IBPS CLERICAL EXAM PATTERN

As per the New IBPS Clerk exam Pattern, the exam follows two-tier pattern – Preliminary and Mains. Both the exams are conducted separately and contains different paper pattern. To understand it completely, please check below-

IBPS Clerk Pattern for Prelims Exam

Note: Candidate needs to qualify each section separately by scoring the cut-off marks. This cutoff marks will be decided by IBPS.

 

S. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	Composite Time of 1 Hour
2	Numerical Ability	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100

 

IBPS Clerk Main Paper Pattern

 

S. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning	40	50	30 Minutes
2	English Language	40	40	30 Minutes
3	Quantitative Aptitude	40	50	30 Minutes
4	General Awareness	40	40	25 Minutes
5	Computer Knowledge	40	20	20 Minutes
	Total	200	200	135 Minutes

 

Note: The question paper will be available in bilingually i.e. English or Hindi expects the English section

 

IBPS Clerk Exam 2017- Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable for Both- Prelims and Main Exam):

BILINGUAL TEST: Each and every section will be available in both English and Hindi except English.

NEGATIVE MARKING: There will be the penalty for wrong answers marked in the objective tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate there will be no penalty for the question.