IBPS SO Preparation Tips 2024 for Prelims & Mains

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Specialist Officers 2025 ( IBPS SO )

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Anangsha Patra
Updated on Mar 26, 2024 11:11 IST

By Anangsha Patra, Deputy Manager – Editorial

IBPS SO Preparation Tips 2024: IBPS SO exam is conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) to recruit candidates for Specialist Officers' positions, such as IT Officer, HR Officer, Law Officer, Agricultural Officer, Marketing Officer, and Rajbhasha Adhikari. The bank requires the Specialist Officer to cope with technological advancement and maintain the efficient functioning of the bank. To crack IBPS SO exam, it is very important to be focused on the exam. A well-thought-out preparation strategy needs to be planned out by the students to ace the exam in a proper way.

As the IBPS SO exam dates have been announced, candidates need to start their IBPS SO preparation as soon as possible. IBPS SO preparation requires a lot of pre-planning, good strategy and perseverance. In this article, we have provided a comprehensive IBPS SO preparation that will certainly help candidates to achieve their career goals.

Table of content
  • IBPS SO Preparation Tips 2024 for Prelims
  • IBPS SO Preparation Tips 2024 for Mains Exam
  • IBPS SO Preparation Tips 2024 FAQs
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IBPS SO Preparation Tips 2024 for Prelims

Candidates can check IBPS SO Preparation tips for the prelims exam:

IBPS SO Preparation Tips for English Language

  • For this section, candidates must enhance their vocabulary by reading daily
  • Brush up grammar and solve practice papers
  • Grammar and vocabulary are very important, thus go through the dictionary to find the right usage of new words
  • Questions are asked from Comprehension, Antonyms and Synonyms, Para Jumbles, and Spotting Errors

IBPS SO Preparation Tips for Reasoning Ability

  • It is very easy to score good marks in the Reasoning section with good preparation
  • Topics in this section include Coding-Decoding, Syllogism, Puzzles, Seating Arrangement, Ranking and Order, and many more
  • A revision after every practice is a must to ace the exam

IBPS SO Preparation Tips for Quantitative Aptitude

  • Questions in this section are asked from Ratio and Proportion, Speed and Distance, Average, Time and Work, Data Interpretation, Number Series, Simplification, Quadratic Equation, etc.
  • Learning the formulas and basic concepts is the best strategy to prepare this section
  • You must practice this section regularly

IBPS SO Preparation Tips for General Awareness

  • For this section, read newspapers and watch news channels to stay updated with the latest events 
  • Candidates need to be aware of the banking and economic events as well 

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IBPS SO Preparation Tips 2024 for Mains Exam

IBPS SO exam comprises several posts. Depending on the post candidates had applied for, the mains exam is conducted accordingly. The mains exam comprises questions from Professional Knowledge. Hence, IBPS SO preparation for the mains exam should be very specific as per the syllabus of the chosen post. Given below are few tips and tricks to crack IBPS SO mains exam:

Know the exam pattern and syllabus: Candidates need to know the IBPS SO syllabus and exam pattern for the post they have applied for.

Create timetable: After going through the syllabus and pattern, create a timetable and stick to it. With the help of this timetable, candidates can keep track of their studying activities.

Improve weak areas: Candidates work upon improving their weak areas by spending more time on those topics.

Practice previous years' question papers: Candidates must prepare the previous years' question papers to know the structure and type of questions asked in the exam.

Revise regularly: Candidates must revise and practice regularly. Allocate some time daily for revision of topics you have already finished.

Take mock tests: Mock tests give candidates a real scenario of the exam. Further, mock tests help candidates to evaluate themselves about where they are standing and where they need to improve.

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IBPS SO Preparation Tips 2024 FAQs

Candidates can check below IBPS SO preparation tips FAQs.

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Q:   Which are the participating banks for IBPS SO exam?
A: 

IBPS SO exam is conducted to select candidates for Specialist Officer's posts in 11 participating banks. The participating banks of IBPS SO are given below.

Bank NameBank Name
Bank of BarodaCanara Bank
Indian Overseas BankUCO Bank 
Bank of IndiaCentral Bank of India 
Punjab National BankUnion Bank of India
Bank of MaharashtraIndian Bank
Punjab & Sind Bank-
Q:   Why IBPS SO exam is conducted?
A: 

IBPS SO recruitment is conducted to select candidates for the posts of Agriculture Field Officer,  Marketing Officer (Scale I),  HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I),  IT Officer (Scale I),  Law Officer (Scale I),  Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I). The selection of candidates are done based on prelims exam, Mains exam and interview.

 

Q:   When IBPS SO 2025 exam will be conducted?
A: 

IBPS SO 2025 prelims exam was conducted on August 30, 2025. The mains exam for IBPS SO 2025 will be conducted on November 9, 2025.

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