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IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2024

The IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2024 is set as per the conventions set by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern is going to help candidates prepare well for the upcoming IBPS Clerk Examination & strategize their preparation. There are separate mark allocations to different sections of the exam.

The candidates need to finish the paper within the time given to them. IBPS Clerk 2024 is conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection to select eligible candidates for the post of Clerk every year. To ace the upcoming IBPS Clerk Exam, it is necessary to know the latest IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern. The IBPS Clerk recruitment process for selections as IBPS Clerk 2024 is done in two phases:

  • Online Preliminary Exam
  • Online Mains Exam.

A candidate must qualify for both the preliminary exam and the mains exam to get your name on the merit list. The candidates selected after the mains are given the appointment letter. Read all the details regarding the IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2024.

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern: Important Points

Candidates can check important points of the IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern. The IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern has two separate sections, namely Prelims, and mains. The mark and time allocation to both phases are different. Let us have a look at the patterns separately.

  • The IBPS Clerk 2024 exam pattern for selecting candidates for Clerk is given below.
  • The Mains Examination will have just one more section, i.e. Current Affairs and Computer Knowledge.
  • Only three sections will be asked in the Preliminary Exam of the IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam.
  • The score of the Preliminary Exam will not be taken into consideration for the final selection. A score on the Mains Exam will be taken into consideration for the final allotment.
  • There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests.

Let’s have a look at the detailed Exam Pattern for multiple posts offered through the IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam

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IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims Exam Pattern

It is to be noted that the candidates have to qualify in each of the three sections of the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam by securing minimum cut-off marks decided by IBPS in all the sections individually. An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination. The IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern 2024 in tabular form is given below:

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern
Sections No. of Questions Total Marks Time Duration
English Language 30 30 20 minutes
Numerical Ability 35 35 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 minutes
Total 100 100 60 minutes/ 1 hour

IBPS Clerk 2024 Mains Exam Pattern

Candidates who qualify for the IBPS Clerk Prelims by clearing the sectional, as well as the overall cut-off, are called for the IBPS Mains exam, which is both qualifyings as well as the scoring exam of the IBPS Clerk recruitment. Candidates can check the IBPS Clerk 2024 Mains Exam Pattern in the table below:

IBPS Clerk 2024 Mains Exam Pattern
Sections No. 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

Note – Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and Online Main examinations). There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Type Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty to arrive at the corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

IBPS Clerk 2024 Final Selection

Candidates need to qualify for both tiers i.e., Prelims and Mains of the IBPS Clerk to get into the Final Merit List of the IBPS Clerk. However, the Prelims are only Qualifying in nature i.e., prelims marks will not be considered in the final merit of the candidates. Whereas the Mains exam is both qualifying as well as scoring in nature i.e., the Final Selection of the candidate depends on the score of the candidate in the Mains exam. The final list will be prepared after scaling the marks of the candidates out of 100. Candidates can check the IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2024 by clicking on the button given below.

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FAQs

In how many stages will IBPS Clerk Exam be conducted?

IBPS Clerk Exam 2024 will be conducted in 2 stages i.e. Prelims and Mains.

What will be the difficulty level of the IBPS Clerk Exam?

The difficulty level for IBPS Clerk prelims will be from Easy to Moderate and for Mains will be Moderate to Difficult.

Is there ant negative marking in the IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam?

There will be 0.25 marks of negative marking for every wrong answer.

How many questions are asked in the IBPS Clerk 2024 Exam?

There will be 100 questions for the Prelims Exam and 190 questions for the Mains Exam in IBPS Clerk 2024.