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18 Jan

IBPS CWE Specialist Officer(SO) Exam 2013: Syllabus and Paper Pattern

IBPS(Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) is conducting the second Specialist Officer(SO) recruitment exam this year in March, 2013. Though many students are still complaining that none of the banks has published a single vacancy for many of the profiles of Specialist officer last year but this time around, it is expected that a large number of vacancies will be published. An online written test will be conducted for the Specialist Officer recruitment.

Below I’ve shared the Syllabus and Paper pattern of IBPS CWE Specialist Officer(SO) Exam 2013:

Note: This syllabus is same for IBPS SO 2014 also.

1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE (25 marks, 50 questions)
Vocabulary(Synonyms, Antonyms, One Word Substitution,etc.), English Comprehension, Common Errors in English, Grammar(Active-Passive Voice, Direct-Indirect Speech, etc.), Idioms, Phrases, etc.

2. LOGICAL REASONING (50 marks, 50 questions)
Verbal Reasoning: Analogy, Sitting Arrangement, Series Completion, Coding Decoding, Blood Relation, Syllogism, Decision Making, Statement Reasoning
Non-verbal Reasoning: Series Completion, Analogy, and Classification

3. QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (50 marks, 50 questions)
Arithmetic: Numbers, Average, Surds & Indices, Percentage, Compound Interest, Stocks & Shares, Clocks, Logarithms Profit and Loss, Ratio & Proportion, Partnership, Mensuration, Volume & Surface Area, Chain Rule, Time & Work, Problems on Trains, Boats & Streams, Pipes & Cisterns, Time & Distance, Alligation, Simple Interest, Permutation & combination, Probability, Heights & Distances
Data Interpretation: Tabulation, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Pie Charts

4. Professional Knowledge(75 Marks, 50 questions): It will include questions related to your main subject and profile you’re applying for.

Note: For the Scale I posts, Quantitative Aptitude section will be replaced with General Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry. All other sections will remain same. To know more information about Scale I and Scale II posts – click here.
The written test will be of two hours. There will be a penalty for wrong answer. For each wrong answer, there will be a deduction of one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question.
Cut-Off: Each candidate will have to score a minimum standard score in each of the section as well as on the Total Weighted Score to be called for interview. Try to score as many marks as possible in the written examination as it will help you in the final selection after interview.

Update: Check out our new article on Best Books for different posts in Specialist Officer(SO) exam.

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11 Jan

IBPS CWE Specialist Officer(SO)-II 2013 Recruitment Notice

Institute of Banking Personal Selection (IBPS) has published the recruitment notification for CWE Specialist officer(SO)-II, 2013 for 11 different posts in 19 public sector Banks. IBPS conducted the Specialist Officer(SO)-I exam last year in March, 2012.

Name of posts in the Specialist Officer (SO) CWE 2013:
1) IT Officer Scale-I
2) Agricultural Field Officer Scale-I
3) Rajbhasha Adhikari Scale-I
4) Law Officer Scale-I
5) Technical Officer Scale-I
6) HR/Personal Officer Scale-I
7) Marketing Officer Scale-I
8) I.T Officer Scale-II
9) Law Officer Scale-II
10) Chartered Accountant Scale -2
11) Finance Executive Scale – 2

Important Dates:

Date of commencement of Application: 10/01/2013
Date of Closure: 28/01/2013
Date of Closure of Edit: 28/01/2013
Last Date of Reprint: 01/02/2013
Online Payment: 10/01/2013 – 28/01/2013 (Both Dates Inclusive)
Offline Payment(through CBS Challan): 12/01/2013 – 01/02/2013 (Both Dates Inclusive)
Tentative Exam Dates: 16/03/2013 or 17/03/2013

Application Fee for IBPS SO Exam:
1) Rs. 450/- for General & OBC Candidates
2) Rs. 50/- for SC/ST/PWD Candidates.

Age Limit for IBPS SO Exam :
1. For Law Officer and IT Officer post , Candidates should be minimum of 21 yrs.
2. For other Specialist Officer post, candidates must between 20 yrs to 35 yrs.
Note: Age Relaxation will be extended as per government rules.

How to Apply : Interested & eligible aspirants can apply through online mode from IBPS official website. Candidates are advised to keep their recent scanned photograph and signature at the time of online application.

Though IBPS is conducting the Specialist Officer exam again this year but many students are still complaining that not a single vacancy was published last year for Marketing officer profile and some other profiles on the basis of last year Specialist officer(SO) results. So, that was quite an mismanagement by IBPS. Some students are even planning to put RTI against IBPS.

Anyways, we wish all the students best of luck for IBPS CWE SO exam. We will keep you updated with Specialist Officer exam syllabus and study material in the coming days.