IBPS SO 2023
The Institute Of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts the examination for Specialist Officers annually. The purpose of the IBPS SO exam is to select Specialist Officers in various departments of banks like IT Officer, Marketing Officer, Field Officer, Agriculture Officer, etc. IBPS SO exam is conducted at various locations across India and is online mode only. This is a golden opportunity for all the Aspirants who are preparing for banking exams to join the bank as an Officer. Candidates can check all the information related to IBPS SO Officer in the article discussed below.
IBPS SO 2023 Notification
IBPS will release the IBPS SO Notification 2023 in the upcoming months. The vacancies will be out for the posts of Specialist Officers that include I.T. Officer (Scale-I), Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I), Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I), Law Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) and Marketing Officer (Scale I). The aspirants can register their online application within the given time period. Candidates aspiring to start their career in one of these posts must start their preparation as early as possible. Banking jobs are one of the most demanding jobs which not only provide a handsome salary but a fast-growing career as well.
IBPS SO 2023 Exam Dates
Whenever the recruitment notification is released by IBPS, it contains all the important dates related to the exam. Through the IBPS Calendar, IBPS has announced the prelims and mains exam dates.
| IBPS SO 2023 Exam Dates | |
| Events | Date |
| IBPS SO Recruitment 2023 | Notified Soon |
| IBPS SO 2023 Online Registration Start Date | Notified Soon |
| IBPS SO 2023 Online Registration Last/End Date | Notified Soon |
| IBPS SO 2023 Preliminary Exam Date | 30th, 31st December 2023 |
| IBPS SO 2023 Mains Exam Date | 28th January 2024 |
IBPS SO Previous Years Vacancy Trends
Here, candidates can go through the IBPS SO Previous Year Vacancy Trends. The vacancies provided here are combined for the posts of I.T. Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer. In the year 2022, 710 vacancies were out for the various posts of SO. Candidates can visualize the graph below for complete analysis.
| Year | Vacancies |
| 2022 | 710 |
| 2021 | 1828 |
| 2020 | 647 |
| 2019 | 1163 |
| 2018 | 1590 |
| 2017 | 1315 |
| 2016 | 1962 |
IBPS SO 2023 Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria of IBPS SO 2023 is mentioned in the official notification. IBPS SO Eligibility criteria generally remain the same but vary 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 previous year official notification is as follows.
IBPS SO 2023: Educational Qualification
I.T. Officer (Scale-I):
a) 4 year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics &Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics &
Instrumentation
OR
b) Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & Tele Communication/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Computer Applications
OR
(c) 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)
(a) Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level.
OR
(b) Postgraduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level.
Law 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 / Labor 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 the case of dual specializations, one of the fields of specialization should be in the field prescribed. In the case of major/ minor specializations, major specialization should be in the stream prescribed. Candidates with a PG Degree (MMS or MBA)/PG Diploma with more than two specializations are not eligible to apply.
NOTE: For posts other than IT Officer Scale I: Candidates should have a Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer operations/ Language/ should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the High School/ College/ Institute subjects.
IBPS SO 2023: Age Limit
The age of a candidate will be calculated as of the months provided in the IBPS SO notification. The maximum and minimum age is given below according to the last year notification is as follows.
Minimum Age: 20 years
Maximum Age: 30 years
There is a relaxation of age for SC/ST/OBC/PwBD.
IBPS SO 2023 Exam Pattern
IBPS SO is a three-tier exam i.e. preliminary exam, main exam followed by a Personal Interview. Following is the exam pattern for IBPS SO.
IBPS SO 2023 Prelims Exam Pattern
The preliminary exam of IBPS SO is of 125 marks comprising 150 question in a time frame of 120 minutes. IBPS SO prelims exam is not common for all the posts but the timings and maximum marks are the same. Also, there is a sectional cut-off in IBPS SO 2023 Exam. Here is the post-wise prelims pattern of IBPS SO.
