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IBPS Clerk 2021 Preliminary Qualification: Check here the important topics by section from the IBPS Clerk 2021 Preliminary Exam to be held on December 12, 18 and 19, 2021 to recruit 7,858 clerks in public sector banks.
Preliminary Secretary IBPS 2021 Important Issues: The Institute of Bank Personnel Selection (IBPS) will conduct the preliminary examination of the IBPS Secretary 2021 on December 12, 18 and 19, 2021. The IBPS Secretary Secretary 2021 acceptance cards were published on November 26, 2021 on the official IBPS website. The means of examining inference questions and numerical ability will be according to the requested country. IBPS Clerk 2021 major exams will be held in January 2022/February 2022 (Provisional) to recruit 7,858 vacancies in Public Sector Banks. In this article, we share the introductory IBPS Clerk 2021 section on important topics, weighting by topic, number of questions, and exam pattern.
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IBPS Clerk: Important dates
Events | Dates |
Prelims Admit Card | November 26, 2021 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam | December 12, 2021December 18, 2021December 19, 2021 |
Prelims Result | December 2021/January 2022 (Tentative) |
Mains Admit Card Release and Download Date | December 2021/January 2022 (Tentative) |
Mains Exam Date | January 2022/February 2022 (Tentative) |
IBPS Clerk Provisional Allotment | April 2022 (Tentative) |
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IBPS Clerk Exam’s Important Topics
English Language | Weightage (Tentative) |
Reading Comprehension | 10 questions |
Cloze Test | 5 questions |
Error Detection | 5 questions |
Phrase Replacement | 5 questions |
Fill in the Blanks | 5 questions |
Reasoning Ability | Weightage (Tentative) |
Coding-Decoding | 5 questions |
Inequality | 5 questions |
Direction | 5 questions |
Blood Relation | 5 questions |
Seating Arrangement | 15 questions |
Alphanumeric series | 5 questions |
Syllogism | 5 questions |
Numerical Ability | Weightage(Tentative) |
Quadratic Equations | 5 questions |
Data Interpretation | 15 questions |
Simplification | 5 questions |
Number Series | 5 questions |
Comparison of Quantities | 5 questions |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern
Subject | No. Questions | Marks | Duration | Medium of Exam |
English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes | English |
Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes | As per State applied for |
Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes | As per State applied for |
Total | 100 | 100 | 1 Hour |
Important Note
- The IBPS Clerk 2021 Preliminary Exam will be conducted in online mode at all examination centers as per the IBPS notification.
- Candidates will be asked Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) from three sections: English Language, Reasoning Ability and Number Ability.
- Each section has a clip time of 20 minutes. The means of examining inference questions and numerical ability will be according to the requested country.
- Candidates must obtain minimum cut-off marks in all three sections of the IBPS Clerk 2021 preliminary examinations to qualify for the core examinations.
- For each incorrect answer, there will be a negative score of 1/4 or 0.25 points. However, if the question is left blank or not answered, it will not be marked as negative.
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