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IBPS PO Exam: The Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection conducts IBPS PO Exam to recruit eligible and interested candidates for the post Probationary Officers. Candidates aspiring to appear for this exam must know all the information related to the exam such as eligibility criteria, syllabus, salary and so on. Knowing these details will help you understand the exam and post better. This article will cover the IBPS PO Exam in detail including important dates, notification, eligibility, syllabus, and so on. If you are preparing for IBPS PO Exam and are looking for expert guidance, then join now: IBPS PO (PRE + MAIN) Complete Batch.

 

Banking jobs are the most sought-after careers in India. The banking industry comprises private and public banks. The recruitment into public sector banks at the Probationary Officers/Management Trainee (PO/MT) is the mandate of the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS). IBPS caters to the needs of 11 public sectors banks. The IBPS PO exam is conducted in three stages- Preliminary, mains, and interview.  The candidates once selected have a lucrative and rewarding career. The various banks under which they can be recruited are:

1. Punjab National Bank
2. Union Bank of India
3. Bank of India
4. Indian Bank
5. Canara Bank
6. Indian Overseas Bank
7. Central Bank of India
8. UCO Bank
9. Bank of Baroda
10. Punjab & Sind Bank
11.Bank of Maharashtra


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IBPS PO 2022: Highlights

Exam Name	IBPS PO
Purpose of Exam	Recruitment of Probationary Officers/Management Trainees in Participating Organizations
Conducting Body	Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
Exam Level	National
Exam Frequency	Once a year
Exam Mode	Online – Objective type
Stages of Exam	Prelims, Mains and Interview
Exam Duration	Prelims-One hour (60 minutes) Mains-3 hours 30 minutes
Language	English
Official Website	https://www.ibps.in/

 

IBPS PO 2022 Notification 

IBPS PO Notification 2022 PDF will be released by IBPS at the official website of IBPS www.ibps.in in August/September 2022 for the recruitment of Probability Officers (PO) in different public sector banks. The expected vacancy for the year 2021 are around 3500. The application process will commence in online mode once the notification for the exam is out.
   

IBPS PO 2022 Exam Date

Important dates regarding IBPS PO Exam are as follows:

Events	Date
IBPS PO Notification	1  August 2022
Online Registration Process	02/08/2022 to 22/08/2022
IBPS PO Prelims Admit Card	September 2022
IBPS PO 2022 Preliminary Exam Date	October 2022
IBPS PO Prelims Result	November 2022
IBPS PO Prelims Score Card	November 2022
IBPS PO Mains Admit Card	November 2022
IBPS PO Mains Exam Date 2022	November 2022
IBPS PO Mains Result	December 2022
IBPS PO Mains Score Card	December 2022
IBPS PO Interview Call Letter	January/February 2023
Conduct of Interview	January/February 2023
IBPS PO 2022 Provisional Allotment	April 2023

 

IBPS PO 2022 Vacancy Details

A total number of 6432 vacancies will be filled for PO Trainee posts in 6 Public Sector Banks. 

IBPS PO 2021 Vacancies

Participating Bank	Number of Vacancies
Bank of India	535
Canara Bank	2500
Punjab National Bank	500
Punjab & Sind Bank	253
UCO Bank	550
Union Bank of India	2094
Total	6432

 

IBPS PO 2022 Application Process

IBPS PO 2022 registration process will begin once the recruitment notification is out. As per the guidelines, the candidates must use Mozilla FireFox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 3.0 and above for a smooth application process. The application process is completely online, the candidates should ensure they have the following things ready beforehand.

• A valid Email Id
• Photograph and Signature scanned in the prescribed size
• Debit/credit card details for online transaction

 

IBPS PO Application Fee

The interested candidates are required to deposit a fee after the completion of the application process. Without the application fee, the candidate’s application is not accepted by IBPS. The fee is taken to manage expenditure incurred in conducting the exam, it also serves the purpose of deterring nonserious aspirants to apply for the exam. The fee needed to be paid is as follows:

Category	Application Fee
SC/ST/PWD	Rs.175/- (Intimation Charges only)
General and Others	Rs. 850/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

 

IBPS PO 2022 Eligibility Criteria

The official notification contains details on eligibility criteria. The eligibility criteria is based on nationality, age limit, educational qualification etc. There are various relaxations as per the official rules. The eligibility is mentioned below.

