The Ministry of Home Affairs of India (MHA) has released the IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 Notification for selection of Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) posts in the Intelligence Bureau of India (IB). As per the notification posted in the Ministry of Home Affairs website 2000 IB ACIO post vacancies have been announced. In this post on IB ACIO 2020 Notification, we are going to have a look at all the IB ACIO Recruitment details like – Important Exam dates, category-wise vacancy, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Pay-scale, etc.
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Table of Contents
- IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 | Overview
- IB Recruitment 2020 Vacancy
- IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Important Dates
- IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Eligibility Criteria
- IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Selection Process
- IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Exam Pattern
- IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – How to Apply
- IB ACIO Notification 2020 | Application Fees
- IB ACIO Notification 2020 – Topics to prepare
- IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Pay Scale
- IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Career Prospects
- IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Posting
- IB ACIO 2020-21 Exam Centers
- IB ACIO Recruitment FAQs
IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 | Overview
Organization | Intelligence Bureau (IB) |
Post | IB ACIO – General Central Service (Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial) |
Total Vacancies | 2000 |
Starting Date to apply | 19-12-2020 |
Closing date to apply | 09-01-2021 |
Application Mode | Online |
Category | Government Job |
Official Site | www.mha.gov.in |
All young aspirants who are interested to join the Intelligence wing of the Indian Government should look out for the IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 Notification.
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IB Recruitment 2020 Vacancy
The IB ACIO 2020 Recruitment Notification has announced a total of 2000 Vacancies. The category-wise details are as follows:
Category | No. of Vacancies |
UR | 989 |
EWS | 113 |
OBC | 417 |
SC | 360 |
ST | 121 |
Total | 2000 |
Note: The IB ACIO posts are identified not suitable for Person with Disabilities (PWD), hence there are no vacancies for this category.
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IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Important Dates
- Online Registrations Start Date: 19-12-2020
- Online Registrations End Date: 09-01-2020
- IB ACIO Tier-I Examination: not declared yet
- IB ACIO Tier-II Examination: not declared yet
Dates would be updated after the release of IB ACIO 2020 recruitment Notification PDF.
IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Eligibility Criteria
- Age: 18-27 Years
- Additional: Basic Computer Knowledge
IB ACIO Notification 2020 – Age relaxation
Category | Age Relaxation |
OBC | 3 Years |
SC/ ST | 5 Years |
Departmental Candidates who have rendered 3 years of regular and continuous service | Up to the age of 40 Years |
In the case of widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands and not remarried. Under general category | Up to the age of 35 Years |
In the case of widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands and not remarried. Under SC/ ST category | Up to the age of 40 Years |
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IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Selection Process
The selection process for IB ACIO 2020 recruitment will have 3 stages. the details as follows -:
Stage | Type | Marks |
Tier 1 | Objective Exam | 100 |
Tier 2 | Descriptive Exam | 50 |
Tier 3 | Personal Interview | 100 |
IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Exam Pattern
IB ACIO Notification 2020 – Tier 1 Exam Pattern
Section | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
General Awareness | 20 | 20 | 60 mins |
Quantitative Aptitude | 20 | 20 | |
Logical/Analytical Ability | 20 | 20 | |
English Language | 20 | 20 | |
General Studies | 20 | 20 | |
Total | 100 | 100 |
Total time will be 60 minutes and there will be a negative marking of ¼ mark for each wrong answer.
IB ACIO Notification 2020 – Tier 2 Exam Pattern
Section | Marks |
Essay Writing | 30 |
English Comprehension & Précis Writing | 20 |
Total | 50 |
- Candidates will be given 60 minutes to write the exam.
- Minimum 33% marks required in IB ACIO 2020 Tier 1 Exam to be eligible for IB ACIO 2020 Tier 2 Exam. The candidate would also need to score more than the actual Tier 1 cutoff to be declared by IB.
- Both – IB ACIO 2020 Tier 1 and Tier 2 Marks would be considered for Tier 3 (interview) selection.
