IBPS SO Study Plan: IBPS will release the notification for the recruitment of Specialist Officers and the preliminary examination will be scheduled on December 29 and 30 2019 . The work of a Specialist Officer in a Public Sector Bank of India is one of the most sought after and dreamed work of all aspiring banks.
Not only does it provide one with the most reputable work in the banking sector, but it also gives you huge benefits and emoluments. That the exam is scheduled for next month, you must have started to prepare for the exam with all your heart and soul. IBPS SO Study Plan for Prelims Examination 2019 to help you break down the house this time.
IBPS SO Study Plan
Exam Pattern For Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari:
| Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 minutes |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 |
For the post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer:
| Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 minutes |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | English and Hindi | 40 minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 |
Candidates must qualify in each of the three tests ensuring that the minimum cut marks are decided by IBPS. The appropriate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending on the requirements will be pre selected for the mains online exam.
IBPS SO Study Plan Subject wise
Check Subject wise IBPS SO Study Plan Below.
Quantitative ability
All you need to do to perform well in the quantitative aptitude section is practice. Learn the basics and practice them well, as for the bank exams the basics will be useful instead of tricks. Choose the questions wisely and try not to get stuck on a particular question or subject for too long. Instead of focusing on trying the maximum number of questions, try to focus on how accurately you try the paper.
Reasoning
Reasoning can be a difficult section for most students and it is important to answer the questions and, at the same time, monitor the time that passes. Continuous practice will help you deal with this section as well since the solution comes to mind quickly. After all, the qualifications in the reasoning, all you need to do is practice and just practice. After all, practice makes man perfect.
English language
The trick to scoring in the English section may vary from one person to another depending on your strengths and weaknesses. If you are good at vocabulary and reading, first try reading comprehension and continue with the Cloze Test and various other topics such as Error Detection, Jumbles, Replacing sentences, Double fillings, etc. the end.
General awareness
There are so many things happening every day that, unless you keep abreast of these changes, you can not adjust to them or approach the AG section of any exam easily and without complications. A busy person barely has time to read everything in it. Avoid the habit of ignoring the news every day by telling yourself that you will at the end when the exams are close, you will only end up lying crushed under a pile of news. You can check the monthly Capsules that we provide for both Current Affairs and Bank Knowledge.
IBPS SO Detailed Study Plan
| Day | English Language | Reasoning | Quantitative Aptitude | General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry (Especially the ones based on Current Affairs of past 5-6 months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Sentence improvement | Input-Output | Number Series | Reserve Bank of India and its policies, Government Schemes |
| Day 2 | Word Association(Synonyms, Antonyms) | Data Sufficiency | Caselet | Current Affairs |
| Day 3 | Reading Comprehension | Direction Sense | Data interpretation (TABLE) | Economic Survey |
| Day 4 | Error Spotting | Short Puzzles | Quadratic Equation | Monetary Policy |
| Day 5 | Parajumbles/Sentence Rearrangement | Syllogism | Data interpretation (Missing table) | Indian Financial Organization |
| Day 6 | Statement and Paragraph Completion | Inequality | Boat and Stream | Capital Market and Money Market |
| Day 7 | Odd one out | Blood Relation | Arithmetic ( Quantity I and Quantity II) | NBFC’s, BASEL Norms |
| Day 8 | Sentence Connectors | Circular Puzzle | Data interpretation (Pie) | Current Affairs |
| Day 9 | Sentence Completion | Floor-based Puzzle | Data sufficiency | Negotiable Instruments |
| Day 10 | Cloze Test | Linear Puzzle | Data interpretation (Bar) | Financial Inclusion, Indian Bank Association |
| Day 11 | Error Spotting | Box-based Puzzle | Permutation and combination | Current Affairs |
| Day 12 | Statement and Paragraph Completion | Puzzle on miscellaneous topics |
Mix DI | NPA & SARAFAESI |
| Day 13 | Reading Comprehension | Order and Ranking | Ratio and partnership | MUDRA Bank |
| Day 14 | Statement and Paragraph Completion | Logical Reasoning | Mix DI | Union Budget |
