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Candidates who are appearing for IBPS Clerk Examination, here is the detailed information about IBPS Clerk Exam 2018. Candidates who are willing to crack the IBPS Clerk Examination this year can go through the detailed Syllabus & Exam Pattern below in this section. As per the latest notification, IBPS Clerk 2018 exam pattern has been changed. You can check the updated IBPS Clerk Syllabus & Exam Pattern in this post below. IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2018-19 is similar as any other Bank Exam.

IBPS Clerk Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Candidates who are searching for IBPS Clerk Syllabus and Exam Patterns are in the right place. In order to help all the IBPS Clerk Aspirants we have updated the latest IBPS Clerk Syllabus of Prelims Exam and IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 2018. Likewise, to achieve success in IBPS Clerk Exam, the main thing that an individual applicant should follow is a proper preparation strategy. The ideal exam plan can be prepared with the help of IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2018. By referring the IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern, the aspirants can know the scheme and pattern of the IBPS Clerk Examination 2018. Therefore, all the applicants should download the IBPS Clerk Prelims Syllabus 2018 from the below sections and also, check latest IBPS Clerk Prelims and Mains Exam Patterns of 2018.

IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2018 Notifications

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is an autonomous body which conducts IBPS Clerk Exam, a common written exam or CWE, every year to recruit candidates for clerical cadre in multiple banks all over the country. All the banks except SBI under public sector use CWE as the selection criteria to fill all the vacancies of clerical posts.

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IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam Pattern

IBPS Clerk exam includes 2 phases viz. Prelims & Mains

Phase I – IBPS Clerk Prelims.

The preliminary exam includes questions from the following subjects: English language, Numerical ability and Reasoning ability

Phase II – IBPS Clerk Mains.

The mains exam consists of questions from the following subjects: English language, Numerical ability, Reasoning ability, General awareness and Computer awareness.

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IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Syllabus

Here we have made the list of IBPS Clerk Prelims – subject-wise syllabus. The list is classified in
order of priority – important chapters first. This pattern says the Nature of questions, whether it is time consuming, tricky topic or scoring one.

IBPS Clerk Syllabus – English Language (For Prelims & Mains)

1. Reading Comprehension

• Number Of Questions : 5 Qs (Likely)
• Moderate to More Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy Possible.
• Types Of Question: The passage will be focused on topics like Banking & Economy,
Business, Social Issues etc.
• Preparation Tips: General Tips for RC, Tips for Economics & Banking based passages, Tips for Style
& Tone of RC

2.Grammar

  Number Of Questions: 5-10 Qs(Likely)Easy to Moderate in Difficulty, Less to Moderately Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy
Possible.
• Types Of Questions: Error Spotting, Phrase Replacement/ Sentence Correction, Fill in the
Blanks.
• Topics Covered: Tenses, Articles, Prepositions, Subject Verb Agreement, Parallelism,
Degrees of Comparison, Sentence Construction, Phrasal Verbs, Pronouns, Adverbs, NonFinite
Verbs, Common Errors etc.
• Preparation Tips: 52 Tips for Error Spotting, Easy Tips for Grammar, General Tips on
Tenses, Common Errors Made in Degrees of Comparison.

3.Vocabulary

• Number Of Questions: 5-10 Qs(Likely)
• Easy to Moderate Difficulty, Quick Solve based on Contextual usage, Moderate to High
Accuracy possible.
• Types Of Question: Error Spotting, Phrase Replacement, Cloze Test (single passage with
5-10 questions), Fill in the Blanks (Double Blanks).
• Preparation Tips: 8 Tips to Master Close Test, 40 Important Words & Meanings, 51 Important
Idioms & Phrases, 10 Tips to Master Synonyms.

4.Verbal Ability

• Number Of Questions: 0-5 Qs(Likely)
• Easy, Low to Moderately Time Consuming, High Accuracy possible.
• Question Types: Para Jumbles
• Preparation Tips: 7 Tips for Solving Para Jumbles.

IBPS Clerk Syllabus – Reasoning: (For Prelims & Mains)

1.Arrangement & Pattern

• Number of Questions: 10-12 Qs(Likely)
• Easy to Moderate in difficulty, Less time consuming, High Accuracy possible.
• Question Types: Random Sequence of Alphabets (based on a group of 5 terms each of
3 alphabets OR series of alphabets), Number Arrangements (based on a group of 5 terms
each of 3 digits or series of numbers), Mixed Series Dictionary or Alphabet based
Arrangements etc.

