IBPS Clerk 2024 Recruitment: Notification, Exam Dates, Eligibility, Syllabus

IBPS Clerk 2024 is an upcoming competitive exam that is conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) to recruit candidates for the post of Clerk in various public sector banks across India. The exam is organized each year for shortlisting applicants for the post of Clerical Cadre. The application forms for IBPS Clerk 2024 are likely to release in the month of September 2024. The admit cards for IBPS Clerk 2024 will be released in online mode through the official website.

All the applicants are required to go through the eligibility criteria for IBPS Clerk 2024 before considering to fill the application form. IBPS Clerk 2024 will be organized in two phases i.e. IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims Exam and IBPS Clerk 2024 Mains Exam to be conducted in the months of December 2024 and January 2024 respectively. The final selection will be made on the basis of scores in the IBPS Clerk 2024 Mains Exam.


IBPS Clerk 2024 Highlights

Overview Details
Exam Name IBPS Clerk 2024
Full-Form Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk 2024
Conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
Exam Level National Level Exam
Official Website ibps.in
Duration of Exam IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims Exam: 1 hour
IBPS Clerk 2024 Mains Exam: 2 hours 40 minutes
Mode of application Online
Mode of Examination Online

IBPS Clerk 2024 Important Dates

Eligible and interested 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 Clerk are tabulated below:

Event Dates
Application Process Starts To be announced
Last Date of Application Form filling To be announced
Issuance of IBPS PO Admit Card To be announced
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Date To be announced
IBPS PO Mains Exam Date To be announced
Final Provisional Allotment To be announced

IBPS Clerk 2024 Application Form

The application form link will be made available on the official website only. Applicants must make sure that they fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria for IBPS Clerk before considering the applications.

Steps for filling the Application Form for IBPS Clerk:

  • The applicant must visit the official website i.e. ibps.in
  • Now, the applicant must click on “New Registration” for CRP Clerks-X 2024
  • The applicants are required to enter some basic details such as name, Date of Birth, Email ID and mobile number.
  • After this, Registration number and password will be created.
  • Log in with these credentials in order to fill the application form.
  • Now, the applicant is required to enter some personal as well as educational details.
  • Upload the digitally scanned images of photograph, signature, left thumb impression and handwritten declaration, etc.
  • Finally, make the required payment online and don’t forget to take a print out of the application form and payment receipt for the future reference. The payment can be initiated through Net Banking or Debit/Credit cards.

Application Fees:

Category Fees (Expected) Mode
General/EWS/OBC Rs 600 Online
SC/ST/PwD Rs 100 Online
Relevant Links
RBI Assistant Recruitment SBI Clerk RBI Grade B
Indian Bank PO SEBI Grade A IBPS SO

IBPS Clerk 2024 Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must make sure that they fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria for IBPS Clerk 2024 before filing the applications. The Eligibility Criteria for IBPS Clerk are given below:

  • The applicants must have a Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline or its equivalent qualification from a University/ Institution/ Board recognized by Government of India or approved by Government Regulatory Bodies.
  • The applicants are required to pass the qualifying exam before October 2024; final year students are not eligible to apply for the exam.
  • The minimum age limit for IBPS Clerk will be 20 years and the maximum age limit for IBPS Clerk will be 28 years as of 1 September 2024. There are age limit relaxations for the reserved category applicants.
  • Applicant must have computer literacy or Certificate/Degree/Diploma in computer operations or language, or candidates must have studied IT at college or HSC.
  • Applicants must have a working proficiency in the language of the state they are willing to apply.

Maximum Age Limit Relaxations

The Category wise Maximum Age Limit Relaxations for IBPS Clerk is mentioned below:

Category Age relaxation
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe 5 years
Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) 3 years
Persons with Disabilities 10 years
Ex-Servicemen/Disabled Ex-Servicemen the actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years
Widows, divorced women, and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried 9 years
Persons ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 5 years
Persons affected by 1984 riots 5 years
Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal 5 years retrenched from service (Applicable to Madhya Pradesh state only) 5 years

IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam Pattern

The exam pattern for both IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims Exam as well as IBPS Clerk Mains Exam is very different. Both the papers will be available in Hindi as well as English mediums, except for the English section that will be available in English only. There will be a sectional duration for both the exams.  Applicants who clear the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam will become eligible to appear for IBPS Clerk Mains Exam.

IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims Exam

IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims Exam will be conducted in online mode. The exam will be divided into three sections viz. English Language, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning Ability. There will be a total of 100 Multiple Choice Questions in the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam with a total duration of 1 hour. The sectional distribution is given below:

Name of Sections Number of questions Maximum marks Sectional Duration
English Language 30 30 20 minutes
Numerical Ability 35 35 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 minutes
Total 100 100 60 minutes

IBPS Clerk 2024 Mains Exam will also be conducted in online mode. The exam will be divided into four sections viz. General English, General/Financial Awareness, Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude, and Quantitative Aptitude. There will be a total of 100 Multiple Choice Questions in the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam with a total duration of 2 hours and 40 minutes. The sectional distribution is given below:

