Bank & Govt Exams

About Bank Exam

Major Bank Exams (PO and Clerical) and other government jobs

State Bank of India

The State Bank of India and its associate banks administer entrance exams for the recruitment of Probationary Officers and Clerks. The tests are conducted in all major cities across the country. The frequency of the tests depends on the recruitment drive of the bank and does not follow any particular time period for administering the test. Questions in the test are from English language, General Awareness, Marketing and Computer Knowledge, Data Analysis and Interpretation and Reasoning.

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection organises exams for recruitment in all major nationalised banks in India for the posts of Probationary Officer, Specialist Officer and Clerk. They also organise exams for recruitment for various positions in regional rural banks in the country. The exams do not follow a fixed schedule, but are conducted as per the demand for recruitment in the participating banks. The test features questions from Reasoning, English language, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness (with reference to banking industry) and Computer Knowledge.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

The Reserve Bank of India organises exams for recruitment to various positions such as Grade – B Officers and Assistants. The exams are conducted as per their recruitment needs on an all-India basis.

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIV) and General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC)

In the insurance industry, Life Insurance Corporation of India and General Insurance Corporation of India are the major recruiters. These organisations recruit for the posts of Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO) and sales Officers. Their recruitment exams follow a similar pattern to the Bank Entrance Exams.

Public Sector Banks in India:

1. Allahabad Bank
2. Andhra Bank
3. Bank of Baroda
4. Bank of India
5. Bank of Maharashtra
6. Canara Bank 
7. Central Bank of India
8. Corporation Bank 
9. Dena Bank 
10. IDBI Bank 
11. Indian Bank 
12. Indian Overseas Bank
13. Oriental Bank of Commerce
14. Punjab and Sind Bank
15. Punjab National Bank
16. State Bank of India
17. Syndicate Bank 
18. UCO Bank 
19. Union Bank of India
20. United Bank of India
21. Vijaya Bank   

Associated Banks of State Bank of India are:

(a)  State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur
(b)  State Bank of Hyderabad
(c)  State Bank of Mysore
(e)  State Bank of Patiala
(f)   State Bank of Travancore

Major Banking and other government Exams

IBPS

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) Conducts the IBPS Bank Exam for providing human resources to the Participating Banks; most public sector banks and other financial institutions.

Over the years, IBPS has gained reputation of being a major “Personnel Selection Test Conducting Agency” of the country. Its strength lies in its capability to develop and construct Multiple Choice Objective Tests & tools used for mass level testing programmes and its ability to conduct these exams simultaneously for lakhs & lakhs of candidates in about 200 cities/towns all over India and also in few foreign locations.

The major exams conducted by IBPS are given below:

• IBPS PO
• IBPS Clerk
• IBPS SO
• IBPS RRB

IBPS Probationary Officer (PO)

IBPS Clerks

IBPS Specialist officer

IBPS Regional Rural Banks (RRB)

(Tentative time of exam is September)

Group: I For ‘A &B ’ category States (under Official Languages Act) Exam Pattern

IBPS Officer Scale-I Exam Pattern

IBPS Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre) Exam Pattern

IBPS Officer Scale- III Exam Pattern

IBPS Office Assistant (Multipurpose) Exam Pattern

# For wrong answers, there is a negative marking of 1/4th of the marks allotted for the question.

SBI (PO)

SBI clerks

SBI Specialist officer

LIC AAO

SSC CGL

Pl. Note*

1. Paper-I & II are compulsory for all the categories of posts.
2. Paper-III is only for those candidates who apply for the post of Statistical Investigator Gr.II & Compiler.
3. Paper IV is only for those candidates who apply for the post of Assistant AuditOfficer.
   Tier -III -- Computer Proficiency Test/ Skill Test (wherever applicable)/Document Verification.