IBPS Clerk 2022 Overview

IBPS Clerk 2022 Notification

IBPS Clerks or Bank clerks, in general, are the professionals we meet as customers, whenever we enter the Banks and do inquiries or ask for guidance. As an IBPS Clerk, your primary job will be to interact with customers, update passbooks. In other words, it will be a front desk job. Those who want to pursue a career as Bank Clerks can go for the IBPS Clerk Exam 2022 and follow the latest notification to meet all the demands required by the exam body. 

The IBPS Clerk notification consists of all the important exam-related details like the dates, eligibility, exam pattern, syllabus, etc. Candidates should carefully follow all the latest information given in it and start their preparation accordingly. To make that easy, we are sharing with you all the important dates that matter the most to an IBPS Clerk exam aspirant.

The online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the next Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre Posts in the Participating Banks will be out soon once the actual exam notification comes. 

IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2022: Exam Highlights

IBPS Clerk 2022 notification will be released soon and we will update the details for this year accordingly. 

The detailed advertisement for the vacancies has been published by the Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection on its official website. 

IBPS Clerk Exam Dates 2022

As per the official IBPS calendar for 2022, IBPS has issued the tentative exam schedule for the forthcoming clerical cadre recruitment. 

Eligibility Criteria of IBPS Clerk 2022

There are some mandatory fulfilments as criteria that the aspirants should meet if they want to appear in the IBPS Clerk Exam 2022 exam. The candidates become qualified to apply for IBPS Clerk Exam 2022 if he/she fulfills the set minimum-academic qualification, age limit, and computer literacy.

IBPS Clerk Educational Qualifications

• An aspirant must possess a Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a university recognized by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
• He/she must possess a valid Mark-sheet/Degree Certificate that he/she is a graduate on the day he/she registers and mention the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while applying online for IBPS Clerk Exam 2021.

IBPS Clerk Age Limit (As on 01.07. 2021)

• Minimum age limit: 20 years
• Maximum age limit: 28 years

A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1993 and not later than 01.07.2001 (both dates inclusive).

Age Relaxation for IBPS Clerk 2021

IBPS also gives age relaxations for various categories of people & professionals. Check out the table given below to know the upper age relaxation for various categories:

IBPS Clerk 2022 Selection Process

The Candidates who will qualify in Prelims Exam and be shortlisted will have to appear for Main Examination. There is no interview round in the IBPS Clerk exam. All weightage is given to the result of the mains exam result, while selecting the clerks.The results of the mains exam are given 100 % weightage. IBPS Clerk exam comprises two steps:

• Online Prelims Examination
• Online Mains Examination

There is no Interview process for IBPS Clerk.

IBPS Clerk 2022 Vacancies

The IBPS Clerk 2022 vacanies will be updated as soon as the official notification gets released. The below mentioned vacancies are as per the previous years notification. As per the official notification by IBPS 2021, the vacancies have been increased to a total of 7855 Clerical Cadre Posts. previously the vacancies were 5830.

IBPS Clerk State-wise Vacancy 2021

The state-wise & category-wise vacancies for IBPS Clerk 2021 exam were also released along with the notification. All candidates have to check state-wise vacancies before applying for IBPS Clerk CRP XI exam. Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of vacancies i.e. 1039.

Participating Banks in IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam

There are about 11 Banks that are participating in IBPS Clerk 2021 recruitment that have been reduced this year. Here is the list of banks participating in the IBPS Clerk 2021 Exam:

1. Bank of Baroda
2. Bank of India
3. Bank of Maharashtra
4. Canara Bank
5. Central Bank of India
6. Indian Bank
7. Indian Overseas Bank
8. Punjab National Bank
9. Punjab & Sind Bank
10. UCO Bank
11. Union Bank of India

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2022

Candidates must know the exam pattern and complete the syllabus before setting out to prepare for the IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam.

Here are all the details of the exam pattern and the syllabus:

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2022 Exam Pattern

The IBPS Clerk CRP XI preliminary exam is an online exam that tests a candidates ability to reason, calculate and use the English language. It consists of three sections, wherein the candidate has to clear the cut-off of each section to reach the Mains exam phase or round.

Candidates are required to answer each section in 20 minutes time, or a total of 60 minutes for all the sections. The total marks allotted for the paper is 100 Marks and the passing marks are decided by IBPS. The passing Marks keep changing every year on the basis of the difficulty of the exam.

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

IBPS Clerk Mains 2022 Exam Pattern

No changes have been observed in the Exam Pattern of IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam. IBPS Clerk Mains Exam will now consist of 190 questions that need to be completed in a time frame of 160 minutes.

