IBPS Clerk Exam 2023 | Notification, Exam Dates, Syllabus, Preparation & Result

IBPS Clerk Exam 2023: The IBPS Clerk Exam 2023 is not an average competitive exam, but it is an important eligibility criterion for applicants seeking to apply for a bank clerk position in nationalized banks and regional rural banking institutions in India. Read this complete article to know more about IBPS Clerk Exam 2023.

IBPS Clerk 2023 Exam Overview

IBPS or Institute of Banking Personnel Selection is the organized body for all IBPS exams. IBPS Clerk Pre-Exam Analysis helps candidates understand the exam level, exam pattern, and what topics are important in relation to the exam.

The official notification for the IBPS Clerk Exam Dates will be released on the official website of IBPS.

 The IBPS Clerk Exam 2023 scorecard is accepted by 22 nationalized banks in the country, making it a nationally accepted rating for administrative vacancies for public sector banks. 

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Check out an overview of IBPS Clerk from the table below:

IBPS Clerk 2023: Highlights
Conducting Authority	Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
Name of the exam	IBPS Clerks 2023
Post	Clerk
Exam Level	National
Application Mode	Online
Exam Mode	Online
Category	Govt. Job 2023
Notification Date	July 2023 (Tentative)
Language of Questions	Bilingual except for the English Language
Nature of Questions	Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Vacancies	To be notified
Stage of IBPS Clerk Exam	Preliminary Examination Main Examination
Education Qualification	Graduate from a recognized University
Age Limit:	20 years – 28 years
Official Website	ibps.in

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IBPS Clerk Exam 2023 Notification

IBPS will release the notification for the IBPS Clerk 2023 exam in June 2023 tentatively. The IBPS Application Form for the clerk posts will start with the release of the notification. The IBPS Clerk Exam 2023 notification will be released on the official website @ibps.in.

The Exam for IBPS Clerk Exam will be held in online mode only. The selection process comprises of two stages:

1. IBPS Clerk Exam Prelims
2. IBPS Clerk Exam Mains

IBPS Clerk Exam 2023 Important Dates

A detailed blog has been written which covers all the information related to IBPS Clerk Important Date 2023.

Event	IBPS Clerk Upcoming Exam Dates
Application Process Starts	September 2023
Last Date of Application Form Filling	October 2023
Issue of Admit Card	November 2023
Prelims Exam Date	December 2023
Mains Exam Date	January 2023
Final Provisional Allotment	April 2023

IBPS Clerk Job Profile

There are different types of job profiles for bank clerks like account clerks, data entry clerks, office clerks, loan clerks, etc. Employees are the first point of contact for consultation and guidance.

The Bank clerk job description is not limited to just one type of fee as in accounting. As a bank employee, your main roles and responsibilities will be as follows.

• Banking Document Verification
• Manning Single Window Counter task from time to time
• Issue Cash Receipts and ESI Stamps at Counters
• Attending to Government Treasury Work
• Pass Books Updatation of Account Holders
• A bank clerk also performs back-office work like a collection of receipts, maintenance of the ledger, balance tally, etc.
• The bank clerk is responsible for sanction withdrawals, verifying cheques, issuing demand drafts (as per request), and other services to the customers.
• A bank clerk is also Holds the bank cash, bank keys, and other valuables in safe custody and others.
• The bank clerk is also responsible for marketing the financial products of the bank such as deposits, loans, and schemes to visitors.
• However, with the digitization of banks, these days the job profile of bank clerks is mostly related to working on the computer and entering the day-to-day transaction.
• Because of the dealing of a bank clerk with the customers, their job profile is also known as Single Window Operators.

IBPS Clerk Salary Structure

Check out the salary structure followed in IBPS Clerk Job 2023 from the table below:

Facilities	Population
	>45 Lakhs	<45Lakhs
Basic Pay	Rs. 11765	Rs. 11765
Dearness Allowance	Rs. 5311.58	Rs. 5311.58
Special Allowance	Rs. 911.73	Rs. 911.79
Transport Allowance	Rs. 425	Rs. 425
CCA	Rs. 0	Rs. 0
House Rent Allowance (HRA)	Rs. 1176.5	Rs. 1058.5
Total without HRA	Rs. 18413.37	Rs. 18413.37
Gross with HRA	Rs. 19589.87	Rs. 19472.22

A detailed article on the IBPS Salary Structure and Career Growth has already been published.

