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IBPS SO 2020 Notification Out :- for 647 Specialist Officer Posts | Check Eligibility Criteria, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Vacancy

IBPS SO 2020 Notification Out:- for 647 Specialist Officer Posts | Check Eligibility Criteria, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Vacancy

 

 

 

 

 

Important Dates

Application Fee

Age Limit as on 01/11/2020

Participating Banks for IBPS SO 2020-2021

  1. Bank of Baroda
  2. Canara Bank
  3. Indian Overseas Bank
  4. UCO Bank
  5. Bank of India
  6. Central Bank of India
  7. Punjab National Bank
  8. Union Bank of India
  9. Bank of Maharashtra
  10. Indian Bank
  11. Punjab & Sind Bank

IBPS SO 2020 Vacancy

As per the Official Recruitment Notification released by IBPS, a total of 647 vacancies has been announced for IBPS SO 2020-21. The type of work performed by each Specialist Officer varies from post to post. This sector requires highly skilled people with a strong will and dedication to work as a Specialist Officer. Check out the table given below for post-wise vacancy details:

Name of Post No. of Vacancies
Agriculture Officer (Scale-I) 485
Marketing Officer (Scale-I) 60
IT Officer (Scale-I) 20
Law Officer (Scale-I) 50
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I) 07
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I) 25
Total 647

 

 

IBPS SO 2020 Eligibility Criteria

Nationality

The candidate who is going to apply for IBPS SO 2020-21 exam should have citizenship of India issued by the government of India. The following candidates can also apply for the IBPS SO 2020-21 exam:

  • a subject of Nepal or
  • a subject of Bhutan or
  • a Tibetan Refugee, who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
  • Persons migrated from India 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, along with the certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India.

Educational Qualification (As on 23 November 2020)

1. I.T. Officer (Scale-I)

  • 4 year Engineering/Technology Degree or PG in CS/CA/IT/EE/EC/Electronics & Instrumentation/ Electronics & Telecommunications OR
  • Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level

2. Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I)

  • 4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Horticulture/ Forestry/ Food Science/ Animal Husbandry/Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Co./ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Tech./ Dairy Tech./ Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture

3. Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I)

  • PG Degree in Hindi with English as a core subject OR
  • PG Degree in Sanskrit with English & Hindi as core subjects.

4. Law Officer (Scale-I)

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council.

5. HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I)

  • Graduate and 2 Years Full-time PG degree or 2 Years Full-time PG Diploma in Personnel Management /Industrial Relations/HR/HRD/Social Work /Labour Law.

6. Marketing Officer (Scale-I)

  • Graduate and 2 Years Full-time MMS (Marketing)/ 2 Years Full-time MBA (Marketing)/ 2 Years Full-time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing.

 

 

 

BPS SO Exam Pattern

The exam will be conducted in online and there will be multiple-choice questions on:

For Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari Posts

Subject No. of Question Marks Time
English Language 50 25 40 minutes
Reasoning 50 50 40 minutes
General Awareness

(Banking Industry)

50 50 40 minutes
Total 150 125 2 hours (120 minutes)

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern for IT Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, Agriculture Field Officer and Marketing Officer:

Subject No. of Questions Marks Time
English Language 50 25 40 minutes
Reasoning 50 50 40 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 40 minutes
Total 150 125 2 hours (120 minutes)

 

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IBPS SO Syllabus:

English Language:

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Cloze Test
  • Spotting Errors
  • Double Fillers
  • Sentence rearrangement
  • Sentence Improvement
  • Phrase Replacement

Reasoning

  • Puzzles
  • Series – Alphanumeric & Figures
  • Coding-decoding
  • Inequality
  • Input-Output
  • Blood Relation
  • Order Ranking
  • Direction and Sense
  • Syllogism

Quantitative Aptitude

  • Data Interpretation – Pie charts, Tabular, Bar Graphs, Line charts
  • Number system
  • Approximation
  • HCF and LCM
  • Age Problems
  • Quadratic Equations
  • Arithmetic – Profit, Loss and Discount, Percentage, Ratio and proportion, Average, Mixture and Allegations, Time and work, Pipe and Cistern, Speed, Distance and time, Simple and compound interest
  • Permutation and Combination
  • Mensuration
  • Data Sufficiency

General Awareness

  • Current Affairs
  • Important Days
  • Important Places
  • Books & authors
  • Awards
  • Prime Ministers Schemes
  • Banking Awareness topics.
  • Countries, capitals and currencies
  • Tallest and biggest in India and the world
  • Headquarters of Important Organizations
  • Banking in India
  • Banking terms
  • Bank headquarters
  • Slogans of banks
  • Economic terminologies

IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern 2002

For IT Officer, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, Agriculture Field Officer and Marketing Officer

Subject No. of Questions Maximum Marks Time
Professional Knowledge 60 60 45 minutes

For Rajbhasha Adhikari

Subject No. of Questions Marks Time
Professional Knowledge (Objective) 45 60

Marks

30 mnts
Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) 2 30

0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer in both Prelims & Mains examinations.

