IBPS SO (CRP SPL-XIII): Notification, Eligibility Criteria & Exam Pattern

Updated On : 01 Aug, 2023

IBPS SO Notification 2024 has been issued by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection on 1st August 2023 for the next Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for selection of personnel in Specialist Officers’ cadre posts. IBPS Specialist Officers 2023-24 (CRP SPL-XIII) will be a three-phase selection process consisting of Prelims, Mains, and Interview. Candidates who pass the online examinations will be considered for the final interview round. Every year, the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection holds IBPS SO Examination to select qualified candidates for the following positions:

Marketing Officer (Scale I)
Agriculture Field Officer
Human Resources/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
Information Technology Officer (Scale I)
Law Officer (Scale I)
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)

Through IBPS SO Recruitment 2024, 1402 vacant seats are going to be filled in various categories. The IBPS SO Recruitment 2024 is for the selection of candidates for the position of Specialist Officers in various Public Sector Banks.

IBPS (CRP SPL-XIII) - Important Details
Organization Name	Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
Exam Name	CRP Specialist Officers (SO) 2024-25
Application dates	1st August to 21st August 2023
Application Mode	Online
Mode of Examination	Online
Number of Vacancies	1402
Examination Date	30.12.2023/ 31.12.2023
Official website	Click here
IBPS SO Official Notification
IBPS SO Apply Link	Click here

Event	Date & Time
Dates for submission of online applications	01.08.2023- 21.08.2023
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)	01.08.2023- 21.08.2023
Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary	December 2023
Online Examination – Preliminary	30.12.2023/ 31.12.2023
Result of Online exam – Preliminary	January 2024
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main	January 2024
Online Examination – Main	28.01.2024
Declaration of Result of Online Main Examination	February 2024
Download of call letters for interview	February/ March 2024
Conduct of interview	February/March 2024
Provisional Allotment	April 2024

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

The link to fill out the IBPS SO application online is available on the IBPS official website. Candidates are encouraged to apply for the IBPS SO 2024 exam before the deadline, which is 21st August 2203. Follow the below-mentioned steps to apply for the SO post:

You must first visit the IBPS official website.
On the IBPS home page, you will find a link to apply for IBPS SO recruitment notification 2024-25.
Fill out the application form by clicking on the link.
Enter your correct information as per your official documents.
Before submitting the application form, double-check all of the details entered by you and click the submit button.
A new tab will appear in which you have to upload a scanned image of your signature and a recent photograph in the dimensions specified.
Click the submit button once more.
Pay the appropriate application fee for your category.
Make a copy of the final application fee for future reference.

IBPS SO APPLICATION FEE

Category	Fee
SC/ST/PWBD candidates	Rs. 175/- (inclusive of GST)
All Others	Rs. 850 /- (inclusive of GST)

Mode of Payment:

The payment can be made by using Debit Cards (RuPay/ Visa/ Master Card/ Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets by providing information as asked on the screen.

Nationality:

To be eligible to apply for SO posts, a candidate must be either

a Citizen of India or
a subject of Nepal or
a subject of Bhutan or
a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam.

Age Limit (As on 01.08.2023)

To be eligible for the IBPS SO exam, a candidate must be at least 20 years old. The maximum age is 30 years. The Government of India provides age relaxation to candidates from reserved categories. The age relaxation granted to candidates for the post of IBPS SO is discussed below, by category:

Category	Upper Age Relaxation
SC/ST	05 years
OBC (non-creamy layer)	03 years
Persons With Benchmark Disability as defined under “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”.	10 years
Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from the last date of receipt of application)	05 years
Persons affected by 1984 riots	05 years

*for more details refer to the official notification.

Educational Qualifications

Post-wise educational qualification is tabulated below:

Name of the Post	Educational Qualification
I.T. Officer (Scale-I)	a) 4 year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation OR b) Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & Tele Communication/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Computer Applications OR Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level
Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)	4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry/Forestry/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Food Science/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture / Fisheries Engineering
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)	Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level OR Post graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level.
Law Officer (Scale I)	A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)	Graduate and Two Years Full time Post Graduate degree or Two Years Full time Post Graduate diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ HR / HRD/ Social Work / Labour Law.
Marketing Officer (Scale I)	Graduate and Two Years Full time MMS (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time MBA (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing

The IBPS SO selection procedure is divided into three stages. It is the most important factor that the authorities decide on. Knowing the selection process ensures that you can prepare for the exam well and in the right direction. Recently, there have been a few changes to the IBPS selection process. Previously, the IBPS SO Exam consisted of the following stages:

Preliminary Examination for IBPS SO
Exam for IBPS SO Mains
Language Proficiency Examination

Now the selection for Specialist Officers is based on:

