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Activity

IBPS Clerk Exam Notification 2024 

Online Registration Date

Last Date Of Application 

Last Date Of Pay Exam Fee

Dates Of Prelims Examination 

Prelims Examination Result Date 

Mains Examination Date 

Name of Test

Topic

Weightage

General English

Reading Comprehension

15 - 20 Q

Cloze Test/Paraphrase

5 - 7 Q

Parajumbles/Sentence Rearrangement

4 - 5 Q

Fillers (Fill in the Blanks)

5 - 7 Q

Error Detection

5 - 7 Q

Sentence Rearrangement

5 - 7 Q

Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

Seating Arrangement & puzzles

10 Q

Coding-Decoding

3-5 Q

Direction Sense

2-3 Q

Syllogism

5 Q

Input-output

2-3 Q

Inequality

3-5 Q

Data Sufficiency

3-5 Q

Computer

15-18 Q

Analogy

7-8 Q

Activity

IBPS Clerk Exam Notification 2024 

Online Registration Date

Last Date Of Application 

Last Date Of Pay Exam Fee

Dates Of Prelims Examination 

Prelims Examination Result Date 

Mains Examination Date 

Name of Test

Topic

Weightage

General English

Reading Comprehension

15 - 20 Q

Cloze Test/Paraphrase

5 - 7 Q

Parajumbles/Sentence Rearrangement

4 - 5 Q

Fillers (Fill in the Blanks)

5 - 7 Q

Error Detection

5 - 7 Q

Sentence Rearrangement

5 - 7 Q

Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

Seating Arrangement & puzzles

10 Q

Coding-Decoding

3-5 Q

Direction Sense

2-3 Q

Syllogism

5 Q

Input-output

2-3 Q

Inequality

3-5 Q

Data Sufficiency

3-5 Q

Computer

15-18 Q

Analogy

7-8 Q

Decision Making

Questions Based on Passage and course of Action

Blood Relation

Spotting Out The Dissimilar Or Classification

Statement And Arguments

Statement And Assumptions

Alphabet Series

Ordering, Ranking and Puzzle

Quantitative Aptitude

Data Interpretation

10-20 Q

Data Sufficiency

3-5 Q

Series

3-5 Q

Simplification/Approximation

5-10 Q

Inequalities

5 Q

Problems Based On Numbers

5-10 Q

Simple Interest

Time & Work

Percentage

Ratio & Proportion

Problems based on Fraction

Profit & Loss

Time, Speed & Distance

Partnership

Problems based on Age

Probability

Compound Interest

Average

Mixture & Alligation

Permutations And Combinations

General/Financial Awareness

Current Affairs - (National/International Appointment, Awards Functions, Government Schemes, etc)

30-32 Q From GK & Rest From Current Affairs

Static Awareness - (Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks, Important Days/Dates, Political Leaders Movements)

Bank/Economy Awareness - (Bank, Capital, Money market, Government Initiatives)

Topic

Topic Description

Topic Example

Topic Difficulty Level

Reading Comprehension

Analysing the passage and answering Questions based on it

Theme of the passage "Eductaional Reformers"
Theme of the passage "China and America, the world’s two superpowers"
(Asked in IBPS clerk 2020)

10+2 level

Cloze Test

Filling Appropriate word in each of the blank in the given paragraph

Theme of the passage "How the Supreme Court has dealt with cases arising out of last year’s abrogation of Article 370"
(Asked in IBPS clerk 2019)

10+2 level

Parajumbles/ Sentence Rearrangement

Rearranging the sentences in a logical order such that they make sense.

Directions for Questions for 1 to 5: Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions which follow:
(A) The blame for lacking creativity is, however, put on the present generation by the modern educationists.
(B) The concept of homework began so that the pupils could revise that was being taught in the class.
(C) By doing so, most of the schools took away the leisure time of the children.
(D) Instead, these educationists should suggest lowering of burden of homework to the commission for educational reforms.
(E) The purpose of this concept was, however, defeated when the schools started overburdening students with so-called homework.
(F) Lack of such leisure time does not allow the children to develop creative pursuits.

10+2 level

Fillers (Fill in the Blanks)

Filling the blank with the approriate word.

As part of the policy on overseas borrowing, RBI and the government should __________ the system of contingent liabilities and see if this needs to be __________ within the framework of capital controls.

