IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam Date Out: IBPS Clerk exam is conducted by IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) every year for the recruitment of clerical posts in 11 public sector banks all over the country. All the public sector banks use CRP as a base to fill the vacancies for this post. IBPS is going to conduct the Clerk exam for the 12th year for FY 2022-23 and hence named IBPS Clerk CRP XII. The IBPS Clerk exam is conducted on two levels- preliminary exam and mains. Students qualifying in both these exams are thus selected for the post.
IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2022 – Overview
IBPS conducted IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam every year. To prepare for the exam students must know about the syllabus and exam pattern of the exam. Let’s have an overview of the IBPS Clerk Syllabus and Pattern 2022.
| Exam Conducting Body | Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) |
| Name of Exam | IBPS Clerk 2022 |
| Post | Clerk |
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| Marks Segregation for IBPS Clerk Exam |
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| Duration of Exam |
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| Marking scheme | 1 mark each for every correct answer in Online Test |
| Negative marking | 1/4th of the marks assigned to the question in MCQs |
| Mode of Examination | Online |
| Language of examination | English OR Hindi English Language paper has to be attempted in English only. |
IBPS Clerk 2022 Application Fee
he category-wise fee structure for IBPS Clerk online application is given below. Fee/Intimation charges once paid will not be refunded on any account nor can they be held in reserve for any other examination or selection. The application fee must be paid online itself. To know more check the complete guide for IBPS Clerk Application.
| SNo. | Category | Application Fee |
| 1 | SC/ST/PWD | Rs.175/- (Intimation Charges only) |
| 2 | General and Others | Rs. 850/- (App. Fee including intimation charges) |
IBPS Clerk 2022 Eligibility Criteria
The candidate must fulfil the following three criteria to be eligible for the IBPS Clerk Exam 2022-
IBPS Clerk Age Limit (as on 01/07/2022)
• The candidate must be 20 Years to 28 Years. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1994 and not later than 01.07.2002 (both dates inclusive).
Relaxation of Upper age limit
There is some relaxation of the upper age limit for special category candidates. The details on it are given below:
| Sr.No. | Category | Age relaxation |
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| 1 | Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 5 years |
| 2 | Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) | 3 years |
| 3 | Persons With Disabilities | 10 years |
| 4 | Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen | actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled ExServicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years |
| 5 | Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried | Age concession upto the age of 35 years for General/EWS, 38 years for OBC and 40 years for SC/ST candidates |
| 6 | Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
IBPS Clerk Educational Qualification (as on 21/7/2022)
A candidate must possess the minimum qualification of Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. The candidate should possess a certificate as proof of passing the qualifying examination.
The candidate must possess a valid Mark-sheet / Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he/she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.
Computer Literacy: Operating and working knowledge in computer systems is mandatory i.e. candidates should have a Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer operations/Language/ should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/College/Institute.
Proficiency in the Official Language of the State/UT (candidates should know how to read/ write and speak the Official Language of the State/UT) for which vacancies a candidate wishes to apply is preferable.
Nationality / Citizenship
A candidate must be either –
(i) a Citizen of India or
(ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Participating Banks in IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam
The total number of participating banks in IBPS Clerk 2022 recruitment has been reduced. The following is the list of banks participating in the IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam.
| Bank of Baroda | Canara Bank | Indian Overseas Bank | UCO Bank |
| Bank of India | Central Bank of India | Punjab National Bank | Union Bank of India |
| Bank of Maharashtra | Indian Bank | Punjab & Sind Bank |
IBPS Clerk 2022 Salary Structure
The basic salary of an IBPS Clerk is Rs 19,900- Rs 47920 per month. Rs.19,900 is the basic pay in the IBPS clerk salary, and the remaining pay includes dearness allowance, house rent allowance, medical allowance and transport allowance. The cash in hand concerning the IBPS Clerk salary is Rs.29453 for those who join initially.
IBPS Clerk Exam Centre
While filling the online application form you are given the option to choose the centre of your preference. However, IBPS can allot you a centre other than the choice made by you if there is non-availability of seats at preferred venues. No complaints will be entertained by IBPS in regards to change in the exam centre.
