IBPS PO

IBPS PO application form needs to be filled online only. While filling the application form, candidates need to upload the scanned photograph, signature, left thumb impression and handwritten declaration. The specifications for uploading these documents are given below.

Signature

• The applicant has to sign on white paper with a black ink pen
• Dimensions 140 x 60 pixels
• The size of the file should be between 10 kb to 20 kb 

Left thumb impression

• The file should be in jpg/jpeg
• The dimension should be 240 x 240 pixels in 200 DPI
• The applicant has to put his left thumb impression on white paper with black or blue ink.
• The file size should be 20 kb to 50 kb

Handwritten declaration

• The handwritten declaration should be written on white paper with black ink.
• The file should be in jpg/jpeg
• The dimension should be in 800 x 400 pixels in 200 DPI 
• The file size should be 50 kb to 100 kb

Photograph

• Photograph must be a recent passport-style colour picture
• The preferred dimension should be 200 x 230 pixels
• Size of file should be between 20 kb to 50 kb 

Banking aspirants often search which career option will provide better opportunities to them, SBI PO or IBPS PO. The difference mainly lies in terms of career prospects, salary and work environment.

The job profile of SBI PO and IBPS PO is similar. Probationary Officers in SBI are engaged in the following activities.

• The most important work of the PO is customer service. This includes solving queries of customers.
• POs are directly engaged in customer handling.
• Some other responsibilities include maintaining reports, official correspondence with other departments, etc.

Comparison between IBPS PO and SBI PO salary-

• SBI offers a good compensation package to the Probationary Officers. The total compensation per annum on CTC basis is minimum Rs 8.20 Lacs and maximum Rs 13.08 Lacs it depends on place of posting and other factors.
• The basic salary of IBPS PO is Rs 23,700. The employee is entitled to HRA, DA, Special Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance apart from basic salary. The gross pay of IBPS PO is Rs 38,703 per month.

The topic-wise distribution of questions in IBPS PO Mains exam is given below.

Quant

English

Reasoning

• Seating Arrangement and Puzzles: Around 20-24 questions are asked in the exam.
• Syllogism: This section may consist of the topics of reverse syllogism and direct syllogism
• Coding-Decoding: Questions on word coding, sentence coding etc. are asked
• Miscellaneous Problems: This comprises the topics such as blood relations, directions sense, order and ranking, and alphanumeric series. 3-4 questions are asked
• Input-Output: The questions are based on single and double shifting. In total 5 questions can be expected from this section
• Data Sufficiency: Approx., 5-7 statement-based questions are asked
• Logical Reasoning: The questions range from several topics such as statement and conclusion, argument, course of action, cause and effect, theme based etc. The aspirants can expect approximately 10 questions in total
• Computer Aptitude: Flowchart-based questions can be expected from this section