IBPS PO Recruitment 2021: New Vacancy, Exam Date, Syllabus

IBPS PO Recruitment 2021 expected to release soon. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) expected to release the IBPS PO Recruitment for the year 2021. IBPS Organizing IBPS PO Recruitment on every year to enroll the desired candidates in various Public Sector Banks. In that recruitment list, IBPS PO bank exam is to recruit Probationary Officers for public sector banks. IBPS provides recruitment services to all the Public-Sector banks and regular member banks of IBPS society.

Moreover, IBPS was started for Common Written Examination in 2011 to select officers and clerks in Public Sector Banks. As a result, it accepts online applications through its official website for registration of the examination. The IBPS PO 2021 official notification will be released in the month of August 2021.

 

IBPS PO Recruitment  – Quick Access

Exam Dates	Eligibility	Application Fee
Exam Pattern	Mock Test	Apply Online

 

Moreover, the IBPS PO exam is held at various locations across India and the mode of examination is online only. However, to apply for the exam make sure that you should meet the eligibility criteria prescribed in the official notification. For instance, If you fail to satisfy the prescribed criteria your application will get rejected at any situation. So read the official notification carefully and then start your application process. The total number of vacancies released for last year was 3517.

IBPS PO Vacancy 2020

• Available Posts for IBPS PO 2020-21: 3517 PO Vacancy (Updated for Canara Bank (2100) & Bank of Maharashtra)
• Available Posts for IBPS PO 2019-20: 4336
• Available Posts for IBPS PO 2018-19: 4252

Get More Details – IBPS PO Vacancy

Participating Organization	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	Total	Out of Which (PWBD)
							HI	OC	VI	ID
Bank of Baroda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bank of India	110	55	198	74	297	734	8	7	7	7
Bank of Maharashtra	37	18	67	25	103	250	NR	NR	NR	NR
Canara Bank	315	157	567	210	851	2100	21	21	21	21
Central Bank of India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indian Bank	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Indian Overseas Bank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Punjab National Bank	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Punjab & Sind Bank	14	6	21	8	34	83	0	0	0	0
UCO Bank	35	10	14	35	256	350	7	4	4	29
Union Bank of India	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Total	529	262	948	352	1426	3517

IBPS PO Recruitment 2021 Exam Date

Event	Tentative Dates
New Registration Start & End Date	To be Announced
On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates	Update Soon
Download of call letters for Pre- Exam Training●	Update Soon
Conduct of Pre-Exam Training ●	Update Soon
Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary	Update Soon
Online Examination – Preliminary	October-2021
Result of Online exam – Preliminary	To be updated soon
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main	To be updated soon
Online Examination – Main	November-2021
Declaration of Result – Main	To be updated soon
Download of call letters for interview	To be updated soon
Conduct of interview	To be updated soon
Provisional Allotment	To be updated soon

 

Eligibility Criteria for IBPS PO

For IBPS PO eligibility criteria, three important things are very important for all candidates. They are,

• Nationality/Citizenship
• Age Limit
• Educational Qualification

So, Applicants, who want to apply for the recruitment should satisfy the above criteria prescribed by the officials in the official notification.

Nationality / Citizenship:

Meanwhile, the candidates who are applying for the above post should meet the following nationality citizenship criteria:

1. Should be a citizen of India
2. A subject of Nepal or Bhutan
3. Any Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanent settlement
4. Person of Indian Origin who has migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam or East African countries of Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, with the intention of permanent settlement in India.

Moreover, the candidates who belong to category 2, 3, 4 must have a certificate of eligibility issued by the Govt. of India in their favor.

IBPS PO Recruitment 2021 – Age Limit:

As per the prescribed age limit given in the official notification candidates should possess

• Minimum: 20 years
• Maximum: 30 years.

IBPS PO Age Relaxation: 

Relaxation is applicable as per the rules.

Category	Age Relaxation
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe	5 years
OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)	3 years
Persons with Disabilities (PWD)	10 years
Ex-Servicemen	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

Educational Qualification: 

As per the IBPS PO Recruitment 2021 PDF prescribed educational qualification given in the official notification. The candidates should have a Graduation degree in any stream from a University recognized by the Government of India.  In addition, the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation should be mentioned at the time of registration for the IBPS Bank PO examination.

• Graduation degree in any stream  

Additional Qualification:

• Meanwhile, the candidate must have knowledge in computer operation as the exam will be online.
• In addition, He/She should have good verbal, written proficiency in the official language of the State/UT.
• The candidate should be able to read, write and speak the local language.

