IBPS PO EXAM PATTERN 2018. Latest Updates, Notifications 18 June 2018

IBPS PO 2018 EXAM PATTERN

IBPS conducts common written Examination under the name "IBPS PO/ MT CWE VII" in two phases namely, IBPS PO Preliminary Examination and IBPS PO Mains Examination. After that, Interview will be held for candidates who qualified in IBPS PO Mains Exam.

IBPS PO 2018 Exam Pattern for Preliminary

IBPS PO Prelims exam is conducted in online mode only. IBPS PO Prelims exam comprises of 100 multiple choice questions under 3 main subject category sections namely English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability. Total marks allotted for IBPS PO Prelims exam is 100 marks and Total Duration of IBPS PO Prelims exam is 60 mins (1 hour). Know the exact IBPS PO Exam Dates for the current year now.
 

Sr.No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions (Objective type)	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	1 hour
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100

 
Negative Marking:- There will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by you, there will be no negative marking for that question.
 
In order to attend the IBPS PO Mains exam, Candidates have to qualify in each of the three sections mentioned above, by securing IBPS PO cut-off marks. IBPS PO online Prelims exam Scores are normalized using the equi-percentile method. Number of Candidates shortlisted for IBPS PO Mains Exam is One-Tenth of the total available vacancies. A sufficient number of candidates in each category (General, OBC, SC, ST) will be shortlisted for the mains examination.

IBPS PO Exam Pattern of Mains

IBPS PO Mains exam is conducted in online mode only. IBPS PO Mains exam comprises of 200 multiple choice questions under 5 main subject category sections namely Reasoning, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness (with special reference to Banking) and Computer Knowledge. Here, all Questions for all four sections except the English Language will be present in both English as well as the Hindi Language.
 
Total marks allotted for IBPS PO Prelims exam is 200 marks and there is section wise time allotment for IBPS PO Mains exam which is mentioned below. Navigation through next section is not possible until the specified time for the current section gets over.
 

Sr.No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions (Objective type)	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Time allotted for each test (Separately timed)
1	Reasoning  & Computer Aptitude	45	60	English & Hindi	60 minutes
2	English Language	35	40	English	40 minutes
3	Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	60	English & Hindi	45 minutes
4	General / Economy/ Banking Awareness	40	40	English & Hindi	35 minutes
	Total	200	200		140 minutes
5	English Language (Letter Writing & Essay)	2	25	English	30 minutes

 
 Negative Marking:- There will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer.  If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by you, there will be no negative marking for that question.

In IBPS PO Mains Exam, Candidates should secure Overall Cutoff marks as well as minimum cutoff marks for each Section of Reasoning, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness and Computer Knowledge. Candidates who qualified in Mains Exam are called for the Final stage of Selection process i.e., Interview.

IBPS PO 2018 INTERVIEW

Candidates are shortlisted for PO interview based on their IBPS PO Mains examination marks only. IBPS PO prelims marks are not considered for Interview. IBPS is tentatively scheduled to conduct an interview for IBPS PO in the month of January / February 2018.
 

Total marks allotted for PO Interview	100
Minimum qualifying marks in interview	40%  i.e, 40 marks (For General category candidates)
	(35% i.e, 35 marks (For SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD candidates)

IBPS PO 2018 Final Result

For Provisional Allotment of candidates to various Nationalised Banks, Final IBPS PO Result is released in the month of April. Candidates should secure high score in the both IBPS PO Mains Exam and interview so that they will be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process. The Combined Final Score is calculated as Marks obtained in mains exam (out of 200) + Marks obtained in Interview (100). The weight of IBPS PO Mains exam and interview will be 80:20 respectively. Based on the Cutoff score, Obtained Score, Ranks and Post Preference, Final qualified Candidates will be allotted to any of the participating banks.

IBPS PO 2018 Prelims - Topics and Expected Number of Questions

Quantitative Aptitude

Expected number of questions on each and every topics of Quantitative Aptitude for IBPS PO Prelims Examination is provided below.
 

Topics of Quantitative Aptitude	No. of Questions expected
Number Series	5
Quadratic Equation	5
Simplification	5
Data Interpretation	10 (each 5 questions from 2 sets)
Miscellaneous (Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Speed &Time, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Averages, Ages, Ratio, Partnership, Mensuration, etc.)	10
Total	35 questions

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Reasoning Ability

Expected number of questions under each and every topics of Reasoning Ability for IBPS PO Prelims Examination is provided below.
 