IBPS Clerk Exam 2023 Eligibility Criteria

Students must meet the eligibility requirements in order to appear for IBPS Clerk 2023 Examination. Check out IBPS Clerk Eligibility as listed below:

Age Limit (As of 01.09.2020)

• Age limit: Lower age limit is 20 Years upper age limit is 28 Years. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.09.1992 and no later than 01.09.2000 (both dates inclusive).

Educational Qualification

A candidate should have a minimum graduation qualification in any discipline from a recognized university or any equivalent qualification recognized by the Central Government. The candidate must have a certificate as proof of passing the qualifying examination.

Candidates must have a valid grade sheet/degree certificate to prove that they have graduated on the day they enroll and refer to the percentage of grades received in graduation when registering online.

Computer Knowledge

Operational and operational knowledge is required in a computer system, i.e. candidates must have a certificate/diploma/bachelor’s degree in computer operations/language / they have done computing/information technology as a subject in high school/college/institute.

Proficiency in the language of the official state/union territory (candidates should be able to read/write and speak the language of the official state/union territory) for which the candidates wish to apply are better.

Ex-servicemen who do not have the above civilian examination scores should be enrolled ex-servicemen who have completed an Army Special Education Certificate or related certificate in the Navy or Air Force after completing less than 15 years of service in the Armed Forces. Have done

Nationality/Citizenship

A candidate must be either –

(i) a Citizen of India or

(ii) a subject of Nepal or

(iii) a subject of Bhutan or

(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or

(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

IBPS Clerk Application Form 2023

It is been said that around 12000 (Tentatively) new clerk posts. You have to apply for the job. The IBPS Clerk Online Application Form 2023 will be available from the first week of July 2023 and end on the third week of July 2023.

You should have a bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline to apply for the IBPS Clerk recruitment process.

IBPS Selection Process

The IBPS Clerk Exam 2023 selection process is the process that every clerk candidate must go through if they wish to be selected by the main financial institutions and banks in the public sector. This process will be carried out through the normal hiring process carried out by the Institute for the Selection of Banking Personnel (IBPS).

There will be openings for more than 100 positions across the country. These vacancies will be segregated by category and by the state at the discretion of the participating organizations.

You should know that the IBPS Clerk Selection will be based solely on their performance in the various stages of the process. These steps will help organizations select the right candidates through a common platform.

To describe in detail, these steps include preliminary exam, main exam, and interview process or final round. The selection process for IBPS Clerk Exam 2023 will begin with the Preliminary Exam from August 28th, 2023.

After the preliminaries, the Mains exam is scheduled for October 31st, 2023. The final exam will be after the completion of the exam Mains. Candidates should read these below-mentioned steps for essential detail and plan their preparation accordingly.

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2023

Before Attending any Exam, you must understand its Exam Pattern, Knowing the IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern helps to understand the Structure of the Exam and Marks Allotted for Each Section

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern

Section	No. of Questions	Marks
English language	30	30
Numerical Ability	35	35
Reasoning Ability	35	35
Total	100	100

• The total duration of the exam will be 1 hour.
• Paper will be held online i.e. computer-based exam.
• There will be 100 questions with 100 marks on the question paper.
• All the questions will be multiple choice in nature.
• The language of the question paper will be both i.e. Hindi and English.
• Each question will carry 1 mark and every correct response will be awarded by 1 mark.
• There is a penalty of 0.25 marks for each wrong attempt

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern

Section	No. of Questions	Marks
General/Financial Awareness	50	50
General English	40	40
Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude	50	60
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50
Total	190	100

• The Main exam duration will be 2 hours 15 minutes.
• The main exam is also an online entrance test (computer-based test).
• The Paper will contain 200 multiple choice questions of 200 marks. Each question will carry 1 mark.
• The question paper will be bilingual except for the English language section.
• Negative marking is applicable and the penalty of -0.25 marks will be imposed on each wrong attempt.

IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2023

IBPS Clerk Syllabus for Prelims Examination

Reasoning Ability	Quantitative Ability	English language
Logical Reasoning	Simplification	Reading Comprehension
Alphanumeric Series	Profit & Loss	Cloze Test
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test	Mixtures & Allegations	Para jumbles
Data Sufficiency	Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices	Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting
Coded Inequalities	Work & Time	Fill in the blanks
Seating Arrangement	Time & Distance	Miscellaneous
Puzzle	Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere	Paragraph Completion
Tabulation	Data Interpretation
Syllogism	Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
Blood Relations	Number Systems
Input-Output	Sequence & Series
Coding-Decoding	Permutation, Combination &Probability
	Mixture Problems
	Number System
	Data Sufficiency

