.   

• Candidates will be allotted 20 minutes to complete each section.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern

The IBPS Clerk mains exam contains questions from four sections - General/Financial Awareness, Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude, General English, and Quantitative Aptitude

• IBPS Clerk mains exam has a total of 155 questions   

• Candidates are allotted 120 minutes to complete the IBPS Clerk mains exam. Each section has a sectional time limit to be completed.   

• The total marks for which IBPS Clerk mains exam is conducted is 200 marks.

Candidates preparing for the IBPS Clerk exam can appear in the IBPS Clerk mock test 2026 for better preparation. The IBPS Clerk 2026 mock test will be available on the official website. Students can visit the official website and take the mock test of IBPS Clerk to understand the exam pattern and difficulty level of the question paper in a better way.

Candidates must be confident and dedicated to prepare for IBPS Clerk examination. Depending on the time left for the examination, candidates must schedule and strategies their preparation. The foremost question that arises in the candidates' mind is where to start the preparation from and how to prepare for IBPS Clerk exam. In such a case, candidates must follow the steps given below in order to crack the exam of IBPS Clerk.

• Go through Syllabus/Pattern of IBPS Clerk
• Get the best books for IBPS Clerk.
• Prepare a schedule to study each topic.
• Start preparing with the subject in which you are good.
• Regularly practice from previous years question papers.
• Take online mock tests.

The authority releases the IBPS Clerk 2026 admit card a few days before the exam on the official website. Candidates can download the admit card at ibps.in by entering their registration number/roll number and date of birth/password in the login window. Candidates must also take a printout of the admit card and preserve it for future reference. 

The admit card of IBPS Clerk 2026 contains details like the candidate's name, photograph, space for thumb impression and signature, invigilator's signature space, exam date and time, venue of the examination, its address, and other important exam instructions. The admit card of IBPS Clerk is the most important document that must be carried by the candidates to the exam venue on the day of the examination. 

The admit card of IBPS Clerk will be issued in online mode to all those candidates who have successfully fill the application form of IBPS clerk. The admit card for IBPS clerk prelims exam is the most important document that the candidates must bring to the exam centre on the day of IBPS Clerk preliminary examination. The admit card contains the details about the candidates, exam date and time, address of the preliminary exam centre and other important instructions regarding the examination.

The admit card of IBPS Clerk mains exam is issued in online mode to only those candidates who qualify the preliminary examination. Candidates must download their IBPS Clerk mains admit card by filling in details like user name/ registration number and password/ date of birth in the link provided on the official website of the exam conducting authority. Candidates must bring the admit card of the IBPS Clerk mains exam along with them to the examination centre on the day of exam because no candidates will be allowed to appear for the mains examination without it. The admit card of IBPS Clerk mains exam contains the details of candidates along with the details of examination dates and time and examination centre.

IBPS Clerk answer key is not released officially but many coaching institutes release unofficial answer keys that are easily available on their websites and other educational websites. Candidates can check their responses against the correct answers provided in IBPS Clerk answer key to calculate their probable score. 

The exam analysis of IBPS Clerk is based on the inputs given by the students who appeared in the exam. The IBPS Clerk exam analysis 2026 will be released for each shift after the conclusion of the examination, and it will help the students to know the difficulty level of the question paper, good attempts, IBPS Clerk expected cut off, and other important points.

The Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection declares the IBPS Clerk 2026 result on the official website. Candidates can download their results of IBPS Clerk 2026 by filling in the details like registration number/roll number and date of birth/password on the official website of IBPS. 

All those candidates who qualified for the prelims exam are eligible to appear in the mains exam of IBPS Clerk. The result contains the marks scored by the candidate, the maximum marks, the qualification status, and the cut-off. The final result of IBPS Clerk is prepared by IBPS based on the marks obtained in the mains exam. The marks scored by the candidates in the mains exam are then normalized out of 100 for provisional allotment.

The exam authorities declare the result of IBPS Clerk on the official website ibps.in. Along with declaration of result authorities also release the scorecard of IBPS Clerk. Candidates can download their result of IBPS Clerk prelims examination by filling in the details like registration number/roll number and date of birth/password on the official website of IBPS. All those candidates who qualify the prelims are eligible to appear in the mains exam of IBPS Clerk.

The final list of selected candidates will be prepared on the basis of the marks scored by the candidates in the mains examination. The marks will be normalized out of 100 for the candidates to be allotted provisionally. If more than one candidate scores equal marks, then the selection will be done taking their age into consideration.

The cut off marks for both prelims and mains exam are determined by the IBPS. The exam conducting authority determines two types of IBPS cut off - sectional cut off and overall category wise cut off. The candidates must score equal to or more than the IBPS 2026 cut off marks to qualify the examination. 

IBPS Clerk Selection Process

The IBPS Clerk exam will be conducted by IBPS in two phases- Preliminary and Mains. All the eligible candidates can fill out the application form, after which they can download their IBPS 2026 admit card to appear in the examination. Candidates need to first appear in the preliminary examination. If the candidates qualify the prelims, they become eligible to appear in the mains exam, which is the second phase in the selection process of the IBPS Clerk.

IBPS Clerk Preliminary Examination

The first stage in the selection process of IBPS clerk is the preliminary exam. The prelims exam of IBPS Clerk is conducted in online mode, where candidates will be asked 100 multiple choice question of 1 mark each. In order to appear in the next phase of the selection process, candidates must pass the preliminary stage. All those candidates who score the cut off can only appear for the mains examination of IBPS Clerk.

IBPS Clerk Mains Examination

The IBPS Clerk mains examination is the second stage in the selection process of IBPS Clerk. Only those candidates who have qualified for the prelims exam appear in the mains exam of IBPS Clerk. The mains exam of IBPS Clerk is conducted in online mode for 160 minutes, in which 190 questions are asked. The mains exam of IBPS Clerk is conducted for 200 marks. The final result of IBPS Clerk will be declared based on the marks obtained by the candidates in the mains exam only. The qualified candidates will then be recruited in the clerical cadre in any of the banks under IBPS.