IBPS Clerk Exam

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts Common Written Examination (CWE) for the recruitment of Clerical Cadre vacancies which was approved by 20 public sector banks. The candidates who are attempting the common written exam need to have the specified age and necessary educational qualification. The following are the eligibility details…

   

Selection Procedure: 

IBPS conducts Common Written Examination (CWE) for selection of Clerical Cadre vacancies in the 20 Public Sector Banks. It is a great opportunity for candidate’s career in 20 Public Sector Banks through a Single Common Written Examination. The Common Written Examination (CWE) for Clerical Cadre posts will be conducted once in a year by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. Common Written Examination for recruitment of Clerks has been accepted by each of the 20 participating Public Sector Banks and the Managing Committee of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) with the consent of the Government of India.

1. Qualified candidates have to apply through online application mode from the IBPS website.

2. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts this Online Exam for Clerical Cadre posts. Total no of questions is 200, total marks 200 and total time duration of 2 hours for objective types questions. There will be Negative Marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in the objective type exam.

3. The candidates who qualified in the online test, they are considered for the vacancies of the participating banks, the cut-off  will be decided based on the average 1/4 Standard Deviation for general candidates and 3/4 Standard Deviation for reserved category candidates.

4. After Common Written Examination, the IBPS will be given a scorecard for qualifying candidates in CWE, Which will be valid for one year from the date of issue of the scorecards.

5. Each participating Public Sector Bank is independent to issue a separate recruitment notification. Each bank will be able to shortlist candidates individually and carry out their own selection process such as group discussion and/or interviews etc for final selections.

6. The eligible candidates in the common written examination may apply for particular Bank advertisement and attend for interview with in one year issued of the scorecard.

 

Exam Pattern:

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts Common Written Examination (CWE) in a year for Clerical Cadre posts. The Common Written Examination is of objective type, total no. of questions is 200 and total marks is 200 and total time duration of 2 hours. There will be Negative Marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in the objective type exam.

Written Examination Structure:- (Online)

The examination will be conducted online.

Sr.No.	Name of Tests (Objective)	No ofQuestions	MaximumMarks	Total Time
1	Test of Reasoning	40	40	2 hours
2	Test of English Language	40	40
3	Test of Numerical Ability	40	40
4	Test of General Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry	40	40
5	Test of Computer Knowledge	40	40
	Total	200	200