- For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari:
| IBPS SO 2023 Prelims Exam Pattern For Law Officer and Rajbhasa Adhikari |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 minutes |
| 2 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| 3 | General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 | 120 minutes | ||
- For the post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer:
| IBPS SO 2023 Exam Pattern |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 minutes |
| 2 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 | 120 minutes | ||
IBPS SO 2023 Mains Exam Pattern
The mains examination of IBPS SO 2023 demands professional knowledge of their respective fields. Here is a pattern for the same.
- For the post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer:
| IBPS SO 2023 Mains Exam Pattern | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| 1 | Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | English and Hindi | 45 minutes |
- For the post of Rajbhasha Adhikari:
| IBPS SO 2023 Mains Exam Pattern |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| 1 | Professional Knowledge (Objective) | 45 | 60 | English and Hindi | 30 minutes |
| 2 | Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) | 2 | English and Hindi | 30 minutes | |
Note: There is a penalty of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer in both preliminary as well as main exams. However, there is no penalty for unattempted questions.
IBPS SO Syllabus 2023
IBPS SO Syllabus 2023 remains the same for the common subjects asked in the banking examination except for that of Professional Knowledge. The recruitment process will take 3 steps, namely, the Preliminary exam, the Main exam which will be a test of professional knowledge for the particular stream, and phase III is the Interview Round. Click on the link below to view the complete IBPS SO Syllabus.
IBPS SO Admit Card 2023
IBPS will release the IBPS SO 2023 Admit Card after the closure of the online application. Admit cards will be issued to only those candidates who will successfully register themselves for IBPS SO 2023 recruitment notification. Candidates will have to download their e-admit card by filling the credentials provided below.
- Registration/Roll Number
- Date Of Birth/Password
IBPS SO Previous Year Cut-Off
IBPS SO Cut Off 2023 will be released after the declaration of the result. Candidates can check the previous year’s IBPS SO Cut off to get an idea about the competition level of the examination. The cut off of IBPS SO depends upon:
- Level of the Examination.
- Number of Vacancies.
- Average attempts of candidates taking into account accuracy.
IBPS SO 2022-23 Final Cut Off
Candidates can check below the IBPS SO Final Cut Off for IBPS SO 2022-23.
| IBPS SO Final Cut Off 2022-23 |
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| Posts | Category | ||||||||
| Gen | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | Hearing Impaired | Orthopaedically Challenged | Visually Impaired | Intellectual Disability | |
| IT Officer (Scale I) | 40.53 | 32.27 | 31.00 | 36.13 | 37.40 | 37.07 | 32.13 | 39.00 | 28.67 |
| Agriculture Field Officer (Scale I) | 63.20 | 55.67 | 50.60 | 62.67 | 61.00 | 48.33 | 59.67 | 56.33 | 50.13 |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) | 60.73 | 58.53 | 53.20 | 59.07 | 56.33 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Law officer (Scale I) | 61.00 | 53.00 | NA | 51.60 | 49.93 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| HR/Personnel officer (Scale I) | 55.80 | 39.27 | 42.00 | 51.40 | 51.60 | NA | 32.60 | 50.33 | NA |
| Marketing Officer (Scale I) | 55.73 | 49.33 | 48.67 | 51.00 | 48.20 | 48.67 | 43.00 | 37.33 | NA |
IBPS SO Mains Cut Off 2022-23
Here, we have discussed the category-wise IBPS SO Mains Cut Off 2022-23.
| IBPS SO Mains Cut Off 2022-23 |
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| Posts | Category | ||||||||
| Gen | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | Hearing Impaired | Orthopaedically Challenged | Visually Impaired | Intellectual Disability | |
| IT Officer (Scale I) | 13.75 | 10.25 | 11.00 | 13.25 | 13.75 | 15.00 | 11.75 | 17.25 | 14.00 |
| Agriculture Field Officer (Scale I) | 27.50 | 27.00 | 22.25 | 27.50 | 27.50 | 19.75 | 27.00 | 24.50 | 20.75 |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) | 27.75 | 27.75 | 25.25 | 27.75 | 27.75 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Law officer (Scale I) | 26.25 | 26.25 | 26.25 | 19.25 | 21.25 | NA | 17.50 | 16.75 | 18.00 |
| HR/Personnel officer (Scale I) | 21.50 | 16.00 | 12.50 | 20.75 | 21.50 | NA | 12.50 | 22.50 | 28.25 |
| Marketing Officer (Scale I) | 22.75 | 21.75 | 19.00 | 22.50 | 20.00 | 25.25 | 17.25 | 18.25 | NA |
IBPS SO Prelims Cut Off 2022-23
IBPS SO Cut Off 2022-23 for the preliminary examination is provided in the below table.
