IBPS PO/MT Syllabus and Exam Pattern

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is conducting Common Written Examination (CWE PO/MT) for the recruitment of Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee vacancies in Public Sector Banks which will be conducted online. Please find the details of IBPS PO/MT Syllabus and Exam Pattern

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Exam Pattern: The online examination will be held in two phases, preliminary and main which consists of objective type questions. Total marks of the Preliminary exam is 100 and duration is 1 hour & total marks on Main exam is 200 marks and duration is 2 hours. There will be Negative Marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer. If a question is left blank, there will be no negative marking for that question. All the tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi. The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equi-percentile method. Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations.
CWE Online-Examinations:
1. The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:
a. Preliminary Examination

Sl No	Name of Tests	No. of Qs	Maximum Marks	Duartion
1	English Language	30	30	Composite Time of 1 Hour
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
	Total	100	100

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b. Main Examination

Sl No	Name of Tests	No. of Qs	Maximum Marks	Duartion
1	Reasoning	50	50	Composite Time of 2 Hours
2	English Language	40	40
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50
4	General Awareness	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge	20	20
	Total	200	200

Cutoff Score: Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cutoffs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the online examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.