10+2 level

Error Detection

Identifying Errors in a given sentence

Select the option which contains the part/parts of the sentence which has/have an error (spelling, grammatical or contextual)
The decision to appoint an external (A)/ auditor for the bank is the mandate (B)/ of the board of governors, a body (C)/superior than the board of directors. (D)/ No Error (E)

10+2 level

Topic

Topic Description

Topic Example

Topic Difficulty Level

Seating Arrangement - & Puzzles

Questions based on finding the correct order of people sitting and analyze the given piece of information, pick the information that is important and leave out the information that is not required in solving the given set of questions

Certain number of persons sit in a straight linear row facing towards north but information about few of them is given. G sits second from an extreme end. Only three persons sit between G and E. B is fifth to the left of R. 6 persons sit between R and E. A, who is third to the left of E, is adjacent to G. 2 persons sit between F and R, who is not at an extreme end. Number of persons to the right of F is same as number of persons between G and A.

Complex & Time Consuming

Coding-Decoding

Identifying the pattern used for coding a given data set and using the same for performing specific operations.

In a coded language,
‘Knife cut knot within’ is coded as ‘PK XE PP DJ’
‘Serious problem coming way’ is coded as ‘HQ KN XK DY’
‘Rain increase danger level’ is coded as ‘IC RC WI OX’
‘Blood goes from vessel’ is coded as ‘YQ TQ UT EU’

Complex & Time Consuming

Direction Sense

Questions are based on Direction sense

If Sita walks 10 km towards West, then turned towards South and walked 10 km, then turned East walked 10 km, and turned North walked 10 km. How far she is from starting point?

Easy & Less time-consuming,

Syllogism

Questions require thinking for arriving at a specific conclusion by examining other premises or ideas

Statements:
Some apartments are flats.
Some flats are buildings.
All buildings are bungalows.
All bungalows are garden
Conclusions:
I. All apartments being building is possibility.
II. All bungalows are not buildings.
III. No flat is garden.

Easy & Less time-consuming,

Input-output

Some kind of word and number arrangement is given. With each subsequent operation, the arrangement of the words and numbers changes. These operations are performed until a final arrangement is reached or is performed in a loop. Candidates are required to identify the hidden pattern in the rearrangement and apply it to the machine input-output questions.

Directions: A word & number arrangement machine when given an input line of words & numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of an input & its rearrangement.

Input: live 26 life 19 king 38 size 42 aim 67 my 71
Step 1 67 live 26 life 19 king 38 size 42 my 71 aim 
Step 2 38 67 live 26 life 19 size 42 my 71 aim king
Step 3 26 38 67 live 19 size 42 my 71 aim king life
Step 4 19 26 38 67 size 42 my 71 aim king life live
Step 5 42 19 26 38 67 size 71 aim king life live my
Step 6 71 42 19 26 38 67 aim king life live my size

Step 6 is the last step of the above input as per rules followed in the above steps.

Following is the input which needs to be rearranged as per the above logic.

Input: dream 25 dare 64 enjoy 18 smile 23 spread 47 joy 70

Complex & Time Consuming

Analogy

Questions on Decision Making, Statement & Arguments, Statement & Assumptions,  etc.

Statement: 
A part from the entertainment value of television, its educational value cannot be ignored
Assumptions
    I. People take television to be a means of entertainment only.
II. The educational value of television in not realised properly.

Complex & Time Consuming

Decision Making

Questions Based on Passage and course of Action

Blood Relation

Spotting Out The Dissimilar Or Classification

Statement And Arguments

Statement And Assumptions

Alphabet Series

Ordering, Ranking and Puzzle

Inequality

When a group of elements are given with a certain coded relationship denoted by , = etc. such type of questions fall under the category of reasoning Inequality.

Statements

Conclusions

Easy & Less time-consuming,

Data Sufficiency

Analyzing the given information and judging whether the given information is sufficient to answer the question or not

How is the word ‘season’ coded?

Statement I : ‘Season change by nature’ is coded as ‘4 8 12 9’ and ‘Change is law nature’ is coded as ‘5 12 24 4’.

Statement II : ‘New season came today’ is coded as ‘7 9 51 35’ and ‘Today change came tomorrow’ is coded as ’21 35 12 19’.

