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The Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection conducts a Common Written Exam or CWE every year for the selection of entrants for the post of clerk in various banks. IBPS is conducting the CWE clerical exam for the 10th year in a row, therefore the exam is named IBPS Clerk CWE X. The IBPS Clerk CWE X Exam is a two-tier exam: prelims and mains. Only entrants who can achieve the IBPS Clerk CUT Off Marks for the Prelims exam are eligible to appear for the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam. IBPS Clerk 2021 Exam is an online exam with obj. ques. having 5 options given. The IBPS Clerk Notification for 2021 will release on the Official Website of IBPS by the first week of Sept 2021. The IBPS Clerk 2021 exam is an opportunity for entrants who are unable to crack the SBI and other bank recruits. exams.
The exam dates and dates of other events are already released in the off. IBPS website, which the entrant might want to check. Once the official IBPS Clerk notification. is released the IBPS Clerk 2021 recruitment process will start.
Participating Banks in IBPS Clerk Exam 2021:
The IBPS Clerk 2021 Exam Calendar is released on 17th Jan. 2021 on the official website of IBPS. The imp. dates related to IBPS Clerk 2021 must be noted down by the entrants for prep. purposes and also to make sure that all the processes like filling up the IBPS Clerk 2021 Application Form, download the IBPS Clerk 2021 Admit Card, etc. is done on time. The IBPS Clerk 2021 Exam Schedule is given below in a table format for easier view.
| Activities | Official Dates |
| Availability of online app. form | Sept. 2021 |
| Last date of sub. of the app. form | Oct. 2021 |
| Pre-exam Training Admit Card Release | Nov. 2021 |
| Training date of Pre-exam | Nov. 2021 |
| Admit Card Release Prelims Exam | Nov. 2021 |
| Prelims Exam Date | 12th, 13th, and 19th Dec. 2021 |
| Result Declaration of Prelims Exam | Dec. 2021/Jan. 2021 |
| Main Exam Admit Card Release | Jan. 2021 |
| Exam Date of Main Exam | 24th Jan. 2021 |
| Provisional Allotment | Apr. 2021 |
As given in the table above the dates of the availability of IBPS Clerk 2021 Application Form, the entrants must start to fill up the form carefully without making mistakes and checking a few times before submitting the form as mistakes found later are difficult to resolve. The IBPS Clerk 2021 Application Form will be available in the off. web. of IBPS. There are a few steps that the entrants must follow while filling up the form which is mentioned below:
It is quite easy to understand the IBPS Clerk 2021 Exam Pattern. The IBPS Clerk Exam is a 2-tier exam as mentioned before, which means there are 2 stages of the recruit.: prelims and main exams. The quest. asked in the exams will be in bilingual, i.e., English and Hindi except for the Eng. Lang. section which will be shown only in the Eng. The selection of the entrants is based on their perf. in the exams.
There are three sections in the IBPS Clerk Prelim Exam with a time limit of one hour. This exam is conducted online with 100 quests. asked and 0.25 marks deducted for each wrong answer.
| Sections | No. of Questions | Max. Marks | Time Limit (in mins.) |
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 (1 hour) |
The last stage of selection for the post of IBPS Clerk is the IBPS Clerk Main Exam. 5 sections are there in the IBPS Clerk Main Exam with a time limit of 2 hours and 40 mins. and total marks of 200 and 190 total no of ques. The entrants who can achieve the IBPS Clerk Cut Off Marks for the prelims are allowed to sit for the IBPS Clerk Main Exam. And the entrants who have achieved the IBPS Clerk Cut Off Marks for the mains are selected for the post of clerk. Like the prelims, it is also an online exam with obj. ques. containing 5 choices. The same rule applies for the mains exam also that there is a penalty of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. No interview is conducted after the mains exam.
| Sections | No. of Ques | Max. Marks | Time Limit (in mins.) |
| General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 |
| General English | 40 | 40 | 35 |
| Reasoning Ability and Computer Apt. | 50 | 60 | 45 |
| Quantitative Apt. | 50 | 50 | 45 |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 mins. (2 hrs. and 40 mins.) |
To know more about the exam pattern in details click here: IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2021
The entrants aiming for the clerical post of an IBPS must be well known with the IBPS Clerk 2021 Exam Syllabus. The syll. is given below in brief. In the IBPS CLERK 2021 Prelim exam there are 3 sections and the IBPS CLERK Mains exam consists of 5 sections under which there are lots of subheadings.
