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In our quest to help students in preparation for one of the most cov-eted bank job exams, IBPS Clerk, we are providing all essential detail about the exam in this E-Book.Before you get into preparation mode for a bank job exam, it is impor-

tant to know about the fundamentals of the exam. The E-Book, which you have downloaded, unveils all the basics of IBPS Clerk to boost your exam preparation.

We have also made available well-researched preparation strategy with inputs of experts, to help candidates reach closer to their objective of cracking the exam.

You will find this E-Book very helpful in cracking IBPS Clerk exam. With this hope, we wish you all the success in the exam.

PREFACE



IBPS Clerk: An Introduction 4

Application Form 5

Eligibility Criteria 6

Important Dates 7

Paper Pattern 8

Selection Criteria 9

Clerk Admit Card 10

Clerk Result 11

Preparation Tips 12

Recommended Products for IBPS Clerk 16

CONTENTS



Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) announces the dates of application for IBPS Clerk in August to fill up around 40,000 vacancies in the clerk cadre of around 20 public sector banks across India every year. The application process continues in September. The online exam is held tentatively in the month of December.

IBPS Clerk Application Form The registration of candidates is done in online mode only. IBPS Clerk Application Form is generally made available in the month of August and the application process is com-pleted in September.

IBPS Clerk Eligibility Criteria To apply for the post, the candidate must fall under the fol-lowing IBPS Clerk Eligibility Criteria:

F Candidate must be graduated in any discipline from a recognized University or equivalent qualification.

F Candidates must be aged between 20 years and 28 years as on application date.

F Upper age limit for reserved category candidates has been relaxed up to a specified extent.

IBPS Clerk Important DatesThe IBPS Clerk Important Dates and respective months are as follows:F Application process- August-SeptemberF Online exam- DecemberF Result- JanuaryF Interview- FebruaryF Provisional Allotment- April

IBPS CLERK: AN INTRODUCTIONIBPS Clerk Paper Pattern The candidates have to qualify two online exams 1-hour Preliminary and 2-hour Main exam. Only the candidates who qualify the online preliminary exam will be called for online main exam. A deduction of 0.25 marks is applied as negative marking for every wrong answer marked in the online objective-type tests.

IBPS Clerk Selection Process The candidates, who qualify in the Preliminary online exam-are called for Main Common Written Exam (CWE), and those who qualify in Main exam are called by participating banks and IBPS for a Common Interview that is the final round of selection. The qualified candidates in interview round are appointed in any of the participating banks.

IBPS Clerk Call Letter The admit card for IBPS Clerk exam is made available online for downloading by IBPS in November. Thereafter, registered candidates can download their IBPS Clerk Call Letter. No hardcopy of the call letter will be sent by IBPS to any candidate.

IBPS Clerk Result The IBPS declares the Result of IBPS Clerk written exam in January. The candidates are required to secure minimum score in each of the 5 tests and minimum total score of the common written exam in order to enter the interview round. The minimum cutoff is decided by IBPS. Candidates have to secure minimum score in each of the 5 tests and minimum total score of the written exam in order to enter the interview round. After the interview round held in January, final list of selected candidates for Clerk posts are declared by the IBPS in April



IBPS Clerk Application Form Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) starts the Application Form of IBPS Clerk in August, and the application process is completed in September.

IBPS fills up the clerical vacancies in various public sector banks through this process. The registration of candidates is done in online mode only.

IBPS Clerk Application Fee is Rs. 100/- for SC/ST/PWD/ EXSM category candidates and Rs. 600/- for other category candidates.

Candidates can pay fee for IBPS application form can be paid in both online and offline mode using Master/Visa Debit or Credit cards or Internet Banking or at counters of branches of bank specified by IBPS.

APPLICATION FORM



Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) announces IBPS Clerk Eligibility Criteria with the opening of registration for application forms for IBPS Clerk.

Below is listed the IBPS Clerk Eligibility Criteria for the candidates applying for the exam:

F Candidate must be graduated in any discipline from a recognized University or equivalent qualification.

