IBPS Clerk 2020 Exam Dates (Out), Notification, Application Form, Eligibility, Pattern and Syllabus
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Jul 31, 2020
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IBPS Clerk 2020 Exam will be conducted on December 12, 13 and 19, 2020 by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. IBPS Clerk exam is conducted for the recruitment of clerical cadre posts in multiple banks all over the country. IBPS Clerk 2020 recruitment will be conducted through two stages – Preliminary exam and Main exam. IBPS Clerk 2020 Main exam is scheduled for January 24, 2021. As per IBPS Clerk 2020 Eligibility, candidates possessing a bachelor’s degree are eligible to apply for the exam.IBPS Clerk 2020 Application Form will tentatively be available from September 17, 2020.
- The application fee is INR 600 for General, OBC, and EWS categories and INR 100 for Sc, ST, and PwD candidates.
- As per IBPS Clerk 2020 Exam Pattern, the prelims paper will be a 60-minute long computer-based test having 100 multiple choice questions of 1 mark each.
- There will be sectional timings as well as a sectional cutoff in the exam.
- IBPS Clerk 2020 Syllabus includes General English, Reasoning Ability & Computer Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude and General/ Financial Awareness section.
- Final Allotment will be based only on performance in IBPS Clerk main exam.
Latest:
- IBPS Clerk 2019 Main Examination Result has been released on May 20, 2020. Check here
- IBPS Clerk 2018 Result for Provisional Allotment under Reserve List has been released on May 19, 2020.
IBPS Clerk 2020 Highlights
The key points about IBPS Clerk 2020 are highlighted below:
| Name of the exam | IBPS CRP CLERKS-X |
| Conducting Authority | IBPS – Institute of Banking Personnel Selection |
| Exam Level | National |
| Application Mode | Online |
| Application Fee | General/OBC/EWS – INR 600, SC/ST/Pwd – INR 100 |
| Exam Mode | Online |
| Stages | 2 – Preliminary and Main Examination |
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IBPS Clerk Exam Dates 2020
Official IBPS Clerk 2020 exam dates have been announced by the board:
| Events | Dates (tentative) |
|---|---|
| IBPS Clerk 2020 Registration to begin from | September 17, 2020 |
|
Last Day to submit IBPS Clerk 2020 Application Form |
October 9, 2020 |
| Issue of IBPS Clerk 2020 Admit Card for Preliminary Exam | November 26, 2020 |
| IBPS Clerk 2020 Preliminary Examination Dates | December 12, 13 and 19, 2020 |
| Issue of IBPS Clerk 2020 Call letters for Main Examination | January 7, 2021 |
| IBPS Clerk Main Exam Date | January 24, 2021 |
| IBPS Clerk 2020 Provisional Allotment | April 2021 |
IBPS Clerk 2020 Eligibility
Candidates can apply for vacancies in any one State/ Union Territory. Candidates have to fulfill the following IBPS Clerk 2020 Eligibility Criteria to appear for the recruitment exam:
IBPS Clerk Age Limit
- Candidates must be a minimum of 20 years and a maximum of 28 years of age as of September 1, 2020 .
- Candidates should be born on or after September 2, 1992, and on or before September 1, 2000.
- Age Limit relaxation will be provided to the reserved category candidates as per the norms of the Government of India.
IBPS Clerk Eligibility Criteria: Age Relaxation
|
Category |
Age relaxation |
|
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe |
5 years |
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Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) |
3 years |
|
Persons With Disabilities |
10 years |
|
Widows, divorced women, and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried |
9 years |
|
Persons ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 |
5 years |
|
Persons affected by 1984 riots |
5 years |
|
Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service (Applicable to Madhya Pradesh state only) |
5 years |
IBPS Clerck Nationality
- Indian Citizen or subject to Bhutan/Nepal/Tibet.
- The aspirants, who have migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Malawi, Zambia, Vietnam, and Ethiopia and have planning to permanently settle down to India, then they can apply for the exam.
IBPS Clerk Educational Requirement
- A graduation degree in any discipline or equivalent qualification recognized by the government of India.
- The date of passing the qualifying exam should be before October 9, 2020, means that final year students cannot apply for the exam.
- Computer Literacy: candidates must have studied Computer/ IT at high school/ college/ institute or possess certificate/ degree/ diploma in computer operations or language.
- Candidates must be proficient in the official language of the State/ UT in which they wish to apply.
IBPS Clerk Application Form 2020
IBPS Clerk 2020 Application Form will tentatively be available from September 17 – October 9, 2020. Candidates can fill the form in online mode only by following the given steps:
- Visit the official website – ibps.in
- Click on New Registration for CRP Clerks-X 2020-2021.
- Enter your name, date of birth, email ID and Mobile number, and other details.
- A registration number and password will be sent on your email ID and mobile number.
- Login again using these credentials to fill the application form.
- Enter your personal, educational, and contact details, category, the state applied for, preferred exam center, etc.
- Now, upload your scanned photograph, signature, left thumb impression, and handwritten declaration in specified formats.
- Now, pay the required IBPS Clerk registration fees as per your category in online mode only.
