IBPS SO Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2021: IBPS SO 2021 Prelims exams will be held on 26^th December 2021 for the recruitment of 1,828 Specialist Officers (SO) under CRP SPL-XI  drive. Check here IBPS SO 2021 Exam Pattern and Syllabus, Admit Card, Exam Date for the Prelims and Mains exams.

IBPS SO 2021 Syllabus & Exam Pattern: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will be conducting the IBPS SO 2021 Prelims on 26^th December 2021. The IBPS PO 2021 Mains will be held on 30^th January 2022 for the recruitment of 1,828 personnel in Specialist Officers’ (SO) cadre posts (Scale-I) across 11 participating Public Sector Banks during the CRP SPL-XI Recruitment Drive. The posts include IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer. The IBPS SO 2021 will be conducted in two phases – Online Preliminary and Online Main exams. Shortlisted candidates in the Online Main exam will be called for an Interview. In this article, we share the latest Exam Pattern and Syllabus of the IBPS SO 2021 (Prelims and Mains).

IBPS SO 2021 Admit Card – Download Link 

IBPS SO 2021: Important Dates

IBPS SO 2021 Notification – Download PDF

IBPS SO 2021 Exam Pattern: Prelims & Mains

The IBPS SO 2021 Recruitment Process consists of two phases – Online Preliminary and Online Mains exam. The shortlisted candidates in the IBPS SO 2021 Mains exam will be called for the Interview round. The IBPS SO 2021 Prelims exam will be conducted in online mode (post-wise). It will consist of 150 Objective Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). Each section will be allotted 40 minutes. The medium of exam for Reasoning and General Awareness (with Special Reference to Banking Industry) will be English & Hindi. The paper for the English Language will be conducted in English only.

IBPS SO 2021 Prelims

For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari

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

IBPS SO 2021 Mains

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

For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari

NOTE: Candidates have to qualify each section by securing minimum cut-off marks in the Prelims and Mains that will be decided by IBPS. An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main exams.

There will be a penalty for each wrong answer. 1/4^th or 0.25 of the marks assigned to a question will be deducted to arrive at a final score. If a question is left blank, no marks will be deducted.

IBPS SO 2021 Syllabus

IBPS SO 2021 Prelims Syllabus

IBPS SO 2021 Mains Syllabus

IBPS SO 2021 Interview

The IBPS SO 2021 will be conducted in two phases – Online Preliminary and Online Main exams. Shortlisted candidates in the Online Main exam will be called for an Interview. Interviews will be conducted by the Participating Banks and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each State/ UT. The tentative date for the Interviews is February/March 2022. Each candidate will have to secure the minimum score in the Online Mains exam and also obtain sufficiently high scores overall to be considered for the Interview.

IBPS SO 2021 Interview: Marking

The total marks allotted for the Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in the interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWBD candidates). The weightage (ratio) of Online Main Examination and interview will be 80:20 respectively. The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of total scores obtained by the candidates in the Online Main Examination of CRP- SPL-XI and Interview.

NOTE: Marks obtained in the Online Main exam only will be considered for shortlisting for the interview and also for final merit listing.

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