Government & Defence Entrance Exam

IBPS Clerk admit card 2023 for the prelims exam was released on August 16, 2023. The mains admit card was released on September 26, 2023. To download the admit card, candidates are required to enter registration number or roll number and date of birth or password. The hard copy of the admit card is not sent to candidates by post. IBPS Clerk admit card is an important document without which candidates are not allowed to enter the exam hall. The details mentioned on IBPS Clerk admit card are given below:

• Name of candidates
• Exam date
• Duration of test
• Registration number
• Reporting time
• Roll number/User ID
• Scanned images of photograph & Signature
• Space for signature & left thumb impression of candidates
• Address of IBPS Clerk exam centre
• Exam day guidelines
• Space for invigilator's signature
• Password

IBPS Clerk 2023 application deadline was extended to July 28. The application form was released on July 1, 2023. Earlier, the last date to fill the application form was July 21. Interested candidates need to submit their application forms online within the prescribed deadline. IBPS Clerk application process comprises certain steps such as registration, uploading of scanned photograph and signature, filling the detailed application form, previewing the application, uploading handwritten declaration and left thumb impression. The application fee is INR 850 for General and OBC candidates and INR 175 for SC/ST/PWD categories. The application form is released to fill up the vacancies for the post of Clerks in the public sector banks in India. Selection process comprises prelims and mains exams. The final selection of candidates is done based on the performance in the mains exam.

IBPS Clerk prelims exam was conducted on August 26, 27 and September 3, 2023. The Mains exam was conducted on October 7, 2023. IBPS informed the exam dates for IBPS Clerk exam through its annual calendar. Candidates must keep the exam dates handy so that they do not miss any important event pertaining to the exam. In 2022, the prelims exam of IBPS Clerk was conducted on August 28, September 3 and 4, 2022. The Mains exam was conducted on October 8, 2022. The prelims exam of IBPS Clerk comprises three sections-Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning and English Language. The test carries 100 marks. The mains exam comprises four sections-General/ Financial Awareness, General English, Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude, and Quantitative Aptitude. The total marks allotted to the mains exam are 200.

The GK section carries questions from Current Affairs Monetary Plans, Indian Financial System, Introduction to National Institutions, Indian Banking System, Banking Terms. To prepare IBPS Clerk GK section, candidates should read newspapers and watch news channels. Candidates should prepare the Current Affairs of last one year or six months. Candidates should make notes of the currect affairs topics and revise them everyday. Candidates should not forget to study the static GK part such as the countries, their currencies and capital. Candidates can refer to the following books for IBPS Clerk Reasoning section: India Year Book by Publications Division Manorama Yearbook Banking Awareness by Arihant Publications

There is no interview in IBPS Clerk exam. The selection process comprises two stages-prelims and Mains. Candidates qualifying the prelims exam are called for the Mains exam. The final selection of candidates is done based on the Mains exam. The marks obtained in the Mains exam are not counted for final selection. Allotment of candidates in the participating banks is done based on merit-cum-preference. The process of conducting interviews in Clerical level jobs was discontinued in 2015. The list of participating banks is given below:

• 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