IBPS PO 2021 Notification: Exam Date, Syllabus, Vacancy, Exam Pattern, and Others Details

IBPS PO 2021: As we all know every year Institute of Banking Personnel releases the application for probationary officer. This year as well, the IBPS has released its yearly calendar for the all exams which it will conduct throughout the year. Today in this article we will provide you the information regarding the exam dates, exam pattern, syllabus and all the relevant information about IBPS PO examination 2021. All those students who want to work in the banking sector, can grab the opportunity this year. 

IBPS PO 2021 Exam: Important Dates

IBPS has officially released a notification regarding the mains exam date for IBPS PO. Below is the table having some important dates for this exam.

Activity	Date
IBPS PO Application process notification	02.08.2021
IBPS PO Application form	07.08.2021
Last date to apply For IBPS PO	28.08.2021
Call Letter download	September(tentatively)
Online Examination – Preliminary	09.10.2021 10.10.2021 16.10.2021 & 17.10.2021
Mains examination	27.11.2021

The aspirants who have already given the prelims exam are advised to start their preparations accordingly as not much time is left to increase their chances of scoring maximum and clearing the mains.

IBPS PO 2021 Major Participating Banks

Let’s take a look at all the banks who have participated in this year for IBPS PO 2021 recruitment process:

1. Punjab National Bank
2. Union Bank of India
3. Bank of India
4. Indian Bank
5. Canara Bank
6. Indian Overseas Bank
7. Central Bank of India
8. UCO Bank
9. Bank of Baroda
10. Punjab & Sind Bank
11.Bank of Maharashtra

IBPS PO Application Fee

Given below is the category wise fee structure for IBPS PO online application. It is to be noted that Fee/Intimation charges once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection. Make sure that the application fee must be paid online itself. To know more check the complete guide for IBPS PO Application.

Sr. No.	Category	Application Fee
1	SC/ST/PWD	Rs.175/- (Intimation Charges only)
2	General and Others	Rs. 850/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

IBPS PO Eligibility Criteria 2021

IBPS PO Age limit (As on 09.10.2021): Minimum: 20 years and Maximum: 30 years

Education Qualifications : A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognized by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. 

Computer Knowledge: It is important for candidates to have the working knowledge of computer systems to give the IBPS PO exam which is conducted in online mode.

Language Proficiency: It is important for candidates to be proficient in the official language of the State/UT is desirable. 

Nationality / Citizenship of Applicants:

Given below is the eligibility criteria related to the Nationality/ Citizenship of Applicants: 

1.Candidate must be the citizen of India

2. Candidate must be the subject of Nepal or Bhutan

3. Those candidates who are Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanent settlement

4. Those Candidates are allowed who are  of Indian Origin (PIO) and has migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam or East African countries of Zaire,Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, with the intention of permanent settlement in India

Given below is the age Relaxation given to different category candidates:

Category	Age Relaxation
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST)	5 years
Other Backward Classes (OBC Non-Creamy Layer)	3 years
Persons with Disabilities (PWD)	10 years
Ex-Servicemen (Army personnel)	5 years
Widows/Divorced Women	9 years
Persons with Domicile of Jammu &Kashmir during the period of 1-1-1980 to 31-12-1989	5 years
Persons affected by 1984 riots	5 years
Regular Employees of Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal
retrenched from service(for MP state Only)	5 years

IBPS PO 2021 Exam Process

IBPS PO Exam is a 3-stage process i.e.

• IBPS PO Preliminary Exam
• IBPS PO Mains Exam
• IBPS PO Interview

More than 20 lakh aspirants appear for the IBPS Bank PO examination every year to become Officer in Public Sector Banks. About 20 times the number of students qualify for the next stage i.e. IBPS PO Mains Exam. Subsequently, 3 to 5 times the number of candidates is recommended for IBPS PO Interview.

IBPS PO Vacancies 2020-21

IBPS PO 2021 vacancies has not been announced yet, but it will be updated on the official website of ibps. Although the vacancies in 2020 was  increased vacancies to 3517 for the Recruitment. Given below is the detailed table of the vacancies released in the year 2020.

Bank	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	Total	PWBD
1.Bank of Baroda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2.Bank of India	110	55	198	74	297	734	29
3.Bank of Maharashtra	37	18	67	25	103	250	10
4 Canara Bank	315	157	567	210	851	2100	84
5. Central Bank of India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6. Indian Bank	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
7. Indian Overseas Bank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8. Punjab National Bank	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
9. Punjab & Sind Bank	14	6	21	8	34	83	0
10. UCO Bank	53	26	95	35	141	350	44
11. Union Bank of India	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
TOTAL	529	262	948	352	1426	3517	73

In IBPS PO official notification 2018, there were initially 4102 vacancies mentioned which rose to 4252 after the culmination of IBPS PO recruitment process.

