IBPS Clerk study guide
IBPS Clerk · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
IBPS Clerk is the clerical-cadre recruitment run through the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection's Common Recruitment Process. The institute's home page currently labels this stream "CRP CSA(Customer Service Associates)", while the site menu still calls it "CRP - CLERKS"; both refer to the same entry-level bank recruitment. IBPS describes itself as "an autonomous body, created to assist organisations in selection of personnel at various levels" - it conducts the selection on behalf of participating banks, and candidates are later allotted to a bank rather than employed by IBPS itself. Selection uses a computer-based, objective, multiple-choice examination held in a preliminary and a main stage. The IBPS Clerk study guide has 5 sections and about 1,367 words.
01English Language for IBPS Clerk
IBPS Clerk English Language tests whether you can read quickly and apply grammar rules under sectional timing. Prelims has 30 questions in 20 minutes; Mains has 40 questions in 35 minutes.
278 words, about 1 min02Quantitative Aptitude for IBPS Clerk
IBPS Clerk Quantitative Aptitude rewards calculation speed and clean method. Prelims has 35 questions in 20 minutes; Mains has 50 questions in 45 minutes.
266 words, about 1 min03Reasoning Ability for IBPS Clerk
IBPS Clerk Reasoning Ability tests structured thinking. Prelims has 35 questions in 20 minutes; in Mains it is combined with Computer Aptitude as 50 questions/60 marks in 45 minutes.
275 words, about 1 min04General / Financial Awareness for IBPS Clerk
IBPS Clerk General/Financial Awareness is a Mains-only section: 50 questions, 50 marks, 35 minutes. It mixes banking and financial awareness with current affairs from roughly the last five to six months, plus static GK, government schemes, appointments, sports and awards.
279 words, about 1 min05Computer Aptitude for IBPS Clerk
IBPS Clerk Computer Aptitude appears in Mains inside “Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude” (50 questions, 60 marks, 45 minutes). Questions cover computer fundamentals, hardware and software, memory, operating systems, MS Office, internet and networking, database basics, cyber security, shortcut keys and binary/decimal conversion.
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