Bank PO Eligibility 2022, Check Age Limit, Educational Qualifications Along With List of Banks!

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Bank PO Eligibility 

A Probationary Officer (PO) is an Assistant Manager of Scale I in a bank. He is a Junior Manager of Grade I scale and hence also called Scale I Officer. After the selection, Probationary Officer has to go through an intensive training program at the Institute of Banking Management followed by a probation period of  2 years. The official notifications released by the conducting bodies contain detailed eligibility criteria for the post of Probationary Officer. Interested candidates should ensure that they meet all the criteria and have relevant documents to support the same. The broad paraments for eligibility are:

1. Nationality 
2. Age limit 
3. Educational Qualification 
4. Number Of Attempts 

Bank PO Eligibility: Nationality 

A candidate must be :

• A Citizen of India 
• A Subject of Nepal 
• A Subject of Bhutan 
• A Tibetan Refugee who came to India before January 1, 1962, to permanently settle in India 
• A person of Indian origin who migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam to permanently settle in India.

Bank PO Eligibility: Age Limit 

The age limit for various banks is discussed below. A candidate can only apply for these exams is he/she is above 21 years of age. The age limit as per various exams is given below:

Exam	Age Limit
SBI PO	Minimum: 21 years Maximum: 30 years
IBPS PO	Minimum: 21 years Maximum: 30 years
IBPS RRB PO	Minimum: 21 years Maximum: 40 years

There are various relaxations in age limit, the relaxations follow a general set of rules. They are mentioned below:

Category	Age Relaxation
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST)	5 years
Other Backward Classes (OBC Non-Creamy Layer)	3 years
Persons with Disabilities (PWD)	10 years
Ex-Servicemen (Army personnel)	5 years
Widows/Divorced Women	9 years
Persons with Domicile of Jammu &Kashmir during the period of 1-1-1980 to 31-12-1989	5 years
Persons affected by 1984 riots	5 years
Retrenched from service(for MP state Only)	5 years

 

Bank PO Eligibility: Educational Qualification

Exam	Educational Qualification
SBI PO	Candidates must hold a Graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification
IBPS PO	Candidates must hold a Graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification
IBPS RRB PO	Bachelor's degree in any discipline.

Candidates should note that they should at least have 50% marks in graduation. They should also have all the relevant and valid documents to prove the same.

Bank PO Eligibility: Number of Attempts 

There is no bar on the number of attempts in any of these exams. If a candidate is allowed to appear as per the age limit he can appear any number of times.
 

Bank PO Exam Pattern

The organising body determines the bank PO exam format for each bank exam. The Bank PO exam pattern is subject to change, and the organising authority retains the right to do so at its leisure.
The majority of banks use the following procedures as part of their normal exam pattern when hiring bank officers (bank POs):

1. Preliminary Examination
2. Mains Examination
3. Interview
4. Group Discussion (only SBI PO)

The IBPS, SBI, and IBPS RRB PO exam's short Bank PO test format is provided below:

Bank PO Exam Pattern
IBPS PO
	Sections	Number of Questions	Marks	Time Duration
Preliminary Exam	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 minutes
Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Mains Exam	English Language	35	40	40 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	35	60	45 minutes
Reasoning Ability	45	60	60 minutes
General Awareness	40	40	35 minutes
Descriptive Paper	2	24	30 minutes
IBPS RRB PO
Preliminary Exam	Quantitative Aptitude	40		45 minutes
Reasoning Ability	40
Mains Exam	English/Hindi Language	40		2 hours
Quantitative Aptitude	40
Reasoning Ability	40
General Awareness	40
Computer Knowledge	40
SBI PO
Preliminary Exam	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 minutes
Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Mains Exam	English Language	35	40	40 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	35	60	45 minutes
Reasoning Ability	45	60	60 minutes
General Awareness	40	40	35 minutes
Descriptive Paper	2	50	30 minutes
Interview	—	—	30	—
Group Discussion	—	—	20	—

 

 

 

List Of Banks Under IBPS

Following banks are participating banks under IBPS:

• Indian Overseas Bank
• UCO Bank
• Bank of Maharashtra
• Punjab and Sind Bank
• Punjab National Bank
• Canara Bank
• Union Bank of India
• Indian Bank
• Bank of India
• Bank of Baroda
• Central Bank of India

To know more read here.
 

SBI PO Eligibility Criteria	SBI SO Salary	SBI CBO Eligibility	SBI Clerk Syllabus
IBPS PO Eligibility	IBPS RRB PO Eligibility	IBPS Clerk Salary	IBPS PO Syllabus