IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has announced the IBPS Clerk 2023 exam dates. The IBPS prelims exam will be held on August 26, 27, and September 2, 2023. The mains exam will be conducted on October 7, 2023. The IBPS conducts this process to recruit candidates for the Clerical cadre posts in 7 11 public sector banks. Following the issuance of the new official notification for CRP Clerks, the IBPS Clerk 2023 recruitment process began on July 1, 2023.

Candidates are advised to visit this page and the official website on a regular basis so that they do not miss out on any latest updates regarding their respective examinations. In this article, we have provided all the relevant details related to IBPS Clerk notification 2023 including exam overview, clerk exam pattern, clerk syllabus, preparation tips, important FAQs, and so on. Read on to find out more about the same.

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Summary

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is an autonomous body founded to evolve and implement world-class processes of assessment and selection of personnel for various client organisations. The inspiration of the institute is predicated on the philosophy of speed, accuracy and confidentiality altogether. It strives to realise this through a mix of recent technology and academic expertise.

IBPS provides its service to all or any Public Sector Banks, SSI, Associate Banks of SBI, RBI, NABARD, SIDBI, and a few LIC & Insurance companies which are regular members of the IBPS society. Additionally, thereto Regional Rural Banks, many Public Sector Undertakings of Non-financial sectors, Government Departments, State-owned companies and Corporations also avail its services. 

Over the years, IBPS has gained the reputation of being a serious ‘Personnel Selection Test Conducting Agency’ in the country. Its strength lies in its capability to develop and construct multiple-choice objective tests and tools used for mass-level testing programs and its ability to conduct these exams simultaneously for lakhs of candidates in more than 200 cities and towns all over India and also in a few foreign locations. 

IBPS also has expertise in conducting assessment centres and group dynamics related personality assessments for the selection and/or testing of personnel at higher-level positions like Assistant General Manager (AGM), Deputy General Manager (DGM), and General Manager (GM).

IBPS Official Website Link

https://www.ibps.in/

Number of Posts/Vacancies

To be released

• July 28, 2023 is the last date to apply for IBPS Clerk 2023 exam.
• IBPS will conduct the IBPS Clerk 2023 Prelims examination on August 26, 27, and September 2, 2023.

IBPS Clerk 2023 - What's New?

IBPS Clerk Participating Banks

The participating banks have been reduced and are as follows:

Participating Banks
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

Pre-Examination Training

A limited number of candidates from Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Minority Communities/Ex-Servicemen/Persons with Benchmark Disabilities may be offered Pre-Examination Training by Nodal Banks/Participating Banks at specific locations like Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Balasore, Behrampur (Ganjam), Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Karnal, Kavaratti, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Mysore, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji (Goa), Patiala, Patna, Port Blair, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shimla, Shillong, Siliguri, Tiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, and Visakhapatnam. 

All qualified applicants who choose to participate in pre-examination training must complete the relevant section of the Online Application. While the training will be provided of charge, the candidates will be responsible for all additional fees such as travel, boarding, housing, and so on in order to attend the pre-examination training programme at the authorised centres.

The right to terminate any of the pre-examination training centres and/or add other centres and/or create substitute arrangements is retained, depending on the response and administrative feasibility.

No candidate gains the right to be selected in any of the Participating Banks just by attending the Pre-Examination Training.

List of Version of Tests (Medium of examination) for CRP CLERKS XIII According to State Applied for:

Serial Number	Name of State	Version of Tests
1	Andaman & Nicobar	English and Hindi
2	Andhra Pradesh	English, Hindi, and Telugu
3	Arunachal Pradesh	English and Hindi
4	Assam	English, Hindi, and Assamese
5	Bihar	English and Hindi
6	Chandigarh	English and Hindi
7	Chhattisgarh	English and Hindi
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, and Konkani
9	Delhi (NCT)	English and Hindi
10	Goa	English, Hindi, and Konkani
11	Gujarat	English, Hindi, and Gujarati
12	Haryana	English and Hindi
13	Himachal Pradesh	English and Hindi
14	Jammu & Kashmir	English, Hindi and Urdu
15	Jharkhand	English and Hindi
16	Karnataka	English, Hindi, Kannada, and Konkani
17	Kerala	English, Hindi, and Malayalam
18	Ladakh	English and Hindi
19	Lakshadweep	English, Hindi, and Malayalam
20	Madhya Pradesh	English and Hindi
21	Maharashtra	English, Hindi, Marathi, and Konkani
22	Manipur	English, Hindi, and Manipuri
23	Meghalaya	English and Hindi
24	Mizoram	English and Hindi
25	Nagaland	English and Hindi
26	Odisha	English, Hindi and Odia
27	Puducherry	English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
28	Punjab	English, Hindi and Punjabi
29	Rajasthan	English and Hindi
30	Sikkim	English and Hindi
31	Tamil Nadu	English, Hindi, and Tamil
32	Telangana	English, Hindi, Telugu, and Urdu
33	Tripura	English, Hindi, and Bengali
34	Uttar Pradesh	English, Hindi, and Urdu
35	Uttarakhand	English and Hindi
36	West Bengal	English, Hindi, and Bengali

The recruitment process for IBPS 2023 is in two phases. Read the detailed information given below to know more about it.

