IBPS PO 2019

The total number of vacancies this year are expected to be more than 4 thousand. The online registration is expected to begin in July. The exam is conducted in two parts- 1. IBPS PO Preliminary Exam and 2. IBPS PO Mains Exam.

IBPS PO 2019 Important Dates

Candidates can find below all important details related to IBPS PO exam tabulated below.

 

IBPS PO 2019 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates are advised to study eligibility conditions laid down by IBPS before registering for IBPS PO 2019. In case, any candidate does not meet the specific condition at any stage of the Common Recruitment Process, the candidature is liable to be rejected immediately. The basic eligibility criteria pertaining to nationality, age limit and academic qualification of a candidate applying for IBPS PO 2019 is discussed below.

 

Nationality

To appear for IBPS PO 2019, a candidate must be any of the following:

1. Citizen of India
2. Subject of Nepal or Bhutan
3. Tibetan refugee who is permanently settled in India prior to January 1, 1962
4. Person of Indian origin who has migrated from either Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zaire, or Zambia with the intention of residing permanently in India.

Please note that candidates belonging to categories (b), (c), and (d) should possess a certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India.

 

 

Academic Qualification

• A graduate degree or equivalent in any discipline from a university recognized by Government of India.
• General category candidates must score minimum 60% marks while there is a relaxation of 5% for reserved category.
• Result of the qualifying examination should be declared by September 2019.

 

Age Limit

• General category applicants should be of at least 20 years and less than 30 years, as on August 1, 2019.
• Provisions for age relaxation, depending upon the category of the candidate as per IBPS norms, is tabulated below:

 

 

IBPS PO 2019 Exam Pattern

IBPS PO 2019 is an objective type, computer-based examination, while the exam pattern is different for the Prelims and Mains Exam and the same has been explained below.

 

Prelims Exam

Prelims stage of IBPS PO exam comprises objective type questions which need to be attempted by the candidates in 1 hour.  It comprises 3 sections, i.e. English, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability. Medium of the exam is English and Hindi. Section-wise distribution of questions of each section is tabulated below.

As per IBPS PO Marking Scheme, 1 mark is awarded for every correct answer while ¼ marks are deducted for a wrong answer. Candidates who meet the Cut Off score in the Prelims exam as specified by IBPS will proceed to the Mains Exam.

 

Mains Exam

The Mains exam is divided into 5 sections and the section-wise distribution of questions is tabulated below. Candidates will have to answer 200 questions and maximum marks for the exam is 200.

 

Note :-

1. All papers except English will be available in both languages Hindi & English.
2. Negative marking applicable for all candidates with O.25 marks deducted at every wrong question and unmarked questions will not be included in Negative marking.
3. Minimum score required being called for Interview.

 

IBPS PO Interview

The candidates who have qualified the mains exam will be called for an interview which will carry 100 marks.It has a panel of bank officials who will raise questions to the candidates concerned themselves, banking sector, current affairs, general awareness, etc. The candidates must be well-dressed, confident and carry all required documents to the interview.

 

IBPS Prelims Syllabus

This comprises of Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language.

Reasoning Ability	Quantitative Aptitude	English Language
Logical Reasoning	Simplification	Reading Comprehension
Alphanumeric Series	Profit & Loss	Cloze Test
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test	Mixtures &Alligations	Para jumbles
Data Sufficiency	Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices	Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting
Coded Inequalities	Work & Time	Fill in the blanks
Seating Arrangement	Time & Distance	Miscellaneous
Puzzle	Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere	Paragraph Completion
Tabulation	Data Interpretation
Syllogism	Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
Blood Relations	Number Systems
Input Output	Sequence & Series
Coding Decoding	Permutation, Combination &Probability

Syllabus

Comparative Table showing topic – wise syllabus of SSC (CGL), IBPS (PO) & SBI (PO)

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IBPS PO 2019  Recommended Books

The exam pattern of IBPS PO covers a vast range of subjects, wherein English and Quantitative Aptitude are at the elementary level and Reasoning, Data Interpretation, and General Awareness are at the Competitive Examination level.

 

 

 

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