Nationality	Must be a citizen of India
Age limit	21 to 30 years
Educational Qualification	Graduation form a recognized University.

The details are as follows:

Nationality

A candidate applying must be one of the following:

1. Citizen of India
2. Subject of Nepal or Bhutan
3. Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanent settlement
4. Person of Indian Origin (PIO) who has migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam or East African countries of Zaire,Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, with the intention of permanent settlement in India

Age Limit

Candidates should be between 20 to 30 years of age to be eligible for IBPS PO Exam. The details of age relaxation are as follows:

Category	Age Relaxation
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST)	5 years
Other Backward Classes (OBC Non-Creamy Layer)	3 years
Persons with Disabilities (PWD)	10 years
Ex-Servicemen (Army personnel)	5 years
Widows/Divorced Women	9 years
Persons with Domicile of Jammu &Kashmir during the period of 1-1-1980 to 31-12-1989	5 years
Persons affected by 1984 riots	5 years
Regular Employees of Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service(for MP state Only)	5 years

 

Educational Qualification

The eligibility criteria for the IBPS PO exam is as basic as a graduation degree (BA, BCom, BSc, B.Tech or as such) in any discipline from a recognized university. 
 

IBPS PO 2022 Recruitment Process

The recruitment process begins with the official notification. The next stage is the application process. The candidates whose application is accepted receive an online admit card for the 1 st stage of 3 stage recruitment process. The recruitment process consists of a Preliminary Stage, followed by the mains exam and interview process. The candidates have to qualify the previous stage to reach the next. The finally selected candidates after the interview round are given provisional recruitment by the IBPS.

The stages are as follows:

IBPS Preliminary Examination

An adequate number of candidates in each category are shortlisted by IBPS depending upon the number of vacancies and facilities for the main exam. The result of prelims is declared within a month of the prelims. The examination pattern for prelims is as follows:

• The total duration of 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• There are three sections in the exam.
• The sections are Math, Reasoning, and English.
• Each section has a fixed time.
• There is a penalty for the wrong answers.

The exam pattern and marking scheme is illustrated below.

S.No.	Name of Tests(Objective	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
2	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes

 
It is important to note that besides the overall cut off there is a sectional cut off too. Candidates must score at least 10 marks in each section in order to be eligible for the mains exam.

IBPS PO Mains Examination

The candidates who are successful in the preliminary stage have to appear for the mains exam. The mains exam is essential for getting a call for an interview round. The final merit list is made based on the score in the mains exam. The details of the mains exam pattern are as follows.

• The exam has 5 sections in total.
• The duration of the exam is 1 Hour 20 minutes.
• The sections are to be attempted infixed time.
• There is a penalty for wrong answers.
• Like the preliminary stage, there is a sectional cut-off.
• There is a subjective section for essay writing as well.

The exam breakup is as follows:

S.No.	Name of Tests(Objective	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45	60	60 minutes
2	English Language	35	40	40 minutes
3	Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	60	45 minutes
4	General Economy & Banking Awareness	40	40	35 minutes
Total		155	200	3 Hours
5	English Language (Letter Writing & Essay)	2	25	30 minutes

  
Candidates must qualify the sectional as well as an overall cutoff in the main exam to be eligible for an interview.
 

IBPS PO Interview

The interview will be conducted by the participating banks and their nodal branches. The candidates 3 times the vacancy are called for the exam.
 

 

 IBPS PO 2022 Final Result

The mains and the interview round are considered for the final result. The candidates are given various ranks as per their performance in the examination. The results are declared on the official website of IBPS.

IBPS PO 2022  Provisional Allotment

The provisional allotment of the qualified candidate is released on the official website. The IBPS Banks are allotted based on candidates' preferences which are made at the time of online application.
 

