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IBPS SO 2021 Eligibility Criteria

• The eligibility criteria of IBPS SO 2021 will be mentioned in the official notification. IBPS SO Eligibilty criteria generally remains same but varies from post to post because officers serve under Specialist Cadre/wing of Bank like Information technology, Marketing, HR, Law etc.
• IBPS SO eligibility criteria according to IBPS SO official notification 2020 is as follows.

Essential Academic Qualifications :

Officer (Scale-I) :

• 4 year Engineering / Technology Degree in Computer Science / Computer Applications / Information Technology / Electronics / Electronics & Telecommunications / Electronics & Communication / Electronics & Instrumentation
  
  (or)
• Post Graduate Degree in Electronics / Electronics & Tele Communication / Electronics & Communication / Electronics & Instrumentation / Computer Science / Information Technology / Computer Applications
  
  (or)
• Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level

Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) :

4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture / Horticulture / Animal Husbandry / Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science / Fishery Science / Pisciculture / Agri. Marketing & Cooperation / Co-operation & Banking / Agro-Forestry / Forestry / Agricultural Biotechnology / Food Science / Agriculture Business Management / Food Technology / Dairy Technology / Agricultural Engineering / Sericulture

Rajbhasha Adhikari(Scale I) :

• Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level.
  
  (or)
• Post graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level.

Officer (Scale I) :

A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council.

HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) :

Graduate and Two Years Full time Post Graduate degree or Two Years Full time Post Graduate diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations / HR / HRD / Social Work / Labour Law.*

Marketing Officer (Scale I) :

Graduate and Two Years Full time MMS (Marketing) / Two Years Full time MBA (Marketing) / Two Years Full time PGDBA / PGDBM / PGPM / PGDM with specialization in Marketing *

In case of dual specialisations, one of the fields of specialisation should be in the field prescribed. In case of major / minor specialisations, major specialisation should be in the stream prescribed. Candidates having PG Degree (MMS or MBA) / PG Diploma with more than two specialisations are not eligible to apply.

NOTE : For posts other than IT Officer Scale I: Candidates should have Certificate / Diploma / Degree in computer operations / Language / should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School / College / Institute.

Age Criteria :

• Age of a candidate will be calculated as per the month of November 2019. The maximum and minimum age is given below.
• Minimum Age: 20 years
• Maximum Age: 30 years
• There is relaxation of age for SC/ST/OBC/PwBD

Salary Package :

As per the IBPS SO 2020 Notification, the salary of a person appointed as a Specialist Officer in IBPS varies from ₹36,000 to ₹64,000. Candidates are advised to consider this year’s official notification which is yet to be released.

IBPS SO 2021 Exam Dates

As per the official advertisement released by IBPS, the following are the important dates and exam dates for IBPS SO 2021 :

IBPS PO IBPS SO Previous Years Vacancy Trends

Last year IBPS rolled out 600+ vacancies for Specialist Officers and the vacancies for this year will be released in the official pdf @ibps.in. The vacancies of IBPS SO varied from 1962 to 647 (approx.) over the past 5 years. Candidates can visualise the graph below for complete analysis.

LEVEL OF EXAMS

IBPS SO 2021 Preliminary Exam :

The preliminary exam of IBPS SO is of 125 marks in 120 minutes time duration. IBPS SO prelims exam is not common for all the post but the timings and maximum is the same. Also, there is a sectional cut-off in IBPS SO Exam. Here is the post-wise prelims pattern of IBPS SO.

For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari :

For the post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

Candidates had to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements were shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

IBPS SO Mains Exam :

For the post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer :

The mains examination of IBPS SO demands professional knowledge of their respective fields. Here is a pattern for the same.

For the post of Rajbhasha Adhikari :

Note :

There is a penalty of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer in both preliminary as well as mains exam. However, there is no penalty for unattempted questions.

Detailed IBPS SO Preliminary Exam Syllabus 2019

There is no change in the examination pattern for IBPS SO 2019 in comparison to the last year’s pattern. The recruitment process will take in 3 phases, namely, Preliminary exam, the Main exam which will be a test of professional knowledge for the particular stream and the phase III is the Interview Round. For more details you can also check IBPS SO Eligibility & other details. Following is the exam pattern for Prelims:

A. Preliminary Examination

• For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari

S No	Subjects	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	English	50	25	English	40
2	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40
3	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	50	50	English and Hindi	40
	Total	150	125		120

• For the post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

S No	Subjects	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	English	50	25	English	40
2	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	English and Hindi	40
	Total	150	125		120

• You have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS.
• The following is the syllabus for English Language, Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness for IBPS SO 2019.

Detailed IBPS SO Mains Exam Syllabus 2019

• The Pattern for Mains Exam includes the Professional Knowledge for various Posts.
• For the post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

S. No.	Subjects	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1.	Professional Knowledge	60	60	English and Hindi	45 minutes

• For the post of Rajbhasha Adhikari

IBPS SO 2021 Admit Card

IBPS SO 2021 Admit Card is expected to release a fortnight ago before the examination. The download link will be available on Bankersadda once it is released on the official website.

IBPS SO Cut Off 2020

IBPS SO Cut-off 2020 was released after the declaration of result of subsequent stages. Check the IBPS SO Cut Off of the final result for CRP IX given below

IBPS SO Mains Previous Years Cut-off :

• The cut of IBPS SO Mains depends upon:
• Level of the Examination.
• Pattern of the Examination.
• Number of Vacancies.
• Average attempts of candidates taking into account accuracy.
• Mains Qualifying ratio with respect to total number of vacancies.

IBPS SO Final Cut-Off 2018-19

• The cut-off for IBPS SO is given below

Post	SC	ST	OBC	UR	HI	OC	VI	ID
I.T. OFFICER (SCALE I)	52.93	50.6	54.93	60	67.27	49.93	58.47	NA
AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER (SCALE I)	43.67	41.6	48.47	48.67	30.67	43.4	41.47	37.33
RAJBHASHA ADHIKARI (SCALE I)	55.33	50.67	61.33	59.67	NA	48.4	NA	NA
LAW OFFICER (SCALE I)	54.4	55	55.13	63.07	NA	49.73	NA	NA
HR/PERSONNEL OFFICER (SCALE I)	62.67	62.53	64.33	66.33	NA	56.33	NA	NA
MARKETING OFFICER (SCALE I)	52	47	54.27	59.67	55	47.67	55.27	73.8

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