IBPS PO: Coding-decoding

Coding-decoding: 

The expected number of questions on coding-decoding is 5. This topic also comes under the category of easy articles. The questions may be based on old as well as new pattern coding-decoding

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IBPS PO : Data Sufficiency

Data Sufficiency: 

The questions based on data sufficiency can have 2 or 3 statements based on the difficulty level of the questions. If asked, there will be a total of 3-5 questions on this topic. 

Data Sufficiency is also an important topic that can get you at least 3 to 5 marks in the Reasoning Section. The questions based on data sufficiency can have 2 or 3 statements based on the difficulty level of the questions. 

If asked, there will be a total of 3-5 questions on this topic.

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IBPS Clerk Vacancy

IBPS Clerk Vacancy 

This year IBPS has released a total of 7275 vacancies of the post clerk. Previously, IBPS Exam was conducted for a total of 11,897 vacancies across various states of the country

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What is IBPS Clerk Exam?

 IBPS Clerk is one of the most competitive exams in India which provides the opportunity to work in various centralized Bank on the Clerical post. IBPS conducts annually an online exam know as common written exam or CWE for IBPS Clerk vacancies. Based on previous year trends, last year, approx 22 lakh candidates applied for IBPS Clerk recruitment out of which around 15 lakh candidates appeared in the first phase of the exam.

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Quantitative Aptitude

Quantitative Aptitude is one of the scoring subjects, as it involves questions purely of numerical calculations relates to problems like arithmetic, graph and table reading, percentage analysis, categorization, quantitative analysis and more. The major importance of quantitative aptitude test is to measures someone’s numerical ability and accuracy in mathematical calculations.

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Banking Industry in India

Banking is one of the fastest growing industry in India and they are considered as sunrise sector of Indian Economy. 

More so, the government is focusing on providing banking facilities in every village and town, under its Financial Inclusion scheme. And hence, more and more branches of the banks are being opened in every part of the country. 

As the sector is growing very fast, it also needs manpower at various levels. Essentially the recruitment in bank sector happens at the following levels: Bank Probationary Officer (Bank PO): This is a managerial position in a bank. After the essential 1 to 2-year training, candidates are designated as Assistant Managers (AM) or Deputy Managers (DM). Starting Salary as a Bank PO ranges from Rs. 30,000 - Rs. 40,000, depending upon bank to bank and location of posting. 

Bank Clerks: As the name suggests, this is a clerical position in the bank and this can be considered as entry level job in a bank. Salary of a Bank Clerk is generally in the range of Rs. 20,000-25,000 depending on bank to bank and posting location. Specialist Officers (SO): Banks also hire candidates for specialist profiles like – IT Officer, HR Officer, Marketing Officer, Finance Officer, Law Officer, Agriculture Officer etc. Usually, the grade and the starting salary of Specialist Officer is in the same range as Probationary Officers. Every year, government banks recruit more than 1,00,000 candidates for various roles.

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About Bank Exams

 Every year, multiple exams are conducted for the recruitment of Bank PO, Bank Clerk & Specialist Officers. Broadly, these exams can be classified into following Categories- IBPS PO: It is a common exam conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for 20 PSU Banks for the recruitment of Probationary Officers. 

IBPS Clerk: It is a common exam conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for 20 PSU Banks for the recruitment of Clerical Cadres. IBPS Specialist Officers (IBPS SO): It is a common exam conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for 20 PSU Banks for the recruitment of Specialist Officers like Marketing Officer, IT Officer, HR Officer etc.

IBPS Regional Rural Bank Exam: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts a common written exam for all the Regional Rural Banks of India (RRBs) for the posts of Probationary Officer, Clerical and Specialist Officers. 

SBI Probationary Officer: State Bank of India conducts its own exam for recruitment of Probationary Officers. SBI Clerk: State Bank of India conducts its own exam for recruitment of Clerical Cadres. RBI Grade B Exam: Reserve Bank of India recruit officers (Grade B) through an All India exam. 

Through, there are very few jobs in this, but working with RBI has its own benefits and future prospects. RBI Assistants Exam: RBI recruits Clerical Cadres through an All India exam. Again, a job in RBI is considered very prestigious.

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Bank Exams Pattern

Bank Exams Pattern Recruitment in government banks is generally done in three stage recruitment process. First two phases are written test, which are called Pre and Main; and last stage is the interview process. Shortlisting of candidates is done at each stage – Pre, Main and Interview. 

Final merit list is prepared on the basis of marks in Mains and Interview (weightage: 80% Written Test & 20% Interview).

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Bank Exams Syllabus

Written tests in bank exams generally ask questions to test the General Aptitude of the candidates. In Prelims, 100 questions are asked from three different sections – Quantitative Aptitude (35 Questions), Reasoning Ability (35 Questions), English Language (30). While in the Mains exams, 200 questions are asked covering Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, English Language, General Awareness and Basic Computer Knowledge.

