IBPS SO Post

The post of a Specialist Officer in a bank is a matter of prestige. The salary earned and the incentive received is high and the career growth prospects are good too!

Organization	Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
Name of the Exam	IBPS Specialist Officer
Official Website	www.ibps.in
Job Type	Bank Job
Job Location	Anywhere in India

About the IBPS SO Examination 

• The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts the IBPS Specialist Officer’s Examination annually. The scores of this examination will be used to fill up vacancies in the following posts, namely, IT Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, HR Personnel Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Law Officer and Marketing Officer.
• The selection process involves three stages namely, the preliminary examination, mains examination and the interview. 
• Candidates have to solve 150 questions in IBPS SO Prelims exam. Additionally, the preliminary examination is only an elimination exam. 
• The final results will be dependent on the marks secured in the interview and mains examination. The weightage ratio of exam and interview shall be 80:20. 
• The minimum qualifying score is 40% for general candidates and 35% for SC/ST/OBC category candidates.
• The more candidates practice the IBPS SO Previous Year Papers, the more it will boost up their speed and accuracy level.

IBPS SO Previous Question Papers with its Solutions

• IBPS SO exam pattern varies based on the designations and this applies for both prelims and mains exams. 
• The IBPS SO previous year question paper has four sections and 200 questions in total. Each section has equal weightage of 50 questions.

The preliminary examination pattern for IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer is as follows – 

Name Of The Subjects	Number of questions	Expected Marks
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50
Reasoning	50	50
English language	50	25
Total	150	125

• The time duration of the test is 2 hours.
• English and Hindi are the languages of the exam.

The question paper and answer key for IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer is as follows – 

Previous Papers	Answer Key
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The preliminary examination pattern for Law Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari is as follows –

Name Of The Subjects	Number of Questions	Number Of Marks
English Language	50	25
Reasoning	50	50
General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	50	50
Total	150	125

• The time duration of the test is 2 hours
• English and Hindi are the languages in which the exam is conducted
• Each subject is 40 Minutes.

The question paper and answer key for Law Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari is as follows – 

Year	Previous Papers	Answer Key
2018	https://images.static-collegedunia.com/public/image/641aa41e0bc581bae0b21aed41099e78.pdf	https://images.static-collegedunia.com/public/image/f517aec1d2a58fcd551cb318c2c65c9e.pdf
2017	https://images.static-collegedunia.com/public/image/7fc5b63cdc4bfa01508ffc021645a9a9.pdf	https://images.static-collegedunia.com/public/image/2a2777921c4add254a25318224813c95.pdf