IBPS PO exam is a great opportunity for you to get into the banking sector of India which is one of the best white-collar jobs in the country. The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) uploads IBPS PO Notification every year on its official website – ibps.in. IBPS PO selection procedure includes Preliminary, Mains & interview. A candidate has to clear both preliminary and mains examination to be eligible for the interview process. Candidates who have cleared the IBPS PO exam can be posted anywhere in India in any branch of participating banks. Currently, there are 17 national banks which participated in IBPS PO exam.
Back in 2011, IBPS started the Common Written Examination (CWE) for recruiting officers and clerks in all Public Sector Banks. Earlier this exam was known as IBPS PO exam but now the name has been changed to IBPS CWE.
IBPS PO Exam is one of the most coveted exams which is conducted to help candidates fulfill their dream of being the part of respectable Bank Job as a PO. If you are going to appear in IBPS Po exam then, you must have a clear knowledge of all the important details regarding IBPS PO exam. In this article, we are going to provide you with all the necessary information.
Name of the Exam | IBPS PO |
Conducting Body | Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) |
Name of Post | IBPS Probationary Officers / Management Trainees |
Participating Organizations | Public Sector Banks in India except for the State Bank of India (SBI) and its Associate Banks |
Mode of Application | Online |
Mode of Exam | Online |
Number of Stages | Three – Prelims, Mains, and Interview |
Official Website | Ibps.in |
Events | IBPS PO Dates (Tentative) |
IBPS PO Online Registration | 5th August to 26th August |
Payment of IBPS PO Application Fees | 5th August to 26th August |
Release of Call Letters for Pre-Exam Training | September |
Pre-Examination Training | 21st September to 26th September |
Release of IBPS PO Prelims Admit Card | October |
IBPS PO Prelims Exam | 3rd, 10th & 11th October |
IBPS PO Prelims Result | October/November |
Release of IBPS PO Mains Admit Card | November |
IBPS PO Main Exam | 28th November |
IBPS PO Main Result | December |
Release of IBPS PO Interview Call Letter | January month of following year |
IBPS PO Interview | January/February month of following year |
Provisional Allotment | April month of following year |
IBPS PO 2020 Official Notification | Click here to View / download |
IBPS PO 2020 Online Application Link | Application date over |
Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD/OBC/Ex-Servicemen categories are provided with age relaxation. The category wise age relaxation is mentioned below:
Category | Age Relaxation |
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) | 5 years |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 3 years |
Person with Disability (PwD) | 10 years |
Ex-Servicemen/Commissioned Officers including ECOS (Emergency Commissioned Officers)/ SSCOs (Short Service Commissioned Officers) | 5 years |
Person who is ordinarily domiciled in Kashmir Division of State of Jammu and Kashmir during period from January 01, 1981 to December 31, 1990 | 5 years |
People who got affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service (Applicable to State of Madhya Pradesh only) | 5 years |
The major three sections on which a candidate needs complete command are Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. These three broad subjects are further sub divided into multiple subheadings.
The IBPS PO Exam is to be conducted in 3 phases:
Sr. No. | Subjects | No. of questions | Marks | Time |
1 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
2 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
4 | Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
The Mains Examination of IBPS PO exam comprises of 4 + 1(Descriptive Paper) sections: Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, English Language, Quantitative, Aptitude & General Awareness. Recently, IBPS has introduced a descriptive paper in its mains exam for selection of candidates to the post of Probationary officer.
Sr.No. | Name of the Test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes |
2 | English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes |
3 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
4 | General Economy & Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
Total | 155 | 200 | 180 minutes | |
5 | English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 2 | 25 | 30 minutes |
The IBPS PO syllabus is almost same for Preliminary phase and Mains Exam. A candidate are required to be well versed in Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, Computer Awareness and General Awareness to scale high in this exam.
Reasoning | Quantitative Ability | 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 | Miscellaneous |
Coded Inequalities | Work & Time | Fill in the blanks |
Seating Arrangement | Time & Distance | Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting |
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 |
Quantitative Aptitude | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | English Language | General Awareness | |
Simplification | Verbal Reasoning | Internet | Reading Comprehension | Financial Awareness |
Average | Syllogism | Memory | Grammar | Current Affairs |
Percentage | Circular Seating Arrangement | Keyboard Shortcuts | Vocabulary | General Knowledge |
Ratio and Percentage | Linear Seating Arrangement | Computer Abbreviation | Verbal Ability | |
Data Interpretation | Double Lineup | Microsoft Office | ||
Mensuration and Geometry | Scheduling | Computer Hardware | ||
Quadratic Equation | Input Output | Computer Software | ||
Interest | Blood Relations | Operating System | ||
Problems of Ages | Directions and Distances | Networking | ||
Profit and Loss | Ordering and Ranking | Computer Fundamentals /Terminologies | ||
Number Series | Data Sufficiency | |||
Speed, Distance and Time | Coding and Decoding | |||
Time and Work | Code Inequalities | |||
Number System | ||||
Data Sufficiency | ||||
Linear Equation | ||||
Permutation and Combination And Probability |
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Mixture and Allegations |
The final merit list is prepared on the basis of marks obtained by a candidate in his mains exam and his interview process.
candidate must have their Registration No and Password, that are sent to the candidates during registration. These are prerequisites for the admit card. Check steps to be followed for downloading the admit card followed by the link.
Steps to Download IBPS PO Mains Admit Card:
Step 1 – Click on the link provided below to download Admit card.
Step 2 – A new page will appear on the screen of your device.
Step 3 – Here you will have to enter your “Registration ID” and “Date of Birth/Password”.
Step 4 – Enter the Captcha.
Step 5 – Click the Login button.
Step 6 – The call letter will appear on the screen
Step 7 – Click the print/ download button to save the IBPS PO Mains Call Letter for your future reference
A candidate need to pay Rs. 850/- (General and OBC) as their application fee for IBPS PO exam. The same amount is narrowed down to Rs. 175/- for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD category.
Applicants have to specify their nearest exam centers for both IBPS PO Preliminary and Main Exam in the application form. The list of exam centers / cities are mentioned below:
Name of States | IBPS PO Prelims Exam Center | 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 |
Daman & Diu | ||
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, Thrichur | Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram |
Lakshadweep | Kavarrati | 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, Fategarh 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 |