Similarly in 2017, initial indicative vacancies were 3562 & the number of final allotments rose to 3760. Viewers can refer to the graph below to view IBPS PO Vacancy trends.

IBPS PO 2021 Admit Card

The admit card or call letter will be available on the official websites of IBPS. Candidates who will apply for this exam may download the IBPS PO 2021 admit card from the official website of the bank as the hard copy of the IBPS PO Admit Card will not be sent to the candidate via post. To login on the official website, the candidates will require the following:

• Registration No/Roll No

• Date of Birth/ Password

The admit card will be made available 10 to 15 days before the IBPS PO 2021 Exam. The admit card or call letter for IBPS PO 2021 will be issued in 3 phases:

• Online Preliminary Examination

• Online Mains Examination

• Interview

IBPS PO Exam Pattern

IBPS PO is a three-tier examination which consists of preliminary, mains and interview process. Candidates can check IBPS PO exam pattern given below:

Stage – 1: IBPS PO Pre Examination

IBPS PO Preliminary examination is objective type & the medium of paper is generally English. The medium for Quantitative aptitude and Reasoning Ability is both Hindi & English.

S.No.	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
	100	100	60 minutes

There is a provision of sectional cut-off i.e. candidates will have to qualify each section separately.

Stage 2: IBPS PO Mains Examination

IBPS PO Main Exam is both objective & descriptive in nature and is based on online mode. The objective test is 3 hours consist of 200 marks whereas the descriptive test is of 30 minutes of 25 marks.

S.No.	Name of Tests(Objective)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45	60	60 minutes
2	English Language	35	40	40 minutes
3	Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	60	45 minutes
4	General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness	40	40	35 minutes
Total	155	200	3 Hours

The descriptive test is a test of English which contains Letter Writing and Essay with 25 marks and 30 minutes duration.

Note: For every wrong answer in both preliminary and mains examination, there will be a negative marking of 1/4th of the marks assigned to the particular question.

Stage 3: IBPS PO Interview

The total marks assigned to the interview stage is 100. The minimum qualifying marks are 40% for general candidates and 35% for SC/ST/OBC. The ratio of mains exam and interview for final merit list will be 80:20.

Note: Only the marks of mains and interview is calculated for the overall merit list. Prelims marks are just qualifying in nature.

Also Read,

• IBPS PO Previous Years Paper 2016-2019 | Download Now
• IBPS PO Prelims Memory Based Papers: Download Now
• IBPS PO Previous Years Paper 2016-2018 | Download Now
• IBPS PO Mains 2016: Memory Based Paper – English Language

IBPS PO Prelims Syllabus

IBPS PO Prelims 2021 syllabus in a nutshell is given below. Aspiring bankers should go through the topics carefully.

Here’s the complete list of topics asked under each section, comprising IBPS PO Syllabus for Prelims 2021:

Reasoning	Quantitative Ability	English Language
Puzzle	Simplification & Approximation	Reading Comprehension
Alphanumeric Series/ Alphabets/ Numeric Series	Number Series	Cloze Test
Direction sense	Inequality (Quadratic & Quantity based)	Para jumbles
Data Sufficiency	Ratio & Proportion, Partnership	Vocabulary Based
Inequalities	Percentage	Fill in the blanks
Seating Arrangement	Mixtures & Alligations	Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting
Input-Output	Average & ages	Paragraph Completion
Syllogism	Profit & Loss	Spelling Errors
Blood Relation	Time and work & Pipe and cistern	Word Replacement
Order and Ranking	Simple Interest & Compound Interest	Column based Fillers and Sentence Connectors
coding-decoding	Time & Distance, Boat & stream	Word Usage
	Permutation, Combination &Probability	Idioms and Phrases
	Mensuration (2D&3D)	Sentence Completion
	Data Interpretation ( Bar, line, pie, mixed, missing, arithmetic, caselet),
	Data sufficiency

The complete IBPS PO Mains Syllabus is discussed below:

