IBPS Clerk 2021: Full Syllabus & Exam Pattern for Prelims and Mains

IBPS Clerk 2021: The official notification for IBPS clerk 2021 is out now. The aspirants are now eager to have a look over all the exam related details mentioned in the IBPS’ notification. This article will very briefly cover all the information regarding the exam pattern and subject-wise syllabus for both prelims and mains.  

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IBPS Clerk 2021 Prelims Exam Pattern

A 1-hour exam with negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer. A total of 100 questions with each question weighing 1-mark.  

S.No.	Name of Tests (Objective)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Total	3	100	100	1 hour (60 minutes)

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IBPS Clerk 2021 Prelims Syllabus

The idea behind prelims is to shortlist as many good candidates as possible by testing their speed and accuracy for solving a problem.  

The quantitative aptitude is one of the toughest sections in this exam. The syllabus is quite vast and would need additional learning of speed math tricks for solving questions within the time limit.  

English language has a handful of topics to be covered and can be high-scoring for the aspirants if they prepare well.  

Reasoning Ability – Conceptual learning and clarity would be key to crack the reasoning section.  

English Language	Quantitative Aptitude	Reasoning Ability
Reading comprehension, Fillers (Double fillers, Multiple Sentence Fillers, Sentence Fillers),  New Pattern Cloze Test, Phrase Replacement, Odd Sentence Out cum Para Jumbles, Sentence Completion, Connectors,  Paragraph Conclusion, Phrasal Verb Related Questions,  Error Detection Questions,  Word usage/ Vocab Based Questions.	Profit, Loss and Discounts Quadratic Equations Approximation and Simplification Mixtures and Alligations Simple and Compound Interest Surds and Indices Work and Time  Speed, Time and Distance Mensuration: Cone, Sphere, Cylinder Data Interpretation Ratio, Proportion and Percentage Number Systems Sequences and Series Permutation, Combination and Probability	Puzzles & Seating Arrangements,  Direction Sense,  Blood-Relation, Syllogism,  Order and Ranking, Coding-Decoding, Machine Input-Output, Inequalities,  Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series,  Alphabet Related Questions.

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IBPS Clerk 2021 Mains Exam Pattern

The mains examination is tougher in terms of the difficulty level. You will have a total 2 hours and 40 minutes to solve the paper. Negative marking will be there as usual. The added subject is of general and financial awareness. The aim of the mains examination is to test you further on your conceptual clarity.  

S.No.	Name of the Test	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration for each exam
1	General/Financial Awareness	50	50	35 minutes
2	General English	40	40	35 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 minutes
4	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 minutes
Total	4	190	200	160 minutes

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IBPS Clerk 2021 Mains Syllabus

The syllabus for mains is more or less the same. As mentioned earlier, the difficulty level will be enhanced for the mains.   

English Language	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	Quantitative Aptitude	General/ Finacial Awareness
Reading comprehension, Fillers (Double fillers, Multiple Sentence Fillers, Sentence Fillers), New Pattern Cloze Test, Phrase Replacement, Odd Sentence Out cum Para Jumbles, Inference, Sentence Completion, Connectors, Paragraph Conclusion, Phrasal Verb Related Questions, Error Detection Questions, Word usage/ Vocab Based Questions.	Puzzles & Seating Arrangements, Direction Sense, Blood Relation, Syllogism, Order and Ranking, Coding-Decoding, Machine Input-Output, Flow Chart, Inequalities, Alpha-Numeric-Symbol, Series, Data Sufficiency, Logical Reasoning	Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart), Inequalities (Quadratic Equations, Quantity 1, Quantity 2), Number Series, Approximation and Simplification, Data Sufficiency, Number system, Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Work and Wages, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns)	Banking and Insurance Awareness, Financial Awareness, Govt. Schemes and Policies, Current Affairs, Static Awareness, books and authors, sports, five-year plans, important national and international organizations, fiscal and economic policies, etc.

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Conclusion

The IBPS Clerk’s syllabus is quite similar to the SBI clerk. Many aspirants who recently appeared for SBI clerk will find this exam attractive. However, over confidence should be avoided. It’s better to give separate mock tests for IBPS Clerk 2021.  

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