IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2023

The IBPS Clerk syllabus is set as per the conventions set by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection.

The IBPS Clerk exam is conducted every year by the Institute of Banking Personnel selection to recruit clerks for Public Sector Banks.

This IBPS exam consists of two stages:

For detailed information on upcoming bank exams, refer to the linked article.

In this article, we will discuss the IBPS Clerk syllabus 2023-24 for both stages of the examination.

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern

The IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern for Prelims and Mains is given in brief below:

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern for Prelims is as follows:

IBPS Exam Pattern for Mains is as follows:

Name of the Test	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration for each exam
General/Financial Awareness	50	50	35 minutes
General English	40	40	35 minutes
Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	45 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	45 minutes
Total	190	200	160 minutes

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern- Salient Points

All the above tests will be conducted in English and Hindi except for the English Language.
There will be a deduction of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in the Objective test
Unanswered questions will not be awarded marks.
The conducting body reserves to set the IBPS Clerk exam syllabus and exam pattern. One must clearly go through the official notification before starting with the preparation

The IBPS Clerk Prelims syllabus consists of three subjects making up the objective type paper.

There has not been a major change in the syllabus part in the past few years and the same is expected for the IBPS Clerk syllabus 2023.

The three main subjects which are a part of the IBPS Clerk prelims are as follows:

The IBPS Clerk Syllabus for Prelims is as follows:

English Language	Reasoning Ability	Numerical Ability
Reading Comprehension Tenses Rules Cloze Test(Fill in the Blanks) Jumbled Paragraphs Idioms and Phrases Multiple Meaning Error Spotting Correction Reading Comprehension Preposition Rules	Logical Reasoning Alphanumeric Series Alphabetic Series Ranking Data Sufficiency Tests Coded Inequalities Direction Test, Seating Arrangements Puzzles Tabulation Syllogism Input/Output Coding and Decoding Blood Relations	Profit, Loss and Discounts Quadratic Equations Approximation and Simplification Mixtures and Alligations Simple and Compound Interest Surds and Indices Work and Time Speed, Time and Distance Mensuration: Cone, Sphere, Cylinder Data Interpretation Ratio, Proportion and Percentage Number Systems Sequences and Series Permutation, Combination and Probability

The IBPS Clerk Mains syllabus covers the topics from prelims in a detailed manner.

As per the IBPS Clerk Mains Syllabus, the paper is divided into four sections.

The topics covered in the IBPS Clerk exam syllabus are as follows:

General And Financial Awareness	General English	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	Quantitative Aptitude
Static GK – Static General Knowledge Current Affairs Banking Awareness India’s Financial and Banking System Budget and Monetary Plans of the Government Key National Institutions Basics of Banking	Vocabulary Tenses Rules Grammar Idioms & Phrases Reading Comprehension	Reasoning Ability Analogy Assumptions and Statements Syllogism Coding and Decoding Blood Relations Sense of Direction and Distance Alphanumeric Series Non-Verbal Reasoning Computer Aptitude Basics of Hardware and Software Operating Systems Internet and associated topics Microsoft Office and other word processing software History of Computing Basic Computer Networking Basics of Databases Basics of Cyber Security Tools and Processes	Ratio and Proportion Time, Speed and Distance Work and Time Equations Mixtures and Alligations Measures of Central Tendency and Basic Statistics( Mean, Average, Median and Variance etc.) Stocks, Shares and Debentures Percentages Clock Ray Questions Volume and Surface Area Logarithms Permutation and Combination Partnerships Heights and Distances Probability Simple and Compound Interest Profit, Loss and Discounts Basic Algebra Basic Trigonometry Charts, Bars and Graphs Data Interpretation