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IBPS SO 2024 or IBPS SO Exam 2024

IBPS Specialist Officer Exam 2024 Online

Eligibility criteria for IBPS SO 2022

Nationality

Applicants must be an Indian citizen and a resident of any state or union territory of India. Even these candidates can also apply:

  • Candidate subjected to Bhutan
  • Candidate subjected to Nepal
  • A person from Tibet, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, East Africa, Burma, Kenya, Uganda came to India for permanent residence before 1 January 1962 along with a certificate given by the Government of India for eligibility.

Educational qualification

Agricultural Field Officer

Applicant should have a graduation degree or 4 year degree in the following courses:

  • Food technology
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agro-Forestry
  • Food Science
  • Horticulture
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Pisciculture 
  • Fishery Science
  • Dairy Technology
  • Co-operation & Banking
  • Veterinary Science
  • Agricultural Biotechnology
  • Agri. Marketing & Co.
  • Forestry
  • Sericulture

Law officer

Applicants should be qualified in LLB or Bachelor’s in Law and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council.

Marketing Officer

The candidate should be a graduate and also must be with one of the following:

  • 2 years of full-time PGDBA /PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with marketing as a specialized subject
  • 2 years of full-time MMS (Marketing)
  • 2 years of full-time MBA in Marketing

I.T Officer

The applicant must be having anyone of the following criteria mentioned below:

  • 4 years degree in engineering & technology, or
  • Post Graduation in CS/CA/IT/EE/EC// Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Instrumentation, or
  • Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level
  • The candidate should have passed DOEACC ‘B’ level along with graduation

Rahbhasha Adhikari

  • Post Graduation Degree in Sanskrit with English & Hindi as core subjects, or
  • Post Graduation Degree in Hindi with English as a core subject.

HR/Personnel Officer

Applicants must have anyone of the criteria mentioned below:

  • Graduate along with 2 Years Full-time Post Graduation degree, or
  •  2 Years Full-time Post Graduation Diploma in Personnel Management/HR/HRD/ Industrial Relations/ Social Work /Labour Law.

Age limit

Applicants must be from 20 years to 30 years old in terms of age. There will be relaxation provided and details about it are provided below:

 

Category

Age relaxation

Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe

5 years

Other Backward Classes (Non- creamy layer)

3 years

Persons With Benchmark Disability as defined under “The Rights of

Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”.

10 years

Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from the last date of receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military

service or invalided

5 years

Persons affected by 1984 riots

5 years

 

Exam pattern for IBPS SO Exam 2022

The exam is conducted in two phases - Prelims and Mains. The mode of the test will be online in both the phases and questions will be in objective type. Medium of the test is English and Hindi. Candidates who pass the mains will also have to attend interview. Prelims exam is for 125 marks and Mains exam is for 60 Marks. The duration to answer questions is two hours each in both the exams. The pattern is being provided below in tabular format for the sake of the candidates:

Overall information

 

Exam Pattern Highlights
Exam Mode Online
Number of Papers 2 (Prelims and Mains)
Number of Sections Prelims - 3 sections, Mains - 2 sections
Question Paper Type Objective type MCQs
IBPS SO Total marks Prelims- 125 marks Mains- 60 Marks
Exam Duration 2 hours each
Exam language Hindi and English

Question distribution

Prelims

Name of Tests No. of Questions Medium of Exam
English Language 50 English
Reasoning 50 English and Hindi
General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry/ Quantitative Aptitude 50 English and Hindi

Mains question distribution

Law Officer, Marketing Officer, Agriculture Field Officer HR/Personnel Officer, and IT Officer 

(Mains)

Name of the Test No. of Questions Medium of Exam
Professional Knowledge 60 English & Hindi

For Rajbhasha Adhikari

 

Name of the Test No. of Questions Medium of Exam
Professional Knowledge (Objective) 45 English & Hindi
Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) 2 English & Hindi

 

 

 

 

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