IBPS SO 2020: (1139 Posts) Notification, Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Pattern, Syllabus

IBPS SO 2020: IBPS Specialist Officer Notification, Registration, Application Form, Exam Dates, Eligibility Criteria, Exam Pattern & Syllabus

Every year IBPS (Institute of banking personnel and selection) conduct ibps specialist officer cadre examination (IBPS SO 2020) for multiple posts in banks.

Ibps has started common written examination CWE with an aim of recruitments and placement of young job aspirants in public sector bank.

The IBPS specialist officer is appointed in the bank to perform specialized roles in the bank. They keep a check on whether the banking work is done at an optimum level.

Some of the specialist officer’s post in banks is as follow

• IT Officer (Information Technology Officer)
• Agricultural Field Officer
• Law Officer
• HR/Personnel Officer
• Marketing Officer

IBPS Specialist Officer Notification 2020

 

Ibps has declared the official notification of IBPS SO 2020 on its official website.

The IBPS SO online registration will take place from 6th to 26 November 2020.

Candidates who are interested to give IBPS specialist officer exam can register themselves online at www.ibps.in

IBPS SO VACANCIES 2020

Every year lakh of students contest for the post of the specialist officer.
The registration will start from 6^th November 2020.

There are total 1139 vacancies for the post of the specialist officer.

Given below is the chart of ibps vacancies 2020

No. of Vacancies: 1139

Name of Post	No. of Vacancies
Agriculture Officer (Scale-I)	670
Marketing Office (Scale-I)	310
IT Officer (Scale-I)	72
Law Officer (Scale-I)	60
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I)	20
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I)	27

• IBPS Specialist Officer Salary 2020
• IBPS SO 2020 Admit Card

IBPS SO 2020 Exam Dates

Candidates preparing for IBPS SO 2020 examination must be familiar with dates and important events.

The important dates for IBPS specialist officer are as follow;

Activity	Date
IBPS SO 2020 Online Registration/ Edit / Modification of Application	06.11.2020 to 26.11.2020
Application Fees/Intimation Charges Online Payments	06.11.2020 to 26.11.2020
Download IBPS SO Preliminary Exam call letter	December 2020
IBPS SO 2020 Preliminary Exam Date	28th & 29st December 2020
Declaration of IBPS SO Preliminary Exam Result IBPS SO Cutoff 2020	January 2021
Download IBPS SO Call Letter for Main Exam	January 2021
IBPS SO Mains Exam Date	25.01.2021
Declaration of Result of Online Main Examination	February 2021
Download of call letters for interview	February 2021
Conduct of interview	February 2021
Allotment of Provisional Posting	April 2021

IBPS SO 2020 Eligibility Criteria

Educational qualification

Given below is the age criterion for ibps so eligibility 2020

Serial Number	Name of the Post	Age	Educational Qualification
1.	I.T. Officer (Scale I)	Min – 20 years Max – 30 years	1)Four years engineering/Technology degree in Computer Science/IT/Computer Application/Electronics and Communication Engineering/Electronics and Telecommunication/ Electronics and Instrumentation OR 2) Post Graduate Degree in Computer Science/IT/Computer Application/Electronics and Communication Engineering/Electronics and Telecommunication/ Electronics and Instrumentation OR Graduates having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level exam
2.	Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I)	Min – 20 years Max – 30 years	4 years graduation degree in agriculture/ Horticulture/ Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ dairy Science/ Agricultural engineering/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri Marketing and cooperation/ Co-Operation and Banking/ Agro-Forestry
3.	Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)	Min – 20 years Max – 30 years	Post Graduate in Hindi with English as a subject at the graduation or degree level OR Post-Graduate Degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as a subject at graduation level
4.	Law Office (Scale I)	Min – 20 years Max – 30 years	A bachelor’s degree in Law and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council
5.	HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)	Min – 20 years Max – 30 years	Graduate and Full Time Post Graduate Degree or Full-time Diploma in Personnel Management/ Industrial Relation/ HR/ HRD/ Social Work/ Labor Law
6.	Marketing Officer (Scale I)	Min – 20 years Max – 30 years	Graduate and Full-Time MMS (Marketing)/ MBA (Marketing)/Full time PGDBA/ PGDBM with specialization in Marketing

 Candidates should have a valid mark sheet/ degree

• Candidates must have a certificate which supports they are graduate
• The percentages obtained should me mentioned during registration
• Computer literacy- knowledge regarding basic of computer language is the must
• Language proficiency

Students must have verbal and written proficiency in the official language

Nationality/Citizenship of candidates

Candidates applying for the post of IBPS SO must be

• Citizen of India
• A subject of Nepal or Bhutan
• Tibetan refugee who came to India before 1^st January 1962

Given below is the age eligibility

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
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

IBPS SO 2020 Online Application

The registration for IBPS SO 2020 examination will be done online.