- Total marks scored in all 3 stages of IB ACIO 2020 Exam would be considered for Final Selection.
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IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – How to Apply
- Step 1: Following are the step to fill the Online Application form for the IB ACIO 2020 Recruitment Exam.
- Step 2: Go to MHA Official Website (https://mha.gov.in/)
- Step 3: Go to vacancies under Notification tab on the homepage
- Step 4: Click on the IB ACIO Online Application link
- Step 5: Register on the Online Application portal by filling your personal details like name, phone number and date of birth to get the Registration number and Password
- Step 6: Now Log-in with your Registration number and Password to start filling the Form
- Step 7: Fill all your personal, education and work-related details correctly in the IB ACIO Online Form
- Step 8: Upload your latest passport size photo
- Step 9: Upload your Signature
- Step 10: Submit the form (Check all the details carefully, once submitted, details cannot be changed.)
- Step 11: After submission of IB ACIO Online form, you will be directed to the payment page for Application fees payment
- Step 12: Make the payment through Online mode or Print the application fees challan for offline payment.
- Step 13: Take a Print out of both application form and payment receipt.
IB ACIO Notification 2020 | Application Fees
It is in 02 components: Examination Fee: Rs. 100/- & Recruitment Processing Charges: Rs.500/- which is required to be paid as under:
Category | Fee to be paid | |
Male candidates of General, EWS and OBC categories | Examination Fee + Recruitment Processing Charges | |
All SC/ST, all-female candidates & all ExSM’ | Recruitment Processing Charges only |
Ex-servicemen who have already secured employment In civilside under Central Govt in Group·c·post on regular basis after availing benefits of reservation given to them are required to pay the examination fee, i.e. Rs. 100/- also along with recruitment processing charges of Rs. 500/-
Note: Banking charges, if applicable, will be borne by the candidate.
MODE OF PAYMENT (ONLINE/ OFFLINE MODE):
a) The application form Is Integrated with the payment gateway & the payment process can be completed by following the instructions.
b) Payment can be made through Debit Cards (RuPay/ visa/ MasterCard/Maestro), Credit Cards. Internet Banking. UPI. SBI Challan etc.
c) Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances.
d) Online payments can be made only till the last date of submission of the online application form.
e) Payments through SBt challan generated on the last day of closure of online application forms can be submitted in the bank till 12.01.2021(during banking hours only)
IB ACIO Notification 2020 – Topics to prepare
Following is the list of important topics to be prepared for IB ACIO 2020 Exam -:
IB ACIO 2020 General Awareness Syllabus:
Biology, Chemistry, Current Affairs, Economy & Finance, Geography, History, Indian Polity and Constitution, Physics, Science and Technology, Static GK.
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IB ACIO 2020 Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus:
Average, Data Interpretation, LCM & HCF, Mensuration, Mixture and Alligation, Partnership, Pipes and Cistern, Problem on ages, Problems on boats and streams, Profit loss & Discount, Ratio Proportion, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Time work & wages, Trigonometry.
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IB ACIO 2020 Logical Reasoning Syllabus:
Alphabet Test, Analogy, Arithmetic Reasoning, Blood Relation, Classification, Coding decoding, Cube & Dice, Distance direction test, Figure & Image-based problems, Logical Venn diagram, Matrix, Pattern Completion, Series – Missing Number, Alpha-numeric.
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IB ACIO 2020 English Language Syllabus:
Active & Passive Voice, Cloze Test, fill in the blanks, Idiom & Phrase, One-word Substitution, Para Jumble, Preposition, Reading Comprehension, Sentence Improvement, Spelling Error, Spotting Error, Synonyms & Antonyms.
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IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Pay Scale
“This is not related to the IB Recruitment notification mentioned above.”
The details of IB ACIO PayScale is given below:
Level 7 ( Rs. 44,200-1,42,000) + admissible Central Government Allowances
Also, Special Security Allowance @ 20% of basic pay (in addition to other allowances)
[Under revision as per the recommendations of 7th C.P.C.]
IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Career Prospects
“This is not related to the IB Recruitment notification mentioned above.”
