Why IBPS SO exam is conducted?

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.

In how many cities IBPS SO Mains exam is conducted?

The list of IBPS SO Mains exam cities is given below. State /UT/NCR IBPS SO Prelims Exam Centre Andaman & Nicobar Port Blair Andhra Pradesh Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram Arunachal Pradesh Naharlagun Assam Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur Bihar Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea Chandigarh Chandigarh/Mohali Chhattisgarh Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Surat, Jamnagar Delhi Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram Goa Panaji Gujarat Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara Haryana Ambala, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Yamuna Nagar Himachal Pradesh Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una Jammu & Kashmir Jammu, Samba, Srinagar Jharkhand Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi Karnataka Bengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi Kerala Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur Ladakh Leh Lakshadweep Kavarrati Madhya Pradesh Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain Maharashtra Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Ratnagiri Manipur Imphal Meghalaya Shillong Mizoram Aizawl Nagaland Kohima Odisha Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur Puducherry Puducherry Punjab Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fategarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala Rajasthan Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur Sikkim Bardang/ Gangtok Tamil Nadu Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore Telangana Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal Tripura Agartala Uttar Pradesh Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Varanasi Uttarakhand Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee West Bengal Asansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri

In how many cities IBPS SO prelims exam is conducted?

IBPS SO prelims exam is conducted in the following cities. State /UT/NCR IBPS SO Prelims Exam Centre Andaman & Nicobar Port Blair Andhra Pradesh Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram Arunachal Pradesh Naharlagun Assam Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur Bihar Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea Chandigarh Chandigarh/Mohali Chhattisgarh Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Surat, Jamnagar Delhi Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram Goa Panaji Gujarat Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara Haryana Ambala, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Yamuna Nagar Himachal Pradesh Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una Jammu & Kashmir Jammu, Samba, Srinagar Jharkhand Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi Karnataka Bengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi Kerala Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur Ladakh Leh Lakshadweep Kavarrati Madhya Pradesh Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain Maharashtra Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Ratnagiri Manipur Imphal Meghalaya Shillong Mizoram Aizawl Nagaland Kohima Odisha Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur Puducherry Puducherry Punjab Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fategarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala Rajasthan Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur Sikkim Bardang/ Gangtok Tamil Nadu Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore Telangana Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal Tripura Agartala Uttar Pradesh Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Varanasi Uttarakhand Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee West Bengal Asansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri

Which are the participating banks for IBPS SO exam?

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 Name Bank Name Bank of Baroda Canara Bank Indian Overseas Bank UCO Bank Bank of India Central Bank of India Punjab National Bank Union Bank of India Bank of Maharashtra Indian Bank Punjab & Sind Bank -

Is a BCA Graduate eligible to give IBPS SO Exam?

Candidates from any discipline can apply for IBPS SO exam. The stream-wise eligibility is given below. Post IBPS SO Qualification IT Officer (Scale I) BTech in Computer Science/ Applications, IT, Electronics, Electronics & Telecommunications, Electronics & Communication or Electronics & Instrumentation Or Postgraduation in the above-mentioned field Or Graduate who has passed DOEACC ‘B’ level Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) Four-year Graduation in Agriculture, Horticulture, Food Technology, Agricultural Engineering or corresponding fields Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) Postgraduation in Hindi with English as a subject at the Graduation level Or, Postgraduation in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the Graduation level Law Officer (Scale I) Graduation in law (LLB) (The person should be enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council) HR/ Personnel Officer (Scale I) Graduation with two-years full-time PG degree or Diploma in Personnel Management, Industrial Relations, HR, HRD, Social Work or Labour Law Marketing Officer (Scale I) Graduation with a two-year full-time degree in MMS (Marketing), MBA (Marketing), PGDBA, PGDBM, PGPM or PGDM with a specialisation in Marketing

IBPS SO Application Form 2025 OUT: Steps to Fill Online Form

Updated on Jul 30, 2025 11:04 IST

By Anangsha Patra, Manager – Editorial

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) closed the window to fill the IBPS SO application form on July 28. IBPS SO application form was released on July 1. A total of 1007 IBPS SO vacancies were announced for the exam. The application fees for the exam are INR 850 for the General and OBC categories and INR 175 for PwD/SC/ST candidates.

Q: What is IBPS SO application fees?

IBPS SO application fees should be submitted online only. The application fees are given below.

Category	IBPS SO application fee (in INR)
For Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST)/ Persons with Benchmark Disability (PWBD)	175
For all others	850

Q: When IBPS SO application form 2025 will be released?

IBPS SO application form 2025 was released online on July 1. The last date to fill the application form was July 28, 2025.

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How to apply online for IBPS SO 2025?
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How to apply online for IBPS SO 2025?

Check the IBPS SO online form process below.
Register for the exam
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