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IBPS Exam Pattern

IBPS Clerk

IBPS Clerk Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021

Syllabus

IBPS has released the IBPS Clerk 2021 Exam Pattern and Syllabus along with its official notification. You can check the updated IBPS Clerk syllabus & exam pattern in this post below. IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2021 is very much same as any other Bank Exam. The major three sections on which a candidate needs complete command to ace IBPS Clerk 2021 Preliminary Exam are:

  • Reasoning
  • Quantitative aptitude
  • English Language

When a candidate clears the Preliminary Exam, he/she must start preparing for the Mains Exam. The Mains Examination of IBPS Clerk exam 2021 consists of 4 sections which are mentioned below:

  • Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude
  • Quantitative aptitude
  • English Language
  • General/ Financial Awarness

A candidate must look into the previous years’ papers or follow Maruthi School of Banking Online test Series to know the weightage of the sub-topics asked in each section of both preliminary and mains exam of IBPS Clerk 2021. Let’s have a look at the Exam Pattern for IBPS Clerk 2021 Exam:

Exam Pattern

Preliminary Exam

Major changes have been observed in the Exam Pattern of IBPS Clerk 2021 Prelims Exam. The IBPS Clerk preliminary examination is conducted online and candidates are allocated total duration of 1 hour (20 minutes for each section) to complete the preliminary exam.
Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main examination.

S.No Name of Test(objective) No of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
1 English Language 30 30 20 minutes
2 Numerical Ability 35 35 20 minutes
3 Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 minutes
  Total 100 100 1 Hour

Main Exam

In the latest update by IBPS, IBPS Clerk Mains Exam will now constitute of 190 questions that needs to be completed in a time frame of 160 minutes.
Previously, Computer Aptitude and Reasoning Ability Section used to be conducted separately. But, in the recent update by IBPS, both these sections are amalgamated together and will constitute of 50 questions that needs to be solved in time duration of 45 minutes. Both Preliminary Exam and Mains Exam will be conducted bilingually, i.e. both in English and in Hindi. Let’s have a look at the Exam Pattern for IBPS Clerk CWE VII.

S.No Name of Test(objective) No of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
1 Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude 50 60 45 minutes
2 Numerical Ability 40 40 35minutes
3 Reasoning Ability 50 50 45 minutes
4 General / Financial Awarness 50 50 35 minutes
 Total 190 200 160 minutes