IBPS SO 2021: The IBPS SO 2021 Mains will be held on 30th January 2022. The IBPS SO 2021 Prelims was held on 26th December 2021. The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will be conducting the IBPS SO 2021 in two phases – Online Preliminary and Online Main exams to fill up 1,828 Specialist Officers (SO) – Scale I across 11 participating Public Sector Banks during the CRP SPL-XI Recruitment Drive. The 1,828 Specialist Officers (SO) – Scale I posts include IT Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Agricultural Field Officer, Law Officer, Marketing Officer, and HR/Personnel Officer. Only shortlisted candidates in the IBPS SO 2021 Mains exam will be called for the Interview phase. In this article, we share the details of IBPS SO 2021 Notification such as exam dates, admit card, cut-off, how to apply, syllabus, eligibility, educational qualification, exam pattern, vacancies, selection process, result, participating banks, and exam centres.
IBPS SO 2021: Important Dates
| IBPS SO 2021 Recruitment Process |
Important Dates |
| Online Application Registration Date |
3rd November 2021 to 23rd November 2021 |
| Last Date for Online application |
23rd November 2021 |
| Prelims Admit Card Download |
10th December to 26th December 2021 |
| IBPS SO Prelims Exam Date |
26th December 2021 |
| IBPS SO Prelims Result |
January 2022 |
| IBPS SO Mains Exam Date |
30th January 2022 |
| IBPS SO Mains Result |
February 2022 |
| IBPS SO Interview Call Letter Download |
February 2022 |
| IBPS SO Interview Date |
February 2022/ March 2022 (Tentative) |
| Provisional Allotment |
April 2022 |
IBPS SO 2021: Participating Banks
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 SO 2021: How to Apply
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IPBS) released the IBPS SO 2021 Notification on 3rd November 2021 on the official website of IBPS. The online registration for IBPS SO 2021 closed on 23rd November 2021. Candidates can apply on the official website of IBPS.
NOTE: Candidates can apply for only one post. Multiple applications will be rejected.
IBPS SO 2021: Admit Card
Candidates can download the IBPS SO 2021 Admit Card on the official website of IBPS. The IBPS SO 2021 Prelims will be held on 26th December 2021.
IBPS SO 2021 Admit Card – Download Link
IBPS SO 2021: Eligibility Criteria, Educational Qualification & Age Limit
Candidates interested in applying for CRP SPL-XI for Specialist Officers (SO) should ensure they meet the minimum eligibility criteria as decided by IBPS.
Nationality / Citizenship
A candidate must be either –
(i) a Citizen of India or
(ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Candidates belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above should have a certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India.
Age Limit
As on 1st November 2021, the minimum age limit is 20 years and the maximum age limit is 30 years.
Relaxation of Upper Age Limit
| Category |
Age Relaxation |
| SC/ST |
5 years |
| OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) |
3 years |
| Person with Disabilities |
10 years |
| Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers, Persons domiciled in J&K from January 1980 to December 1989 |
5 years |
| Persons affected by 1984 riots |
5 years |
Educational Qualifications
| Post | Age | Educational Qualifications (As of 23rd November 2021) |
| IT Officer (Scale-I) |
Min- 20 Years Max-30 Years |
a) 4 year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & 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) |
Min- 20 Years Max-30 Years |
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) |
Min- 20 Years Max-30 Years |
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) |
Min- 20 Years Max-30 Years |
A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council |
| HR/Personnel Officer (Scale - I) | Min- 20 years Max- 30 years |
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) |
Min- 20 years Max- 30 years |
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 |
NOTE: All the educational qualifications mentioned should be from a University/ Institution/ Board recognized by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies and the final result should have been declared on or before 23rd November 2021.
IBPS SO 2021 Selection Process
The IBPS SO 2021 recruitment for 1,828 Specialist Officers will be held in two phases: Online Preliminary and Online Mains. Shortlisted candidates in the IBPS SO Prelims will be allowed to give the IBPS SO Mains on 30th January 2022. Shortlisted candidates in the Mains exam will be called for the Interview phase. A candidate should qualify both in the Online Main Examination and Interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent Provisional Allotment process.
NOTE: Marks obtained in the online Mains exam only will be considered for shortlisting for Interview and for Final Merit Listing.
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IBPS SO 2021 Exam Pattern: Prelims & Mains
The IBPS SO 2021 Prelims includes English Language, Reasoning Ability, General Awareness (special reference to banking industry), and Quantitative Aptitude. There will be a total of 150 Objective Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). Each section will be allotted 40 minutes. The medium of exam for Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, and General Awareness (with Special Reference to Banking Industry) will be English & Hindi. The paper for the English Language will be conducted in English only. The IBPS SO 2021 Prelims exam will be conducted in online mode (post-wise).
