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IBPS SO notification will be released soon by the Institute of Banking personnel selection. We need to prepare for that earlier as the only complete strategy can lead us to succeed in the exam. Here we are going to discuss the complete syllabus and strategy for IBPS SO Quantitative Aptitude. The quantitative section is a very important section of this exam as its weightage is quite high so we need to focus on this section equally as others. Quantitative aptitude is in the syllabus of Specialist Officers (Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer, IT Officer Scale I in the prelims Exam.

Exam Pattern of IBPS SO Prelims:

Here you can check the exam pattern of the IBPS SO exam. As it’s a Specialist Officer exam the pattern is different for different Posts. IBPS SO Prelims pattern for the exam is shown below:

For Specialist Officers (Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer, IT Officer Scale I

Serial No	Section	No. of Questions	Total Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning	50	50	40 minutes
2.	English Language	50	25	40 minutes
3.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	40 minutes
Total		150	125	160 minutes

IBPS SO Prelims pattern for the post of law officer & Rajsabha Adhikari:

Serial No	Section	No. of Questions	Total Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning	50	50	40 minutes
2.	English Language	50	25	40 minutes
3.	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	50	50	40 minutes
	Total	150	125	160 minutes

IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern:

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

Name of Test	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
Professional Knowledge	60	60	English & Hindi	45 minutes

For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari:

Name of Test	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
Professional Knowledge(Objective)	45	60	English & Hindi	30 minutes
Professional Knowledge(Descriptive)	2		English & Hindi	30 minutes

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IBPS SO Interview Process:

After successfully qualifying the IBPS SO Mains Exam candidate will get the chance to appear for the interview process. Based on the candidate’s performance in the interview total weightage will be formed and then he/ she will be finally selected in IBPS SO Exam.

IBPS SO Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus:

IBPS SO Quantitative Aptitude is a very important section of the IBPS SO exam. Here we are discussing the complete syllabus of IBPS SO Quantitative aptitude:

Simplification, Approximation

Number system

Profit & Loss

Mixture and allegation

Simple & Compound Interest

Surds and Indices

Time & Work

Time & Distance

Mensuration

Data Interpretation

Ratio & Proportion

Percentage

Number Series

Permutation & combination

Probability

Data Sufficiency

Average

Quadratic equations & Inequalities

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Strategy how to Qualify IBPS SO Quantitative Aptitude:

The IBPS SO Quantitative Aptitude section is such as which you need a complete and consistent practice. It contains 50 questions if you correctly attempted you will score 100% what you have attempted. . In the IBPS SO exam, the quant section contains three levels of question easy, moderate, and difficult. In an exam it is not important to solve all the questions, what is important is, how smartly you choose the questions and solve them accurately in a limited period. Here are some tips on how to score well in the IBPS SO Quantitative aptitude:

First, you have to clear in the basic concept of a particular topic.
Learn table up to 30, Squares up to 50, cubes up to 20. Prepare it to chapter wise attempt quizzes and then go for mock tests daily.
Do a proper analysis of your performance in the mock test, find the weak areas, and give extra time to these topics.
You have to choose wisely what to attempt first, choosing difficult questions first is not a wise choice because you have limited time, this will only possible through the mock test.
Try to attempt first IBPS SO Quantitative aptitude questions from number system, approximation, Data interpretation, quadratic equation, and then go for arithmetic problems.
Increase your calculation power, for this, you have to choose the right strategy. You go to our website for strategy.
Do practice the arithmetic part of IBPS SO Quantitative aptitude properly as now you will get Data interpretation questions on these topics.