- After successful fee payment, download a soft copy of filled in the application form and fee receipt.
Specifications of Uploading Documents of IBPS Clerk Application Form
| Name of document | Size | Format |
| Photograph | 20kb–50 kb | JPG/JPEG |
| Signature | 10kb–20 kb | JPG/JPEG |
| Thumb Impression | 20kb–50 kb | JPG/JPEG |
| Hand Written Declaration | 50kb–100 kb | JPG/JPEG |
IBPS Clerk Application Fee 2020
Candidates have to pay the IBPS Clerk application fee using Debit cards (Rupay/ Visa/ MasterCard/ Maestro), Credit Card, Net Banking, IMPS, Mobile Wallets or Cash Cards. The registration fees vary as per candidate’s category:
| Category | Application fee |
|---|---|
| Unreserved/ EWS Category | INR 600 |
| SC/ ST/ PwD Category | INR 100 |
IBPS Clerk 2020 Admit Card
IBPS Clerk 2020 Admit card is released separately for three stages – Pre-exam training, Preliminary and Main exam.
- IBPS Clerk Call letters for pre-exam training will be released on November 13, 2020 .
- IBPS Clerk admits card for the preliminary exam will be released on November 26, 2020 .
- IBPS Clerk Hall Ticket for main exam will be issued on January 7, 2021.
- Only prelims qualified candidates can download admit card for the main exam.
- The Admit Card is available for download on the official website of IBPS.
- Candidates must carry their call letters to the exam center along with a photo and an original photo ID proof.
Steps to Download IBPS Clerk Call Letter:
- Visit the official website of IBPS i.e. ibps.in
- Click on the link “Download IBPS Clerk 2020 Admit Card”
- Enter your registration number and date of birth/ password.
- Your admit card will display on the screen.
- Download and take two print out of the same.
IBPS Clerk 2020 Exam Pattern
IBPS Clerk 2020 Exam Pattern has many similarities in Preliminary and Main Examination as mentioned below:
- IBPS Clerk Exam will be a computer-based test and will have multiple-choice questions.
- All questions will be available in English and Hindi languages except English section questions.
- There will be sectional timings means a particular section has to be completed in a specified duration.
- There will be a negative marking of 0.25 of the allotted marks to the question.
- The scores will be normalized to equate the difficulty level of the papers in different slots.
- You will be required to clear sectional cutoffs along with overall cut off in both Prelims and Main exams.
However, the number of sections, questions, marks and duration in prelims and main exam vary. IBPS Clerk Paper pattern for both the exams are tabulated below:
IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern for Prelims
| Name of the Section | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Sectional Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 Questions | 100 Marks | 60 minutes |
IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern for Main Exam
| Name of the Section | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Sectional Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Total | 190 Questions | 200 Marks | 160 minutes |
IBPS Clerk Syllabus
Prelims:
|
Sections |
Topics |
|
Reasoning Ability |
Logical Reasoning Alphanumeric Series Coded Inequalities Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test |
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English Language |
Reading Comprehension Paragraph Completion Error Spotting/ Multiple Meaning |
|
Numerical Ability |
Data Interpretation Simple Interest, Compound Interest & Indices Simplification Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere |
Mains:
|
Sections |
Topics |
|
Reasoning and Computer Ability |
The Internet Computer Hardware Microsoft Office Computer Software Directions and Distances Keyboard Shortcuts Coding and Decoding Double Lineup Linear Seating Arrangement Blood Relation |
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General/Financial Awareness |
Banking and Financial Awareness Financial Awareness Static Awareness General Knowledge Current Affairs |
|
Quantitative Aptitude |
Simplification Profit and Loss Time and Distance Compound & Simple Interest |
|
General English |
Active and Passive Voice Spotting Errors Synonym and Antonym Para Jumble |
IBPS Clerk 2020 Exam Center
- IBPS is the allocating authority that reserves the right to allocate the preferred IBPS Clerk Exam Center.
- The allotted IBPS Clerk Exam Center will be indicated on IBPS Clerk Admit Card.
- Candidates have to indicate their choice of IBPS Clerk Exam Center during IBPS Clerk Application Process while filling the details in the Application Form.
- Candidates have to mention the choice of IBPS Clerk Exam center for both Preliminary and Main examination with the state code in which it is located.
