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IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus 2017 – 2018 Pdf Download (CWE SPL VII)

IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus 2017 – 2018 Pdf Download (CWE SPL VII)

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection is holding an exam to recruit Specialist Officers this year. There are 1942 vacancies for selecting the aspirant for different posts in Scale-I i.e – I.T. Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer & Marketing Officer. Since the exam is hardly 20 days away, you should start your preparation at once! To keep a track of your preparation, closely follow the detailed IBPS SO Syllabus given in this article.

This is a comprehensive syllabus for IBPS SO exam along with weightage, names of important topics, difficulty level of questions, etc. You can also download this post as PDF and keep it handy while preparing.

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1. Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari

S. No.  Name of Test Number of Questions Maximum Marks Medium of Exam Duration
1. English Lanuage 50 25 English 2 Hours
2. Reasoning Ability 50 50 English and Hindi
3. General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry 50 50 English and Hindi
Total 150 125

2.  IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

S. No.  Name of Test Number of Questions Maximum Marks Medium of Exam Duration
1. English Lanuage 50 25 English 2 Hours
2. Reasoning Ability% 50 50 English and Hindi
3. Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 English and Hindi
Total 150 125

Note: Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS.

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Mains Exam Pattern of different posts of IBPS SO 2017

1.  Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

Name of the Test Number of Questions Maximum Marks Medium of the exam Total Duration
Professional Knowledge 60 60 English and Hindi 45 minutes

2.  Rajbhasha Adhikari

Name of the Test Number of Questions Maximum Marks Medium of the exam Total Duration
Professional Knowledge (Objective) 45 60 English and Hindi 30 minutes
Professional Knowledge (Descriptive) 2 English and Hindi 30 minutes

 IBPS SO 2017 Syllabus Details (All posts)

IBPS SO Syllabus for Preliminary Exam 2017

The syllabus of Reasoning Ability, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and General Awareness will be common across all SO Exams.

Reasoning Ability
  • Seating Arrangement
  • Puzzles
  • Inequality
  • Syllogism
  • Input – Output
  • Data Sufficiency
  • Blood Relations
  • Order and Ranking
  • Alphanumeric series
  • Distance and Direction
  • Verbal Reasoning

English Language
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Cloze Test
  • Spotting Errors
  • Sentence Improvement/ Correction
  • Para Jumbles
  • Fill in the blanks
  • Para / Sentence Completion

Quantitative Aptitude
  • Number Series
  • Simplification / Approximation
  • Data Interpretation
  • Quadratic Equations
  • Data Sufficiency
  • Mensuration
  • Miscellaneous Topics ( Average, Profit & Loss, Simple and Compound Interest, Time & Work, Time & Distance, Partnership, Ratio & Proportion, Problem on Ages, Probability etc.

General Awareness
  • Questions will be asked mainly from the Current Affairs & Banking Awareness topics.
  • This section may also include questions on  Books & authors, Currencies, Important Places, Awards, Headquarters, Prime Ministers Schemes, Important Days etc.
  • It would be advisable to go through the GK updates of at least last 3 – 4 months.
  • Do not forget to prepare for static GK part as well, especially the countries, their capitals and currencies (Try to focus especially on the countries that have been in news lately, for instance, the countries visited by our Prime Minister or President or with whom any major MoU has been signed).

IBPS SO Syllabus for Mains Exam 

Only Professional Knowledge will be asked in the Mains phase for different posts. Here is the detailed Professional Knowledge Syllabus for different posts of IBPS SO Mains Exam 2017.

Professional Knowledge Syllabus for IBPS SO IT Officer (Scale-I)
  • Database Management System
  • Data Communication and Networking
  • Operating System
  • Software Engineering
  • Data Structure
  • Computer organization and microprocessor
  • Object-Oriented Programming

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Professional Knowledge Syllabus for IBPS Agriculture Field Officer (Scale -I)
  • Basics of Crop production and improvement
  • Horticulture (Spacing time of sowing seed rate, Important varieties, Herbicides Pesticides, Preservation of fruits and vegetables, Types of cropping system, Different plant  diseases)
  • Seed Science
  • Agronomy and irrigation
  • Agricultural economics
  • Various types of agricultural practices
  • Soil resources
  • Animal husbandry and technology
  • Agricultural research, education and extension
  • Agroforestry and Ecology
  • Priority sector advances
  • Rural welfare activities in India
  • Different insurance schemes regarding agriculture
  • Various government schemes

 

Professional Knowledge Syllabus for IBPS SO Marketing Officer (Scale-I)
  • Basics of Marketing Management (4 Ps of Marketing)
  • Brand management
  • Advertising, PR, sales promotion
  • Basic knowledge of retail management
  • Business ethics
  • Market Segmentation
  • Marketing Research and forecasting demand
  • Product life cycle
  • Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Services Marketing
  • Marketing Strategy

 

Professional Knowledge Syllabus for Law Officer (Scale-I)
  • Banking Regulation & Compliance and Legal Aspects
  • Relevant laws and orders related to negotiable instruments, securities, Foreign Exchange.
  • Prevention of money laundering, Limitation Act
  • Consumer Protection Act
  • SARFAESI
  • Bankers Book Evidence Act, DRT Act.
  • Banking Ombudsman Scheme
  • Offenses and Penalties
  • Law and Acts with direct and Indirect Implication on the banking sector like Contract Acts, Partnerships, Companies, Firm, Constitution

Professional Knowledge Syllabus for HR/ Personnel Officer (Scale-I)
  • Human Resource Development: Strategies and Systems.
  • Business policy and strategic analysis
  • Transnational Analysis.
  • Training and Development.
  • Recruitment and Selection.
  • Rewards and Recognition
  • Industrial relations.
  • Business policy and strategic analysis
  • Grievance and conflict management
  • Performance management and appraisal
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One comment

  1. Hello sir,
    I am vikas. I have complete my graduation . But my course is b.sc. Forestry.
    Now I m confuse the exam pattern are as related to forest or agriculture
    Please sir tell me.
    I ‘ll apply the post AFO

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