Upto 50% OFF in IBPS Coaching Institute
+91 Please enter valid number

IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam – Important Dates, Registration, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Admit Card

The Institution of Banking Personnel Selection is a self-governing body established to evolve, implement and execute, the world-class job of assessing and selecting personnel for various client organizations. The institute aims to provide speed and accuracy in all its activities. Hence, it strives to realize this through a mix of modern technology and organizational expertise. Moreover, it caters its services to all Public sector banks like RBI, SBI, SIDBI, NABARD etc. Also, it provides its services to a few co-operative Banks, LIC & insurance companies. In other words, we can say IBPS holds examinations and tests for all the above firms. For this reason, the IBPS presently is holding the IBPS Clerk 2018 exam. And that is why the IBPS Clerk 2018 candidates are looking forward to making their careers through the prestigious exam.

Over the years, IBPS has attained fame for being a big “Personnel Selection and Test Conducting Agency” of the nation. This is because, its expertise lies in developing and formulating tests and tools for the Objective type questions, which are answerable with multiple choices. Moreover, these questionnaire and tests are used for mass level testing programs. Moreover, the Institute conducts these exams simultaneously for lakhs of aspirants in about 200 cities/towns all over India. It also holds the exam in a few foreign locations.

Salary-structure of the Banks’ Clerks

Thinking about the salary of a public sector’s bank clerk? Then you should know that on being selected as one of them, you will be getting a decent salary, initially. Therefore, the basic pay of such a clerk ranges from Rs. 11, 765 to 31, 540/-. Moreover, after serving for a year, the bank may increase your salary from Rs. 400/- to Rs. 500/-. To top it, the banks also supply the clerks with the Dearness Allowances on a quarterly basis. Also, this allowance is based on the Consumer Price Index. Likewise, the banks also allocate the House Rent Allowance to the clerks, according to the posting-stations. Therefore, the HRA ranges from Rs. 1176.5/- to Rs. 1058.85/-. Last but not the least, the banks also provide transport allowance which is approximately Rs. 425/-, monthly, to the clerks.

IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam

Presently, 20 banks are engaging themselves in the IBPS PO 2018 Exam. They are the Andhra Bank, the Allahabad Bank, the Bank of India, the Bank of Baroda, the Bank of Maharashtra, the Central Bank of India, the Canara Bank, the Corporation Bank, the IDBI Bank, the Dena Bank, the Indian Bank, the Oriental Bank of Commerce, the Indian Overseas Bank, the Punjab National Bank, the Syndicate Bank, the UCO Bank, the Punjab & Sind Bank, the Union Bank of India, the Vijaya Bank, and the United Bank of India.

IMPORTANT DATES

Important Events Dates
IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam Date 08.12.2018

09.12.2018

15.12.2018

16.12.2018

IBPS Clerk 2018 Online Application October 2018 (tentative)
IBPS Clerk 2018 Clerk Admit Card Download for Prelims November 2018
IBPS Clerk 2018 Result for Prelims December 2018
IBPS Clerk 2018 Mains Admit Card January 2019
IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam Date 20.01.2019
Provisional Allotment for IBPS Clerk 2018 April 2019

Criteria for Eligibility in IBPS Clerk 2018

Firstly, the IBPS counts the qualifications regarding education, nationality and age limit of the candidates under the criteria for eligibility. It does so for the IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam, for the designations of Junior Associates. Moreover, the IBPS Clerk 2018 candidates applying for the IBPS Junior Associate designation must be a citizen of India. Furthermore, find out more facts about the criteria for eligibility, below.

Qualification regarding Education in IBPS Clerk 2018 (as on 01.01.2018)

The IBPS Clerk 2018 candidate must have, at least, his/her graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification. Moreover, his/her degree of graduation (and higher) must be recognized as such by the Central Government. Those who are in the Final year/ Semester of their Graduation may also apply provisionally subject to a condition. The condition is that the candidates will produce the proof of having passed their graduation examination on or before 31.08.2018. This again is subject to the condition when the IBPS will call them for an interview.

