IBPS SO Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2021: 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 Syllabus Post-wise and the Latest Exam Pattern 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 2021 Mains Syllabus
| IT Officer (Scale - I) | Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I) |
Marketing Officer (Scale-I) |
Law Officer (Scale-I) |
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I) |
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) |
| Database Management System Computer Networks Operating Systems Data Structures & Algorithms Software Engineering Computer Organization and Microprocessor Compiler Design Object-oriented Programming Embedded Systems Web Technology |
Basics of Crop Production Horticulture Seed Science Agronomy and Irrigation Agricultural Economics and Practices Soil Resources Animal Husbandry Agroforestry Ecology Government Schemes related to Agriculture Agriculture Current Affairs |
Basics of Marketing Management Brand Management Promotion Mix and Sales Advertising, PR, Sales Retail Business Ethics Pricing & Distribution Strategy Market Segmentation Market Research and Forecasting Demand Product Life Cycle Corporate Social Responsibility Service Marketing Marketing Strategies Digital Marketing Consumer Behavior |
Banking Acts & Laws Securities & Foreign Exchange General & Commercial Laws Banking Ombudsman Laws and Orders (Banking Sector) Laws & Orders (Administrative) |
Human Resource Development & Planning, Personnel, and Retirement Transnational Analysis, Compensation, Rewards & Recognition Strategic Human Resource Management, Training, and Development Performance Management, Organisational Change, and Intervention Strategies Industrial Relations Business Policies & Labour Laws Grievance and Conflict Management Theories of Human Resources |
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What next after IBPS SO 2021 Mains?
Candidates who qualify in the IBPS SO Mains 2021 will be shortlisted for the Interview phase. Each candidate will have to secure the minimum score in the Online Mains exam and also obtain sufficiently high scores overall to be considered for the Interview. Cut-offs will be decided depending on the number of State/ UT wise vacancies available, and accordingly, candidates will be considered for the Interview. Scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates before the completion of the Interview process.
Interviews will be conducted by the Participating Banks and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each State/ UT. The tentative date for the Interviews is February/March 2022.
IBPS SO 2021 Interview Marking
The total marks allotted for the Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in the interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWBD candidates). The weightage (ratio) of Online Main Examination and interview will be 80:20 respectively. The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of total scores obtained by the candidates in the Online Main Examination of CRP- SPL-XI and Interview.
NOTE: Marks obtained in the Online Main exam only will be considered for shortlisting for the interview and also for final merit listing.
