IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam Pattern
Candidates must know the exam pattern and complete the syllabus before setting out to prepare for the IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam.
Here are all the details of the IBPS Clerk exam pattern and the syllabus:
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2024 Exam Pattern
The IBPS Clerk preliminary exam is an online exam that tests a candidate's ability to reason, calculate and use the English language. It consists of three sections, wherein the candidate has to clear the cut-off of each section to reach the Mains exam phase or round. IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Syllabus comprises three sections: Reasoning, English Language and Quantitative Aptitude.
Candidates are required to answer each section in 20 minutes' time, or a total of 60 minutes for all the sections. The total marks allotted for the paper is 100 Marks and the passing marks are decided by IBPS. The passing Marks keep changing every year on the basis of the difficulty of the exam.
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2024 Exam Patterns are as follows:
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 |
Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.
IBPS Clerk Mains 2024 Exam Pattern
No changes have been observed in the Exam Pattern of the IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam. IBPS Clerk Mains Exam will now consist of 190 questions that need to be completed in a time frame of 160 minutes. IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Syllabus comprises three sections: Reasoning, English Language, and Quantitative Aptitude & General / Financial Awareness.
Previously, the Computer Aptitude and Reasoning Ability Sections 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 along with English and in Hindi. Let us have a look at the Exam Pattern for IBPS Clerk CRP-X.
IBPS Clerk Mains 2024 Exam Pattern is as follows:
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 the wrong answer in IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam
There is negative marking for wrong or incorrect answers in both IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam Preliminary and Mains exams. Every wrong answer to an objective question deducts one-fourth of the total Mark assigned for 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 on the basis of the following points:
• Marks obtained in the IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam (Phase-1) will not be considered for final selection.
• Candidates must qualify for Phase-2 to be eligible for final merit.
• IBPS Clerk aggregate score out of 100 is used for the final merit list for each category.
Thus, the Candidates with top merit rank in each category are finally selected by IBPS.