NOTE: For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari, the sections in the IBPS SO 2021 Prelims will be English Language, Reasoning Ability, and General Awareness (special reference to banking industry). For the post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer, and HR/Personnel Officer, the sections in the IBPS SO 2021 Prelims will be English Language, Reasoning Ability, and Quantitative Aptitude.
IBPS SO 2021 Prelims
For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari
| Section | No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Medium of Exam | Duration |
| English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 Minutes |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | 40 Minutes |
| General Awareness (with Special Reference to Banking Industry) |
50 | 50 | English & Hindi | 40 Minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 |
For the post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer
| Section | No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Medium of Exam | Duration |
| English Language | 50 | 25 | English | 40 Minutes |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | 40 Minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | English & Hindi | 40 Minutes |
| Total | 150 | 125 |
IBPS SO 2021 Mains
For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer
| Section | No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Medium of Exam | Duration |
| Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 Minutes |
For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari
| Section | No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Medium of Exam | Duration |
| Professional Knowledge (Objective) | 45 | 60 | English & Hindi | 30 Minutes |
| Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) | 2 | English & Hindi | 30 Minutes |
IBPS SO 2021 Marking Scheme
NOTE: Candidates have to qualify each section by securing minimum cut-off marks in the Prelims and Mains that will 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 exams.
There will be a penalty for each wrong answer. 1/4th or 0.25 of the marks assigned to a question will be deducted to arrive at a final score. If a question is left blank, no marks will be deducted.
IBPS SO 2021 Syllabus
Click here to view the detailed syllabus of IBPS SO Prelims & Mains 2021
IBPS SO Cut Off: Previous Years 2020 & 2019
IBPS SO Cutoff 2020 – Prelims (Category-wise & Section-wise)
| Posts/Category/Section | Rajbhasha Adhikari |
Law Officer | ||
| SC/ST/OBC/PWD |
EWS/General |
SC/ST/OBC/PWD |
EWS/General |
|
| English Language |
3.50 |
6.00 | 4.75 | 7.50 |
| Reasoning Ability | 1.25 |
5.00 | 3.00 | 7.50 |
| General Awareness (with Special Reference to Banking Industry) |
3.75 | 7.00 | 5.50 | 8.50 |
| Posts/Category/Section | HR/Personnel Officer | Agriculture Field Officer | Marketing Officer | IT Officer | ||||
| SC/ST/OBC/PWD |
EWS/General |
SC/ST/OBC/PWD |
EWS/General |
SC/ST/OBC/PWD |
EWS/General |
SC/ST/OBC/PWD |
EWS/General |
|
| English Language | 6.00 | 8.75 | 2.75 | 5.25 | 6.00 | 8.75 | 6.00 | 8.75 |
| Reasoning Ability | 5.00 | 9.00 | 2.50 | 5.50 | 5.00 | 9.00 | 5.00 | 9.00 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 7.00 | 11.00 | 5.75 | 9.75 |
7.00 | 11.00 | 7.00 |
11.00 |
IBPS SO Cutoff 2020 (Mains) - Post-wise
| Posts | Category | ||||||||
| SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR | HI | OC | VI | ID | |
| IT Officer | 42.60 | 36.67 | 54 | 44.67 | 54.33 | - | 49.67 | - | - |
| Agriculture Field Officer | 78.67 | 79.47 | 83.80 | 79 | 86.93 | 72.33 | 77.67 | 77.27 | 67.53 |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari | 56.40 | 43.40 | 52.33 | 44.07 | 57.73 | - | - | - | - |
| HR/Personnel Officer | - | - | 56 | - | 65.33 | - | - | - | - |
| Marketing Officer | 62.33 | 51.40 | 63.73 | 66.67 | 75.47 | 45.93 | 63 | - | - |
| Law Officer | 70.65 | 60.88 | 70.99 | 70.07 | 75.72 | - | - | 45.93 | - |
IBPS SO Cutoff 2019 – Prelims (Category-wise)
| Category | IBPS SO Prelims Cut-off |
| General | 81.50 |
| OBC | 79.50 |
| SC | 73.25 |
| ST | 64.50 |
| OC | 71.25 |
| VI | 57.38 |
| HI | 28.13 |
| ID | 45.38 |
IBPS SO Cutoff 2019 (Prelims) - Section-wise
| Section | SC/ST/OBC/PWD | EWS/General |
| English Language | 6.75 | 9.50 |
| Reasoning Ability | 8.75 | 13.50 |
| General Awareness/ Quantitative Aptitude | 7.50 | 11.50 |
IBPS SO Cutoff 2019 (Mains) - Post-wise
| IBPS SO Posts (Scale – I) | SC/ST/OBC/PWD | EWS/General |
| IT Officer | 9.25 | 13.25 |
| Agriculture Field Officer | 21.75 | 25.50 |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari | 21.25 | 24.75 |
| HR/Personnel Officer | 15.75 | 20.00 |
| Marketing Officer | 19.75 | 22.75 |
| Law Officer | 15.25 | 19.25 |
IBPS SO Interview 2021
Candidates who are shortlisted in the Online Mains exam for the IBPS SO 2021 will be called for the Interview round that will be conducted by the Participating Banks and coordinated by the Nodal Banks in each State/UT. The interview centres, address, time, and date of the interview will be informed to the candidates through the call letter. Candidates can download their interview call letter from the official website of IBPS.
