Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Common Written Examination for Clerk (IBPS Clerk)

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection conducts IBPS Clerk for the recruitment of candidates in the clerical cadre of participating banks. There are two stages of the IBPS Clerk exam - prelims and mains. This year, IBPS Clerk prelims exam will be conducted on December 12, 13 & 19, 2020. IBPS Clerk 2020 mains exam is scheduled to be conducted on January 24, 2021. Candidates have to clear all stages of the exam necessarily to get recruited. Candidates who qualify IBPS Clerk 2020 prelims exam will be called to appear for the mains exam. Last year, the exam was conducted for a total of 12,075 vacancies. The number of vacancies for IBPS Clerk 2020 exam will be announced in the official notification which is expected to be released in the month of September. The exam authorities will take applications for the exam until the third week of October tentatively. 

Eligibility Criteria of IBPS Clerk

In order to apply for the IBPS Clerk exam, candidates must meet certain eligibility criteria. Thus, the exam conducting authority has determined the eligibility criteria of IBPS Clerk 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, Ethiopia.
Candidate 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 

In order to fill the online application form of IBPS Clerk, candidates must have attained 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 Government recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized by the Central Government.

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

• Candidates must have operating and working knowledge in computer systems and have 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 Official/Local Language of the State/UT for which a candidate is applying for. Candidates must know how to read/write and speak the Official language of preferred State/UT.    

     

Mode of Application : Online

Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card | Other

The application form of IBPS Clerk is released by IBPS in online mode. Candidates who meet the eligibility criteria can fill the application form of IBPS Clerk along with the payment of application fees. Candidates before filling the application form must keep following per-requisites ready with themselves:

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

Candidates must keep in mind that the IBPS Clerk application form will not be accepted without the payment of 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 application fee through Debit Cards (Visa/RuPay/MasterCard/Maestro), Credit Cards, IMPS, Cash Cards/Mobile Wallets and Internet Banking.

Application Fees

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.

IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Exam Pattern

The IBPS Clerk prelims exam 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 are allotted 20 minutes to complete each section.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 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 190 questions   

• Candidates are allotted 160 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 can download the admit card 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 contains details like name of the candidates, photograph, space for thumb impression and signature, invigilator's signature space, exam date and time, venue of the examination and its address and other important exam instructions. 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 examination. 

IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Admit Card

The admit card of IBPS Clerk is 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.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Admit Card

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 Preliminary Exam Exam Centers

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Exam Centers

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.