IBPS Clerk is an exam for clerical cadre post conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) which is an autonomous body that receives the mandate from participating banks. Clerk post is the most junior or entry-level post in a prestigious banking career.

IBPS Clerk Exam Information

IBPS Clerk Exam is directed by IBPS (Institue of Banking Personnel Selection) through a standard Common Recruitment Process (CPR). During this enrollment procedure, an incorporated test is directed for all the trying applicants. The assessment is going to be two-level for instance the net assessment is going to be held in two stages, Online Preliminary and Online Main. Up-and-comers who will qualify in Online Preliminary Examination and shortlisted should show up for Online Main Examination.

Imminent applicants should apply to IBPS after cautiously perusing the ad with respect to the procedure of assessments and temporary allocation, qualification measures, online enrollment forms, installment of recommended, application expense/hint charges, the example of assessment, issuance of call letters, and so on and guarantee that they satisfy the specified standards and follow the endorsed forms.

Significant focuses on IBPS Clerk test qualification, dates, and test design are clarified in this article. In any case, competitors should deliberately peruse promotions downloading it straightforwardly from the IBPS website.

Eligibility Criteria

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Age Relaxation

Below are maximum age relaxation:

1. Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe: Maximum age relaxation is 5 Yrs.
2. Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer): Maximum age relaxation is 3 Yrs.
3. Persons With Disabilities: Maximum age relaxation is 10 Yrs.
4. Widows, divorced women, and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried: Maximum age relaxation is 9 Yrs.
5. Persons ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989: Maximum age relaxation is 5 Yrs.
6. Persons affected by 1984 riots: Maximum age relaxation is 5 Yrs.
7. Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen: Actual period of service rendered in the defense forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years.
8. Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service (Applicable to Madhya Pradesh state only): Maximum age relaxation is 5 Yrs.

Nationality / Citizenship

A candidate must be either:

• a citizen of India or
• a subject of Nepal or
• a subject of Bhutan or
• a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
• a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India,

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose eligibility certificate has been issued in favor by the Government of India.

Educational Qualification

A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from any College or University recognized by the Govt. Of India or any proportionate capability perceived as such by the Central Government. The up-and-comer must have a substantial Mark-sheet/Degree Certificate that he/she is an alumni on the day he/she enrolls and shows the level of imprints acquired in Graduation while enrolling on the online.

Computer Literacy: Operating and working information in computer systems is mandatory i.e. candidates should have Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer tasks/Language or should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/College/Institute.

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Important Dates for IBPS Clerk

Beneath dates are of CRP-Clerks IX

Activity	Tentative Dates
On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates	17.09.2019 to 09.10.2019
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)	17.09.2019 to 09.10.2019
Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary	November 2019
Online Examination – Preliminary	07.12.2019, 08.12.2019, 14.12.2019 & 21.12.2019
Result of Online exam – Preliminary	December 2019/ January 2020
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main	January 2020
Online Examination – Main	19.01.2020
Declaration of Result – Main	December 2020
Download of call letters for interview	January 2020
Conduct of interview	January / February 2020
Provisional Allotment	April 2020

Exam Fees for IBPS Clerk

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges Payable from 17.09.2019 to 09.10.2019 (Online payment), both dates comprehensive, will be as per the following:

• Rs. 100/- (inclusive of GST) for SC/ST/PWBD/EXSM candidates.
• Rs. 600 /- (inclusive of GST) for all others
  
  Bank Transaction charges for Online Payment of application fees/ intimation charges will have to be borne by the candidate

Exam Pattern of IBPS Clerk

Below is the structure of online IBPS Clerk Prelims test:

Sr.No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Allotted
1	English Language	30	30	20 Minutes
2	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 Minutes
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 Minutes
	Total	100	100	60 Minutes

Candidates need to qualify in every one of the three tests by making sure about slice off imprints to be chosen by IBPS. A sufficient number of applicants in every class as chose by IBPS relying on prerequisites will be shortlisted for Online Main assessment. The following is the structure of online IBPS Clerk Mains test:

Sr.No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Allotted
1	General / Financial Awareness	50	50	35 Minutes
2	General English	40	40	35 Minutes
3	Reasoning Ability / Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 Minutes
4	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 Minutes
	Total	190	200	160 Minutes

The above tests aside from the Tests of English Language will be accessible bilingually, for example, English and Hindi. IBPS claims all authority to alter the structure of the assessment which will be hinted through its site. Other points by point data in regards to the assessment will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made accessible for the contender to download alongside the call letters from the approved IBPS website.

Negative Marking

Negative marks for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and Online Main Examination). There will be negative marks for wrong answers set apart in the Objective Tests. For each question for which an off-base answer has been given by the competitor one fourth or 0.25 of the imprints doled out to that question will be deducted as punishment to show up at remedied score. On the off chance that an inquiry is left clear, for example, no answer is set apart by the applicant, there will be no punishment for that question.

Final Cut-off Score

Every competitor will be required to get a base score in each trial of the Online Main Examination and furthermore a base all out score to be considered for an additional procedure. Contingent upon the quantity of the State/UT shrewd opening accessible, shorts will be chosen and competitors will be considered for temporary allocation. Before the culmination of temporary assignment process scores got in the Online Main Examination won’t be imparted to the applicants. MARKS OBTAINED BY CANDIDATES IN ONLINE MAIN EXAMINATION WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED FOR FINAL MERIT LISTING.

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