IBPS 2023 Selection Process

The recruitment of IBPS Clerk CRP XIII will be done in two phases:

• Phase 1: Preliminary Examination
• Phase 2: Mains Examination

Aspirants are required to qualify for both these exams to get selected for the post of clerical cadre in most of the premier public sector banks. A noteworthy update for this process is that there is no interview stage involved in the selection of candidates after the Mains exam. While both exams are important, 100% weightage is given to the result of the Mains exam result.

IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern - Scoring Pattern (+/- Marking)

The Preliminary exam of IBPS Clerk CRP XIII is an online exam that tests an aspirant on the basis of their aptitude, intellect, and knowledge of the English language. Candidates must solve the IBPS Clerk question paper in the time frame of 20 minutes for each section. 

There is a 0.25 negative marking for wrong answers marked in the preliminary examination. There will be no penalty for the question unanswered.

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern 2023

S. No.	Subject	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks
1	English Language	30	30
2	Numerical Ability	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
Total		100	100

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Duration

The total time allocated for the Prelim exam is 60 minutes since there are 3 sections in the question paper. So, each individual section is allocated 20 minutes for answering.

IBPS Clerk Prelims syllabus consists of three sections namely, English Language, Reasoning Ability, and Numerical Ability. Given below are the details of the IBPS Clerk preliminary exam:

IBPS Clerk English Language Syllabus

Vocabulary	Grammar	Reading Comprehension
Homonyms, Antonyms, Synonyms, Word Formation, Spelling	Spotting Errors, Phrases and idioms, Direct and Indirect speech, Active/Passive voice	Theme Detection, Passage completion, Topic rearrangement of passage, Deriving Conclusion.

IBPS Clerk Reasoning Ability Syllabus

Verbal Reasoning	Non-Verbal Reasoning
Analogy, Classification, Word formation, Statement and conclusions Syllogism, Statement and assumptions, Statement and arguments, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Passage and conclusions, Alphabet test, Series Test, Number, Ranking and time sequence, Direction sense Test, Decision-making test, Figure series, Input/output, Assertion and reasoning, Sitting Arrangement	Series test, Odd figure out, Analogy, Miscellaneous test

IBPS Clerk Numerical/Quantitative Ability Syllabus

Numerical	Quantitative
Ratio and proportion, Stocks and shares, Averages, Time and Work, Speed, Distance and time, Mixture and Allegation, Partnership, Clocks, Volume and Surface Area, Bar & Graphs, Line charts, Tables, Percentages	Height and Distances, Logarithms, Permutation and combinations, Simple and compound interest, Equations, Probability, Trigonometry, Profit, Loss and Discount, Mensuration, Elements of Algebra, Data Interpretation, Pie charts

Students can go through the following preparation tips in order to obtain a good score in the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam.

IBPS Clerk Prelims Subject-wise Preparation Tips 2023

Here are the subject-wise tips:

IBPS Clerk English Language

• The complexity of the English section has been continuously increasing, so do not take it for granted.
• Study all of Wren and Martin’s grammatical rules and see if you can understand them.
• Do not try to remember the rules. Simply go through them again and again with solved examples, and the rules will become second nature to you.
• Read English articles every day. You can choose from The Hindu and The Economic Times. Make a note of the new words separately so you may review them later.
• Regularly revise the written words to keep this process going.
• Try to include as many words as possible in your vocabulary.
• Concentrate on the cloze exam, fillers, sentence correction, and error-spotting chapters.
• If you are consistent and diligent, you can easily achieve about 25 in this area.

IBPS Clerk Reasoning Ability

• If you understand the fundamental principles and have extensively practised them, the topics in this section are simple.
• Do solve two or three puzzles every day. In the exam hall, choose the puzzle with the fewest variables.
• Emphasise the chapters on syllogisms, inequality, order and ranking, coding-decoding, direction distance, and blood relations. These chapters are significantly easier to complete in the exam hall rather than solving time-consuming problems.
• This section necessitates the prior mastery of a few key principles. To master this area, you must first get your thoughts straight.
• You can easily earn a score of 30 or above in this subject with enough practice and a good understanding of the concepts.

IBPS Clerk Quantitative Aptitude

• This section can be the most rewarding if you plan carefully.
• Concentrate on revising up to 40 squares, 20 cubes, and 30 tables, as well as fraction to percentage conversions up to 1/25 and percentage to fraction conversions up to 1/25.
• Also, understand some Vedic methods and guidelines for faster exam calculation so you can focus more on the harder questions and less on the random ones.
• Following that, begin covering basic and fundamental subjects such as number series, quadratic equations, averages, ratio proportions, and percentages.
• These three chapters appear in almost every chapter. So, first and foremost, try to master the three chapters’ key themes.
• After that, you can move on to the chapters on time and work, partnership, time speed distance, and mixture alligation.

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam-Taking Strategy

Below are some exam-taking strategies to crack the IBPS Clerk Prelims examination:

Prioritise Speed and Accuracy

• The two most crucial aspects of prelims exam qualification are speed and accuracy. You must prioritise speed without sacrificing precision.
• Because there have been numerous cases where students attempted 90% of the questions and received fewer than 50 marks, failing to meet the threshold.
• You can easily obtain extremely good scores with accuracy if you practise regularly and work smartly.