Previously, the Computer Aptitude and Reasoning Ability Section used to be conducted separately. But, in the recent update by IBPS, both these sections are amalgamated together and will constitute 50 questions that need to be solved in a time duration of 45 minutes. Both Preliminary Exam and Mains Exam will be conducted in 13 regional languages along with English and in Hindi. Let us have a look at the Exam Pattern for IBPS Clerk CRP-X.

Penalty for the wrong answer in IBPS PO 2022 Exam

There is negative marking for wrong answers in both Preliminary and Mains exams. Every wrong answer to an objective question deducts one-fourth of the total Mark assigned for that question. There will be no penalty for the question left blank or unanswered.

Final Score Calculation for IBPS Clerk Exam:

The final score for the IBPS Clerk exam is calculated on the basis of the following points:

• Marks obtained in the Preliminary Exam (Phase-1) will not be considered for final selection.

• Candidates must qualify Phase-2 to be eligible for final merit.

• The aggregate score out of 100 is used for the final merit list for each category.

Thus, the Candidates with top merit rank in each category are finally selected by IBPS.

IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2022

To prepare well for the IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam, it is mandatory to know the Latest IBPS Clerk Syllabus. The major three sections of the preliminary examination are Reasoning, English Language and Numerical Ability. Take a look at the syllabus overview for IBPS Clerk 2022 Prelims and mains exams:

IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam Syllabus (Prelims + Mains)

IBPS Clerk Cut Offs

IBPS releases IBPS Clerk Cut-Off for Prelims, Mains exam after it conducts the examination. Previous years cut off gives an idea to the candidates as to how much effort they need to invest to clear the cut off lists. Lets check out the State Wise IBPS Clerk Cut-Off from 2016 to 2020-21:

IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut-Off 2020-21

The cut off marks for IBPS Clerk 2020 Prelims Exam was released by IBPS (along with its scorecard and marks) on 10th February 2021. IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam was conducted from 5th & 12th December 2020.

Here is the state-wise IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut Off for the year 2020-21:

IBPS Clerk Mains Cut-Off 2020-21

The cut off marks for IBPS Clerk 2020-21 Mains Exam was released by IBPS on 1st April 2021. IBPS Clerk Mains Exam was conducted on 28th February 2021.

Here is the category-wise IBPS Clerk Mains (Final) Cut Off for the year 2020-21:

IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut-Off 2019

IBPS Clerk Mains Cut-Off 2019-20

The state wise Mains (Final) Cut-Off table and cut-off comparison with previous year are given below:

IBPS Clerk Mains Cut-Off for General Category

IBPS Clerk Mains Cut-Off for OBC Category

IBPS Clerk 2018-19 Prelims Cut Off

The IBPS Clerk 2018-19 Prelims Cut-Off for General category is mentioned below:

IBPS Clerk Main (Final) Cut-Off 2018-19

IBPS Clerk 2017 Prelims Cut Off

Following is the Sectional Cut Off of IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 Exam:

Reasoning- 14.5

Quantitative Aptitude- 13.5

English- 9.5

Following is the State Wise IBPS Clerk 2017 Prelims Cut-off:

IBPS Clerk 2017-18 Final (Mains) Cut Off

Candidates are requested to visit the page regularly in order to know IBPS Clerk Cut-Off every year.

IBPS Clerk Salary 2022

The banking aspirants who are planning to apply for IBPS Clerk 2022 and are curious to know the IBPS Clerk salary structure and career growth, go through the details mentioned in the article. 

As per the IBPS, the pay scale of a Clerk in IBPS is 11765-655/3-13730-815/3-16175-980/4-20095-1145/7-28110-2120/1-30230/1310-1-31540.

This translates into

• Initial Basic Pay – Rs 11765 with a yearly increment of Rs 655 for three years.
• After 3 years – Rs 13730 with a yearly increment of Rs 815 for the next three years.
• Next 3 years – Rs 16175 with a yearly increment of Rs 980 for the next four years.
• Next 4 years – Rs 20095 with a yearly increment of Rs 1145 for the next 7 years.
• Next 7 years – Rs 28110 with a yearly increment of Rs 2120 for the next one year.
• Next 1 year – Rs 30230 with a yearly increment of Rs 1310 for the next one year.
• Maximum – Rs 31540

The minimum basic pay of an IBPS clerk starts at Rs. 11765/- and the maximum goes till Rs. 31540.

IBPS Clerk Pay Scale 2022

As per the IBPS, the pay scale of a Clerk in IBPS is 11765-655/3-13730-815/3-16175-980/4-20095-1145/7-28110-2120/1-30230/1310-1-31540.

IBPS Clerk Salary: Other Allowances

IBPS clerk gets other allowances other than the allowances besides basic pay. These are: