IBPS SO 2024 Recruitment: Notification, Dates, Eligibility, Syllabus

IBPS SO 2024 will be organized by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection in the months of December 2024 and January 2025. The exam is conducted each year for the aspirants who intend to join as a clerk, PO and SO in nationalized banks, RRBs, and State Bank. The application forms for IBPS SO 2024 will go live in online mode on the official website only.

All the applicants are required to go through the eligibility criteria for IBPS SO 2024 before considering to fill the application form. IBPS SO 2024 will be organized in two phases i.e. IBPS SO Prelims Exam and IBPS SO Main Exam to be conducted in the months of December and January respectively. The admit cards for IBPS SO 2024 will be released on the official website.

Final selections would be made on the basis of IBPS SO 2024 Preliminary Exam scores and IBPS SO 2024 Main Exam scores followed by the Personal Interview round. Aspirants intended to join as a SO, PO, and clerk in banks must appear for IBPS SO 2024 exam.


IBPS SO 2024 Highlights

OverviewDetails
Exam NameIBPS SO 2024
Full-FormInstitute of Banking Personnel Selection Specialist Officer 2024
Conducted byInstitute of Banking Personnel Selection
Exam LevelNational Level Exam
Official Websiteibps.in
Mode of applicationOnline
Mode of ExaminationOnline

IBPS SO 2024 Important Dates

All the applicants are required to go through Important Dates of the examination in order to get an idea about the examination schedule and prepare accordingly. The important dates for the IBPS SO 2024 exam are provided below:

EventDates
Application Process StartsNovember 2024
Last Date of Application Form fillingNovember 2024
Issuance of IBPS SO Preliminary Admit CardDecember 2024
IBPS PO Prelims Exam DateDecember 2024
Issuance of IBPS SO Main Admit CardJanuary 2025
IBPS PO Mains Exam DateJanuary 2025
Interview DatesFebruary 2025
Final Provisional AllotmentApril 2025

IBPS SO 2024 Application Form

The application forms for IBPS SO 2024 are likely to be released in November 2024 by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. The application form link will be made available on the official website only. Applicants must make sure that they fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria for IBPS SO 2024 before considering the applications.

Steps for filling the Application Form for IBPS SO 2024

  • The applicants must visit the official website i.e. ibps.in in order to fill the application form for IBPS SO 2024.
  • The applicants are required to get themselves registered by entering some basic details.
  • Next, the applicants must log in using the registration number and generated password.
  • The applicants must enter some personal as well as educational details.
  • Upload the digitally scanned images of photograph, signature, left-hand thumb impression, and handwritten declaration.
  • Finally, make the required payment online and don’t forget to take a print out of the application form and payment receipt. The payment can be initiated through Net Banking or Debit/Credit cards.

Application Fees:

CategoryFees (Expected)Mode
General/EWS/OBCRs 600Online
SC/ST/PwDRs 100Online
Relevant Links
RBI Assistant RecruitmentSBI ClerkRBI Grade B
Indian Bank POSEBI Grade ANABARD Grade A

IBPS SO 2024 Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must make sure that they fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria for IBPS SO 2024 before filing the applications. The Eligibility Criteria for IBPS SO is mentioned below:

Nationality

The applicants interested in applying for IBPS SO 2024 exam should have citizenship of India issued by the government of India. Moreover, the following applicants are also eligible to apply:

  • a subject of Nepal or
  • a subject of Bhutan or
  • a Tibetan Refugee, who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
  • Persons migrated from India from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, along with the certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India.

Educational Qualification

The Educational Qualification required for each post in the IBPS SO is very different. Hence, applicants must go through the post-wise IBPS SO eligibility for final year students as well as for ex-servicemen is described below:

Name of the PostEducational Qualification
I.T. Officer (Scale-I)4 year Engineering/Technology Degree or PG in CS/CA/IT/EE/EC/Electronics & Instrumentation/ Electronics & Telecommunications OR Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level
Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I)4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Horticulture/ Forestry/ Food Science/ Animal Husbandry/Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Co./ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Tech./ Dairy Tech./ Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I)PG Degree in Hindi with English as a core subject OR PG Degree in Sanskrit with English & Hindi as core subjects.
Law Officer (Scale-I)Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council.
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I)Graduate and 2 Years Full-time PG degree or 2 Years Full-time PG Diploma in Personnel Management /Industrial Relations/HR/HRD/Social Work /Labour Law.
Marketing Officer (Scale-I)Graduate and 2 Years Full-time MMS (Marketing)/ 2 Years Full-time MBA (Marketing)/ 2 Years Full-time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing.

Age Limit

The applicant’s minimum age under IBPS SO age limit criteria must be 20 years and the applicant’s maximum age must not exceed 30 years for all the above-mentioned post as on 26.11.2024.