Go Through the Syllabus

• Before you begin preparing, make sure you understand the topics you’ll be covering. Then, once you’ve realised how important each issue is, you can begin focusing on it correctly.

Follow a Well-Planned Schedule

• When you have a vast syllabus to cover, creating a schedule is vital. This eliminates the potential of overlooking critical concerns. For each subject, divide your timetable in half or according to your skills and abilities in each portion. This will allow you to cover almost all of your bases.

It is Important to Revise

• Even if you have completed your revision for any of the topics/sections or for the entire syllabus, you must re-revise your syllabus for banking examinations. This can help you retain knowledge more quickly by keeping everything fresh in your mind.

Focus on Conceptual Clarity

• It is vital to have a clear grasp of the fundamentals before beginning any topic/chapter. Before going on to the more challenging topics, be sure you understand all of the fundamentals.

Mock Tests are Essential

• Once you have completed your syllabus, you will need to revise what you have learned so far. Take a mock test to assess your revision, strengthen your weak areas, and enhance your performance. This would reduce the chances of making mistakes in the exam.

IBPS Clerk Prelims Detailed Study Plan

Students should follow a daily study schedule to ace IBPS Clerks exams. The IBPS Clerk study plan is updated regularly and features excellent study resources from each area. As a result, students will not have to waste time looking for study materials.

IBPS Clerk Prelims Basic Tips

According to IBPS’s official website, there are about 4,545 openings in the clerical cadre. Because there are so many openings, you may expect fierce competition. As a result, you should prepare yourself for a difficult exam and make each day count. Let us look at how you might make the most of the remaining 60 days before the exam.

This time period has been broken into three parts:

The Preliminary Stage

• You can set aside this time to clarify your doubts.
• Understand the fundamental strategy of answering questions and put it into practice.
• During this week, make sure you understand all of the topics that will be questioned in various areas of the exam.
• Go through all of the basic grammar rules. This will be useful for a variety of questions, including spotting errors, sentence improvement, and the Cloze test, among others.
• Make an effort to improve your computation speed. You can improve your calculations by learning several Vedic Maths methods.

Stage of Practise

• This is the most important phase of all. Thorough practice of various topics will enable you to (a) better manage your exam time and (b) enhance your accuracy in various areas.
• This should include mock tests as well as topic-specific questions.
• Practising section-by-section questions will assist you in mastering the particular themes. On a regular basis, take quizzes on Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and English Language.
• Regular mock exams will assist you to understand where you stand in terms of IBPS exam preparation and progress.
• Taking mock tests is crucial since it allows you to gain a better understanding of your performance. In addition, examining the topics that require more attention becomes simple.
• Set a goal of at least 65 marks and work hard to attain it.
• Any lapse in practice will undoubtedly be costly in the long term. As a result, make it a habit to regularly practise questions.

Phase of Revision

• Use this time to revise and practise the things you previously studied and practised.
• Every day, review the basic formulas, grammatical rules, tables, squares and cubes, and other fundamental numbers.
• You will breeze through this phase if you have been consistent with the previous two phases, and you will almost certainly improve your exam score.

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023 Important Chapters

Below is the list of important topics for the IBPS prelims examination:

Reasoning

Reasoning
Series
Coding-decoding
Inequalities
Syllogism
Puzzles and Seating arrangement
Direction sense
Blood Relation
Order Ranking and Alphabet/Number based questions

Quantitative Aptitude/Numerical Aptitude

Quantitative Aptitude/Numerical Aptitude
Arithmetic
Simplification
Data Interpretation
Quadratic Equation
Missing Series
Approximation
Wrong Series
Quantity Based, Data sufficiency

English

English
Phrase rearrangement, Idioms and Phrases
Filler, Word usage
Single Fillers
Starters
Sentence Improvement
Reading Comprehension
Column-based
Sentence connectors
Error Correction

Candidates appearing for the exam should be aware of the IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023 important dates in order to plan their preparation accordingly.

IBPS Clerk Exam Notification Date

The IBPS is yet to release the schedule for the IBPS Clerk prelims examination. Candidates can refer to the below table of the IBPS Clerk 2021 schedule for the time being:

Activity	Dates
Online registration including Edit/Modification of Application by Candidates	July 1, 2023
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)	July 28, 2023
Download of call letters for Pre-Exam Training	August 2023
Conduct of Pre-Exam Training	August 2023
Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary	August 2023
Online Examination – Preliminary		August 26, 27, and September 2, 2023
Result of Online exam – Preliminary	September/ October 2023
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main	September 2023
Online Examination – Main	October 7, 2023
Provisional Allotment	April 2024

IBPS Clerk Application Form Filling: Start and End Date

IBPS Clerk notification was released on July 1, 2023, and the last day to fill IBPS Clerk application form is July 28, 2023. IBPS Clerk admit cards for the Prelims exam will be issued in August 2023.

IBPS Clerk Prelims Result Date 2023

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will declare the IBPS Clerk Prelims result in September or October 2023.

