IBPS Full Form - What is IBPS PO Full Form?

Jun 26, 2023, 16:45 IST

 

Table of Content

  • Introduction
  • Full Forms of IBPS
  • Vision of IBPS
  • Latest Updates
  • Exam Conducted by IBPS
  • Exam Dates
  • Eligibility
  • Exam Pattern
  • IBPS Salary
  • Syllabus

Introduction

IBPS is an independent body running for years to adapt and implement a world-magnificence process of assessment and selection for numerous organizations. IBPS stands for Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. As for IBPS PO full form, it stands for Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officers. The main goal of IBPS is to promote speed, accuracy, and confidentiality in all activities and achieve equality through academic expertise.

IBPS is responsible for engaging in unique stages of the selection procedure of distinguished staff throughout the country by keeping transparency, carrying out online examinations, and screening candidate's responses in a timely manner. IBPS offers its services to all companies like NABARD, SBI, RBI, SIDBI, Associate banks, etc.

Full form of IBPS

Full Forms of IBPS Exams

IBPS has registered itself under the Societies Registration Act and Bombay Public Trust, in 1860 and 1950. Here are some abbreviations and their full form which are used in IBPS exams.

Abbreviation Full-Form
IBPS PO Full Form Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer
IBPS CWE Full Form Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Common Written exams
IBPS CRP Full Form Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Common Recruitment Process
IBPS SO Full Form Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Specialist Officer
IBPS RRB Full Form Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Regional Rural Banks

Vision of IBPS

IBPS organization was set up with a vision to offer honest services to its consumer organization to assist them in choosing personnel in fair. IBPS is now the maximum transparent body liable for carrying out numerous exams throughout the country to recruit various staff for different public area banks and other organizations. IBPS is known to conduct exams and launch notification, results, admit cards, etc. on time.

The list of the participating banks under IBPS

S.No. Bank
1 Allahabad Bank
2 Andhra Bank
3 Bank of Baroda
4 Bank of India
5 Bank of Maharashtra
6 Canara Bank
7 Central Bank of India
8 Corporation Bank
9 Indian Overseas Bank
10 Indian Bank
11 Oriental Bank of Commerce
12 Punjab National Bank
13 Punjab & Sind Bank
14 Syndicate Bank
15 UCO Bank
16 Union Bank of India
17 United Bank of India

Latest Updates

  • On January 16, 2022, the official calendar for the posts of PO, SO, Clerk, and RRB was released by the governing body. Students who are looking forward to applying for these vacancies can refer to the IBPS Examination Dates for 2022-23 appointments in the linked article.
  • Students who qualify for the IBPS Probationary Officer Mains test scheduled for January 22, 2022, can visit the IBPS PO Admit Card page and download the hall ticket. Published January 10, 2022, on the official IBPS website.
  • On January 13, 2022, the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection released the results of the post of secretary for the preliminary examination. Students who appeared on the page can visit the IBPS Clerk Result page and find the exact link to check their results status.
  • The IBPS Clerk Mains Admit Card paper dated January 25, 2022, was released on the official website on January 14, 2022.

Exams Conducted by IBPS in a year

Although IBPS offers its services to many banks and institutions it majorly releases notifications for the following exams in a year. It publishes a tentative calendar mentioning the date of the preliminary and mains exam. Although IBPS reserves the right to make modifications in any official calendar, exam date and notification, etc. With the mutual consent of the participating banks.

List of exams conducted by IBPS in a year:

IBPS PO/MT examination for the recruitment of Probationary Officers and Management Trainees in the participating banks, that are national public sector banks.

IBPS SO examination for the recruitment of Specialist Officers, that are Scale-I officers in the national public region banks.

IBPS Clerk examination for the recruitment of Specialist Officers, that are Scale-I officers in the national public region banks.

IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I examination for the recruitment of probationary Officers in Regional Rural Banks, this post is equivalent to some other bank PO.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant examination for the recruitment of Office Assistant in Regional Rural Banks, this post is equivalent to Clerk post in National Public Sector Banks.

IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II and Scale-III examination for the recruitment of Scale-II and Scale-III Officers in Regional Rural Banks, right here Scale-II and Scale-III are equivalent to the specialist officer and senior managers.

Exam Dates

The Exam Date for IBPS Examination has been published on the official website of IBPS with IBPS Calendar 2022.

IBPS PO Exam Date

These are the important dates of IBPS PO Examination 2022.

S.No. Examination IBPS PO Exam Dates
1 Online Examination - Preliminary 15th, 16th, 22nd October 2022
2 Online Examination – Main 26th November 2022

IBPS SO Exam Date

These are the important dates of IBPS SO Examination 2022.

S.No. Examination IBPS SO Exam Dates
1 Online Examination - Preliminary 24th, 31st December 2022
2 Online Examination – Main 29th January 2023

IBPS Clerk Exam Date

These are the important dates of IBPS Clerk Examination 2022.

S.No. Examination IBPS Clerk Exam Dates
1 Online Examination - Preliminary 28th August, 03rd & 04th September 2022
2 Online Examination – Main 08th October 2022

IBPS RRB Exam Date

These are the important dates of IBPS RRB Examination 2022.

S.No. Examination IBPS RRB Exam IBPS RRB Exam Dates
1 Online Examination - Preliminary Officer Scale I and Office Assistants 07th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st August 2022
2 Single Examination Officers Scale II & III 24th September 2022
3 Online Examination – Main Officer Scale I 24th September 2022
    Officer Assistants 01st October 2022

Eligibility Criteria for IBPS Examination

IBPS PO and SO Eligibility

  • Must be an Indian citizen / student of Bhutan or Nepal / Tibetan refugee who arrived in the country before 1 January 1962 for permanent residency / a person of Indian Origin (PIO) from countries such as Pakistan, Burma, Vietnam, Sri Lanka or the East African countries of Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, with a view to a permanent settlement. All those who are foreign and settled here must have a certificate of competency issued by the Government of India.
  • Must have a university degree recognized in any discipline.
  • Must have a valid mark or qualification confirming that you are a qualified student.
  • You must have working computer knowledge.
  • Must have oral or written language in the official language of the region or union area.
  • Must be between 20 and 30 years from 01.09.2020.

IBPS Clerk Eligibility

All the criterias will be the same except the age group, the age group must be between 20 and 28 years from 01.09.2020.

IBPS RRB Eligibility

  • Must be an Indian citizen/student of Bhutan or Nepal / Tibetan refugee who arrived in the country before 1 January 1962 as a permanent resident / an Indian Origin (PIO) from countries such as Pakistan, Burma, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, or the East African countries of Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, with a permanent settle down plan. All those who are foreign and settled here must have a certificate of competency issued by the Government of India.
  • Must have a university degree from any recognized discipline.
  • Must have a valid mark or qualification confirming that you are a qualified student.
  • You must have working computer knowledge.
  • Must have oral or written language in the official language of the region or union area.

IBPS Exam Pattern

The IBPS Exam Pattern has been recently updated

There are 4 categories of IBPS Examination:

  1. IBPS PO Examination
  2. IBPS SO Examination
  3. IBPS Clerk Examination
  4. IBPS RRB Examination

IBPS PO Examination

This IBPS PO Exam Pattern gives the complete information about the pattern of all the examinations that have been conducted

The IBPS PO consists of 3 stages:

  1. IBPS PO Prelims Examination
  2. IBPS PO Mains Examination
  3. IBPS PO Main Interview

The IBPS PO Prelims Examination Pattern is given below:

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Pattern – Section Number of Questions Marks Allotted Time Allotted
English Language 30 30 20 min
Numerical Ability 35 35 20 min
Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 min

The IBPS PO Mains Examination Pattern is given below:

IBPS PO Mains Pattern- Paper Section Number of Questions Marks Allotted Time Allotted
Objective Test Reasoning & Computer Aptitude 45 60 60 min
  English Language 35 40 40 min
  Data Analysis & Interpretation 35 60 45 min
  General Awareness, Economy & Banking Awareness 40 40 35 min
Descriptive Test English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) 2 25 30 min