Syllabus of all above sections is given below:

Quantitative Aptitude:

Number Systems, Ratio & Proportion, Percentage & Averages, Profit & Loss, Mixtures &Alligations, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Surds & Indices, Time & Distance, Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere, Sequence & Series, Permutation Combination & Probability, Quadratic Equations, Data Interpretation.

Reasoning Ability :

Sitting Arrangements, Tabulation, Logical Reasoning, Syllogism, Input Output, Coding Decoding, Alphanumeric Series, Ranking / Direction / Alphabet Test, Data Sufficiency, Coded Inequalities, Non Verbal Reasoning.

English Language :

Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Sentence Correction, Para Jumbles, Vocabulary, Multiple Meaning Words, Paragraph Completion and New Pattern Questions of various types.

Computers :

Number System, History of computers, Hardware, Software, Database (Introduction), Communication (Basic Introduction), Networking (Lan, Wan), Internet (Concept, History, Working Environment, Application), Security Tools, Virus, Hacker, MS Windows & MS Office, Logic Gates.

Current Affairs:

Banks in NEWS, Economy based current affairs, Business NEWS, Agreements, New Appointments, Visits, Government Schemes, Awards and Honors, Summits, Committees, National and International, Obituaries, Reports and Indexes, Books and Authors, Defense, Sports.

Banking:

RBI, Function of RBI, Banking Abbreviations, Banking Regulation Act 1949, Policy Rates, Types of Accounts, NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT 1881, BANKING OMBUDSMAN SCHEME 2006, FINANCIAL INCLUSION, PRIORITY SECTOR LENDING, MONEY MARKET

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Banking Industry

Banking is one of the fastest growing industry in India and they are considered as sunrise sector of Indian Economy. More so, the government is focusing on providing banking facilities in every village and town, under its Financial Inclusion scheme. 

And hence, more and more branches of the banks are being opened in every part of the country. As the sector is growing very fast, it also needs manpower at various levels. 

Essentially the recruitment in bank sector happens at the following levels: Bank Probationary Officer (Bank PO): This is a managerial position in a bank. After the essential 1 to 2-year training, candidates are designated as Assistant Managers (AM) or Deputy Managers (DM). 

Starting Salary as a Bank PO ranges from Rs. 30,000 - Rs. 40,000, depending upon bank to bank and location of posting. Bank Clerks: As the name suggests, this is a clerical position in the bank and this can be considered as entry level job in a bank. Salary of a Bank Clerk is generally in the range of Rs. 20,000-25,000 depending on bank to bank and posting location. Specialist Officers (SO): Banks also hire candidates for specialist profiles like – IT Officer, HR Officer, Marketing Officer, Finance Officer, Law Officer, Agriculture Officer etc. Usually, the grade and the starting salary of Specialist Officer is in the same range as Probationary Officers. Every year, government banks recruit more than 1,00,000 candidates for various roles.

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RECRUITMENT OF CLERKS 2019-20

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection COMMON RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR RECRUITMENT OF CLERKS IN PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS (CRP CLERKS-VIII for Vacancies of 2019-20 )

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IBPS PO 2018 Exam

IBPS PO 2018 Examination is going to be held in the month of October. The three sections that will be asked in the examination are English Language, Reasoning Ability and Quantitative Aptitude.

Reasoning Section is the part and parcel of this examination and carries the total weight of 35 marks out the total 100 marks.

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IBPS PO 2018 Vacancy

 IBPS has released the official notification regarding the post of probationary officer/management trainees. There were total 4102 vacancies for IBPS probationary officer/management trainees last year. IBPS vacancies also have reservations under various categories will be as per prevailing Government Guidelines at the time of finalization of the result.

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IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern

The IBPO PO Main exam is also conducted online, it has 5(4+1) sections with a total score of 200+25 marks and total duration of 180+30 minutes. Just like IBPS PO 2017, IBPS will be conducting a descriptive paper in its mains exam for selection of candidates to the post of Probationary officer. The sections must be attempted in the same order and the allotted time as mandated at the time of the exam. A candidate has to clear both preliminary and mains examination to be eligible for the interview process.

S.No. Name of Tests(Objective                       No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
1   Reasoning & Computer Aptitude                  45                         60                 60 minutes
2   English Language                                          35                         40                 40 minutes
3   Data Analysis & Interpretation                     35                         60                 45 minutes
4   General Economy & Banking Awareness     40                         40                 35 minutes
          Total                                                         155                         200                 3 Hours
5   English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) 2                          25                 30 minutes

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IBPS PO Prelims Exam Pattern

The IBPS PO preliminary examination has a total duration of 1 hour and 20 mintues for each sections, which will be conducted in online mode. It consists of 3 sections with a total of 100 questions and maximum score of 100 marks.

There is negative marking in IBPS PO pre exam and 0.25 marks are deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates must clear the cut-off in all 3 sections to qualify for the IBPS PO Main exam. The section-wise details are given below:

S.No. Name of Tests(Objective No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
1 English Language 30 30 20 minutes
2 Numerical Ability 35 35 20 minutes
3 Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 minutes
        Total                100 100

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

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