IBPS SO Prelims 2022-20 Days Study Plan
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Are you preparing for IBPS SP Prelims 2022 exam and getting ready to face the exam on 24th and 31st December 2022? Don’t forget that the Prelims exam is your way to the Mains exam which will be conducted on 29th January 2023. As the exam invites high competition, cracking the exam depends on how you have prepared the syllabus. Keeping this in mine, we’ve been supplying you with daily study plans and IBPS SO Prelims Mock Tests plans to speed up your preparation process on daily basis. If followed strictly, these Mock Tests will help you to achieve great results in just a few days’ time.

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In this blog, we’ll discuss how you can prepare the entire IBPS SO Prelims syllabus in just 20 days and clear the Prelims exam in first attempt.

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IBPS SO 2022 Calendar

IBPS SO EventsImportant Dates
IBPS SO 2022 Application Start Date1st November 2022
IBPS SO 2022 Application End Date21st November 2022
Payment of Application Fees1st November to 21st November 2022
IBPS SO Prelims Admit Card 2022 Download DateDecember 2022 (Tentative)
IBPS SO Prelims Exam Date 2022 24th December and 31st December 2022
IBPS SO Prelims Result 2022January 2023 (Tentative)
IBPS SO Mains Admit Card 2022 Download Date January 2023 (Tentative)
IBPS SO Mains Exam Date 2022 29th January 2023
IBPS SO Mains Result 2022February 2023 (Tentative)
IBPS SO Mains Admit Card 2022February 2023 (Tentative)
IBPS SO interview 2022February/March 2023 (Tentative)
IBPS SO Provisional Allotment 2022April 2023 (Tentative)

IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2022

As per the IBPS SO exam pattern, there are three rounds that have to be cleared by the candidates. The complete details of each round i.e. preliminary, mains and interview can be checked in the section below. 

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern

  • The examination is going to be held in the online mode. 
  • The preliminary exam is going to have questions from three subjects as admissible for their profile. 
  • As per the marking scheme, 1/4th of the total marks shall be deducted for the wrong answer marked by the candidate. 

For Law Officer & Rajbhasha Adhikari

SubjectMaximum QuestionMaximum MarksDuration
Reasoning505040 minutes
General Awareness505040 minutes
English Language502540 minutes
Total150125120 minutes

IT Officer Scale I, Marketing Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer, Agriculture Field Officer

SubjectMaximum QuestionMaximum MarksDuration
Reasoning505040 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude505040 minutes
English Language502540 minutes
Total150125120 minutes

IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern

  • The IBPS SO mains examination is going to be conducted in the online mode.
  • The exam pattern is going to be as per that suggested by the authorities. 
  • A negative marking of 1/4th is applicable for the wrong answers marked by the candidate. 

Rajbhasha Adhikari

SubjectMaximum QuestionMaximum MarksDuration
Professional Knowledge (Objective)456030 minutes
Descriptive230 minutes
Total476060 minutes

For Law Officer, IT Officer Scale I, Marketing Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer, Agriculture Field Officer

SubjectMaximum QuestionMaximum MarksDuration
Questions related to the professional knowledge of that profile606045 minutes
Total606045 minutes

IBPS SO Interview

Interview is the last round of the IBPS SO exam pattern and is going to be conducted for 100 marks. Candidates have to secure the minimum marks pre-decided for their category to qualify for this round. The final merit list for the IBPS Specialist Officer is going to be made by considering marks of the mains and interview round in 80:20.

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IBPS SO Prelims 2022-20 Days Study Plan

Are you worried about your preparation for the IBPS SO Prelims exam? Let’s draw a full stop to your worries now. We have created these 20-day exclusive study plan for the IBPS SO Prelims exam preparation and revision:

Day Quantitative Aptitude Reasoning English Language 
Day
1
Speed Time and Distance 

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Day 2 Time and Work Inequality Sentence Improvement 
Day 3Simplification, Quadratic Equations  Order and Ranking 

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Reading Comprehension
Day 4Rate of Interest Directions Basic Grammar 
Day 5Mensuration 

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Alphanumeric Series Reading Comprehension 
Day 6Profit and Loss Coding and Decoding 

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Error Spotting 
Day 7Simplifications, Profit and Loss 

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Ranking and Order Prepositions 
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Day 9Mensuration Approximation 

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Puzzles, Inequality Reading Comprehension
Day 10Sums based on Quantity Miscellaneous Grammar 

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Day 11Boats and Streams

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Mixed Puzzles Fillers, Sentence Conclusions 
Day 12Ratio and Proportion, Percentages Circular Arrangement Sentence Rearrangement 

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Day 13Simplification Logical Miscellaneous Synonyms, Antonyms
Day 14Profit and Loss, Miscellaneous 

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Mixed Puzzles Error Detection, Essay Writing, Precis Writing 
Day 15Missing Number Series Data Sufficiency Series 

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Rearranging Sentences, Narration
Day 16Mixture, Permutation Combination 

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Input Output Usage of Words, Conjunctions 
Day 17Rate of Interest, Time, Speed & WorkPattern Idioms and Phrases 

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Day 18Linear Equations, Probability

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Practice Full length mock test to analyze your preparation Word Replacement 
Day 19Data Interpretation, Miscellaneous Syllogism 

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Reading Comprehension, essay writing
Day 20 DI, Discounts, Permutation and Combination Logical Reasoning

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Error Detection, Completing Paragraphs

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1. IBPS SO Prelims Preparation Strategy for English Language

  1. Revise the basics of English grammar and rules.
  2. Keep reading the newspapers regularly and keep increasing your reading speed until the exam is over.
  3. Keep improving your vocabulary. Use flash cards for learning new words and phrases and for revising them.
  4. Practice verbal ability questions.

2. IBPS SO Prelims Preparation Strategy for Reasoning

  1. Master the basic theories and concepts related to all the topics that make up the Reasoning Section.
  2. Go through Previous Years Questions and practice as many questions as you can. This will give an idea about the type of questions asked in the actual exam.
  3. Take Mock Tests to improve your speed and accuracy in answering the Reasoning Questions.

3. IBPS SO Prelims Preparation Strategy for Quantitative Aptitude

  1. Understand basic concepts and formulas. Memorize the formulas by heart.
  2. Learn and revise all the related formulas and tricks.
  3. Go through the example problems and solve as many practice questions as possible to improve your problem-solving skills.
  4. Take mock tests to analyze your knowledge and work on that.
  5. Start from easy topics and slowly move onto difficult topics.

4. IBPS SO Prelims Preparation Strategy for General Awareness

This section demands lot of information about issues and events of national and international importance. So, to cover this section you need to:

  1. Keep reading the newspapers and magazines daily until the exams are over to improve your GK as well as English skills.
  2. Go through previous year papers to know about the type of questions asked in this section and prepare accordingly.
  3. Go through all the important news and events of last 6 months.
  4. Pay more heed to the business, economy and finance related news.

How can this 20 Days Study Plan help you clear the IBPS SO Prelims 2022 Exam in first attempt?

IBPS SO Exam invites tough competition from thousands of students from around the country. In 2019 alone, around 3,00,000 candidates competed for around 1,599 posts. It proves how tough a competition it can be. Therefore, it becomes necessary to craft the best study plan that suits your study schedule the best. The Study Plan given above will help you cover all the topics from the IBPS SO Prelims 2022 syllabus. You just have to consult the best books and online tutorials and keep testing your speed and accuracy by taking regular IBPS SO Mock Tests and improve. This will guarantee you success in the upcoming exam.

Best of luck with your preparation!

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