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Exam Pattern

Before you begin your preparation for Indian Bank SO 2024, it's very important that you are aware of the Indian Bank SO selection process 2024. Bank has clearly stated that depending upon the number of applicants, the bank will decide the Indian Bank SO exam pattern. The exam pattern of Indian Bank SO 2024 is mentioned in the recruitment notification of the Indian Bank Specialist Officer. The Indian Bank SO exam pattern is mentioned below.

  • Shortlisting of applications followed by interview or 
  • Written / Online Test followed by Interview 

Let's get more detail on this from the content below.

Online Exam 

Indian Bank SO 2024 is an Online Exam consisting of three sections - Professional Knowledge (Respective Domain), English Language and General Awareness. Each section has a different number of questions and marks weightage. Further details on the Indian Bank SO exam pattern 2024 are given below.

SectionNo. of QuestionsMarksDuration
Professional Knowledge (Respective Domain) 60 60 2 Hours
English Language 20 20
General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry 20 20
Total 100 100 2 Hours
Interview   100  

Interview 

If you clear the Indian Bank SO online exam you will be called for an Interview. The number of candidates that will be called for the Indian Bank Specialist Officer interview will be 3 times the number of vacancies reserved for the general category and 5 times in the case of the reserved category. The Indian Bank SO Interview will be 100 marks. The final merit list for Indian Bank SO 2023 will be prepared by taking into consideration the online test score and interview marks in the ratio of 80:20. The minimum qualifying marks that need to be scored by a candidate in an Online Test and Interview is 40% for Unreserved category / EWS and 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWBD categories. 

Note: If selection is done by shortlisting of applications followed by an Interview then the Interview will have 100% weightage and final merit will be decided on basis of Interview marks.

Marking Scheme

Like any other banking exam, Indian Bank SO too has a negative marking. Further details regarding the Indian Bank SO marking scheme are mentioned below.

Indian Bank SO 2024 Marking Scheme

Marking SchemeConsidered Marks
For correct answers 1 mark
For wrong answers -1/4 marks
For not attempted 0 (no marks)

Exam Language

No such information about the language in which Indian Bank SO 2023 exam will be conducted has been provided in the official Indian Bank SO recruitment.

Free Mock Test

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FAQs

No such information on the sectional cutoff merit list has been mentioned in the Indian Bank SO notification. But you need to clear the cutoff as decided by bank to reach the next stage
In such case merit will be prepared by taking into account candidate DOB. Older candidates will be placed higher in the Indian Bank SO 2022 merit list.
There is no such sectional time limit in the Indian Bank SO recruitment exam. You have overall time limit of 2 hours.
Yes compensatory time will be given to such candidates in the Indian Bank SO exam 2022.
The Indian Bank SO Credit Officer Exam will be conducted in 2 phases- Shortlisting of applications followed by interview or Written/Online Test followed by Interview. Bank has clearly stated that depending upon the number of applicants, the bank will decide the Indian Bank SO exam pattern.
The Indian Bank SO Credit Officer exam will be in online mode.
Yes, the Indian Bank SO Online Test will carry a negative marking of 1/4th marks for wrong answers.
No such information on the sectional cutoff merit list has been mentioned in the Indian Bank SO notification. But you need to clear the cutoff as decided by the bank to reach the next stage.
In such cases merit will be prepared by taking into account the candidate's DOB. Older candidates will be placed higher in the Indian Bank SO 2023 merit list.
There is no such sectional time limit in the Indian Bank SO recruitment exam. You will have an overall time limit of 2 hours.

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