{"id":48679,"date":"2019-11-13T14:46:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T09:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/?p=48679"},"modified":"2019-11-13T15:02:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T09:32:38","slug":"ibps-specialist-officers-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/ibps-specialist-officers-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prepare for IBPS Specialist Officers exam? | Find Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_77 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/ibps-specialist-officers-exam\/#IBPS_Specialist_Officers_Exam\" >IBPS Specialist Officers Exam<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/ibps-specialist-officers-exam\/#What_is_IBPS_SO_exam\" >What is IBPS SO exam?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/ibps-specialist-officers-exam\/#How_to_prepare_for_IBPS_Specialist_Officers_exam\" >How to prepare for IBPS Specialist Officers exam?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The IBPS Specialist Officers exam is conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection every year. Through this exam, the Specialist Officers at various positions are hired by the IBPS. Thousands of candidates appear for this exam to get a prestigious job at the most reputed banks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exam has three stages \u2013 Prelims, Mains and Final Interview. So, if you are looking to clear the exam, you need to know all its details. This article will discuss the tips and tricks to help you pass the IBPS So exam with flying colours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Mock Tests for different Bank Exam Here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"IBPS_Specialist_Officers_Exam\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>IBPS Specialist Officers Exam<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_IBPS_SO_exam\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>What is IBPS SO exam?<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The IBPS SO exam is held to hire candidates for different positions in private and public sector banks. The different positions include IT Officer, Law Officer, Chartered Accountants, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Agriculture Field Officer (AFO), Marketing Officer, HR\/Personnel Officer, and Finance Executives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prelims examination has three sections for all the posts. For the Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari posts, the sections are &#8211; English Language, Logical Reasoning and General Awareness. For all of the other posts, the sections are &#8211; English Language, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prelims pattern for Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reasoning<\/a><\/strong><\/span> \u2013 50 questions (50 marks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English language<\/a><\/span><\/strong> &#8211; 50 questions (25 marks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General awareness<\/a><\/strong><\/span> &#8211; 50 questions (50 marks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Total \u2013 150 questions (125 marks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duration \u2013 2 hours<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prelims pattern for all the other posts are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reasoning<\/a><\/span><\/strong> \u2013 50 questions (50 marks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English language<\/a><\/span><\/strong> &#8211; 50 questions (25 marks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quantitative Aptitude<\/a><\/span><\/strong> &#8211; 50 questions (50 marks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Total \u2013 150 questions (125 marks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duration \u2013 2 hours<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Mock Tests for different Bank Exam Here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_prepare_for_IBPS_Specialist_Officers_exam\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>How to prepare for IBPS Specialist Officers exam?<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>English language section<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This section consists of questions on topics such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reading comprehension<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Error detection<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Para jumbles<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tenses<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sentence correction<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vocabulary<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fill in the blanks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloze test<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Preparation tips<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Have a solid foundation on the basics of <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English grammar<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start reading newspapers, magazines and books every day to enhance your <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vocabulary<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note down the commonly used phrases while reading. Keep a dictionary handy to look up something you don\u2019t understand<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand the contexts clearly to solve <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">verbal ability<\/a><\/span><\/strong> questions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Reasoning section<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This section consists of questions on topics such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verbal reasoning<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syllogism<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Puzzles<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seating arrangement<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Blood relations<\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Input and Output<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Sufficiency<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Coding\/ Decoding<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ranking and orde<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number series<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Finding the missing figure<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Preparation tips<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a clear understanding of the basics of each category of problems<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Divide the categories into easy, medium and hard. Start from the easiest and move accordingly<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice puzzles, online quizzes, brain teasers and Sudoku puzzles to enhance your logical reasoning ability<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go through the IBPS Specialist Officers exam questions of the previous years to get a better understanding of the types of questions<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>General awareness section<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Preparation tips<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start reading newspapers and magazines on a regular basis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focus on areas such as economy, politics, sports and finance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be aware of all the most important events of the past six months \u2013 both national and international<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Quantitative aptitude section<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This section consists of questions based on the following topics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data interpretation<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number series<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ratio and Proportion<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HCF and LCM<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Profit and Loss<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statistics<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work, time and wages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simple and compound interest<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mensuration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Probability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Trigonometry<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Preparation tips<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go through the Maths textbooks of class 10<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and 12<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to clear basic concepts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn the basic tables, formulas, and advanced shortcuts. Write them down in a notebook that will come handy later<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look online for learning some easy tricks to perform mental calculations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As this is considered the trickiest section, practice aptitude problems daily<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Mock Tests for different Bank Exam Here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To clear the <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IBPS SO<\/a><\/span><\/strong> exam, you have to know your strengths and weaknesses. So, analyze your weaker areas and practice problems on those sections daily. Also, know the exam pattern and distribution of marks for each section properly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/bank-exams\/?ref=ablog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mock tests<\/a><\/span><\/strong> frequently. 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