The changes in IBPS Clerk is taken up from the pattern of SBI Clerk.

After IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk notification is also out but this time with some major changes in its pattern. Also this time vacancies have been reduced as compared to the previous year. As some of the banks have not reported the number of vacancies as you can also notice in the official notification, you can also expect revised vacancy later on. So buckle up and start your preparation and before you delve deep into the subjects...Have you gone through the changes brought up by IBPS in its Clerk recruitment 2017?

The changes in IBPS Clerk is taken up from the pattern of SBI Clerk.

Let us see the changes in details:

Last Year the Pattern was:

Sr. No	Name of Tests (NOT BY SEQUENCE)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Time allotted for each test (Separately timed)
1	Reasoning	40	50	English & Hindi	30 minutes
2	English Language	40	40	English	30 minutes
3	Quantitative Aptitude	40	50	English & Hindi	30 minutes
4	General Awareness (with special reference to Banking)	40	40	English & Hindi	25 minutes
5	Computer Knowledge	40	20	English & Hindi	20 minutes
	Total	200	200		135 minutes

New Pattern of IBPS Clerk Mains 2017:

Sr. No	Name of Tests (NOT BY SEQUENCE)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Time allotted for each test (Separately timed)
1	General/ Financial Awareness	50	50	English & Hindi	35 minutes
2	English Language	40	40	English	35 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	English & Hindi	45 minutes
4	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	English & Hindi	45 minutes
	Total	190	200		160 minutes

CHANGES AT A GLANCE:

1. 25 Minutes Increase overall

2. Computer Clubbed with Reasoning

3. Increase in the number of questions of Quant & GA.

4. Sectional Time Allocated to Reasoning is Increased to 45 Minutes

1. 25 Minutes Increase 

As compared to the IBPS Clerk previous year pattern, an overall increase of 25 minutes is introduced in the IBPS Clerk exam this year.

2. Computer Clubbed with Reasoning

Computer Knowledge is clubbed with reasoning ability section. Earlier computer knowledge section comprised 40  number of questions, the time allotted was 20 minutes for 20 marks.

According to the changes brought, now as computer knowledge is clubbed with Reasoning Ability, this section carries 50 Questions of  60 Marks in 45 minutes.

3. Increase in the number of questions of Quant & GA.

Quantitative aptitude section and general awareness section has seen a significant increase in the number of questions and time allotted. Previous year Quantitative Aptitude section comprised 40 Questions and General Awareness (with special reference to Banking) 40 Questions. This year Quantitative Aptitude section and General/ Financial Awareness section will be comprised of  50  -50 Questions each.

4. Sectional Time Allocated to Reasoning is Increased to 45 Minutes

As there are changes in the number of questions in Quantitative aptitude section and general awareness section,  section time allotted is also change. This change is seen in the reasoning section due to its clubbing with computer knowledge.

IBPS Clerical Cadre Exam Pattern Details

IBPS Clerical Cadre Exam Pattern Details: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts Common Written Examination (CWE) for the recruitment of Clerical Cadre vacancies in public sector Banks. The common written examination pattern details are given below…

Exam Pattern:

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts this Online Common Written Exam for Clerical Cadre posts. The examination will be two tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, preliminary and main. Total marks of Preliminary exam is 100 in a duration of 1 hour for objective type questions & total marks of Main exam is 200 in a duration of 2 hours for objective type questions. The tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.

CWE – Online Examinations: 

1. The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:

a. Preliminary Examination

Sr No	Name of Tests	No. of Qs	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	Composite time of 1 hour
2	Numerical Ability	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100

b. Main Examination

Sr. No.	Name of Tests(NOT BY SEQUENCE)	No. of  Questions	Max Marks	Time allotted for each test (Separately timed)
1	General/ Financial Awareness	50	50	35 minutes
2	General English	40	40	35 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 minutes
4	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 minutes
	Total	190	200	160 minutes

Scores: The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equipercentile method. Penality for Wrong Answers:
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.

Cutoff Score: Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on number of the State/ UT wise vacancies available, cutoffs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the online examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.