IBPS Clerk 2021 Selection Process & IBPS Clerk Exam Dates

IBPS Clerk 2021 Notification will be released soon on the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) official website @ibps.in. Every year, IBPS recruits qualified and passionate candidates for the position of Clerk. The selection process is two-tiered, with the Prelims and the Mains Online Exams. The exam dates for IBPS Clerk Prelims, which will be conducted on the 28th and 29th of August and the 4th and 5th of September 2021, and the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam will be held on the 31st of October 2021, were already announced.

Read on this article to understand the IBPS Clerk Selection Process 2021.

IBPS Clerk 2021 – Overview

IBPS Clerk: Highlights
Conducting Authority	Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
Name of the exam	IBPS Clerks 2021
Post	Clerk
Exam Level	National
Application Mode	Online
Vacancies	To be notified soon
Category	Bank Jobs
Notification Date	June/July 2021 (Tentative)
Language of Questions	Bilingual except for the English Language
Nature of Questions	Multiple Choice Question (MCQ’s)
Exam Mode	Online
Stage of IBPS Clerk Exam	Prelims & Mains Exam
Education Qualification	Graduate
Age Limit	20 years – 28 years
Official Website	ibps.in

IBPS Clerk Notification

IBPS will tentatively release the Clerk 2021 notification in June or July 2021. With the release of the notification, the online application process for clerk positions will begin. The official website @ibps.in will host the IBPS Clerk notification. The IBPS Clerk online registration will only be available online. Candidates eagerly waiting for the IBPS Clerk notification should review the previous year’s notification and prepare in advance.

IBPS Clerk Exam Dates 2021

IBPS Clerk 2021 Events	Dates (Tentative)
IBPS Clerk Notification 2021 Release Date	June/July 2021
IBPS Clerk Online Application Starts From	June/July 2021
IBPS Clerk Online Application Ends On	July 2021
IBPS Clerk Prelims Admit Card	August 2021
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Date	28th & 29th August 2021, 4th & 5th September 2021
Result of IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam	September 2021
Call letter for Mains Exam	October 2021
Conduct of Online Mains Examination	31st October 2021
Declaration of Final Result	January 2022

IBPS Clerk Selection Process 2021

For the position of Clerk, there is no need for an interview process. The results of the mains exam are given 100 per cent weightage. Candidates who pass the Online Preliminary Exam and are shortlisted will be required to take the Online Main Exam. IBPS’s examination system consists of two parts: an online preliminary examination and an online main examination.

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern

There will be two stages to the IBPS Clerk Exam: Prelims and Mains. The exam pattern for the IBPS Clerk Prelims is given below. The Prelims Exam will be 100 marks and will last one hour, while the Mains Exam will be for 200 points and will last 160 minutes.

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern
IBPS Clerk Exam Stage	Subjects	Number of Questions	Marks	Duration
Preliminary Exam	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 minutes
Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Total		100	100	1 Hour
Mains Examination	English Language	40	40	35 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 minutes
Reasoning Ability	50	60	45 minutes
General Awareness	50	50	35 minutes
Total		190	200	2 Hr 40 Mins