IBPS Clerk
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IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam 2019 conducted on 7th and 8th December 2019.
IBPS Clerk Prelims Result Date: 28th December 2019
IBPS CWE Clerk 2019 Exam Information
What is IBPS Clerk Exam?
IBPS conducts Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre Posts (IBPS Clerk) in the organisations participating in the exam process. Any eligible candidate, who aspires to be selected as a Clerk or in a similar post in that cadre, is required to register for the Common Recruitment Process (CWE Clerks -IX).
The 2019 exam will online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the next Common Recruitment Process scheduled on 7th & 8th December 2019 & 19th January 2020.
| Use this link to open IBPS Clerk IX Official Notification | IBPS Clerk IX Official Notification |
IBPS Clerk 2019 Vacancy
As per the IBPS Clerk 2018 Official Notification’ there were 7275 vacancies in total. This year (2019) IBPS has released 12075 positions for IBPS Clerk vacancies (to fill requirements for 2019 – 20)
Organisations Participating in the IBPS Clerk Recruitment
| Allahabad Bank | Canara Bank | Syndicate Bank | United Bank of India |
| Andhra Bank | Oriental Bank of Commerce | Indian Overseas Bank | Bank of Maharashtra |
| Bank of Baroda | Central Bank of India | Corporation Bank | IDBI Bank |
| Indian Bank | Union Bank of India | UCO Bank | Vijaya Bank |
| Bank of India | Dena Bank | Punjab National Bank | Punjab & Sind Bank |
IBPS Clerk 2019 Exam Dates
| Notification Release Date | Mid-Sep 2019 |
| Admit Card Available | Nov 2019 (Prelims) & Jan 2020 (Main) |
| Exam Date | Prelims Exam – 7th, and 8th Dec 2019
Mains Exam – 19th January 2020 |
| Result Date | 28 December 2019 (Prelims) |
Eligibility Criteria for IBPS CWE Clerk IX
Below is the eligibility criteria as per the 2018 notification, the same will be updated if there are changes in the 2019 notification:
I. Nationality / Citizenship
A candidate must be either –
(i) an Indian citizen OR
(ii) a Nepalese or Bhutanese subject OR
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 to permanently settle in India OR
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam to permanently settle in India
For categories iv and v, appropriate certificate issued by GoI is necessary.
II. Age (As on 01.09.2019)
Minimum Age: 20 years
Maximum Age: 28 years
Relaxation of upper age limit:
Sr. No. |
Category |
Age relaxation |
| 1 | Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 5 years |
| 2 | Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) | 3 years |
| 3 | Persons With Disabilities | 10 years |
| 4 | Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen | Actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years |
| 5 | Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried | 9 years |
| 6 | Persons ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 | 5 years |
| 7 | Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
| 8 | Regular employees of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal retrenched from service (Applicable to Madhya Pradesh state only) | 5 years |
| Please refer to the detailed notification (this link) for exact specifications for each category. | ||
Vacancy for IBPS Clerk 2019
As per the IBPS Clerk 2018 Official Notification’ there were 7275 vacancies in total. This year (2019) IBPS has released 12075 positions for IBPS Clerk vacancies (to fill requirements for 2019 – 20)
IBPS gives out state-wise vacancies and detailed breakup can be referred to in the 2019 notification. This year, Uttar Pradesh has highest reported vacancies for IBPS Clerk posts with 944 total vacancies followed by Tamil Nadu with 792 total vacancies.
IBPS CWE Clerk IX Application
The registration process for this exam will be through online mode only and there will be a single registration for both Preliminary and Main examination, wherever applicable.
Applications for IBPS Clerk IX were closed on 10th October 2019
Document Upload
Candidates will be required to upload the following documents as per the specification given in advertisement.
Document |
Dimensions (2017) |
File Size Specifications (2018) |
Other Information |
| Photograph of the Applicant (4.5cm × 3.5cm) | 200 x 230 pixels (preferred) | 20kb–50 kb | Image file should be JPG or JPEG format |
| Signature of the Applicant | 140 x 60 pixels (preferred) | 10kb – 20kb | CAPITAL LETTERS NOT accepted |
| Thumb impression of the Applicant | New – To be updated | 10kb – 20kb | Can be in black or blue ink |
| Scanned copy of handwritten declaration | New – To be updated | 10kb – 20kb | Exact text will be updated |
IBPS Clerk Admit Card
All eligible candidates can download their call letters from the official IBPS website www.ibps.in by entering details i.e. Registration Number and Password/Date of Birth.
The IBPS Clerk Prelim Call Letter will be released in November –
| To download IBPS Clerk Admit Card, use this link | To be updated |
IBPS CWE Clerk IX Exam Pattern
Prelim Exam Pattern – NEW
Mode: Online
Type: Objective
Negative Marking: Yes, 0.25 of the marks allotted will be deducted.
Cutoff: Sectional as well as aggregate
| Section | No. of Questions |
Max. Marks | Duration (each section timed separately) |
| English Language |
30 | 30 | 20 mins |
| Numerical Ability |
35 | 35 | 20 mins |
| Reasoning Ability |
35 | 35 | 20 mins |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 mins |
Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS.
| To view results for IBPS Clerk Prelim, use this link | To be updated |
IBPS CWE Clerk IX Syllabus
IBPS Clerk Prelim and Mains have a large overlap in terms of syllabus for English, Reasoning and Numerical Ability but for Mains there are 2 additional topics, i.e., General Awareness and Computer Knowledge.
IBPS Clerk Result
To be shortlisted for the Mains examination, candidates must qualify sectional as well as overall cutoff in Prelim examination. The prelim result will be announced on 28 December 2019.
| To view results for IBPS Clerk Prelim, use this link | To be updated |
IBPS Clerk 2017 Cutoffs
Since IBPS Clerk vacancies are released state-wise, cutoffs also vary for each state.
IBPS State-Wise Prelim Cutoffs for 2017:
| State | Cut-Off |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 76.25 |
| Delhi | 76.75 |
| Daman & Diu | 70.75 |
| Haryana | 76.00 |
| Assam | 70.75 |
| Kerela | 77.00 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 76.00 |
| Karnataka | 61.25 |
| Jharkhand | 74.25 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 75.00 |
| Telangana | 70.00 |
| Odisha | 76.50 |
| Goa | 67.75 |
| Uttarakhand | 78.75 |
| Chattisgarh | 70.25 |
| Tamil Nadu | 53.00 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 74.25 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 73.50 |
| Maharashtra | 64.50 |
| Punjab | 74.00 |
| Gujarat | 67.00 |
| Bihar | 74.75 |
| West Bengal | 77.25 |
| Rajasthan | 73.25 |