| IBPS SO Prelims Cut off 2022-23 | |||||||||
| POST | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR | HI | OC | VI | ID |
| I.T. OFFICER | 61.88 | 55.88 | 65.00 | 65.00 | 65.00 | 29.13 | 55.88 | 49.13 | 25.50 |
| AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER | 17.75 | 17.75 | 17.75 | 17.75 | 17.75 | 14. | 31.75 | 33.38 | 15.75 |
| RAJBHASHA ADHIKARI | 22.50 | 11.13 | 22.50 | 22.38 | 22.50 | NA | 24.25 | 33.50 | 27.25 |
| LAW OFFICER | 46.38 | 51.00 | 47.50 | 48.50 | 51.00 | 27.63 | 22.88 | 25.50 | 35.25 |
| HR/PERSONNEL | 40.50 | 37.50 | 40.50 | 40.50 | 40.50 | NA | 27.75 | 47.50 | 50.88 |
| MARKETING OFFICER | 38.63 | 38.63 | 38.63 | 33.13 | 38.63 | 35.88 | 24.50 | 36.38 | 64.13 |
IBPS SO Final Cut Off 2021
To go through the IBPS SO Final Cut Off 2021, candidates can refer the below table.
| IBPS SO Final Cut-Off 2021 | |||||||||
| Post | Category | ||||||||
| SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR | HI | OC | VI | ID | |
| I.T OFFICER( SCALE-1) | 27.47 | 28.53 | 34.60 | 35.07 | 39.20 | 28.60 | 26.00 | 36.67 | 22.33 |
| AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER( SCALE-1) | 56.67 | 53.00 | 63.47 | 62.00 | 63.87 | 46.00 | 58.87 | 58.07 | 40.07 |
| RAJBHASHA ADHIKARI( SCALE-1) | 59.40 | 56.33 | 62.33 | 46.27 | 61.00 | NA | 65.67 | 81.33 | NA |
| LAW OFFICER (SCALE-1) | 37.07 | 31.33 | 44.00 | 40.40 | 52.60 | NA | 51.33 | 26.33 | NA |
| HR/PERSONNEL OFFICER (SCALE-1) | 50.47 | 49.33 | 56.33 | 54.53 | 60.20 | NA | 41.47 | 46.00 | NA |
| MARKETING OFFICER (SCALE-1) | 49.80 | 46.67 | 50.27 | 42.00 | 54.20 | 27.73 | 41.60 | 40.53 | 28.47 |
IBPS SO Mains Cut Off 2021
The given table include the IBPS SO Mains Cut Off 2021.
| IBPS SO Mains Cut Off 2021 |
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| Posts | Category | ||||||||
| Gen | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | Hearing Impaired | Orthopaedically Challenged | Visually Impaired | Intellectual Disability | |
| IT Officer (Scale I) | 10.50 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 10.25 | 9.50 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 7.25 | 6.50 |
| Agriculture Field Officer (Scale I) | 27.75 | 27.75 | 23.75 | 27.75 | 27.75 | 18.75 | 25.75 | 25.25 | 19.25 |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) | 23.25 | 23.25 | 22.25 | 23.25 | 23.25 | NA | 19.50 | 30.75 | NA |
| Law officer (Scale I) | 17.75 | 13.50 | 13.50 | 13.50 | 17.25 | NA | 19.50 | 13.75 | NA |
| HR/Personnel officer (Scale I) | 23.75 | 23.25 | 22.50 | 23.75 | 23.75 | NA | 16.50 | 18.50 | 25.00 |
| Marketing Officer (Scale I) | 16.25 | 16.25 | 16.25 | 16.25 | 16.25 | 13.00 | 16.75 | 12.50 | 13.25 |
IBPS SO Prelims Cut Off 2021
Here, we have described category-wise IBPS SO Prelims Cut Off 2021.