Dos and Don'ts of Form Filling

• Before applying online, aspirants should scan their photograph (4.5cm × 3.5cm), signature, and left thumb impression. If an aspirant does not have a left thumb, they may use their right thumb. If both thumbs are missing, the notion of one of the left-hand fingers starting from the forefinger should be taken.
• If there are no fingers on the left hand, the notion of one of the fingers of the right hand starting from the forefinger should be taken. If no fingers are at hand, the impression of the left toe may be taken.
• In all such cases where the left thumb notion is not uploaded, the candidate should specify in the uploaded document the name of the finger and the specification of the left/right hand or toe.
• Aspirants must have a proper personal email ID, which should be kept active until this round of the common recruitment process is completed. IBPS may send call letters for the examination etc., through the registered email ID.
• Under no circumstances, a candidate should share with/mention email ID to/of any other person. If an aspirant does not have a valid personal email ID, they should create their new email ID before applying online and maintaining that email account.
• Aspirants are required to go to the IBPS’ official website and click on the home page to open the link “CRP Clerks” and then click on the option “Click here to apply online- Clerks (CRP-Clerks-XIII)” to open the online application form.
• Aspirants will have to click on “Click here for new registration” to register their application by entering their basic information in the online application form. After that, the system generates a provisional registration number and password and displays them on the screen.
• Aspirants should make a note of the Provisional registration number and password. An Email & SMS specifying the Provisional Registration number and password will also be sent.
• Candidates can reopen the saved data utilising the Provisional registration number and password and edit the particulars if needed.
• Candidates must upload their photograph, signature, left thumb impression, and a handwritten declaration as per the specifications given in the guidelines for scanning and Uploading documents (Annexure-III).
• Candidates are guided to carefully fill the online application themselves as no change in any of the info filled within the online application will be possible/ entertained. Before submitting the web application, candidates are advised to use the “SAVE AND NEXT” facility to verify the small print within the online form and modify an equivalent if needed.
• No change is authorised after clicking on the COMPLETE REGISTRATION button. Visually Impaired candidates are liable for properly verifying/ getting the small print filled in within the online form and ensuring that an equivalent is correct before submission as no change is feasible after submission.
• The aspirant should indicate in the online application the state they opt for provisional allotment on selection. The option, once exercised, will be irreversible.

Guidelines for Scanning and Uploading Documents

Before applying online a candidate is required to have a scanned (digital) image of his/her photograph, signature, left thumb impression, and handwritten declaration as per the specifications given below.

Photograph (4.5cm × 3.5cm)

• A current passport-style colour photograph is required.
• Make sure the photo is in colour and taken against a light-coloured background, preferably white.
• With a relaxed expression, look straight at the camera.
• If the photo is shot on a sunny day, stand with the sun behind you or in the shade so you do not squint and there are not any harsh shadows.
• If you use flash, make sure there is no “red-eye” effect.
• If you use glasses, ensure there are no reflections and that you can see your eyes properly.
• Caps, caps, and dark glasses are prohibited. Religious hats are permitted, but must not obscure your vision.
• Dimensions (in pixels): 200 x 230 (preferred)
• The file size should be between 20 and 50 kb.
• Make sure the scanned image does not exceed 50kb in size. If the file is larger than 50 kb, change the scanner’s settings, such as the DPI resolution, the number of colours, and so on, while scanning.

Signature, Left Thumb Impression and Hand-Written Declaration Image

1. On white paper, the applicant must sign using a black ink pen.

• 140 x 60 pixels is the size of the image (preferred)
• The file size should be between 10 and 20 kb.
• Make sure the scanned image is not greater than 20kb in size.

2. The candidate must make an impression of his left thumb on white paper using black or blue ink.

• Type of file: jpg / jpeg
• 240 x 240 pixels in a 200 DPI resolution (Preferred for required quality) i.e. (Width * Height) 3 cm * 3 cm
• File size ranges from 20 to 50 KB.

3. The declaration must be written in English on white paper with black ink by the applicant.

• Type of file: jpg / jpeg
• 800 × 400 pixels in a 200 DPI resolution (Preferred for required quality) i.e. (Width * Height) 10 cm * 5 cm
• File size ranges between 50 and 100 kilobytes.

4. The applicant’s signature left thumb impression, and handwritten declaration should all be signed by him or her.

5. The applicant will be disqualified if the signature on the attendance sheet or Call letter, signed at the time of the examination, does not match the signature uploaded.

Age Criteria

The eligibility criteria for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023 are given below:

IBPS Clerk Prelims Age Criteria

Candidates should be between 20 to 28 years old as on August 1, 2023.

