IBPS Clerk Exam Syllabus and Exam Pattern
IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2023: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection will conduct the IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam on August 26, August 27 & September 2, 2023. In this article, we have posted the updated IBPS Clerk syllabus & exam pattern.
You should be good in Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language and General Awareness to ace the IBPS Clerk Exam
IBPS Clerk Syllabus and Exam Pattern
You must know the IBPS Clerk Syllabus, Exam Pattern and IBPS Clerk previous years’ papers to have an idea about the preliminary and mains exams of IBPS Clerk 2023. Let’s have a look at the Exam Pattern and Syllabus for the IBPS Clerk 2023 Exam.
IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2023
IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern for Preliminary Exam
The IBPS Clerk preliminary examination is administered online for 1 hour. There are 3 sections in the exam and 20 Minutes is allocated for each section.
You have to qualify in each of the three tests by reaching the cut-off marks set by IBPS. If you clear the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam, then you need to clear the IBPS Clerk Main Exams.
| IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern 2023 | ||||
| S.No. | Name of Tests(Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 1 Hour | |
IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern for Mains Exam
| IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern 2023 | ||||
| S.No. | Name of Tests (Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1 | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| 2 | English Language | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| 4 | General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 minutes | |
Now that we have seen the IBPS Clerk 2023 Exam Pattern. Let’s discuss the detailed syllabus of all the sections asked in the Preliminary and Mains Exam of IBPS Clerk 2023 Exam:
IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2023
IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2023 for Prelims and Mains examinations is given below:
IBPS Clerk Syllabus for Prelims and Mains Exam
IBPS Clerk Syllabus: English Language
| English Language | ||
| Vocabulary | Grammar | Reading Comprehension |
| Homonyms Antonyms Synonyms Word Formation Spelling | Spotting Errors Phrases and idioms Direct and Indirect speech Active/ Passive voice | Theme Detection Passage completion Topic rearrangement of passage Deriving Conclusion |
IBPS Clerk Syllabus: Reasoning
| Reasoning Ability | |
| Verbal Reasoning | Non-Verbal Reasoning |
| 1.Analogy 2. Classification 3. Word formation 4. Statement and conclusions 5. Syllogism 6. Statement and assumptions 7. Statement and arguments 8. Coding-Decoding 9. Blood Relations 10. Passage and conclusions 11. Alphabet test 12. Series Test 13. Number, Ranking and time sequence Direction sense Test 14. Decision-making test 15. Figure series 16. Input/output 17. Assertion and reasoning 18. Sitting Arrangement | 1. Series test Odd figure Out Analogy 2. Miscellaneous Test |
IBPS Clerk Syllabus: Quantitative Aptitude
| Quantitative Aptitude |
| Ratio and proportion Averages Time and work Speed Distance and time Mixture and allegation Stocks and shares Percentages Partnership Clocks Volume and surface Area Bar & Graphs Line charts Tables Height and Distances Logarithms Permutation and combinations Simple and compound interest Equations, Probability Trigonometry Profit Loss and Discount Mensuration Elements of Algebra Data Interpretation Pie charts |
IBPS Clerk Syllabus: Computer Knowledge
| Computers |
| Basics of Hardware and software Windows operating system basics Internet terms and services Basic Functionalities of MS-Office( MS-word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint) History of computers Networking and communication Database basics Basics of Hacking Security ToolsViruses |
IBPS Clerk Syllabus: General Awareness
| General Awareness | |
| Current Affairs | Banking |
| Current affairs related to national and international issues of last 6 months, Overview of Indian Financial System, History of the Indian banking system Recent credit and monetary policies | Introduction to National financial institutions like RBI, SEBI, IRDA, FSDC etc and of International organizations like IMF, World Bank, ADB, UN etc, Abbreviations and Economic terminologies Banking Terms, Important Government Schemes on capital & money market |