IBPS SO Mains 2021 Important Topics: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will be conducting IBPS SO 2021 Mains on 30th January 2022. The IBPS SO 2021 will be held 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. The IBPS SO 2021 Prelims was held on 26th December 2021 and the IBPS SO Prelims 2021 Result & Scorecard have been released. Only shortlisted candidates in the IBPS SO 2021 Mains exam will be called for the Interview phase. In this article, we shared the IBPS SO 2021 Mains Important Topics & Sample Questions Post Wise.
IBPS SO 2021 Important Dates
| IBPS SO Mains 2021 Events |
Important Dates |
| IBPS SO Prelims Exam |
26th December 2021 |
| IBPS SO Prelims Result |
18th January 2022 |
| IBPS SO Prelims Scorecard |
21st January 2022 |
| IBPS SO Mains Admit Card Download |
19th January 2022 to 30th January 2022 |
| IBPS SO Mains Exam Date |
30th January 2022 |
| IBPS SO Mains Result 2021 |
February 2022 (Tentative) |
| IBPS SO Mains Score Card 2021 |
February 2022 (Tentative) |
| IBPS SO Final Result 2021 |
April 2022 (Tentative) |
IBPS SO Mains 2021 Exam Pattern
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 |
NOTE
(i) There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate 1/4th or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty to arrive at a corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
(ii) Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in the test of Online Main examination and also secure sufficiently high scores to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Marks obtained in the online main examination only will be considered for Shortlisting for the Interview and also for final merit listing.
IBPS SO Mains 2021 Important Topics (Post-wise)
Candidates can check below important topics below (post-wise) for IBPS SO 2021 Mains paper for IT, Agricultural Field, Law, Marketing, HR/Personnel Officers, and Rajbhasha Adhikari.
| Posts | Important Topics |
| IT Officer (Scale - I) | Data Structures & Algorithms (Stacks & Queues, Asymptotic Notation, Arrays, Searching & Sorting techniques, Binary Trees, Heaps, Linked Lists, Graphs, etc.), Computer Networks (Types of Networks, Basics, TCP/IP Model, OSI Model, Sliding Window Protocol, Multiple Access Protocols, Types of Routing, etc.), Database Management System (Introduction, E-R diagrams, Functional Dependencies, Transaction and Concurrency Control, SQL Queries, Normalization, Tuple, ACID properties, Data Warehouse Modeling, etc), Computer Organization and Microprocessor (Computer Arithmetic, Synchronous Counter, Addressing Modes, Instruction Design and Format, Multiplexer / De-multiplexer, Memory Organization, Cache, Pipelining, Bus organization of 8085 microprocessor, Flip Flop & Latch, Instruction Format, Ripple Counter, etc.), Operating System (Types of OS, Memory Management, Processes & Threads, Page Replacement Algorithms, Thrashing, Scheduling Algorithms, Semaphores, Deadlock, Bankers Algorithm, Paging, etc.), Compiler Design (Parsing, SLR Parsing, Lexical Analysis, Error Handling, Syntax Directed Translation, Context-Free Grammars, Bottom-up parsing, etc), Web Technology (HTML, XML, CSS, Fundamentals of JavaScript & AJAX, Introduction to Java Server Page, Server Site Programming basics, DOM & SAX, etc.), Programming Languages, Data Warehousing & Data Mining, Cloud Computing |
| Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I) | Basics of Crop Production (Agriculture in India, Major Crops of India, Irrigation in India, Types of Cultivation, Agriculture based Research Institutes in India), Horticulture (Amateur Horticulture, Fruits and Vegetable Horticulture, Commercial Horticulture), Seed Science (Basics, Different Seed Tests), Agronomy and Irrigation (Lift Irrigation, Drip Irrigation, Sprinkler Irrigation, Sowing, Manuring, Soil preparation, Irrigation, Weeding, Harvesting, Storage), Agricultural Economics (Basics, Agriculture cost, and scheme), Soil Resources (Tillage, Fertilizer, Soil Types, Indian soil, Type of facts soil-related fact, Nutrient deficiencies, Green manure), Agricultural Practices (Animal Husbandry, Different Diseases, Agroforestry, Ecology, Entomology, Dairy Science, Plant Pathology, Rural Welfare Activities in India), Government Schemes related to Agriculture (PM-Kisan, PM Fasal Bima Yojana, NABARD schemes, Soil Health Card, etc), Agriculture Current Affairs |
| Marketing Officer (Scale-I) | Basics of Marketing Management (Nature and Scope of Marketing, Marketing Mix (4Ps, 7Ps, etc.), Marketing competitiveness, Marketing Programs, Holistic Marketing, Marketing Organization, Marketing Decisions, Processes and Planning, Exchange definition), Brand Management (Introduction to brands and brand management, Branding for different product categories, Brand image, Brand positioning, CBBE (Customer-based brand equity), Brand hierarchies, Branding & differentiation, Brand research and brand equity, Brand equity measurement, Brand element and brand association, Branding & IMC), Promotion Mix and Sales (Promotion mix and its components, Sales Promotion, Direct marketing, Online marketing, Personal selling), Distribution Strategy (Meaning, Need for and Importance of Distribution Channel, Types of Channels- Direct Channel, Indirect Channel, Functions of Channel Members, Factors Influencing Channel Decisions), Pricing Decisions (Price and its Determinants, Pricing Policies and Strategies, Factors Affecting Pricing Decisions, Objectives of Pricing Decisions, Pricing Methods), Advertising, PR, Sales, Retail, Business Ethics, Market Segmentation, Market Research and Forecasting Demand, Product Life Cycle, Corporate Social Responsibility, Service Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Digital Marketing, Consumer Behavior |