Relaxation of Upper Age Limit:

Sl. No	Category	Age relaxation
1	Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe	5 years
2	Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)	3 years
3	Persons With Disabilities	10 years
4	Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen	Actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years
5	Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried	Age concession up to the age of 35 years for General/EWS, 38 years for OBC and 40 years for SC/ST candidates
6	Persons affected by 1984 riots	5 years

IBPS Clerk Prelims Education Qualification

The candidate must fulfil the following criteria to qualify for IBPS Clerk Prelims:

• A Degree (Graduation) in any branch from a University recognised by the Govt. of India or any equivalent qualification acknowledged as such by the Central Government. 
• Computer Literacy: Operating and working skill in computer systems is compulsory; that is, candidates should have a Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer operations/Language and also should have thoughtful Computer/Information Technology as particular subjects in the High School/College. 
• Expertise in the Official Language of the State/UT (candidates should know how to read/write and speak the official language of the State/UT) for which vacancies a candidate wishes to apply for are preferable. 
• Veterans who do not possess the above civil examination qualifications should be matriculated.
• Ex-Servicemen who have obtained the Army Special Certificate of Education or corresponding certificate in the Navy or Air Force after completing not less than 15 years of service in the Armed Forces of the Union as on said date (see notice). Such certificates should be dated on or before the said date.
• The educational qualifications mentioned above must be from a University/Board recognised by Govt. Of India/approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies and the final result should have been declared on or before the said date.

IBPS Clerk Category-wise Eligibility

Ex-Servicemen (EXSM): Only those candidates who meet the revised definition set forth in Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Personnel, and Administrative Reforms Notification No. 36034/5/85 Estt. (SCT) dated 27.10.1986 as amended from time to time will be treated as ex-servicemen.

Ex-servicemen who were disabled while serving in the Union’s Armed Forces, whether during war or peacetime, and whose disability was related to military service, must be treated as Disabled Ex-Servicemen (DISXS).

Dependents of Servicemen Killed In Action (DXS): Servicemen killed in the following operations would be deemed to have been killed in action attributable to military service: 

(a) war 

(b) warlike operations or Border skirmishes, either with Pakistan on the cease fire line or with any other country 

(c) fighting against armed hostiles in a counter-insurgency environment, viz: Nagaland, Mizoram, etc.

(d) participating in a peacekeeping mission abroad 

(e) laying or clearing mines, including enemy mines, as well as minesweeping operations between one month and three months before and after an operation. 

(f) frostbite during actual operations or throughout the time period specified by the government g) dealing with agitated paramilitary forces members h) IPKF personnel killed in Sri Lanka during operations.

Note: Government definitions, relaxations, and other policies are subject to change at any time. It is specifically stated that any person employed by any branch of the armed forces at the time of application submission will not be deemed an Ex-Serviceman unless he or she meets the requirements set forth in the advertisement.

Reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities: Reservation is available to people with qualifying disability under section 34 of the ‘Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.’ The role has been identified as suitable for persons with the disabilities listed below, as specified in the Schedule of the RPWD Act 2016 and as announced from time to time by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan).

• ‘OC’ category: Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Muscular Dystrophy, and Acid Attack Victims are examples of people who are unable to do specific actions linked with movement of self and objects due to musculoskeletal or neurological system disease or both. People who are orthopedically challenged are included under locomotor disability if they meet the following criteria:
• OA – One arm affected (Right or Left)
• OL – One leg affected (Right or Left) 
• OAL – One arm and one leg affected 
• BL – Both legs affected but not arms 

The hand functions of people with OA and OAL should be normal on both sides.

1. A ‘leprosy cured person’ is someone who has been cured of leprosy but has the following symptoms: 

• Loss of sensation in hands or feet, as well as loss of sensation and paresis in the eye and eyelid, but no manifest deformity;
• Manifest deformity and paresis, but enough mobility in their hands and feet to engage in normal economic activity;
• Serious physical deformity as well as advanced age, which precludes him/her from working, and the word ‘leprosy cured’ shall be interpreted accordingly.

1. ‘Cerebral palsy’ refers to a group of non-progressive neurological diseases that affect bodily movements and muscle coordination and are caused by damage to one or more specific parts of the brain, which typically occurs before, during, or shortly after birth.
2. ‘Dwarfism’ refers to a medical or hereditary disorder in which an adult’s height is less than 4 feet 10 inches (147 centimetres).
3. ‘Muscular dystrophy’ refers to a collection of inherited genetic muscle diseases that weaken the muscles that move the human body, and people with multiple dystrophy have erroneous and missing information in their genes, which stops them from producing the proteins that healthy muscles require. It is characterised by progressive skeletal muscular weakening, muscle protein abnormalities, and the loss of muscle cells and tissue; 
4. ‘Acid attack victims’ refers to those who have been disfigured as a result of violent assaults with acid or another corrosive substance.
5. Visual Impairment (‘VI’ Category): Only those Visually Impaired (VI) individuals who, after best correction, suffer from any of the following conditions are eligible to apply.
6. Blindness: 

• total loss of vision; 
• visual acuity in the better eye of less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) with the best possible correction; 
• field of vision limitation of fewer than 10 degrees.

1. Low Vision: 

• Visual acuity in the better eye of not more than 6/18 or less than 20/60 up to 3/60 or up to 10/200 (Snellen) with best feasible corrections; 
• Field of vision limitation of less than 40 degrees up to 10 degrees.

1. Hearing Impaired (‘HI’ Category):

• Deafness is defined as a hearing loss of 70 decibels in both ears in speech frequencies.
• Hard of Hearing: A person with a 60 DB to 70 DB hearing loss in speech frequencies in both ears is considered hard of hearing.