Interview Cut-off: The total marks allotted to the interview are 100 marks. The minimum qualifying marks in the interview will be 40 per cent (35 per cent for SC/ST/OBC/PWBD candidates). The weightage of the Online Mains exam and interview will be 80:20 ratio respectively.
Final Score: The combined final score of candidates will be derived on the basis of total scores attained in the online Mains and Interview in the IBPS SO 2021.
IBPS SO Result 2021
The IBPS will be releasing the results for online Prelims in January 2022 and the results for online Mains in February 2022. The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is conducting the IBPS SO 2021 Prelims on 26th December 2021 and IBPS SO 2021 Mains on 30th January 2022 for the recruitment of 1,828 Specialist Officers (SO) – Scale I across 11 participating Public Sector Banks during the CRP SPL-XI Recruitment Drive.
The result for IBPS SO 2021 will be declared on the official website of IBPS. Candidates can check their scores in the Prelims and see if they qualified for the Mains exam.
Steps to check IBPS SO 2021 Result:
Step 1: Visit official website of IBPS
Step 2: Click on “View Result of IBPS PO 2021 Exam”
Step 3: Enter Roll Number & Date of Birth
Step 4: Submit & Download the result
IBPS SO Provisional Allotment 2021
A candidate should qualify both in the Online Main Examination and the Interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for the Provisional Allotment.
Depending on the final vacancies to be filled in during the financial year 2022-23 based on the business needs of the Participating Banks and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the Participating Banks.
The IBPS SO Provisional Allotment 2021 will be conducted in April 2022.
IBPS SO 2021: Exam Centres
| State /UT / NCR |
Preliminary Examination Centre |
Main Examination Center |
| Andaman & Nicobar |
Port Blair |
Port Blair |
| Andhra Pradesh |
Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram |
Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam |
| Arunachal Pradesh |
Naharlagun |
Naharlagun |
| Assam |
Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur |
Guwahati |
| Bihar |
Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea |
Patna, |
| Chandigarh |
Chandigarh/Mohali |
Chandigarh/Mohali |
| Chhattisgarh |
Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur |
Raipur |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |
Surat, Jamnagar |
Surat |
| Delhi |
Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram |
Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram |
| Goa |
Panaji |
Panaji |
| Gujarat |
Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
Ahmedabad |
| Haryana |
Ambala, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Yamuna Nagar |
Hissar |
| Himachal Pradesh |
Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una |
Hamirpur, Shimla |
| Jammu & Kashmir |
Jammu, Samba, Srinagar |
Jammu, Srinagar |
| Jharkhand |
Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
Ranchi |
| Karnataka |
Bengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi |
Bengaluru, Hubli |
| Kerala |
Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur |
Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Ladakh |
Leh |
Leh |
| Lakshadweep |
Kavarrati |
Kavaratti |
| Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain |
Bhopal |
| Maharashtra |
Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Ratnagiri |
Aurangabad, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune |
| Manipur |
Imphal |
Imphal |
| Meghalaya |
Shillong |
Shillong |
| Mizoram |
Aizawl |
Aizawl |
| Nagaland |
Kohima |
Kohima |
| Odisha |
Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
Bhubaneshwar |
| Puducherry |
Puducherry |
Puducherry |
| Punjab |
Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fategarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala |
Jalandhar, Ludhiana |
| Rajasthan |
Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur |
Jaipur, Udaipur |
| Sikkim |
Bardang/ Gangtok |
Bardang/ Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu |
Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore |
Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli |
| Telangana |
Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal |
Hyderabad |
| Tripura |
Agartala |
Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh |
Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Prayagraj(Allahabad), Varanasi |
Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj(Allahabad) |
| Uttarakhand |
Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee |
Dehradun |
| West Bengal |
Asansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri |
Greater Kolkata, Siliguri |
