Every year IBPS recruits Specialist Officers through IBPS SO Recruitment exam for various Specialist Officer Scale I Posts – IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer. The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released the official notification for IBPS SO for the year 2020. In this blog, IBPS SO Notification 2020 we are going to provide you with all the details like Notification, Examination dates, Eligibility criteria, Syllabus, and more.
Topics Covered
- IBPS SO Recruitment Notification 2020 | Important Dates & Participating Organisations
- IBPS SO Notification 2020– Eligibility Criteria
- IBPS SO Recruitment Notification 2020 | Vacancies
- IBPS SO 2020 – Selection Procedure
- IBPS SO Notification 2020 – Exam Fee
- IBPS SO Notification 2020 – Exam Pattern
- IBPS SO Notification 2020 – Topics for preparation
- IBPS SO 2020 Exam – Topics for Preparation
- What Do We Have In Cart For You?
IBPS SO Recruitment Notification 2020 | Important Dates & Participating Organisations
The dates as per the official notification by IBPS.
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IBPS SO Notification 2020– Eligibility Criteria
Age Criteria
Minimum: 20 years
Maximum: 30 years
(A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.11.1990 and no later than 01.11.2000 (both dates inclusive)
Educational Qualification
For I.T. Officer (Scale-I)
- 4 year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & 3 Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation.OR
- Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & Tele Communication/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Computer Applications.
OR Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level exam.
Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
- 4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry/Forestry/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Food Science/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture.
Marketing Officer (Scale I)
- Graduate and Two Years Full-time MMS (Marketing)/ Two Years Full-time MBA (Marketing)/ Two Years Full-time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing. *
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
- Graduate and Two Years Full-time Post Graduate degree or Two Years Full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ HR / HRD/ Social Work / Labour Law.*
Law Officer (Scale I)
- A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
- Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level.
OR
- Postgraduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level.
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IBPS SO Recruitment Notification 2020 | Vacancies
IBPS has released a total of 647 vacancies for various Specialist Officer Scale I Posts – IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer.
IBPS SO 2020 – Selection Procedure
IBPS SO 2020 Recruitment Process will have 3 stages -:
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IBPS SO Notification 2020 – Exam Fee
Application Fees/ Intimation Charges (Applicable GST will be borne by IBPS)
Application Fees/ Intimation Charges [Payable from 02.11.2020 to 23.11.2020 (only Online payment, both dates
inclusive) shall be as follows
- Rs. 175/- (inclusive of GST) for SC/ST/PWBD candidates.
- Rs. 850 /- (inclusive of GST) for all others
IBPS SO Notification 2020 – Exam Pattern
IBPS SO 2020 Recruitment – Preliminary Exam Pattern
Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari
| Subject | No. of Questions | Marks | Time | Medium |
| English Language | 50 | 25 | 40 Minutes | English |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 40 Minutes | English & Hindi |
| General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry |
50 | 50 | 40 Minutes | English & Hindi |
| Total | 150 | 125 | – | – |
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IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer
| Subject | No. of Questions | Marks | Time | Medium |
| English Language | 50 | 25 | 40 Minutes | English |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 40 Minutes | English & Hindi |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 40 Minutes | English & Hindi |
| Total | 150 | 125 | – | – |
NOTE:
- Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS.
- Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.
- There will be separate sectional timings for each section in the preliminary examination.
IBPS SO Recruitment 2020 – Main Exam Pattern
Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer
| Test Name | No. of Questions | Marks | Time | Medium |
| Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | 45 Minutes | English & Hindi |
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Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari
| Test Name | No. of Questions | Marks | Time | Medium |
| Professional Knowledge (Objective) | 45 | 60 | 30 Minutes | English & Hindi |
| Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) | 2 | 30 Minutes | English & Hindi |
- Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and Online Main examinations). There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests.
- For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty to arrive at a corrected score.
- If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
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IBPS SO 2020 Recruitment – Interview
- The maximum marks allotted for the interview is 100.
- Minimum qualifying marks will not be less than 40% (relaxed to 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates).
- Weightage of the IBPS SO Mains Exam to Interview is in the ratio 80:20.
- Final shortlisting will be done based on the combined scores of the candidate in the Mains examination and the interview.
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IBPS SO Notification 2020 – Topics for preparation
English Language
| Cloze Test | Spotting errors |
| Reading Comphrenshion | Sentence Improvement |
| Spotting Errors | Sentence Correction |
| Para jumbles | Fill in the blanks |
| Phrase Replacement | Vocabulary |
| Sentence Rearrangement | Fillers- Single, Double |
| Idioms and Phrases | One-Word Substitution |
Quantitative Aptitude
| Data Interpretation | Ratio & Proportion |
| Number Series | Percentages |
| Quadratic Equations | Profit & Loss |
| Data Sufficiency | Averages, Mixtures & Alligation |
| Problems on Ages | Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
| Partnerships | Work & Time |
| Mensuration | Time, Speed & Distance |
| Permutation & Combination | Probability |
| Simplification | Number System |
| Mensuration | Algebra |
Reasoning Ability
| Arrangement and Pattern | Direction and Distance |
| Analogy | Inequalities |
| Classification | Puzzles |
| Series | Verbal Reasoning |
| Coding and Decoding | Input-Output |
| Blood Relations | Order Ranking |
| Seating Arrangement | Syllogisms |
| Alphanumeric Series | Logical Reasoning |
General Awareness
| Current Affairs – Dynamic & Static | Budget |
| Important Financial & Economic News | Awards And Honours |
| Banking Terms | Basic Economics |
| Important Days | International & National Organizations |
| Sports | Books and Authors |
| Science – inventions & Discoveries | Countries & Capitals etc |
IBPS SO 2020 Exam – Topics for Preparation
| IT Officer (Scale-I) | Agricultural Field Officer (Scale – I) | Marketing Officer (Scale-I) | Law Officer (Scale-I) | HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I) |
| Database Management System | Basics of Crop production | Basics of Marketing Management | Banking Regulations | Human Resource Development |
| Data Communication and Networking | Horticulture | Brand Management | Compliance and Legal Aspects | Business policy and strategic analysis |
| Operating System | Seed Science | Advertising | Relevant Law and Orders related to negotiable instruments, securities, foreign exchange | Transnational Analysis |
| Software Engineering | Agronomy and Irrigation | PR | Prevention of Money-laundering, Limitation Act | Training and Development |
| Data Structure | Agricultural Economics | Sales | Consumer Protection Act | Recruitment and Selection |
| Computer Organization and Microprocessor | Agricultural Practices | Retail | SARFAES | Rewards and Recognition |
| Object-Oriented Programming | Soil resources | Business Ethics | Banking Ombudsman Scheme | Industrial Relations |
| Animal Husbandry | Market Segmentation | Laws and Actions with direct link to Banking Sector | Business Policy and Strategic Analysis | |
| Agroforestry | Market research and forecasting demand | Bankers Book Evidence Act | Grievance and Conflict Management | |
| Ecology | Product Life Cycle | DRT Act | Performance Management and Appraisal | |
| Government Schemes | Corporate Social Responsibility | |||
| Service Marketing | ||||
| Marketing Strategies |
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