Preliminary Examination
Mains Examination
Interview

The structure of the online examination is as follows:

a. Preliminary Examination

For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari
Name of Test	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium	Exam Duration
English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
Reasoning	50	50	English & Hindi	40 minutes
General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	50	50	English & Hindi	40 minutes
Total	150	125
For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer
English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
Reasoning	50	50	English & Hindi	40 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	English & Hindi	40 minutes
Total	150	125

Note:

There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for a wrong answer.
The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equi-percentile method.
Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations.

b. Main Examination

For the post of Rajbhasha Adhikari
Name of Test	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium	Exam Duration
Professional Knowledge (Objective)	45	60	English & Hindi	30 minutes
Professional Knowledge (Descriptive)	2	60	English & Hindi	30 minutes
For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, Law Officer and Marketing Officer
Professional Knowledge	60	60	English & Hindi	45 minutes

c. Interview

Candidates who have been shortlisted in the CRP SPL-XII Online Main Examination will be invited to an Interview, which will be conducted by the Participating Banks and coordinated by the Nodal Banks in each State/UT. The total number of marks allotted for the interview is 100. The minimum qualifying marks for the interview will be 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWBD candidates). The weightage of the online main examination and the interview will be 80:20. The combined final score of candidates will be calculated using the total scores obtained by the candidates in the CRP- SPL-XII Online Main Examination and Interview.

Note: A candidate must pass both the Online Main Examination and the interview in order to be shortlisted for the subsequent provisional allotment process, details of which will be made available later on the authorised IBPS website.

The detailed IBPS SO prelims syllabus for the upcoming IBPS SO 2024-25 exam is provided below:

Subject	Topic
Reasoning	Seating Arrangements Puzzles Verbal Reasoning Inequalities Syllogism Input-Output Data Sufficiency Blood Relations Order and Ranking Alphanumeric Series Distance and Direction
Quant.	Quadratic Equation Number Series Data Interpretation Simplification/ Approximation Data Sufficiency Mensuration Average Profit and Loss Ratio and Proportion Work, Time and Energy Time and Distance Simple and Compound Interest Permutation and Combination
General Awareness	Current Affairs and Banking Awareness GK Updates (last 3-4 months) Important Places Books and Authors Awards Headquarters Prime Minister Schemes Important Days
English	Cloze Test Reading Comprehension Spotting Errors Sentence Improvement Para Jumbles Fill in the Blanks

In the online Application Form, a candidate must indicate the Centre(s) where he or she wishes to take the examination. The following are details about the Examination Centres and Regional Offices under whose jurisdiction these Examination Centres are located:

State Code	State /UT / NCR	Preliminary Examination Centre	Main Examination Center
11	Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair	Port Blair
12	Andhra Pradesh	Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram	Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam
13	Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun	Naharlagun
14	Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur	Guwahati
15	Bihar	Arrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea	Patna
16	Chandigarh	Chandigarh/Mohal	Chandigarh/Mohal
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
22	Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad. Gurugram	Ambala
23	Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Mandi	Hamirpur
24	Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Samba, Srinagar	Jammu, Srinagar
25	Jharkhand	Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi	Ranchi
26	Karnataka	Bengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi	Bengaluru, Hubli
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, Satna, Ujjain	Bhopal
31	Maharashtra	Amravati, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Pune, Ratnagiri	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, Rourkela, Sambalpur	Bhubaneshwar
37	Puducherry	Puducherry	Puducherry
38	Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Mohali, Patiala	Jalandhar, Mohali, Patiala
39	Rajasthan	Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur	Jaipur, Udaipur
40	Sikkim	Bardang/ Gangtok	Bardang/ Gangtok
41	Tamil Nadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore	Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli
42	Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal	Hyderabad
43	Tripura	Agartala	Agartala
44	Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Prayagraj(Allahabad), Varanasi	Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj(Allahabad)
45	Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee	Dehradun
46	West Bengal	Asansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri	Greater Kolkata, Siliguri

Through this IBPS SO Recruitment 2024, 1402 vacant seats are going to be filled. The distribution of vacancies by post and category is shown in the table below.

I.T.OFFICER(SCALE-I)
SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	TOTAL
18	08	32	13	49	120
AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER (SCALE-I)
SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	TOTAL
75	37	135	50	203	500
RAJBHASHA ADHIKARI (SCALE-I)
SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	TOTAL
06	03	11	03	18	41
LAW OFFICER (SCALE-I)
SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	TOTAL
01	0	02	01	06	10
HR/PERSONNEL OFFICER (SCALE-I)
SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	TOTAL
03	01	08	02	17	31
MARKETING OFFICER (SCALE-I)
SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	TOTAL
105	52	189	70	284	700

Note: The openings are provisional. Any changes in the number of vacancies will be announced on the Commission's website.

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