IBPS is scheduled the next Specialist officer recruitment examination-Preliminary Level by the end of December 2018. We are providing you all sets of IBPS SO exam previous year question papers to help you to prepare for the examination .
Current Schedule of IBPS SO Exam 2018
- Online Preliminary exam – 29th and 30th December 2018
- Online Main Exam- 27th January 2019
Scope of IBPS SO Exam 2018
IBPS is conducting IBPS SO examination to recruit specialist cadre officers in various participating banks. It is a golden opportunity for candidates with a professional qualification like MCA, BE, B.Tech, MBA etc to get into officer grade openings in the banking sector in positions like
- IT Officer
- Agricultural Field Officer
- Rajbhasha Adhikari
- Law Officer
- HR/Personnel Officer
- Marketing Officer
IBPS SO Exam Pattern (Preliminary)
The preliminary examination is conducted in two patterns according to the post applied for . The patterns are detailed below
For Law officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari Posts
| Section | No. of Questions | Total Marks |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 |
| English Language | 50 | 25 |
| General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry | 50 | 50 |
| Total | 150 | 125 |
For Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer, IT Officer (Scale I ) Posts
| Section | No. of Questions | Total Marks |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 |
| English Language | 50 | 25 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 |
| Total | 150 | 125 |
Time allotted for the examination will be 2 hours.
IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern
For all posts except Rajbhasha Adhikari
| Name of Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks |
| Professional Knowledge (MCQ Questions) | 60 | 60 |
For Rajbhasha Adhikari post the number of MCQ questions will be 45 and 2 descriptive questions will also be asked.
IBPS SO exam Previous year question papers
Practicing with previous year question papers of IBPS SO examination will help you to get a thorugh understading of the pattern and difficulty of the question papers of the examination, such a practice will also help you to get a good understanding of time management and allot the required time to the various sections of the question paper. Form the links below, you can download all previous year IBPS SO examination question papers in PDF format at free of cost.
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IBPS SO Prelims 2017 Question paper and key with detailed analysis
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IBPS SO Preliminary Exam 2016 Question Paper and Key
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IBPS SO exam 2015 question paper with key
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IBPS SO Exam 2015 Previous paper and key – Session 2
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IBPS SO exam March 2013 solved question paper
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SO exam March 2012 previous year solved paper
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