Understanding The IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern: Prelims and Mains

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When it comes to making a good and secure career, most of the aspirants opt for a career in banking, as it gives the required security, growth opportunities, good salary with various perks and facilities throughout the career. Keep reading further to know about IBPS CLERK PRELIMS Exam Pattern, IBPS CLERK MAINS Exam Pattern, and some useful information about IBPS CLERK Study Material.

There are two main ways to enter into the banking field:

– By becoming an officer

– By becoming a clerk

An officer is a post for which every aspirant dreams of, but even if you are not successful in clearing the IBPS PO exam, you may also land up being a clerk, which will open your doors for becoming an officer eventually.

You will get numerous opportunities both ways, and therefore you should be opting for both posts. Here, we will be covering the IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern.

IBPS conducts the exam for the post of clerk in two phases- PRELIMS & MAINS. As it is for the post of clerk, there will not be any interview round and the mains exam will be the final round for selection according to the final cut-off that will be released after the exam, depending on the vacancies.

The candidate needs to qualify for ‘prelims’ in order to be eligible to appear in the mains exam. IBPS clerk Prelims exam is of qualifying nature and these marks will not matter in your final selection. It is just a step to move forward in the journey of becoming a clerk.

IBPS CLERK Exam Pattern & Study Material

An Overview of the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern

SubjectNo. of QuestionsMaximum MarksTime allotted (Separately Timed)
English Language303020 minutes
Numerical Ability353520 minutes
Reasonability Ability353520 minutes
Total10010060 minutes

IBPS will release the total cut-off and sectional cut-offs. The candidates will have to clear the total cut-off along with the cut-off of each section.

An Overview of the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern

Subject (Not by sequence)No. of QuestionsMaximum MarksTime allotted (Separately Timed)
General / Financial Awareness505035 minutes
General English404035 minutes
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude506045 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude505045 minutes
Total190200160 minutes

Both the phases will provide the tests both in English and Hindi, except the test of English Language.

Also, there will be negative marking in both the phases and your score in the mains exam will ensure your selection. Merely qualifying for the exam won’t prove useful in mains.

IBPS CLERK STUDY MATERIAL

After getting a fair idea about the exam pattern, the next step is to start preparing and that will need good study material. Though this is a digital era and every student prefers studying online, but there is always a need for books that you can refer to at any point of time, as and when required. Therefore, we are providing a list of books that may prove quite beneficial in your preparation and will help to give you an edge against other candidates.

Besides opting for good books, you can ace your exam preparation by going online for few hours and practicing mock tests, and watching some helpful YouTube videos. Practice mock tests for IBPS.

IBPS CLERK BOOKS FOR QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

NAME OF THE BOOKNAME OF THE AUTHOR/Publication
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive ExamsR.S.Aggarwal
Quantitative Aptitude TestN.K.Singh
Magical Book on Quicker MathsM. Tyra

 IBPS CLERK BOOKS FOR REASONING ABILITY

NAME OF THE BOOKNAME OF THE AUTHOR/Publication
Bank Clerk Preliminary ExaminationArihant
Test of ReasoningEdgar Thorpe
A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal ReasoningR.S.Aggarwal

 IBPS CLERK BOOKS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE

NAME OF THE BOOKNAME OF THE AUTHOR/Publication
High School English Grammar and CompositionWren& Martin
Objective EnglishEdgar Thorpe
Word Power Made EasyNorman Lewis
Essential Grammar in Use (3rd edition)Raymond Murphy

 IBPS CLERK BOOKS FOR COMPUTER APTITUDE

NAME OF THE BOOKNAME OF THE AUTHOR/Publication
Computer AwarenessArihant

 IBPS CLERK BOOKS FOR GENERAL AWARENESS

NAME OF THE BOOKNAME OF THE AUTHOR/Publication
Lucent’s General Knowledge (4th edition)Lucent
The Pearson General Knowledge ManualEdgar Thorpe
Pratiyogita Darpan 
Banking AwarenessJaved Siddiqui

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YASHI
5 years ago

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