• Use Google Chrome browser when doing ibps so registration
• Following are the key requirement during the registration process
• Valid email-id
• Scanned passport sized photograph and signature

IBPS SO 2020 Application fees

The category wise fees are given below. Once you paid the fees it will not be refunded. The mode of payment is online

Sr. No.	Category	Application Fee
1	SC/ST/PWD	Rs.100/- (Intimation Charges only)
2	General and Others	Rs. 600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

IBPS SO 2020 Admit card

Candidates can download the admit card from the official website of IBPS

Hard copy/ print copy of admit card will not be posted by mains on the address of the participant.

To log in on the official website, candidates are required the following

• Registration number or roll number
• Date of birth/ password
• Candidates are required to review the details in admit card.

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Let’s move further to the selection procedure

IBPS SO 2020 Selection Process

Selection procedure of IBPS SO (specialist officer)

The selection procedure for IBPS SO has three stages

• Prelims
• Mains
• Interview

Online preliminary examination

Students are requiring scoring minimum sufficient scores in the prelims exam in order to reach mains.

The sufficient number of each student is shortlisted from each category.

Online mains examination

After successfully cracking the prelims exam students get eligible for mains.

Candidates have to undergo the professional test in mains exam to be eligible for interview.

Interview

The participating bank will conduct the interview coordinated by the nodal banks and supported by the IBPS.

The interview plays an important role in the selection procedure.

Now, let’s come to Provisional allotment

What is provisional allotment?

In provisional allotments IBPS shortlist students and allot them participating banks who have successfully cleared the prelims, mains, and interview. Also, students who have cleared the final cut off. After provisional allotment merit list will be prepared.

Job aspirants’ provisional allotment of IBPS SO will be released on its official website.

The role of IBPS authority is limited till the provisional allotment of candidates after the responsibility further lies with the bank regarding informing and appointment.

IBPS SO 2020 Exam Pattern

This year, ibps so Examination will be conducted in two-phase

• Prelims
• Mains

Prelims examination

The duration of prelims examination is of two hours. The mode of examination is online.

It consists of three section having 150 questions in total. The total score is 125 marks.

There is negative marking for every wrong answer.

• Complete Guide:- IBPS SO Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Given below is the pattern of the prelims exam

For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer

S.No.	Name of Tests (Objective)	No.of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	50	25	40 min
2	Numerical Ability	50	50	40 min
3	Reasoning Ability	50	50	40 min
Total		150	125

For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari

S.No.	Name of Tests(Objective)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	50	25	40 min
2	Numerical Ability	50	50	40 min
3	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	50	50	40 min
Total		150	125

IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern

The mains examination will ask questions only from professional knowledge subjects.

For different posts such as law officer, it officer, agriculture, hr personnel, and marketing officer has professional knowledge test.

The duration of examination is 30 minutes and the total marks are 60

For the post of Rajbhasa Adhikari, there are two sections

The section-wise details are given below:

For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer

S.No.	Name of Tests (Objective)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of  exam	Duration
1	Professional Knowledge	60	60	English & Hindi	45 Min

For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari

S.No.	Name of Tests (Objective)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of exam	Duration
1	Professional Knowledge   (Objective)	45	60	English & Hindi	30 Min
2	Professional Knowledge(Descriptive)	2		English & Hindi	30 Min

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IBPS Specialist officer Interview 2020

Candidates are required to qualify both IBPS SO CWE and interview and sufficient score high in the merit to be shortlisted for final provisional allotment.

Candidates who have been shortlisted in the mains exam CRP SPL-VII will get a call for interview round coordinated by the nodal banks.

The interview Centre, address, time and all other important details will be notified to the candidate on time via mail or text message on the registered phone number.

Candidates are required to download an interview letter from the official website of IBPS

Please note changes regarding venue and date of interview will not be entertained.

However, only IBPS the main conducting authority have the right to make changes in the exam center venue and date.