| Day 15 | Cloze Test | Coding-Decoding | Percentage | Current Affairs |
| Day 16 | Sentence Connectors | Input-Output | Arithmetic DI | Small Finance Banks |
| Day 17 | Error Spotting | Data Sufficiency | Profit and loss | Shares and Debentures |
| Day 18 | Parajumbles/Sentence Rearrangement | Direction Sense | Mix DI | Credit/Debit/Smart Cards |
| Day 19 | Sentence improvement | Short Puzzles | Simple and compound interest | Priority Sector Lending |
| Day 20 | Sentence Completion | Syllogism | Mix DI | NPCI and its products |
| Day 21 | Reading Comprehension | Inequality | Average and Ages | Mutual Funds, Cheque and its types |
| Day 22 | Odd one out | Blood Relation | Mix DI | Current Affairs |
| Day 23 | Statement and Paragraph Completion | Circular Puzzle | Time and work | Banking Ombudsman |
| Day 24 | Odd one out/Theme Based Questions | Floor-based Puzzle | Arithmetic DI | Important Committees |
| Day 25 | Error Spotting | Linear Puzzle | Speed, time and distance | World Bank/IMF/ADB/NDB/IBRD/AIIB |
| Day 26 | Reading Comprehension | Box-based Puzzle | Mix DI | Payment Banks, Headquarters of PSBs |
| Day 27 | Statement and Paragraph Completion | Puzzle on miscellaneous topics |
Mixture and allegation | Current Affairs |
| Day 28 | Parajumbles/Sentence Rearrangement | Order and Ranking | Arithmetic DI | Financial Abbreviations |
| Day 29 | Reading Comprehension | Logical Reasoning | Probability | Static Awareness |
| Day 30 | Error Spotting | Puzzle with Mathematical calculation |
Problems on age | Static Awareness |
| Day 31 | Sentence improvement | Direction based puzzles | Pipe and Cisterns | Static Awareness |
| Day 32 | Reading Comprehension | New pattern coding decoding | Problemson trains | Types of Money, DICGC |
| Day 33 | Theme Based Questionsn | Blood relation based puzzle | Mensuration | Current Affairs |
| Day 34 | Odd one out | Sqaure/Rectangle based puzzles | Number Series | Mutual Funds |
| Day 35 | Cloze Test | Two parallel row based puzzles | Quadratic Equation | Government Schemes |
| Day 36 | Sentence Connectors | Logical reasoning | Simplification | Indian Financial Organization |
| Day 37 | Sentence Completion | Flat floor based puzzles | Approximation | NPA & SARAFAESI |
| Day 38 | Error Spotting | Indefinite number of persons based puzzles | Percentage | Capital Market and Money Market |
| Day 39 | Parajumbles/Sentence Rearrangement | Coded blood relation | Simple interest | Current Affairs |
| Day 40 | Cloze Test | Coded inequality | Compound interest | Important Committees |
| Day 41 | Word Association(Synonyms, Antonyms) | Coded Direction | Average | Static Awareness, MUDRA Bank |
| Day 42 | Sentence improvement | Figure based puzzle | Ratio and Proportion | Current Affairs |
| Day 43 | Reading Comprehension | Timing based puzzle | Partnership | Types of Money |
| Day 44 | Sentence Connectors | Year or age based puzzles | Profit & Loss | World Bank/IMF/ADB/NDB/IBRD/AIIB |
| Day 45 | Theme-based Questions | date/month based puzzle | Time and Work | Static Awareness |
IBPS SO Cutoff 2019
After releasing the IBPS SO Result the authority will also release the IBPS Marks along with the IBPS SO Cutoff, check IBPS SO previous years cutoff below;
IBPS SO 2018 Cutoff
| POST | SC | ST | OBC | UR | HI | OC | VI | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I.T. OFFICER (SCALE I) | 52.93 | 50.60 | 54.93 | 60.00 | 67.27 | 49.93 | 58.47 | NA |
| AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER (SCALE I) | 43.67 | 41.60 | 48.47 | 48.67 | 30.67 | 43.40 | 41.47 | 37.33 |
| RAJBHASHA ADHIKARI (SCALE I) |
55.33 | 50.67 | 61.33 | 59.67 | NA | 48.40 | NA | NA |
| LAW OFFICER (SCALE I) |
54.40 | 55.00 | 55.13 | 63.07 | NA | 49.73 | NA | NA |
| HR/PERSONNEL OFFICER (SCALE I) |
62.67 | 62.53 | 64.33 | 66.33 | NA | 56.33 | NA | NA |
| MARKETING OFFICER (SCALE I) |
52.00 | 47.00 | 54.27 | 59.67 | 55.00 | 47.67 | 55.27 | 73.80 |
IBPS SO 2017 Cutoff
| Posts | General | OBC | SC | ST | HI | OC | VI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marketing Officer | 53.30 26/09/89 |
51.90 5/4/92 |
47.35 30/08/91 |
38.50 09/07/88 |
33.70 27/08/88 |
39.40 16/02/92 |
NA |
| IT Officer | 61.50 29/08/89 |
57.75 26/10/93 |
53.55 26/09/89 |
46.50 18/03/92 |
40.60 19/10/86 |
50.15 13/06/90 |
60.10 05/12/87 |
| Law Officer | 52.95 11/07/89 |
49.20 08/05/86 |
44.95 25/02/3 |
39.55 22/07/81 |
NA | 39.65 05/02/76 |
36.70 09/05/84 |
| HR/Personnel Officer | 60.75 05/10/90 |
53.50 25/11/..89 |
50.70 21/07/91 |
46.65 27/12/85 |
43.40 10/07/86 |
NA | NA |
| Agriculture Field Officer | 41.65 15/03/92 |
40.90 04/05/85 |
34.65 30/06/89 |
30.00 10/12/83 |
26.50 31/01/87 |
27.20 03/06/93 |
28.95 25/01/93 |
| Rajsabha Adhikari | 44.15 12/10/89 |
45.05 02/01/92 |
43.35 27/05/84 |
34.20 11/08/90 |
NA | 38.75 16/5/90 |
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