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IBPS SO
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Before knowing about the tricks to crack Specialist Officer Exams, one should know basic things about
Specialist Officer Examination
Specialist Officers Cadre Posts
S. No

Posts

I.T. Officer (Scale I)

Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)

Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)

Law Officer (Scale I)

HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)

Marketing Officer (Scale I)

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IBPS SO Exam Pattern

IBPS SO CWE is basically a objective type paper which contains 200 questions with multi choice answers
and the (IBPS SO Syllabus) topics are Reasoning, English language , General Awareness and Professional
Knowledge.
The structure of the Online Examination for Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari
S.NO

Name of the tests

Reasoning

Maximum in
Marks
50

English Language

25

50

General Awareness with special

reference to Banking Industry
Professional Knowledge

Total

200

Total time
Composite
time of
120
Minutes

75

Paper Pattern For IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, HR / Personnel Officer &
Marketing Officer
S.NO

Name of the Tests

Total Time

Reasoning

Maximum in
Marks
50

1
2

English Language

25

Quantitative Aptitude

50

Professional
Knowledge
Total

75

Composite
time of 120
Minutes

200

Syllabus & Important Topics

Quantitative aptitude:
Arithmetic: Numbers, Simplification, Roots, Average, Surds & Indices, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Ratio
&Proportion, Partnership, Chain Rule, Time & Work, Pipes & Cisterns, Time & Distance, Problems on
Trains, Boats & Streams, Allegation, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Stocks & Shares, Clocks,
Logarithms, Volume & Surface Area, Permutation & combination, Probability, Heights & Distances

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Data Interpretation: Tabulation, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Pie Charts
Topic
Simplification

No. of Question
Expected
10

Number System

Ratio &
Proportion
Time & Work

Train

Profit & Loss

Average

Data Sufficiency

Table

Pie Chart

Percentage

Bar Graph

Missing Numbers

Line Graph

Algebra

Case Studies

Area
Logical Reasoning:
Verbal reasoning: Alphabet test, Mathematical operations test, Series test, Analogy. Odd Man out,
Classification, Syllogism, Coding decoding, Blood relations . Number ranking and time sequence, Causes
and effects, Analytic reasoning, Direction sense test. Sitting arrangement, Decision making, Input output,
Puzzle, Statement and conclusions, Statement and assumptions, Statement and arguments, Statement
and course of action. Passage and conclusions, Assertion and reasoning, Figure Series, Word formation,
Series.
Topic

No. of Question Expected

Alphabet Test

Alpha Numeric Sequence Puzzles

Sequential Output Tracing

Seating Arrangement

Eligibility Test

Coding & Decoding

Data Sufficiency

Mathematical Operations

Number Ranking

Statements

Completion of Series

10

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General English:
Spotting the errors, Phrase substitution, Ordering of sentences or jumbled up sentences. Double blanks
in a sentence, Fill in the blanks Cloze Test, Idioms & Phrases, Choosing the appropriate filler.
Synonyms and antonyms, Reconstruction of sentences & passages. One word substitution, Commonly
misspelled words, Comprehensions.
Topic

No. of Question Expected

Synonyms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrase

Paragraph Rearrangement

Sentence Completion

Comprehension

Cloze Test

10

Spotting Errors

10

GENERAL/ BANKING AWARENESS

It is one of the scoring sections of the IBPS officers Exam Question Paper. For preparation of this
section, the candidates should have an eye over latest happenings in the banking industry and
economy as well as in the domain of their specialization. Cover overall recent issues up to 6 months
before examination. Besides, aspirants should also brush their knowledge of the basics of General
Awareness. The topics included in GA Section consist of Banking System of India, Money, Budgeting,
Financial Planning, National and International Organization etc.
Scientific Research Over 50% of the questions will be related to Economy, Banking and Finance
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE
In this section, Questions from respective fields are asked- Agriculture, Law, Marketing, IT and HR.
GATE Exam syllabus for respective discipline will be the syllabus for Professional Knowledge. Only basic
questions will be asked.
IBPS SO IT Officer Syllabus
Topics

Marks

Data Base Management System (DBMS) RDBMS, E- R Diagrams, Normalization,

Overview of SQL queries, Transaction Management.
Data Communication & Networking, IP Addressing (Subnetting), Network,
Architecture, OSI Model, TCP-IP Model, Data Communication.

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20

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Operating System - Types of OS, Semaphore, Scheduling, Network Security, Cyber
Crimes - Risk Management, Firewall, Cryptography, Process thread, Dead Lock,
Memory Partitioning, Page Replacement, Computer organization, Hardware,
Microprocessor, Bus Structure etc.
Software Engineering and data structure topics like SDLC, Software Development
Models, Array, Linked List, Stacks etc.
Web Technologies and basics of Programming Languages topics like HTML Tags,
XML, Network Security, basics of C, C++, OOP languages.