Limit of Age in IBPS Clerk 2018 (as on 01.04.2018)

The age of the IBPS Clerk 2018 candidate should not be below 20 and not more than 28 years as on 01. 04. 2018. This means that he/she must not be born after April 01, 1997 and not before April 02, 1988. Moreover, find out the criteria for relaxation of age for different categories in the table below.

Relaxation in Upper Age Limit:

Serial Number Categories Relaxation in Upper Age Limit
1 Other Backward Classes (OBC) 3 Years
2 SC/ST 5 Years
3 PWD(GEN) 10 Years
4 PWD(OBC) 13 Years
5 PWD (SC/ST) 15 Years
6 Persons Domiciled in Jammu & 5 Years

Intimation Charges and Application Fee (Non-Refundable) in IBPS Clerk 2018

Serial Number Categories Total Payable Amount
1 General and OBC Rs. 600/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)
2 SC/ST/PWD/XS Rs. 100/- (Intimation Charges only)

Number of Vacancies in IBPS Clerk 2018

In the first place, there are 7,883 posts lying vacant in the IBPS Clerk exam. Moreover, these wants, from various banks, differ region wise. Therefore, you can get a detailed study of vacant seats in the IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam, in the table below:

State No. of Vacancies
Andaman & Nicobar 0
Andhra Pradesh 485
Arunachal Pradesh 08
Assam 109
Bihar 227
Chandigarh 34
Chhattisgarh 118
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 07
Daman & Diu 08
Goa 41
Gujarat 487
Haryana 175
Himachal Pradesh 73
Jammu and Kashmir 34
Jharkhand 127
Karnataka 554
Kerala 217
Lakshadweep 02
Madhya Pradesh 290
Maharashtra 775
Manipur 11
Meghalaya 17
Mizoram 03
Nagaland 12
Delhi 272
Orissa 196
Pudducherry 46
Punjab 401
Rajasthan 344
Sikkim 11
Tamil Nadu 1277
Telangana 344
Tripura 18
Uttarakhand 78
Uttar Pradesh 665
West Bengal 417

Regarding Changes in IBPS Clerk 2018

Major changes, as mentioned below, have been observed in the Exam Pattern of IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam.

  • Firstly, the total number of questions asked in the Mains Examination has been revised. Also, the duration of IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam has been revised.
  • Secondly, according to the information provided by IBPS, IBPS Clerk Mains Exam will now contain 190 questions, this year. Moreover, the IBPS Clerk 2018 candidates will need to finish these questions in a time limit of 160 minutes.
  • Earlier, the IBPS used to hold the section of Computer Aptitude and Reasoning Ability, separately. But, as per the change this year, both these sections are fused together and now will make up 50 questions that need to be answered in a duration of 45 minutes.
  • The Institute will hold both the Preliminary version and Mains version of the exam bilingually. This amounts to their being conducted both in English and Hindi languages. Therefore, we at EduGorilla have provided below the exam pattern for IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam.

Exam Pattern of IBPS Clerk 2018

In the first place, the IBPS selection process for the IBPS Clerk 2018 exam contains 2 stages. These stages are as follows:

  • Firstly, the stage of the Prelims Exam
  • Secondly, the stage of the Mains Exam

Stage I – The Prelims Exam in IBPS Clerk 2018

Firstly, the IBPS will conduct the Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Test for 100 marks via the online mode. Moreover, the test will have 3 sections. These are as follows:

Serial Num Name of Tests (Objective) No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
1 Numerical Ability 35 35 Total Duration of 1 hour
2 Reasoning Ability 35 35
3 English Language 30 30
Total 100 100

Note: Firstly, the IBPS Clerk 2018 candidates need to pass each of the three tests by scoring minimum cut-off marks which, the IBPS decides. Furthermore, the IBPS decides enough numbers of candidates, from each category, depending upon the vacancies.

Stage II – The Mains Exam in IBPS Clerk 2018

Presently this year, IBPS has brought new changes in the Mains Exam Pattern. Firstly, the IBPS Clerk Mains paper contains 190 Questions of 200 marks. Secondly, the IBPS Clerk 2018 candidates need to answer/solve these questions in 160 minutes. Read the below-given table in detail, to study the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern.

