Indian Bank PO Recruitment: Indian Bank PO Exam Pattern, Details and Insights



All the young and ambitious candidates who are interested in the Banking career can apply for the Indian Bank PO (Probationary Officer) exam, going to be conducted by The Indian Bank. The official notification has been released by Indian Bank on the 1st week of August 2020. The candidate can apply for the same on the official website of Indian Bank from 1st august, 2020 to the Last week of August 2020. The exam is categorized in Preliminary and Mains exam. The date of the Preliminary exam is 3rd, 4th & 10th  October 2020 and those who qualify prelims, will be eligible for Mains exam which will be held on 26th November 2020. Then, the candidates who qualify the mains exam will go for the Interview. As per the eligibility criteria, the candidate must be Indian and a graduate (in any discipline). The number of vacancies as of now all over India is 417. To Prepare well, candidates are advised to attempt Indian Bank PO Mains Exam previous year question papers.



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Key Highlight
of Indian Bank PO Mains Exam
Indian Bank PO Prelims/Main: Important Dates
• Last date to fill the application form: last week of August 2020 • Last date to make any modification in the application form: last week of Aug 2020 • Last date for Payment of Application Fee (online): September 2020 • Downloading of admit cards - Preliminary: After September 2020 • Online Examination – Preliminary: 3rd, 4th, and 10th October 2020 • Result of Online exam – Preliminary: October 2020 • Downloading of admit cards - Mains: September 2020 • Online Examination – Main: 26th November 2020 • Declaration of Result – Main: December 2020 • Date of Interview: Jan/ Feb 2020
Application Fees For all categories except Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Application fee: Rs. 600 For SC/ST/PWD Candidates Application fee: Rs. 100
Age of the candidate: Minimum Age: 20 years Maximum Age: 30 years
Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent

Submission of Online Application for Indian Bank PO Prelims/Main

Indian bank has strictly declared that the mode of filling application form is online and no other medium will be accepted from the 1st week of Aug, 2020 to last week of Aug 2020 only. The candidate can fill the application form on the official website of Indian Bank. The candidate can get the detailed information from the official notification which is attached at the bottom of the page.

Eligibility for Indian Bank PO Recruitment 

Nationality / Citizenship: The candidate must be an Indian Citizen.

Age of the candidate:

Minimum Age: 20 years

Maximum Age: 30 years

 Age relaxation:

  • Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe - 5 years
  • Other Backward Classes - 3 years
  • Ex-Servicemen/ Disabled Ex-Servicemen - 5 years
  • Persons domiciled in J&K during 1-1-80 to 31-12-89 - 5 years
  • Persons affected by 1984 riots - 5 years
  • PWD:
    • SC/ST - 15 years
    • OBC - 13 years
    • General - 10 years

Educational Qualification:

Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent

Indian Bank PO Recruitment: Exam pattern for Mains Final

  • Mains online test (CBT) will be 100 marks.
  • The exam will have 155 MCQs type questions.
  • The total duration of the exam will be 3 hours.
  • The medium of language of the questions will be Hindi and English.
  • Sections in the exam: Four
    • Reasoning and Computer Aptitude for 60 marks
    • Data Analysis & Interpretation for 60 marks
    • General/Economy/Banking Awareness for 40 marks
    • English Language for 40 marks
  • There will be separate papers for English Language (Letter writing and essay) which will have 2 subjective type question of 25 marks for 30 minutes.
  • Marking scheme: 0.25 marks will be deducted for each objective type wrong answer and 1 mark will be allotted for each objective type right answer. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.

Selection process: Indian Bank PO Recruitment

  • First- the candidates will have to appear for an Online Preliminary Test that would be of 100 marks.
  • Second- those who qualify the Preliminary Test will be shortlisted for Mains Test that would be of 100 marks.
  • Third- those who qualify Mains will be followed by Interview.

 

Cut Off Marks: Indian Bank PO Recruitment

Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Preliminary and Mains exam to be considered as a shortlisted candidate depending upon the number of vacancies available.

 

Interview:  Indian Bank PO Recruitment

The candidates who qualify the main exams will be shortlisted for the interview which will be conducted by the Indian Bank. The calling of the interview will take place through SMS or email. The interview centre, date and timing will be written in the call letter. The candidate can download the call letter for interview from the official website of the Indian Bank. The candidates need to bring all the original documents that will be mentioned in the call letter. The marks of interview will be 100. The minimum marks for qualifying the interview is 40% for General and 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD. The final result will be based on the marks of Mains and Interview.

Syllabus: Indian Bank PO Recruitment

Reasoning:
Number Series, Directions, Non-Verbal Series, Number Ranking, Coding-Decoding, Alphabet Series, Venn Diagrams, Arithmetical Reasoning, Analogy, Clocks & Calendars, Decision Making, Mirror Images, Blood Relations, Syllogism, Cubes and Dice, Cause and Effect, Puzzle, Seating Arrangement

 

Computer Aptitude:
Hardware and Software, Routes and networks, Fundamentals of computer

 

Quantitative Aptitude:
Number System, Data Sufficiency, Speed, Time and Distance, Problems on Ages, Simple & Compound Interest, Data Interpretation, Decimal & Fractions, Average, Mixtures & Allegations, Mensuration, Simplification, Permutation & Combination, Ratio and Proportions, Interest. Profit and Loss, Probability, Algebra, Time and Work, HCF & LCM, Percentages

 

General/Banking/Economy Awareness:
Economics Scene, General Policy Including Indian Constitution, History, News related to Reserve Bank of India, India And Its Neighboring Countries, Scientific Research, Culture, Sports, Geography, Banking/ Financial Awareness, Current Affairs

 

English Language:
Subject-Verb Agreement, Reading Comprehension, Error Correction, Unseen Passages, Tenses, Sentence/ Para Completion, Sentence Rearrangement, Fill in the Blanks, Verb, Adverb, Sentence Improvement/Phrase Replacement, Idioms & Phrases, Grammar, Para Jumbles, Cloze Test, Synonyms/Antonyms, Articles/Vocabulary, Essay and Letter Writing (Descriptive Section)

Preparation tips for Indian Bank PO Recruitment: For Prelim/Main
 

  • You need to finish three sections of Indian Bank PO Prelims within 60 minutes, which means you need speed with accuracy in order to attempt 100 questions in total. The more you practice, the better chances you have of acing this exam.
  • Make mathematics and reasoning your strong subjects, practice questions to solve them within time to increase efficiency. You should lay emphasis not on mugging up the formulas but instead try understanding the concepts, so, you can modify the formulas according to the question requirement.
  • Remember negative marking is a factor here. Therefore, try not to attempt questions that put you in doubt. Although the prelim exam will be of just qualifying nature and won’t be considered for the final merit list as only Main exam marks will matter, you still need to secure the minimum qualifying marks in the prelims as set by the Indian Bank.
  • Manage your time properly; give appropriate amount of time to each section. Try to improve your time by practicing as many online tests as possible. Youth4work provides online mock tests will time limit attached to each question; this way one can learn to finish the entire exam within the time limit.
  • Studying in a stretch for hours can be tedious and hard and also not so good. Therefore, try to study several times in regular sessions during a day. This will make learning easy and fun, also you will have enough time to brush up the already studied topics in between intervals.
  • It is very important to maintain proper health, so you don’t fall sick on the big day. Give your brain an appropriate time to refresh itself. Don’t rush too much information into your head than its limit allows. Take it slow and steady. And get at least eight hours of sleep each night.

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