| English Language: | Reasoning Ability: | Quantitative Ability: |
| Reading Comprehension: 10 questions (I paragraph) | Coding and Decoding: 4-10 questions | Simplification: 10-15 questions |
| Grammar {Multiple Meaning/ Error Spotting, Fill in the Blanks, Phrase Replacement}: 5 questions | Directions: 0-2 questions | Profit and Loss: 1-3 questions |
| Vocabulary {Phrase Replacement, Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Fill in the Blanks} | Coded Inequalities: 0-5 questions | Mixtures and Allegations: 0-2 questions |
| Paragraph Completion | Blood relations: 1-5 questions | Work and Time: 1-2 questions |
| Verbal Ability {Para Jumbles}: 5 questions | Syllogism: 0-5 questions | Simple Interest and Compound Interest and Surds and Indices |
| Miscellaneous | Alpha-numeric Series: 0-5 questions | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere: 2-4 questions |
| Data Sufficiency: 0-5 questions | Time and Distance: 1-4 questions | |
| Puzzle | Data Interpretation: 5-10 questions (1-2 sets) | |
| Linear Seating Arrangement: 5 questions | Number Systems: 0-1 question | |
| Circular Seating Arrangement: 5 questions | Permutation and Combination: 0-1 question | |
| Input and Output | Sequences and Series | |
| Double Line up: 0-5 questions | Ratio and Proportion, Percentage: 1-3 questions | |
| Verbal Reasoning: 0-5 questions | ||
| Ordering and Ranking: 0-5 questions | ||
| Arrangement and Pattern: 5-8 questions | ||
| Analogy: 0-5 questions |
| English Language: | Reasoning Ability: | Computer Aptitude: | Quantitative Aptitude: | General/Financial Awareness: |
| Reading Comprehension | Linear Seating Arrangement: 5 questions | Introduction to Computer Organization | Simplification | History, functions, and roles of RBI, SEBI, IRDA, etc. |
| Para Jumbles | Circular Seating Arrangement: 5 questions | History about the Generation of Computers | Percentage | Monetary and Credit Policies, Inflation types like CRR, SLR, etc. |
| Fill in the Blanks | Number Series: 5 questions | Computer Languages | Ratio and Percentage | History of Indian Banking Industry, Types of Banks and Concept of NBFC |
| Paragraph Completion | Direction Sense: 2 questions | Computer and Network Security | Average | Current Affairs |
| Cloze Test | Arrangement Pattern: 5 questions | Basics of Computer Hardware | Interest | Static Awareness of Countries, Capitals, Currencies, etc. |
| Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting | Coding and Decoding: 5 questions | Computer Memory: 5 questions | Profit and Loss | Government Schemes |
| Verbal Ability | Data Sufficiency: 3 questions | The hardware of the Computer: 6 questions | Time and Work | |
| Miscellaneous | Syllogism: 5 questions | Computer Software: 5 questions | Problems of Ages | |
| Coded Inequalities: 5 questions | The memory of Computer: 5 questions | Permutation–Combination | ||
| Verbal Reasoning | Computer Network: 3 questions | Mensuration and Geometry | ||
| Double Lineup | Internet: 5 questions | Equations | ||
| Blood Relations | MS Office Suite and Shortcut Keys: 6 questions | Number Systems | ||
| Directions | Operating System: 2 questions | Data Sufficiency | ||
| Input and Output | Number Series | |||
| Data Interpretation |
To know about the IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2021 in detail click here.
An entrant has to be 20-28 years old, also must hold a minimum educational qualification of the grad. From a recognized Uni. and also must not hold any criminal record while applying for IBPS Clerk Exam 2021. To be eligible for the IBPS Clerk Exam 2021, the entrant must be eligible for the below 3 mentioned criteria:
Below the above criteria are described in detail:
| Nationality | A candidate is required to be a
i. A citizen of India ii. A subject of Nepal iii. A subject of Bhutan iv. A Tibetan refugee who came to India before 01.01.1962 with the intention of permanent residence in India or v. A person of Indian origin who migrated to India from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, Vietnam and have the intention of permanent residence in India. |
| Educational | The entrant must possess a min. grad degree from a recognized institute or university He/she must also possess a valid mark sheet/ degree certificate wherein it id mentioned the date of passing the grad and also the marks/ % achieved by the entrant while registering online. |
| Age | Min age limit: 20 years
Max age limit: 28 years An entrant must not have been born before 02.08.1988 and not later than 01.08.1996. (both dates inclusive) |
Click here to know more about the IBPS Clerk 2021 Eligibility Criteria.
Pre-exam training may be arranged by banks for the SC/ST/Religious Minority Community Entrants at certain centres as per guidelines issued by the Govt. of India. Entrants belonging to the above categories can avail of the training at their own cost by indicating the same against the relevant column while applying online. Below is a list of training centres in various cities:
Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Balasore, Bareilly, Behrampur (Ganjam), Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Karnal, Kavaratti, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Mysore, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji (Goa), Patiala, Patna, Port Blair, Puducherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rohtak, Sambalpur, Shimla, Shillong, Siliguri, Thiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijaywada and Vishakhapatnam.
The entrants must download the IBPS CLERK 2021 ADMIT CARD from the official website of IBPS for both the exams: prelims and mains. The IBPS CLERK 2021 ADMIT CARD will not be sent by post so the Admit Card has to be downloaded and print must be taken out as it will be necessary for the exam centre. To login on to the official website, the entrants will need the following:
The IBPS Clerk 2021 Admit Card will be available 10-15 days before the IBPS Clerk Prelims and Mains exam and the IBPS Clerk 2021 admit card and IBPS Clerk 2021 call letter will be issued in two phases:
While filling the IBPS CLERK 2021 App. Form the exam centres chosen by the entrants, IBPS allots those centres according to the pref. of the entrants but if it is non-availability of seats in the chosen centre then the IBPS can allot a diff. centre as a 2nd pref. chosen by the entrant, which the entrant cannot complain about. Therefore, the choices of the exam centres of 1st and 2nd pref. should be made carefully and thoughtfully as the wrong choice could lead to difficulties which the entrants will have to face in the future.
The IBPS Clerk 2021 notification will release in August 2021.
No, Class 12th pass apply for the IBPS Clerk 2021 application form.
The age limit for the IBPS Clerk 2021 is 18 years to 30 years.
There are two stages of the IBPS Clerk 2021 exam i.e. preliminary and mains exam.
The IBPS Clerk 2021 Admit Card will release soon for the candidates. The aspiring candidates must be informed that IBPS will start the application process after releasing IBPS Clerk Notification. The candidates can keep a tab on this page to get more updates related to the eligibility, exam pattern, age limit etc.
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