IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus 2016
IBPS SO Syllabus is available here. Applicants can view the IBPS Specialist Officer
syllabus 2016 here and start their preparation. The IBPS SO Syllabus for various
posts consists of English language, Reasoning, Professional Knowledge, Quantitative
Aptitude, and General Awareness.
IBPS SO Syllabus for Reasoning
Syllabus for IBPS bank SO Exam is based on Verbal Reasoning & Non-Verbal
Reasoning. Aspirants can give a glance at them.
Verbal Reasoning topics are as follows:
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Logic.
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Analogy.
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Puzzle Test.
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Classification.
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Alphabet Test.
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Eligibility Test.
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Data Sufficiency.
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Theme Detection.
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Coding-Decoding.
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Series Completion.
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Clocks & Calendars.
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Direction Sense Test.
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Logical Venn Diagrams.
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Situation Reaction Test.
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Statement – Arguments.
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Statement – Conclusions.
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Arithmetical Reasoning.
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Mathematical Operations.
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Logical Sequence of Words.
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Alpha Numeric Sequence Puzzle.
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Inserting The Missing Character.
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Number, Ranking & Time Sequence.
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Deriving Conclusions from Passages.
Non-Verbal Reasoning topics are as follows:
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Series.
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Water Images.
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Figure Matrix.
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Mirror Images.
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Dot Situation.
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Rule Detection.
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Cubes and Dice.
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Analytical Reasoning.
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Figure Formation & Analysis.
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Grouping of Identical Figures.
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Completion of Incomplete Pattern.
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Spotting Out the Embedded Figures.
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Construction of Squares and Triangles.
IBPS SO Syllabus for English
Topics to be prepared under IBPS SO Syllabus for English are given below. Aspirants
can give a glance at them.
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Verb.
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Tenses.
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Adverb.
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Articles.
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Grammar.
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Synonyms.
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Antonyms.
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Vocabulary.
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Conclusion.
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Comprehension.
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Word Formation.
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Error Correction.
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Theme detection.
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Fill in the Blanks.
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Unseen Passages.
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Idioms & Phrases.
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Passage Correction.
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Idioms and Phrases.
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Sentence Correction.
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Passage Completion.
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Sentence Completion.
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Subject-Verb Agreement.
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Sentence Rearrangement.
IBPS SO Syllabus for General Awareness/ Banking
Topics to be prepared under IBPS SO Syllabus for General Awareness and some
special reference to Banking industry are given below. Aspirants can give a glance at
them.
Questions here will be asked for testing the candidate’s General Awareness of the
environments around him and its application to society.
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Sports.
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History.
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Culture.
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Economy.
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Geography.
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General Politics.
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Scientific Research.
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Indian Constitution.
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Countries & Capitals etc.
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Budget and Five Year Plans.
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Knowledge of Current events.
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Science – Inventions & Discoveries.
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India and its neighbouring countries.
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Important Financial & Economic News.
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Current Affairs – National & International.
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Over 50% of the questions will be related to Economy, Banking and Finance.
IBPS SO Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude
Topics to be prepared under IBPS SO Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude are given
below. Aspirants can give a glance at them.
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Roots.
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Clocks.
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Averages.
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Pie Charts.
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Bar Graphs.
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Logarithms.
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Probability.
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Line Graphs.
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HCF & LCM.
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Percentages.
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Mensuration.
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Simplification.
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Profit and Loss.
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Time and Work.
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Number System.
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Boats & Streams.
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Pipes & Cisterns.
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Problems on Ages.
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Time and Distance.
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Problems on Trains.
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Decimal & Fractions.
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Ratio and Proportions.
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Mixtures & Allegations.
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Volume & Surface Area.
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Permutation & Combination.
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Simple & Compound Interest.
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Heights & Distances Partnership.
IBPS SO Syllabus for Professional Knowledge
IBPS Specialist Officer Syllabus for Professional Knowledge is below. In this section,
questions from respective fields are asked – Agriculture, Law, Marketing, IT and HR.
For Engineering (Professional Knowledge) – respective branch syllabus of GATE
exam may be asked.
IBPS SO IT Officer Syllabus
1. Database Management System (DBMS): Questions will be asked from RDBMS, E- R
Diagrams, Normalization, Overview of SQL queries, Transaction Management.
2. Data Communication & Networking, IP Addressing (Sub netting), Network,
Architecture, OSI Model, TCP-IP Model, Data Communication.
3. Operating System - Types of OS, Semaphore, Scheduling, Network Security, Cyber
Crimes - Risk Management, Firewall, Cryptography, Process thread, Dead Lock,
Memory Partitioning, Page Replacement, Computer organization, Hardware,
Microprocessor, Bus Structure etc.
4. Software Engineering and data structure topics like SDLC, Software Development
Models, Array, Linked List, Stacks etc.
5. Web Technologies and basics of Programming Languages topics like HTML Tags,
XML, and Network Security, basics of C, C++, and OOP languages.
IBPS SO HR Officer Syllabus
IBPS SO Syllabus for HR Officer is given below.
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Human Resource Development: Strategies and Systems.
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Transnational Analysis.
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Training and Development.
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Recruitment & Selection.
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Rewards & Recognition.
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Industrial relations.