The interview carries total 100 marks. The qualifying marks are 40% (35% for SC/SCT/PWD categories)

The weight age ratio of CWE mains and interview is 80:20

As we all know interview plays important role in final selection of candidates.

Those who are unable to score well the interview session will be barred from the interview and shall not be considered for allotment.

Students in the interview you have to convince the recruiter that you match the job requirement best. You need to brief the recruiter the skills and knowledge you possess.

Your ultimate goal in the interview should convince the examiner that you best fit in their job requirement and job description.

Now, let us discuss the penalty criteria for every wrong answer

• Every wrong answer attempt by the candidate will be penalized by 0.25 mark deduction from the corrected score.
• There will be no negative marking for leaving any question blank

Attempt the entire questions asked in paper wisely and focus on the important section more in order to score well in exams.

Final score calculation for IBPS SO exam

There are certain key points on the basis of which final score for IBPS SO exam has arrived. Let’s have a look at the following;

• Marks scored is prelims will not be considered in final score calculation of IBPS SO.
• Candidates need to qualify mains and the interview to be considered eligible for the final round.
• The aggregate of 100 marks is considered for final merit list for each category.
• Candidates securing high merit rank will be selected

IBPS SO 2020 SYLLABUS

Candidates preparing for IBPS specialist officer are required to be aware with the syllabus for a clear understanding of topics.

IBPS SO syllabus is similar to the other banks

Let’s have a look at the syllabus of IBPS SO PRELIMS 2020;

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Syllabus 2020

Reasoning Ability	Quantitative Aptitude	English Language	General Awareness
Logical Reasoning	Simplification	Reading Comprehension	Current Affairs
Alphanumeric Series	Profit & Loss	Cloze Test	GK Updates
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test	Mixtures &Allegations	Para jumbles	Currencies
Data Sufficiency	Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices	Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting	Important Places
Coded Inequalities	Work & Time	Fill in the blanks	Banking Awareness
Seating Arrangement	Time & Distance	Miscellaneous	Awards
Puzzle	Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere	Paragraph Completion	Book And Author
Tabulation	Data Interpretation		Headquater
Syllogism	Ratio & Proportion, Percentage		Important Days
Blood Relations	Number Systems		Prime minster Scheme
Input Output	Sequence & Series
Coding Decoding	Permutation, Combination & Probability

IBPS SO Mains Syllabus

Candidates are required to have professional knowledge in his area of expertise apart from these subjects.

The detailed syllabus for mains is discussed below. Have a look

Marketing Officer (ScaleI)	Agricultural Field Officer (ScaleI)	Law Officer (Scale-I))	HR/Personnel Officer (ScaleI)	IT Officer (Scale-I)
Basics of Marketing Management	Basics of Crop production	Banking Regulations	Human Resource Development	Operating System
Brand Management	Horticulture	Compliance and Legal Aspects	Business policy and strategic analysis	DBMS
Advertising	Seed Science	Relevant Law and Orders related to negotiable instruments, securities, foreign exchange	Transnational Analysis	Data communication and networking
PR	Agronomy and Irrigation	Prevention of Money laundering, Limitation Act	Training and Development	Software engineering
Sales	Agricultural Economies	Consumer Protection Act	Recruitment and Selection	Computer Organization and Microprocessor
Retail	Agricultural Practices	SARFAES	Rewards and Recognition	Data Structure
Business Ethics	Soil resources	Banking Ombudsman Scheme	Industrial Relations	Object-Oriented Programming
Market Segmentation	Animal Husbandry	Laws and Actions with a direct link to Banking Sector	Business Policy and Strategic Analysis
Market research and forecasting demand	Agroforestry	Bankers Book Evidence Act	Grievance and Conflict Management
Product Life Cycle	Ecology	DRT Act	Performance Management and appraisal
Corporate Social Responsibility
Service Marketing

IBPS SO Pre exam training

Pre-examination training is undertaken for the categories such as SC/ST religious minority community candidates at certain centers as per certain guidelines issued by the government banks.

In the training, there will be an exam like environment. Basic tricks and approaches by the expert are imparted to students solve the question paper.

Pre-exam training is free of cost. The duration of pre exam training is of 5 days.