Complex & Time Consuming

Computer

Questions on Hardware/Software, Internet/Networking Technology, Internet/Networking Technology, Operating System etc

Who invented Analytical engine?
A. Blaise Pascal
B. George Bool
C. Charles Babbage
D. Dr. Herman Hollerith
E. None of these

Easy & Less time-consuming,

Topic

Topic Description

Topic Example

Topic Difficulty Level

Data Interpretation

Questions based on Pie chart, Bar graphs, Venn Diagram, Radar etc

The table shows the percentage of marks obtained by five students in five different subjects and some data is missing.

Class 10^th Level

Data Sufficiency

Analyzing the given information and judging whether the given information is sufficient to answer the question or not

In the bus, how many of the passengers are females? 

Statement I : when 20 males get down on the next stop then the number of female passengers become equal to that of male passengers. 

Statement II : In the bus, 33.33% of the seats are reserved for female passengers 

Class 10^th Level

Number Series

Completing the given series by finding the pattern among the numbers.

 Find the wrong term in the given series.
639     657     675     693     712     720

Class 10^th Level

Simplification/ Approximation

Questions based on mathematical operations to be performed using BODMAS

33^7.8 × 33^1.2 ÷ 33⁵ = 33 × 33^?

Class 10^th Level

Inequalities

Questions based on finding the values of the unknown variable in a given equation

Direction: In the following questions, the symbols $,@,#,^ and * are used with the following meaning as illustrated below.
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’.
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to ‘Q
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.
‘P ^ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P * Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.
Statements: H @ T, T # F, F ^ E, E * V
Conclusions:
I. V $ F
II. E @ T
III. H @ V
IV. T # V

Class 10^th Level

Problems Based On Numbers

Arithmetic Questions

A packaging machine A of Kurkure can pack one lakh packets in 10 hours, packaging machine B of Kurkure can pack the same number of packets in 12 hours while packaging machine C can pack them in 15 hours. All the packaging machines are started at 8 a.m. while packaging machine A is closed at 10 a.m. And the remaining two packaging machines complete the work. Approximately at what time will the work be finished?

Class 10^th Level

Simple Interest

Time & Work

Percentage

Ratio & Proportion

Problems based on Fraction

Profit & Loss

Time, Speed & Distance

Partnership

Problems based on Age

Probability

Compound Interest

Average

Mixture & Alligation

Permutations And Combinations

Topic

Topic Description

Topic Example

Topic Difficulty Level

Current Affairs 

National/International Events,  Appointment, Awards Functions, Government Schemes, etc

Who took oath as the 11th Chief Minister (Dec 2019) of Jharkhand?
(Asked in IBPS clerk 2020)

Past 5-6 Months

Static Awareness

Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks, Important Days/Dates, Political Leaders Movements etc.

Which company is the first to launch electric tractor in India?

Where is Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) located?

Seema is associated with which sports?

Based on General Knowledge

Bank/ Economy Awareness

Bank, Capital, Money market, Government Initiatives

What is the minimum paid-up capital required for an urban cooperative bank to voluntarily convert into a small finance bank?

RBI recently announced that money transfer through NEFT can now be done round-the-clock, NEFT transactions will now take place in how many batches per day?

Under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana, What is the maximum loan amount in Kishore category?

Activity

IBPS Clerk Exam Notification 2024 

Online Registration Date

Last Date Of Application 

Last Date Of Pay Exam Fee

Dates Of Prelims Examination 

Prelims Examination Result Date 

Mains Examination Date 

Name of Test

General/ Financial Awareness

General English

Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

Quantitative Aptitude

Total Section = 3

Activity

IBPS Clerk Exam Notification 2024 

Online Registration Date

Last Date Of Application 

Last Date Of Pay Exam Fee

Dates Of Prelims Examination 

Prelims Examination Result Date 

Mains Examination Date 

Name of Test

General/ Financial Awareness

General English

Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

Quantitative Aptitude

Total Section = 3

Activity

IBPS Clerk Exam Notification 2024 

Online Registration Date

Last Date Of Application 

Last Date Of Pay Exam Fee

Dates Of Prelims Examination 

Prelims Examination Result Date 

Mains Examination Date 

Category

Age Relaxation

Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe

Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)

Persons With Disabilities

Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried

Persons affected by 1984 riots

Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service (Applicable to Madhya Pradesh state only)

Activity

IBPS Clerk Exam Notification 2024 

Online Registration Date

Last Date Of Application 

Last Date Of Pay Exam Fee

Dates Of Prelims Examination 

Prelims Examination Result Date 

Mains Examination Date