IBPS Specialist Officer (SO) Preliminary examination conducted on 30th and 31st December successfully. There were three sections in the examination. The mains examination is scheduled to be held on 28th January 2018. The exam was conducted for 125 marks comprised of 150 questions with a time of two hours.
Pattern of Examination: The examination has 3 sections - Reasoning, General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry, English Language (For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari) and - Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language (For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer). In the examination, there was a objective type of questions. The candidates shall be required to qualify in each section as per cut-off marks determined on the basis of performance in each section and also on a total weighted score. Negative marking is applicable for the Objective Test. For every wrong answer, one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
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Analysis of Examination: The overall difficulty level of the examination was Moderate.
The Banking team of Jagranjosh.com has come up with a comprehensive analysis of the question paper and the expected cut off for the examination.
| Section | Total Ques. | Maximum Marks | Level of Difficulty |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 | Moderate |
| Quantitative Aptitude (For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer) | 50 | 50 | Moderate to Difficult |
| English Language | 50 | 25 | Moderate to Difficult |
| General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry (For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari) | 50 | 50 |
The section wise details are as follows:
Reasoning Ability:
The level of difficulty was Easy to Moderate for this section. There were no questions asked from the topic Input-Output.
| Topics | Number of question | Level of difficulty |
| seating arrangement | 10 | Moderate |
| Analytical Reasoning | 5 | Moderate |
| Puzzle | 10 | Moderate |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Inequalities | 5 | Easy |
| Blood relation, Series on Alphabet, Direction and Sense | 2+1+2=5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Coding-Decoding | 5 | Easy to Moderate |
| Total no. of question | 50 |
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English Language
The difficulty level of this section was Moderate this time and most of the questions were followed the old pattern. There were two sets of Reading Comprehension asked in the section.
| Topic | Number of question | Level of difficulty |
| Reading Comprehension (Economy based) | 20 | Moderate |
| Double Fillers | 5 | Moderate |
| Spotting Error | 5 | Moderate |
| Cloze Test (based on the new pattern) | 10 | Moderate |
| Sentence Rearrangement | 5 | Moderate |
| Phrase Replacement | 5 | Moderate |
| Total no. question | 50 |
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Quantitative Aptitude
This overall difficulty level of this section was Easy to Moderate. Good calculation speed played a major role to score more in this section as the questions were calculative. There were three sets of Data Interpretation (DI) and one caselet asked in the section.
| Topic | Number of question | Level of difficulty |
| Data Interpretation (Table Graph + Pie Chart+ Line Graph+ Caselet) | 5+5+5+5=20 | Moderate |
| Approximation | 5 | Easy |
| Number Series (Based on missing number pattern) | 5 | Moderate |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy |
| Miscellaneous- Compound interest, Simple interest, Time and work, Ration and proportion, profit and loss , percentage, Averages, Ages) | 15 | Easy to Moderate |
| Total no. of question | 50 |
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General Awareness: The difficulty level for this section was Moderate. There were 50 questions asked in this section. Most of the questions were asked from current affairs. Questions on Banking Awareness and Static GK were also asked in the section.
Expected Cutoff marks: - As per our analysis and difficulty level of the examination, the following Cutoff marks are expected for a different category.
| Sr. No POSTS | Expected Cut-Off for General Category | Expected Cut-Off for SC | Expected Cut-Off for ST | Expected Cut-Off for OBC |
| I.T. Officer (Scale-I) | 60-65 | 52-57 | 50-55 | 58-63 |
| Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) | 40-45 | 35-30 | 30-35 | 38-43 |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) | 52-57 | 48-53 | 45-50 | 52-57 |
| Law Officer (Scale I) | 58-63 | 52-57 | 42-47 | 55-60 |
| HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) | 61-66 | 55-60 | 52-57 | 58-63 |
| Marketing Officer (Scale I) | 58-63 | 50-55 | 48-53 | 55-60 |
Note: The candidates should note that the above cut offs may vary as it depends upon various factors hence, it is not possible to predict the exact cut off marks until IBPS declared it on its website. The IBPS will announce cut off marks, when the process of selection is over.
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