The IBPS clerk exam consists of a CWE Test that the applicants have to clear. The exam is of 200 marks and contains of five sections:
General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, English Language, and Computer Knowledge.

Each section is for 40 marks. All the questions will be objective in nature and will have five choices.
General Awareness

Topics
This will be of 40 marks.Approximately 40 % of the questions will be related to banking and financial industry, and 60 % will be on Current Affairs, covering topics like politics, economy, sports, art, awards, etc.

Tips
Frequently read newspapers and magazines. Also keep yourself abreast with the latest happenings at a national and international level. Focus on the updated banking policies and regulations and also on the policy changes that may have occurred in the past.
Quantitative Aptitude

Topics
Quantitative Aptitude will have 40 questions and contains topics like profit and loss, time and distance, number system, data interpretation, number series, and others

Tips
Exercise as many problems as possible. As time is limited, concentrate on spending only specific amount of time on each problem and trying to answer all of them correctly. As you exercise, you should try to discover tricks and short-cuts that will allow you to solve problems quickly and simply in the exam.

Reasoning

Topics
This section is of 40 marks and will cover number series, blood relation, mirror images, time series, and other topics.
Tips
Practice various types of question on the topics mentioned above. There are tests accessible online that you can refer to. The questions usually are not very hard, so with a little practice you can score good marks.
English

Topics
This is of 40 marks and contains comprehension, grammar, spotting errors in sentences, fill in the blanks, improving sentences, etc.

Tips
Read English newspaper often. Go through a grammar book to brush up your grammar skills. Study some new words every day, also note down the antonym and synonym of the words. If you can take some online English tests, that will also be beneficial.

Computer Awareness
For this section, you need basic understanding about computers. Regularly people score good marks in this section. To prepare for this section, refer to basic computer books, keep yourself abreast with MS Office.