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IBPS RRB Exam Pattern

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection released the official Notification for IBPS RRB Exam. This year, IBPS will conduct preliminary examination for IBPS RRB Officers & Assistants on 3rd, 4th, 11th, 17th, 18th & 25th June 2019. Here is the detailed IBPS RRB Exam Pattern for Prelims and Mains.

  • Exam Pattern for IBPS RRB 2019 will give you an idea of what to prepare and what not to prepare for IBPS RRB 2019 Examination.
  • There are 56 participating organizations in IBPS RRB. Candidates have the opportunity to land a Job in various major & minor locations in the nation.
  • IBPS has released the IBPS RRB Admit Card for Pre-Exam Training. Candidates can download the hall ticket and begin their preparation.
  • If you are yet to start your preparation, IBPS RRB Syllabus 2019 will help you prepare a study plan for exam preparation.
  • Enhance your preparation by going through detailed IBPS RRB Preparation Tips which will help you to score more in the examination.
  • Here, in this post, we have provided detailed Prelims and Mains Exam Pattern for Assistant and Officer post separately.

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern 2019

As there are few days left for the exam, it is high time for candidates to begin their preparation. The main important thing to remember in preparation is knowing the exam pattern well. Once you are well versed with the exam pattern, you can prepare the flow of study plans required to crack IBPS RRB 2019 examination. Here is the detailed Exam Pattern 2019 as per the latest IBPS RRB Notification published by IBPS.

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern 2019 for Office Assistant and Officer Grade

IBPS RRB Exam is conducted in two stages for all the posts which include Prelims and Mains. Candidates who are appearing for the IBPS RRB Prelims Exam are suggested to solve more and more questions to be perfect in any topic. Practice IBPS RRB Previous Year Question Papers to know different types of questions that can appear in the exam.

  • The IBPS RRB exams will be conducted in the online mode which is known as a computer-based test.
  • Each paper has objective type multiple choice questions
  • Candidates will have an option to answer the questions in either Hindi or English language.
  • Also, candidates will have to choose between English and Hindi as one of the section for the exam.
  • There is a provision of negative marking as well. For each incorrect answer, 0.25 or ¼ mark will be deducted.

The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Pattern

Candidates who are appearing for Office Assistant need to clear two stages: Preliminary and Mains exam.

Office Assistant Prelims Exam Pattern

The Preliminary IBPS RRB exam pattern Office Assistant is tabulated below.

Section Medium of Exam No. of Qs Maximum Marks Duration
Reasoning Hindi/English 40 40 Composite time of 45 minutes
Numerical Ability Hindi/English 40 40
Total 80 80
Office Assistant Mains Exam Pattern

Here is the table below comprising of Mains exam pattern for Assistant post.

Section Medium of Exam No. of Questions Max. Marks Duration
Reasoning Hindi/English 40 50 Composite Time of 2 hours
Numerical Ability Hindi/English 40 50
General Awareness Hindi/English 40 40
English Language English 40 40
Hindi Language Hindi 40 40
Computer Knowledge Hindi/English 40 20
Total 200 200

IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Exam Pattern

Candidates who are appearing for Officer Scale I have to go through 2 Phases i.e., Prelims and Mains in order to get shortlisted for Personal Interview Round.

Officer Scale I Prelims Exam Pattern

Check out the Officer scale I Prelims IBPS RRB exam pattern here

Section Medium of Exam No. of Qs Maximum Marks Duration
Reasoning Hindi/English 40 40 Composite time of 45 minutes
Numerical Ability Hindi/English 40 40
Total 80 80
Officer Scale I Mains Exam Pattern

Go through the Mains pattern for Officer Scale I here

Section Medium of Exam No. of Questions Max. Marks Duration
Reasoning Hindi/English 40 50 Composite Time of 2 hours
Numerical Ability Hindi/English 40 50
General Awareness Hindi/English 40 40
English Language English 40 40
Hindi Language Hindi 40 40
Computer Knowledge Hindi/English 40 20
Total 200 200

IBPS RRB Officer Scale II Exam Pattern

Candidates who are applied for Officer Scale II need to appear for a single online examination. The qualified candidates will then be shortlisted to appear for Interview round.  Scale II has 2 posts which are as follows:

  • Scale II – General Banking Officer
  • Scale II –  Specialist Cadre
Officer Scale II- General Banking Officer Exam Pattern

Here is the table showing exam pattern for Officer Scale II- General Banking Officer

Section Name Medium of Exam No. of Questions Total Marks Duration
Reasoning Hindi/English 40 50 Composite time of 2 hours
Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation Hindi/English 40 50
Finance Awareness Hindi/English 40 40
English English 40 40
Hindi Hindi 40 40
Computer Knowledge Hindi/English 40 20
Total 200 Question 200 Marks 2 Hours

Officer Scale II- Specialist Cadre Exam Pattern

Here is the table showing IBPS RRB exam pattern for Officer Scale II- Specialist Cadre

Section Name Medium of Exam No. of Questions Total Marks Duration
Reasoning Hindi/English 40 40 Composite time of 2 hours and 30 minutes
Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation Hindi/English 40 40
Finance Awareness Hindi/English 40 40
English English 40 20
Hindi Hindi 40 20
Computer Knowledge Hindi/English 40 20
Professional Knowledge Hindi/English 40 40
Total 240 Question 200 Marks 2 Hours 30 Minutes

IBPS RRB Officer Scale III Exam Pattern

Candidates who had applied for Scale III will have to appear for single online examination. Candidates qualifying the exam will then have to attend the interview round.

