IBPS Specialist Officer (SO) Downloads, Exam Pattern and Syllabus

IBPS SO Recruitment  Exam Pattern

IBPS SO exam will be conducted in two phase Preliminary and Main Examination which candidates have to clear for further selection process. Both exam patterns are as follows:

IBPS SO Preliminary Exam Pattern

Note: Total 60 minutes will be allotted to candidates for the exam.

IBPS SO Main Exam Pattern

Note: Total 60 minutes will be allotted to candidates for the exam.

IBPS SO Syllabus – Total Topics

• English.
• Quantitative Aptitude.
• Reasoning.
• Professional Knowledge.
• General Awareness.

English Language

• Reading Comprehension.
• Cloze Test.
• Fill in the blanks.
• Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting.
• Paragraph Complete/ Sentence Correction.
• Rearrangement of Jumbled Passage.
• Passage Questions.
• Degrees of Comparision.
• Miscellaneous.

Quantitative Aptitude

• Data Interpretation-Pie Chart.
• Partnership.
• Data Interpretation-Line Graph.
• Boats and Stream.
• Data Interpretation-Table Chart.
• Profit and Loss.
• Data Interpretation-Caselets.
• Geometry and Mensuration.
• Data Sufficiency.
• Simplification.
• Time & Distance.
• Ratio & Proportion.
• Percentage.
• Mixtures & Alligations.
• Simple Interest & Compound Interest.
• Permutation, Combination.
• Probability.

Reasoning

• Critical Reasoning
• Linear Seating Arrangement.
• Circular Seating Arrangement.
• Data Sufficiency.
• Syllogism.
• Ordering and Ranking.
• Double Lineup.
• Input/output.
• Scheduling.
• PuzzleTabulation
• Coded Inequalities.
• Directions.
• Alphanumeric Series.Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test.
• Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test.

General Awareness

• Current Affairs.
• Banking Awareness.
  • Indian Financial System.
  • History of Indian Banking Industry.
  • International Organisation/ Financial Institutions.
  • Regulatory Bodies Monetary & Credit Policies.
  • Capital Market & Money Market.
  • Budget Basics and Current Union Budget.
  • Abbreviations and Economic terminologies.
  • Government Schemes Abbreviations and Economic terminologies.
  • Other important concepts.

IBPS SO Syllabus – IT Officer

• DBMS.
• Data Communication & Networking.
• Operating System.
• Web Technologies.
• Programming Languages.
• Software Engineering.
• Data Structures.
• Network Security.
• Computer Hardware.

IBPS SO Syllabus – Marketing Officer

• Marketing Mix.
• Brand Management.
• Basic Knowledge of Retail Management.
• Business Ethics.
• Service Marketing (Additional People, Process & Physical Evidence).
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
• Copyrights.
• Trade Marks.
• Patents.
• Marketing Strategy (Horizontal, Vertical, etc.)
• Corporate Social Responsibility.