1. ‘ID’ Category: This category is only open to people who have one of the following sorts of disabilities.
2. Intellectual disability. 
3. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate, understand relationships, and relate to others, and is frequently associated with unusual or stereotypical rituals or behaviours. It usually appears in the first three years of life.
4. ‘Specific Learning Disability’ (SLD) refers to a diverse group of conditions characterised by a difficulty understanding, speaking, reading, writing, spelling, or performing mathematical calculations, and includes perceptual disabilities, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, and developmental aphasia.
5. ‘Mental Illness’ (MI) is defined as a significant disorder of thinking, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that impairs judgement, behaviour, capacity to recognise reality, or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life, but does not include retardation, which is a condition of a person’s mind being arrested or incompletely developed, with subnormal intelligence.

Note: Reservations would be available only to those with qualifying disabilities. ‘Benchmark disability’ refers to a person who has not less than 40% of a specified disability that has not been defined in measurable terms, as well as people who have disabilities that have been described in measurable terms and have been certified by the certifying body. 

A person seeking reservation must present a disability certificate obtained by a Competent Authority in accordance with Government of India standards. Such a certificate will be subject to verification/re-verification as the competent authority deems necessary.

The allotment of reserved openings for persons with benchmark disability would be based on vacancies reported to IBPS by Participating Banks and as required in the ‘The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016’.

Guidelines for Persons With Benchmark Disabilities using a Scribe

During the online examination, visually challenged applicants and candidates whose writing speed is permanently impacted for whatever reason can utilise their own scribe at their own expense (Preliminary and Main).

The following rules will apply in all circumstances where a scribe is used:

• The candidate will be responsible for hiring his or her own writer at his or her own expense.
• Any academic discipline can be represented by the scribe.
• Both the candidate and the scribe will be required to sign a valid undertaking verifying that the scribe meets all of the above-mentioned scribe eligibility standards. Furthermore, regardless of the outcome of the CRP, if it is later discovered that he or she did not meet any of the established eligibility criteria or omitted material facts, the applicant’s candidature will be revoked.
• Candidates who utilise a scribe are entitled to 20 minutes of compensatory time for each hour of the examination, unless otherwise indicated.
• The candidate’s scribe should not be a candidate for the online examination under the circumstances (CRP-Clerks-XIII). If any of the foregoing is violated at any point during the process, the candidate’s and scribe’s CRP eligibility will be revoked. Candidates who are eligible for and wish to employ the services of a scribe in the examination must always mention so in the online application form. Any following requests may or may not be granted.
• Only candidates who have registered for compensatory time will be eligible for such concessions. Because compensatory time is granted based on a system, the test conducting agency will not be able to grant such time if the candidate has not registered for it. Such concessions will not be granted to candidates who have not applied for compensatory time.

• If it is discovered that the scribe is independently answering the questions during the exam, the exam session will be terminated and the candidate’s candidature will be cancelled. The candidature of such candidates who used the services of a scribe will also be revoked if the test administrator personnel reports after the examination that the scribe independently answered the questions. In such circumstances, the candidate and scribe may be disqualified from all CRP – examinations permanently or for a specific length of time.

Guidelines for Aspirants with Locomotor Disability and Cerebral Palsy

• Candidates with locomotor disability and cerebral palsy whose dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the point of slowing function performance shall be allowed a compensatory period of twenty minutes per hour or as otherwise indicated (minimum of 40 percent impairment).

Guidelines for Visually Impaired Aspirants

• Candidates who are visually impaired (with an impairment of at least 40%) may choose to view the materials of the test in enlarged type, and all such candidates will be eligible for a compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of examination time unless otherwise instructed.
• Visually impaired candidates who use the services of a Scribe for the examination will not be able to view the contents of the test in magnifying type.

Guidelines for Aspirants with Intellectual Disability

Candidates with more than 40% Intellectual Disability (autism, intellectual impairment, special learning disability, and mental illness) will be allowed a compensatory period of twenty minutes per hour of examination, whether or not a scribe is used.

1. EWS (Economically Weaker Section)
2. Persons who are not covered by the existing scheme of reservations for Scheduled Castes, Schedule Tribes, and Other Backward Classes, and whose family’s gross annual income is less than Rs.8.00 lakh (Rupees eight lakh only) will be designated as EWSs for reservation purposes. The income must come from all sources, including salary, agricultural, business, profession, and so on, and must be for the fiscal year preceding the year of application. Persons whose family owns or has any of the following assets, regardless of family income, are also exempt from being classified as EWSs:

i.) Agricultural land of 5 acres or more; 

ii.) Residential flats of 1000 square feet or more; 

iii.) Residential plots of 100 square yards or more in notified municipalities; 

iv.) Residential plots of 200 square yards or more in places other than notified towns.

• When applying the land or property holding test to determine EWS status, the property held by a ‘Family’ in multiple regions or towns/cities would be combined.
• On production of an Income and Asset Certificate issued by a Competent Authority, the benefit of reservation under EWS can be obtained. Only the Income and Asset Certificate produced in the required format by any of the authorities notified by the Government of India will be recognised as proof of the candidate’s claim to be on the EWS. Candidates who have been shortlisted for document verification must produce the required certificate as stipulated by the Government of India when they attend for the document verification process.
• For this reason, ‘family’ refers to the person seeking reservation benefits, his or her parents and siblings under the age of 18, as well as his or her spouse and children under the age of 18.
• The directions issued by the Government of India from time to time in this regard must be followed.

