Selection process of Bank Clerk
All candidates fulfilling requirements
will be first called to appear in a
preliminary examination for
which prescribed time is one
hour. This test will be
conducted online and will have
questions of English language
(30 questions), numerical
ability (35 questions) and
reasoning ability (35
questions). Your composite
score will determine the merit
but scoring minimum qualifying
marks in each segment is also
a must to be eligible for the
next process.
Depending on
the number of vacancies IBPS
will determine a cut off. Those
who stand high in merit by
crossing this cut off will have to
appear in the main examination
which too shall be a computer
based online test. This test will
contain questions of General
and Financial Awareness (50
questions), General English
(40 questions), Reasoning
ability, Computer aptitude and
quantitative aptitude (50
questions). Reasoning ability
and Computer aptitude are put
under one section with 50
questions in all. For main
examination maximum
permitted time is two hours and
40 (160) minutes.
To qualify a
candidate should score
minimum prescribed score in
all the sections individually.
Minimum composite score is
also prescribed. Except for the
English part all other questions
will be available both in Hindi &
English. As both preliminary
and main examinations will
have objective type multiple
choice questions only, the
candidate has just to choose
the right answer to be marked
in answer sheet .There won't
be any need of writing
descriptive answers.
There is provision of negative
marking. For every wrong
answer the candidate will lose
¼ mark. It means if there are 4
wrong answers 1 mark will be
deducted. As such the test has
to be attempted carefully and
diligently with the objective of
maximizing your score.
Qualifying in the merit list of
preliminary examination is
critical because only then you
may appear in the main
examination. Final selection
will be on the basis of marks
scored in the final examination.
Since 2016 there are no
interviews for selection to clerical positions in public
sector banks. Thus the
complete selection process
takes less time now. Indicative
coverage under different
segments is given belowEnglish:
Questions on
comprehension, vocabulary,
grammar, verbal ability and
sentence formation are
included in this section. Under
grammar problems may relate
to tenses, articles,
prepositions, degrees of
comparison, subject-verb
agreement, conjunctions, parts
of speech, standard
construction, adverbs, etc.
English is part of both
preliminary and main
examination. The pattern
shows that difficulty level of
questions in main examination
is higher than preliminary
examination.
Bank Test (Clerk Post) Syllabus
Bank Test (Clerk Post) Syllabus
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