The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection or the IBPS conducts the CRP Clerical Examination (IBPS CLERK) for the recruitment of suitable candidates for the post of Clerk in various participating banks. The post of the Clerk is one of the lower ranks in the management ladder but the first point of contact for the customer.
The clerk is responsible for all customer dealings from account handling to loans to cash handling or data entry. The clerical post is an important one from the viewpoint of the customer. Once getting selected through IBPS CLEK and getting recruited, the candidate would be responsible for carrying out all of the above tasks and more.
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The IBPS Clerk examination is conducted annually, over a period of seven months. The candidate must undergo the following stages to be recruited provisionally as a Clerk in one of the participating banks:
A candidate has to clear the IBPS CLERK Prelims and IBPS CLERK Mains examinations with high merit to be shortlisted for Provisional Allotment as a Clerk in the Participating Banks.
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IBPS Clerk Important Dates | |
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Event |
Tentative Date |
IBPS CLERK 2019 Official Notification |
12th September 2019 |
Online registration Process |
17th September 2019 to 9th October 2019 |
Online Payment of fees |
17th September to 9th October 2019 |
Admit Card for Preliminary Exam |
November 2019 |
IBPS CLERK 2019 Preliminary Examination |
07th, 08th, 14th and 21st December 2019 |
IBPS CLERK 2019 Preliminary Examination Result |
January 2020 |
Admit Card for IBPS CLERK 2019 MainsExam |
January 2020 |
IBPS CLERK 2019 Main Examination |
19th January 2020 |
IBPS CLERK 2019 Mains Examination Result |
February or March 2020 |
Provisional Allotment |
April 2020 |
There were 19 Participating Banks as per the official notification of IBPS Clerk 2018. The list of Banks is as follows:
IBPS Clerk 2019 Participating Banks |
Allahabad Bank |
Andhra Bank |
Bank of Baroda |
Bank of India |
Bank of Maharashtra |
Canara Bank |
Central Bank of India |
Corporation Bank |
Indian Bank |
Indian Overseas Bank |
Oriental Bank of Commerce |
Punjab National Bank |
Punjab & Sind Bank |
Syndicate Bank |
UCO Bank |
Union Bank of India |
United Bank of India |
As per the official notification of 2019, there were 12075 vacancies for the post of Clerk in the participating banks. The State-wise bifurcation of the same has been provided below:
IBPS Clerk 2019 Vacancies | |
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State |
Vacancy |
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
0 |
Andhra Pradesh |
777 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
11 |
Assam |
189 |
Bihar |
295 |
Chandigarh |
64 |
Chhattisgarh |
174 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
4 |
Daman & Diu |
2 |
Delhi |
525 |
Goa |
67 |
Gujarat |
600 |
Haryana |
328 |
Himachal Pradesh |
129 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
63 |
Jharkhand |
141 |
Karnataka |
953 |
Kerala |
349 |
Lakshadweep |
1 |
Madhya Pradesh |
440 |
Maharashtra |
1257 |
Manipur |
11 |
Meghalaya |
7 |
Mizoram |
9 |
Nagaland |
11 |
Odhisha |
417 |
Puducherry |
44 |
Punjab |
634 |
Rajasthan |
325 |
Sikkim |
23 |
Tamil Nadu |
1379 |
Telangana |
612 |
Tripura |
53 |
Uttar Pradesh |
1203 |
Uttarakhand |
117 |
West Bengal |
847 |
Total |
12075 |
The online application process usually begins within 2-3 days of the release of the official notification and continues for about 20-25 days as decided by IBPS.
The application can only be filled online through the IBPS website; there are no other means to apply for the IBPS Clerk Examination.
The basic steps to apply for the IBPS Clerk Exam are:
The candidates willing to apply for the IBPS Clerk Examination should meet the below basic Eligibility Criteria:
For a detailed description of the Eligibility Criteria, Click here!
The Admit Card for the IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam and the IBPS Clerk Main Exam are issued separately 10-15 days before the date of the examination. The candidate can download and print this important piece of paper through the Admit Card portal accessible through the IBPS website.
Steps to download the Admit Card are:
Candidates should check the details as displayed on the Admit Card for any discrepancy, and contact the concerned authorities if any is found.
An original photo ID proof along with one photocopy should be kept handy, to be taken along with the Admit Card to the Examination Hall.
The candidates are requested to keep visiting this space for regular updates on the release of Admit Card at each stage.