12

15
13

IBPS SO Law Officer Syllabus

Law and Acts with direct and Indirect Implication on the banking sector like Contract Acts

Partnerships

Companies Firm

RBI Constitution

RBI Acts

Important laws and rulings related to negotiable instruments

securities

Foreign Exchange

Prevention of money laundering

Limitation Act Bankers Book Evidence Act

DRT Act

Offences and Penalties

SARFAESI Consumer Protection Act

Banking Ombudsman Scheme

RTI Act

Information Technology Act

IBPS SO Marketing Officer Syllabus

Marketing Mix (4-Ps of Marketing)

Brand Management

Services Marketing (Additional 3-Ps i.e. People, Process & Physical Evidence )

IPR (Intellectual Property Rights i.e. copyrights, trademarks, patents)

Marketing Strategy (Horizontal, Vertical, Backward)

Corporate Social Responsibility

Business Ethics

Brief knowledge of Retail Management

IBPS SO HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)

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Nature & Functions of HRM

HRM Principles

Recruitment & Selection

Personnel Policies & Procedures

Performance & potential Appraisal (MBO)

Employee Morale & Productivity

Job Analysis & evaluation

Training & Development

Personnel Problems & Employee Counseling

Employee Welfare

Trade Unionism, Job Satisfaction, Motivation

Various Acts- The payment of wages act 1936, The industrial Employment 1946, The minimum
Wages Act 1948, The payment of Gratuity Act 1972, The Employees Provident Fund &
Miscellaneous Provision Act 1952, The maternity Benefit Act 1961, The Equal Remuneration Act
1976

Time Management
You will be getting 200 questions in 4 different section in the paper and you will be having only
120 minutes to solve them. Solving 200 questions is almost impossible for an average student.
If you are too bright then you can reach the maximum number of questions.
Here are my few Tips and Techniques to Crack the IBPS Exam:Time management is very very essential in this exam as we have very limited amount of time
and we have to attempt too many questions. Solving more than a question per minute is really
a challenging task specially in the reasoning section and the aptitude section.
If you are from IT, Technical , HR, Agricultural, Finance executive then its going to be more
tough to solve the questions in the limited time.
Here is the plan as how to solve the IBPS Exam:1. Attempt the Professional Knowledge Section First - Professional knowledge questions
asked are basically from theory. You dont have to do any calculations in that section. So, one
thing is clear if you dont know the answer then move to the next question. If you know the
answer, tick it fast. Try to solve 3 questions in a minute.
Total number of questions = 50
3 Questions in 1 Minute = Take Max 20 Minutes
In this section, you need to attempt all the questions because its a scoring section and secondly
you need a overall cut off score beside cut off scores in each section. So as to clear the overall
cut off score, you need to score more in this scoring section.

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2. Attempt General Awareness / English Second- For the Post of Law officer and Raj
Bhasha Adhikari, there is general awareness in the IBPS paper. There are total of 50 questions
in this section. General awareness along with banking awareness is also a scoring section.
Attempt all and if you dont know just leave the question to avoid negative markings.
For IT, Technical and other officers - Attempt Test of English section. This section is scoring for
all those who have a good command on English. But in order to get section cut off marks,
attempt atleast 35-40 questions in not more than 30 minutes. If you do maximum questions
right, you will get more than section cut off marks.
3. Attempt Quantitative Aptitude / English Third - For the Post of IT officer, Technical
Officer and others of same category, you must attempt Quantitative Aptitude after English. This
section is one of the deciding section for many candidates so if you score good marks in
aptitude then surely you will make it to the interview list.
Number of Questions : 50
Total time that you must take : 35 Minutes
For LAW and RAJ Bhasha Adhikari - Attempt Test of English section after previous two. You
can easily score good marks in this section. Take not more than 35 minutes.
4. Attempt Test of Reasoning - Reasoning is the section which is going to take most of your
time. Secondly you can not take the chance to do it fast. So you need to be careful while
attempting reasoning section. For IT Posts and others, you still have 35 minutes left and you
can easily score the cut off marks for this section. For LAW and others, you can easily attempt
questions as you have more time. Scoring the cut off score for this section should be your only
AIM. Trying too much in this section will eat your time and will effect overall paper.
Rest is up to you. If you want to crack IBPS Specialist Paper and want to score good marks,
then attempt the way I just explained above.
So, If you are planning to crack the exam, then start preparing for the best and do share your
views.

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