Clerk Vacancies in IBPS
| IBPS | Other Details |
|---|---|
| Designation | Clerk |
| Education | Any Graduate |
| Total Vacancies | 7855 |
| Date Added | 07-10-2021 |
| Last date to Apply | 27-10-2021 |
| Age | 20-28 Years |
Application Fee:
- For Others: Rs.850/- (Inclusive of GST)
- For SC/ST/PWD/ EXSM candidates: Rs. 175/- (Inclusive of GST)
- Payment Mode (Online): Debit Cards (RuPay/ Visa/ MasterCard/ Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets.
- Starting Date for Apply Online & Payment of Fee/ Intimation Charges (Online): 07-10-2021
- Last Date to Apply Online & Payment of Fee/ Intimation Charges (Online): 27-10-2021
- Date for Edit/Modification of Application: 07 to 27-10-2021
- Last date for printing your Application: 27-10-2021
- Download of call letters for Pre- Exam Training: November 2021
- Date for Conduct of Pre-Exam Training: November 2021
- Date for Download of call letters for Preliminary Online Exam: November/ December 2021
- Date for Preliminary Exam: December 2021
- Date for Declaration of Preliminary Exam Result: December/ January 2021
- Date for Download Call letter for Main Exam: December/ January 2021
- Date for Main Exam: January/ February 2021
- Date for Released of Provisional Allotment: April 2022
- A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognized by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
Eligibility Criteria:
I. Nationality/ Citizenship:
A candidate must be either –
(i) a Citizen of India or
(ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
II. Age limit: The minimum age limit is 20 years and maximum 28 years.
Relaxation of Upper age limit:
| Sr. No. | Category | Age relaxation |
| 1 | Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 5 years |
| 2 | Other Backward Classes | 3 years |
| 3 | Persons With Disability | 10 years |
| 4 | Ex-Servicemen/Disabled Ex-Servicemen | actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years |
| 5 | Widows Divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried | 9 years |
| 6 | Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 1-1-80 to 31-12-89 | 5 years |
| 7 | Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
| 8 | Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service (Applicable to Madhya Pradesh state only) | 5 years |
III. Educational Qualification:
A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
The candidate must possess valid Mark-sheet/ Degree Certificate that he/ she is a Graduate on the day he/ she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.
Computer Literacy: Operating and working knowledge in computer systems is mandatory i.e. candidates should have Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree in computer operations/ Language/ should have studied Computer/ Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/ College/ Institute.
Proficiency in the Official Language of the State/ UT (candidates should know how to read/ write and speak the Official Language of the State/UT) for which vacancies a candidate wishes to apply is preferable. (Some questions may be put at the time of interview to ascertain the candidate’s familiarity with the Official Language of the State/ UT).
Ex-servicemen who do not possess the above civil examination qualifications should be matriculate Ex-servicemen who have obtained the Army Special Certificate of Education or corresponding certificate in the Navy or Air Force after having completed not less than 15 years of service in the Armed Forces of the union.
Note: All the educational qualifications mentioned should be from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies and the result should have been declared.
Selection Process: The selection process will be carried out in two stages, the first one is Preliminary Examination & second stage is Main Examination conducted by IBPS.
1. Common Written Examination: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts Online Exam for Clerical Cadre posts. The examination will be two tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, preliminary and main. Total marks of Preliminary exam is 100 in a duration of 1 hour for objective type questions & total marks of Main exam is 200 in a duration of 2 hours for objective type questions. All the tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
A candidate should qualify both in the preliminary & Main Examination and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process, details of which will be made available subsequently on IBPS website.
Exam Pattern:
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts this Online Common Written Exam for Clerical Cadre posts. The examination will be two tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, preliminary and main. Total marks of Preliminary exam is 100 in a duration of 1 hour for objective type questions & total marks of Main exam is 200 in a duration of 2 hours for objective type questions. The tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
CWE – Online Examinations:
1. The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:
a. Preliminary Examination
| Sr No | Name of Tests | No. of Qs | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | Composite time of 1 hour |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
b. Main Examination
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests(NOT BY SEQUENCE) | No. of Questions |
Max Marks | Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
| 1 | General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| 2 | General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| 4 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 minutes |
Scores: The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equipercentile method.
Penality for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination): There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Cutoff Score (Online Main examination): Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main Examination and also a minimum total score to be considered for further process. Depending on number of the State/ UT wise vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be considered for provisional allotment. Prior to the completion of provisional allotment process scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates.
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