F Candidates must be aged between 20 years and 28 years as on application date.

F Upper age limit for reserved category candidates has been relaxed up to a specified extent.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Category Age Relaxation

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) 5 years

Other Backward Classes (OBC) 3 years

Persons With Disability 10 Years

Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen (subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years)

Actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST)

Widows. Divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried

9 years

Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period January 01, 1980 to December 31, 1989

5 years

Persons affected by 1984 riots 5 years

Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service (Applicable to MP state only)

5 years

As per the IBPS Clerk Reservation Criteria, the relaxation in upper age limit has been given as below:



Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) announces IBPS Clerk Important Dates. The applica-tion process for IBPS Clerk starts generally in August and continues till September.

The call letter of IBPS Clerk written exam is made avail-able for downloading for the candidates in November. Online exam of IBPS Clerk is held in December. Call letter for IBPS interview is declared in January next year. The IBPS announces the result of IBPS Clerk written exam in January. The IBPS Clerk interview round is conducted in February. After which, the final list of selected candidates for Clerical posts are announced by the IBPS in April.

IMPORTANT DATES

The IBPS Clerk Important Dates and respective months are listed below

Events Month

Online Registration August-September

Online Payment of Application Fees August-September

Offline Payment of Application Fees August-September

Call Letter for Pre-Exam Training for SC/ST/Minority candidates November

Pre-Examination Training November

Call letter for Examination November

Online Examination December

Declaration of result of examination (CWE) January

Call letters for Interview January

Interview schedule February

Allotment April



As per IBPS Clerk Paper Pattern, the candidates have to appear in two online exams 1-hour Preliminary and 2-hour Main exam. Only the candidates who qualify the online preliminary exam will be called for online main exam. A deduction of 0.25 marks is applied as nega-tive marking for every wrong answer marked in the online objective-type tests.

The candidates who qualify the online preliminary exam will be called for online main exam and after qualifying it they will be called by the participating banks and IBPS for interview to be held as the final round of selection. The qualified candidate in final round is appointed at any of the participating banks.

PAPER PATTERN

S.N. Test No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration

1 English Language 30 30

1 hour2 Numerical Ability 35 35

3 Reasoning Ability 35 35

Total 100 100

IBPS Clerk 2015 Exam Pattern & Syllabus for preliminary exam:

IBPS Clerk 2015 Exam Pattern & Syllabus for main exam:

S.N. Test No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration

1 Reasoning 40 40

2 hour

2 English Language 40 40

3 Quantitative Aptitude 40 40

4 General Awareness(with special reference to Banking Industry)

40 40

5 Computer Knowledge 40 40

Total 200



Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) announces IBPS Clerk Selection Process in August. The candidates, who qualify in the Common Written Exam (CWE), are called by participating banks and IBPS for a Common Interview that is the final round of selection. The candidates, who qualify in the interview round of IBPS Clerk, are appointed in any of the participating banks.

IBPS makes cutoff list of the shortlisted candidates in CWE on the basis of number of vacancies, as per IBPS Clerk Selection Process. The candidates, who obtain minimum score in the online exam, are shortlisted for the interview round. Minimum score is decided by IBPS after the written exam.

The common interview round consists of 100 marks and the minimum qualifying marks in interview is not less than 40% for unreserved category candidates and 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD category candidates. The weightage or ratio of common written exam and interview is 80:20. After the common interview is held, IBPS announces the combined

SELECTION PROCESS

final scores based on scores obtained in CWE and Interview. Candidates have to qualify in the CWE and common inter-view both in order to be shortlisted for allotment process.



The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection makes available online IBPS Clerk Admit Card for common written exam generally in November for the online IBPS Clerk written exam, which is held in December across India.

Registered candidates are able to download their IBPS Clerk Online Call Letter by entering their Registration Number and Date of Birth/Password, once the IBPS offi-cially releases it.

No hardcopy of the call letter will be sent by the IBPS to any candidate. IBPS Clerk Call Letter should be downloaded by candidates as soon as it is announced by the IBPS.

