One of the most awaited Banking Exams of the year – The IBPS PO Recruitment 2019 is here. A total of 4336 vacancies for the post of Probationary Officer in participating banks have been announced in the IBPS PO 2019 Notification. We will look at all the details about the IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2019 for both – Prelims and Main Exam in this blog. Understanding the exam pattern before starting the exam preparation is very important. It helps the candidates to prepare a clear mind map about the various sections of the exam and as a result they can design their exam preparation strategy accordingly. So let us begin -:
IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2019 – Selection Process
The IBPS PO Recruitment exam is conducted in 3 phases. Following are the details:
- Phase 1 – Preliminary Exam
- Phase 2 – Main Exam
- Phase 3 – Interview
Now lets look at the details of these 3 phases.
IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2019 – Prelims
Sr. No. |
Name of Tests |
No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Medium of Exam |
Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | English | 20 minutes |
2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | English and Hindi | 20 minutes |
3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | English and Hindi | 20 minutes |
Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
Note -: There is sectional cutoff in IBPS PO Prelims Exam. So, candidates will need to have a minimum score in each of the 3 sections along with the overall minimum score (prelims cut-off) to clear the Prelims Exam.
Negative Marking – Deduction of 1/4th of the marks assigned to each question.
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IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2019 – Main Exam
Sr.No. | Name of Test(NOT BY SEQUENCE) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | English & Hindi | 60 minutes |
2 | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | English & Hindi | 35 minutes |
3 | English Language | 35 | 40 | English | 40 minutes |
4 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 minutes |
Total | 155 | 200 | 3 hours | ||
5 | English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 2 | 25 | English | 30 minutes |
Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main examination and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for interview.
Negative Marking – Deduction of 1/4th of the marks assigned to each question.
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IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2019 – Interview
Candidates who clear the IBPS PO Main examination will subsequently be called for the IBPS PO Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organisations and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each State/ UT with the help of IBPS.
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