IBPS CRP Clerk Recruitment 2020

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IBPS has announced notification for the online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the next Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre Posts in the Participating Organisations that is tentatively scheduled in December 2020 & January 2021

PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS

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

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION 

A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government, Proficiency in the Official Language of the State/UT for which vacancies a candidate wishes to apply is preferable, Operating and working knowledge in computer systems is mandatory i.e. candidates should have Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree from High School/ College/ Institute.

AGE LIMIT

A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.09.1992 and not later than 01.09.2000 (both dates inclusive) / (Note : Age relaxation applicable as per rules)

Minimum 20 years
Maximum 28 years

IMPORTANT DATES

Reopened Noticed for Apply, Edit, Modify –CLICK HERE

Last date to Apply (Reopened) 06.11.2020
Download of call letters for Pre- Exam Training 17.11.2020
Conduct of Pre-Exam Training 23 to 28.11.2020
Download of call letters for Preliminary Exam 18.11.2020
Online Preliminary Examination 05, 12 & 13.12.2020
Results of Preliminary Exam 31.12.2020
Download of Call letter for Main Exam 12.01.2021
Online Main Examination  24.01.2021
Provisional Allotment 01.04.2021

EXAM PATTERN

The Online examination will be two tier :  Preliminary and Main, both Exams will be Objective type question based.

CRP – PRELIMINARY EXAM

Total Marks : 100 / Duration of Exam : 60 Minutes

Name of Test Number of Questions / Marks
English Language 30 / 30
Numerical Ability 35 / 35
Reasoning Ability 35 / 35
Total 100 / 100

NOTE : Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS, by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main examination.

CRP – MAIN EXAM 

Total Marks : 200 / Duration of Exam : 160 Minutes

Name of Test Number of Questions / Marks
General/ Financial Awareness 50 / 50
General English 40 / 40 
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude 50 / 60
Quantitative Aptitude 50 / 50
Total 190 / 200

NOTE :

The above tests except the Tests of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi

For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty, If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

EXAMINATION CENTRES

The examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India, No request for change of centre for Examination shall be entertained

CUT OFF SCORES (Main Exam)

Depending on number of the State/ UT wise vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be considered for provisional allotment, the scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates

PROVISIONAL ALLOTMENT 

The total marks allotted for Online Main Examination are 200. Marks will be converted out of 100 for Provisional allotment. A candidate should qualify in the Online Main Examination and be sufficiently high in the merit to be considered for subsequent provisional allotment process

CALL LETTERS 

The Centre, venue address, date and time for both Preliminary and Main examinations shall be intimated in the respective Call Letter, Can download from official website using Registration Number and Password/Date of Birth. No hard copy of the call letter will be sent to candidates

For complete details and Vacancy list CLICK HERE

SYLLABUS (Preliminary)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (30 Marks)

The Question will be based on Homonyms, Antonyms, Topic rearrangement of passage, Synonym, Spelling Mistakes, Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Phrases and idioms, Direct and Indirect speech, Active/ Passive voice, Deriving Conclusion, Para jumbles, Sentence Completion, Phrase Replacement, Theme Detection, Passage completion, Spotting Errors, Fill in the blanks, Inference, Connectors, Vocabulary, Word formation

NUMERICAL ABILITY (35 Marks)

The Question will be based on both Verbal & Non Verbal reasoning on the topics : Analogy, Classification of Alphabets / Words /Numbers, Word formation, Statement and conclusions, Syllogism, Statement and Assumptions, Data Sufficiency, Statement and Arguments, Coding and Decoding, Coded Inequalities, Blood Relations, Passage and conclusions, Alphabet series, Number Series, Ranking and Time sequence, Seating Arrangement, Direction sense Test, Decision making test, Figure series, Input/output, Assertion and reasoning, Advanced Puzzles, Alpha Numerical Series

REASONING ABILITY (35 Marks)

The Question will be based on Height and Distances,, Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Pie Chart), Inequalities (Quadratic Equations), Profit and Loss, Simple & Compound Interest, Approximation and Simplification, Data Sufficiency, Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems, HCF and LCM, Problems on Ages, Work and Time, Work and Wages, Number system, Speed Distance and Time, Simplification and Approximation, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns

Preliminary Exam

PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPERS with KEY

2019 CLICK HERE
2018 CLICK HERE
2017 (QP) CLICK HERE
2017 (KEY) CLICK HERE
2016 (QP) CLICK HERE
2016 (KEY) CLICK HERE

BEST BOOKS TO BUY

GENERAL ENGLISH 

Objective General English by D S Aggarwal BUY HERE
Objective General English by S P Bakshi BUY HERE
Objective General English by R S Aggarwal BUY HERE
General English for All Exam by S C Gupta BUY HERE
Lucents General English  BUY HERE
Complete General English by Exam cart BUY HERE
General English by Upkar BUY HERE
English for Bank Exams by S Chand BUY HERE
Wren and Martin High School Grammar BUY HERE
Advanced English Grammar by Hewings BUY HERE
Essential English by Dr Rashmi Singh BUY HERE

NUMERICAL ABILITY

Kiran’s Bank Clerk Numerical Ability BUY HERE
Quantitative Aptitude by R S Aggarwal BUY HERE
Quantitative Aptitude by Pratiyogita Kiran BUY HERE
Quantitative Aptitude by Disha Experts BUY HERE
Quickest Mathematics by Kiran Prakasan BUY HERE
Quantitative Aptitude by Abhijeet Gupta BUY HERE

REASONING ABILITY

A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning by R S Aggarwal BUY HERE
A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning by R S Aggarwal BUY HERE
A New Approach to Reasoning by B S and Indu Sijwali BUY HERE
Wileys Verbal Ability and Reasoning BUY HERE
Logical Reasoning by Adda 24×7 BUY HERE
General Reasoning Ability by Disha Experts BUY HERE

E BOOKS 

Objective General English by Disha Publications CLICK HERE
Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning by R S Aggarwal CLICK HERE
Upkars 20 Reasoning Ability Practice sets CLICK HERE