IBPS Clerk Pre-Exam Training
The Nodal Banks/ Participating Organisations may arrange pre-examination training for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates at certain centres as per the guidelines issued by the Government of India. Candidates belonging to the above categories can avail the training at their own cost by indicating the same against the relevant column while applying online. Please find below an indicative list of training centres:
Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Balasore, Bareilly, Behrampur (Ganjam), Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Karnal, Kavaratti, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Mysore, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji (Goa), Patiala, Patna, Port Blair, Puducherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rohtak, Sambalpur, Shimla, Shillong, Siliguri, Thiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijaywada and Vishakhapatnam.
The Bank may add additional centres or may remove some of the centres indicated for training. Candidates opting for pre-examination training should download their call letter for training by entering their registration number and password/ date of birth from the Bank’s website. No hard copy of the call letter will be sent by post.
IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2022 and Exam Pattern
IBPS Clerk exam is no different from any other bank exam. While IBPS issues only the broad subjects, they can be further sub-divided into individual topics, based on the questions that have appeared in the exams over the past few years. The IBPS Clerk syllabus has two papers. There is no interview for the IBPS Clerk Exam.
(i) IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Syllabus
IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam Syllabus comprises three sections broadly: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, and English Language.
(ii) IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Syllabus
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Syllabus comprises of four Sections broadly: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, and an additional section of Computer Knowledge and General Awareness.
There will be a negative marking of 0.25 for every incorrect answer in IBPS Exam 2022.
IBPS Clerk 2022 Prelims Exam Pattern
The IBPS Prelims Exam is of 100 marks of 1-hour duration with 20 minutes for each section.
- The Prelims Stage of IBPS PO will have three sections of a total duration of 1 Hour.
- There will be a total of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).
- Candidates will have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks individually for each section to be decided by IBPS.
- An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.
| Sections | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration (in minutes) |
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 |
IBPS Clerk 2022 Mains Exam Pattern
The IBPS Clerk Mains Exam has 190 questions that need to be completed in a time frame of 160 minutes.
- The IBPS Clerk Mains Exam will have a total of 190 questions with a duration of 160 Minutes.
- There will be four sections in the IBPS Clerk Exam for Mains with different sectional timings.
- Earlier, the Computer Aptitude and Reasoning Ability Section used to be conducted separately. But, as per the recent update by IBPS, both these sections have been amalgamated together constituting a total of 50 Marks.
| Sections | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration (in minutes) |
| Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 |
| English Language | 40 | 40 | 35 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 |
| General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 |
IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Syllabus 2022
The IBPS Clerk Prelims syllabus consists of three subjects making up the objective type paper namely, Reasoning Ability, English Language and Quantitative Aptitude. The Latest Syllabus for IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam has been detailed below:
Reasoning Ability
Seating Arrangements, Puzzles, Inequalities, Syllogism, Input-Output, Data Sufficiency, Blood Relations, Order and Ranking, Alphanumeric Series, Distance and Direction, Verbal Reasoning
English Language
Cloze Test, Reading Comprehension, Spotting Errors, Sentence Improvement, Sentence Correction, Para Jumbles, Fill in the Blanks, Para/Sentence Completion
Quantitative Aptitude
Number Series, Data Interpretation, Simplification/ Approximation, Quadratic Equation, Data Sufficiency, Mensuration, Average, Profit and Loss, Ratio and Proportion, Work, Time, and Energy, Time and Distance, Probability, Relations, Simple and Compound Interest, Permutation and Combination
Apart from these common subjects asked for all the posts, candidates are required to have Professional Knowledge as well, which can be tested in the mains part of the exam.
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Syllabus 2022
As per the IBPS Clerk Mains Syllabus, the paper is divided into four sections. The IBPS Clerk SyllabusZ will have the addition of an extra section called General Awareness. This section will have questions based on financial awareness.
Reasoning Ability
Seating Arrangements, Puzzles, Inequalities, Syllogism, Input-Output, Data Sufficiency, Blood Relations, Order and Ranking, Alphanumeric Series, Distance and Direction, Verbal Reasoning
English Language
Cloze Test, Reading Comprehension, Spotting Errors, Sentence Improvement, Sentence Correction, Para Jumbles, Fill in the Blanks, Para/Sentence Completion
Quantitative Aptitude
Number Series, Data Interpretation, Simplification/ Approximation, Quadratic Equation, Data Sufficiency, Mensuration, Average, Profit and Loss, Ratio and Proportion, Work, Time, and Energy, Time and Distance, Probability, Relations, Simple and Compound Interest, Permutation and Combination
General Awareness
Current Affairs, Banking Awareness, GK Updates, Currencies, Important Places, Books and Authors, Awards, Headquarters, Prime Minister Schemes, Important Days
Computer Aptitude
Basics of Hardware and software, Windows operating system basics, Internet terms and services, Basic Functionalities of MS Office ( MS-word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint), History of Computers, Networking and communication, Database basics, Basics of Hacking, Security Tools and Viruses.
