IBPS SO 2020 notification has been released for the post of Specialist Officer (SO) on November 2, 2020. This year a total of 647 vacancies have been announced. As far as the recruitment notification goes IBPS SO is recruiting for various Specialist Officer Scale I Posts – IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer. According to the official notification IBPS SO exam dates are scheduled as per the below table. The IBPS SO prelims exam is scheduled on December 26, 2020 thus, leaving less than a month for the candidates to prepare the exam. So, we believe that candidates must have already started preparing for the exam now. For those who haven’t taken the free mock test of IBPS SO Prelims yet must take the test and know the areas where you need to put in hard work. In this we are giving detailed information related to IBPS SO Prelims exam dates syllabus.
As per the IBPS SO 2020 recruitment notification the IBPS SO Prelims 2020 exam is scheduled on 26th December, 2020. So, with just 26 days in hand candidates must start preparing from today if they haven’t done till now. Here we are with a complete exam pattern of Prelims and Mains along with the detailed IBPS SO 2020 Syllabus.
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IBPS SO 2020 Important Exam Dates
| Events | Date |
| Online Registration Start Date | 02-11-2020 |
| Online Registration Last/End Date | 23-11-2020 |
| Payment of application fees | 02-11-2020 to 23-11-2020 |
| Download Call Letter for Prelims Exam | December 2020 |
| Preliminary Exam Date | 26-12-2020 and 27-12-2020 |
| Result of Prelims | January 2021 |
| Download Call Letter for Main Exam | January 2021 |
| Main Exam Date | 24-01-2021 |
| Result of Main Exam | February 2021 |
| Download Call Letter for Interview Round | February 2021 |
| Conduct of the Interview Round | February 2021 |
| Provisional Allotment | April 2021 |
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IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern – Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari
| S. No | Name of Tests | Nos of Questions | Maximum Marks | Exam Medium | Duration |
| 1. | English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 minutes |
| 2. | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | 40 minutes |
| 3. | General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | 40 minutes |
| TOTAL | 150 | 125 |
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IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern – IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer
| S. No | Name of Tests | Nos of Questions | Maximum Marks | Exam Medium | Duration |
| 1. | English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 minutes |
| 2. | Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | 40 minutes |
| 3. | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | 40 minutes |
| TOTAL | 150 | 125 |
Mentioned above is the exam pattern for IBPS SO Prelims for different posts respectively. Now before moving onto the syllabus and preparation it is advisable to attempt a free mock test for IBPS SO Prelims. Taking a free test may help you in gaining a pre-knowledge about your preparation level. It even gives you a fair idea regarding your strong and weak areas.
Mentioning below the section-wise syllabus for IBPS SO Prelims.
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IBPS SO 2020 Syllabus
| English Language | Reasoning Ability | Quantitative Aptitude |
| Cloze Test | Alpha-numeric/ Alphabetical Series | Age Problems |
| Correct Usage | Analogy | Average |
| Error Spotting | Analytical Reasoning | Boats and Stream |
| Fillers – Single, Double | Blood Relations | Clock and Calendar Problems |
| Idioms and Phrases | Coded Inequalities | Data Interpretation – Charts and Graphs: Line Graph, Bar Graph, Pie Chart; Tabular; Caselet; Mixed DI |
| Odd One Out | Coding and Decoding | Data Sufficiency |
| One Word Substitution | Data Sufficiency | Decimal and Fractions |
| Para Jumbles | Directions and Distances | Indices and Surds |
| Paragraph Completion | Double Line-up | LCM and H.C.F |
| Reading Comprehension | Inequality | Mensuration |
| Sentence Improvement | Input Output | Mixture and Allegations |
| Synonyms/ Antonyms | Order and Ranking/Direction | Number Series |
| Vocabulary based questions | Puzzles – Box based, Floor, Calendar, Day/Months based, etc. | Number System |
| Word/Phrase Replacement | Scheduling | Partnership |
| Seating Arrangement– Linear, Circular, Facing Inside/Outside, Mixed | Percentage | |
| Statement and Conclusion | Permutation and Combination | |
| Statement-Course of Action | Pipes and Cisterns | |
| Syllogism | Probability | |
| Profit, Loss and Discount | ||
| Quadratic Equations | ||
| Simple and Compound Interest | ||
| Simplification & Approximation |
IBPS SO 2020 General Awareness (Banking) Syllabus
- Monetary Policy
- National Income
- RBI and its Functions
- Banking Terms & Abbreviations
- Financial Sector Regulators
- Financial Committees
- World Financial Institutions
- Recent Banking Updates
- Currency and Capital
- General Awareness topics including Important Personalities, Important Dates etc.
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