The result for each stage is declared separately after the exam is conducted. The result is declared either in the downloadable PDF format or made available online.
If the result is declared in the PDF format, Registration/Roll numbers of the candidates who have qualified for the next stage are mentioned. Candidates can search for their Registration/Roll number in the list.
The result if declared online would contain the details of the candidate, the marks scored and the rank in the merit list (if mentioned).
The cut-off knowledge at each stage is important for the candidate to know where s/he stands in terms of merit and how much more hard work has to go into the next stage.
There is a State-wise as well as Category-wise Cut-off for both IBPS Clerk Prelims and IBPS Clerk Mains. The candidate is required to clear both the cut-offs in order to qualify for the next stage.
IBPS Clerk 2018 Prelims Cut-off Category-wise
Category |
Name of the section |
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English Language |
Reasoning Ability |
Numerical Ability |
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General |
9.75 |
10.75 |
11.75 |
SC/ST/OBC |
6.75 |
6.25 |
8 |
IBPS Clerk 2018 Mains Cut-off Category-wise
Category |
Name of the section |
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English Language |
Reasoning Ability &Computer Aptitude |
Quantitative Aptitude |
General/Financial Awareness |
|
General |
12.5 |
17.75 |
15.5 |
10.25 |
SC/ST/OBC |
9.25 |
14.5 |
12.75 |
6.5 |
Both the Prelims and the Main Examinations of IBPS Clerk are Online Examinations with Multiple Choice Questions.
The exam pattern of IBPS Clerk Prelims is as follows:
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern | |||
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Subject |
Number of Questions |
Marks |
Duration (in minutes) |
English Language |
30 |
30 |
20 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
35 |
20 |
Total |
100 |
100 |
60 |
The exam pattern of IBPS Clerk Mains is as follows:
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern | |||
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Subject |
Number of Questions |
Marks |
Duration (in minutes) |
Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude |
50 |
60 |
45 |
General Awareness |
50 |
50 |
35 |
English Language |
40 |
40 |
35 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
50 |
45 |
Total: |
190 |
200 |
160 |
On successfully clearing the IBPS Clerk Mains examination, the candidate is provisionally allotted to ONE of the participating Banks on the basis of merit-cum-preference.
The release of the official notification of IBPS Clerk examination signals the beginning of the Examination process, which starts with the candidate registering for the examination. Once the candidate is successfully registered, s/he becomes eligible to appear for the Preliminary Examination. The candidate should clear both the sectional as well as the overall state cut-off in order to qualify for the Main Examination. Further, the same procedure is followed after the Main Examination to shortlist candidates for Provisional Allotment.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Syllabus | ||
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NUMERICAL ABILITY |
REASONING ABILITY |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
Simplification and approximation |
Syllogism |
Reading Comprehension |
Quadratic equation |
Inequality |
Grammar
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Sequence and Series |
Puzzle on seating arrangement (linear/circular/square/parallel row) |
Vocabulary
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Profit and Loss |
Day/Month/Time based puzzle |
Verbal Ability
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Mixtures and Allegations |
Box/Floor based puzzle |
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SI and CI |
Analytical puzzle based on Alphabet and symbol sequence |
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Time and Work |
Three letter/digits pair puzzle |
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Time and Distance |
Miscellaneous puzzle (Person-city/employee etc.) |
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Ratio, Proportion and Percentage |
Blood relation |
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Average |
Distance and Direction |
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DI - Table |
Analytical Reasoning on Words/meaningful words/dictionary |
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Mensuration |
Analytical reasoning |
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problems on ages |
Coding and Decoding |
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Algebra |
The previous year's papers enable a candidate to understand the type and level of questions asked in the Examination. It also helps in practicing and preparing each section as per the exam pattern as specified by IBPS.
Going through the previous year's papers enables a candidate to know their weak areas and how much hard work has to go into which section.
Previous year memory based papers can be downloaded here.
The post of the Clerk in the bank is one of the most important posts as it is the first point of contact for the customer. A Clerk or a person in a similar post is required to handle various banking tasks and act as a Single Window Operator.
Some of the duties of a Clerk entail:
The basic salary of an IBPS Clerk is Rs.11765/- to which certain perks and allowances such as Dearness Allowance, Special Allowance, Transport Allowance, etc. are added. The gross salary of an IBPS Clerk comes out to be between Rs.20000/- to 21000/-
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