IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2018: Updated Changes in Exam Pattern

IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2018:

IBPS has released IBPS SO 2018 notification for Specialist Officers. IBPS SO Prelims will conduct on 29^th and 30^th December of this year. After that, the mains exam will conduct on 27th January. It is a wonderful opportunity for those who are eligible to apply for this notification. Bank exams are conducted by a private recruitment organization namely Institute of Personal Banking Selection (IBPS). This IBPS panel has recruited the bank employees in various positions like Clerical cadre, a Probationary officer (PO), Specialist Officer etc. Every year they used to conduct the online CBT exams in the stages of Prelims and mains. For PO and SO additionally personal interview has been conducted. After the final selection based on overall cut off, they has to released the result of merit list.

Selection process – IBPS SO 2018
Phase I	Prelims
Phase II	Mains
Phase III	Interview

 

IBPS SO Exam pattern 2018 for Prelims:

Before going to prepare for an exam every candidate should be aware of the exam pattern. Without knowing the exam pattern it will be complicated to clear the exam. So hereby we are providing you the IBPS SO exam pattern 2018 for prelims for your convenience in the following below table.

IBPS SO Exam pattern 2018 – Prelims

(Law officer & Rajsabha Adhikari)

IBPS SO exam pattern 2018 (Prelims)
Subject	No. of questions	Total Marks	Duration
General Awareness with special reference to Banking industry	50	50	40 mins
Reasoning	50	50	40 mins
English Language	50	25	40 mins
Total	150	125	120 mins

 

IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2018 – Prelims

(Marketing officer (scale I), IT officer, Agriculture Field officer and HR/Personnel officer)

Subject	No. of questions	Total Marks	Duration
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	40 mins
Reasoning Ability	50	50	40 mins
English Language	50	25	40 mins
Total	150	125	120 mins

 

Dear candidates, now you understand the IBPS SO exam pattern 2018 for prelims. So start your preparation from now on wards without getting any delay.

IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2018 – Mains

(Rajbhasa Adhikari)

Section	No of questions	Total Marks	Duration
Professional Knowledge (Objective)	45	60	30 mins
Professional Knowledge (descriptive)	2

 

IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2018 Mains

(IT officer, Law officer, HR/Personnel officer, Marketing officer & Agriculture field officer)

Section	No. of questions	Total Marks	Duration
Professional Knowledge	60	60	45 mins

 

Dear candidates, now you are having a clear idea about the IBPS SO Exam pattern 2018 for Mains exam. Kindly make use of it and get good marks.

• For every wrong answer, there will be 0.25 negative marks.
• Sectional cut off, Overall Cut off and Minimum Cut off will be desired by the IBPS panel after finishing the examination.

Personal Interview:

• Those who are clearly the Mains exam will call for the Personal Interview.
• Personal Interview is used to conduct for the selected candidates in the ratio of 3:1 means 3 candidates for every 1 vacancy.
• Mostly in interview questions should ask from their desired field.
• So candidates should prepare clearly in particular field and keep your knowledge become sharp to crack the Interview.