IBPS SO 2018 Syllabus – Find Complete Syllabus & Exam Pattern
The IBPS Common Recruitment Process for the selection of SO officers in various participating organizations is about to start. The IBPS SO 2018 registration process is scheduled to start from 6th November. The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has released the notification, which states the exam will be conducted in two phases – Preliminary and Main. Candidates who have started the IBPS SO 2018 exam preparation lately without knowing the syllabus and exam pattern need to read through the article. Here, we have covered all the important subjects/ topics that would help you ace the preliminary and main exams for the posts of Law Officer Scale-I, IT Office Scale-I, Marketing Officer Scale-I, Personal/ HR Officer Scale-I, Agriculture Field Officer Scale-I and Rajbhasha Adhikari Scale-I.
IBPS SO 2018 Prelims Syllabus
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Reasoning Ability |
General Awareness |
Quantitative Aptitude |
English Language |
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Seating Arrangements |
Current Affairs |
Data Sufficiency |
Cloze Test |
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Data Sufficiency |
Books and Authors |
Average |
Para Jumbles |
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Verbal Reasoning |
Prime Minister Schemes |
Simplification/ Approximation |
Sentence Improvement |
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Puzzles |
Currencies |
Relations |
Para/Sentence Completion |
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Distance and Direction |
Banking Awareness |
Number Series |
Reading Comprehension |
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Order and Ranking |
Awards |
Time and Distance |
Sentence Correction |
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Blood Relations |
Important Days |
Data Interpretation |
Fill in the Blanks |
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Inequalities |
GK Updates |
Probability |
Spotting Errors |
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Alphanumeric Series |
Headquarters |
Quadratic Equation |
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Input-Output |
Important Places |
Permutation and Combination |
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Syllogism |
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Mensuration |
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Simple and Compound Interest |
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Profit and Loss |
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Work, Time and Energy |
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Ratio and Proportion |
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IBPS SO 2018 Main Syllabus – Professional Knowledge Syllabus
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IT Officer Scale-I |
Law Officer Scale-I |
Agricultural Field Officer Scale-I |
HR/Personnel Officer Scale-I |
Marketing Officer Scale-I |
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Operating System |
Banking Regulations |
Seed Science |
Transnational Analysis |
Brand Management |
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Computer Organization and Microprocessor |
Consumer Protection Act |
Basics of Crop production |
Recruitment and Selection |
Business Ethics |
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Data Structure |
Bankers Book Evidence Act |
Agricultural Economies |
Grievance and Conflict Management |
Retail |
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Database Management System |
Compliance and Legal Aspects |
Agronomy and Irrigation |
Training and Development |
Market Segmentation |
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Software Engineering |
Prevention of Money laundering, Limitation Act |
Animal Husbandry |
Human Resource Development |
Basics of Marketing Management |
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Object Oriented Programming |
SARFAES |
Agricultural Practices |
Business Policy and Strategic Analysis |
Product Life Cycle |
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Data Communication and Networking |
Relevant Law and Orders related to negotiable instruments, securities, foreign exchange |
Horticulture |
Business policy and strategic analysis |
Sales |
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Laws and Actions with direct link to Banking Sector |
Soil resources |
Rewards and Recognition |
Advertising |
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Banking Ombudsman Scheme |
Government Schemes |
Performance Management and Appraisal |
Market research and forecasting demand |
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DRT Act |
Ecology |
Industrial Relations |
Marketing Strategies |
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Agroforestry |
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PR |
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Service Marketing |
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Corporate Social Responsibility |
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IBPS SO 2018 Exam Pattern
Now that you know the syllabus, hover over the exam pattern section to understand the nature of the exam and the type of questions that you would come across on the day of the test. The IBPS SO exam pattern constitutes two major phases – Preliminary Exam and Main Exam. The selection of the candidates is done through an Interview.
IBPS SO Preliminary Exam pattern 2018 - Subject-wise Questions, Marks, Medium and Duration
For HR/Personnel Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, IT Officer and Marketing Officer (Scale -1 for all officers)
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Subject |
No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Medium |
Duration |
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Reasoning |
50 |
50 |
English and Hindi |
2 Hours |
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English Language |
50 |
25 |
English |
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Quantitative Aptitude |
50 |
50 |
English and Hindi |
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Total |
150 |
125 |
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120 minutes |
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For Law Officer (Scale-1) and Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-1)
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Subject |
No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Medium |
Duration |
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Reasoning |
50 |
50 |
English and Hindi |
2 Hours |
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English Language |
50 |
25 |
English |
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General Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry |
50 |
50 |
English and Hindi |
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Total |
150 |
125 |
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120 minutes |
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IBPS SO Main Examination Pattern 2018 - Subject-wise Questions, Marks, Medium and Duration
For Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-1)
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Subject |
No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Duration |
Medium |
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Professional Knowledge (Objective) |
45 |
60 |
30 Minutes |
English and Hindi |
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Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) |
2 |
30 Minutes |
English and Hindi |
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For HR/Personnel Officer, Law Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, IT Officer and Marketing Officer
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Subject |
No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Duration |
Medium |
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Professional Knowledge |
60 |
60 |
45 Minutes |
English and Hindi |
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IBPS SO 2018 Important Dates
The Institute will administer the IBPS Specialist Officer preliminary exam on 29th and 30th December 2018. The qualified candidates will be called for the main exam. Those who make it to the list will be called for the Interview. The main exam will be conducted on 27th January 2019, and the Interview will be taken place in February 2019.
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IBPS SO 2018 Events |
IBPS SO 2018 Dates (Announced) |
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Release of online registration form |
06-November-2018 |
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Registration/ Editing/ Modification of application |
06-November-2018 to 26-November-2018 |
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Application fee payment (online) |
06-November-2018 to 26-November-2018 |
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Availability of admit card for preliminary exam |
December 2018 |
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Online preliminary exam to be commenced |
29th & 30th December 2018 |
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Announcement of result |
January 2019 |
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Availability of admit card for main exam |
January 2019 |
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Main exam to be commenced |
27-January-2019 (announced) |
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Announcement of result |
February 2019 |
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Download Common Interview admit card |
February 2019 |
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Interview to be held |
February 2019 |
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Provisional allotment |
April 2019 |
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IBPS SO 2018 Application Process
The registration for the Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I), Law Officer (Scale-I), I.T. Officer (Scale-I), Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I), HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I) and Marketing Office (Scale-I) is scheduled to begin on November 6, 2018. The last date to submit the IBPS SO online application form is 26th November 2018.
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