| Law Officer (Scale-I) | Banking Acts & Laws (Banking Regulation Act 1949, RBI Act 1934, The Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2006, BBE Act 1891, Negotiable Instrument Act 1881, SARFAESI Act 2002, Tax Laws, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, FEMA 1999, PMLA 2002, Debt Recovery Tribunal Act 1993), General & Commercial Laws (Criminal Procedure Code 1973, Indian Evidence Act 1872, Jurisprudence & Interpretation of Law, The Constitution of India Act 1950, Civil Procedure Code 1908, Indian Penal Code 1860, Consumer Protection Act 1986, RTI Act 2005, Legal Terms/ Legal Maxim, General Principles of Contract, Special Principles of Contract-I & II, The Partnership Act, 1932, The Sales of Goods Act 1930, TP Act 1882, The Company Law Act, LLP Act 2008), Other Law & Acts (Debt Recovery Tribunals Act, IT Act 2000, Administrative Law, The Law of Limitation, Principle of Natural Justice, Alternate Dispute Resolution, Lok Adalat) |
| HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I) | Human Resource Development & Planning, Personnel and Retirement (Recruitment and Selection, Separation, Retention, Human Resource Demand Forecasting, Work Scheduling, Human Resource Information System, Human Resource Accounting and Audit, Models and Framework of Evaluation), Transnational Analysis, Compensation, Rewards & Recognition (Transfers, Promotions, Demotions, Different Types of Transactions, Use of TA for Improving Behaviour, Rewards and Recognition), Strategic Human Resource Management, Training and Development (Measures of HRM performance, HRM and Firm Performance Linkages, Outsourcing and Offshoring, Downsizing, Conflict Management, Strategic Training – Methods, Processes, Training Needs Assessment, Theories and Program Design, Principles of Adult Learning), Performance Management, Organisational Change and Intervention Strategies (Performance Management Process, Performance Appraisal, Performance Management and Employee Development, Models of Organizational Change- Kurt Lewin’s Models of Change, Huse’s 7 stages model of change, Organizational Diagnosis- Weisbord’s model of Organizational Diagnosis), Business Policies & Labour Laws (Trade Union Act, Industrial Dispute Act, Factory Act, Payment of Wages Act, Minimum Wages Act, Payment of Bonus Act, Payment of Gratuity Act, Workmen’s Compensation Act, Employees’ State Insurance Act), Theories of Human Resources (Expectancy Theory by Vroom, Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scales, Theory X Theory Y McGregor. Hagberg Theory, Unfreezing, Moving, Refreezing by Lewin, Hierarchy of Needs by Maslow, Two Factory Theory by Herzberg, Johari Window by Luft Ingham) |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) | राजभाषा अधिनियम (राजभाषा - संवैधानिक/वैधानिक प्रावधान, राजभाषा नियम का संक्षिप्त नाम, राजभाषा वर्गीकृत क्षेत्र, विस्तार और प्रारम्भ, केन्द्रीय हिन्दी समिति, प्रमुख हिन्दी प्रकाशन, राजभाषा से संबन्धित पुरस्कार योजनाएँ ) राजभाषा आयोग ( भारत की प्रमुख भाषाएँ, अनुच्छेद, संविधान की आठवी अनुसूची का परिचय, 343 ,344, 345 , 348, संविधान में सम्मिलित भाषाएं, हिन्दी और उसकी संवैधानिक स्थिति ) हिन्दी भाषा ( बोली, लिपि, उपभाषाएँ , हिन्दी दिवस का परिचय, हिन्दी भाषा मे अनुवाद, हिन्दी भाषा एवं साहित्य का संक्षिप्त इतिहास, वाक्य एवं वर्तनी अशुद्धि, मुहावरे ,हिन्दी व्याकरण का परिचय, संज्ञा , क्रिया ,सर्वनाम, वचन, विशेषण ,पुरुष, लिंग ),लोकोक्तियाँ, विलोम एवं अनेकार्थी शब्द, पर्यायवाची, वाक्यांश के लिए एक शब्द )
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IBPS SO Mains 2021 Sample Questions
Candidates can check below sample questions below (post-wise) for IBPS SO 2021 Mains paper for IT, Agricultural Field, Law, Marketing, HR/Personnel Officers, and Rajbhasha Adhikari.
| Posts |
Sample Questions |
| IT Officer (Scale - I) |
Q. Public data can be accessed _______ (1) only from the base class itself (2) both from the base class and from its derived classes (3) cannot be accessed by any method (4) only from derived classes (5) Other than those given as options |
| Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I) |
Q. Which of the following is a high tech, high value agricultural project? (1) Marine Fisheries (2) Greenhouse (3) Grape Cultivation (4) Poultry Farming (5) Other than those given as options |
| Marketing Officer (Scale-I) |
Q. Brand Image refers to _______ (1) attributes of a product (2) customer’s perceptions of a brand (3) market orientation of a product (4) attributes of a product and customer’s perceptions of a brand (5) Other than those given as options
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| Law Officer (Scale-I) |
Q. After the balance sheet and the profit and loss account have been laid before an Annual General Meeting of a Company, the same has to be filed with the Registrar of Companies within _____ days of AGM. (1) 60 (2) 45 (3) 30 (4) 20 (5) 15 |
| HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I) |
Q. Which of the following provides employees with an accurate view of their performance from Superiors, Peers, Subordinates and Customers? (1) Management By Objectives (2) Job Engineering (3) 360 Degree Appraisal (4) Mentoring (5) Other than those given as options |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) |
प्र. राजभाषा के संबंध मेंराष्ट्रपति की ओर सेप्रथम आदेश ककस सन्मेंजारी ककया गया था? (1) 1952 (2) 1948 (3) 1947 (4) 1962 (5) ददए गए विकल्पों को छोड़कर अन्य |