Selected candidates would be posted as IB ACIO II Officers across various IB offices all over the country.
- Eligible to be promoted to ACIO-I after 3-4 Years of service
- After ACIO-I, the next promotion would be to the post of DCIO (Deputy Central Intelligence Officer. This happens after nearly 10 Years of service as IB ACIO-I
- A DCIO can be promoted as Assistant Director (Of Various Subsidiary IB’s)
- Assistant Director can be promoted to the position of Joint Deputy Director
IB ACIO Recruitment 2020 – Posting
- Once selected as an IB ACIO, the candidate can be posted in any part of the country.
- The posting can be in either Urban or Rural Area.
“This is not related to the IB Recruitment notification mentioned above.”
IB ACIO 2020-21 Exam Centers
State | Cities |
Andhra Pradesh | Guntur |
Kakinanda | |
Kurnool | |
Nellore | |
Rajahmundry | |
Tirupathi | |
Vijayawada | |
Visakhapatnam | |
Vizianagaram | |
Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
Naharlagun | |
Assam | Dibrugarh |
Guwahati | |
Jorhat | |
Silchar | |
Tezpur | |
Bihar | Bhagalpur |
Muzaffarpur | |
Patna | |
Purnea | |
Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
Chattisgarh | Bhillai Nagar |
Bilaspur | |
Raipur | |
Delhi NCR | Delhi NCR |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
Anand | |
Gandhinagar | |
Mehsana | |
Rajkot | |
Surat | |
Vadodara | |
Haryana | Ambala |
Yamuna Nagar | |
Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur |
Shimla | |
Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu |
Jharkhand | Bokaro Steel City |
Dhanbad | |
Hazaribagh | |
Jamshedpur | |
Ranchi | |
Karnataka | Belagavi (Belgaum) |
Bengaluru | |
Hubballi (Hubli) | |
Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) | |
Mangalore | |
Mysuru | |
Shivamogga | |
Udupi | |
Kerala | Ernakulam |
Kannur | |
Kollam | |
Kottayam | |
Kozhikode | |
Thiruvananthapuram | |
Thrissur | |
Ladakh | Leh |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
Gwalior | |
Indore | |
Jabalpur | |
Ujjain | |
Maharashtra | Amravati |
Aurangabad | |
Mumbai | |
Nagpur | |
Nanded | |
Nashik | |
Pune | |
Manipur | Imphal |
Meghalaya | Shillong |
Mizoram | Aizawl |
Nagaland | Kohima |
Odisha | Balasore |
Berhampur-Ganjam | |
Bhubaneswar | |
Cuttack | |
Dhenkanal | |
Rourkela | |
Sambalpur | |
Punjab | Amritsar |
Bhatinda | |
Jalandhar | |
Ludhiana | |
Mohali | |
Patiala | |
Rajasthan | Ajmer |
Bikaner | |
Jaipur | |
Jodhpur | |
Udaipur | |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
Coimbatore | |
Madurai | |
Tiruchirappalli | |
Telangana | Hyderabad |
Karimnagar | |
Warangal | |
Tripura | Agartala |
Uttar Pradesh | Agra |
Aligarh | |
Bareilly | |
Gorakhpur | |
Jhansi | |
Kanpur | |
Lucknow | |
Meerut | |
Prayagraj | |
Varanasi | |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
Haldwani | |
Roorkee | |
West Bengal | Asansol |
Hooghly | |
Kalyani | |
Kolkata | |
Siliguri |
That is all from us in this blog on IB ACIO Recruitment 2020. Keep checking this space for all the government exam updates.
IB ACIO Recruitment FAQs
Candidates should between 18 and 27 years with a Graduation or equivalent qualification from a recognised university.
Candidates can apply for IB via SSC or at mha.gov.in
Yes final year students can apply for IB ACIO given they can submit their degree certificate before the date mentioned on the notification.
IB ACIO employees get Level 7 ( Rs. 44,200-1,42,000) + admissible Central Government Allowances as salary
Candidates can apply for 2000 IB ACIO posts.
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