IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment Written Examination will be Conducted in Online Mode

Exam Pattern :

Structure of Examination for Law Officer- Scale I & Rajbhasha Adhikari Scale I:
S. No. Name of the Tests Maximum Marks Total Time
1 Reasoning 50 120 Minutes
2 English Language 25
3 General Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry 50
4 Professional Knowledge 75
Total 200
Structure of Examination for I.T Officer (Scale I), Agriculture Field Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) & Marketing Officer (Scale I):

S. No. Name of the Tests Maximum Marks Total Time
1 Reasoning 50 120 Minutes
2 English Language 25
3 Quantitative Aptitude 50
4 Professional Knowledge 75
Total 200

Negative Marking:

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests.

For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score.

IBPS specialist officer English syllabus:

Topic No. of Questions
Reading Comprehension 10
Spot the Error 10
Sentence Correction 5
Sentence Completion 5
Fill in the Blanks 5
Para jumbles 5
Cloze Test 5

IBPS specialist officer aptitude syllabus:

Topic No. of Questions
Data Interpretation-Pie Chart 5
Data Interpretation-Line Graph 5
Data Interpretation-Table Chart 5
Data Interpretation-Caselets 5
Number Series
(Finding Wrong Number) 5
Data Sufficiency 5
Geometry and Mensuration 3
Profit and Loss 3
Time, Speed & Distance 1
Boats and Stream 1
Partnership 1
Mixtures and Alligations 1
Simple and Compound Interest
Miscellaneous 10

IBPS specialist officer reasoning syllabus:

Topic No. of Questions
Critical Reasoning 10
Linear Seating Arrangement 5
Circular Seating Arrangement 5
Data Sufficiency 5
Syllogisms 5
Ordering and Ranking 5
Double Lineup 5
Input/output 5
Scheduling 5

IBPS specialist officer professional knowledge syllabus:

Topic No. of Questions
DBMS 15-20
Data Communication & Networking 10-15
Operating System 5
Web Technologies 1-3
Programming Languages 1-3
Software Engineering 2-3
Data Structures 2-4
Network Security 1-2
Computer Hardware 5

Here I m Suggested you Good Books for Preparation of IBPS Specialist Officer Exam :

Professional Knowledge for IBPS/ SBI Specialist IT Officer Exam Paperback – 2015
by Disha Experts (Author)


Kiran's IBPS Specialist Officers I. T. Officer CWE SPL - 5 Professional Knowledge Practice Work Book Paperback – 2015
by Kiran Prakashan (Author), Pratiyogita Kiran (Author), KICX (Author)


IBPS (CRP SPL-V) Specialist Officer IT OFFICER 2016 Study Guide Paperback – 16 Dec 2015
by Arihant Experts (Author)