Steps to download IBPS Clerk Call Letter:

1. Enter Registration Number, Date of Birth/ Password.

2. Enter details and click submit button

3. Call Letter appears on screen

4. Take print of Call Letter

It is compulsory for students to carry their IBPS Clerk Call Letter at the time of CWE and they should retain it till the end of the admission process.

CALL LETTER



The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) declares the IBPS Clerk Result for the Common Written Exam (CWE) in January. To enter the com-mon interview round of IBPS Clerk, the candidates have to secure minimum score in each of the 5 tests and minimum total score of the common written exam.

The IBPS decides the minimum cutoff of the common writ-ten exam on the basis of the number of the vacancies avail-able, before announcing IBPS Clerk Result. Candidates are required to secure minimum score in each of the 5 tests and minimum total score of the written exam in order to enter the interview round.

After the announcement of IBPS Clerk result of written exam, the shortlisted candidates are called for Common Interview round. Final selection for IBPS Clerk is done on the basis of performance of the candidates in the common written exam and common interview.

RESULT



IBPS CLERK EXAM: PREPARATION STRATEGY TO CRACK IT!

With cut-throat competition making jobs in banking sector increasingly tougher, you must prepare for the written exam for IBPS Clerk with a well-laid preparation strategy. As lakhs of candidates appear for a few thousands of vacancies in PSU banks conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), the consolidation of this competitive exam has only intensified the competition.

The number of aspirants appearing for these exams is much higher than the number of vacancies announced. For example, an overwhelming 14 lakh appeared for 1500 dif-ferent posts in SBI 2013; this gives approximately a 1:1000 vacancy-aspirant ratio, i.e. one candidate recruited among

a thousand candidates, says T.I.M.E. Director Manek N Daruvala.

Amid this stringent, increasing competition, Careers360 brings you tips aimed at helping your preparation strategy.

What does it tests on?Before we share with you the preparation strategy, it is important for you to know what does IBPS tests you on.

The exam is not merely criteria to evaluate the bookish knowledge you have accumulated during your education, but



it also tests you on your overall personality, communication skill and marketing traits. Your preparation strategy must adapt a more open approach as you cant prepare for this exam in isolation.

A candidate who wishes to apply for banking jobs must have an interest in finance and banking area. He must be good at public dealing as banks dont work in isolation. It is consumer centric operation, says BSC Academy Director Javed R Siddique.

Based on the suggestions of experts of the field, our com-prehensive preparation strategy is broadly divided into three parts overall preparation strategy, last-week preparation strategy and exam taking strategy. Lets have a look at all the three level of your preparation for IBPS Clerk.

Overall IBPS Clerk preparation planIn view of changing pattern and nature of exam, we bring here an expert-recommended overall preparation plan for the candidates. In order to crack IBPS Clerk exam, be ready for Computer Based Testing and divide your preparation according to different sections of syllabus.

Adapt to CBT (Computer-Based Testing)Recently, the exam conducting authority IBPS has made a few changes in the pattern and nature of the exam including making it a computer- based test.

As IBPS has started conducting Clerk exam in Computer-Based Testing format, it is imperative on you to adapt to the new mode. This is important because a first-timer may lose part of his precious test time in getting know-how of the testing format.

Candidates have to change with the technology and be tech-savvy as they have to take online papers. Every year we see some changes in paper pattern, says Siddique.

Section-wise IBPS Clerk exam preparation planDivide your preparation as per the 5 sections of IBPS Clerk paper pattern Reasoning, English Language, Numerical Ability, General Awareness and Computer Knowledge. Allot a reasonable time-frame to each section to ensure comple-tion of your section-wise preparation before the exam date.

Determine sectional weightageNot everyone is perfect in all the areas of study. You must have a few strengths and a few weaknesses. What it needs for a good preparation strategy is to identify your strengths and weaknesses in order to utilize your strengths and improve your weaknesses successfully.