Find the following table to know more about the available exam centres of IBPS Clerk 2020:
|
State/UT |
Number of centre for prelims |
Number of centre for mains |
|
Andaman & Nicobar |
1 |
1 |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
16 |
4 |
|
Arunachal Pradesh |
1 |
1 |
|
Assam |
5 |
1 |
|
Bihar |
8 |
4 |
|
Chandigarh |
1 |
1 |
|
Chhattisgarh |
3 |
1 |
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
2 |
1 |
|
Delhi |
5 |
5 |
|
Goa |
1 |
1 |
|
Gujarat |
9 |
2 |
|
Haryana |
8 |
2 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
8 |
2 |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
3 |
2 |
|
Jharkhand |
5 |
3 |
|
Karnataka |
12 |
1 |
|
Kerala |
10 |
2 |
|
Lakshadweep |
1 |
1 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
7 |
2 |
|
Maharashtra |
15 |
4 |
|
Manipur |
1 |
1 |
|
Meghalaya |
1 |
1 |
|
Mizoram |
1 |
1 |
|
Nagaland |
1 |
1 |
|
Odisha |
7 |
1 |
|
Puducherry |
1 |
1 |
|
Punjab |
9 |
4 |
|
Rajasthan |
8 |
2 |
|
Sikkim |
1 |
1 |
|
Tamilnadu |
10 |
3 |
|
Telangana |
4 |
1 |
|
Tripura |
1 |
1 |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
16 |
5 |
|
Uttarakhand |
3 |
1 |
|
West Bengal |
7 |
4 |
IBPS Clerk 2020 Result
- IBPS Clerk 2020 Result for prelims exam will be released on January 1, 2021 at the official website.
- The cutoff of the IBPS Clerk Exam will vary State wise.
- A candidate has to clear both the sections wise as well as the overall cut off as decided by IBPS for qualifying the IBPS Clerk Exam.
- The shortlisted candidates of prelims exam will be eligible to appear for the main exam on January 24, 2021.
- There is no interview for IBPS Clerk, so the score obtained in the IBPS Clerk Main exam is the deciding factor for the final result.
The steps to download IBPS Clerk Result 2020 is given below:
- Visit the official website of IBPS and click on “Click here to View Your Online Preliminary Exam Result Status CWE Clerks X”
- Enter the registration ID and Password obtained during IBPS Clerk Application Process or Roll number and Date of Birth given in IBPS Clerk Admit Card
- Verify and click on Submit.
- IBPS Clerk Scorecard will be displayed which includes the maximum marks in each section, minimum cut off marks, and scores obtained by the candidate.
- Download and Print the same for further references.
IBPS Clerk 2020 Participating Banks
- The total number of vacancies for candidates appearing in IBPS Clerk is expected to be 17704.
- The number of vacancies vary according to IBPS Clerk Participating Banks and the state to which candidate belongs.
- Each participating organization offers different number of vacancies in different states.
- The table below gives the vacancies offered by the participating organization:
| Participating Organization | Vacancies |
|---|---|
| Allahabad Bank | 695 |
| Andhra Bank | 489 |
| Bank of Baroda | 1159 |
| Bank of India | 418 |
| Bank of Maharashtra | 00 |
| Canara Bank | 3325 |
| Central Bank of India | 1259 |
IBPS Clerk Cutoff 2020
- The minimum marks in each section of the exam is considered as IBPS Clerk Cut off.
- Candidates are required to obtain minimum marks mentioned in IBPS Clerk Cut off to qualify for the other step of the Recruitment of IBPS Clerk .
- The table below gives IBPS Clerk 2020 Cutoff for both prelims and main examination for each category:
| Category | Prelims Cut off | Main Cut off |
|---|---|---|
| SC Category | 53.75 | 145-150 |
| ST Category | 41.50 | 140-145 |
| OBC Category | 67.25 | 130-135 |
| General Category | 67.25 | 128-130 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Ques. How many vacancies are there in IBPS Clerk 2020?
Ans. These are the details regarding IBPS Clerk 2020:
- The total number of vacancies for candidates appearing in IBPS Clerk is 17704.
- The number of vacancies varies according to IBPS Clerk Participating Banks and the state to which candidate belongs.
- Each participating organization offers different number of vacancies in different states.
Ques. What is the difference between the exam pattern for preliminary and for the main examination in IBPS Clerk 2020?
Ans. IBPS Clerk 2020 Exam Pattern has many similarities in Preliminary and Main Examination as mentioned below:
- IBPS Clerk Exam will be a computer-based test and will have multiple-choice questions.
- All questions will be available in English and Hindi languages except English section questions.
- There will be sectional timings means a particular section has to be completed in a specified duration.
- There will be a negative marking of 0.25 of the allotted marks to the question.
- The scores will be normalized to equate the difficulty level of the papers in different slots.
- You will be required to clear sectional cutoffs along with overall cut off in both Prelims and Main exams.
Ques. What is the exam date for IBPS Clerk 2020 exam?
Ans. The IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam was successfully conducted on December 12, 13 and 14, 2020. On the other hand, the main exam date is set for January 24, 2021.
Ques. Is the IBPS Clerk test Bilingual?
Ans. All tests are bilingual i.e. available in both English and Hindi.
Ques. Does IBPS Clerk have an interview?
Ans. No, there is no interview process involved in the recruitment process.
Ques. How many times can a candidate appear for the IBPS Clerk examination?
Ans. There is no restriction in terms of the number of attempts in IBPS Clerk Recruitment. A candidate (from any category) can appear as many times as they want in the examination.
Ques. Is there negative marking in IBPS Clerk examination?
Ans. Yes, there is negative marking in the IBPS Clerk examination in both the mains examination as well as the preliminary examination. 0.25 is deducted for every wrong answer selected by the candidate.
Ques. When will the main Exam Hall Ticket for IBPS Clerk 2020 be released?
Ans. It will be released on January 7, 2021.
*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.