IBPS SO Official Notification has been released by the organizing body. With another opportunity in hands, students aspiring to start their career as a specialist officer can now boost up their performance to hit the ball. According to official notification IBPS has released a total of 1163+ vacancies to be recruited in the year 2019-2020. Now, before preparing for any Competitive Exam, the most important thing is to know the complete pattern of the Exam you are preparing for. So here is the complete pattern for IBPS SO Prelims as well as IBPS SO Mains Examination of IBPS SO Recruitment 2019. You can also check the IBPS SO Syllabus for the year 2019-2020.
01 I.T. Officer (Scale-I)
02 Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
03 Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
04 Law Officer (Scale I)
05 HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
06 Marketing Officer (Scale I)
Note: This year, no change in the exam pattern have been observed. The exam pattern is similar to that of the IBPS SO previous year exam pattern. Below is the detailed exam structure for various post to be recruited as Specialist officer in the IBPS, 2019
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| 1. | English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 minutes |
| 2. | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| 3. | General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 |
> For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| 1. | English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 minutes |
| 2. | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| 3. | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 |
Note: Students have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS Only. Also, IBPS has introduced sectional timing (last year)of 40 Minutes for each section, thus this time, time management needs special attention to clear the cut off.
B. Main Examination
The Pattern for Mains Exam includes the Professional Knowledge for various Posts.
> For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer
| Name of the Test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 minutes |
> For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari
| Name of the Test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| Professional Knowledge (Objective) | 45 | 60 | English & Hindi | 30 minutes |
| Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) | 2 | English & Hindi | 30 minutes |
The pattern for Prelims Exam is similar to other Bank Examinations, it would be easy for you to prepare for IBPS SO prelims 2019 due to the same pattern followed. Extra Efforts need to be given to the Professional Knowledge of the Subject for Various Posts of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari.
So with the release of the IBPS SO Official Notification its time to start with your preparations as the competition is not going to be easy for anyone. You really need to keep your nose to grindstone to stay ahead in the race.
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