IBPS Clerk 2018

Notification, Syllabus, Selection Procedure,

Exam Dates, Eligibility, Salary, Promotions

IBPS Clerk 2018 Notification, Syllabus, Selection Procedure, Exam Dates, Eligibility, Salary, Promotions.

Notification

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will be announcing the notification for the recruitment of Clerical cadre exam in the month of October 2018. IBPS has realized a notification and the tentative calendar for the year 2018 – 2019 in the month of January 2018, stating that the preliminary exam for IBPS Clerk recruitment 2018 will take place in the month of December 2018 and the mains exam will held in the month of January 2019.

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According to the IBPS’s tentative calendar for the year 2018 – 2019, the preliminary exam for IBPS Clerk 2018 is expected to be held on 8^th, 9^th, 15^th, and 16^th December 2018. The expected date for the mains examination is 20^th January 2019.

IBPS Clerk Vacancies

There are more than twenty five lakh of aspirants appears in IBPS Clerk every year and in comparison of that, the number of vacancies for the IBPS Clerk exam in 2017 was 7883 only. As the IBPS is decreasing the number of vacancies year by year, taking this in mind, the number of vacancies expected for the IBPS Clerk 2018 is going to be around 5000.

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• Name of the exam – IBPS Clerk
• Name of the Post – Clerk
• Exam conduction body – Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
• Exam mode – Online
• Number of vacancies for IBPS Clerk 2017 – 7883
• Expected number of vacancies for IBPS PO 2018 – between 4000 to 5000

Important Dates for IBPS Clerk 2018

The events for the recruitment of the IBPS Clerk will start from the month of October 2018 and will continue till April 2019. Important dates regarding the IBPS Clerk examination 2018 are as follows.

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Eligibility Criteria for IBPS Clerk

The eligibility criteria for this exam are same as before, no changes has been observed. The eligibility criteria involve nationality eligibility, age limit eligibility and educational qualification eligibility. You have to check the eligibility criteria before applying for the exam. In case you fill the form without checking the eligibility, and then found to be not eligible for the exam, then IBPS has rights to disqualify your application.

Educational Qualification

1. Candidates who have passed their graduation from any recognized university or any equivalent qualification recognized by the central government.
2. Candidate must have working knowledge of computer to apply for the examination.
3. The candidate must be able to read, write and speak the official language of the state or union territory he or she is applying for.

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Age Limit

1. The age for General category candidates should be in between 20 years to 28 years.
2. Age relaxation of five years has been given to SC / ST candidates.
3. Three years of age relaxation for OBC candidates.
4. Age relaxation of ten years for PWD candidates.
5. Three years of age relaxation for ex – servicemen (army personnel) candidates.
6. Age relaxation of nine years for widows / divorced women candidates.
7. J & K domicile person during the period from 01/ 01/ 1980 to 31/ 12/ 1989 will get age relaxation of five years.
8. For the persons affected by 1984 riots, five years of age relaxation has been given.

Nationality

1. Candidates having certificate of citizen of India are eligible.
2. Candidates, who are citizen of either Bhutan or Nepal or Bangladesh, are eligible only when they have valid certificate stating that they have permanent intention to settle in India.

Selection Procedure for IBPS Clerk

The IBPS has divided the IBPS Clerk examination into two phases or stages. The first one is the Preliminary examination. If a candidate passes the examination then he or she will be eligible for the second stage which is the Mains examination. There is no interview. So, if you clear the mains examination, than you will get the provisional allotment in any of the branches in the respective bank.

Preliminary Examination

All the candidates who pass the sectional cut off as well as the overall cut off will get selected for the mains examination. The number of selected candidates and the cut off varies every year as per the number of vacancies issued by IBPS, the number of candidates appearing for the examination and on the basis of the level of difficulty of examination.

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Mains Examination

For clearing the Mains examination, the candidate has to clear the sectional cut offs and overall cut off as well. The number of candidates gets selected after this phase is very limited as per the number of vacancies.

Provisional Allotment

In the end, after a candidate gets a place in the final result list, he or she will get the provisional allotment. It is not required that you may get selected for the bank you have preferred the most. So, while filling the form, do care before filling the preferences of the bank. Also the date of joining for a candidate may vary with the different banks.

Participating Banks in IBPS Clerk

IBPS is a common institute which conducts examination for various posts in banks, but they do not do this for themselves, in fact they do this for other banks. It is the common platform where all the banks can hire candidates for them.

There are multiple banks that participate in the recruitment of IBPS Clerk. The list of banks is as given below.

1. Allahabad Bank
2. Andhra Bank
3. Bank of Baroda
4. Canara Bank
5. Bank of Maharashtra
6. Indian Bank
7. Central Bank of India
8. Corporation Bank
9. Dena Bank
10. United Bank of India
11. IDBI Bank
12. Indian Overseas Bank
13. Oriental Bank of Commerce
14. Punjab National Bank
15. Bank of India
16. Punjab and Sind Bank
17. Syndicate Bank
18. UCO Bank
19. Union Bank of India
20. Vijaya Bank

Exam Pattern for IBPS Clerk

As we have already discussed above, that there are two phases to qualify to get the job in a bank as a clerk, through IBPS, so now we will discuss about the examination pattern for the preliminary examination and for the mains examination.

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Preliminary Examination

For the preliminary exam in IBPS Clerk, there are three sections you need to qualify in. The first one is English Language, second is Numerical Ability and third is Reasoning Ability. There are total of 100 questions in the preliminary examination. Candidates will get a composite time of One hour for the examination. The exam pattern for preliminary exam is given below –

Mains Examination

In the mains examination of the IBPS Clerk, there will be four sections that you are going to face. The first one will be of General English, second will be Reasoning and Computer Aptitude, third section will be Quantitative Aptitude and the last section will be of General and Financial Awareness. There will be a total of 190 questions for 200 marks, and you need to qualify the sectional as well as the overall cut off.