2. Mathematically Inequalities

Number of Questions: 5 Qs(Likely)

Scoring, Easy if Steps Followed properly, Moderately time consuming, High Accuracy
possible.
• Question Types: Coded relations between letters to be decoded and solved.
• Tips: How to Solve Coded Inequality

3. Coding-Decoding

• Number Of Questions: 3-5 Qs(Likely)
• Moderate in Difficulty, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy
possible.
• Question Types: Coding by Letter Shifting, Coding by Analogy, Coding in Fictitious
Language, Coding Letters of a Word.
• Preparation Tips: General Tips for Coding

4. Directions & Distances

• Number Of Questions: 1-3 Qs(Likely)
• Easy but could be tricky, Less time consuming, High Accuracy possible, Requires clean
charting with proper technique and step-by-step solving.
• Question Types: Route & Network based.
• Preparation Tips: 3 Tricks for Directions & Distance

5. Blood Relations

• Number Of Questions: 1-3 Qs(Likely)
• Moderate in difficulty, Low to Moderately time consuming, Moderate to High Accuracy
possible, Requires clean charting with proper technique and step-by-step solving.

Question Types: General Blood Relation Problem, Family Tree Problems, Coded Blood
Relations.
• Preparation Tips: General Understanding of Blood Relations, Complex Blood Relations

6. Order & Ranking

• Number Of Questions: 1-3 Qs(Likely)
• Easy to Moderate in difficulty, Less time consuming, High Accuracy possible.
• Question Types: Persons sitting in a row, you have to find the position of a person
from left or right or number of persons between them etc. Arranging people by age,
height, weight, rank etc.
• Preparation Tips: Tricks to Crack Ordering & Ranking

7. Circular Seating Arrangement

• Number Of Questions: 0-5 Qs(Likely)
• Moderate to Difficult, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate to High Accuracy
possible, Requires clean charting with proper technique and step-by-step solving.
• Question Types: Uni- & Bi-directional problems on circular, square, rectangular,
hexagonal tables. Mostly Unidirectional problems.
• Preparation Tips: How to Approach Circular Arrangements, Circular Arrangements Pt 2

8. Linear Seating Arrangement

• Number Of Questions: 0-5 Questions(Likely)
• Moderate to Difficult, Could be tricky, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate
to High Accuracy possible, Requires clean charting with proper technique and step-by step
solving

• Question Types: Single or Double rows facing each other/ away from each other/ in
the same direction

9. Syllogisms

• Number Of Questions: 2-5 Qs(Likely)
• Easy to Moderate in difficulty, Less time consuming, Moderate Accuracy possible, Very
likely to appear.
• Question Types: Direct questions with 2-3 statements & 2-3 conclusions, possibility
based questions, negative information based questions.

Preparation Tips: Basic Concepts of Syllogisms.

10. Double Line-Up

• Number Of Questions: 0-5 Qs(Likely)
• Moderate to Difficult, Could be tricky, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate
Accuracy possible, Requires clean charting with proper technique and step-by-step
solving.

11. Scheduling

• Number Of Questions: 0-5 Qs
• Moderate to Difficult, Could be tricky, Moderate to Highly Time Consuming, Moderate
Accuracy possible, Requires clean charting with proper technique and step-by-step
solving.
• Question Types: Qs based on days of a week, Month

12. Classification

•Number Of Questions: 0-3 Qs(Likely)
• Easy to Moderate, Quick Solve, High Accuracy possible.
• Question Types: Letter based, Meaningful Words based, GK based, Number based.

13. Series
• Number Of Questions: 0-1 Qs(Likely)
• Easy to Moderate, Less Time Consuming, Moderate to High Accuracy
• Question Types: Complete the Alphabet Series, Number Series and Mixed S

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IBPS Clerk Syllabus – Numerical Ability:(For Prelims & Mains)

1. Simplification

• Number Of Questions: 10 Qs(Likely)
• Easy to Solve, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
• Question Types: BODMAS Rule, Approximation, Decimals, Fractions, Surds &
Indices, Percentages etc.
• Preparation Tips: Simplification using BODMAS rule

2. Number Series

• Number Of Questions: 5 Qs(Likely)
• Scoring, Moderate in Difficulty, Moderately Time Consuming
• Question Types: Complete the Series, Find the Missing Term, Find the Wrong Term
etc.