| IBPS SO Prelims Cut off 2021 | ||||||||
| POST | SC | ST | OBC | UR | HI | OC | VI | ID |
| I.T. OFFICER (SCALE I) | 67.25 | 61.13 | 71.75 | 75.88 | 20.88 | 22.13 | 21.88 | 24.00 |
| AGRICULTURAL FIELD
OFFICER(SCALE I) |
39.75 | 36 | 40.88 | 40.88 | 14.38 | 39.25 | 27.38 | 25.50 |
| RAJBHASHA ADHIKARI
(SCALE I) |
20.75 | 20.75 | 20.75 | 20.75 | NA | 12.75 | 38.75 | NA |
| LAW OFFICER
(SCALE I) |
39.00 | 36.25 | 40.88 | 47.50 | NA | 21.88 | 26.50 | 33.00 |
| HR/
PERSONNEL OFFICER (SCALE I) |
61.00 | 63.00 | 61.88 | 63.00 | 44.75 | 25.63 | 22.25 | 29.88 |
| MARKETING OFFICER
(SCALE I) |
53.00 | 44.88 | 53.75 | 53.75 | 21.13 | 29.88 | 22.13 | NA |
IBPS SO Final Cut Off 2019-20
The below given table include IBPS SO Final Cut Off 2019-20 for the different posts.
| IBPS SO Final Cut Off 2019-20 |
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| Posts | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR |
| IT Officer | 22.67 | 25.93 | 29.67 | 26.67 | 37.73 |
| Agriculture Field Officer | 56.33 | 53.47 | 64 | 62.67 | 64.8 |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari | 50.73 | 55.47 | 55.67 | 57.33 | 58 |
| Law Officer | 44.67 | 40.87 | 47 | 48.07 | 53.67 |
| HR/ Personnel Officer | 48.33 | 52.27 | 43.33 | 57.4 | 59.2 |
| Marketing Officer | 43.33 | 38.67 | 44.87 | 43 | 51.93 |
IBPS SO Final Cut Off 2018-19
Here, we have listed down IBPS SO Final Cut Off 2018-19 post-wise as well as category-wise.
| IBPS SO Final Cut Off 2018-19 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POST | SC | ST | OBC | UR | HI | OC | VI | ID |
| I.T. OFFICER (SCALE I) | 52.93 | 50.60 | 54.93 | 60.00 | 67.27 | 49.93 | 58.47 | NA |
| AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER (SCALE I) |
43.67 | 41.60 | 48.47 | 48.67 | 30.67 | 43.40 | 41.47 | 37.33 |
| RAJBHASHA ADHIKARI (SCALE I) |
55.33 | 50.67 | 61.33 | 59.67 | NA | 48.40 | NA | NA |
| LAW OFFICER (SCALE I) |
54.40 | 55.00 | 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) |
52.00 | 47.00 | 54.27 | 59.67 | 55.00 | 47.67 | 55.27 | 73.80 |
IBPS SO Final Cut-Off 2017-18
The category-wise IBPS SO Final Cut Off 2017-18 is discussed in the below table.
| IBPS SO Final Cut Off 2017-18 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post Name | Category | |||
| SC | ST | OBC | UR | |
| I.T. Officer (Scale-I) | 41.00 | 32.27 | 46.73 | 50.93 |
| Agriculture Field Officer (Scale I) | 41.40 | 38.53 | 46.07 | 46.87 |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) | 38.67 | NA | 43.07 | 45.53 |
| Law Officer (Scale I) | 47.67 | 46.00 | 52.93 | 59.00 |
| HR/ Personnel Officer (Scale I) | 50.00 | 47.67 | 59.33 | 63.07 |
| Marketing Officer (Scale I) | 63.33 | 55.67 | 67.00 | 70.53 |
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