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IBPS Clerk 2022

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, popularly known as the IBPS is an autonomous body. It conducts recruitment examinations for all Public Sector Banks except the SBI.

Important Dates
1
Registration Begins :
July 1, 2022
2
Last Date for Application :
July 21, 2022
3
Admit Card Release :
Aug 2022 Prelim/ Sep 2022 Main
4
Exam Date :
September 3 & Sep / Main Oct 8 2022
5
Result :
Sept 21 2022 Prelim/ April 2023 Main
Exam Details
Website :
https://www.ibps.in
Mode :
Online
Exam Fee :
Category Application Fees GEN/OBC ₹850/- SC/ST ₹175/- PWD ₹175/-
Reservation :
Yes
Exam Frequency :
Once a year
Duration :
160 minutes
Conducted By :
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection [IBPS]
Programmes :
Post of Clerical Cadre in various Public Sector Banks
Languages :
Hindi, English
Eligibility
Min Age : 20 Year
Max Age : 28 Year
Number of Attempts : There are no limitations on the number of attempts
Qualification Criteria : Any Graduation
Aggregate Percentage / Marks Required : The applicants should complete their graduation in any subject.
Marking Scheme, Pattern & Cut-Offs
Exam Mode :
Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs)
Stages :
3
Negative Marking :
-1/4 in both Prelims/Main
Number of Ques. :
100 Questions in Prelims/ 190 Questions in Main
Maximum Marks :
100 marks in Prelim/ 200 Marks in Main
Cut-Offs :
State wise cut-off

Syllabus

IBPS Clerk Syllabus for Prelims and Mains Exam

The syllabus for Numerical Ability / Quantitative Aptitude and English Language is same for mains and preliminary exam. In addition to these two the other subjects are General / Financial Awareness and Reasoning & Computer Knowledge. The General Awareness is based on the Banking Sector awareness.

IBPS Clerk Syllabus: English Language

Vocabulary

Grammar

Homonyms, Antonyms, Synonyms, Word Formation, Spelling

Spotting Errors, Phrases and idioms, Direct and Indirect speech, Active/ Passive voice

IBPS Clerk Syllabus: Reasoning

Verbal Reasoning

Non-Verbal Reasoning

Analogy, Classification, Word formation, Statement and conclusions Syllogism, Statement and assumptions, Statement and arguments, Coding Decoding, Blood Relations, Passage and conclusions, Alphabet test, Series Test, Number, Ranking and time sequence, Direction sense Test, Decision making test, Figure series, Input/output, Assertion and reasoning, Sitting Arrangement

Series test, Odd figure Out, Analogy, Miscellaneous Test

IBPS Clerk Syllabus: Quantitative Aptitude

Ratio and proportion, Averages, Time and work, Speed, Distance and time, Mixture and allegation Stocks and shares, Percentages, Partnership, Clocks, Volume and surface Area, Bar & Graphs, Line charts, Tables

Height and Distances, Logarithms, Permutation and combinations, Simple and compound interest, Equations, Probability, Trigonometry, Profit, Loss and Discount, Mensuration, Elements of Algebra, Data Interpretation, Pie charts

IBPS Clerk Syllabus: Computer Knowledge

Basics of Hardware and software, Windows operating system basics, Internet terms and services, Basic Functionalities of MS-Office( MS-word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint)

History of computers, Networking and communication, Database basics, Basics of Hacking, Security Tools and Viruses

IBPS Clerk Syllabus: General Awareness

Current affairs related to national and international issues of last 6 months,

 

Overview of Indian Financial System

History of Indian banking system, Recent credit and monetary policies

Introduction to National financial institutions like RBI, SEBI, IRDA, FSDC etc and of International organizations like IMF, World Bank, ADB, UN etc,

Abbreviations and Economic terminologies, Banking Terms,

 

Important Government Schemes on capital & money market.

 

Reading Comprehension

Theme Detection, Passage completion, Topic rearrangement of passage, Deriving Conclusion.

 

Reservation Criteria

Reservation Criteria as per the Govt guidlines and Relaxation of Upper age limit as below

There is some relaxation of the upper age limit for special category candidates. The details on it are given below:

Sr.No. Category Age relaxation
1 Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe  5 years
2 Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)  3 years
3 Persons With Disabilities  10 years
4 Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen  actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years 
(8 years for Disabled ExServicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years
5 Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried Age concession upto the age of 35 years for General/EWS, 
38 years for OBC and 40 years for SC/ST candidates
6 Persons affected by 1984 riots 5 years

Exam Information & Centers

State-wise list of Exam Centers for IBPS Clerk 2022

Here is a list of all the Exam Centres for IBPS Clerk 2021 Prelims with the State Code

State Code

State/UT/NCR

Exam Centers

11

Andaman & Nicobar

Port Blair

12

Andhra Pradesh

Chirala, Chittoor, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Ongole, Nellore, Srikakulam, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vizianagaram, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam.