Topics of Reasoning Ability	No. of Questions expected
Inequalities	5
Syllogism	5
Coding & Decoding	5 (from Single Set)
Puzzles	10  (every 5 questions from 2 different sets)
Sitting Arrangement	5 (from Single Set)
Miscellaneous Topics (Blood Relations, Ranking, Direction Sense,etc. )	5
Total	35 questions

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English Language

Expected number of questions under each and every topics of English Language for IBPS PO Prelims Examination is provided below.
 

Topics of English Language	No. of Questions expected
Reading Comprehension	10 (from Single Set)
Close Test	5 (from Single Set)
Fillers (Fill in the blank spaces)	5
Para-Jumbled	5 (from Single Set)
Errors in a given sentence	5
Total	30 questions

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IBPS PO 2018 Mains - Topics and Expected Number of Questions

Reasoning

Expected number of questions under each and every topics of Reasoning Ability for IBPS PO Mains Examination is provided below.

Topics of Reasoning Ability	Expected Number of questions
Syllogism	5
Blood Relations	5
Input Output	0-5
Coding Decoding	5
Alphanumeric Symbol Series	5
Ranking/ Direction/ Alphabet Test	0-5
Data Sufficiency	0-5
Coded Inequalities	5
Seating Arrangement	5 - 10
Puzzle	5-10

Quantitative Aptitude

Expected number of questions under each and every topics of Quantitative Ability for IBPS PO Mains Examination is provided below.

Topics of Quantitative Ability	Expected Number of questions
Simplification	5
Number Series	5
Data Interpretation	10 - 15
Ratio & Proportion, Percentage	3
Number Systems	3
Profit & Loss	2
Mixtures & Allegations	1-2
Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices	1-2
Time and work	2 - 3
Time & Distance	2 - 3
Mensuration	1-2
Permutation, Combination & Probability	5
Partnership	1 - 2

English Language

Expected number of questions under each and every topics of English for IBPS PO Mains Examination is provided below.
 

Topics of English	Expected Number of questions
Reading Comprehension	10
Cloze Test	10
Fill in the blanks	0-5
Error Spotting	0-5
Sentence Correction/ Paragraph Complete	5
Para jumbles	5

General Awareness

Expected number of questions under each and every topics of General Awareness for IBPS PO Mains Examination is provided below.
 

Section	Category	Topics of General Awareness	Expected No of Questions
General Awareness	Awards	Indian Awards	2
		International Awards & Honors
	Indian Affairs	Acts and Laws	1
	Indian Geography	Culture	2
		National parks and sanctuaries
	Indian Industry	Defence and Railways	4
		Infrastructure and IT
	Indian Taxation	Income Tax	1
	International Awareness	Currency, Country & its Capital	3
		Major International Organizations
	Sports	Indian and International Sport Personalities	3
		International Sporting Events and Venues
Banking	Commercial Banking	Heads and Head Quarters	4
		New Banking Entities & Foreign Collaborations
		Functions of a Bank
	E-banking & New Trends	Bitcoins and E-wallets	3
		RTGS and Rupay
	Functions of RBI	Banker & Debt Manager to Government	3
		Financial Regulation & Supervision
		Foreign Exchange Management
	Other Banking or Non-Banking Institutions	Regulatory Authorities	1
	RBI	New Initiatives & Policies	3
		Organization of RBI
	Terms	Finance & Accounts	2
		Insurance Policy & Operations
		Shares & Stocks
Current Affairs	Awards & Honors	Films	1
	Indian Affairs	Census	4
		India in International Reports
		Indian Authors & their Books
		New Government Policies & Schemes
	International Relations	Major Treaties & Agreements with Other Countries	1
	Personalities	Famous Personalities	2
		Total	40

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Computer Knowledge

Expected number of questions under each and every topics of Computer Knowledge for IBPS PO Mains Examination is provided below.
 

S. No	Topics of Reasoning Ability	Expected Number of questions
1	Computer Fundamentals/ Terminologies	6 - 8
2	Networking	1
3	Computer Hardware	2 - 4
4	Computer Software	1 - 2
5	Operating Systems	1 - 2
6	Microsoft Office	2 - 3
7	Computer Abbreviations	1 - 2
8	Keyboard shortcuts	1 - 2
9	Memory	0 - 1
10	Internet	2 - 3

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