 

 

IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus (Mains) For IBPS SO Rajbhasha Adhikari Post

1. Passages
2. Fill in the Blanks
3. Translation (English to Hindi and Hindi to English)
4. Cloze Test
5. Antonyms and Synonyms
6. Hindi Grammar

IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus (Mains) For IBPS SO IT Officer Post

1. Basic Programming Skills – C Programming
2. Data base Management System
3. Microsoft Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, etc.)
4. Data Communication & Networking
5. Windows Operating System
6. Operating System
7. Software Engineering
8. Data Structure
9. Computer Organisation and Microprocessor
10. Object Oriented Programming

IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus (Mains) For IBPS SO Law Officer Post

1. Banking Regulation and Compliance & Legal Aspects
2. Relevant laws and orders related to negotiable instruments
3. Securities
4. Prevention of Money Laundering
5. Foreign Exchange
6. Limitation Act
7. Consumer Protection Act
8. SARFAESI
9. Bankers Book Evidence Act
10. DRT Act
11. Banking Ombudsman Scheme
12. Offenses and Penalties
13. Law and Acts with direct and indirect implication on the banking sector like Contract Acts, Partnerships, Companies, Firm, Constitution

IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus (Mains) For IBPS SO HR/Personnel Officer Post

1. Human Resource Management (HRM)
2. Human Resource Development (HRD)
3. Organizational Behavior
4. Job Evaluation, Design, Analysis, and Interviews
5. Training and Development, Motivation
6. Performance Appraisal, Promotion, Transfer, Demotion, Compensation, Incentives, Rewards, and Recognition
7. Wage/Salary Administration
8. Discipline and Grievance Procedures
9. Industrial Relations
10. Labour Legislations
11. Trade Union Act
12. Information Technology Concepts and Issues

IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus (Mains) For Marketing Officer Post

1. Marketing Overview
2. Brand Management
3. Advertising
4. PR
5. Sales Promotion
6. Basic knowledge of retail management
7. Business Ethics
8. Market Segmentation
9. Marketing Research forecasting demand
10. Product Lifecycle
11. Intellectual Property Rights
12. Corporate Social Responsibility
13. Services Marketing
14. Marketing Strategy

IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus (Mains) For Agricultural Officer Post

1. Current Affairs on Agriculture Sector
2. Agriculture Economics
3. Seed Technology
4. Agricultural Practices
5. Soil Resources
6. Animal Husbandry
7. Rural Welfare Activities
8. Government Policies and Schemes For Agricultural Development
9. Woman and Child Development Schemes
10. Herbicides and Pesticides
11. Crop Diseases
12. Horticulture

 

 

 

 

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IBPS SO Prelims Sectional Cut Off 2018

Section-wise cut off has been provided for IBPS SO Prelims:

S.No. Name of the Section Maximum Marks Cutoff
General SC/ST/OBC/PwD
1. English 25 4.75 2.50
2. Reasoning 50 15.25 10
3. General Awareness / Quantitative Aptitude 50 16.75 11.50

IBPS SO Category-wise Cut Off 2018

The over cut-off Category-wise cut off has been provided for IBPS SO Prelims:

Category Cutoff Marks
General (Gen) 89.88
Scheduled Caste (SC) 81.25
Scheduled Tribe (ST) 70
Other Backward Classes (OBC) 87.50
Visually Impaired (VI) 70
Hearing Impaired (HI) 49
Intellectual Disability (ID) 48.25
Orthopaedically Challenged (OC) 83.38

 

 

 

How To Apply For IBPS SO 2020?

The online application process for IBPS SO 2020 will comprise of two-stage:
|| Registration | Log In ||

Part I: Registration
  • The candidates are to first click on the link that is given below.
  • Enter the details asked for.
  • A provisional registration number and password will be sent on the registered Email ID and Mobile number.
Part II: Log In
  • On receiving the registration no. and password, log in to complete the application procedure.
  • Fill up the personal, academic details, and communication details correctly.
  • Choose the exam center carefully.
  • Upload the photograph, signature, Left Hand Thumb Impression, Handwritten declaration.
  • The details for uploading of the documents is given below in the next paragraph.
  • Verify the details entered in the form before paying the application fee.
  • After verification, pay the required application fee.
  • Your application form for IBPS SO will be accepted provisionally after you have paid the application fee.

 

 

 

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