IBPS SO Syllabus 2018 | IT Officer, HR Officer, Marketing Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari

November 12, 2018 Share Like

IBPS released the official notification for recruitment of Specialist Officers, you all would have already started to get yourself ready to appear in the examination that is to be conducted on 29th and 30th of December. The bank officially doesn't release an official syllabus for the exam but we can conjecture by the questions asked in the previous years that the syllabus is really vast. It is geared towards testing an aspirant’s versatility to solve complex questions in the most prolific manner.

Here is the syllabus for Professional Knowledge Test of IBPS SO IT Officer, Marketing Officer, HR Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari:

The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:

A. Preliminary Examination

> For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1.	English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
2.	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
3.	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
	Total	150	125

> For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1.	English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
2.	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
3.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
	Total	150	125

You have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Also, IBPS has introduced sectional timing of 40 Minutes for each section, so you need to pay special attention on time while preparing for the exam.

B. Main Examination

The Pattern for Mains Exam includes the Professional Knowledge for various Posts.

> For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
Professional Knowledge	60	60	English & Hindi	45 minutes

> For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari

Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
Professional Knowledge (Objective)	45	60	English & Hindi	30 minutes
Professional Knowledge (Descriptive)	2	60	English & Hindi	30 minutes

The pattern for Prelims Exam is same as other Bank Examinations, so you need to prepare the same way as you prepare for other Banking Examinations. Extra Efforts need to be given to the Professional Knowledge of the Subject for Various Posts of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari.

You can also Join IBPS SO Mains 2018 for IT Officer Scale-1 (Information Technology) Live Batch By Solanki Sir (Live Classes).