IBPS CLERK SYLLABUS & CUT OFF

NSTITUTE OF BANKING PERSONNEL SELECTION (IBPS) CLERK 2013 SYLLABUS is an elaborate syllabus as it covers the five subjects which are the part of Common Written Test (CWE) and following are the five subjects:

• Quantitative Aptitude or Skills
• English Language
• General Awareness (Focus on Banking Sector)
• Computer Knowledge
• Logical Reasoning

It is always considered wise to know the syllabus well before starting the exam preparation. Since, IBPS Clerk 2013 has five subjects to be covered by the candidate for the preparation of the written testtherefore, it become essential to be very specific while preparing and to be specific the candidate is required to know the syllabus of IBPS Clerk 2013 . By knowing the syllabus the candidate has a pre defined plan which falls in place and the preparation gets smoother.

FOLLOWING IS THE DETAILED IBPS CLERK 2013 SYLLABUS:

1. QUANTITATIVE OR NUMERICAL SKILL SYLLABUS FOR IBPS CLERK 2013:

• Number System, Simplification
• Work and Time, Time and Distance, Problem on Train, Boat & Stream
• Profile & Loss, Percentage
• Ratio & Proportion, Partnership
• Simple Interest, Compound Interest
• Geometry
• Arithmetic
• Trigonometry
• Statistics
• Mensuration etc.

2. ENGLISH LANGUAGE SYLLABUS FOR IBPS CLERK 2013:

• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Verb
• Error Correction
• Tenses
• Sentence Rearrangement
• Fill in the Blanks with Modals, Articles etc
• Comprehension
• Unseen Passages
• Vocabulary etc.

3. GENERAL AWARENESS SYLLABUS FOR IBPS CLERK 2013:

• Current Affairs
• Ministers & portfolios
• Abbreviations
• Top news in business, sports, culture & entertainment
• Prominent committees & their heads
• Economic News
• Budget & Plans
• Sports
• Books and Authors
• Awards and Honors
• Science Inventions and Discovery
• Abbreviations
• Important Days & Dates etc.

4. COMPUTER LANGUAGE SYLLABUS FOR IBPS CLERK 2013:

• Computer parts & their functions
• Basic internet & email controls
• MS Office package (word, excel, Powerpoint etc)
• Popular software, Hardware names & their uses
• Components of Computer
• Binary system in computer
• Types of Optical Disk
• Importance of documentation
• Computing Environments
• Mainframe Computing etc.

5. LOGICAL REASONING SYLLABUS FOR IBPS CLERK 2013:

• Number series
• Coding & decoding
• Syllogisms
• Venn diagrams
• letter & symbol series
• statement and argument
• logical problems
• verbal reasoning
• blood relations
• number ranking
• making judgments etc.

FOLLOWING IS THE IBPS CLERK 2013 EXPECTED CUTOFF:

The above is a snapshot of last years cutoff of different states and different categories. This snapshot of cutoffs will help the candidates in determining the expected cutoff of IBPS Clerk 2013. This could be used as a reference as this year cutoff will be on the same lines and in the same variation. It is quite clear from the above snapshot that the cutoff marks for OBC, SC, ST is comparatively lesser and the cutoff for General Category is on the higher side, the same comparison of cutoff for the different categories will be evident this year.

ASSUMPTION BASED CUTOFF:

The below mentioned cutoff cutoff is an assumption based cutoff and it is not official. It is basically related to all the section and if a candidate takes a certain amount of time in solving the question and the question attempted are right then the cutoff is likely to vary accordingly.

Sections	Time allotted on candidates preference (Minutes)	Questions to be attempted in the time allotted	Expected Cutoff (section wise)
Numerical Aptitude	35	25-30	15
Reasoning	30	22-27	12
English	30	22-27	12
General Awareness	13	20-25	15
Computer	12	30-35	19
Total	120	130-140	90

The below mentioned table depicts the category wise cutoff on the observation basis. This year cutoff of the categories is expected to be in the same proximity although, few variations are expected.

General Category	81.96
Scheduled Caste (SC category)	71.88
Scheduled Tribes (ST category)	71.92
Other Backward Classes (OBC category)	77.32

NOTE: The above snapshot is taken for the reference from a trust worthy site and they are previous years cutoff and this years cutoff will be out after the result is out and this years cutoff is expected to be around the same variations only.