IBPS PO 2022 Syllabus

The syllabus as per the sections is discussed below:

IBPS PO Prelims Syllabus – Detailed
IBPS PO Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus	IBPS PO Reasoning Syllabus	IBPS PO English Syllabus
Simplification/ Approximation Profit & Loss	Alphanumeric Series	Reading Comprehension
Mixtures & Alligations	Logical Reasoning	Fill in the blanks
Permutation, Combination & Probability	Data Sufficiency	Cloze Test
Work & Time Sequence & Series	Ranking & Order Directions Alphabet Test	Para jumbles
Simple Interest & Compound Interest Surds & Indices	Seating Arrangement	Vocabulary
Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere	Coded Inequalities	Paragraph Completion
Time & Distance Number Systems	Puzzle Coding-Decoding Tabulation	Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting
Data Interpretation	Syllogism	Sentence Completion
Ratio & Proportion Percentage	Blood Relations Input-Output	Tenses Rules

 

IBPS PO Mains Syllabus (topic-wise)
Data Analysis & Interpretation	Reasoning	General/Economy/Banking Awareness	English Language
Tabular Graph	Syllogism	Current Affairs	Reading Comprehension
Line Graph	Verbal Reasoning	Financial Awareness	Grammar
Bar Graph	Circular Seating Arrangement	General Knowledge	Verbal Ability
Charts & Tables	Linear Seating Arrangement	Static Awareness	Vocabulary
Missing Case DI	Double Lineup	Banking Terminologies Knowledge	Sentence Improvement
Radar Graph Caselet	Scheduling	Banking Awareness	Word Association
Probability	Blood Relations, Critical Reasoning	Principles of Insurance	Para Jumbles
Data Sufficiency	Input-Output, Analytical, and Decision Making		Error Spotting
Let it Case DI	Directions and Distances		Cloze Test
Permutation and Combination	Ordering and Ranking, Code Inequalities		Fill in the blanks
Pie Charts	Data Sufficiency
	Coding-Decoding, Course of Action

 

IBPS PO 2022 Salary

The initial basic pay of a PO is Rs. 36,000. There are various allowances and benefits also that a IBPS PO receives. You can read about IBPS PO salary in detail in the aritcle linked below.

IBPS PO 2022 Exam Centres

The list of exam centres for IBPS PO Exam are as follows:

North India	South India	East India	West India
Agra	Bengaluru	Agartala	Ahmedabad
Allahabad	Chennai	Balasore	Aurangabad
Amritsar	Coimbatore	Behrampur (Ganjam)	Bhopal
Bareilly	Gulbarga	Bhubaneshwar	Indore
Chandigarh	Hyderabad	Dhanbad	Jabalpur
Dehradun	Kavaratti	Guwahati	Jaipur
Gorakhpur	Kochi	Hubli	Jodhpur
Jammu	Madurai	Kolkata	Mumbai
Kanpur	Mangalore	Muzaffarpur	Nagpur
Karnal	Mysore	Patna	Panaji (Goa)
Lucknow	Port Blair	Ranchi	Pune
Ludhiana	Puducherry	Sambalpur	Raipur
New Delhi	Thiruchirapalli	Shillong	Rajkot
Patiala	Thiruvananthapuram	Siliguri	Vadodara
Rohtak	Vijaywada	Tirupati
Shimla	Vishakhapatnam
Varanasi

 

IBPS PO 2022 Cut Off

The cut off for IBPS PO 2022 will be released after the exam has been conducted. The previous years' cut off for IBPS PO Exam is as given below:

IBPS PO 2020 Prelims Cut Off

Category	Cut-Off Marks
GEN	50.5
SC	44.50
ST	38
OBC	50.5
EWS	50.5
HI	20.75
OC	42
VI	37
ID	20.75

IBPS PO 2020 Mains Cut Off

Category	Cut Off Marks (Out of 225)
General	83.50
OBC	78.63
SC	66.38
ST	52.25
EWS	75.75
HI	38.25
OC	61.25
VI	84.88
ID	53.00