Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts Common Written exam every Year for Probationary Officer (PO), Clerks, Specialist Officer (SO) and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). All the Eligible candidates are invited every to apply for this Exam. Here we have detailed New Syllabus for the IBPS 2016-2017 Exam.
IBPS department scheduled PO/MT V & Clerk V exam in two levels Tier 1 and Tier 2. Tier 1 is as preliminary exam and tier 2 as mains exam. IBPS Pre Exam Pattern contains fewer objective type questions with shorter duration.
| Sr No. | Test Name | Qns. | Marks | Duration |
| 1 | Reasoning Ability Paper | 35 | 35 | 01 hour |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude Paper | 35 | 35 | |
| 3 | English Language Paper | 30 | 30 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
| Sr No. | Test Name | Qns. | Marks | Duration |
| 1 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 02 hours |
| 2 | General Awareness Paper | 40 | 40 | |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | |
| 4 | English Language | 40 | 40 | |
| 5 | Computer Knowledge | 20 | 20 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
Reasoning
Number series, Letter & symbol series, Statement and argument, Logical Reasoning problems, Alphabet test, Passage and conclusions, Blood relations, Direction sense test, Input output, Coding-decoding, Number ranking, Making judgments etc.
General Awareness Paper
General knowledge section of IBPS Exam contains various topics such as current affairs questions, banking awareness questions and common general knowledge questions. major topics are Current Affairs of last 6 months especially reference to banking Industry. Questions on Indian Economy, International Economy, UNO, Marketing, Awards & Honors Sports, Finance, Agriculture, History of Banking, Countries / currencies, Books & Their Authors, Banking Terms, RBI Functions, Fiscal Monetary Policies etc.
Quantitative Aptitude
| Quantitative Aptitude Topics | Avg No. of Questions |
| Data Interpretation | 15 |
| Permutation Combination & Probability | 5 |
| Sequence & Series | 5 |
| Quadratic Equations | 5 |
| Simplification | 5 |
| Number System | 3 |
| Ratio, Proportion Percentage & Averages | 3 |
| Profit & Loss | 2 |
| Work & Time | 2 |
| Time & Distance | 2 |
| Mixtures and Aligations | 1 |
| Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Surds, Indices | 1 |
| Mensuration- Cylinder Cone Sphere | 1 |
English Language
Vocabulary means homonyms, synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion, Sentence rearrangement questions, word formation, topic comprehension means deriving conclusion, theme detection, passage completion, the topic rearrangement of passage, spelling, sentence and the topic grammar means set of rules active passive voice, indirect direct speech. the topic general usage means phrases and idioms, Grammar, Articles, Preposition, Sentence Improvement, Spotting Error Questions, One Word Substitution, Sentence Completion, Fill in the Blanks etc.
Computer Knowledge
“IBPS Computer Syllabus” covers mainly these topics – Computer hardware parts and controls, Basic computer terminology, Basic internet knowledge and protocols, Database Management System, Number System, Operating System, History of Computer, Network basics (LAN & WAN), Computer abbreviation, Security Tools, Virus, Hacking, Software names and usages (Microsoft Office) And Computer Shortcuts.
| Sr. No. | (Objective) Paper Name | Marks |
| 1 | IBPS Clerk Reasoning Syllabus | 40 |
| 2 | IBPS Clerk English Language Syllabus | 40 |
| 3 | IBPS Clerk Numerical Ability Syllabus | 40 |
| 4 | IBPS Clerk General Awareness Syllabus | 40 |
| 5 | IBPS Clerk Computer Knowledge Syllabus | 40 |
| Total | 200 |
