IBPS PO 2017 / CWE PO Application Form, Exam Date

IBPS PO 2017 Exam dates has declared, IBPS PO 2017 Preliminary Examination will be
held on 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th October 2017 and IBPS PO 2017 Main examination will
be held on 26th November 2017 tentatively.

Important Dates

Online registration and rectification of errors in

July-August 2017
applications
Payment of application fee July-August 2017
Downloading hall tickets for pre-examination
September 2017
training
Pre-examination training date September 2017
Downloading of hall tickets for IBPS PO prelims
September 2017
2017
7th, 8th, 14th and 15th
Examination date of IBPS PO prelims
October 2017
Results declaration for IBPS PO prelims 2017 October 2017
Downloading of hall tickets of IBPS PO Mains 2017 October 2017
Examination date of IBPS PO Mains 2017 26th November 2017
Results declaration for IBPS PO Mains 2017 November 2017
Downloading of call letters for interview December 2017
Date of interview January 2018
Provisional allotment April 2018

Eligibility Criteria

The candidates must have completed graduation degree in any discipline

scoring minimum 60% marks from a recognized university (55% for
SC/ST/PWD).
The lower & upper age limit to apply for the examination is 20 years and 30
years as on 1st July 2017. Candidates born between 02/07/1987 to 01/07/1997
(inclusive both dates). The relaxation in upper age limit will be provided to
certain limits for reserved categories.
Age Relaxation

Category Relaxation in age

Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled
05 years
Castes (SC/ST)

IBPS PO 2017 Participant Banks

Allahabad Bank Canara Bank Indian Overseas Bank

Andhra Bank Central Bank of India Oriental Bank of Commerce

Bank of Baroda Corporation Bank Punjab National Bank

Bank of India Dena Bank Punjab & Sind Bank

Bank of Maharashtra Indian Bank Syndicate Bank

UCO Bank Union Bank of India United Bank of India

Vijaya Bank

IBPS PO 2017 Application Fee

Application fee for SC, ST, PwD and Ex-S applicants is Rs. 100.
Applicant can pay application fee thru online mode only using net banking or any
credit/debit cards.

IBPS PO 2017 Exam Pattern

Online Preliminary Examination:
This is the first stage for selecting candidates.
The Test will be held online where the candidates will be tested on the basis of
their performance in three sections namely as: English Language , Reasoning
and Quantitative Aptitude.
The Preliminary examination will have three sections.
The total number of questions asked in the exam will be 100.
 There will also be negative marking for every wrong answer which will be
equivalent to of the correct answer.
Every question will carry 1 mark.
Total marks will be 100.
There will also be section wise cutoff as well as the overall cutoff.
The candidates will get 1 hour to solve the 100 questions.

The tabular representation is given below to help the candidates understand the schemes
and pattern of the Preliminary Examination.

Number of
Serial Marks allotted for
Name of section questions in the
Number the section
section

1 English Language 30 30

2 Quantitative Aptitude 35 35

3 Reasoning Ability 35 35

Total 100 100

Online Main Examination:

Now the candidates will have a definite time-frame for each section.
The Main Exam will consist of 5 sections.
There will be 200 questions asked in the examination.
The test will be of total 200 marks.
Every question will carry 1 mark.
There will also be negative marking for every wrong answer which will be
equivalent to of correct answer.
There will also be section wise cutoff and overall cutoff.
There will be sectional timings for each section.
The sectional timings have been illustrated in the table below more clearly.

Tim
Number of Marks e
Serial
Name of the section questions asked allotted to dur
Number
in the section the section atio
n

30
1 English language 40 40
min

40
2 Quantitative Aptitude 50 50
min

40
3 Reasoning Ability 50 50
min

General Awareness (special 20

4 40 40
reference to banking industry) min

10
5 Computer Knowledge 20 20
min

140
Total 200 200 marks
min

IBPS PO 2017 Selection Procedure

The selection procedure will complete in three phases that is Preliminary, Main
Examination and Interview.

1. Online Preliminary Examination

2. Online Main Examination
3. Interview
Normalization of score in IBPS PO Mains and Interview
Phase/test Max Marks Normalised to

Mains Examination 200 80

Interview 100 20

Total 300 100

IBPS PO 2017 Cut Off for MAINS (Expected)

Maximum Score and Cutoff in each objective tests:

S. No. Subjects Max. Marks SC/ST/OBC/PWD General

1. Reasoning 50 03.27 5.27

2. English Language 40 02.24 04.80

3. General Awareness 40 08.00 10.75

4. Computer Knowledge 20 05.00 06.50

5 Quantitative Aptitude 50 10.75 12.50

Overall Cutoff of IBPS PO 2017:

Category Cut off (Out of 200)

General 52.50

OBC 52.50
SC 41.75

ST 31.50

OC 34.00

VI 37.50

HI 37.00

NOTE IBPS PO 2017 prelim examination is qualifying in nature. Marks obtained in this
examination will not be counted in the preparation of the final merit list.

Check complete details for IBPS PO Selection Procedure- Click here

IBPS PO 2017 Admit Cards

Step 1: The candidates for downloading the IBPS PO Admit Card 2017 will have
to click the link hosted on official website.
Step 2: For downloading the IBPS PO Admit Card 2017 enter the credentials such
as Registration No and Password/Date of Birth.
Step 3: Press the Submit button
Step 4: The Admit Card of IBPS PO 2017 will appear on the screen.
Step 5: For downloading the Admit Card after checking all the details, should
press the Download button.
Step 6: Save and take a print out of the Admit Card for further reference.

IBPS PO 2017 Syllabus

Reasoning Syllabus
This Section covers all logical Reasoning questions comprising of judgments,
conclusions from premises or facts.
The Reasoning Part is divided into Verbal Reasoning and NonVerbal Reasoning.
Verbal Reasoning Non-Verbal
 Reasoning

Analogy

Statement And Ranking And Time

Syllogism Arguments Sequence

Odd Man Out Coding Decoding Sitting Arrangement

Series Test,
Passage And Direction Sense Test Analogy
Word
Formation Conclusions
Odd Figures
Decision Making

Statement Blood Relations

Miscellaneous
And Assertion And Reasoning
Test
Assumptions Series Test,
Number Input Output

Statement
And Alphabet Test Figure Series Etc.

Conclusions

English Language Syllabus

Completion of sentence
Meanings
Tenses
Grammar Errors
Synonyms & Antonyms etc
Passage Completion

Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus

Arithmetic & Data Interpretation
Pie-Charts
Bar Graphs
Line Graphs & Tabulation
Average
 Roots
Ratio
Time And Distance
Time & Work
Percentage
Simple and Compound Interest
Profit & Loss

General Awareness section syllabus:

Banking Terms, Current Rates (Repo Rate, Reverse repo rate, Bank rate etc.)
Important days / dates
Abbreviations / full forms
Currency and capital
Indian Economy
Ministers and their departments
International Economy
Finance, Shares, Various schemes of Government (Swavlamban, Bharat Nirman,
MNREGA, Swabhiman etc.)
Questions related to International Financial Institutions (IMF, UN, World bank,
ADB-related Members, recent development, functions)
Books & Their Authors
GDP related, RBI, Fiscal-Monetary Policies
Types of Banks
Social Function of Banks
Marketing
UNO
Awards & Honors
Budget
Sports
Agriculture
Current Affairs (last 6 months)
Computer Knowledge syllabus
Basic computer knowledge (MS Office)
Number System
Operating Systems
Software & Hardware questions (Database & communication)
Computer abbreviation
History of computers
Microsoft-office
Basic knowledge of Internet & Networking