3. Data Interpretation

• Number Of Questions: 5-10 Questions (1-2 sets)
• Easy to Moderate in Difficulty, Moderately Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible
• Question Types: Line Graphs, Bar Graphs, Pie Charts, Tables, Miscellaneous
Infographics, Missing Data Type Caselets.
• Preparation Tips: Missing Data Problems, Tips for Line Graphs, Tips for Maximum-Minimum

4. Average

Number Of Questions: 1-2 Qs(Likely)
• Easy to Solve, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
• Question Types: Average Weight/Height/Age/Marks, Average Money Expenditure,
Average Temperature etc.

5. Interest

• Number Of Questions: 1-2 Qs(Likely)
• Scoring, Easy if Formulas & Proper Steps Followed, Moderately Time Consuming.
• Question Types: Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Mixed Interest, Installments.
• Preparation Tips: How to Quickly Find Rate of Simple Interest, Simple Interest for Different Rates,
Shortcut for Compound Interest Problems.

6. Mensuration

• Number Of Questions: 1-2 Qs(Likely)
• Easy to Moderate in Difficulty, Moderately Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
• Question Types: Area/Volume of Square, Rectangle, Trapezium, Parallelogram,
Rhombus, Circle, Semicircle, Triangle, Cone, Cylinder, Cube, Cuboid.
• Prepataion Tips: Quickest method for Mensuration.

Percentage

• Number Of Questions: 0-1 Qs(Likely)
• Easy to Solve, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
• Question Types: Calculation-oriented basic percentage.

7. Ratio & Proportion

•Number Of Questions: 0-1 Qs(Likely)
• Easy to Solve, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
• Question Types: Simple Ratios, Compound Ratios, Componendo and Dividendo,
Direct & Indirect Proportions.

8. Algebra

• Number Of Questions: 2-5 Qs(Likely)
• Scoring, Easy if Concepts Clear and Steps Followed, Could be Tricky, Time Consuming.
• Question Types: Problems with 2-3 statements and 2-3 conclusions. Questions could
be asked on whether the conclusions follow or not.

9. Profit & Loss

• Number Of Questions: 1-3 Qs(Likely)
• Scoring, Easy if Proper Steps Followed, Moderately Time Consuming.
• Question Types: Successive Selling type questions, Partnerships, Discount & MP,
Dishonest Dealings.

10. Time, Speed & Distance

• Number Of Questions: 1-3 Qs(Likely)
• Moderate in Difficulty, Moderately Time Consuming
• Question Types: Relative Speed, Average Speed, Problems on Train, Boat & Stream.
• Preparation Tips: How to Calculate Average Speed

Time & Work

• Number Of Questions: 1-2 Qs(Likely)
• Moderate in Difficulty, Moderately Time Consuming
• Question Types: Work Efficiency, Work & Wages, Pipes & Cisterns etc.
• Tips: Shortcut for Time & Work.

11. Permutation & Combination / Probability

• Number Of Questions: 0-1 Qs(Likely)
• Less Time Consuming, Scoring, Easy if all cases considered.
• Question Types: Basic Selection & Arrangement Problems, Very basic problems on
Probability.
• Quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2

12. Mixture Problems

• Number Of Questions: 0-1 Qs(Likely)
• Tricky, Time Consuming, Less likely to appear in paper.
• Question Types: Problems on making a mixture of two or more entities/mixture.

IBPS Clerk Syllabus – General Awareness(For Mains)

1. Financial/Banking Awareness

• Number Of Questions: 14-16 Qs(Likely)
• Question Types: Banking and Economy, Roles and functions of institutions like RBI, NABARD, SIDBI, etc.; Currencies of various countries; International Trade, Acquisitions and Deals, New Policies and Pacts, Trade Deficits, Exchange Rate

2.Current Affairs

• Number Of Questions: 12-15 Qs(Likely)
• Question Types: Questions that test your knowledge of surroundings and everyday events, banking and economy related news, National and International news, Books by famous personalities, Mergers of Banks, Important Government Schemes & Policies etc. Also go through the last 4 month G.K Capsule (Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec)
• Study Material: New Appointments, Books & Authors

3. Static G.K

• Number Of Questions: 7-10 Qs(Likely)
• Question Types: Places in news, Indian States & their Culture, Country & currency, National parks, Airports, Stadium, Wildlife Sanctuary, Constituencies etc.
• Study Material: Important Regulatory Bodies in India, International Organization & Headquarters, UNESCO World Heritage Sites In India

4.Economy

• Number Of Questions: 5-6 Qs(Likely)
• Question Types : Indian Economy, Financial organization, Budget, Railway budget, Economic survey, GDP Growth Rate, GST, Business etc.

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