Application Fee:

• General Category – Rs. 600/-
• SC/ ST/ PWD – RS. 100/- 

IBPS PO Recruitment 2021: Selection Process

For instance, the candidate must qualify all the three phases to become a Probationary Officer. These three phases are as follows:

• Prelims (online mode)
• Mains & Descriptive (Online Mode)
• Interview

Let us take a glance at these three phases:

1. IBPS PO Prelims 2021:

It is very much important to know the IBPS PO exam pattern, to plan your strategy for your preparation and exam. The exam pattern gives you the details about the sections and the weightage of questions in each section. So you can plan your preparation according to your strengths and weakness.

• The Prelims exam is the initial stage of the selection process.
• It is an online computer-based test.
• The test comprised of 3 sections namely the English language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Logical Reasoning.
• It consists of 100 questions. Each question carries one mark. So the maximum mark for this exam is 100.
• The exam will be conducted for 01-hour duration.
• There will be sectional timing of twenty minutes for each section. So that you cannot swap between the sections.
• There will be 0.25 negative marks for every wrong answer.

IBPS PO Preliminary Exam Pattern

Name of Tests(Objective)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
English Language	30	30	20 minutes
Quantitative aptitude	35	35	20 minutes
Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Total	100	100	01-Hour

 

2. IBPS PO Mains 2021:

The candidates who get qualify for the Prelims exam will attend the Mains exam.

• It is also an online test
• It comprising of 4 sections namely the English language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, Banking Economy & General Knowledge.
• The total time allotted for the exam is 180 minutes.
• Sectional timing is there. So you cannot swap between the sections.
• There are a total of 155 questions. And the total marks for the exam is 200. If Included a descriptive test, the maximum marks for the IBPS PO mains exam are 225.

IBPS PO Main Exam Pattern

S.No.	Name of Tests(Objective)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning & computer aptitude	45	60	60 minutes
2	English Language	35	40	40 minutes
3	Data interpretation & analysis	35	60	45 minutes
4	General economy & banking awareness	40	40	35 minutes
	Total	155	200	3 hours
Descriptive test( Letter writing & Essay)		2	25	30 minutes

Detailed IBPS PO Syllabus

Descriptive Test:

• Letter Writing & Essay Writing.
• Both will be for 25 marks for 30 minutes duration.

3. IBPS PO Interview:

Importantly, Candidates who have successfully qualified from the Mains exam will be allowed to attend the Interview. The Interview will be conducted as a Panel Interview. Certainly, candidates will be called for an interview in the ratio of 1:3. For the interview, candidates should bring all the original & essential documents. Generally, the interview round lasts for about 15 o 20 minutes. Candidates will be shortlisted on the basis of a number of vacancies and performance of candidates in the Main examination and Interview. The final score considered for the selection is based on 80:20 ratio of Main and interview score.

• The minimum qualifying marks for the interview is not less than 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWBD candidates)

How to Apply for IBPS PO Recruitment 2021?

Please follow these instructions to fill the online application for IBPS PO 2021:

1. Visit the official website- ibps.in and click on the Home Page to open the link “CRP PO/MT”.
2. Then, click on the option titled “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP PROBATIONARY OFFICERS/ MANAGEMENT TRAINEES ” to open the On-Line Application Form.
3. Next, click on “CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION” to register the application by entering the basic information.
4. Upload your photograph, signature, left thumb impression and hand-written declaration.
5. Make Payment through the ONLINE mode only.
6. Click on the “FINAL SUBMIT” button
7. After registering online, the candidates have to take a printout of your system generated online application forms.

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IBPS PO Syllabus 2021

The IBPS PO syllabus for both prelims and mains exam are almost similar to each other. For any competitive exam before starting your preparation, it is very much important to know the complete updated syllabus of the exam. Knowing the updated syllabus you can start the preparation following your study plan. In your preparation try to avoid skipping any topic. Ensure that you have covered all the topics in each subject. So that you can give a tough fight in the huge competition. Also, you need not worry about the higher cutoff. Here we provide the updated syllabus for the IBPS PO prelims exam. This syllabus covers all the individual topics that come under the English language, reasoning ability, and quantitative aptitude.

IBPS PO Prelims Syllabus 2021

Reasoning	Quantitative Ability	English Language
Logical Reasoning	Simplification	Reading Comprehension
Alphanumeric Series	Profit & Loss	Cloze Test
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test	Mixtures & Alligations	Para jumbles
Data Sufficiency	Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices	Miscellaneous
Coded Inequalities	Work & Time	Fill in the blanks
Seating Arrangement	Time & Distance	Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting
Puzzle	Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere	Paragraph Completion
Tabulation	Data Interpretation
Syllogism	Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
Blood Relations	Number Systems
Input-Output	Sequence & Series
Coding-Decoding	Permutation, Combination &Probability

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