Name of Sections Number of questions Maximum marks Sectional Duration
General/Financial Awareness 50 50 35 minutes
General English 40 40 35 minutes
Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude 50 60 45 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 45 minutes
Total 190 200 160 minutes

IBPS PO 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 Clerk is given below:

IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims Exam Syllabus

Reasoning Quantitative Aptitude English Language
Logical Reasoning Simplification Reading Comprehension
Alphanumeric Series Profit & Loss Cloze Test
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test Mixtures & Alligations Para jumbles
Data Sufficiency Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting
Coded Inequalities Work & Time Fill in the blanks
Seating Arrangement Time & Distance Miscellaneous
Puzzle Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere Paragraph Completion
Tabulation Data Interpretation
Syllogism Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
Blood Relations Number Systems
Input-Output Sequence & Series
Coding-Decoding Permutation, Combination & Probability

IBPS Clerk 2024 Mains Exam Syllabus

Quantitative Aptitude General Awareness Reasoning and Computer Aptitude English Language
  Financial Awareness Verbal Reasoning Reading Comprehension
  Current Affairs Syllogism Vocabulary
  General Knowledge Circular Seating Arrangement Grammar
Ratio and Percentage Linear Seating Arrangement Verbal Ability
Data Interpretation Double Lineup
Mensuration and Geometry Scheduling
Quadratic Equation Input-Output
Interest Blood Relations
Problems of Ages Directions and Distances
Profit and Loss Ordering and Ranking
Number Series Data Sufficiency
Speed, Distance and Time Coding and Decoding
Time and Work Code Inequalities
Number System Internet
Data Sufficiency Memory
Linear Equation Keyboard Shortcuts
Permutation and Combination Computer Abbreviation
And Probability Microsoft Office
Mixture and Allegations Computer Hardware
Computer Software
Operating System
Networking
Computer Fundamentals /Terminologies

IBPS Clerk 2024 Admit Card

Applicants can download the admit card for IBPS Clerk 2024 from the official website of the bank as the hard copy of the IBPS Clerk Admit Card will not be sent to any applicant via post. To login on the official website, the applicants will require two things:

• Registration No/Roll No

• Date of Birth/ Password

The admit card for IBPS Clerk 2024 will be made available 10 to 15 days before the examination. The admit card or call letter for IBPS Clerk will be issued in 2 phases:

• Online Preliminary Examination

• Online Mains Examination

The applicants must remember to check the details mentioned on the admit card for any corrections.


IBPS Clerk 2024 Preparations 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 “Quantitative Aptitude” 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/Financial Awareness.
  • The student must solve as many previous year papers, sample papers as possible on a daily basis.

IBPS Clerk 2024 Results

The results for IBPS Clerk 2024 will be declared in July 2024. The result of the IBPS Clerk will be made available for download on the official website only. The result will be carrying information like roll number, name of the candidate, father’s name, category, gender, date of birth, and entrance test marks. State-wise cut off marks will be displayed on the website.


IBPS Clerk 2018 Cutoffs

The cut off for IBPS Clerk 2018 Final Exam is given below:

States Total Number of Vacancies General OBC
Andaman & Nicobar 02 NA NA
Andhra Pradesh 759 50.98 48.1
Arunachal Pradesh 18 40.03 NA
Assam 111 49.83 44.2
Bihar 351 51.78 49.1
Chandigarh 41 55.18 48.38
Chhattisgarh 202 49.88 48.05
Dadara & Nagar Haveli 05 44.25 NA
Daman & Diu 06 37.93 37.8
Delhi 418 55.83 50.6
Goa 44 48.93 48.1
Gujarat 1235 48.45 42.3
Haryana 167 56.43 50.03
Himachal Pradesh 188 53.05 45.15
Jammu & Kashmir 94 54.93 44
Jharkhand 352 50.63 46.03
Karnataka 967 51.95 49.8
Kerala 439 53.58 51.5
Lakshadweep 01 46.45 NA
Madhya Pradesh 745 51.18 47.05
Maharashtra 1480 50.08 48.2
Manipur 11 49.05 NA
Meghalaya 17 39.7 NA
Mizoram 06 54.73 NA
Nagaland 06 45.45 NA
Odisha 471 51.28 49.78
Puducherry 30 51.25 51.25
Punjab 550 56.58 48.45
Rajasthan 376 53.18 51.23
Sikkim 14 45.78 45.78
Tamil Nadu 1314 52.43 52.35
Telangana 582 51.75 49.5
Tripura 25 50.33 NA
Uttar Pradesh 2270 51.45 44.88
Uttarakhand 185 52.5 44.55
West Bengal 724 53.28 44.2
Overall Vacancies 14206    

The cut off for IBPS Clerk 2018 Prelims Exam is given below:

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  75.75
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

List of Participating Organizations (Banks)

Bank of Baroda Canara Bank Indian Overseas Bank UCO Bank
Bank of India Central Bank of India Punjab National Bank Union Bank of India
Bank of Maharashtra Indian Bank Punjab & Sind Bank  

IBPS Clerk 2024 FAQs:

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

The application link will go live on the official website.

Both exams will be conducted in Hindi as well as English Language.

The time duration for the exam is 2 hours and 40 minutes i.e. 160 minutes

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