It is necessary for all the candidates applying for IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam to once go through the syllabus as mentioned in the IBPS Clerk 2022 notification released by IBPS to prepare judiciously for this exam.
IBPS Clerk 2022 Admit Card & Call Letter
Candidates must download the IBPS Clerk 2022 admit card from the official website of the bank as the hard copy of the IBPS Clerk Admit Card will not be sent to the candidate via post. To login on to the official website, the candidates will require the following:
• Registration No/Roll No
• Date of Birth/ Password
The admit card will be made available 10 to 15 days before the IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam. The admit card or call letter for IBPS Clerk 2022 will be issued in 2 phases:
• Online Preliminary Examination
• Online Mains Examination
The link to download the admit card will be provided on this page. Candidates are advised to check the details on the admit card before downloading it.
IBPS Clerk 2022 Result
IBPS will declare the results after the completion of each phase of the examination. The final state-wise merit list and category-wise merit list shall be prepared in descending order of the marks secured by candidates in their online mains examination. Candidates who fall in the prescribed merit list will then be considered for appointment for the post of clerk in Banks.
IBPS Clerk Preparation
The preparation of the IBPS Clerk CRP exam must be done judiciously keeping in mind the latest pattern and the syllabus of the exam. Since the syllabus covers a large number of topics, it is necessary for the candidates to choose the right set of books to prepare for their examination.
Candidates must also go through previous years’ IBPS Clerk question papers in order to acclimatize to the change in the pattern of the exam and to know the sections from which the questions are majorly asked in the exam. Follow bankersadda.com to get all study materials in the new pattern. Apart from test series, you can also join any Coaching or online test series for self-assessment and better exam preparation.
IBPS Clerk 2022 Cut-Off
IBPS releases the IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut-Off & Score Card post the declaration of its result. Candidates can check the cut-off by clicking on the link mentioned below. The Prelims Cut-Off and Score Card will help candidates analyze their score and compare with the score of other candidates.
Let’s have a look at the IBPS Clerk’s previous year’s cut-off: General Category
| IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut-Off 2021 | |
| State Name | General |
| Andhra Pradesh | 71 |
| Assam | 68 |
| Bihar | 76 |
| Chhattisgarh | 74 |
| Chandigarh | 62.75 |
| Delhi | 77.25 |
| Gujarat | 72 |
| Goa | 62.5 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 78.50 |
| Haryana | 78.50 |
| J & K | 72 |
| Jharkhand | 79.25 |
| Kerala | 78 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 77 |
| Maharashtra | 70.25 |
| Manipur | 69.75 |
| Odisha | 77 |
| Punjab | 75.5 |
| Rajasthan | 81.50 |
| Karnataka | 67.25 |
| Telangana | 65.75 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 77 |
| Uttarakhand | 81.25 |
| West Bengal | 79 |
| Tamil Nadu | 67.75 |
| Sikkim | 59.25 |
IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2022 FAQs
Q 1. What is the Selection Procedure for the IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam?
Ans. The candidates will be selected based on two stages: Prelims and Mains Exams. However, the marks secured by the candidates in the Mains Exam will be taken for final selection.
Q 2. What will be the language of the question in the IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam?
Ans. The question paper will be bilingual, i.e. in English and Hindi. However, in the case of the English Language Paper, the language will be only English.
Q 3. What is the marks distribution for IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam?
Ans. The IBPS Clerk Prelims will be of 100 marks of 1 hour and the IBPS Mains Exam will be of 200 marks of 2 hours 40 minutes.
Q 4. Will there be any negative marking in the IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam?
Ans. Yes, there will be a negative marking of 0.25 for every incorrect answer in the IBPS Clerk Prelims and Mains Exam.
