IBPS Clerk 2022

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts a common written exam (CWE) for the clerical cadre in multiple banks all over the country. The official notification will be released most probably in the month of September for Clerk/CWE. The IBPS Clerk CWE exam is conducted on two levels- preliminary exam and mains. The application forms will be available online at the official website of IBPS. The interested applicants can fill the form and confirm their candidature on or before the last date of application. The applicants can check all the important details related to IBPS Clerk 2022 in this article below.

Participating Banks

Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab National Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, Syndicate Bank, UCO Bank, Union Bank of India, United Bank of India.

IBPS Clerk 2022 Important Dates

Availability of online applications	September 2021
Closing date of registration	October 2021
Availability of admit cards for prelims	November 2021
Examination date for prelims	November- December 2021
Result declaration for prelims	December 2021
Availability of admit cards for the main exam	December 2021
Examination date of the main exam	January 2022
Result declaration of the main exam	February 2022

Eligibility Criteria

• The age of the candidate must be 20 Years to 28 Years.
• A candidate must possess the minimum qualification of Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
• The candidate should have passed in English as one of the subjects at SSC/ HSC/Intermediate/ Graduation level.

IBPS Clerk 2022 Application Form

The application forms will be available in the month of September 2021. The applicants can apply only through online mode from the official website of IBPS. Candidates applying online must a valid Email Id and Photograph and Signature scanned in the prescribed size. Candidates need to mention which state you wish to apply for. Take a printout of the e-receipt and online application for future reference.

Application Fee

• To complete the application process, they also have to pay the application fee.

Category	Application Fee
SC/ST/PWD	Rs.100/- (Intimation Charges only)
General and Others	Rs. 600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

• The fee can be paid through online mode through net banking or debit/credit cards.

IBPS Clerk 2022 Selection Process

The selection process will be completed in 2 stages-

• 1st Stage- Preliminary Examination (MCQ type 100 marks)
• 2^nd Stage- Main Examination (MCQ type 200 marks)

The applicants please note that there is no interview for the IBPS Clerk 2022 recruitment. 100% weightage will be given to marks scored in the Main examination. The scores of prelims will not be added for selection, only scores of main exams will be considered for final selection.

Exam Pattern

Preliminary Exam

• The examination will be conducted online.
• There will be 3 sections in the examination- English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability.
• A total of 100 questions of MCQ type questions will be asked.
• The duration of the examination will be 1 hour.
• There will be a penalty of 1/4^th marks for each wrong answer.

Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
English Language	30	30	20 minutes
Numerical Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Total	100	100	Composite time of 1 Hour

Main Exam

• The examination will be conducted online.
• There will be 5 sections in the examination- English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness (Banking), Computer Knowledge and Reasoning Ability.
• There will be a total of 190 questions of MCQ type.
• The duration of the examination will be 2 hours.
• There will be a penalty of 1/4^th marks for each wrong answer.

Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 minutes
English Language	40	40	35 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 minutes
General/ Financial Awareness	50	50	35 minutes
Total	190	200	160 minutes

Pre Exam Training Center

Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guwahati, Kanpur, Karnal, Kavaratti, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Mysore, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji (Goa), Patiala, Patna, Port Blair, Puducherry, Pune, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rohtak, Sambalpur, Shimla, Shillong, Siliguri, Balasore, Bareilly, Behrampur (Ganjam), Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Thiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijaywada and Vishakhapatnam.

IBPS Clerk 2022 Cutoffs

The cut off marks are the passing marks to qualify the IBPS Clerk examination. On the basis of cut off marks, the applicants will be shortlisted for the next rounds of the recruitment process.

State Name	Cut-Off Marks	State Name	Cut-Off Marks
Andhra Pradesh	66.25	Kerala	73.5
Assam	63	Madhya Pradesh	70
Bihar	65	Maharashtra	61.50
Chandigarh	71.5	Odisha	71.50
Delhi	71.75	Punjab	66.25
Goa	67	Rajasthan	71.25
Gujarat	27	Tamil Nadu	57.75
Haryana	68.5	Telangana	61
Himachal Pradesh	62.25	Uttar Pradesh	68.25
Jharkhand	73	Uttarakhand	76
Karnataka	53.25 (EWS)	West Bengal	70.75

Important Topics for IBPS Clerk

• English Language: Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Fillers, Spotting Errors, Sentence Improvement, Fill in the Blanks
• Numerical Ability: Number Series, Simplification/ Approximation, Quadratic Equations, Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency, Miscellaneous
• Reasoning Ability: Puzzle and Arrangements, Inequality, Syllogism, Coding – Decoding, Blood Relations, Direction sense, Order and Ranking
• General Awareness: Banking and Insurance Awareness, Financial Awareness, Govt. Schemes and Policies, Current Affairs, Static Awareness

Official Website: https://www.ibps.in/