Disclaimer: EWS vacancies are provisional and subject to subsequent Government of India directions as well as the outcome of any litigation.

Note: These guidelines are subject to change from time to time in terms of GOI recommendations/clarifications, if any.

Some criteria might have been revised. Therefore, candidates are suggested to check the official notification to be on the same page.

IBPS Clerk Prelims Language Proficiency

IBPS Clerk Prelims question papers will be set in English and Hindi language except for the English test. Also, there will be a local language proficiency test, which is conducted for those who clear the Mains round.

Given below are the details related to IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023:

IBPS Clerk Prelims Admit Card Release Date

Candidates must download the IBPS Clerk 2023 admit card from the bank’s official website because no hard copy of the IBPS Clerk admit card will be mailed to them. Candidates will need the following credentials to download the admit card:

• Registration No./Roll No.
• Date of Birth/Password

In both the Preliminary and Mains examinations, the centre, venue address, date, and time will be included in the call letter.

By entering his/her details, such as registration number and password/date of birth, on the authorised IBPS website IBPS official website, an eligible candidate can download his/her call letter. There will be no tangible copies of the call letter, information handout, or any documents supplied by mail or courier.

• The examinations are going to be organised online in localities across many centres in the country. 
• No request for a change of examination centre shall be entertained.
• IBPS reserves the liberty to cancel any of the examination centres and add other centres, at its discretion, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc.
• IBPS also reserves the liberty to allot the candidate to any centre aside from the one they opted for. 
• A candidate could also be allocated a centre of exam outside the State/UT that vacancies they’re applying for.
• The aspirant will appear for the examination at an examination centre at their own risk and expenses, and IBPS won’t be liable for any injury or losses etc., of any nature. 
• Any unruly behaviour/misbehaviour within the examination hall may end in cancellation of candidature/ disqualification from this exam and the longer-term exams conducted by IBPS.

IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Score Card

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Board will release the IBPS Clerk scorecard after each phase of the exam.

Steps for Downloading IBPS Clerk Score Card 

Candidates must keep the following information ready before checking the Scorecard:

• Username/Registration Number
• Password/Date of Birth

The steps to download the IBPS Clerk prelims & mains exam score card are given below:

• Step 1: Click on the direct link given in this article to check the scorecard.
• Step 2: Enter your login credentials (registration number/ roll number, password or DOB) and security code or captcha and click the Login button.
• Step 3: IBPS Clerk scorecard 2023 will be displayed on the screen in PDF Format.
• Step 4: Download the scorecard and take printouts. The scorecard is valid for a year.

Details mentioned on IBPS Clerk Scorecard 2023

The details will be given on the IBPS Clerk Scorecard 2023 are listed below

• Name of the candidate
• Category
• Roll number
• Registration number
• Date of exam
• Total marks of the exam
• Marks scored in aggregate & also for each section
• Sectional & overall cutoff score

Additional Information Mentioned on Scorecard

Besides the important information mentioned above, some additional details about the exam will also be provided on the scorecard. These are given below:

• The IBPS Clerk Score Card provides a clear idea about the qualification status of the candidate. The candidate’s final scores are calculated based on the marks of English, reasoning, and quantitative aptitude. The prelims exam has a maximum of 100 marks.
  Total Score of the candidate = Score in English Language + Reasoning Ability + Quantitative Aptitude
• In case of a tie of marks between two or more candidates, the merit is decided based on the date of birth of the candidate, i.e, the older candidate will get higher preference.

Important Points to Note about IBPS Clerk Score Card

• Candidates must get a minimum score in the Mains Exam to get eligibility to attend the Interview round.
• Only after the completion of the entire interview process, the scores of the Mains Exam will be shared with the candidates selected for the interview.
• Prelims score is not used to calculate the IBPS Clerk final result. Final selection will be made on the candidate’s performance in the Mains and Interview.

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023 Exam Centres List

Below, we have provided the list of exam centres for IBPS Clerk Prelims:

State Code	State/UT/NCR	Preliminary Examination Centre	Main Examination Centre
11	Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair	Port Blair
12	Andhra Pradesh	Chirala, Chittoor, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram	Guntur, Kurnool, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam
13	Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun	Naharlagun
14	Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur	Guwahati, Silchar
15	Bihar	Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea	Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Patna,
16	Chandigarh	Chandigarh/Mohali	Chandigarh/Mohali
17	Chhattisgarh	Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur	Raipur
18	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	Surat, Jamnagar	Surat
19	Delhi	Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram	Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram
20	Goa	Panaji	Panaji
21	Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara	Ahmedabad, Vadodara
22	Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Yamuna Nagar	Ambala, Hissar
23	Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una	Hamirpur, Shimla
24	Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Samba, Srinagar	Jammu, Srinagar
25	Jharkhand	Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi	Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
26	Karnataka	Bengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi	Bengaluru, Hubli, Mangalore
27	Kerala	Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur	Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram
28	Ladakh	Leh	Leh
29	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	Kavaratti
30	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain	Bhopal, Indore
31	Maharashtra	Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Solapur	Aurangabad, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune
32	Manipur	Imphal	Imphal
33	Meghalaya	Shillong	Shillong
34	Mizoram	Aizawl	Aizawl
35	Nagaland	Kohima	Kohima
36	Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur	Bhubaneshwar
37	Puducherry	Puducherry	Puducherry
38	Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fategarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur	Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala
39	Rajasthan	Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur	Jaipur, Udaipur
40	Sikkim	Bardang/ Gangtok	Bardang/ Gangtok
41	Tamil Nadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar	Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli
42	Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal	Hyderabad
43	Tripura	Agartala	Agartala
44	Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/ Greater Noida, Prayagraj(Allahabad), Sitapur, Varanasi	Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj(Allahabad), Varanasi
45	Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee	Dehradun
46	West Bengal	Asansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri	Asansol, Greater Kolkata, Kalyani, Siliguri

