IBPS SO Exam Pattern and Important Books
Published on Oct 08, 2020
The IBPS SO examination will be conducted on 26 and 27 December 2020. The students who will fill the IBPS SO Application Form for the post of Specialist Officer should have an idea of the exam pattern of the SO. The examination will be conducted for three phases viz Preliminary Exam, Mains Exam and Interview. In this article, Team Livolearn has compiled the exam pattern and important books for the exam.
Important Highlights of IBPS SO 2020
Important Events
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Summary/ Dates
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Recruitment name
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IBPS SO/Specialist Officer
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Conducting body
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Institute of Banking Personnel and Selection
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Major Profiles
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Assistant Manager, Scale Two officer
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Total Vacancies
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1200+ vacancies
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Selection Process
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Preliminary Computer-based test
Mains Computer-based test
Interview
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Expected date of notification
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November 2020
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Exam Dates of IBPS Specialist Officer
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26 and 27 December 2020
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Official Website
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Click here
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IBPS Specialist Officer Exam Pattern
The banks conduct entrance tests to choose students for the various vacancies and posts which are lying idle in the banks. According to the exam pattern, there are two stages namely, the first is a preliminary test which is of qualifying nature while the Mains and Interview marks are taken up for the final selection of the students.
Preliminary Exam
Law Officer and Raj-bhasha Adhikari
Section
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Maximum number Questions
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Total Marks
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Sectional Duration
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General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry
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50
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50
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40 minutes
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Reasoning
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50
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50
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40 minutes
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English Language
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50
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25
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40 minutes
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Total
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150 Question
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125 marks
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120 minutes
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IT Officer/ Agricultural Officer/ Marketing Officer
Section
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Maximum number Questions
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Total Marks
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Sectional Duration
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Mathematics
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50
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50
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40 minutes
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Reasoning
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50
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50
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40 minutes
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English Language
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50
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25
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40 minutes
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Total
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150 Question
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125 marks
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120 minutes
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Mains Exam
Section
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Maximum number Questions
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Total Marks
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Sectional Duration
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Professional Knowledge related to the subject
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60
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60
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40 minutes
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Important Books for Specialist Officer
The students who have earlier cracked the Specialist Officer exam conducted by the IBPS have recommended books for each subject. The students who will be appearing for the SO examinations in 2020 can take help of these books and sources to perform well in the examination. Check out space below to get the names of the books and resources:
Subjects
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Books name and resources
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English
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Word Power made easy by Normal Lewis
English Grammar by Wren and Martin
Objective English by R S Aggarwal
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Quantitative Aptitude and DI
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Objective Mathematics by R S Aggarwal
Quantam CAT by Sarvesh Verma
Online Mock tests by Livo-learn for Practicing high-level DI questions.
Previous year Papers of IBPS PO DI
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Reasoning Ability
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Verbal and Non-verbal Reasoning by R S Aggarwal
Non-Verbal Reasoning by Arihant Experts
Previous year Papers of IBPS PO Reasoning Ability
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General Awareness
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Daily Current Affairs by Livo-learn
The Hindu Daily Analysis
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Descriptive Paper
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The Hindu Daily Analysis
Descriptive English by S P Bakshi
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