IBPS Specialist Officer (SO)

 

ibps so exam entrance coaching and test seriesIBPS Specialist Officer (SO) Exam

Every year the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection holds the IBPS SO cadre in multiple Public Sector Banks. This is called the Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for selection of personnel in Specialist Officers’.     Online Classes

Sr. No

Posts

01 I.T. Officer (Scale-I)
02 Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
03 Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
04 Law Officer (Scale I)
05 HR Personnel Officer (Scale I)
06 Marketing Officer (Scale I)

IBPS SO Eligibility

Age: Minimum age is 20 years and maximum age is 30 years

Education:

Name of the Post

Educational Qualifications

I.T. Officer (Scale-I) a) 4-year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics &

Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation

OR

b) Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & Tele Communication/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Computer Applications

OR

Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level

Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) 4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry. / Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry/Forestry/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Food Science/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level OR

Post graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level.

Law Officer (Scale I) A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council
HR/Personn el Officer (Scale I) Graduate and Two Years Full time Post Graduate degree or Two Years Full time Post Graduate diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ HR / HRD/ Social Work / Labour Law.
Marketing Officer (Scale I) Graduate and Two Years Full time MMS (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time MBA (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing

For posts other than IT Officer Scale I: Candidates should have Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer operations/Language/ should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/College/Institute.

IBPS SO Examination

CRP (Common Recruitment Process)–Online Examinations

 

a. IBPS SO Preliminary Examination


in English and Hindi

For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari

Name of Tests No. of Qs Max. Marks Duration
English Language 50 25 40 minutes
Reasoning 50 50 40 minutes
General Awareness + Banking Industry 50 50 40 minutes
Total 150 125 120 minutes

 

For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

Name of Tests No. of Qs. Max. Marks Duration
English Language 50 25 40 minutes
Reasoning 50 50 40 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 40 minutes
Total 150 125 120 minutes

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS.

 

b. IBPS SO 2020 Mains Exam

For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

Name of the Test No. of Qs. Max. Marks Duration
Professional Knowledge 60 60 45 minutes

 

For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari

Name of the Test No. of Qs. Max. Marks Duration
Professional Knowledge (Objective) 45 60 30 minutes
Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) 2 30 minutes
  Total   60 minutes

Negative Marking (both –Online Preliminary and Online Main examinations)

-0.25 for every wrong answer

 

IBPS Syllabus

IBPS SO prelims syllabus is identical to IBPS PO except for focus on Banking awareness

  1. Credit and monetary policies (Recent),
  2. Currency and Capital, Awards and Honors
  3. Financial Committees
  4. Markets
  5. Regulators for Financial Sector
  6. Indian Economy,
  7. Monetary Policy
  8.  International and national Matters,
  9. National Income and expenditure
  10. Overview of Indian Financial System Current Affairs,
  11. RBI and its Functions
  12. Recent Banking Updates
  13. World Financial Institutions

 

c. IBPS SO 2020 Interview

Marks for Interview = 100. The minimum qualifying marks in interview = 40%

The weightage (ratio) of Online Main Examination and interview will be 80:20respectively.

The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of total scores.

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