The syllabus for the Reasoning section for the post of SO (Specialist Officer) in Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is as follows:

Reasoning Syllabus topics for IT Officer

IT Officer Syllabus of reasoning subject contains various issues of logical reasoning.
Reasoning Paper contains 50 questions of 50 marks in out of 200.
It covers all logical reasoning questions which have forming judgments, conclusions from premises or facts.
All problems are based on Verbal Reasoning & Non-Verbal Reasoning.

Logical Reasoning topics are Data Sufficiency, Syllogism, Input-Output, Coding-Decoding, Analogy, Blood Relation, Puzzle Test, Direction Sense, Logical Venn Diagrams, Alphabet & Alpha Numeric Sequence Test, Eligibility Test, Number, Ranking, Time Sequence Test, Arrangements-Linear & Circular, etc. Non-Verbal Reasoning topics: – Series test, Analogy, Odd figures, Miscellaneous test.

IBPS Verbal Reasoning topics
Number series, Letter & symbol series, Statement and argument, Logical Reasoning problems, Alphabet test, Passage and conclusions, Blood relations, Direction sense test, Input output, Coding-decoding, Number ranking, Making judgments etc

IBPS Non-verbal Reasoning topics
Making series / analogy, Classification, Series test, Odd figures, Miscellaneous test etc.

English Syllabus topics for IT Officer
IT Officer English Syllabus contains 50 questions of 25 marks out of 200.
It covers English section questions reference to banking industry. All the issues are based on Grammar and Vocabulary sections. Examiner designed this section basically to test participant basic knowledge of English.

English Syllabus topics are Reading comprehension, fill in the blanks, sentence corrections, Para jumbles, Vocabulary, Grammar Corrections, Identification of Errors, sentence corrections, Vocabulary, Grammar Corrections, Identification of Errors, Synonyms/ Antonyms, Choosing the appropriate word and Spelling

IBPS IT Officer Computer Science Syllabus topics –
• C Programming Basics,
• MS Office, Windows OS, and Programming,
• DBMS Types / Advantages / function,
• Data Communication & Networking,
• Operating system functions,
• Network Security,
• Web Technologies,
• Basic Programming Concepts,
• Basics of hardware (Microprocessor, timer, ALU, etc.),
• Software Engineering.

IBPS IT Officer Professional Knowledge Syllabus

Professional Knowledge Syllabus of IT Officer contains 50 questions of 75 marks out of 200.
Professional knowledge test has different according to the post apply for such as IT Officer.

IBPS IT Officer Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus
Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus of IT Officer contains 50 questions of 50 marks out of 200. Check specific topics
• Number system and simplification
• Number Series
• Problem-based on numbers
• Decimal Fraction
• Simplification
• Ratio and Proportion
• Percentage
• Partnership
• simple interest
• compound interest
• time and work
• time and Distance
• Mensuration (2 dimensions)
• speed and distance
• permutation and combination
• Probability
• Data Interpretation and Sufficiency includes Data Table
• Pie Charts, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Mixed Graphs, Case study, etc.