IBPS SO 2025 Exam - Exam Date, Registration, Pattern, Syllabus, Sample Papers, Cutoff, Previous Year Papers

Some of the highlights of the IBPS SO 2024 Exam are:

The exam dates of IBPS SO 2024 are mentioned in the below table:

IBPS SO 2024 Notification PDF will be released by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Committee on its official website i.e. ibps.in to recruit Specialist Officers in different categories. The total vacancies for Specialist Officers (SO) will also be mentioned in the same notification PDF. The IBPS SO Recruitment 2024 is for selecting candidates for the post of Specialist Officers in different Public Sector Banks for multiple positions. The total scale-1 officer vacancies of the participating banks is 884.

• Agricultural Field Officer: 346 vacancies
• HR/Personnel Officer: 25 vacancies
• IT Officer: 170 vacancies
• Law Officer: 125 vacancies
• Marketing Officer: 205 vacancies
• Rajbhasha Adhikari: 13 vacancies

To apply for the post of IBPS SO, candidates need to fulfill the IBPS SO Eligibility Criteria 2024 which are discussed below:

IBPS SO Nationality

The candidate who is going to apply for IBPS SO 2024 exam should have citizenship of India issued by the government of India. The following candidates can also apply for the IBPS SO 2024 exam:

• a subject of Nepal or
• a subject of Bhutan or
• a Tibetan Refugee, who came to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
• Persons migrated from India 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 with the intention of permanently settling in India, along with the certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India.

IBPS SO Educational Qualification

The education qualification for IBPS SO for various posts is as follows:

• I.T. Officer (Scale-I): 4 year Engineering/Technology Degree or PG in CS/CA/IT/EE/EC/Electronics & Instrumentation/ Electronics & Telecommunications OR Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level

• Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I): 4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Horticulture/ Forestry/ Food Science/ Animal Husbandry/Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Co./ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Tech./ Dairy Tech./ Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture

• Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I): PG Degree in Hindi with English as a core subject OR PG Degree in Sanskrit with English & Hindi as core subjects.

• Law Officer (Scale-I): Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council.

• HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I): Graduate and 2 Years Full-time PG degree or 2 Years Full-time PG Diploma in Personnel Management /Industrial Relations/HR/HRD/Social Work /Labour Law.

• Marketing Officer (Scale-I): Graduate and 2 Years Full-time MMS (Marketing)/ 2 Years Full-time MBA (Marketing)/ 2 Years Full-time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing.

IBPS SO Age Limit

• The age of the applicant must range from anywhere between 20 to 30 years
• Age relaxation will be applicable as per category 

How to Fill IBPS SO Application Form?

The steps to fill out the IBPS SO Application Form 2024 are mentioned in the following steps:

Step 1: Candidates will find the form on the official website - www.ibps.in.

Step 2: Applicants have to log in using a Unique Registration ID and a password will be generated.

Step 3: The candidates will then be required to upload digitally scanned versions of their photographs, signature, left-hand thumb impression, and a handwritten declaration.

Step 4: Download and take a printout of the application form and the payment receipt for future use.

IBPS SO 2024 Application Fee

The exam fee for the post of IBPS Specialist Officer is mentioned below. The application fee has to be paid online.

Candidates are advised to save the PDF IBPS SO admit card 2024, as it might be useful in future. Also, it is mandatory to carry the printout of the admit card, as entry without this document is strictly prohibited. 

Steps to Download IBPS SO Interview Call Letter

The steps to download the IBPS SO Admit Card are:

• Go to the official website of IBPS.
• Candidates need to log in using their Registration Number and Password.
• Candidates will see a link on their profile i.e., "Click here to Download Interview Call Letter for CRP SPL-XII” and click on the link.''
• The admit card of the IBPS SO Interview Call letter will appear on the screen.
• Go through all the details and take a printout of the Call letter of IBPS SO Interview Call letter.

Wondering where's the IBPS SO exam centre in your State? Well, check out the table given below to know the names of the cities in which the exam centres of IBPS SO 2024 are present:

IBPS SO Prelims 2024 Exam Pattern:

Given below is the IBPS SO Exam Pattern for various departments separately so that it could help the candidates boost up their preparation.

IBPS SO Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari Exam Pattern

Here comes the IBPS SO Exam Pattern for Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari.

IBPS SO IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer Exam Pattern

IBPS SO Mains 2024 Exam Pattern:

The main exam pattern for the IBPS SO is different for every post as mentioned below. 

For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer:

For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari:

The IBPS SO Syllabus 2024 will cover topics from General English, Reasoning Ability, General Awareness, and Quantitative Aptitude. The details of the syllabus are mentioned below:

IBPS will release the IBPS SO Cut off individually for various stages, namely prelims, mains and interviews along with the release of IBPS SO Score Card. IBPS SO Prelims and Mains Cut Off will be released after the result declaration. Cut-off marks are the minimum qualifying marks that aspirants must achieve to advance to the further rounds of the selection process. Candidates should be well aware of the previous year’s cut off to strategize their study plan better.

The IBPS SO Cut Off for the year 2024 are mentioned in the below table:

Candidates taking the IBPS SO test can access sample questions from previous years here. Candidates can obtain free sample question papers from the last few years from our website. Candidates might better prepare for the upcoming Prelims and Mains exams by working through question papers from prior years. Candidates can learn about the types of questions that will be asked on their papers.

Candidates can gain a sense of the evolving trends in the syllabus through previous year examinations. Exam question kinds and difficulty levels can be determined by solving past problems by candidates. Additionally, when individuals practise more, they become faster and more accurate at responding to questions. Check out IBPS SO Previous Year Question Paper to know about this topic.

IBPS SO 2024 selection process includes the following stages. The Preliminary exam will be conducted by IBPS, which will be followed by the Mains Exam.

1. Preliminary exam
2. Mains exam
3. Interview

The IBPS SO Prelims exam is qualifying in nature. The marks obtained in the mains exam and interview are added for the final selection. It is very important to perform well in the main exam as well as in an interview to get the final selection.

The IBPS SO scorecard for 2024 has been released on February 17, 2024, on the official website. The IBPS SO Result is declared in 3 stages: IBPS Prelims Result, IBPS Mains Result, and IBPS Final Result for interview round. IBPS SO Results 2024 for Prelims and Mains have been available on the official website of IBPS i.e. www.ibps.in. 

A detailed analysis of the IBPS SO 2023 question paper will be given here. Till then, candidates can check out the previous year's IBPS exam analysis. According to the aspirants who appeared for the IBPS examination 2022, the difficulty level of the paper was Moderate. This overview of the IBPS SO Exam Analysis will help candidates who are planning to appear or have appeared to understand the pattern of questions, level of difficulty, and section-wise questions for all levels.

IBPS SO Mains Exam Analysis (Shift 1) Good Attempts Post Wise 2022-23

The Mains exam was 60 marks. Below we have given the number of good attempts according to different Posts that are on the updated list of the syllabus in the notification.

IBPS SO Mains Exam Analysis (Shift 2) Good Attempts Post Wise 2022-23

The IBPS SO Mains (Shift 2) was for 60 marks. In the table below we have updated the number of good attempts according to different posts that are in the syllabus in the official notification.