The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has unveiled the IBPS Probationary Officer Exam notification for the Academic Year 2023. Aspirants gearing up for the IBPS PO Exam can access the comprehensive IBPS PO 2023 Syllabus and Exam Pattern provided on this page. We have compiled the Probationary Officer Syllabus and Exam Pattern for the convenience of candidates. Interested individuals can retrieve the Syllabus from our website to kickstart their preparations for the IBPS PO Exam. Additionally, candidates can refer to the IBPS Exam Calendar 2023-234 for detailed exam dates. For the latest IBPS Syllabus download, applicants are encouraged to visit our page.
IBPS PO Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2023:
Selection Procedure:
IBPS PO selection involves three steps as follows.
- Online Preliminary Exam
- Online Main Exam
- Personal Interview
IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2023:
a. Online Preliminary Examination
| S. No. | Name of Tests | No of Qns | Max Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
b. Online Main Examination
| S. No. | Name of Tests | No of Qns | Max Marks | Duration |
| 1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | 60 minutes |
| 2 | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 3 | English Language | 35 | 40 | 40 minutes |
| 4 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 180 minutes | |
| 5 | English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) | 2 | 25 | 30 minutes |
Note:
- The test will be bilingual, i.e. English and Hindi.
- All questions will be of objective type with five options.
- For each wrong answer, there will be 0.25 marks detected from the total marks.
- But unanswered questions will not carry any negative marks.
- There will be a sectional as well as an overall cut-off.
c. Personal Interview
Candidates who qualified in the mains exam will be called for the Personal Interview.
| S. No. | Name of Tests | Total Marks |
| 1 | Personal Interview | 100 |
- The minimum qualifying marks in the interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC / ST / OBC / PWBD candidates).
- The weightage (ratio) of Online Main Examination and interview will be 80:20 respectively.
- The final results will be based on combining the scores of the main exam and the interview.
IBPS PO Syllabus 2023:
English Language
- Reading Comprehension
- Error Detection
- Single / Double Fillers
- Cloze Test
- Word / Phrase Replacement
- Column Based / Sentence Rearrangement
- Sentence Connectors
- Para Jumbles
- Miscellaneous
Reasoning Ability
- Inequality
- Syllogism
- Coding-Decoding
- Blood Relation
- Direction Sense
- Alphabet Test
- Logical Reasoning
- Puzzle
- Seating Arrangement
- Input-Output
- Data Sufficiency
- Miscellaneous
Quantitative Aptitude
- Approximation / Simplification
- Number Series
- Quadratic Equations / Inequality
- Data Interpretation
- Data Sufficiency
- Miscellaneous – Arithmetic Word Problems (Average, Mixture and Allegation, CP and SP, Profit and Loss, Partnership etc.)
- Time and Distance
- Ratio and Proportion
- Mensuration
- Permutation and Combination
General Awareness
- Current Affairs of past 4-5 months
- Banking Awareness (Past 4-5 months)
- Static Awareness
Descriptive English
- Essay (Choose any 1 of 3)
- Letter Writing (Formal / Informal)
