IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus 2017 - 18 Download SO Exam Pattern

IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus 2017

Job Seekers who are preparing for IBPS Specialist Officer Exam can now download their IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus 2017 - 18 and SO Exam Pattern from below provided link.  Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts examination for the recruitment to the posts of IT Officer (Scale I), Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I), Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I), Law Officer (Scale I), HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) & Marketing Officer (Scale I) under SPECIALIST OFFICER (SO) Cadre. Applicants must prepare hard to crack this exam.

IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2017

Law Officer Scale-I & Rajbhasha Adhikari Scale I:-

S. No.	Subject	No. Of Questions	Maximum Marks
1	Reasoning	50	50
2	English Language	25	25
3	General Awareness(with special reference to Banking)	50	50
4	Professional Knowledge	75	75

IT Officer Scale I, Agricultural Field Officer Scale I, HR/ Personnel Officer Scale I &Marketing Officer Scale I:-

S. No.	Subject	No. Of Questions	Maximum Marks
1	Reasoning	50	50
2	English Language	25	25
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50
4	Professional Knowledge	75	75

Total Time Duration of exam is 2 Hour.

The test shall be of objective type and in Hindi and English except for the Test of English Language.

There will be penalty for wrong answers i.e. for every wrong answer, one-fourth of the mark assigned to that question will be deducted from those obtained by the candidates

IBPS SO Exam Syllabus 2017

General Subjects

Reasoning:- Focus on Comprehension Reasoning, Venn Diagrams, Number Series, Coding and de-coding, Problem Solving Techniques, Statement & Conclusion type questions,  Input & Output, Arithmetic reasoning, arithmetical number series, non-verbal series, syllogistic reasoning, Seating Arrangements.

English Language

Mainly Focus on the topics like Synonyms, Antonyms,  Sentence Error, Sentence correction, fill in the blanks, Comprehension & Cloze Test etc.

Quantitative Aptitude

Questions will be asked from Simplification, Average, Percentage, Time & Work, Area, profit & Loss, Simple & Compound Interest, Time & Speed, Investment, HCF LCM, Problem On Ages , Bar Graph, Pictorial Graph, Pie Chart. Date Interpretation is the section which have to be focused.

General Awareness

Questions will be asked from Indian Current Events, Banking, General Science, General Knowledge. Focus will be mainly on Current affairs of National & International news, Important dates, Current Science, Technology, Sports & Culture & Banking Sector. Some questions from Marketing can come in the exam.

Professional Knowledge

IT Officer Scale I

Data Base Management System (DBMS)  – RDBMS, Normalization, Overview of SQL queries, E- R Diagrams & Transaction Management.

Data Communication & Networking – Network Architecture, OSI Model. TCP-IP Model, Data Communication & IP Addressing (Subnetting).

Operating System – Process, Thread, Types of OS, Semaphore, Scheduling, Dead Lock, Memory Partitioning, Page Replacement.

Computer organization + Hardware (Microprocessor ) – Bus Structure, Topology- Ring Topology, Bus Topology & Star Topology.

Network Security – Cyber Crimes, Risk Management, Firewall & Cryptography.

Software Engineering – Software Development life cycle (SDLC), Software Development Models.

Data Structures – Array, Linked List & Stacks.

Web Technologies – HTML Tags, XML & Network Security

Programming Languages (BASIC) – C, C++, OOP (Objected oriented Programming).

Law Officer Scale I

Law and Acts with direct and Indirect Implication on the banking sector like Contract Acts, Partnerships, Companies, Firm, RBI Constitution, RBI Acts, Important laws and rulings related to negotiable instruments, securities, Foreign Exchange, Prevention of money laundering, Limitation Act, Bankers Book Evidence Act, DRT Act, Offences and Penalties, SARFAESI, Consumer Protection Act, Banking Ombudsman Scheme, RTI Act, Information Technology Act. 

The above sections need detailed study.

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