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IBPS PO 2022

IBPS PO 2022: IBPS PO 2022 exam will be conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) to select eligible candidates to the post of Probationary Officers in different public sector banks in India. IBPS PO exam is conducted every year since 2011 and is now happening in 2022 in its 12th edition. The IBPS CRP PO/MT-XI 2022 is for selection of candidates to the 11 public sector banks.

Important Dates
1
Registration Begins :
August 02 2022
2
Last Date for Application :
August 22 2022
3
Admit Card Release :
October 07 2022/ Mains November 2022
4
Exam Date :
Prelims October 15 & 16 2022/ Mains November 26, 2022
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Result :
Prelims November 2022/Mains December 2022
Exam Details
Website :
https://www.ibps.in
Mode :
Online
Exam Fee :
Category Application Fee SC/ST/PWD Rs.175/- (Intimation Charges only) 2 General and Others Rs. 850/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)
Reservation :
Yes
Exam Frequency :
Once a year
Duration :
Prelims: One hour (60 minutes) Mains: 3 hours 30 minutes
Conducted By :
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection [IBPS]
Programmes :
Probationary Officers in different public sector banks in India.
Languages :
Hindi, English
Eligibility
Min Age : 20 Year
Max Age : 30 Year
Number of Attempts : No limit to 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/155 Questions in Mains
Cut-Offs :
State wise cut off

Syllabus

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Syllabus 

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

Reasoning 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  

IBPS PO Mains Exam Syllabus 

Th IBPS PO Mains Exam comprises 5 sections: Reasoning, English Language, Quantitative, Aptitude, General Awareness, Computer Aptitude.

Reservation Criteria

Reservation as per govt Noms & IBPS PO Age Limit (As on 01.08.2022) as below

At the time of registration, any candidate applying for the IBPS PO examination should be no younger than 20 years old and no older than 30 years old. In addition, there is a government-mandated age relaxation application for category-specific candidates:

Category Age Relaxation
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) 5 years
Other Backward Classes (OBC Non-Creamy Layer) 3 years
Persons with Disabilities (PWD) 10 years
Ex-Servicemen (Army personnel) 5 years
Widows/Divorced Women 9 years
Persons with Domicile of Jammu &Kashmir during the period of 1-1-1980 to 31-12-1989 5 years
Persons affected by 1984 riots 5 years
Regular Employees of Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service(for MP state Only) 5 years

 

Exam Information & Centers

                 List of IBPS PO 2022 Exam Centers

Applicants have to specify their nearest exam centers for both IBPS PO Preliminary and Main Exam in the application form from the list of cities given below:

State

IBPS PO Preliminary Exam Centre

IBPS PO Main Exam Center

Andaman & Nicobar

Port Blair

Port Blair

Andhra Pradesh

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

Guntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam

Arunachal Pradesh

Naharlagun

Naharlagun

Assam

Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur

Guwahati, Silchar

Bihar

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

Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Muzzafarpur, Patna,

Chandigarh

Chandigarh/Mohali

Chandigarh/Mohali

Chhattisgarh

Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur

Raipur

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Surat, Jamnagar

Surat

Delhi

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

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

Goa

Panaji

Panji

Gujarat

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

Ahmedabad, Vadodra

Haryana

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

Ambala, Hissar

Himachal Pradesh

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

Hamirpur, Shimla

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu, Samba, Srinagar

Jammu, Srinagar

Jharkhand

Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi

Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi

Karnataka

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

Bengaluru, Hubli, Mangalore

Kerala

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

Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram

Lakshadweep

Kavaratti

Kavaratti

Madhya Pradesh

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

Bhopal, Indore

Maharashtra

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

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

Manipur

Imphal

Imphal

Meghalaya

Shillong

Shillong

Mizoram

Aizawl

Aizawl

Nagaland

Kohima

Kohima

Odisha

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

Bhubaneshwar

Puducherry

Puducherry

Puducherry

Punjab

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

Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala

Rajasthan

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

Jaipur, Udaipur

Sikkim

Bardang/ Gangtok

Bardang/ Gangtok

Tamil Nadu

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

Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli

Telangana

Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal

Hyderabad

Tripura

Agartala

Agartala

Uttar Pradesh

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

Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi

Uttarakhand

Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee

Dehradun

West Bengal

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

Asansol, Greater Kolkata, Kalyani, Siliguri

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. What are the exam dates for IBPS PO 2022?
According to the IBPS Calendar 2022, the IBPS PO Prelims Exam will be held on the 15th and 16th of October 2022, and the Mains Exam will be held on the 26th of November 2022.
 

Q2. Has the official notification for IBPS PO 2022 been released?
Yes, IBPS released the official notification for the IBPS PO 2022 exam on August 1, 2022.
 

Q3. What is the pay scale for IBPS PO?
The starting basic salary for IBPS PO is 36,000 rupees.
 

Q4. Is it possible for an engineering graduate to apply for the IBPS PO Exam?
Yes, any candidate with a graduation degree is eligible to apply for the IBPS PO exam.
 

Q5. Does the IBPS PO exam have a bilingual component?
All tests are bilingual, which means they are available in both English and Hindi.
 

Q6. Is there any negative marking?
Yes, there is negative marking for incorrect answers in the objective tests of the IBPS PO 2022 Preliminary and Mains Exams. For marking a wrong answer, one-fourth of the total marks allotted for that question will be deducted.
 

Q7. Is there a set time for each section?
Yes, both in the preliminary and main exams.