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IBPS PO/MT Exam Pattern Details
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is conducting Common Written Examination (CRP PO/MT) for the recruitment of Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee vacancies in Public Sector Banks which will be conducted online. IBPS Common written examination pattern details are given below…
Exam Pattern:
Examination will be conducted in two tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, preliminary and main which consists of objective type questions. Total marks of the Preliminary exam is 100 and duration is 1 hour & total marks on Main exam is 200 marks and duration is 2 hours. There will be Negative Marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. If a question is left blank, there will be no negative marking for that question. All the tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi. The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equi-percentile method. Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations.
CRP Online-Examinations:
- The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:
- Preliminary Examination
| Sl No | Name of Tests | No. of Qs | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | English | Composite Time of 1 Hour |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | English & Hindi | |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | English & Hindi | |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
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Main Examination
| Sr No | Name of Tests | No. of Qs | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| 1 | Reasoning & Computer Aptitude | 45 | 60 | English & Hindi | 60 minutes |
| 2 | General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness | 40 | 40 | English & Hindi | 35 minutes |
| 3 | English Language | 35 | 40 | English | 40 minutes |
| 4 | Data Analysis & Interpretation | 35 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 minutes |
| Total | 155 | 200 | 3 hours | ||
| 5 | English Language (Letter Writing & Essay) |
2 | 25 | English | 30 minutes |
Cut off Score:
Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cutoffs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the online examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.
