IBPS PO Preliminary Examination is scheduled to be held in October 2024. Given its competitive nature, candidates preparing for the IBPS PO 2024 exam should familiarize themselves with courses and exam patterns to improve the possibility of success.
IBPS PO recruitment process is conducted in three stages: initial, main and interview. Candidates must qualify at each stage to be selected.
IBPS PO Selection Process
In order to be selected as an probationary officer (PO) in IBPS, candidates have to clean all three stages of the examination. The final selection is based on the marks made in the Mains Examination and Interview. The main examination and interview weightage is 80:20 respectively.
Exam stages:
- Pre -examination examination
- Main examination
- Interview
Examination format:
- Prelims: Objective-type examination for 100 marks
- main: Test of purpose and descriptive-type for 225 marks
- Interview: Personal interview round for 100 digits
Exam Language: English or Hindi (English language paper should be tried in English)
IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2024
IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2024 includes a three-phase selection process, including a main examination with both initial examination, objective and descriptive classes, and one final interview, each is designed to assess various skills significant for the role of an advocate-headed officer.
1. Prelims exam pattern
- Total Questions: 100
- total marks: 100
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Negative marking: 0.25 points for each wrong answer
Section-wise details:
| Section | Number of questions | total marks | Time period |
|---|---|---|---|
| English language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Argument capacity | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
2. Main exam pattern
- Total Questions: 155 (objective) + 2 (Descriptive)
- total marks: 225 (objective) + 25 (Descriptive)
- Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
- Negative marking: 0.25 points for each wrong answer
Section-wise details:
| Section | Number of questions | Maximum marks | Allotted time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argument and computer qualification | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes |
| General/Economy/Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| English language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes |
| Data analysis and interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| overall objective) | 155 | 200 | 3 hours |
| English language (letter writing and essay) | 2 | 25 | 30 minute |
| Total sum | 157 | 225 | 3 hours 30 minutes |
Descriptive test:
- Component: Essay and letter writing
- total marks: 25
- Duration: 30 minute
- Minimum Cut-off: Minimum cut-off to pass should be completed
3. Interview
- total marks: 100
- Minimum Cut-off: At least 40% marks require
- Weightage: 20% of the final score
IBPS PO Syllabus 2024
Prelims syllabus:
Quantitative Aptitude
- Simplification
- Profit and loss
- Mix and accusation
- Simple and compound interest
- Work and time
- Time and distance
- Mansuration (cylinder, cone, area)
- data interpretation
- Ratio and ratio
- Percentage
- Number system
- Sequence and series
- Sequence and combination
- Possibility
Argument capacity
- Logical logic
- Alpological chain
- Ranking/direction/alphabet test
- Data capacity
- seating arrangement
- puzzle
- Syllasia
- Blood relation
- Coding-decoding
- input Output
English language
- reading comprehension
- cloze test
- Para jumble
- Use of word, word-swap
- Fill spaces
- Error
- Article closing
- A word replacement
Main course:
Argument and computer qualification
- seating arrangements
- puzzle
- Inequality
- Syllasia
- input Output
- Data capacity
- Blood relation
- Coding-decoding
- Order and ranking
- Resulting series/coded chain/phased chain
- Coded distance and direction
- Logical logic
Computer qualification
- Internet
- Memory
- keyboard shortcuts
- Computer full appearance/summarization
- MS office
- Computer hardware and software
- Operating system
- Networking
- Computer fundamental/vocabulary
General/Economy/Banking Awareness
- National and international current function
- State -run
- Sports news
- Central government schemes
- Books and writers
- Summit and Conference
- Defense news
- Science and Technology News
- Banking and financial awareness
- Static awareness
- Recently RBI circular
- Business and economy news
- Important days, appointments, awards and honors
- Union Budget 2024
- Economic Survey 2024
- Rank/Report/Index
English language
- cloze test
- reading comprehension
- Spotting aerrs
- Sentence correction
- Sentence correction
- Para jumble
- Fill spaces
- Para/sentence completion
- Article closing
- Consistent article
- Estimate
- Starters
- Connectors
Data analysis and interpretation
- Number chain
- Simplification
- data interpretation
- Rheumatism
- quadratic equations
- Data capacity
- Regional policy
- Percentage
- Malevolent
- Missing and wrong chain
- average
- Profit and loss
- Ratio and ratio
- Work, time and energy
- Motion, time and distance
- Possibility
- Linear equation
- Mix and all
- relationship
- Simple and compound interest
- Sequence and combination
IBPS PO Tips to prepare for descriptive test
- Avoid yourself: Understand the format by reviewing the syllabus and previous questions.
- Practice writing: Improve your essay and letter writing skills.
- Increase language skills: Note the vocabulary, grammar and sentence structure.
- Practice regularly: Write on various subjects to promote creativity and flexibility.
