IBPS SO
The Institute of Banking Personnel (IBPS) has released out the IBPS SO Notification 2020-21 in order to hire the talented aspirants for the specialist officer post. IBPS SO notification includes the exam dates, specialist officer eligibility requirements. IBPS SO registration will starts from 02-11-2020 till 23-11-2020.
IBPS SO Exam Dates:
| Conducting body | Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) |
| Mode of IBPS SO 2020 | Online (computer-based test) |
| Official website | ibps.in |
| Online Registration | 02-11-2020 to 23-11-2020 |
| Eligibility | Graduation or Post Graduation in specific stream depending on the post |
| Exam Date of IBPS SO 2020 Prelims | 26-12-2020 and 27-12-2020 |
| Exam Date of IBPS SO 2020 Mains | 24-01-2021 |
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IBPS SO Notification 2020-21:
IBPS SO 2020-21 Notification has been released by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Committee. It is organizing IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment Process for CRP SPL-X posts of IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari & others.
IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment Process consist of three phase (Prelims, Mains & Interview). Those who qualify both the rounds will be further considered for the final interview process. Aspirants shortlisted through exam can be posted anywhere in India.
IBPS SO
Participating banks as per IBPS Notification:
| Allahabad Bank | Canara Bank | Indian Bank | Syndicate Bank |
| Andhra Bank | Central Bank of India | Indian Overseas Bank | UCO Bank |
| Bank of Baroda | Corporation Bank | Oriental Bank of Commerce | Union Bank of India |
| Bank of India | Dena Bank | Punjab National Bank | United Bank of India |
| Bank of Maharashtra | IDBI Bank | Punjab & Sind Bank | Vijaya Bank |
IBPS Specialist Officer Vacancies:
| Name of Post | IBPS SO Vacancies |
| Agriculture Officer (Scale-I) | 485 |
| Marketing Officer (Scale-I) | 60 |
| IT Officer (Scale-I) | 20 |
| Law Officer (Scale-I) | 50 |
| HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I) | 07 |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I) | 25 |
| Total | 647 |
IBPS SO Eligibility 2020-21:
IBPS Specialist Officer Eligibility Criteria:
Prior filing IBPS Specialist Officer Application Form, ensure IBPS SO Eligibility norms. Only Eligible candidates will be allowed to appear in IBPS SO 2020 Recruitment Rounds.
Nationality / Citizenship:
A candidate must be either
(i) a Citizen of India or
(ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India,
Educational Qualifications:
Job position | IBPS SO Recruitment Eligibility |
| I.T. Officer (Scale-I) | As per IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment eligibility, 4 year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation is required or Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & Tele Communication/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Computer Applications or Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level may apply for IBPS Specialist Officer Vacancy. |
| Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) | 4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry/Forestry/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Food Science/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture |
| RajbhashaAdhikari (Scale I) | Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level OR Post graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level |
| Law Officer (Scale I) | Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council is required to apply for IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment 2020 Vacancies. |
| HR/Personn el Officer (Scale I) | As per IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment PDF notice, Graduate aspirants & having Two Years Full time Post Graduate degree or Two Years Full time Post Graduate diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ HR / HRD/ Social Work / Labour Law may apply. |
| Marketing Officer (Scale I) | Graduate and Two Years Full time MMS (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time MBA (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing may enroll for IBPS SO Vacancy |
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IBPS SO Age Limit (As on 01.11.2020):
Age of applicant applying for IBPS SO Recruitment 2020-21 is minimum 20 years and maximum 30 years. Applicant must have been born not earlier than 02.11.1990 and not later than 01.11.2000 (both dates inclusive) as per IBPS SO 2020 X Notification.
Relaxation Of Upper Age Limit:
Category | Relaxation in age as per IBPS SO Officer Recruitment Notification |
| Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 5 years |
| Other Backward Classes | 3 years |
| Persons With Disability | 10 years |
| Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment | |
| Persons ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 1-1-80 to 31-12-89 | 5 years |
| Persons affected by 1984 riot | 5 years |
Application Fee:
To apply for IBPS SO CRP SPL X notice, applicants need to pay fee through Debit / Credit card, Internet Banking, IMPS/Cash Cards or Mobile wallets.
- SC/ST/PWD candidates: Rs.175/-
- Others: Rs. 850 /-
IBPS SO Salary Structure:
Those who qualify all selection stages will get IBPS Specialist Officer Salary as per 7th CPC. Along with pay, you aspirants are also entitled for allowances, perks & others.
IBPS SO Recruitment Process:
For the selection of IBPS Specialist Officer Job, applicants have to appear in Preliminary examination (CWE Specialist-VI), which is going to be held on dates mentioned below. Those, who will get qualifying marks in prelims they will be called for main examination.
Those lucky contenders, who will be got qualified by prelim and main exam will be called for final selection that is Common Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organizations and co-ordinate by the Nodal Bank.
How to Apply for IBPS Specialist Officer Notification 2021?
Applicants can apply against Institute of Banking Personnel Selection notification by following the steps mentioned below:
- For IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment Apply Online, log on to official website of the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection that is www.ibps.in
- After this, press on ‘Hit here to view advertisement for CRP SPL X’ link to view IBPS specialist officer recruitment PDF.
- At next step, IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment Notice becomes visible.
- Your task is to ensure eligibility & other details from IBPS SO Recruitment Notification.
- Get download IBPS Specialist Officer Registration Form , after filling form login with login with User Id & Password.