Data Analysis	Reasoning	English Language	General/Economy/Banking Awareness	Computer Aptitude
Number System, HCF &LCM, Series	Puzzle	Reading Comprehension	Banking and Financial Awareness	Internet
Inequality (Quantity based)	Syllogism	Error Detection	Current Affairs (4-5 Months)	Memory
Ratio & Proportion, Partnership	Seating Arrangement	Vocabulary	Static Awareness	Keyboard Shortcuts
Percentage	Input-Output	Phrase Replacement		Computer Abbreviation
Mixtures & Alligations	Blood Relations	Word Association		Microsoft Office
Average & ages		Sentence Improvement		Computer Hardware
Profit & Loss	Direction sense	Para Jumbles		Computer Software
Time and work & Pipe and cistern	Data Sufficiency	Cloze Test		Operating System
Simple Interest & Compound Interest	Coding-Decoding	Spelling Errors		Networking
Time & Distance, Boat & stream	Inequalities	Fill in the blanks		Computer Fundamentals/Terminologies
Permutation, Combination & Probability	Logical Reasoning	Column Based Fillers		Number System
Mensuration (2D&3D)		Sentence Connectors		Basic of Logic Gates
Data Interpretation   ( Bar, line, pie, mixed, missing, arithmetic, radar),		Word Replacement
Caselet		Word Usage
		Sentence Rearrangement
		Sentence Completion

 

Note: Only those students will be called for the interview round who will successfully clear both the above-mentioned phase. The preliminary exam will be qualifying in nature but marks of both main (objective+ descriptive) will be taken into the account for the selection of the interview.

Also Read,

• Bank PO Previous Year Question Paper: IBPS PO
• IBPS Full Form: All about IBPS Exams and Functions

IBPS PO Salary 2021

The Salary structure breakdown is mentioned in the table below.

IBPS Bank PO Salary 2021
Basic Pay	23,700
Special Allowance	1,836.75
DA	10,163.63
CCA	870
Total (without HRA)	36,570.38
HRA	2,133.00
Gross with HRA	38,703.38

There is a provision of timely increment of the pay of the IBPS PO officer as given below:

Increment Percentage	Basic Pay	Gross Salary
15 %	Rs.26,706/-	Rs.37,068/-
20 %	Rs.27,866/-	Rs.38678/-
25 %	Rs.29,026/-	Rs.40,288/-
30 %	Rs.30,187/-	Rs.41,899/-

 

IBPS PO Final Cut-Off 2019-20

Category	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	OC	VI	HI	ID
Maximum Scores	47.07	50.80	50.22	48.98	60.58	46.38	53.16	42.33	42.04
Minimum Scores	36.02	33.24	40.27	40.82	44.44	36.00	42.18	26.36	28.80

IBPS PO Mains Cut-off for 2019-20 has been released and below is the category wise cut-off marks for qualifying the exam. IBPS PO releases cut-off marks separately as per their category and this is applicable for both sectional and final cut-off list. 

Sno	Category	Marks (Out of 225)
1	General	71.25
2	SC	55.63
3	ST	38.13
4	OBC	70.25
5	EWS	65.88

IBPS PO Prelims Cut-off Comparison

 

IBPS PO previous years cut-off (2017 & 2018 ) has been given below.

Cut off comparison 2017-2018	IBPS PO -prelims 2017	IBPS PO – Main 2017	Final cut off 2017	IBPS PO -Prelims 2018	IBPS PO -Main 2018	Final cut off 2018
General	42.75	82	47.04	56.75	74.50	43.87
OBC	42.25	75.63	43.02	55.50	68.38	40.29
SC	36	62.50	38.56	49.25	56.38	35.78
ST	28.50	42.25	33.73	41.75	35.75	31.60

 

 

IBPS PO Previous Year Exam Analysis

Click on the link below to view IBPS PO Previous Years Exam Analysis of 2019 & 2018.

Cleck IBPS PO Prelims 2019 Exam Analysis – All Slots

Check IBPS PO Mains 2019 Exam Analysis

IBPS PO Prelims 2018 Exam Analysis – Shift 1

IBPS PO Prelims 2018 Exam Analysis – Shift 2

IBPS PO Prelims 2018 Exam Analysis – Shift 3

IBPS PO Mains 2018 Exam Analysis 

IBPS PO Exam Centres 2021

Given below is the complete list of exam centres based on the previous year notification. If any change in the list will be there, we will update it.

Prepare with,

• Bank Maha Pack (1 Year Validity)
• RRB, SBI, RBI and IBPS Exams 2020 live online classes for English Reasoning | Complete Bilingual Champion 2.0 Batch

  FAQ- IBPS PO 2021

 

Q1: How many Total Vacancies are there for IBPS PO?

Answer: Total Vacancies are not yet released for IBPS PO 2021.

Q2: What is the selection process of IBPS PO 2021?

Answer: IBPS PO 2021 is a three-tier process i.e. Preliminary Exam Mains Exam, Interview

Q3: What is the eligibility criteria of IBPS PO?

Answer: To appear for IBPS PO exam, A candidate should possess a graduation degree from a recognized university.

Q4: How to get information regarding the latest bank jobs?

Answer: You can follow bankersadda.com to get regular updates on ongoing recruitments, examinations and upcoming bank jobs as well. Click Here to Check Bank Job Notifications.