Introduction
Exam Syllabus, a preparation guide, is a crucial element that always helps the candidates to devise effective preparation strategies, by, focusing on their strengths and weaknesses in different topics. Below mentioned data gives an overview of the IBPS Clerk Exam Syllabus for the IBPS Clerk 2020 Recruitment.
Syllabus
Preliminary exam is an online exam, with contains 3 sections, 100 questions and a total of 100 marks. Candidates have to qualify in each and every section by scoring cut-off marks decided by IBPS. The duration for IBPS preliminary exam is 1 hour.
IBPS Clerk Exam Syllabus - Preliminary Exam:
English Language (30 Marks)
Numerical Ability (35 Marks)
Reasoning Ability (35 Marks)
| S.No | Name Of Test | No.of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
| S.No. | Name of the topic |
|---|---|
| 1. | Comprehension Passage |
| 2. | Cloze Test |
| 3. | Para jumbles |
| 4. | Sentence Completion |
| 5. | Phrase Replacement |
| 6. | Error Detection |
| 7. | Fill in the blanks |
| 8. | Inference |
| 9. | Connectors |
| 10. | Vocabulary |
| 11. | Word Usage |
| S.No. | Name of the topic |
|---|---|
| 1. | Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Pie Chart) |
| 2. | Inequalities/ Quadratic Equations |
| 3. | Number Series |
| 4. | Simplification and Approximation |
| 5. | Percentages |
| 6. | Average |
| 7. | Ratio and Proportion |
| 8. | Partnership |
| 9. | Profit and Loss |
| 10. | Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
| 11. | Problem on Ages |
| 12. | Data Sufficiency |
| 13. | Speed |
| 14. | Distance and Time |
| 15. | Time and Wages |
| 16. | Probability |
| 17. | Mensuration |
| 18. | Permutation and Combination |
| 19. | Problems on Boats and Stream |
| 20. | Problems on Trains |
| 21. | Mixture and Allegation |
| 22. | Pipes and Cisterns |
| S.No. | Name of the topic |
|---|---|
| 1. | Advance Puzzles |
| 2. | Seating Arrangements |
| 3. | Distance and Direction |
| 4. | Blood Relations |
| 5. | Syllogism |
| 6. | Order and Ranking |
| 7. | Coding-Decoding |
| 8. | Machine Input-Output |
| 9. | Inequalities |
| 10. | Alphabet and Number Series |
Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination):
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Main exam consists of 4 sections with a total of 190 questions and a total of 200 marks. Each section in the Main Examination is timed and like the Prelims examination, there is a penalty for each wrong answer.
IBPS Clerk Exam Syllabus - Main Exam:
General / Financial Awareness Syllabus
| S.No | Sections | No. of Questions | Maximum marks | Time allocated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| 2 | General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| 4 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 minutes |
- Banking Awareness
- Financial Awareness
- Govt. Schemes and Policies
- Current Affairs
- Static Awareness
- Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test
- Sentence Errors
- Vocabulary based questions
- Jumbled Paragraph
- Paragraph Based Questions (Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Paragraph /Sentences Restatement)
- Puzzles
- Seating Arrangements
- Direction Sense
- Blood Relation
- Syllogism
- Order and Ranking
- Coding-Decoding
- Machine Input-Output
- Inequalities
- Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
- Data Sufficiency
- Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument)
- History and Generation of Computers
- Introduction to Computer Organisation
- Computer Memory
- Computer Hardware and I/O Devices
- Computer Software
- Computer Languages
- Operating System
- Computer Network
- Internet
- MS Office and Short cut keys
- Basics of DBMS
- Number System and Conversions
- Computer and Network Security
- Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart)
- Inequalities (Quadratic Equations)
- Number Series
- Approximation and Simplification
- Data Sufficiency
- Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns)
Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination):
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Note:
The above tests except the Tests of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.