- Subsequent to registration, you may download IBPS SO Application Form 2020.
- Hence, put all important details in IBPS SO Online Application Form; also upload required documents with form.
- Pay your application fee & hit on submit tab for submission of IBPS SO 2020-21 Online Form.
- Finally, access hard copy of filled form for further reference.
Apply Online For: Specialist Officers (CRP SPL-X for Vacancies of 2021-22)
IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2020-21:
Here below we are providing CWE – Online Examinations, you must start up your preparation as according to the pattern, must perform best to grab IBPS Specialist Officer 2020 Notification:
IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern 2020:
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam |
| 1 | English Language | 50 | 25 | English |
| 2 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi |
| 3 | General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry / Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi |
| Total | 150 | 125 | ||
| time duration will be 2 hours | ||||
IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern 2020-21:
For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer:
| Name of the Test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 inutes |
For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari:
| Name of the Test | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| Professional Knowledge (Objective) | 45 | 60 | English & Hindi | 30 minutes |
| Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) | 2 | 30 minutes |
- Get Here Details of: IBPS SO Syllabus
- Check Here: IBPS Question Papers
IBPS SO Exam Centers:
The examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India as mentioned below:
| State Code | State /UT / NCR | Preliminary Exam Centre | Main Exam Centre |
| 11 | Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair | Port Blair |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kakinada , Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Puttur, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram | Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam |
| 13 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar, Naharlagun | Itanagar |
| 14 | Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar, Tezpur | Guwahati |
| 15 | Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Bihar Sharif, Darbhanga, Gaya, Hajipur, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Siwan | Patna, Purnea |
| 16 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| 17 | Chhattisgarh | Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur | Raipur |
| 18 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Surat, Jamnagar | Surat |
| 19 | Daman & Diu | ||
| 20 | Delhi | Bahadurgarh, Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon | Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater-Noida, Gurgaon |
| 21 | Goa | Panaji, Verna | Panaji |
| 22 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara | Ahmedabad |
| 23 | Haryana | Ambala, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Palwal, Panipat, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar | Hissar |
| 24 | Himachal Pradesh | Baddi, Bilaspur, Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Una | Shimla, Solan |
| 25 | Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Srinagar | Jammu, Srinagar |
| 26 | Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi | Ranchi |
| 27 | Karnataka | Belgaum, Bengaluru, Bidar, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi | Bengaluru, Hubli |
| 28 | Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur | Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 29 | Lakshwadweep | Kavarrati | Kavarrati |
| 30 | MP | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain | Bhopal |
| 31 | Maharashtra | Amaravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara | Aurangabad, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune |
| 32 | Manipur | Imphal | Imphal |
| 33 | Meghalaya | Ri-Bhoi, Shillong | Shillong |
| 34 | Mizoram | Aizawl | Aizawl |
| 35 | Nagaland | Kohima | Kohima |
| 36 | Odisha | Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Baripada, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Sambalpur | Bhubaneshwar |
| 37 | Puducherry | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| 38 | Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fategarh Sahib , Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangrur | Amritsar, Mohali |
| 39 | Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur | Jaipur, Udaipur |
| 40 | Sikkim | Gangtok | Gangtok |
| 41 | Tamil nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Perambalur, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Thoothukodi, Tirunelvelli, Vellore | Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli |
| 42 | Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal | Hyderabad |
| 43 | Tripura | Agartala | Agartala |
| 44 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bulandhshaher, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Unnao, Varanasi | Allahabad, Lucknow, Meerut |
| 45 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee | Dehradun |
| 46 | West Bengal | Asansol, Bardhaman, Berhampur, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri | Greater Kolkata, Siliguri |
IBPS SO Syllabus 2020-21:
In order to qualify IBPS SO Prelims or Mains Exam, plan your preparation by referring IBPS SO Syllabus 2020. By going through IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus, you may know about all important topics.
IBPS SO Question Paper 2020-21:
Applicants, who are going to prepare themselves for IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment examination, must solve IBPS Specialist Officer Model Papers on daily basis as it will be really helpful for you.
Applicants can also download the previous year question paper of Specialist Officer through online mode. For better preparation candidates must previous year question paper of Specialist Officer in PDF files from this page.
IBPS SO Admit Card 2020-21:
Individuals, who are all set to apply for common written exam are required to download their IBPS Specialist Officer Admit Card for every selection procedure. The IBPS Call letters will be made available on the official portal as on the specified dates.
No participates will be eligible to get enter in examination hall without call letter. So aspirants must collect it beefier the one week of examination to get all the examination details in it. You can also download it directly from this page by hitting the suitable link available on this page.
IBPS Specialist Officer Result 2020:
After organizing Prelims Exam on 26-12-2020 & 27-12-2020, IBPS SO Prelims Result will be available from January 2021. With the help of roll number or registration number, you will view your IBPS SO Result.
IBPS SO Score Card 2020-21:
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection will announce IBPS SO Score Card on its official website. Those excited to know IBPS SO 2020 Score card, they may stay connected with us.
IBPS SO Cutoff 2020-21:
Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in the test of Online Main examination and also secure sufficiently high scores to be considered to be shortlisted for interview.
Depending on the number of vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the online Main examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.
Final Words:
Applicants are suggested to visit the Official Website to get rest details about IBPS SO 2020-21. Stay in touch with our web page recruitmentresult.com to get latest updates as we update our pages time to time.
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