IBPS Specialist Officers (CRPSPL-VIII) Exam Syllabus & Exam Pattern
| Scheme of the Examination for IBPS Specialist Officers (SO) | |
| The Examination will be conducted in Three parts. | |
| Part – I | Preliminary Online Examination |
| Part – II | Online Main Examination |
| Part – III | Interview |
| Law Officer & Rajbhasha Adhikari Preliminary Online Exam Pattern | |||
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks | Time |
| English Language | 50 Questions | 25 Marks | 40 minutes |
| Reasoning | 50 Questions | 50 Marks | 40 Minutes |
| General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry | 50 Questions | 50 Marks | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 Question | 125 Marks | 120 minutes |
| There will be negative marking of one fourth or 0.25 for each wrong answer. |
| IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer Preliminary Online Exam Pattern | |||
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks | Time |
| English Language | 50 Questions | 25 Marks | 40 minutes |
| Reasoning | 50 Questions | 50 Marks | 40 Minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 Questions | 50 Marks | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 Question | 125 Marks | 120 minutes |
| There will be negative marking of one fourth or 0.25 for each wrong answer. |
| Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer Main Online Exam Pattern | |||
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks | Time |
| Professional Knowledge | 60 Questions | 60 Marks | 45 minutes |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari Main Online Exam Pattern | |||
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks | Time |
| Professional Knowledge (Objective) | 45 Questions | 60 Marks | 30 minutes |
| Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) | 02 Question | 30 minutes | |
| There will be negative marking of one fourth or 0.25 for each wrong answer. | |||
| Candidates have to qualify Preliminary Online Examination then will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination. | |||
| MARKS OBTAINED ONLY IN THE MAIN EXAMINATION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR INTERVIEW & FINAL MERIT LISTING. |
| Syllabus For IBPS Specialist Officers Pre, Main Online Exam |
| Reasoning |
| Number series Letter & symbol series Statement and argument Logical problems Verbal reasoning Blood relations Coding-decoding Number ranking Making judgments etc. Non-Verbal means : Series completion Finding any missing figure Classification. |
| Quantitative Aptitude |
| Data Interpretation means : Bar graphs Pie charts, Line graphs tabulation. Arithmetic means : Number System HCF, LCM Ratio and Proportions Percentage Time and Distance Profit and Loss Average Simple and Compound Interest Geometry Arithmetic Trigonometry Statistics Mensuration etc. |
| General/ Banking Awareness |
| For Current Affairs you should concentrate all important events occurred for last 6 months (excluding 15 days before the exam). You should concentrate on… Banking Culture Geography Indian Economy Finance Current Affairs around the world Economic NewsBudget & Plans SportsBooks and Authors Awards and Honors Science Inventions and Discoveries Abbreviations Important Days & Dates etc. |
| English Language |
| Synonyms Antonyms Verb Error Correction Tenses Sentence Rearrangement Fill in the Blanks with Modals, Articles etc Comprehension Unseen Passages Vocabulary etc. |
| Professional Knowledge |
| This paper will include questions based on the post they are applied for, Expect questions in graduation level, a good reference of text books in your degree class with some current affairs on the subject will make things easy. The following areas are considered important based on the previous year examinations. |