Section No. of Qs Max Marks Time
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude 50 60 45 min
English Language 40 40 35 min
Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 45 min
General/Financial Awareness 50 50 35 min
Total 190 200 160 min

The penalty for Wrong Answers in IBPS Clerk 2018

(Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main versions of the exam)

Firstly, the IBPS has kept a penalty for wrong answers that IBPS Clerk 2018 candidates can mark in the Objective Tests. Therefore, for each question answered wrongly by the candidate, one-fourth of the scores reserved for that question, will be subtracted as a penalty, to produce a corrected score. However, if a problem/question is left blank, there will be no punishment for that question.

Provisional Allotment in IBPS Clerk 2018

Primarily, IBPS provides a total of 200 marks for Main Examination. It converts scores out of 100, for the provisional occupation of the vacancy. Therefore, an IBPS Clerk 2018 candidate needs to pass the CWE online Main version of the examination. Also, the scores of the candidates must be properly high in the merit. Moreover, this is for the IBPS for considering the candidates in the subsequent provisional allotment process. The institute releases the particulars of the process subsequently on IBPS website. Moreover, the IBPS will provisionally recruit the clerical candidates as per the results of IBPS Clerk Main Exam. Furthermore, the provisional shortlisting of candidates to one of the participating banks/financial institutions will be based on the merit-cum-preference basis. Moreover, this allotment will be as per the Government of India’s guidelines on the policy of reservation. This allotment will also depend on various guidelines issued by the government.

Regarding the Application Process of IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam

The procedure to fill the online application/registration form

  • Firstly, the IBPS Clerk 2018 candidates need to go to the IBPS’ portal www.ibps.inand click on the Home Page to open the link “ CWE Clerks.”
  • Then, they need to click on the option “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CWE- Clerks (CWE-Clerks-VII)”. This will result in the opening of the On-Line Application Form.
  • Then, the candidates need to have legal email ID and mobile nos. This, they should keep active till the announcement of results. It will assist him/her in getting call letter/ pieces of advice etc. through emails/SMS.
  • Then, the candidates need to submit the Application Form, by clicking on the Submit button.
  • The IBPS Clerk 2018 candidates can make payments by using debit card/credit card/through Internet Banking. This they can do by providing information as asked by the net-enabled system. The candidates will sustain the transaction charges for online payment if any.
  • On successful finishing of the transaction, the internet-enabled system will generate an e-receipt and the application form with fee details. The candidates can print these both for a record.
  • Finally, the IBPS Clerk 2018 candidates need to take out the print out of the application form for future reference.

Regarding the Syllabus of IBPS Clerk 2018 Prelims & Mains

We have produced below the topics for the IBPS Clerk 2018 candidates, from the four subjects, from which the questions will be asked. Therefore, the candidates can make the necessary preparations for the exams by keeping in mind the topics, they must cover.

Reasoning Ability English Language Quantitative Aptitude General Awareness
Direction Phrase Replacement Pipe and Cistern Overview of Indian Financial System
Puzzles Sentence Corrections Boat and Stream Abbreviations and Economic terminologies
Coding-Decoding Para Completion Number Series Current affairs related to national and international issues of last 6 months
Alphabetical Series Vocabulary Simplification Recent credit and monetary policies
Data Sufficiency Fill in the Blanks Mensuration Banking Terms
Blood Relation Cloze Test Train History of Indian banking system.
Logical Reasoning Reading Comprehension Profit and Loss Introduction to National financial institutions like RBI, SEBI, IRDA, FSDC etc and of International organizations like IMF, World Bank, ADB, UN etc.
Inequalities Para Jumbles Speed, Time and Distance Important Government Schemes on capital & money market.
Seating Arrangement Error Spotting Simple interest and Compound Interest
Input Output Problems Based on Age
Syllogisms Percentage
Order & Ranking Ratio and Proportion
Time and Work
Allegation and Mixture
Partnership
Average

Regarding Admit Card for IBPS Clerk 2018

Presently, the IBPS has scheduled to hold the IBPS Clerk 2018 preliminary examination tentatively, in the month of December 2018. Therefore, as per the notification released by IBPS, call letter for the examination can be downloaded tentatively from November 2018. Subsequently, the institute will tentatively hold the IBPS Clerk 2018 exam (mains) on 20th January 2018.

