IBPS Clerk 2019 | Check Previous Year Pattern & Analysis

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts a common written exam (CWE) every year for the recruitment of clerical cadre in various banks across the country. IBPS conducted IBPS Clerk Exam for the eighth time last year (2018) and was therefore named as IBPS Clerk CWE VIII. IBPS Clerk CWE exam is conducted in two phases i.e. preliminary and mains level exams of which the second phase is yet to be conducted. Candidates who qualified both the phases will be selected as Clerks in the Public Sector Banks of India.

This year's calendar of IBPS Clerk Exam has already been released by IBPS and you all must have already started to prepare for the same. When you prepare for a competitive exam, you should keep yourself abreast of what was asked in the previously conducted exams for the same recruitment process. If we talk about IBPS Clerk 2018-19 Exam, the preliminary examination was conducted in the month of December and the main exam is yet to be conducted on 20th January 2019.

The IBPS Clerk Preliminary examination was conducted on 8th, 9th and 15th of December 2018. The questions asked in the three sections viz. English Language, Reasoning Ability and Quantitative Aptitude were based on the conventional pattern of IBPS Clerk Exam. No new pattern questions were observed in any of the shifts conducted all throughout. Given below are the exam pattern and cut-off scores of IBPS Clerk Exam 2018-19 respectively:

IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam Pattern

A) IBPS Clerk 2018 Preliminary Exam Pattern:

S.No.	Name of Tests(Objective	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Total		100	100	60 minutes

B) IBPS Clerk 2018 Mains Exam Pattern:

Sr. No	Name of Tests (NOT BY SEQUENCE)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Time allotted for each test (Separately timed)
1	General/ Financial Awareness	50	50	English & Hindi	35 minutes
2	English Language	40	40	English	35 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	English & Hindi	45 minutes
4	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	English & Hindi	45 minutes
	Total	190	200		160 minutes

The State-wise Cut-offs for IBPS Clerk (Unreserved Category)

State Name	Cut Off
Uttar Pradesh	74.00
Madhya Pradesh	71.25
Delhi	71.75
Gujarat	67.75
Bihar	73.50
Tamil Nadu	57.75
Odisha	72.75
Rajasthan	73.00
Haryana	73.00
Andhra Pradesh	63.25
Telangana	58.25
Karnataka	66.25
Himachal Pradesh	73.00
Jharkhand	74.00
Maharashtra	63.25
Assam	67.25
West Bengal	73.50
Punjab	73.25
Chandigarh	66.75