IBPS SO 2024 Admit Card

  • The admit cards for IBPS SO 2024 will be made available on the official website.
  • Admit cards will not be sent via post to any candidate.
  • All the applicants who have successfully applied for the exam along with a payment of registration fee will get the admit card for IBPS SO by entering their Registration No/Roll No and Date of Birth/ Password.
  • The admit card link will be made available 10-15 days prior to the examination.
  • The applicants are informed that they must carry the Admit Card along with one valid ID card.
  • The applicants who forget to bring the admit card would not be allowed to attend the examination.

IBPS SO 2024 Exam Pattern

The applicants must check the Exam Pattern for IBPS SO 2024 to get an overview of the exam and going through profuse sections of the exam. The exam pattern for Preliminary Exam will be different from the Main Exam. The applicants can go through the exam pattern given below:

Preliminary Exam

For Rajbhasha Adhikari & Law officer

Name of the TestsNumber of QuestionsMaximum MarksDuration
Reasoning5025 
English Language5050 
General Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry5050 
Total150125120 minutes

For IT, Agricultural, Personnel/HR & Marketing Officer

Name of the TestsNumber of QuestionsMaximum MarksDuration
Reasoning5025 
English Language5050 
Quantitative Aptitude5050 
Total150125120 minutes

Main Exam

For Rajbhasha Adhikari & Law officer

Name of the TestsNumber of QuestionsMaximum MarksDuration
Professional Knowledge606045 minutes

For IT, Agricultural, Personnel/HR & Marketing Officer

Name of the TestsNumber of QuestionsDuration
Professional Knowledge (Objective)4530 minutes
Professional Knowledge (Descriptive)230 minutes

IBPS SO 2024 Selection Process

The selection for various posts in IBPS SO 2024 will be divided into three phases. First, the applicants need to appear for the preliminary exam, and applicants who clear this will be eligible for IBPS SO 2024 Main Exam. However, the preliminary exam will be of qualifying nature. At last, the applicants who clear the Main exam will be called for Interview Round. Basically, the Selection process will consist of scores in:

  1. Preliminary exam
  2. Mains exam
  3. Interview

IBPS SO 2024 Syllabus

The applicants must have an idea about the Exam Syllabus so that they can prepare the important topics for the exam. The syllabus for IBPS SO 2024 is given below:

Reasoning AbilitySeating Arrangement Puzzles Inequality Syllogism Input-Output Data Sufficiency Blood Relations Order and Ranking Alphanumeric series Distance and Direction Verbal Reasoning
English LanguageReading Comprehension Cloze Test Spotting Errors Sentence Improvement/ Correction Para Jumbles Fill in the blanks Para / Sentence Completion
Quantitative AptitudeNumber Series Simplification / Approximation Data Interpretation Quadratic Equations Data Sufficiency Mensuration Miscellaneous Topics ( Average, Profit & Loss, Simple and Compound Interest, Time & Work, Time & Distance, Partnership, Ratio & Proportion, Problem on Ages, Probability etc.
General AwarenessQuestions will be asked mainly from the Current Affairs & Banking Awareness topics. This section may also include questions on  Books & authors, Currencies, Important Places, Awards, Headquarters, Prime Ministers Schemes, Important Days etc. It would be advisable to go through the GK updates of at least last 3 – 4 months. Do not forget to prepare for the static GK part as well, especially the countries, their capitals, and currencies (Try to focus especially on the countries that have been in news lately, for instance, the countries visited by our Prime Minister or President or with whom any major MoU has been signed)  

IBPS SO 2024 Preparation Tips:

  • The applicant must prepare a time-table for covering the whole syllabus within time and strictly follow that.
  • The applicant should try to solve the “Reasoning Ability” Section from different entrance level books.
  • Prepare the syllabus from different books covering the syllabus, available in the market.
  • The applicant must build a habit of reading daily newspapers/journals to score better in General Awareness.
  • The student must solve as many previous year papers, sample papers as possible on a daily basis.

IBPS PO 2024 Results

The results for IBPS PO 2024 will be declared in three phases – Preliminary result, main result, and Final result. IBPS PO Preliminary Result will be released in November 2024, The result for IBPS PO Main will be declared in January 2025 and the final result will be announced in April 2025.

The results will be published on the official website. The applicants qualifying the written exam will be called for the interview round. The interview round will be conducted in February 2025. The applicants clearing all the rounds will be provided with Provisional Allotment.


IBPS SO 2024 Cut Off

  • The cut-offs will be released by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection and the applicants who will clear this cut-off will qualify for the exam.
  • The applicants are required to score minimum marks in the written test in each section as well as overall.

IBPS SO 2024 FAQs:

What will be the time duration for IBPS SO 2024 Preliminary Exam?

The exam will be of total 2 hours duration.

What will be the application fee for IBPS SO 2024?

The application fee for the general candidate is Rs.600 while Rs. 100 for the reserved category.

What will be the medium of the examination?

The exam will be conducted in Hindi as well as the English language.

Where can I get the application link?

The application link will go live on the official website.

How many questions will be there in the IBPS SO 2024 Preliminary Exam?

There will be 150 questions in the Preliminary Exam.

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