IBPS SO 2020-21 Notification Released for 645 Specialist Officer Posts: Apply Online for SO Recruitment @ibps.in, Check Exam Date, Eligibility

Shilpa Kohli

Updated: Nov 7, 2020 10:33 IST

The recruitment will be done for the posts such as I.T. Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer in various banks such as Canara Bank, Indian Overseas Bank,  Central Bank of India, UCO Bank, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India, Bank of India, Indian Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, Bank of Maharashtra .

Before applying for IBPS SO Recruitment 2020, candidates should fulfill all the required eligibility criteria.

Candidates can check the all the details such as eligibility, vacancy, exam pattern, application proces etc. on IBPS SO 2020, based on past recruitment, by scrolling down:

IBPS SO Online Application Link

Download IBPS SO Notification PDF 2020

IBPS SO 2020 Important Dates

IBPS SO 2020 Vacancy Details

• IT Officer (Scale-I) - 20 Posts
• Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I) - 485 Posts
• Marketing Officer (Scale I) - 60 Posts
• Law Officers (Scale-I) - 50 Posts
• HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) - 7 Posts
• Rajbasha Adhikaris (Scale-I) - 25 Posts

Eligibility Criteria for IBPS SO Posts

Educational Qualification:

• IT. Officer (Scale-I) - 4 year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & 3 Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation OR b) Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & Tele Communication/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Computer Applications OR Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level
• Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) - 4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry/Forestry/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Food Science/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture
• Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) - Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level OR Post graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level.
• Law Officer (Scale I) - A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council
• HR/Personn el Officer (Scale I) - Graduate and Two Years Full time Post Graduate degree or Two Years Full time Post Graduate diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ HR / HRD/ Social Work / Labour Law
• Marketing Officer (Scale I) - Graduate and Two Years Full time MMS (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time MBA (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing

Age Limit:

20 to 30 Years

IBPS SO 2020 Selection Criteria

The selection will be done on the basis of Preliminary Examination, Main Examination and Interview.

IBPS SO Exam Pattern

The exam will be conducted in online and there will be multiple-choice questions on:

For Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari Posts

IBPS SO Prelims Exam Pattern for IT Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, Agriculture Field Officer and Marketing Officer:

IBPS SO Syllabus:

English Language:

• Reading Comprehension
• Cloze Test
• Spotting Errors
• Double Fillers
• Sentence rearrangement
• Sentence Improvement
• Phrase Replacement

Reasoning

• Puzzles
• Series – Alphanumeric & Figures
• Coding-decoding
• Inequality
• Input-Output
• Blood Relation
• Order Ranking
• Direction and Sense
• Syllogism

Quantitative Aptitude

• Data Interpretation - Pie charts, Tabular, Bar Graphs, Line charts
• Number system
• Approximation
• HCF and LCM
• Age Problems
• Quadratic Equations
• Arithmetic – Profit, Loss and Discount, Percentage, Ratio and proportion, Average, Mixture and Allegations, Time and work, Pipe and Cistern, Speed, Distance and time, Simple and compound interest
• Permutation and Combination
• Mensuration
• Data Sufficiency

General Awareness

• Current Affairs
• Important Days
• Important Places
• Books & authors
• Awards
• Prime Ministers Schemes
• Banking Awareness topics.
• Countries, capitals and currencies
• Tallest and biggest in India and the world
• Headquarters of Important Organizations
• Banking in India
• Banking terms
• Bank headquarters
• Slogans of banks
• Economic terminologies

IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern 2002

For IT Officer, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, Agriculture Field Officer and Marketing Officer

For Rajbhasha Adhikari

0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer in both Prelims & Mains examinations.

IBPS SO 2020 Interview:

Candidates who have been shortlisted in the mains exam shall be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organisations and coordinated by the Nodal Banks in each State/ UT. Interviews will be conducted at select centres. The centre, address of the venue, time & date of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter

IBPS SO Provisional Allotment:

 On completion of the interview process, shortlisted candidates will be provisionally allotted to one of the Participating Organisations, based on merit-cum-preference keeping in view the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, various guidelines issued by Govt. of India/Others from time to time, administrative exigency, etc.

How to Apply for IBPS SO 2020 ?

Candidates can apply for IBPS SO 2020 Recruitment by following steps:

1. Candidates are first required to go to the IBPS’s website www.ibps.in and click on the Home Page to open the link “CRP Specialist Officers” and then click on the option “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRPSpecialist Officers (CRP-SPL-X)” to open the On-Line Application Form.
2. Candidates will have to click on “CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION” to register their application by entering their basic information in the online application form. After that a provisional registration number and password will be generated by the system and displayed on the screen. Candidate should note down the Provisional registration number and password. An Email & SMS indicating the Provisional Registration number and Password will also be sent. They can reopen the saved data using Provisional registration number and password and edit the particulars, if needed.
3. Candidates are required to upload their - Photograph - Signature - Left Thumb Impression - A hand written declaration as per the specifications given in the Guidelines for Scanning and Upload of documents
4. After that, the payment of requisite fees/ intimation charges should be paid through ONLINE mode only

IBPS SO Fee:

• General & Others - Rs. 850/-
• SC/ST/PWD - Rs. 175/-

IBPS Website

Candidates can also apply for IBPS Recruitment on following Posts:

IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2020-21

IBPS PO Recruitment 2020-21

IBPS RRB Clerk/PO Recruitment 2020-21