IBPS SO ( Specialist Officer ) Exam - Syllabus, Eligibility and Exam Pattern

IBPS conduct the examination for the Specialist Officer for various Banks covering almost all of the cities across different states in India. IBPS Department Schedule Specialist Officer exam in the month of February. The online Registration process of SO Exam still in the process for the upcoming session has been started. 

SO Exam is conducted in two steps – Common Written Exam (CWE- Preliminary and Mains) and Interview. Candidates are required to qualify in both the tests. This Cadre of SO includes the recruitment of different profile posts like IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR Officer, and Marketing Officer.

CWE (Preliminary) Exam

It is an objective type exam with 200 multiple choice questions. Syllabus pattern is on the following topics-

• Reasoning

• English Language

• General Awareness

• Professional Knowledge

Candidates have to qualify in each of the topic with minimum passing marks set by the board to qualify further for the Interview. Exam duration is 1 hour.

 Syllabus

Quantitative Aptitude (QA) –

Arithmetic and Data Interpretation. It basically checks dealing with numbers, viz. computation, quantitative reasoning, interpretation of tables and graphs.

General Awareness – 

It covers all about the Current Affairs and especially with reference to Banking Industry. Major topics are from Indian Economy Questions for IBPS, International Economy, UNO, Marketing, Indian Constitution, Awards & Honors Sports, Finance, Agriculture, etc. History of Banking, current affairs of last six months, countries/currencies, Books & Their Authors, Banking Terms, RBI Questions for IBPS, Fiscal-Monetary Policies, etc., Social Function of Banks.

Professional Knowledge-

Professional Knowledge Syllabus of IBPS Exam topics is different for all posts such as IT Officer, Law Officer, Chartered Accountant, etc. Topics are Data Base Management System (DBMS), Data Communication & Networking, Operating System and its functions, Computer organization + Hardware (Microprocessor), Software Engineering, data Structure, Web Technologies and Programming Languages Basic, etc.

Marketing-

• Marketing Overview

• Concept, Nature, Scope and Importance of Marketing

• Meaning, Functions, and Importance of Marketing Management

• Marketing Process and Marketing Planning

• Consumer/ Buyer Behavior

• Market Segmentation: Importance of Market Segmentation

• Marketing Research

• Product Planning and Development

• Sales Promotion and its Objectives

• Branding, Packaging, and Labeling

• Pricing Decisions: Pricing, Pricing Decision Strategies

• Wholesale Trade

• Retail Trade

• Personal Selling

• Services Marketing

• Bank Marketing

• Insurance Marketing

• Consumer Protection in India: List of Consumer Rights, Consumer Protection Act

• Marketing Organization

• Marketing Program

• Marketing Decision-Making

• Sales Forecasting

• Product

• Distribution: Definition, Channels of Distribution

• Advertisement

• Sales Management

• Marketing Environment

• Rural Marketing

• International Marketing

• Social Responsibility and Business Ethics.

English

IBPS Specialist officer syllabus next section is “English language”. It is also an important part. The examiner wants to know about your basic knowledge of English, which is commonly used all over.

IBPS SO English Syllabus covers vocabulary means homonyms, synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion, word formation, and the topic comprehension means deriving a conclusion, theme detection, passage completion and the topic Rearrangement of passage, spelling, sentence

English Grammar – It covers set of rules, active passive voice, indirect, direct speech, phrases and idioms.

IBPS Specialist officer syllabus contains these five sections. All candidates required to download IBPS Syllabus Pdf SO Exam 2017 OR IBPS SO Exam Syllabus Pdf download via the link or visit the official website of IBPS. You can also check related topics such as IBPS Specialist officer syllabus books, specialist officer exam tricks and IBPS SO Exam Study material in Hindi.

Pattern for IT Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, HR/ Personnel Officer, Marketing Officer (Scale I)

Test Name                                    Qs            Marks

Quantitative Aptitude                     35             35

Reasoning                                      35             35

English                                          30              30

Total                                            100             100

Pattern for Law Officer & Rajbhasha Adhikari

Test Name                       Qs          Marks

General Awareness            35           35

Reasoning                        35            35

English                            30            30

Total                               100          100

IBPS SO Mains Exam Pattern

Test Name                                   Qs            Marks

Professional Knowledge                 35             35

Total                                           35             35

Eligibility Criteria 

•For IT Officer (Scale I) :- Candidates must have completed 4 year Engineering Degree in Computer Science / Computer Applications/ Information Technology / Electronics / Electronics & Telecommunications / Electronics & Communication / Electronics & Instrumentation.

    OR  

Post Graduate Degree in Electronics / Electronics & Tele Communication / Electronics & Communication / Electronics & Instrumentation / Computer Science / Information Technology/ Computer Applications. 

OR

 Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level.

•For Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I): Candidates must have completed 4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture / Horticulture /Animal Husbandry / Veterinary Science / Dairy Science / Agriculture Engineering / Fishery Science/ Pisciculture / Agri Marketing & Cooperation / Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry.

•For Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I): Candidates must have Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level OR Post graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level.

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

•For HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I): Graduate and Regular Post Graduate degree or Regular Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ HR/HRD/ Social Work / Labor Law.

•For Marketing Officer (Scale I): Graduation and Full-time MBA (Marketing) / Full time two years PGDBA/ PGDBM with specialization in Marketing.

Also, participating candidates must be between the age of 20-30 years only. 

How to apply?

Interested candidates can visit to the IBPS Site (www. Ibps.in) and then select Common Written Examination for Specialist Officers 6 and then click the link “Click Here To Apply Online for Common Recruitment Process for Recruitment of Specialist Officers in Participating Organisations (CRP SPL VI)”. Fill the application form carefully and take the print out of it.