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IBPS Clerk Syllabus Pdf 2021 | IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern

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Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is a popular banking exam conducted in our country. IBPS Clerk Syllabus is released for both Preliminary and Main exam.

The topics for prelims include:

  1. English language
  2. Numerical Ability
  3. Reasoning ability

In the Mains exam, there are four sections-

  1. General English
  2. Financial Awareness
  3. Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning
  4. Computer Ability.

As per the official IBPS Calendar 2020, the preliminary exam will be conducted on 05.12.2020, 12.12.2020, and 13.12.2020, and IBPS Clerk Mains 2020 exam will be held on 24 January 2021.

IBPS Clerk syllabus 2021: Prelims Exam

Have a look at the exam pattern of the IBPS Clerk Prelims:

Section No. of MCQs Marks Duration
English Language 30 30 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 minutes
Numerical Ability 35 35 20 minutes
Total 100 100 1 Hour

IBPS Clerk Syllabus for Prelims Exam

  1. English Language:

Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Para jumbles, Sentence Completion, Phrase Replacement, Error Detection, Fill in the blanks, Inference, Connectors, Vocabulary, Word Usage, etc

  1. Numerical Ability:

Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Pie Chart), Inequalities/ Quadratic Equations, Number Series, Simplification and Approximation, Percentages, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Profit and Loss, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Problem on Ages, Data Sufficiency, Speed, Distance and Time, Work, Time and Wages, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns.

  1. Reasoning Ability

Advance Puzzles, Seating Arrangements, Distance and Direction, Blood Relations, Syllogism, Order and Ranking, Coding-Decoding, Machine Input-Output, Inequalities, Alphabet and Number Series and Chinese coding.

 

IBPS Clerk Main Exam Pattern

IBPS Clerk Main Exam includes General/ Financial Awareness, General English, Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude, and Quantitative Aptitude.

Sections No. of Questions Max Marks Duration
General/ Financial Awareness 50 50 35 mins
General English 40 40 35 mins
Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude 50 60 45 mins
Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 45 mins
Total 190 Ques 200 Marks 160 mins

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IBPS Clerk Syllabus for Main Exam

IBPS Clerk Main Syllabus for Reasoning Ability, General English and Quantitative Aptitude is quite similar to the prelim’s syllabus, however, the difficulty level is much higher in this stage.

 1. General/ Financial Awareness:

Current Affairs and Static GK related to banking, economic and financial sector, Latest Reports and Data such as Budget, GDP, Repo rate, Interest rate, tax rate, etc, Basics of Financial Institutions such as RBI, SEBI, IRDA, World Bank and IMF, their headquarters location, name of their head/ chief/ chairman, etc, Financial and Banking Abbreviations, Acronyms, terminologies, Government Schemes and Policies

  1. General English:

Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Paraphrase, Sentence Improvement, Formation and Reconstruction, One-word substitution, Para Jumbles, Match-ups, Fill in the blanks, Vocabulary, etc.

  1. Reasoning Ability:

Analogy, Syllogism, Passage and Conclusions, Statement and Conclusion, Statement and Assumptions, Statement and Arguments, Decision Making, Assertion and Reasoning, Ranking and Sequence, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Alphabet/ Numeric Series, Direction Sense, Figure Series, Input-output, Sitting Arrangement.

  1. Computer Aptitude:

History of computers, Basics of computer’s hardware and software, Short Cut Keys, Windows operating system, Internet, Networking, Basics of MS-Office: MS-word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, Database, Hacking, Security Tools and Viruses.

  1. Quantitative Aptitude:

Data Interpretation, Pie charts, Bar graphs, Line charts, Tables, Mixture and Allegations, Profit, Loss and Discount, Percentages, Partnership, Ratio and Proportion, Averages, Simple and compound interest, Equations, Time and Work, Speed, Distance and Time, Clocks, Volume and Surface Area, Permutation and combinations, Probability, Trigonometry and Mensuration

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