The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) SO is a three -tier exam therefore - Preliminary Exam, Main Exam and followed by a Personal Interview. The online examination for the Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for selection of personnel in Specialist Officers’ cadre posts is held by IBPS. IBPS will conduct an online examination for the post. IBPS CWE Specialist Officer exam pattern includes 4 subjects for every post.
IBPS Specialist Officer Common Written exam is an objective type paper which includes 4 sections of different marks. All participants required to qualify in all sections and for every wrong answer you must lose some marks as negative marking and time duration of paper is 02 hours. Check the Structure of written exam for the specialist officer.
The paper pattern for Specialist officer CWE will be as follows:
Paper Pattern For the Post of Law Officer & Rajbhasha Adhikari:
S. No. | Name of the Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Total Time |
1 | English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 120 Minutes |
2 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | |
3 | General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | |
Total | 150 | 125 |
Paper Pattern For the Post of IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, HR / Personnel Officer & Marketing Officer:
S. No. | Name of the Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Total Time |
1 | English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 120 Minutes |
2 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | |
3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | |
Total | 150 | 125 |
Note:
A candidate has to qualify in each of the following three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination
For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer:
Sl. No. | Name of the Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Total Time |
1 | Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 Minutes |
Total | 60 | 60 |
For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari
Sl. No | Name of the Test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
1 | Professional Knowledge (Objective) | 45 | 60 | English & Hindi | 30 Minutes |
2 | Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) | 2 | English & Hindi | 30 Minutes | |
Total | 47 | 60 | 60 Minutes |