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Negative Marking

There will be negative marking in both the objective type examinations, i.e; for preliminary exam and for the objective part of the mains examination. The penalty for wrong answer will be of one fourth of the marks assigned to the question. Hence, try to be as accurate as you can.

Syllabus for IBPS Clerk

The syllabus for all the sections will be given below.

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English Language

1. Reading Comprehension
2. Cloze Test
3. Fillers
4. Jumbled Paragraph
5. Sentence Restatement
6. Paragraph Conclusion
7. Sentence Improvement
8. Error Detection
9. Paragraph Fillers
10. Vocabulary Based Questions

Reasoning Ability

1. Seating Arrangement
2. Puzzles
3. Direction Sense
4. Inequalities
5. Syllogisms
6. Blood Relation
7. Coding – Decoding
8. Statement and Assumption
9. Order and Ranking
10. Alpha – Numeric Series
11. Machine Input – Output
12. Statement and Conclusion
13. Data Sufficiency
14. Statement and Argument

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Quantitative Aptitude

1. Number Series
2. Approximation
3. Simplification
4. Data Sufficiency
5. Quadratic Equations
6. Data Interpretation
7. Profit and Loss
8. Simple Interest
9. Compound Interest
10. Permutation and Combination
11. Probability
12. Problems on Ages
13. Speed, Time and Distance
14. Partnership
15. Boat and Stream
16. Problems on Trains
17. Time and Work
18. Averages
19. Ratio and Proportion
20. Mixture and Allegation
21. Pipes and Cisterns

Computer Aptitude

1. History of Computers
2. Generation of Computers
3. Internet
4. Computer Memory
5. Introduction to Computer Organization
6. Computer Software
7. Computer Hardware
8. Input – Output Devices
9. Computer Languages
10. Operating Systems
11. Computer Networks
12. Basics of DBMS
13. MS Office Suite
14. Shortcut Keys
15. Number System and Conversion
16. Computer and Network Security

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General Awareness

1. Financial Awareness
2. Current Affairs
3. Static Awareness
4. Schemes and Policies

How to Apply for IBPS Clerk

Candidates can apply for the IBPS Clerk exam only by using the IBPS’s official website. The link to the website has been provided below. There is no other way to fill the exam form.

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Application Fees for IBPS Clerk

Fees Payment Methods for IBPS Clerk

Fees have to be paid online only. There is no other means to submit fees.

IBPS Clerk Admit Card

Candidates are advised to download their admit card for the IBPS Clerk preliminary examination from the official website only. The admit card for the preliminary examination will be made available on the official website approximately ten days before the exam date.

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Pre – Examination Training for IBPS Clerk

IBPS provides pre – examination training for the SC / ST and religious minority candidates. This training takes place at many cities with the help of nodal banks or the participating banks of your state. The SC/ ST or religious minority candidates can opt for this training while filling the examination form. It’s free of cost, so in case a candidate feels he or she should opt for this, they can go for it.

Also if a candidate has opted for the training, and now due to any reason, either don’t want to or can’t attend it, it’s perfectly fine. It is not at all compulsory to opt for or to attend the pre – examination training.

There are approximately 62 cities where the pre – examination training takes place. In case, there is no pre – exam training center in your city, you can opt for the nearest city.

IBPS Clerk Results

The IBPS declares the results of the preliminary examination usually within a week to ten days after the examination. The result of the mains examination takes a maximum of around a month to get declared.

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IBPS Clerk Cut Off

For IBPS Clerk 2018, the expected overall cut off for the preliminary examination would be around 75 marks.

The sectional cut off for the IBPS Clerk 2017 preliminary examination is given below –

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State – wise overall cut off list for the IBPS Clerk 2017 is as follows –

Salary for IBPS Clerk

An approximate salary for the post of clerk, selected through IBPS Clerical exam, in any public sector bank is in between Rs. 21,000/- to Rs. 23,000/- in a metro city. In other cities, the salary will be around Rs. 19,000/- to Rs. 20,000/-.

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Work Profile of IBPS Clerk

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A clerk is a very important post in banks. They need to handle a lot of duties. Some of them are described below –

1. Manning single window counter task
2. Verifying banking documents
3. Updating passbooks
4. Issuing cash receipts
5. Performing back – office work
6. Sanction withdrawals
7. Verifies cheques
8. Issuing demand drafts
9. Holds bank cash and bank keys
10. Marketing of financial products
11. Working on computer and entering or updating day to day transactions

Career Growth or Promotions in IBPS Clerk

After getting a job as a clerk in a bank, through IBPS Clerk, you can get promotion to the officer level as well. For this, the main and most important thing is to be eligible for it.

For being eligible to get promoted to the officer level, you need to work as a clerk for a minimum period of two years. After having experience of two years as a clerk, you can attempt for the internal exam to get promotion to the officer level. This can be done in two ways.

The first one is to get promoted by normal process, in which, you have to qualify the promotion exam and then you will be awarded with the post of Trainee Officer (TO). Probably, Trainee Officer can become PO later.

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On the other hand, in the second method, known as merit basis process, you have to have JAIIB and CAIIB diploma, with your graduation or post graduation degree.

After becoming the PO, the further promotions are same as for the post of IBPS PO. You can go through the article about career growth and promotions in IBPS PO for further details.