Each candidate must be required to obtain a minimum score in the IBPS Clerk Prelims exams. Depending on the number of State/UT-wise vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided, and candidates will be considered for provisional allotment. 

Before completing the provisional allotment process, scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates.

Previous Year Cut-off

On all days and in all shifts, the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2020-21 was easy to moderate. State-wise cut-off for the IBPS Prelims exam for general category candidates are shown below:

State	Cut-off (General)
Bihar	71.25
Delhi	77
Gujarat	72
Maharashtra	69.75
Andhra Pradesh	78
Tripura	59.25 (OBC)
Jharkhand	75.75
Himachal Pradesh	72
Punjab	75.25
Kerala	77.25
Uttar Pradesh	73.5
Rajasthan	78.25
West Bengal	61.50
J&K	77.5
Odisha	75
Madhya Pradesh	77.75
Goa	53.75
Karnataka	65.75
Tamil Nadu	71 (OBC)
Uttarakhand	78.50
Telangana	74.25

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection releases the result of IBPS Clerk Prelims online on its official website. Candidates who appeared for the exam can check their results online. 

Moreover, the officials also release scorecards that candidates can download from the official website as well. They need to enter the Registration/Roll Number and Password/Date of Birth to check results or download scorecards.

IBPS Clerks are known to be one of the main parts of any bank in India. Clerks are a point of contact with customers and they try to solve questions and various issues that the customers might face. There are several roles in IBPS Clerk like Loan Clerks, Accounts Clerks, Data Entry Clerks, and Office Clerks, among many others. 

The job description with roles and responsibilities includes upgrading passbooks for customers, providing passbooks, cash challans, handling keys, other required documents, etc., keeping banks’ documents like a ledger, balance sheet, etc., authorising cash withdrawals and giving details to customers about different schemes and new plans of the bank and solving queries of the customer and helping them out.

IBPS Clerk Post List and Vacancies 2023

This year, IBPS has announced a total of 4545 vacancies of Clerical Cadre XIII. 

IBPS Clerk Salary Structure 2023

An IBPS Clerk’s base remuneration ranges from Rs 19,900 to Rs 47,920 per month. In the IBPS clerk salary, the basic pay is Rs.19,900, with the remainder pay consisting of dearness allowance, housing rent allowance, medical allowance, and transportation allowance. 

For those who apply early, the cash in hand for the IBPS Clerk remuneration is Rs.29,453.

Q1: When was the IBPS Clerk notification released?
Ans: The notification for IBPS clerk Exam 2023 was released on July 1, 2023.

Q2: How many attempts can a candidate take for IBPS Clerk Recruitment?
Ans: The aspirants can take four attempts only. But, relaxation will be given to reserved categories.

Q3: Can final year degree students appear for the exam?
Ans: Yes, final year degree students can appear for the exam. But they have to submit the marksheet on the date of document verification.

Q4: Will there be negative marking for wrong answers in IBPS clerk exams?
Ans: Yes, there will be a negative marking of 0.25 for every wrong answer in the IBPS Clerk Prelims and Mains Exam.

Q5: What will be the application fee for IBPS Clerk?
Ans: The application fee for IBPS clerk 2023 is Rs 850 for general candidates, while it is Rs. 175 for the SC/ST/PWD aspirants, based on the previous year’s notification.

Q6: What will be the number of vacancies in IBPS Clerk 2023?
Ans: As per the official notification, the total number of vacancies are 4,545.

List of Parallel Exams

An IBPS clerk aspirant can also attempt the below-mentioned list of exams within the mentioned age limit.

• IBPS RRB Officer Scale-l: IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Recruitment is a three-stage procedure run by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. Prelims, Mains, and Interviews are the three stages of the examination process. 
• Banking IBPS PO Prelims: IBPS PO is a national-level test that is used to select candidates for posts as Probationary Officers (PO) in numerous public sector banks across India. Every year, the exam is administered by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS). IBPS PO is a recruitment system used by 11 public sector banks to hire probationary officers. 
• IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is a non-profit that selects candidates for government-owned banks. Thousands of applications for RRB Office Assistant vacancies are received each year.

After successfully clearing the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam, the candidate has to appear for the following exams:

• IBPS Clerk Mains
• Local Language Proficiency Test