IBPS PO 2021 Exam Date Out, Notification, Syllabus & Exam Pattern

IBPS PO 2021: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has published the notification for the recruitment of IBPS PO 2021 on the official website of IBPS on 19th October 2021 for which the online application process ended on 10th November 2021. All the candidates who have applied for the IBPS PO notification 2021 are now eligible for the recruitment process and for the online prelims examination. The IBPS PO Prelims exam 2021 is scheduled to be held on 4th and 11th December 2021. Candidates who will appear in the prelims examination are advised to prepare well and check all the important details regarding the IBPSP PO exam dates, exam pattern, syllabus, and all the relevant information about the IBPS PO 2021 exam provided in the article below. 

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021(Shift 1): 4th December 2021	IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021(Shift 2): 4th December 2021
IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021(Shift 3): 4th December 2021	IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2021(Shift 4): 4th December 2021

Click here to check IBPS PO 2021 Notification

IBPS PO 2021 Notification Out

As mentioned above, the IBPS has published the recruitment notification of IBPS PO 2021 on 19th October 2021. The online application process will begin on 20th October 2021 which last till 10th November 2021. The recruitment of the candidates will be done based on the prelims exam, mains exam followed by the interview round. The IBPS has also announced the exam dates, as per the advertisement, the IBPS PO prelims exam 2021 is scheduled to be held on 4th December 2021 and 11th December 2021. Candidates can read all the related information from the article below.

IBPS PO 2021 Exam: Important Dates

IBPS has released the newspaper advertisement on 19th October 2021. Candidates can check all the important dates related to the IBPS PO 2021 from the table mentioned below.

IBPS PO 2021: Important Dates
Events	Date
IBPS PO 2021 Notification	19th October 2021
IBPS PO Online Registration Process	20th October 2021
IBPS PO 2021 Prelims Exam Date	4th & 11th December 2021
IBPS PO Prelims Result	December/January 2022
IBPS PO Mains Admit Card	January 2022
IBPS PO 2021 Mains Exam Date	January 2022
IBPS PO Mains Result	February 2022
Conduct of Interview	February/March 2022
IBPS PO 2021 Provisional Allotment	1st April 2022

The aspirants who have already been 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 Apply Online

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has released notification and the exam dates for IBPS PO 2021on the website of IBPS. The online application process will start on 20th October 2021. The direct link to apply for IBPS PO 2021 is mentioned below. Candidates can directly apply from the link provided here.

Click Here to Apply Online for IBPS PO 2021

IBPS PO 2021 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 they 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 2021 Major Participating Banks

Let’s take a look at all the banks that 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 Eligibility Criteria 2021

IBPS PO Age limit (As of 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: Candidates need to have a working knowledge of computer systems to give the IBPS PO exam which is conducted in online mode.

Language Proficiency: Candidates need 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 a 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 2021

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has finally published the number of vacancies of IBPS PO 2021. This year a total number of 4135 vacancies are announced by the IBPS. Candidates can check the table below to get detailed information related to the IBPS PO Vacancy 2021.

IBPS PO 2021 Vacancy
Participating Banks	General	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	Total
Bank of Baroda	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bank of India	240	88	44	158	58	588
Bank of Maharashtra	162	60	30	108	40	400
Canara Bank	265	97	48	175	65	650
Central Bank of India	53	193	104	257	13	620
Indian Bank	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Indian Overseas Bank	41	14	07	26	10	98
Punjab National Bank	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Punjab & Sind Bank	169	67	37	112	42	427
UCO Bank	179	66	33	118	44	440
Union Bank of India	491	94	47	148	132	912
Total	1600	679	350	1102	404	4135

IBPS PO 2020 Vacancy

The vacancies in 2020 were 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 bank’s official website 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 that consists of preliminary, mains, and interview processes. Candidates can check the 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 consisting of 200 marks whereas the descriptive test is 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 account for selecting 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,

 FAQ- IBPS PO 2021

Q1: When will the Official Notification of the IBPS PO 2021 Exam be released?

Ans: IBPS PO 2021 official notification is released on 19th October 2021 through a newspaper advertisement.

Q2: When will IBPS conduct the IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2021?

Ans: IBPS will be conducting the IBPS  PO Prelims Exam on 4th and 11th December 2021

Q3: How many Total Vacancies are there for IBPS PO?

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

Q4: What is the eligibility criteria of IBPS PO?

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

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

Ans: 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.