The written exam for the banks consists of sections on Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, General Aware-ness, English & Basic Computers and candidate has to qual-ify in each of the sections individually, other than qualifying in the overall score. So, if you are weak in any of the above sections, you should immediately start working on the same, says Career Power Director Anil Nagar.

Daily practice, revision and group studyBearing in mind to crack such a tough exam, its important to stick to daily practice and revision. Experts say 3-4 hours of dedicated practice can fetch the desired result.

A regular practice which includes about 3 to 4 hours per day of dedicated study/preparation can surely equip one with the aptitude necessary to make success possible, says Daruvala.

Further, instead of studying different subjects in isolation, it would be a good idea to have a group study. A study group of 5-10 friends will help you learn 50-100 questions a day if every member of the group comes with 5-10 questions and their solutions every day.



Read Newspapers for GS, English, Marketing, CommunicationHere you get 3-in-1 study package if you have a habit of read-ing newspapers, especially an English language newspaper. By doing so, you not only keep yourself updated about the latest happenings and current affairs, with increasing your general awareness, but also you get more command on the English language. Moreover, you get a few Marketing and Communication skills, which are the requirements of the bank job.

Daily Mock TestTo perform well in Mathematics and Reasoning papers, speed and accuracy are a must. High scores in these tests can be obtained only though time management and clear concepts. So, daily practice is required to get perfection in these subjects.

These banking job exams are speed and accuracy based, so my suggestion to students is that they should first clear there concepts and then practice questions from previous year papers with a focus on their speed and accuracy, Smart Prep Director Hanumant Sabherwal.

Last-week preparation strategy for IBPS Clerk examLast week of preparation must be given extra importance while making a preparation strategy for such a tough exam. However, there is no need to be lost into studies in this week. You have already given section-wise attention to all the subjects. Now, its time to make a revision of whatever you have learnt.

Solve test papersSolving test papers and revisiting question bank, which con-tains questions you found difficult during your preparation, will immensely help. Daily practice and revision of questions in the last week of your preparation offers you clear concepts and time management. Also, you enter in the exam hall with

full of confidence.

The focus should be on target preparation. The focus should be on target preparation. Whether you start studying anything and everything, you may get confused and dis-tracted from your goal. Attempt online mock tests and review your scores to get accustomed to format as well as to avoid a last minute surprise or goof ups, says Paramount Coaching Director Neetu Singh.

Recreational activities will workIt has been a long hectic preparation time for you in the recent months. Before the exam date approaches, you need to get rejuvenated yourself so that you enter the exam hall with full of positive energy. So, in the last week of your prepa-ration, get involved in some extra-curriculum activities to get yourself refreshed and energized and ready for the exam day.

Go digital, be tech-savvy: Here you need to always be up-to-date with latest digital technologies. Not only because exam is going to be comput-er-based but also you have to work in that kind of atmosphere once you enter the banking sector jobs.

A reality check in terms of time management for online format is equally important. In past, we have seen even the best of talent getting flunked due to inability to adapt with the online test format, says Singh.

Clerk exam-taking strategyAfter solving a number of question papers, practicing and revising all those difficult questions and giving proper atten-tion separately to various sections of syllabus, you are ready to enter confidently the exam hall. However, experts have a line of advice on how you must manage your skills and time inside the exam hall.

Read question paper: Once you get the question paper, your first job should be giving a thorough glance to the questions.



You should be patient, calm and careful at this time.

Divide time: Before starting to attempt questions, you need to divide the time in various sections in accordance with your section-wise strengths and weaknesses. Here, you also need to ascertain priorities among the sections as well as ques-tions within them.

Accuracy: A lot of concentration is needed to maintain accu-racy during your exam. Revision of your calculation is always

helpful. Solve the questions carefully.

Speed: While appearing in an exam like this, speed cannot be compromised. Leaving exam hall with a half-done paper due to lack of time is always painful.

Revise: You should save some time only for revision of your answers after the completion of the test. Sometimes, a thor-ough revision of answers saves us from a big mistake.



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