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About IBPS

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is a central recruitment agency under the ownership of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India that was started with an aim to encourage the recruitment and placement of young undergraduates, postgraduates and doctorates at the rank of Group 'A' officer, Group 'B' officer, Group 'C' employee and Group 'D' employee in nationalised banks and regional rural banks in India. It also provides standardised systems for assessment and result processing services to organisations.

IBPS Clerk -Age Limit

• • The candidate must be 20 Years to 28 Years.
• A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1994 and no later than 01.07.2002 (both dates inclusive).

Relaxation of Upper age limit

There is some relaxation of the upper age limit for special category candidates. The details on it are given below:

Sr.No.	Category	Age relaxation
1	Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe	5 years
2	Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)	3 years
3	Persons With Disabilities	10 years
4	Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen	the actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled ExServicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years
5	Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried	9 years
6	Persons affected by the 1984 riots	5 years
7	Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service (Applicable to Madhya Pradesh state only)	5 years

IBPS Clerk - Educational Qualification

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 possess a certificate as proof of passing the qualifying examination.

The candidate must possess a valid Mark-sheet / Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he/she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.

Computer Literacy: Operating and working knowledge in computer systems is mandatory i.e. candidates should have a Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer operations/Language/ should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/College/Institute.

Proficiency in the Official Language of the State/UT (candidates should know how to read/ write and speak the Official Language of the State/UT) for which vacancies a candidate wishes to apply is preferable.

Nationality / Citizenship

A candidate must be either -
(i) a Citizen of India or
(ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
(v) a person of Indian origin who has 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 with the intention of permanently settling in India.

IBPS OVERVIEW

IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2022- Exam Summary

IBPS will announce the details for Clerical Cadre posts to be recruited for FY 2022-23. The detailed advertisement for the vacancies will be published by the Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection on its official website tentatively in July 2022. For more details about IBPS Clerk 2022, 

Organisation	Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
Post Name	Clerk
Vacancy	To be notified
Participating Banks	11
Application Mode	Online
Exam Mode	Online
Recruitment Process	Prelims + Main Exams
Education Qualification	Graduate
Age Limit	20 years to 28 years
Application Fee	SC/ST/PWD- Rs.175 General and Others- Rs. 850
Official website	www.ibps.in

Important Date

The official exam date for IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam has been released by IBPS along with IBPS Calendar 2022. You must note down important dates related to IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam and make sure that you complete the process correctly on time.

The detailed exam schedule is provided below:

IBPS Clerk 2022: Important Dates
Events	Dates
IBPS Clerk Notification 2022	July 2022
Online Registration Process	July 2022
IBPS Clerk Prelims Call Letter	August 2022
Conduct of Online Examination - Preliminary	28th August, 03rd & 04th September 2022
IBPS Clerk Prelims Result	September 2022
IBPS Clerk Prelims Scorecard	September 2022
IBPS Clerk Mains Admit Card	September 2022
Conduct of Online Examination – Main	08th October 2022
Declaration of Final (Mains) Result	April 2023

Selection Process

IBPS Clerk 2022 Selection Process

The recruitment process of IBPS Clerk CRP XII occurs in two phases:

1. Preliminary Examination

2. Mains Examination

Students are required to qualify for both these exams to be selected for the clerical cadre post in most Public Sector Banks. The main thing to note here is that no interview process is required to select candidates after the mains exam. 100% weightage is given to the result of the mains exam result.

IBPS Clerk Preliminary Examination

The preliminary exam of IBPS Clerk CRP XII is an online exam testing a candidate on the basis of their aptitude, intellect and English. There are three sections in total and the candidate must clear the cut-off of each section to proceed to the mains exam round.

Candidates are required to solve the question paper in the time frame of 20 minutes for each section. The composite mark of the paper is 100 and the passing marks are decided by IBPS which is likely to change every year depending on the exam's difficulty level.
 

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

Note: Candidates must qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS.

 IBPS Clerk Mains Examination

No changes have been observed in the Exam Pattern of IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam. IBPS Clerk Mains Exam will now constitute of 190 questions that need to be completed in a time frame of 160 minutes.

Previously, Computer Aptitude and Reasoning Ability Section used to be conducted separately. But, in the recent update by IBPS, both these sections are amalgamated together and will constitute 50 questions that need to be solved in a time duration of 45 minutes. Both Preliminary Exam and Mains Exam will be conducted in 13 regional languages, English, and Hindi. Let’s have a look at the Exam Pattern for IBPS Clerk CRP-XII.

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

 

Penalty for Wrong Answers: There is a penalty for wrong answers marked in both the preliminary and mains examinations. A wrong answer to an objective question will lead to a penalty of one-fourth of the total mark assigned to that question. There will be no penalty for the question left blank or unanswered.

Final Score Calculation for IBPS Clerk Exam:

The final score for the IBPS Clerk exam is calculated keeping the following points in mind:

• Marks obtained in the Preliminary Exam (Phase-1) will not be considered for final selection.

• Candidates must qualify for Phase-2 to be eligible for final merit.

• The aggregate score out of 100 is used for the final merit list for each category. Candidates with top merit rank in each category are finally selected.