Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts online exams (Preliminary and Main) once a year to recruit candidates for clerical cadre posts in all participating banks/ organisations. All eligible candidates who wish to join any of the participating banks (mentioned below) need to register for the Common Recruitment Process (CWE Clerks).
The IBPS Clerk age limit for general category is
• Minimum 20 years
• Maximum 28 years
A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1994 and not later than 01.07.2002 (both dates inclusive)
IBPS Clerk Age Limit Relaxation | Upper Age limit in years |
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 5 years |
Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) | 3 years |
Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen | actual period of service rendered in the defence forces +3 years (8 years for disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/CT) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years |
Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried | 9 years |
Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service (Applicable to Madhya Pradesh state only) | 5 years |
Persons With Disabilities | 10 years |
As per the IBPS Clerk eligibility, candidates who wish to appear for the bank Clerk exam should have at least a bachelor’s degree from a recognized university.
The IBPS Clerk selection process comprises of two stages, which includes the two online computer-based tests. The provisional allotment of candidates depends upon the marks scored in the IBPS Clerk mains examination.
The two stages of the IBPS Clerk exam pattern shall be discussed in detail below.
They are as follows:
• IBPS Clerk Preliminary Examination – The first part of the IBPS Clerk exam pattern comprising of 100 objective type questions and is only qualifying in nature
• IBPS Clerk Mains Examination – The second phase of the IBPS Clerk exam pattern comprising of 200 objective type questions. The final merit is based on the marks scored in this phase of the examination.
Both papers are conducted online, and only those candidates who clear the IBPS Clerk prelims exam are invited to appear for the mains exam.
Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Time Duration |
English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
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 |