IBPS Po Mains Syllabus

Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection (IBPS) conduct an online written exam “Common Written Examination” for the recruitment of aspiring candidates for Probationary Officer vacancy. The first phase of CWE is prelims once the candidate clears it, he/she is would be moving forward with Mains.

CWE is conducted online which consists of all objective type questions. If the question is left blank, no negative marking would be done for that particular question. All the tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi. Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cutoffs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview.

Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the online examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.

IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2017- Mains

This test is also conducted in objective type pattern. The duration is 2 hours consisting of 5 subjects namely Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, General Awareness, Computer and English.

Please Note: The concept of negative marking exists. 0.25 is deducted for every incorrect answer

IBPS Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude

1. Ratio & Proportion
2. Averages
3. Time & Work
4. Speed, Distance & Time
5. Mixture & Allegation
6. Stocks & Shares
7. Percentages
8. Partnership
9. Clocks
10. Volume & Surface area
11. Height & Distances
12. Logarithms
13. Permutations & Combinations
14. Simple & Compound interest
15. Equations
16. Probability
17. Trigonometry
18. Profit, Loss & Discount
19. Mensuration
20. Elements of  Algebra
21. Data Interpretation: pie charts; tables; bar and graphs; line charts

IBPS PO syllabus for Reasoning

(a). Verbal Reasoning

1. Analogy
2. Classification
3. Word Formation
4. Statement & Conclusions
5. Syllogism
6. Statements & Assumptions
7. Statements & Arguments
8. Coding Decoding
9. Blood Relations
10. Passage & Conclusions
11. Alphabet test
12. Series test
13. Number, Ranking and Time Square
14. Direction Sense test
15. Decision Marking test
16. Figure Series
17. Input/output, Assertion & Reasoning
18. Sitting Arrangement

(b). Non-Verbal Reasoning

1. Series Test
2. Odd Figure Out
3. Analogy
4. Miscellaneous test

IBPS Syllabus for General Awareness

1. Current affairs related to national and international issues from past 6 months
2. Indian financial system overview
3. Indian banking system history
4. Recent credit and monetary policies
5. National financial institutes introduction like RBI, SEBI, IRDA, FSDC etc also international organizations like IMF, World Bank, ADB, UN etc
6. Abbreviations and economic terminologies
7. Important govt. schemes on capital & money market.

IBPS PO Syllabus for Computer Knowledge

1. Hardware & Software basics
2. Basics for windows operating system
3. Internet terms and services
4. Basics of MS- office(word, excel, PowerPoint)
5. Computers History
6. Networking & Communication
7. Database Basics
8. Basics of Hacking, Security Tools & Viruses

IBPS PO Syllabus for English

(a). Vocabulary

1. Homonyms
2. Antonyms
3. Synonyms
4. Word Formation
5. Spelling

(b). Grammar

1. Spotting Errors
2. Phrases and Idioms
3. Direct and Indirect speech
4. Active/Passive voice

(c). Reading Comprehension

1. Theme Detection
2. Passage Completion
3. Topic Rearrangement
4. Deriving Conclusions