About IBPS PO / MT Exam
Examination will be held by IBPS to recruit clerical posts in eleven selected banks including Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Punjab National Bank. Exam will be held in three phases, a. Prelims b. Mains and c. Interview. Those who clears prelims will be given chance to appear for the mains and interview conducted by IBPS. Minimum qualification any graduation.
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is conducting Common Written Examination (CRP PO/MT) for the recruitment of Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee vacancies in Public Sector Banks which will be conducted online. IBPS Common written examination pattern details are given below.
Bank Exam
PO / CLERICAL EXAMS
- Focus on shortcut techniques
- Unit-wise & Weekly practice test papers
- Regular offline and online test papers
- Excellent Track record
- Time: 9 am to 12 pm / 4 pm to 7 pm
- Faculties: 4 Resource Persons
- Hostel: ICS, Dharwad
- Model Tests: Prelims & Mains Every Sunday
Eligibility Conditions
Age limit: Candidates minimum age limit is 20 years and maximum 30 years.
Relaxation of upper age limit:
| S. No | Category | Age relaxation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe | 5 years |
| 2 | Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) | 3 years |
| 3 | Persons With Disabilities | 10 years |
| 4 | Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within the stipulated time) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment | 5 years |
| 5 | Persons ordinarily domiciled in the state of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01-01-1980 to 31-12-1989 | 5 years |
| 6 | Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
Educational Qualification: A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognized by the Govt. of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. The candidate must possess valid Mark-sheet / Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he / she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.
Note: All the educational qualifications mentioned should be from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised by Govt. Of India / approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies
Exam Pattern
Examination will be conducted in two tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, preliminary and main which consists of objective type questions. Total marks of the Preliminary exam is 100 and duration is 1 hour & total marks on Main exam is 200 marks and duration is 2 hours. There will be Negative Marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. If a question is left blank, there will be no negative marking for that question. All the tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi. The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equi-percentile method. Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations.
CRP Online-Examinations:
- The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:
a. Preliminary Examination
(Duration: Composite time of 1 hour)
S. No. Name of Test No. of questions Marks 1 English Language 30 30 2 Quantitative Aptitude 35 35 3 Reasoning Ability 35 35 Total 100 100 b. Main Examination
S. No. Name of Test No. of Qs Max. Marks Medium of Exam Duration 1 Reasoning & Computer Aptitude 45 60 English & Hindi 60 mins. 2 General / Economy / Banking Awareness 40 40 English & Hindi 30 mins. 3 English Language 35 40 English 40 mins. 4 Data Analysis & Interpretation 35 60 English & Hindi 45 mins. Total 155 200 3 hours 5 English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) 2 25 English 30 mins. Cutoff Score: Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cutoffs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the online examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.
Selection Process:
The IBPS PO/MT selection process will be carried out in three stages, the first one is Preliminary Examination, second stage is Main Examination & third stage is Common Interview conducted by IBPS.
Online Examination: Examination will be conducted in two tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, preliminary and main which consists of objective type questions. Total marks of the Preliminary exam is 100 and duration is 1 hour & total marks on Main exam is 200 marks and duration is 2 hours. There will be Negative Marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. If a question is left blank, there will be no negative marking for that question. All the tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi. The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equi-percentile method. Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations. Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for interview.
Common Interview: Candidates who have been shortlisted in the examination for CRP PO/MT-VIII will subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organisations and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each State/ UT with the help of IBPS. Interviews will be conducted at select centres. The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD candidates). The weightage (ratio) of CRP Main exam and interview will be 80:20 respectively. The combined final scores of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of scores obtained by the candidates in CRP PO/MT-VIII and Interview. A candidate should qualify both in the CRP and interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process.
Allotment: On completion of the interview process, depending on the vacancies to be filled in during the financial year 2018-19 based on the business needs of the Participating Organisations and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the Participating Organisations, based on merit-cum-preference keeping in view the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, various guidelines issued by Govt. of India/ Others from time to time, administrative exigency, etc.
In the event of two or more candidates having obtained the same score, merit order is decided as per date of birth (the candidate senior in age is placed before/ above the candidate junior in age), as per the prevailing practice