IB ACIO Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2020: Tier 1 & 2

The IB ACIO Exam is conducted by the Ministry of Home Affairs for the recruitment of Officers for the Intelligence Bureau. It’s one of the premium and sought-after posts in India. This blog provides you with the full IB ACIO Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2020. Let us know about the IB ACIO Exam Pattern & Syllabus in detail.

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IB ACIO Syllabus & Exam Pattern: Selection Process

IB ACIO Exam Pattern consists of the following three stages: –

• IB ACIO Tier-I Exam (Total Marks: 100)
• IB ACIO Tier-II Exam (Total Marks: 50)
• IB ACIO Interview (Total Marks: 100)

IB ACIO Exam Pattern: Tier 1 2020

The IB ACIO Tier 1 Exam Pattern consists of 4 sections. the details are given in the following table:

*There will be a negative marking of ¼ mark for each wrong answer.

IB ACIO Exam Pattern : Tier 2 2020

The IB ACIO Tier 2 Exam pattern consists of 2 sections. details are shown below:

Section	Marks	Time
Essay Writing	30	60 minutes
English Comprehension & Précis Writing	20
Total	50

IB ACIO Syllabus & Exam Pattern: Selection Criteria

• Only those candidates would be called for IB ACIO Tier-II exam who qualify a certain standard in Tier-I. For the Tier-II examination, there is a minimum cut off of 33%.
• On the basis of their combined performance in Tier-I and Tier-II, the candidates would be shortlisted for the interview.
• The final selection would be made on the basis of combined performance in all the selection stages.

IB ACIO Syllabus 2020

IB ACIO Syllabus: General Knowledge

The IB ACIO Syllabus for General knowledge section consists of following list of topics:

Indian History, Polity, Current Events, Geography, Economy, Basics of computers etc. 

The focus will be on Current national & International events, banking, sports, awards, recruitments etc. 

• Current Affairs
• History
• Geography
• Science & Technology
• Indian Polity & Constitution
• Economy & Finance
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Static GK

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IB ACIO Syllabus: Reasoning

IB ACIO Syllabus for Reasoning section has the following list of topics.

• Analogies,
• similarities and differences,
• spatial visualisation,
• spatial orientation,
• problem-solving,
• analysis,
• judgement,
• decision making,
• visual memory,
• discrimination,
• observation,
• relationship concepts,
• arithmetic reasoning,
• verbal and figure,
• Non-Verbal Reasoning.
• Cube & Dice
• Figure formation & Analysis
• Missing Number
• Series
• Papercutting & folding
• Counting of figures
• Mirror Image
• Water Image

IB ACIO Syllabus: English Comprehension

The IB ACIO Syllabus for English comprehension section covers following topics:

• Grammar Rules,
• antonyms, 
• Single/ Double Fillers
• Fill In The Blanks
• Error Detection
• synonyms, 
• one-word substitution, 
• idioms & phrases, 
• fill in the blanks,
• Reading Comprehension/Passage, 
• Active & Passive Voice
• Preposition
• Cloze Test, 
• Para-Jumble Sentences etc. 

IB ACIO Syllabus: Quantitative Aptitude

The IB ACIO Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude (Maths) consists of below given topics:

• Number System
• HCF LCM
• Simplification
• Average
• Time & Work
• Mensuration
• Percentage
• Profit & Loss
• Simple & Compound Interest
• Investment
• Problem on Ages
• Time & Speed
• Problem on Trains
• Permutation and Combination
• Series and Sequences
• Bar Graph
• Pictorial Graph
• Pie Chart.

IB ACIO Syllabus: General Studies

The General Studies section of IB ACIO Syllabus will cover:

• History (Ancient / Medieval / Modern)
• Geography
• General Science
• Polity
• Environment

(these topics are based on our understanding as per the general studies syllabus of other similar exam)

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IB ACIO Syllabus 2020 – Paper II

IB ACIO Tier-II exam consists of two sections namely – Essay Writing and English Comprehension & Précis Writing

Essay Writing: Candidates will have to write essays that can be based on topics such as:

• Emerging Trends in India
• Cultural Diversity of India
• Security Threats, etc

English Comprehension & Précise Writing: In this section, the candidate’s English Comprehension will be tested.

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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

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