IBPS PO III Online Exam Syllabus

IBPS Probationary Officers Exam is the toughest exam in the whole IBPS Exam series. It is the second hardest exam in the banking exam series (1st will be SBI PO). Of course, we don't mean that its impossible to crack, all that we wanted to say is.... you should be little more cautious and focused during the preparation and writing the exam. From the date of IBPS PO III notification, people have been asking us to post the syllabus of this exam. But we felt its not so useful if we simply give the names of the topics.

So we have decided the preparation plan into two parts.
1. What to Prepare and
2. How to Prepare.

In this post we are going to discuss what to prepare (i.e., syllabus). In our next post we shall discuss complete preparation plan (How to prepare) so that you will get the complete idea on "How to prepare for this exam". So now lets have a look at the syllabus.

 

Syllabus of IBPS Probationary Officers (PO) Exam

 

Reasoning

• Input – Output Arrangements
• Statements and Conclusions
• Blood Relations
• Seating Arrangement (High Level)
• Analytical Reasoning (High Level) 
• Non verbal Reasoning
• Series Completion
• Analogy
• Classification
• Coding-Decoding
• Ranking Test
• Classification / Odd man Out
• Directions & Distance
• Mathematical Operations
• Blood Relations
• Data Sufficiency
• Syllogism

 Note : In last two  exams (IBPS POs I and II), IBPS has asked 10 questions from Non Verbal Reasoning. But this time, as this is an Online Exam there are less chances for getting questions from this area (or it may give some simple questions so that you can pic answers with a glance).

 Quantitative Aptitude

• Simplification  (BODMAS / Squares / Roots etc)
• Number Series
• Data Interpretation / Analysis
• LCM / HCF
• Percentages
• Simple & Compound Interest
• Partnership
• Averages
• Ages
• Profit, Loss and Discounts
• Time and Work
• Time,  Distance & Speed
• Mensuration
• Permutations
• Combinations
• Probability
• Mixture and Allegation
• Data Sufficiency

Note :  In IBPS PO 1 there are 20 questions from Data Interpretation and Analysis. And in IBPS PO II these are of 35 marks.

 

General English 

• English Grammar & Vocabulary 
• Reading Comprehension
• Synonyms and Antonyms
• Sentence Rearrangement
• Sentence Completion
• Sentence Correction
• Word Replacement
• Filling the blanks 
• Comprehension Test 
• Cloze Test

Computer Awareness 

• Computer Basics
• History of Computers
• MS Office
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Acronyms / Computer Terms
• Operating Systems
• Networking  

General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry 

In this section you will get 20 questions from Current Affairs and 20 Questions from Banking Awareness. 

• Current Affairs of last 6 Months
• Committees 
• Summits
• Sports
• People in news
• Important Events

•  Banking Awareness
• History of Banking
• Banking Terminology
• Functionality of Banks / Financial Organizations
• Last 6 months' Economy and Business News Updates

You should concentrate more on the topics marked in red color because in last years' PO exam IBPS has focused more on these areas. Thats all for now friends. Hope it helps. If you have any comments, please use the comments section below. We will arrange complete set of study materials for IBPS PO Soon. Happy Preparation. All the Best :)