IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2023, Check Prelims and Mains Exam Pattern

A candidate must qualify for both the preliminary exam and mains exam to get your name on the merit list. The candidates selected after the mains are given the appointment letter. Read all the details regarding IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2023.

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern, Important Points

Candidates can check important points of the IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern. The IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern has two separate sections, namely Prelims and mains. The mark and time allocation to both the phases are different. Let us have a look at the patterns separately.

• The IBPS Clerk 2023 exam pattern for selecting candidates for Clerk is given below.
• The Mains Examination will have just one more section, i.e. of Current Affairs and Computer Knowledge.
• Only three sections will be asked in the Preliminary Exam of the IBPS Clerk 2023 Exam.
• The score of the Preliminary Exam will not be taken into consideration for the final selection. A score of the Mains Exam will be taken into consideration for the final allotment.
• There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests.

Let’s have a look at the detailed Exam Pattern for multiple posts offered through IBPS Clerk 2023 Exam

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IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern

It is to be noted that the candidates have to qualify in each of the three sections of the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam by securing minimum cut-off marks decided by IBPS in all the sections individually. An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination. The Exam Pattern for IBPS Clerk Exam in tabular form is given below:

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern

Candidates who qualify the IBPS Clerk Prelims by clearing the sectional, as well as overall cut off, are called for the IBPS Mains exam, which is both qualifying as well as the scoring exam of the IBPS Clerk recruitment. Candidates can check the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern in the table below:

Note – Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and Online Main examinations). There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Type Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty to arrive at the corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

IBPS Clerk Final Selection

Candidates need to qualify both tiers i.e., Prelims and Mains of the IBPS Clerk to get into the Final Merit List of the IBPS Clerk. However, the Prelims is only Qualifying in nature i.e., prelims marks will not be considered in the final merit of the candidates. Whereas the Mains exam is both qualifying as well as scoring in nature i.e., the Final Selection of the candidate depends on the score of the candidate in the Mains exam. The final list will be prepared after scaling the marks of the candidates out of 100. Candidates can check the IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2023 by clicking on the button given below.

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IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern 2023- FAQs

Q. In how many stages will IBPS Clerk Exam 2023 be conducted?

Ans. IBPS Clerk Exam 2023 will be conducted in 2 stages i.e. Prelims and Mains.

Q. What will be the difficulty level of the IBPS Clerk 2023 Exam?

Ans. The difficulty level for IBPS Clerk prelims will be from Easy to Moderate and for Mains will be Moderate to Difficult.

Q. Is there ant negative marking in the IBPS Clerk 2023 Exam?

Ans. There will be 0.25 marks of negative marking for every wrong answer.

Q. How many questions are asked in the IBPS Clerk 2023 Exam?

Ans. There will be 100 questions for the Prelims Exam and 190 questions for the Mains Exam in IBPS Clerk 2023.

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