IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2021 - Check Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk Syllabus, Exam Pattern - IBPS conducts clerk recruitment in India every year. This year also, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection is going to conduct clerks online written examination in December 2018. Large number of candidates appears for this test every time it is organized but only a few are able to qualify it. However, most of the aspirants tries their best in this exam to qualify this test. Here, you can check IBPS Clerk Exam Syllabus 2021. Also you can see the exam pattern to get fully familiar with IBPS clerk exam.
IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2021
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The detailed exam pattern and syllabus is given below.IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2021
IBPS Clerk have Pre & main written exams.
IBPS Clerk Main exam paper consists of five sections i.e. Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English, Computer Knowledge, General Awareness with special reference to banking industry.
The Online CWE for clerks consists of 5 sections. The test will be carried out online. A computer will be provided to appeared candi. and questions will appear on the screen of that computer. There will be 200 questions that will be asked and their answer is to be given in 160 minutes with separate timings for each section. 5 options will be given on the screen and candidates can select one answer.
Negative Marking: There is a penalty for giving wrong answer in IBPS Clerk exam. 0.25 marks out of 1 mark question will be reduced from candidate’s marks if any wrong answer has been given.
IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern & Syllabus 2021:
It is as per official notice that IBPS Clerk Pre exam will be of 1 hour duration. The number of questions asked will be 100 from the basic sections of this exam given below. The difficulty level of these questions will be of easy to moderate while that of Main exam would be high. The syllabus of this section will be same as that of mains. Only the difficulty level varies.
| IBPS Clerk Pre Exam | ||||
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests | No. of questions | Max. Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English language | 30 | 30 | 1 hours |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 | ||
The syllabus of these sections is provided below.
IBPS Clerk Main Exam: IBPS Clerk Main exam paper consists of five sections i.e. Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English, Computer Knowledge, General Awareness with special reference to banking industry.
The Online CWE for clerks consists of 5 sections. The test will be carried out online. A computer will be provided to appeared candi. and questions will appear on the screen of that computer. There will be 200 questions that will be asked and their answer is to be given in 160 minutes with separate timings for each section. 5 options will be given on the screen and candidates can select one answer.
| IBPS Clerk Main Exam | ||||
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests | No. of questions | Max. Marks | Duration (Minutes) |
| 1 | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 |
| 2 | General English | 40 | 40 | 35 |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 |
| 4 | General / Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 | |
IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2021 for Pre & main exam
1. Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude:
Computer Aptitude: Basic computer fundamentals, History and Future of Computers, Computer abreviation, Microsoft-office, Basic knowledge of Internet use, Shortcut keys, Basic Software & Hardware and their functionalities, History and Future of Computers, Networking, etc.
2. Quantitative Aptitude Section:-
3. General English Section:-
- Spotting errors
- Fill in the blank Cloze Test
- Idioms & Phrases
- Synonyms and antonyms
- Reconstruction of sentence & passage
- One word substitution
- Phrase substitution
- Jumbled up sentences
- Double blanks in a sentence
- Commonly misspelled words
- Comprehension passages
4. General / Financial Awareness
Abbreviations / full forms, Important days / dates, Currency and capital, Ministers and their departments, Indian Economy, International Economy, Budget, Census, Ministers and their ministry, important persons, head of the organizations, tag lines, Important days / dates, ministers and their departments, world countries and their capital and currencies, UNO, Marketing, Awards & Honors, Sports, Finance, Agriculture etc. History of Banking, current affairs of last 6 months, countries/currencies, Books & Their Authors, Banking Terms, RBI, Fiscal Monetary Policies etc., Social Function of Banks
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Tips on how to qualify for IBPS Clerk Exam:
1. There are a few things you need, to prepare better.
These are: IBPS Clerk Syllabus & Exam pattern, Cut off marks, Time Management, Knowledge of Important Topics / Questions / Exam Analysis, Books
2. In the online exam, always start from a section which is your strength. Then move on to the tougher sections. Divide the time slot for each section and each question of the exam according to their toughness and easiness.but it should be done before the exam.These are: IBPS Clerk Syllabus & Exam pattern, Cut off marks, Time Management, Knowledge of Important Topics / Questions / Exam Analysis, Books
3. Always do the easy questions first in any section you are.
4. Always prepare to the maximum.
5. Never stuck on any question. If you are not able to give a question's answer within its time slot as decided by you, then move on to the next one.
6. Do as many questions as you can answer correctly. If you are confused about a question's answer, leave it.
7. Stay calm while solving paper.
8. Always make a plan of how you will solve your paper on the examination date before the exam.
9. Time management is the key to solve maximum no. of questions.
10. Make shortcuts of mathematical problems for the exam and apply those shortcuts in the exam to solve quickly.