Please check below the indicating list of training centers

North India	South India	East India	West India
Agra	Bengaluru	Agartala	Ahmedabad
Allahabad	Chennai	Balasore	Aurangabad
Amritsar	Coimbatore	Behrampur (Ganjam)	Bhopal
Bareilly	Gulbarga	Bhubaneshwar	Indore
Chandigarh	Hyderabad	Dhanbad	Jabalpur
Dehradun	Kavaratti	Guwahati	Jaipur
Gorakhpur	Kochi	Hubli	Jodhpur
Jammu	Madurai	Kolkata	Mumbai
Kanpur	Mangalore	Muzaffarpur	Nagpur
Karnal	Mysore	Patna	Panaji (Goa)
Lucknow	Port Blair	Ranchi	Pune
Ludhiana	Puducherry	Sambalpur	Raipur
New Delhi	Thiruchirapalli	Shillong	Rajkot
Patiala	Thiruvananthapuram	Siliguri	Vadodara
Rohtak	Vijayawada	Tirupati
Shimla	Vishakhapatnam
Varanasi

Based on requirement IBPS can add or remove centers. Students can download call letter for training from the official website by entering their registration number and password.

Pre-exam training admit card will not be sent by the post.

IBPS SO 2020 Examination Centers

Ibps so is conducted online at various centers across India.

Ibps is the sole authority to make an alteration in an exam center.

Any changes regarding the change of exam center will not be considered acceptable.

Therefore, Candidates can’t recommend any changes to ibps regarding exam centers.

Candidates can mention their location preference at the time of filling the application form. Ibps will allow you nearest possible center. Only in some cases, it is found that the examination center is far.

IBPS SO Exam center 2020- General instruction

Given below are some of the general instructions you are required to follow

• All the candidates are required to reach the venue before the exam time
• Do not forget to bring admit card along with you
• No changes regarding the change in exam center will be entertained
• IBPS SO 2020 Exam Centers

Given below is the list of exam center for ibps so exam 2020

State Code	State/Union Territory/NCR	Centre
11	Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair
12	Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam
13	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
14	Assam	Guwahati
15	Bihar	Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Purnea
16	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
17	Chhattisgarh	Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur
18	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Surat, Jamnagar
19	Daman and Diu
20	Delhi	Bahadurgarh,Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon
21	Goa	Panaji
22	Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara
23	Haryana	Ambala, Panchkula
24	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
25	Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu, Srinagar
26	Jharkhand	Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
27	Karnataka	Bengaluru, Dharwad, Hubli, Mangalore
28	Kerala	Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram
29	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
30	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur
31	Maharashtra	Aurangabad, Greater Mumbai/Navi Mumbai/Thane, Nagpur, Nanded, Pune
32	Manipur	Imphal
33	Meghalaya	Shillong
34	Mizoram	Aizawl
35	Nagaland	Kohima
36	Odisha	Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur
37	Puducherry	Puducherry
38	Punjab	Amritsar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala
39	Rajasthan	Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur
40	Sikkim	Gangtok
41	Telangana	Hyderabad
42	Tripura	Agartala
43	Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi
45	Uttrakhand	Dehradun, Roorkee
46	West Bengal	Bardhaman, Berhampur, Durgapur,

You are required to visit the examination center prior to the day of exam in order to avoid any hassle during the day of the exam.

IBPS SO RESULT 2020

The result of IBPS SO will be declared after completion of three phases (Prelims + Mains + Interview)

Candidates who are shortlisted and appeared in the merit list will be finally selected.

IBPS SO Preparation Tips 2020

Candidates are requiring following systematic and well-integrated approach for the preparation of IBPS SO exam.

Candidates should be well aware of ibps so syllabus and latest examination pattern.

The syllabus covers all the important topics.

Students are advised to go for the best study material so you can have better understanding and clarity of concepts and practice variety of question.

New exam pattern is simply the application of the concept in a new form.

Candidates are required to go through the last year paper in order to have an idea about question paper.

Salary of ibps SO 2020

Students who wish to pursue a career as a specialist officer are subjected to incremental salary along with other benefits associated with the post of the specialist officer.

As per the latest revision by 10^th bipartite settlement, the revised basic pay is 21990 and salary in hand is 19590.

Classes for IBPS SO 2020

Classroom programs are comprehensive coaching program in banking. Out of every 5 classrooms, 3 got selected for banking jobs.

Classroom coaching has produced incredible results over the years. Specialized experts, specialized study material and test series are the three pillars of online coaching.

