A Comprehensive Guide to IBPS Clerk Exam 2018

The IBPS Clerk Exam is a common examination conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection in order to select candidates for the clerical cadre in various Public Sector Banks across the country.  All Public Sector Banks use the IBPS Clerk exam as a base to fill vacancies in these posts.

The IBPS started conducting this exam in 2011. This is the eighth year when this exam will be conducted and hence named IBPS CWE VII. The IBPS CWE exam is conducted online at two levels- Prelims and Mains. The cumulative score of both these exams are taken into consideration and qualifying candidates are selected for the posts accordingly.

IBPS Clerk 2018 Notification

The official notification of IBPS Clerk exam 2018-19 will be released in September 2018. But tentative dates of the prelims and the mains have been released by the IBPS. The Prelims exam is scheduled on the 8^th, 9^th, 15^th and 16^th of December 2018. The Mains exam is scheduled on the 20^th of January 2019. The above schedule has been specified in the IBPS date calendar. The online registration for IBPS CWE 2018 will tentatively start from 12the September 2018 and will continue till 3^rd October 2018.

IBPS Clerk 2018 Application Fee

For the for candidates belonging to General Category, the application fees for IBPS Clerk CWE 2018 exam is Rs. 600/-. For candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD category, the application fee is reduced to Rs. 100/-

IBPS Clerk 2018 Vacancy

As compared to the vacancy of last year that was around 22,711 the number of vacancies has been reduced to 7883 as per the recent official notification released by IBPS. This implies that the competition is going to be tougher. Therefore candidates need to prepare very well.

IBPS Clerk Eligibility Criteria

The applicant must be 20-28 years old, must hold a minimum qualification of Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized university and must not hold any criminal record while applying for IBPS Clerk CWE 2018 Exam.

IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2018-19

The recruitment is done in two phases- Preliminary and Mains. Students are required to clear both these exams. Only those candidates who qualify for both the exams will be selected. There is no Interview process. For final selected, weight is given to the scores of the Main Exam.

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern

The IBPS Clerk (CWE VII) 2018 will be conducted online. The exam will be conducted in two stages- Prelims and Mains.

Prelims Exam Pattern

The preliminary exam of IBPS Clerk CWE will be conducted online, examining applicants on three fronts- aptitude, intellect and English language skills. There are three sections having 100 questions in total with a maximum score of 100 marks. The candidate must clear the cut off of each section to qualify for the Mains exam round. Candidates are required to solve the question paper in the time frame of 1 hour. The composite mark of the paper is 100 and there exists is negative marking in IBPS Clerk Pre exam as 0.25 marks are deducted for every wrong answer. The passing marks is decided by IBPS, which is likely to change every year depending on the level of difficulty of the exam. The section-wise details are given below:

S.No.	Name of Tests(Objective	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	Composite time of 1 Hour
2	Numerical Ability	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
Total		100	100

Mains Exam Pattern

Some significant changes have been observed in the Exam Pattern of IBPS Clerk 2017 Exam. The total time frame and the number of questions asked in Mains Examination of IBPS Clerk 2017 Exam have been revised. In the latest update by IBPS, IBPS Clerk Mains Exam will now constitute of 190 questions that need to be completed in a time duration of 160 minutes.

Previously, Computer Aptitude and Reasoning Ability Section used to be conducted separately. But, in the recent update by IBPS, both these sections have been clubbed together and will contain 50 questions that need to be solved in a time frame of 45 minutes. Both Preliminary Exam and Mains Exam will be conducted bilingually, i.e. both in English and in Hindi. Let’s have a look at the Mains Exam Pattern for IBPS Clerk CWE VII.

S.No.	Name of Tests(Objective	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 minutes
2	English Language	40	40	35 minutes
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 minutes
4	General/ Financial Awareness	50	50	35 minutes
Total		190	200	160 minutes

IBPS Clerk Exam Syllabus

The syllabus for Reasoning, Numerical Ability, and English Language is same for mains and preliminary exam. In addition to these two, the other subjects are General Awareness and Computer Knowledge. The General Awareness is based on the Banking Sector awareness. The details of the syllabus are given below-

IBPS Clerk 2018 Exam Syllabus (Prelims + Mains)

English Language	Numerical Ability	Reasoning Ability	Computer	General Awareness
Reading Comprehension	Number Series	Puzzle and Arrangements	History and Generation of Computers	Banking and Insurance Awareness
Cloze Test	Simplification/ Approximation	Inequality	Introduction to Computer Organisation	Financial Awareness
Fillers	Quadratic Equations	Syllogism	Computer Hardware and I/O Devices	Govt. Schemes and Policies
Spotting Errors	Data Interpretation	Coding – Decoding	Computer Languages, Basics of DBMS	Current Affairs
Sentence Improvement	Data Sufficiency	Blood Relations	Operating System, Internet	Static Awareness
Fill in the Blanks	Miscellaneous	Direction sense	Computer Network & Security
		Order and Ranking	MS Office Suite and Shortcut keys
			Computer Memory, Computer Software
			Number System and Conversions

IBPS Clerk Final results 2017-18

The result for Preliminary Exam of IBPS Clerk 2017 has been finally declared by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Board. IBPS Clerk 2017 Preliminary Exam was scheduled on 2nd, 3rd, 9th and 10th December 2017.

The Mains exam was scheduled on 20^th January 2018 and the results have been declared on the 1^st of April 2018.

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