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IBPS has released the notification for the Post of Clerk XI (7855 Post) Recruitment 2021. The online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the next Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre Posts in the Participating Banks is tentatively scheduled in December 2021 & January 2022.
Note : Depending on the vacancies to be filled in during the financial year 2022-23 based on the business needs of the Participating Banks and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the Participating Banks keeping in view the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, administrative convenience, etc. The validity for CRP Clerks-XI will automatically expire at the close of business on 31.03.2023 with or without giving any notice.
Participating Banks:
Bank of Baroda | Bank of India |
Bank of Maharashtra | Canara Bank |
Central Bank of India | Indian Bank |
Indian Overseas Bank | Punjab National Bank |
Punjab & Sind Bank | UCO Bank |
Union Bank of India |
The tentative schedule of events is as follows:
Activity | Tentative Dates |
On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates | 07.10.2021 to 27.10.2021 |
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) | 07.10.2021 to 27.10.2021 |
Download of call letters for Pre- Exam Training | November 2021 |
Conduct of Pre-Exam Training | November 2021 |
Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary | November/ December 2021 |
Online Examination – Preliminary | December 2021 |
Result of Online exam – Preliminary | December 2021/ January 2022 |
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main | December 2021/ January 2022 |
Online Examination – Main | January/February 2022 |
Provisional Allotment | April 2022 |
Application Fee:
Mode of Payment:
Pay the Exam Fee Through Credit Card, Debit Card, Net Banking Fee Mode.
Total Vacancies - 7855
State Wise Vacancies
State Name | Total Post |
Andman & Nicobar | 3 |
Andhra Pradesh | 263 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 11 |
Assam | 156 |
Bihar | 252 |
Chandigarh | 27 |
Chhattisgarh | 89 |
Dadar nagar/ Daman Diu | 2 |
Delhi NCT | 258 |
Goa | 58 |
Gujarat | 357 |
Haryana | 103 |
Himachal Pradesh | 130 |
Jammu & Kashmir | 25 |
Jharkhand | 78 |
Karnataka | 407 |
Kerala | 141 |
Lakshadeep | 5 |
Madhya Pradesh | 324 |
Maharashtra | 799 |
Manipur | 6 |
Meghalaya | 9 |
Mizoram | 3 |
Nagaland | 9 |
Odisha | 229 |
Puducherry | 3 |
Punjab | 352 |
Rajasthan | 117 |
Sikkim | 27 |
Tamil Nadu | 268 |
Telangana | 263 |
Tripura | 8 |
Uttar Pradesh | 661 |
Uttarakhand | 49 |
West Bengal | 366 |
Total Post | 7855 |
Eligibility Criteria:
Nationality / Citizenship:
A candidate must be either -
Age (As on 01.07.2021):
Minimum: 20 years Maximum: 28 years
i.e. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1993 and not later than 01.07.2001 (both dates inclusive)
Relaxation of Upper age limit:
Category | Age relaxation |
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe | 5 years |
Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) | 3 years |
Persons With Disabilities | 10 years |
Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen | actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled ExServicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years |
Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried | Age concession upto the age of 35 years for General/EWS, 38 years for OBC and 40 years for SC/ST candidates |
Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
Educational Qualifications:
Candidates have Bachelor Degree in any Stream from Recognized University.
PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING:
Pre-Examination Training may be arranged by the Nodal Banks/ Participating Banks to a limited number of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/ Minority Communities/ Ex-Servicemen/ Persons With Benchmark Disabilities at certain centres viz. Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Balasore, Behrampur (Ganjam), Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Karnal, Kavaratti, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Mysore, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji (Goa), Patiala, Patna, Port Blair, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shimla, Shillong, Siliguri, Thiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijaywada and Vishakhapatnam.
All eligible candidates who opt for and wish to avail of Pre-Examination Training should fill in the relevant column in the ON-LINE APPLICATION. While training will be imparted free of cost, all other expenses regarding travelling, boarding, lodging etc. will have to be borne by the candidate for attending the pre-examination training programme at the designated Centres. Depending on the response and administrative feasibility the right to cancel any of the PreExamination Training Centres and/ or add some other Centres and/or make alternate arrangements is reserved.
CRP – ONLINE EXAMINATIONS
The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:
Preliminary Examination
S No. | Name of Tests | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main examination.
Main Examination
S No. | Name of Tests (NOT BY SEQUENCE) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Time allotted for each test (Separately timed) |
1 | General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
2 | General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
3 | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
4 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
Total | 190 | 200 | 160 minutes |
Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and Online Main Examination)
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Cut-off Score (Online Main examination)
Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main Examination and also a minimum total score to be considered for further process. Depending on number of the State/ UT wise vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be considered for provisional allotment. Prior to the completion of provisional allotment process scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates.
MARKS OBTAINED IN THE ONLINE MAIN EXAMINATION ONLY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR FINAL MERIT LISTING.