Ok, here I am telling you the exam pattern of of IBPS Specialist Officer Exam

IBPS Specialist Officer Exam pattern-

The duration of the exam is 120 Minutes.

The Exam will have 200 Objective Type questions (MCQ’s) for 200 Marks.

There is negative marking of 0.25 marks for wrong answers.

There are Four Sections in IBPS SO ( Specialist Officer) Exam.

The sections English language, Reasoning, Professional Knowledge, General Awareness

Subjects/Topics Maximum Marks
Reasoning 50
English 25
General Awareness with special 50
reference to Banking Industry
Professional Knowledge 75
Total Marks 200

Syllabus-

Reasoning-

Logic.
Analogy.
Puzzle Test.
Classification.
Alphabet Test.
Eligibility Test.
Cubes and Dice.
Data Sufficiency.
Theme Detection.
Coding-Decoding.
Series Completion.
Clocks & Calendars.
Direction Sense Test.
Logical Venn Diagrams.
Situation Reaction Test.
Statement – Arguments.
Statement – Conclusions.
Arithmetical Reasoning.
Mathematical Operations.
Logical Sequence of Words.
Alpha Numeric Sequence Puzzle.
Inserting The Missing Character.
Number, Ranking & Time Sequence.
Deriving Conclusions from Passages.

English-

Verb.
Tenses.
Adverb.
Articles.
Grammar.
Synonyms.
Antonyms.
Vocabulary.
Conclusion.
Comprehension.
Word Formation.
Error Correction.
Theme detection.
Fill in the Blanks.
Unseen Passages.
Idioms & Phrases.
Passage Correction.
Idioms and Phrases.
Sentence Correction.
Passage Completion.
Sentence Completion.
Subject-Verb Agreement.
Sentence Rearrangement.

General Awareness/ Banking-

Sports.
History.
Culture.
Economy.
Geography.
General Politics.
Scientific Research.
Indian Constitution.
Countries & Capitals etc.
Budget and Five Year Plans.
Knowledge of Current Events.
Science – Inventions & Discoveries.
India and its neighboring countries.
Important Financial & Economic News.
Current Affairs – National & International.
Over 50% of the questions will be related to Economy, Banking and Finance.

Professional Knowledge

In this section, questions from respective fields are asked – Agriculture, Law, Marketing, IT and HR.