Updated By Deepansh Sharma on 02 Aug, 2022 12:45
Predict your percentile based on your IBPS PO performance
Predict NowThe IBPS PO 2022 Exam Pattern is announced by the exam conducting authority. Candidates preparing for the IBPS PO 2022 can check the detailed information on examination patterns for Preliminary as well as Main examinations on the official website of the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS). The exam pattern will help candidates to understand the style and structure of the question paper that they are about to face.
Checking the Exam Pattern of IBPS PO 2022 will also help candidates in preparation for the examination. As it defines the mode of examination, a number of questions marks allotted to each question and total marks along with the duration of the examination, it helps candidates to frame their preparation based on these parameters. Since the Preliminary of IBPS PO 2022 is about to be conducted in Dec 2022, candidates must start their preparation by understanding the exam pattern prescribed for the Mains. A few important pointers must be kept in mind while preparing for the examination. Enlisted below are these pointers that must not be missed by the Mains applicants.
Highlights | Details |
Mode of Examination | Online |
Test Duration for Prelims | 1 hour |
| Test Duration for Mains | 3 hours + 30 minutes |
Number of Sections in Prelims | 3 |
| Number of Sections in Mains | 4 + 1 |
Total number of questions in the exam in Prelims | 100 |
| Total number of questions in the exam in Mains | 155 + 2 |
Question Type | MCQ + 1 Descriptive Type in Mains |
Each question carries | 1 mark |
Marks deducted for each incorrect question | 0.25 |
Preliminary Examination:
This test would be of one-hour duration consisting of three sections as follows:
Name of Section/Subject | Number of Questions | Number of Marks(per section) |
English Language | 30 | 30 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 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. An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.
Main Examination:
Main Examination will have 200 marks for Objective Tests and 25 marks for Descriptive Test. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online. Candidates will have to answer Descriptive Test by typing on the computer. Immediately after the completion of the Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be conducted.
Name of Section/Subject | Number of Questions | Marks (per section) | Medium of Exam | Total Duration (Separately timed) |
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | English & Hindi | 60 Minutes |
Data Analysis and Interpretation | 35 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 Minutes |
General / Economy / Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | English & Hindi | 35 Minutes |
| English Language | 35 | 40 | English | 40 Minutes |
Total | 155 | 200 |
Note: Marks obtained by the candidates in the Main examination will be considered for shortlisting for Interview and preparation of final merit list.
There will be negative marks for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests.
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 to arrive at corrected score.
If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no negative marking for that question.
There will be a penalty for every wrong answer given and ¼ th of the total marks of a question will be deducted. In easy words for each of the wrong answers, there will be a deduction of 0.25 marks. If a question is left blank, i.e. an answer is not marked, then there will be no penalty.
Marks till two decimal points will be considered.
The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using the equi-percentile method.
Along with the IBPS PO official notification, the exam conducting authority also released the guidelines for IBPS PO 2022 Pre exam training. The Pre exam training is basically prescribed for the reserved classes. IBPS arranges Pre exam training for SC/ ST/ Religious Minority Community applicants at various training centers across the country. But, this year, the exam conducting authority has also mentioned that it will hold the IBPS PO PET only if the situation allows it to be executed. That means if the situations are sensitive due to Covid, the PET will not be conducted.
Visit the official IBPS website at www.ibps.in
Log in to your account by filling the registration number and password.
Now click on the download PET traing call letter option provided on the home page.
In this way, one can download the pre-exam training call letter
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