The IBPS will inform candidates about the exam center, its address, date/time of both Preliminary and Main examinations and interview. This it will do by posting their respective call letters over the internet through its website. Therefore, the candidate needs to download his/her call letter from the valid IBPS website www.ibps.in by entering his/her details. Moreover, these details range from his/her Registration Number to a IBPS Clerk 2018 candidate’s Date of Birth and his/her Password. Also, the institute won’t provide any hard copy of the call letter/ Information Handout etc. Nor, it will send them by post/ courier.

How to Download Admit Card for IBPS Clerk 2018

  • Firstly, visit http://www.ibps.in/ and click on the section mentioning “careers.”
  • Secondly, select download IBPS Clerk call letter for the preliminary examination by clicking on the button.
  • Then fill your Roll Number/Registration Number and Password and Date of Birth
  • Finally, press on the mouse pointer on the “submit” button. This will result in the generation of your IBPS Clerk admit card 2018. Take a print out of this admit card.
  • Furthermore, IBPS issues the IBPS Clerk admit card and makes it available 10 days before the exam. Moreover, it makes it available in the official portal of the bank. Therefore, the aspirants need to download the admit card and get a printed copy of the same.

Cut-off Score (Online Main examination) in IBPS Clerk 2018

Firstly, the IBPS requires each IBPS Clerk 2018 candidate to attain a minimum score in each test of IBPS Clerk 2018 Main Examination. Also, the candidate requires to obtain a minimum total score to be considered for further process. Moreover, depending on the number the vacancies available State/ UT-wise, the IBPS will determine the cut-offs. Thus, the IBPS will consider the candidates for provisional allotment. Marks scored in the main version of the exam, only will result in being considered for final merit listing.

IBPS CLERK 2017 Mains Previous Year Cut Off

the IBPS will hold this exam in December 2018. IBPS officially releases Cut off marks for individual sections. It also does the same overall for each stage of the Clerk selection process. IBPS Clerk 2018 candidates need to secure marks equal to or greater than those, in each stage for getting selected for the subsequent stages of the process. IBPS releases Cut off marks along with the IBPS Clerk Result. This result belongs to each stage of Clerk selection process viz, prelims, Mains and Interview.

The institute has held the IBPS Clerk Prelims & Mains Exam and has also released the results with scorecards. Now, you must be eagerly waiting for the cut off list. Here, we are with a proper list of cut off for prelims and mains examination, so that you can check the cutoffs and get the idea for the upcoming examination in the banking sector. Cut-offs for any examination depends on the difficulty level of the exam and the number of the students who appeared in the exam.

