IBPS SO Exam 2021 Introduction & Important Information.

As the Nationalized banks came into the picture in India in the year 1969. A small body called PSS was formed to recruiting in the selection testing method. The job of this body was to find out proficient candidates for various bank jobs. Later PSS was named IBPS in 1984. Hence IBPS or (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) is an autonomous body that conducts various banking exams for public sector banks. The exams IBPS conducts are namely, PO/ MT, SO, Clerk, Officer Scale-I, RRB Office Assistant, Officer Scale-II and Scale-III. The name IBPS SO Exam suggests the exam for IBPS Specialist Officer.

IBPS SO Exam is conducted every year. The IBPS SO Exam Pattern is designed to shortlist the best candidates for the Specialist Officer post. It is conducted in three stages. The prelim exam is the same for all entrants. Only paper 3 is different and post specifically. After the prelim exam shortlisted entrants will be appearing in the main exam. if the entrant gets shortlisted in the main exam they will receive an interview call letter. The entrant will then go for the interview and the final selection will be done in the interview round. The final round is the interview round hence all the documents of the entrant are going to be check and verified in the interview round. Entrants must not forget to bring the IBPS SO Documents as mentioned in the list. If the entrant forgets to bring any of the documents they will be rejected.

Let’s have a look at the exam dates:

IBPS SO Exam Important dates

Events	Tentative Dates
IBPS SO Notification Release	Nov 2021
Application Start Date	Nov 7th 2021
Application End Date	26th Nov 2021
IBPS SO Prelim Exam Date	26th-27th Dec 2021
IBPS SO Main Exam Date	30th Jan 2021
IBPS SO Interview Date	Feb 2021
Allotments	April 2021

 

As we already know that IBPS conducts competitive exams to recruit for Public sectors banks let’s have look at the list of those banks in which an entrant can get employment.

Banks Under IBPS Society:

Indian Bank	Andhra Bank	Central Bank of India	Allahabad Bank
Canara Bank	Syndicate Bank	UCO Bank	Indian Overseas Bank
Corporation Bank	UBI	BOB	Oriental Bank of Commerce
Dena Bank	PNB	Bank of India	Bank of Maharashtra
IDBI Bank Punjab & Sind Bank

 

Let’s have look at some exam centres for IBPS SO Exam:

IBPS SO Exam Centres:

SL No	Exam Centre	State
1	Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara	Gujarat
2	Ambala, Panchkula	Haryana
3	Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur	Chhattisgarh
4	Bahadurgarh, Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon	Delhi
5	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
6	Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi	Jharkhand
7	Aurangabad, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Pune	Maharashtra
8	Bengaluru, Hubli, Mangalore, Dharwad	Karnataka
9	Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Sambalpur	Odisha
10	Aizawl	Mizoram
11	Agartala	Tripura
12	Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli	Tamil Nadu
13	Amritsar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala	Punjab
14	Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur	Rajasthan
15	Bardhhaman, Berhampur, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Siliguri	West Bengal
16	Agra, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh
17	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur	MP
18	Dehradun, Roorkee	Uttarakhand
19	Guwahati	Assam
20	Gangtok	Sikkim
21	Hyderabad, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh
22	Hyderabad	Telangana
23	Imphal	Manipur
24	Itanagar	Arunachal Pradesh
25	Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala
26	Kohima	Nagaland
27	Panaji	Goa
28	Port Blair	Andaman & Nicobar
29	Kavaratti	Lakshadweep
30	Puducherry	Puducherry
31	Surat, Jamnagar	Dadra & Nagar Haveli
		Daman & Diu
32	Shillong	Meghalaya
33	Jammu, Srinagar Shimla	Jammu & Kashmir
34	Shimla	Himachal Pradesh

 

The exam centres presented here may or may not change. IBPS has the complete rights to decide that. Entrants who are looking forward to taking the exam must be aware that the IBPS SO Syllabus in the main exam is different for different entrants according to the applied job posts. They must prepare for the exam keeping all these things in mind. So far the admit card release date for IBPS SO exam has not yet been declared therefore entrants are advised to keep an eye on the IBPS SO Notification for further update on admit card release. As we know admit cards have to downloaded from the official website of IBPS, let’s go through the admit card downloading process now:

IBPS SO Exam- Admit Card Download:

• The admit card will be available from the Official website of IBPS so 1st log into the official website.
• Next, find out tab with titles and look for CRP Specialist Officier.
• Once you click on CRP SO you will find the option of CRP of SO IX
• Next click on the CRP of SO IX link and access various link among which you will find the download link for the exam.
• Click on the download admit card link and you will be asked to put certain details like language choice (Hindi or English), registration no, DOB etc.
• Fill in the relevant details and password.
• Fill in the captcha as it is.
• You will now get the admit card in PDF form.
• Download it and get it printed for future use.

 

It is important to carry the admit card in the exam hall as without the admit card you can not enter the exam hall. Do not carry any pen paper or mobile or electronic device in the exam hall. The exam will be online and no device or things will be allowed inside the exam hall. The IBPS SO posts also comes with great IBPS SO Salary Structure. Entrants prepare IBPS SO Study Plan to get success with flying colours.

 

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