Institute of Banking Personnel Selection organizes yearly tests for the selection of various kinds of staff for banking sector, especially for Probationary Officers. Just like any other competitive examination IBPS PO examination needs a solid preparation time, under expert guidance. Though there are many coaching institutions that offer IBPS PO coaching, only a few has been remarkably outstanding in preparing the students for IBPS examination. So what turns a good coaching institution into the best institution ? The answer is simple. It is not only the study content that matters, it is the mock test also. A student’s performance can truly be measured on par the real examination, when s/he takes the mock test.
With most of the examinations going online, IBPS PO examination has also gone online. And to think of it practicing on paper for online tests makes really no sense. So this is high time that the institutions conduct mock test online. Conducting mock test online for online test takers help them prepare under the similar environment and they will know what to expect in real test. Anticipating this now a days many IBPS PO training center moved their mock test modules to online platform as well and it’s about time that you should too.
The online format of IBPS PO examination is pretty easy to understand and the training institutes can easily incorporate the format in their mock tests.
IBPS Prelims Exam Pattern Table
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests (Objective) | Marks/Time | Duration |
| 1 | Reasoning Ability Paper | 35 | 1 hr |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude Paper | 35 | |
| 3 | English Language Paper | 30 | |
IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern 2017
From this year IBPS has increased the difficulty level of the IBPS PO Mains Exam. IBPS has made the exam pattern similar to the SBI PO Mains 2017 Exam. The IBPS PO Mains 2017 will be consist of 2 parts – Objective Test (200 marks) and Descriptive Test (50 marks). Both the parts will take place online.
| Section | No. of Qs |
Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning & Computer Aptitude |
45 | 60 | 60 min |
| English Language |
35 | 40 | 40 min |
| Data Analysis & Interpretation |
35 | 60 | 45 min |
| General Awareness (with special reference to Banking) |
40 | 40 | 35 min |
| TOTAL | 155 | 200 | 3 Hour |
NOTE: There will be negative marking of one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question. There will be no negative marking for unattempted questions.
The descriptive paper will be of 30 minutes duration with 50 marks assigned to the test of English Language. You will be tested on Letter Writing & Essay. You will be needed to secure passing marks to qualify the Descriptive Test, to be decided by the Bank.
NOTE: The Descriptive Test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who have scored qualifying marks in the Objective Tests and are placed adequately high as per total marks in Objective Test.
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