IBPS SO
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
Everything You Need To Know About IBPS SO Preparation
To be doing your dream job in the banking sector is now possible. You just have to appear in the IBPS SO exam. This examination is known as the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Specialist Officer Exam. It is conducted at a national level by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection to do recruitment of specialist officers in different participating banks in India. The IBPS So exam is conducted on a yearly basis for which you will usually be notified in the month of November-December. While applying for this examination you’re preparing yourself to be selected for the different posts of Specialist officers like IT officer, Agriculture Field Officer, Law Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer. To make your journey simpler you can rely on Young Career Solutions to make the right choices on the basis of the result we’ve achieved in the banking exam which is 502+ selection. Be part of our successful journey to achieve your dream with us. The IBPS SO exam is conducted in three stages: Preliminary, Mains and Interview.
Eligibility Criteria of IBPS SO EXAM
Nationality: The candidates who are applying for this exam must be a citizen of India.
Educational Qualification: The aspirants who are applying for this exam should be educationally qualified and should have a degree in a relevant discipline from a recognized university or institution. There are some posts that require some additional qualification like MBA, LLB or CA.
Age Limit: There is a certain age limit fixed by the IBPS for this examination which has a minimum age limit of 20 and maximum age of 30 years for most of the posts. There is a special relaxation on the age limit provided to candidates from reserved categories like ST, SC, OBC, PWD, etc.
Work Experience: There are some of the posts in this IBPS SO exam that need work experience in the relevant field. The work experience requirement of this exam varies according to the post and can range from 1 year to 3 years.
Language Proficiency: The one who is appearing for this exam should be proficient in the official language of the state or union territory where the bank is located.
Three Stages of the IBPS SO Exam
Preliminary Examination:
It is the first stage of this exam. It is an online objective test that contains questions from English Language, General Awareness and Reasoning subjects. The time duration of this exam is 2 hours and the total mark is 125. The person needs to qualify at this stage to appear for the main exam.Main Exam:
This is the second stage of the IBPS SO exam which is also an objective type section that includes questions from the English Language, General Awareness, Professional Knowledge, Reasoning and descriptive test. The time allotted for this exam is 3 hours and 30 minutes. The total mark available in this test is 270. Once the candidate qualifies it then becomes eligible to be called for an Interview.Interview:
This is the final stage of the IBPS SO exam and the one who qualifies in the main exam gets shortlisted for the interview that is conducted by the banks. This interview takes place to test the candidate’s personality, suitability and communication skills for the specific post. This interview section covers 100 marks and the final merit list is prepared on the basis of the candidate’s performance in the main exam and interview.Syllabus of IBPS SO Exam
English Language:
- Cloze Test
- Para Jumbles
- Error Spotting
- Vocabulary
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- Sentence Correction
- Cloze Test
- Reading Comprehension
Reasoning Ability:
- Blood Relations
- Syllogism
- Seating Arrangements
- Input-Output
- Coding Decoding
- Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test
- Alphanumeric Series
- Coded Inequalities
- Date Sufficiency
- Logical Reasoning
Quantitative Aptitude:
- Quadratic Equations
- Ratio and Proportion
- Percentage
- Profit and Loss
- Number Series
- Simplification/Approximation
- Time and work
- Time, speed and distance
General Awareness:
- Banking and financial awareness
- Static General Knowledge
Professional Knowledge:
- Agriculture Officer: Agronomy, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Rural Development, Basics of Crop Production, Soil Science, Agricultural Economics
- Law Officer: securities, foreign exchange, prevention of money laundering, Banking Regulations, Compliance and Legal Aspects, Relevant Laws and Orders related to negotiable instruments, consumer protection act, SARFAESI, RTI, Right to Information Act, etc.
- Marketing Officer: Market Segmentation, Basics of Marketing Management, Brand Management, Advertising, PR, Sales, Retail Management, Market Research, Consumer Behaviour, Product Life Cycle
- IT Officer: Operating System, Software Engineering, Data Structure, Web Technologies, Programming Languages (Basic), Database Management System, Data Communication and Networking
- HR/Personnel Officer: Transnational Analysis, Training and Development, Recruitment and Selection, Human Resource Development, Business policy and strategic analysis, Rewards and Recognition, Industrial Relations, Business Ethics
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