Section Name Medium of Exam No. of Questions Total Marks Duration
Reasoning Hindi/English 40 50 A cumulative time of 2 hours
Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation Hindi/English 40 50
Financial Awareness Hindi/English 40 40
Hindi Hindi
English English 40 40
Computer Knowledge Hindi/English 40 20
Total 200 Questions 200 Marks 2 Hours
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IBPS Specialist Officer 2018 – Know the Changed Exam Pattern

IBPS SO 2018-19 will be held in the month of December – January. There are many aspirants who were eagerly waiting for this. It is better if you all start your preparation well in advance. For that, you must go through the IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2018-19.

IBPS SO Exam Pattern and Selection Process

The IBPS SO 2018-19 recruitment is out. A total vacancy of 1599  posts have been announced. As expected, the feature of Sectional Timing has also been introduced in the IBPS SO Exam Pattern. This year IBPS has introduced sectional timing for both prelims and main exam in case of IBPS Clerk and IBPS PO Exam. Hence, you must go through the complete selection process and updated exam pattern for Specialist officer.
 

IBPS SO Selection Process

IBPS recruits Specialist Officers in different domains as in IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Law Officer, Rajya Sabha Adhikari, HR Officer and Marketing Officer. The selection process for Specialist officer includes 3 stages:

  1. Preliminary Exam
  2. Main Exam
  3. Interview

IBPS SO Exam Pattern

First of all, we have already stated that Specialist Officer recruitment takes place for different domains. Hence, the exam topics are also different for these domains. You can find the detail exam pattern for two different domains given below. You must also remember that for both Prelims and Mains Exam, there is negative marking for both. For your every wrong answer, 0.25 marks shall be deducted.

1.Specialist Officer Exam – Prelims

This year for each section in prelims, a sectional timing of 40 marks has been added. you can find the complete exam pattern below.

IBPS SO Exam Pattern for: IT, HR Agriculture, Marketing
Name Of The Subject No. Of Questions Total Marks Duration
 English Language 50 25 40 mins
 Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 40 mins
 Reasoning Ability 50 50 40 mins
 Marks  150  125 120 mins
IBPS SO Exam Pattern for: Law and Rajya Sabha Adhikari
Name Of The Subject No. Of Questions Total Marks Duration
 English Language 50 25 40 mins
 General Awareness (Spcl. reference to Banking) 50 50 40 mins
 Reasoning Ability 50 50 40 mins
 Marks  150  125 120 mins

The candidates have to qualify every section with minimum cutoff marks as well as attain the overall cut off  as decided by the bank. On qualifying, they will be eligible for appearing in the Mains Exam for Specialist Officer.

2.Specialist Officer Exam – Main

IBPS SO Exam Pattern for: IT, HR Agriculture, Marketing, Law officer
Name Of The Subject No. Of Questions Total Marks Duration
 Professional Knowledge 60 60 45 minutes
IBPS SO Exam Pattern for: Rajya Sabha Adhikari
Name Of The Subject No. Of Questions Total Marks Duration
Professional Knowledge 45 60 30 minutes
 English Descriptive 2

The candidates who successfully qualify the Main Round of Exam for Specialist Officer shall be called for Interview Process. Therefore, now you have an idea of the IBPS SO Exam Pattern along with the sections included. So, you should start preparing for the exam accordingly. We will keep updating you with all latest information and notifications regarding IBPS Specialist Officer recruitment 2018. Subscribe to our notifications to avoid missing out any news.

Good Luck!!

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South Indian Bank PO Exam Pattern

South Indian Bank PO Exam Pattern

The official notice for South Indian Bank PO recruitment 2018 has been released recently. The online exam will be held tentatively on 7th July 2018. Since there is just more than two weeks left for the exam, we advise you to speed up your preparation. Also, it’s advisable to go through the latest South Indian Bank PO Exam Pattern to check for any modifications that may be made. We have provided the exam pattern here for your convenience. Scroll down to read more details.

South Indian Bank PO Exam Pattern

Written Test

For every wrong attempt, a negative marking of 0.25 marks apply. Also, sectional timing is there for every section. Please find the Online Test pattern below.

Section No. of Qs Marks Time
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude 35 35 35 min
General Awareness/Economy/Banking Awareness 35 35 15 min
English Language 35 35 35 min
Data Analysis & Interpretation 35 35 35 min
Total 140 140 120 min

If you qualify the Written Test, you have to appear for the Group Discussion and Personal Interview round. You need to qualify these rounds too.

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