States Categories
UR OBC ST SC OC HI VI ID DISXS/DXS EXSM
Andaman and Nicobar
Andhra Pradesh 50.78 48.31 31.84 40.27 51.13 27.84 49.41 35.70 36.02 34.67
Arunachal Pradesh 46.43 41.46 34.70
Assam 47.17 43.43 36.16 40.79 29.75
Bihar 53.64 50.95 37.27 38.86 49.21 25.77 49.38 36.13
Chandigarh 54.07 47.95 46.39 39.63
Chhattisgarh 50.43 50.34 24.49 39.46 33.11 33.95 32.91 27.04
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 39.02 39.02
Daman and Diu 45.92 45.92
New Delhi 53.82 53.82 38.03 42.68 40.53 25.56 58.67 49.68 34.57 38.74
Goa 44.70 44.70 24.43 39.11
Gujarat 47.53 47.53 23.68 39.95 31.42 30.66 47.98 32.35 31.38
Haryana 52.72 52.72 39.21 34.47 39.25 41.65 35.60 27.71 37.96
Himachal Pradesh 52.88 52.88 40.74 43.99 41.03
Jammu and Kashmir 52.31 52.31 35.74 41.64
Jharkhand 47.29 47.29 31.02 34.24 44.24 33.38 28.45
Karnataka 44.56 43.67 31.42 36.77 38.81 41.26 43.25 25.09
Kerala 52.32 50.52 30.89 40.68 42.16 37.17 52.68 40.77
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh 48.89 45.03 26.63 36.43 36.09 24.70 37.10 36.13 26.27 26.77
Maharashtra 45.95 43.93 26.38 42.91 36.31 27.61 53.45 29.34 31.54 24.13
Manipur 44.21 62.36 41.74 45.77 38.10
Meghalaya 39.90 37.82 38.31 36.57
Mizoram 40.79
Nagaland 40.45 39.74
Odisha 51.22 50.64 31.32 37.07 39.57 23.06 40.93 36.60 38.35
Puducherry 48.06 47.47 41.27 27.00
Punjab 53.16 45.22 37.88 39.32 30.60 36.84 21.18 33.06
Rajasthan 52.93 48.17 34.70 38.28 42.95 26.91 44.83 45.67 37.64
Sikkim 49.67 47.21
Tamil Nadu 48.49 48.27 35.29 39.39 37.49 42.28 37.82 26.04 20.50
Telangana 49.97 48.72 34.17 40.18 44.77 27.57 50.17 37.79 33.24 29.64
Tripura 48.86 28.50 45.68
Uttar Pradesh 51.13 44.24 33.53 37.20 37.77 28.42 49.97 34.70 28.77 34.90
Uttarakhand 53.16 47.11 38.11 40.16 34.91 29.00 45.63 45.88 38.49
West Bengal 54.57 45.06 35.95 42.14 37.52 27.22 34.61 44.04 39.28 36.61

IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam Centers

State Code State /UT Preliminary Exam Centre
11 Andaman & Nicobar Port Blair
12 Andhra Pradesh Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Puttur, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
13 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar, Naharlagun
14 Assam Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar, Tezpur
15 Bihar Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Bihar Sharif, Darbhanga, Gaya, Hajipur, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Siwan
16 Chandigarh Chandigarh
17 Chhattisgarh Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur
18 Dadra & Nagar Haveli Surat, Jamnagar
19 Daman & Diu
20 Delhi Bahadurgarh, Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon
21 Goa Panaji, Verna
22 Gujarat Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
23 Haryana Ambala, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Palwal, Panipat, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar
24 Himachal Pradesh Baddi, Bilaspur, Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Una
25 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Srinagar
26 Jharkhand Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
27 Karnataka Belgaum, Bengaluru, Bidar, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi
28 Kerala Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur
29 Lakshadweep Kavarrati
30 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain
31 Maharashtra Amaravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara
32 Manipur Imphal
33 Meghalaya Ri-Bhoi, Shillong
34 Mizoram Aizawl
35 Nagaland Kohima
36 Odisha Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Baripada, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Sambalpur
37 Puducherry Puducherry
38 Punjab Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fategarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangru
39 Rajasthan Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur
40 Sikkim Gangtok
41 Tamil Nadu Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Perambalur, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Thoothukodi, Tirunelvelli, Vellore
42 Telangana Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal
43 Tripura Agartala
44 Uttar Pradesh Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bulandhshaher, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Unnao, Varanasi
45 Uttarakhand Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee
46 West Bengal Asansol, Bardhaman, Berhampur, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri

Suggested Articles :

IBPS PO BANK EXAM – 2018 10 BOOKS TO CRACK IBPS PO EXAM | IBPS JOB’S IN DETAIL

IBPS SELECTION PROCEDURE IN DETAILSIBPS EXAM PATTERN | IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH IN IBPS EXAM

EduGorilla study material for IBPS Clerk 2018

EduGorilla has a repository of comprehensive study material that contains notes, sample papers, previous years’ question papers, books having problems to practice on etc. The study material takes care of all your preparation needs, be that of the exam of clerical grade or one for officers. So folks, study smart and save your valuable time!

Leave your vote

0 points
Upvote Downvote

Total votes: 0

Upvotes: 0

Upvotes percentage: 0.000000%

Downvotes: 0

Downvotes percentage: 0.000000%

Abhay Pant :Writing is one of my crafts that I love to indulge in. Like to write on myriad of topics - politics, travelling, food, economy, culture. Education also being close to me, I therefore have chosen EduGorilla to exhibit this skill through it. Would love to hear back from you.