IBPS Standard Score for Clerical Cadre

Q: What procedure has been adopted by IBPS to arrive at Standard Score in Score Card for Clerical Cadre Exam conducted by IBPS?

A: IBPS Standard Scores for Clerical Cadre Exam conducted by IBPS are obtained by adopting the following procedure:

• Number of questions answered correctly by a candidate in each objective test is considered for arriving at the Corrected Score after applying penalty for wrong answers.
• (ii) The Corrected Scores so obtained by a candidate are made equivalent to take care of the minor difference in difficulty level, if any, across the different sets of objective tests to arrive at the Equated Scores*.
• (iii) The Equated Scores so obtained are standardized** to arrive at Final Standard Score with a minimum ‘0' and maximum ‘50' by following Linear Transformation Method.

This procedure is followed for each of the tests.

* Scores obtained by candidates on any test are equated to the base form by considering the distribution of scores of all the forms.

** The equated scores in each test are scaled to Standardised Scores with Mean 25 and Standard Deviation 5.