IBPS PO XV Prelims Exam Structure

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• English Language: This section has 30 questions for 30 marks. You'll have 20 minutes to complete it.

• Quantitative Aptitude: This section contains 35 questions for 35 marks. You're allotted 20 minutes.

• Reasoning Ability: This section has 35 questions for 35 marks. You'll have 20 minutes to solve these questions.

It's important to note that there is a sectional time limit of 20 minutes for each of the three sections. A negative marking of 0.25 marks for every incorrect answer is applicable. To qualify for the main exam, candidates must clear the sectional cut-offs as well as the overall cut-off score.

IBPS PO XV Prelims Examination Structure

Section	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Allotted
English Language	30	30	20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 minutes
Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Total	100	100	60 minutes

IBPS PO XV preliminary examination sectionwise detailed syllabus

Reasoning Ability 🧠

This section evaluates your logical thinking and problem-solving skills. Key topics include:

• Puzzles and Seating Arrangements: Questions based on various arrangements like circular, linear, square, and floor-based puzzles.

• Syllogism: Drawing conclusions from given statements.

• Inequalities: Questions on coded and direct inequalities.

• Coding-Decoding: Deciphering codes and patterns.

• Blood Relations & Direction Sense: Problems based on family relationships and directions.

• Alphanumeric Series: Questions involving a series of letters, numbers, and symbols.

• Data Sufficiency: Determining if the provided data is sufficient to answer a question.

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Quantitative Aptitude 🔢

This section tests your numerical ability and mathematical skills. The primary topics are:

• Data Interpretation (DI): Analyzing and interpreting data from various sources like bar graphs, pie charts, tables, and caselets.

• Simplification and Approximation: Quick calculations using BODMAS and estimation.

• Number Series: Identifying the pattern in a series of numbers (missing or wrong number).

• Arithmetic: This includes a wide range of topics such as Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Time and Distance, Ratio and Proportion, Percentages, Simple and Compound Interest, Mensuration, and Problems on Ages.

• Quadratic Equations: Solving equations to find the relationship between variables.

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English Language 📚

This section assesses your command of the English language. Topics to focus on are:

• Reading Comprehension (RC): Answering questions based on a given passage, which often tests your vocabulary and inference skills.

• Grammar: This involves Error Spotting, Sentence Correction, and Phrase Replacement to test your knowledge of grammar rules.

• Vocabulary: Questions on Cloze Test, Fill in the Blanks, and Word Swap to check your word knowledge.

• Para Jumbles: Arranging jumbled sentences to form a meaningful paragraph.

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IBPS PO Preliminary and mains examination pattern and detailed syllabus

Every year Institute of Banking Personnel Selection conducts two tier examination for the selection of Probationary officers/management trainee in public sector nationalized banks.Tier-I is preliminary followed by Tier-II mains.First step of the IBPS PO preparation is understanding exam pattern and syllabus in details.

IBPS PO Preliminary Examination Pattern

 Tier-I contains three sections.English language(30 questions),quantitative/numerical ability questions(35 questions) and reasoning(35 questions).Each question carries 1 mark each.There is 1/4 negative mark for each wrong answer.Total time of examination is 1 hour. Inorder to qualify for IBPS PO mains , candidates have to clear sectional cut-off and overall cut-off.These cut-offs depend on competition level,vacancy and difficulty level of the examination.

IBPS Probationary officer/management trainee prelim exam pattern

IBPS PO Mains Examination Pattern

IBPS CWE main examination has five sections .Reasoning(45 question),English language(35 questions),Quantitative Aptitude /numerical ability/maths (50 questions), General awareness with special reference  to banking industry(40 questions) and computer knowledge (20 questions).According to the latest syllabus of IBPS PO mains, each queston carries 1 mark each.Unlike IBPS PO Prelims ,IBPS PO/MT mains has sectional time allotments.So, you have to finish each section within the time allotted.And total time allotted is two hour twenty minutes.sectional time allotment of IBPS PO latest is given below.

IBPS PO/MT Syllabus :Quantitative Aptitude :

• Profit and loss
• Simplifications,Approximation 
• Chain rule
• Time and work 
• Average
• Simple and compound interest
• Fractions, Square root and cube root
• Decimal fractions
• HCF & LCM
• Ratio and proportions
• Mensuration
• Speed,Time and Distance.
• Partnerships
• Percentage
• Problems based on Ages
• Data Interpretation(Pie charts, Bar graphs, Line graphs, Mixed graphs)
• Permutation and Combination
• Probability

IBPS PO Syllabus :Reasoning 

• Analogy Test 
• Puzzle 
• Alphabet test 
• spotting out the dissimilar 
• Sitting arrangement 
• Syllogism 
• Statement and conclusions 
• Statement and assumptions 
• Statement and arguments 
• Coding decoding 
• Blood relations 
• Number Series test 
• Direction test 
• Decision making 
• Questions related to time 
• Data sufficiency test 
• Assertion and reasoning
• Causes and effects
• Word formation
• Sentence or Number configuration Test
• Figure Series

IBPS PO Syllabus :English Language 

• Synonyms and Antonyms 
• Analogy 
• Jumbled words 
• Sentence completion 
• One word substitution 
• Comprehension 
• Passage completion(cloze test) 
• Re-ordering of sentences 
• Common errors 
• Idioms & Phrases 

IBPS PO/MT Syllabus :General awareness with special reference to banking industry and economy

• Banking Terms 
• RBI,SEBI and other regulatory authorities
• Banking History 
• Types of Banks
• Indian & International Economy 
• IMF ,Word Bank ,ADB
• UNO 
• Countries Currencies and capital 
• Abbreviations and full forms 
• Important days 
• Bank's tag lines,head quarters ,Administrative Head ect 
• Budget 
• Census 
• Ministers and their ministry 
• Marketing 
• current affairs of last 4- 6 months 
• Awards & Honors 
• Sports 
• Finance, 
• Agriculture 
• Books & Their Authors 
• Fiscal Monetary Policies 
• Committees in news 
• Banking Reforms 
• MOUs with different countries 
• Social welfare programmes 
• Science and Technology 
• Space Missions and programmes 
• Military news 
• India and neighboring countries 

IBPS PO Syllabus : Computer Knowledge

• History of computers 
• Computer fundamentals 
• Microsoft-office 
• Input output devices 
• Basic Software & Hardware 
• Networking 
•  Number System
• Internet 
• Basics of computer languages 
• Database & communication
• Modern Technologies

Hope you will find this 'latest syllabus of IBPS PO and Prelims' useful for your exam preparation.Kindly do share thi syllabus of IBPS PO  preliminary and mains examination 2017-18.

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