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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How To Apply For IBPS SO 2020?

The online application process for IBPS SO 2020 will comprise of two-stage:
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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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