IB ACIO Exam 2023 - Latest Update, Result, Cutoff, Syllabus, Preparation Tips, Dates

The exam conducting authority determined the IB ACIO eligibility criteria. The ACIO eligibility criteria is the minimum requirement that must be met by the candidates in order to appear for the exam. The eligibility criteria of ACIO is determined on the basis of age and education qualification of the candidates. It is important for the candidates to fulfill the eligibility criteria in order to avoid rejection at later stage of the selection process.

ACIO Eligibility Criteria - Age

In order to appear for ACIO, candidates must be between 18 to 27 years of age. However, there are various age relaxations that have been provided on the upper age limit of the candidates by the exam conducting authority to the candidates of reserved categories. The table below contains the relaxation as per the category.

ACIO Eligibility Criteria

ACIO Eligibility Criteria - Education qualification

• Candidates must hold a graduation degree.

• It is important for candidates to have computer knowledge.

Ministry of Home Affairs released the IB ACIO application form 2023 in online mode on November 25, 2023. Eligible candidates could fill the application form of IB ACIO within the time frame given by the exam conducting authority. Along with the filling of ACIO application form, candidates also payed the prescribed application form as per their category. In order to fill the application form, candidates must have a valid active email ID and mobile number. Candidates must also keep ready with them their scanned image and signature of the prescribed dimension before they sit for filling the application form of ACIO. 

The B ACIO application form was divided into two parts - part 1 and 2. Candidates were expected to fill both parts of the application form. In part 1 of the application form of ACIO, candidates were required to fill the personal and academic details while part 2 of the application form was related to the payment of application fee. 

Candidates were made to upload the scanned image and signature at the time when they registered for the ACIO exam.

In order to fill the application form of ACIO, candidates can follow the steps given below.

ACIO Application Form - Part 1

Step 1 - Registration

Step 2 - Uploading of scanned image and signature (the file should not be more than 50 kb)

Step 3 - Filling in the details 

Step 4 - Preview

Step 5 - Final Submit

ACIO Application Form - Part 2

Step 1 - Payment of application form

Step 2 - Print out of application form and payment slip

The application fee of IB ACIO can be paid by the candidates either in online or in offline mode. The application fee of ACIO must be paid by only the male candidates belonging to the unreserved category. Reserved category and female candidates are exempted from the payment of application fee.

Application Fees - Rs 100

Application Fee payment in Offline mode

Candidates had to take a printout of Challan form and pay the fee in cash in any branch of State Bank of India one day after the filling of application form. A Challan receipt would be given to the candidates by the bank reflecting the transaction ID, which were to be kept safe with the candidates.

Application Fee payment in Online mode

The online payment of the IB ACIO application fee could be done using debit card or credit card. During the payment of online application fee, candidates had to provide their registration number.

The exam conducting authority prescribes the IB ACIO exam pattern. Candidates must go through ACIO exam pattern in order to know the different phases in which the exam will be conducted, sections, total questions, duration, and marks distribution.

As per the exam pattern of ACIO, the exam is conducted for three phases - tier I, II, and Interview. Candidates who qualify in tier I become eligible to appear for tier II exam. All those candidates who pass in tier II of ACIO, are further called for the interview round.

ACIO Exam Pattern - Tier I (Objective)

• The exam will have objective type questions

• There will be 4 sections containing 25 questions each of 1 mark each.

All those candidates who will qualify in the tier I exam will further have to appear for the tier II exam of ACIO. Phase II exam of ACIO will of descriptive nature. The following table contains the details about the exam pattern of phase II exam of ACIO.

ACIO Exam Pattern - Tier II (Descriptive)

All those candidates who will qualify in the tier II exam of ACIO will further have to appear for the Interview round. Candidates who will be shortlisted in the interview round will further have to appear for document verification and medical test.

The exam conducting authority issued the admit card in three phases. The admit card of IB ACIO was issued separately for tier I, II and Interview. All those candidates who will successfully filled the application form were issued the tier I admit card. The admit card of tier II was issued to only those candidates who qualified the prelims exam of ACIO. All those candidates who qualified for the interview round was issued the admit card of ACIO for the interview. The admit card of ACIO was sent to each candidate through email on their personal email ID. The admit card sent to the candidates contain the date and time of the examination along with the venue where the exam will be conducted. Candidates had to print out the ACIO admit card and carry it to the allotted exam centre on the day of examination. Along with the admit card of ACIO, candidates had to also carry one of the prescribed photo ID proofs - aadhaar card, voter card, PAN card, passport, driving license.

ACIO Admit card for Tier I

The ACIO admit card of tier I was issued only to those candidates who will successfully filled the application form. ACIO admit card for tier I was sent to the candidate through email. The admit card of IB ACIO contained details about the exam date and time and venue where the exam was conducted. Candidates had to take the print out of the admit card and carry it to the exam centre as they were not allowed to take the test if they failed to bring the admit card. Along with the admit card candidates also had to carry one of the prescribed photo identity proofs. 

All those candidates who qualified the tier I exam of ACIO were issued the admit card for tier II examination. The ACIO admit card of tier II could be downloaded by the candidates by visiting the application portal or their personal mail. ACIO Admit card for tier II contained the date, time and centre of Tier-II exam. Candidates had to take a printout of the admit card and bring it to their respective exam centres. Candidates had to also carry one of the photo ID proofs. No candidates was allowed to appear for the exam if they did not have their admit card on the day of examination.

The exam conducting authority declared the ACIO results in PDF format on March 28, 2024. Candidates can click on the result link to access their ACIO result. The ACIO results were declared separately for separate tiers of examination. The ACIO result contained the roll numbers of only those candidates who will qualified for the examination. Candidates who found their roll numbers in the result PDF further had to appear for the next phase of the exam of ACIO.

ACIO Result - Tier I

The result of ACIO for tier I was declared in PDF format. Candidates can click on the result link and download the PDF. The ACIO result PDF contained the roll numbers on the qualified candidates. All the candidates whose roll numbers are mentioned in the result PDF were eligible to appear for the tier II examination of ACIO.

The IB ACIO result for tier II was released for all those candidates who qualified in tier II (descriptive) examination. The of IB ACIO result was declared in the PDF format containing the roll numbers of all those candidates who had been shortlisted for the interview round.

The ACIO cut off is the minimum marks determined by the exam conducting authority in order to shortlist the candidates for the next stage of the selection process. In order to qualify tier I exam of ACIO, candidates must score at least 33% marks. Apart from scoring the qualifying marks, candidates must also score the minimum cut off marks as per their category to appear for the tier II examination of ACIO.

The  IB ACIO cut off of tier II exam was determined by the examination authority to shortlist the candidates for interview. Cut off of ACIO is the minimum marks that must be scored by the candidates to qualify the tier II exam. The exam conducting authority determines the cut off marks taking the category of the candidates into consideration. Candidates who score the category wise cut off of ACIO for tier II exam will only be considered as qualified.

The final IB ACIO cut off is released by the examination authority after the interview is conducted. All those candidates who score the overall cut off marks will be recruited at the post of ACIO in the Intelligence Bureau.