IBPS SO Examination

This IBPS SO Exam Pattern gives the complete information about the pattern of all the examinations that have been conducted

The IBPS SO consists of 3 stages:

  1. IBPS SO Prelims Examination
  2. IBPS SO Mains Examination
  3. IBPS SO Main Interview

The IBPS SO Prelims Examination Pattern is given below:

Subject Maximum Marks Duration
English Language 25 40 min
Reasoning 50 40 min

General Awareness with Special Reference

to the Banking Industry(For Law and Rajbhasha)

50 40 min

Quantitative Aptitude( For IBPS SO I.T officer,

Agriculture, HR/Personnel and Marketing)

50 40 min

The IBPS SO Mains Examination Pattern is given below:

Subject Maximum Marks Duration

Professional Knowledge (Objective for Law, I.T,

HR, Marketing, Agriculture)

60 45 min

Professional Knowledge

(Objective for Rajbhasha)

60 30 min

Professional Knowledge (Descriptive for Rajbhasha)

(Descriptive for Rajbhasha)

  30 min

IBPS Clerk Examination

This IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern gives the complete information about the pattern of all the examinations that have been conducted

The IBPS Clerk consists of 2 stages:

  1. IBPS SO Prelims Examination
  2. IBPS SO Mains Examination

The IBPS Clerk Prelims Examination Pattern is given below:

Section Number of Questions Maximum Marks Time Allotted
English 30 30 20 min
Numerical Ability 35 35 20 min
Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 min

The IBPS Clerk Prelims Examination Pattern is given below:

Section Number of Questions Maximum Marks Time Allotted
General/Financial Awareness 50 50 35 min
General English 40 40 35 min
Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude 50 60 45 min
Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 45 min

IBPS Post Wise Salary

Probationary Officer Specialist Officer Clerk

23700 - (980 x 7) - 30560 - (1145 x 2) - 32850

- (1310 x 7) – 42020 Here, Rs. 23, 700 is the

revised basic pay of Bank PO as

applicable on 1st January 2016. Thus,

the new entrant in a Bank as PO is liable

to get Rs. 23,700 as basic pay.

23700-980(7)-30560-1145(2)-32850-1310(7)-42020.

The basic pay of an IBPS Clerk is Rs. 11765/- per month,

on the scale of Rs. 11765-655/3-13730-815/3-16175-980/4

-20095-1145/7-28110-2120/1-30230-1310/1-31540.

IBPS Syllabus

IBPS Syllabus is not specific for any examination. It is always based on the previous year's analysis of the paper, but we’ll try our best to provide you with the topics you can refer to for the examinations.

IBPS PO Syllabus

The IBPS PO Prelims Test Syllabus contains the following topics:

  • English language
  • Quantitative Aptitude
  • Reasoning Ability

The IBPS PO Mains test syllabus contains the following topics:

  • Computer Communication Skills
  • General / Economics / Bank Awareness
  • Data Analysis and Interpretation
  • English language

IBPS SO Syllabus

The IBPS SO Prelims Test Syllabus contains the following topics:

  • English language
  • Thinking Ability
  • Quantitative Aptitude
  • General Awareness, Economics and Banking Information

The IBPS SO Mains test syllabus contains the following topics:

  • Professional Information (Legal Purpose, I.T, HR, Marketing, Agriculture)
  • Professional Information (The Purpose of Rajbhasha)
  • Expert Information (Rajbhasha's Description)

IBPS Clerk Syllabus

The IBPS Clerk syllabus contains various Prelims and Mains Exam topics.

The IBPS Syllabus for the Clerk Prelims has related topics:

  • English language
  • Thinking Ability
  • Quantitative Aptitude

The IBPS Syllabus for the Clerk Mains has related topics:

  • General and Financial Awareness
  • Standard English
  • Thinking Ability and Computer Efficiency
  • Quantitative Aptitude

IBPS RRB Syllabus

The IBPS RRB Syllabus has the following titles:

  • Consultation
  • Quantitative Aptitude
  • English language
  • Hindi language
  • Computer Information
  • General Awareness
  • Financial Awareness

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