13

Arunachal Pradesh

Naharlagun

14

Assam

Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur

15

Bihar

Aurangabad, Arrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea

16

Chandigarh

Chandigarh/Mohali

17

Chhattisgarh

Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur

18

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

Surat, Jamnagar

19

Delhi

Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram

20

Goa

Panaji

21

Gujarat

Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara

22

Haryana

Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Yamuna Nagar

23

Himachal Pradesh

Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una

24

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu, Samba, Srinagar

25

Jharkhand

Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi

26

Karnataka

Bengaluru, Belgaum, Dharwad, Bidar, Davangere, Gulbarga, Hubli, Hassan, Mysore, Mangalore, Udupi, Shimoga

27

Kerala

Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Trichur, Thiruvananthapuram

28

Ladakh

Leh

29

Lakshadweep

Kavaratti

30

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Satna, Jabalpur, Sagar, Ujjain

31

Maharashtra

Aurangabad, Amravati, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Solapur

32

Manipur

Imphal

33

Meghalaya

Shillong

34

Mizoram

Aizawl

35

Nagaland

Kohima

36

Odisha

Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur

37

Puducherry

Puducherry

38

Punjab

Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur

39

Rajasthan

Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur

40

Sikkim

Bardang/ Gangtok

41

Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Vellore, Virudhunagar

42

Telangana

Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal

43

Tripura

Agartala

44

Uttar Pradesh

Agra, Bareilly, Faizabad, Gonda, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Mathura, Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/Greater Noida, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Sitapur, Varanasi

45

Uttarakhand

Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee

46

West Bengal

Asansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Siliguri, Kalyani.

IBPS Clerk 2021 Mains Exam Centers

Here is a list of all the Exam Centres for IBPS Clerk 2021 Mains with the State Code

State Code

State/UT/NCR

Exam Center

11

Andaman & Nicobar

Port Blair

12

Andhra Pradesh

Guntur, Vijaywada, Kurnool, Vishakhapatnam

13

Arunachal Pradesh

Naharlagun

14

Assam

Guwahati, Silchar

15

Bihar

Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Muzzafarpur, Patna

16

Chandigarh

Chandigarh/ Mohali

17

Chhattisgarh

Raipur

18

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

Surat

19

Delhi

Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram

20

Goa

Panji

21

Gujarat

Ahmedabad, Vadodra

22

Haryana

Ambala, Hissar

23

Himachal Pradesh

Hamirpur, Shimla

24

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu, Srinagar

25

Jharkhand

Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi

26

Karnataka

Bengaluru, Hubli, Mangalore

27

Kerala

Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram

28

Ladakh

Leh

29

Lakshadweep

Kavaratti

30

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Indore

31

Maharashtra

Aurangabad, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune

32

Manipur

Imphal

33

Meghalaya

Shillong

34

Mizoram

Aizawl

35

Nagaland

Kohima

36

Odisha

Bhubaneswar

37

Puducherry

Puducherry

38

Punjab

Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala

39

Rajasthan

Jaipur, Udaipur

40

Sikkim

Bardang/ Gangtok

41

Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli

42

Telangana

Hyderabad

43

Tripura

Agartala

44

Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi, Prayagraj (Allahabad)

45

Uttarakhand

Dehradun

46

West Bengal

Asansol, Greater Kolkata, Kalyani, Siliguri

 

 

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQs on Exam Dates- IBPS Clerk 2022

Q1. When is the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 2022?
Ans. The IBPS Clerk 2022 Mains Exam will take place on August 8, 2022.


Q2. How many times can I apply for the IBPS Clerk Recruitment?
Ans. Candidates are only allowed four attempts. However, reserved categories will be exempted.


Q3. Can final-year students take the exam?
Ans. Yes, final-year students are eligible to take the exam. They will, however, be required to produce the mark sheet on the date of document verification.


Q4. Will the exam include any negative marking?
Ans. Yes, there will be a 0.25 penalty for each incorrect answer in the IBPS Clerk Prelims and Mains Exam.


Q5. How much does it cost to apply for IBPS Clerk 2022?
According to the previous year's notification, the exam fee for IBPS Clerk 2022 is Rs. 850 for General Candidates and Rs. 175 for SC/ST/PWD Candidates.


Q6. How many Clerk vacancies were made available in IBPS Clerk 2022?
Ans. IBPS Clerk 2022 has filled a total of 6035 vacancies.