The IBPS SO test is held by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) to hire Specialist Officers in different public sector banks. The role of the specialist officer is to manage the background activities/operations of the bank in their specialized areas. It is a national-level Examination.
It is held for different posts such as Information Technology Officer, Agriculture Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, Human Resources/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer.
Candidates must satisfy the criteria given below to be eligible to sit for the IBPS SO Exam in 2023:
- Age: 20 to 30 years
- Education Qualification: Candidates must have Graduation Degree from a Government recognized university or board.
- Nationality: Indian, Nepal, Bhutan
- Number of attempts: No limit
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IBPS SO Exam Pattern
For Rajbhasha Adhikari & Law Officer Exam Pattern
- English language
Total No. Questions- 50
Total Marks allotted- 50
Time- 40 minutes - Reasoning Ability
Total No. Questions- 50
Full Marks allotted- 25
Time- 40 minutes - General Awareness with Special Reference to the Banking Industry
Total No. Questions- 50
Full Marks allotted- 50
Time- 40 minutes
For IT, Agricultural, Personnel/HR & Marketing Officer Exam Pattern
- English language
Total No. Questions- 50
Total Marks allotted- 50
Time- 40 minutes - Reasoning Ability
Total No. Questions- 50
Full Marks allotted- 25
Time- 40 minutes - Quantitative Aptitude
Total No. Questions- 50
Full Marks allotted- 50
Time- 40 minutes
English Language
Syllabus
Reading Comprehension, Tenses Rules, Cloze Test(Fill in the blanks), Paragraph Jumbles, Idioms & Phrases, Error Detection, Multiple Meanings(Contextual Usage), Paragraph Completion
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Number of Pages: 1003
By P. C. Wren
H. Martin
Number of Pages: 736
By Hari Mohan Prasad
Uma Sinha
Reasoning Ability
Syllabus
Logical Reasoning, Alphanumeric Series, Directions, Ranking and Order, Alphabet Combination, Data Sufficiency, Reasoning Inequalities, Seating Arrangements, Picture Series Puzzles, Tabulation, Syllogism, Relationships, Input/Output, Coding and Decoding, Assertion and Reason, Statement, Argument and Assumption, Word Formation
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Number of Pages: 1216
By R.S. Aggarwal
General Awareness
Syllabus
Current affairs, Government schemes and policies, Sports, awards, Banking awareness, Important days, Important places, Books And Author
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Number of Pages: 968
By Edgar Thorpe and Showick Thorpe
Quantitative Aptitude
Syllabus
Simplification and Approximation, Profit and Loss, Mixtures and Alligations, Simple and Compound Interest, Surds and Indices, Work and Time, Speed, Time and Distance, Mensuration: Cylinder, Cone, Sphere and Cuboid, Data Interpretation, Ratio And Proportion, Percentages, Number Systems, Series and Sequences, Permutation and Combination, Measures of Central Tendency and Variation, Probability
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