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📘 IBPS PO & Clerk Exam: Overview
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts exams for:
Probationary Officers (PO)
Clerical Cadre (Clerk)
Both exams include:
Prelims
Mains
(Interview only for PO)
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📝 Exam Pattern
🔹 IBPS PO / Clerk Prelims
Section Questions Marks Time
English Language 30 30 20 min
Quantitative Aptitude 35 35 20 min
Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 min
Total 100 100 60 min
🔹 IBPS PO / Clerk Mains
Section Questions Marks Time
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude 45 60 60 min
General/Economy/Banking Awareness 40 40 35 min
English Language 35 40 40 min
Data Analysis & Interpretation (PO) / Quantitative Aptitude (Clerk) 35 60 45 min
Descriptive (PO only) – Essay & Letter 2 25 30 min
Total (PO) 157 + 2 225 3 hr 30 min
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📚 Preparation Strategy
1. 📖 Understand the Syllabus
Quant: Simplification, Data Interpretation, Number Series, Mensuration
Reasoning: Puzzles, Seating Arrangement, Blood Relations, Coding-Decoding
English: Cloze test, Reading Comprehension, Error spotting
General Awareness: Banking Terms, Current Affairs, Static GK
Computer (for PO): Basics of hardware, software, MS Office, Internet
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2. 🗓️ Daily Study Plan (Sample)
Time Slot Task
6:00 AM – 7:00 AM Current Affairs + GK
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM English Practice
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Quantitative Aptitude
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Reasoning Practice
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Mock Test / Sectional Test
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📘 Books to Refer
Subject Best Books
Quantitative Aptitude R.S. Aggarwal, Arun Sharma
Reasoning R.S. Aggarwal, M.K. Pandey
English Wren & Martin, Word Power Made Easy
GK/Banking Lucent GK, Banking Awareness by Arihant
Computer Objective Computer Awareness – Arihant
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💡 Tips to Crack IBPS PO & Clerk
1. ✅ Practice daily mock tests.
2. ✅ Analyze mock test results and focus on weak areas.
3. ✅ Stay updated with banking and current affairs.
4. ✅ Focus more on accuracy & speed.
5. ✅ Solve previous years' papers.
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