IBPS SO MOCK TEST AND ONLINE TEST SERIES

Students preparing for bank examination post are recommended to refer to mock test and test series which are well researched and closely follow the exam pattern.

Practice papers are prepared to keep in mind the latest examination pattern.

IBPS SO Cut Off Marks

Students cut off are not something which you can bypass even if you get a high percentage.

In order to be considered for the final selection, you are required to clear the cut off scores.

IBPS SO Cutoff – 2016-2017

IBPS SO Cut Off 2016 – Provisional Allotment List

Posts	General	OBC	SC	ST	HI	OC	VI
Marketing Officer	53.30 26/09/89	51.90 05/04/92	47.35 30/08/91	38.50 09/07/88	33.70 27/08/88	39.40 16/02/92	NA
IT Officer	61.50 29/08/89	57.75 26/10/93	53.55 26/09/89	46.50 18/03/92	40.60 19/10/86	50.15 13/06/90	60.10 05/12/87
Law Officer	52.95 11/07/89	49.20 08/05/86	44.95 25/02/3	39.55 22/07/81	NA	39.65 05/02/76	36.70 09/05/84
HR/Personnel Officer	60.75 05/10/90	53.50 25/11/89	50.70 21/07/91	46.65 27/12/85	43.40 10/07/86	NA	NA
Agriculture Field Officer	41.65 15/03/92	40.90 04/05/85	34.65 30/06/89	30.00 10/12/83	26.50 31/01/87	27.20 03/06/93	28.95 25/01/93
Rajsabha Adhikari	44.15 12/10/89	45.05 02/01/92	43.35 27/05/84	34.20 11/08/90	NA	38.75 16/5/90	69.05 01/04/90

RESERVE LIST – IBPS SO Cut Off 2016

Post	General	OBC	SC	ST	HI	OC	VI
Marketing Officer	54.8	51.55	46.95	38.15	NA	38.8	NA
IT Officer	61.15	57.5	53.1	46.3	40.3	49.35	55.95
Law Officer	52.25	48.75	44.65	39.15	NA	38.35	30.80
HR/Personnel Officer	60.5	51.85	49.6	44.6	31.75	NA	NA
Agriculture Field Officer	40.6	40.55	34.1	29.3	25.95	26.7	28.7
Rajsabha Adhikari	43.55	44.6	42.8	33.7	NA	35.95	NA

Minimum & Maximum Cut Off (Category-Wise & Post-Wise):

Post	General	OBC	SC	ST	HI	OC	VI
Marketing Officer	74.95 to 55.30	66.80 to 51.90	59.40 to 47.35	62.05 to 35.50	33.70 to 33.70	58.10 to 39.40	NA
IT Officer	76.75 to 61.50	64.05 to 57.75	55.05 to 46.50	65.10 to 53.35	50.50 to 40.60	61.85 to 50.15	65.90 to 60.10
Law Officer	62.85 to 52.95	55.80 to 49.20	71.15 to 44.95	47.50 to 39.55	NA	54.40 to 39.85	43.30 to 36.30
HR/Personnel Officer	73.35 to 60.75	65.10 to 53.50	62.95 to 50.50	56.45 to 46.65	43.40 to 43.40	NA	NA
Agriculture Field Officer	69.75 to 41.65	60.95 to 40.90	52.30 to 34.65	53.45 to 30.00	45.60 to 26.50	49.05 to 27.20	60.25 to 25.95
Rajsabha Adhikari	66.50 to 44.15	62.20 to 45.05	51.85 to 43.35	49.80 to 34.20	NA	43.55 to 38.73	69.05 to 69.05

IBPS SO FAQ’S

Students preparing for the post of specialist officer cadre have different doubts and question on their mind. Here I have mentioned some of them.

I am giving you the list of frequently asked questions; let’s take a look at the following

• Is the ibps so exam bilingual?

Yes, all the test conducted by ibps are bilingual i.e. both in English and Hindi language

• Is there any negative marking criterion in ibps exam 2020?

Yes, there is a penalty charged for every wrong answer.

Negative marking is implied both in prelims and mains.

However, there will be no penalty for any question left blank or unattempt by the student.

• Are there a fixed time for the different section

There will no time limit for any specific section

• Will IBPS SO have a sectional or overall cut-off or both?

Yes, there will be both sectional as well as the overall cut-off in IBPS SO exams.

Conclusions

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