IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) conducts a Common Written Exam or CWE every year for the clerical cadre in multiple banks all over the country. All public sector banks use CWE as a base to fill the vacancies for this post.
IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) conducts a Common Written Exam or CWE every year for the clerical cadre in multiple banks all over the country. All public sector banks use CWE as a base to fill the vacancies for this post.
The IBPS Clerk CWE exam is conducted on two levels–preliminary exam and mains. Students qualifying in both these exams are thus selected for the post.
The preliminary exam of IBPS Clerk CWE is an online exam testing a candidate on the basis of their aptitude, intellect and English. There are three sections in total and the candidate must clear the cut off of each section to proceed to the mains exam round. Candidates are required to solve the question paper in the time frame of 1 hour. The composite marks of the paper are 100 and the passing marks are decided by IBPS that is likely to change every year depending on the level of difficulty of the exam.
| Sr.No | Name of Tests (Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Time | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 1 Hour | | 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | | | 3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | | | | Total | 100 | 100 | |
IBPS Clerk Mains Exam constitute of 190 questions that should be completed in a time frame of 160 minutes.
Previously, Computer Aptitude and Reasoning Ability Section used to be conducted separately. But, in the recent update by IBPS, both these sections are amalgamated together and will constitute of 50 questions that needs to be solved in time duration of 45 minutes. Both Preliminary Exam and Mains Exam will be conducted bilingually, i.e. both in English and in Hindi.
| Sr.No | Name of Tests (Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Time | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | English Language | 40 | 40 | 35 Minutes | | 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 Minutes | | 3 | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 Minutes | | 4 | General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 Minutes | | | Total | 190 | 200 | 2 Hours 40 Minutes |
The candidate must fulfil the following two criteria:
The candidate must be 20-28 years of age.
-Bank provides scholarship to meritorious children of bank employees. -100% benefits for employees & 75% for family and also the insurance policy. -After a span of few years, you will become eligible for a promotional exam. If you clear this exam you can become a Trainee Officer (TO). -After that you come at the same level of PO, and all the future promotion prospects will be same as that of a PO.