IBPS Clerk Syllabus for Mains Examination

English language	Computer Aptitude	General Awareness
Reading Comprehension	MS Office	General Knowledge
Grammar (Error Spotting, Phrase Replacement, Fill in the Blanks)	Computer Hardware	Current Affairs
Vocabulary (Cloze Test, Fill in the Blanks, Error Spotting, Phrase Replacement)	Computer Software	Banking Awareness
Verbal Ability (Para Jumbles)	Computer Memory	Miscellaneous
Cloze Test	Internet
Para jumbles	Networking
Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting	Operating System
Fill in the blanks	Data representation
Miscellaneous	Others
Paragraph Completion

IBPS Clerk Exam Preparation 2023

To prepare well for any exam properly, you should know the syllabus and exam pattern correctly. By analyzing the IBPS Clerk syllabus and exam pattern, you can easily identify the easy and tough sections for you. So by covering tough sections first, you can easily score a better mark in the exam.

It will also provide you,

• A clear understanding of the structure of the paper,
• The difficulty level of the questions,
• The essential topics where you need to focus more.

The IBPS Clerk exam is divided into two phases – Preliminary and Main. Here we are providing a detailed guide to prepare for the two phases.

IBPS Clerk Cut-Off 2023

The IBPS Clerk Cut-Off marks are determined by the following 3 factors –

1. Total number of applicants for the exam
2. Total number of vacancies available for the exam
3. The overall level of complexity of the exam

There are two types of constrained IBPS Clerks general category IBPS clerks and sectional IBPS clerks. It is compulsory for both to obtain IBPS Secretary Limit for the candidate. The available number of vacancies released at the state level ultimately sets the threshold for the IBPS clerk examination.

How to calculate the IBPS Clerk Final Score:

Total Weighted Score = Scores obtained in Reasoning + Quantitative Aptitude + Computer Knowledge + General Awareness + English Language / 200 = Total Marks obtained for 100

IBPS Clerk Examination 2023 Admit Card

The IBPS Clerk Examination 2023 is expected to be conducted during the final week of the month of August. The IBPS Clerk Admit Card is usually issued three weeks prior to the examination.

Once the official notification on the IBPS Clerk 2023 admit card is published we shall update the information in the same article.

IBPS Clerk Examination 2023 Result

The results published are of two levels. Initially, IBPS Preliminary Examination 2023 results will be published. This happens generally within one month after the examination. Candidates who have secured the expected cutoff are only eligible to attend the second level of the examination i.e. the IBPS Mains Examination 2023.

IBPS Clerk state-wise Vacancy 2023 

IBPS Clerk 2023 Vacancy State Wise & Category Wise
State Name	General	OBC	EWS	ST	SC	Total Vacancies
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR	2	1	0	0	0	3
ANDHRA PRADESH	195	2	51	14	1	263
ARUNACHAL PRADESH	5	0	1	5	0	11
ASSAM	67	42	14	18	15	156
BIHAR	104	80	24	3	41	252
CHANDIGARH	13	10	1	0	3	27
CHHATTISGARH	49	2	8	23	7	89
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI DAMAN & DIU	2	0	0	0	0	2
DELHI (NCT)	121	29	68	24	6	248
GOA	31	4	5	17	1	58
GUJARAT	144	97	42	52	22	357
HARYANA	72	14	13	0	4	103
HIMACHAL PRADESH	41	21	7	6	23	102
JAMMU & KASHMIR	14	4	1	2	4	25
JHARKHAND	29	7	6	18	18	78
KARNATAKA	208	84	55	30	30	407
KERALA	88	28	13	1	11	141
LADAKH	0	0	0	0	0	0
LAKSHADWEEP	3	0	0	2	0	5
MADHYA PRADESH	124	48	28	70	54	324
MAHARASHTRA	401	132	95	98	73	799
MANIPUR	3	0	0	2	1	6
MEGHALAYA	5	1	1	2	0	9
MIZORAM	2	0	0	1	0	3
NAGALAND	4	0	1	4	0	9
ODISHA	98	27	31	34	39	229
PUDUCHERRY	2	1	0	0	0	3
PUNJAB	147	71	40	0	94	352
RAJASTHAN	38	35	12	6	26	117
SIKKIM	11	7	2	5	2	27
TAMIL NADU	177	31	32	3	25	268
TELANGANA	176	19	46	12	10	263
TRIPURA	4	0	1	2	1	8
UTTAR PRADESH	271	87	162	10	131	661
UTTRAKHAND	26	9	5	3	6	49
WEST BENGAL	132	81	38	17	98	366
Total	2809	974	803	484	746	5830

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