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IBPS Clerk 2026- Exam Summary
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IBPS Clerk 2026
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Exam Summary
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Organisation
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Stay Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) Safe
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Post Name
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CRP CSA-XVI
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Recruitment Process
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Prelims + Main Exams
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Age Limit
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20 years to 28 years
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Application Fee
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SC/ST/PWD- Rs.175 General and Others- Rs. 850
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IBPS Clerk 2026 Important Dates
The complete schedule for IBPS Clerk 2026 will be notified with the release of the official notification, which will be released on www.ibps.in. The prelims and mains exam date will be notified with release of IBPS Calendar 2026.
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IBPS Clerk 2026
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Important Dates
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IBPS Clerk Notification 2026
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July 2026
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Apply Online Starts
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July/August 2026
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Last Date to Apply Online & Pay Fee
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August 2026
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Last date of printing applications
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September 2026
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IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam
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10th and 11th October 2026
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IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Date
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14th November 2026
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Provisional Allotment
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March 2027
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IBPS Clerk Vacancy 2026
The total number of vacancies for IBPS Clerk 2026 will be announced by IBPS along with the official notification pdf. Last year, the total number of vacancies for Clerical Cadre Posts was 15701. You can also check the year-wise vacancy comparison from 2019 to 2025.The state-wise & category-wise vacancies for last year’s IBPS Clerk exam was as follows. The maximum vacancies were released for Uttar Pradesh State with 2781 total vacancies.
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States Names
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Total Vacancies
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Andaman & Nicobar
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16
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Andhra Pradesh
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462
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Arunachal Pradesh
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41
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Assam
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397
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Bihar
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760
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu
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44
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Delhi
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279
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Gujarat
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1109
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Maharashtra
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1634
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Odisha
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572
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Punjab
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383
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Rajasthan
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408
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Tamil Nadu
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1217
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West Bengal
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1086
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Telangana
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408
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Total
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15701
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IBPS Clerk 2026 Eligibility Criteria
The candidate must fulfill the following three criteria to be eligible for the IBPS Clerk Exam 2026-
IBPS Clerk Age Limit
The candidate must be 20 Years to 28 Years. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1998 and not later than 01.07.2006.
Relaxation of Upper age limit
There is some relaxation of the upper age limit for special category candidates. The details on it are given below:
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Age relaxation
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Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe
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5 years
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Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)
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3 years
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Persons With Disabilities
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10 years
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Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen
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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
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Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried
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Age concession upto the age of 35 years for General/EWS, 38 years for OBC and 40 years for SC/ST candidates
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IBPS Clerk Educational Qualification
A candidate must possess the minimum qualification of Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. The candidate should possess a certificate as proof of passing the qualifying examination.
The candidate must possess a valid mark sheet / Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he/she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.
Computer Literacy: Operating and working knowledge in computer systems is mandatory i.e. candidates should have a Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer operations/Language/ should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/College/Institute.
Proficiency in the Official Language of the State/UT (candidates should know how to read/ write and speak the Official Language of the State/UT) for which vacancies a candidate wishes to apply is preferable.
Nationality / Citizenship
A candidate must be either –
(i) a Citizen of India or
(ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
IBPS Clerk 2026 Online Application
The dates for the online application process for IBPS Clerk 2026 exam will be notified with IBPS Clerk Notification 2026. All interested and eligible candidates have to submit their application form along with the required documents, photographs, signatures & IBPS hand-written declaration to register for the IBPS Clerk 2026 Exam. To learn more about the application process in detail, click on the link mentioned below.
The application for the IBPS Clerk Exam 2026 has to be done online. To avoid any technical errors please make sure that the web browser used to fill up the IBPS Clerk 2026 Application form is one of the following:
• Internet Explorer 8 and above
• Mozilla FireFox 3.0 and above
• Google Chrome 3.0 and above
Candidates applying online must have the following pre-requisites:
• A valid Email Id
• Photograph and Signature scanned in the prescribed size
• Application Fee must be paid online so all documents required for online transaction
The IBPS Clerk 2026 application form can only be filled out on the official website.
Before proceeding with the registration and application process, all candidates are requested to go through the complete guide for the IBPS Clerk Online Application.
intention of permanently settling in India.
IBPS Clerk 2026 Application Fee
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Category
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Application Fee
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SC/ST/PWD
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Rs.175/- (Intimation Charges only)
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General and Others
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Rs. 850/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)
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IBPS Clerk Exam Language
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States Name
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Version of tests (Medium of examination)
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Anmadan & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Sikkin,
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English and Hindi
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Andhra Pradesh
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English, Hindi and Telugu
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
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English. Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and Konkani
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Maharashtra
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English, Hindi, Marathi and Konkani
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Punjab
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English, Hindi and Punjabi
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Tamil Nadu
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English, Hindi and Tamil
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Telangana
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English, Hindi, Telugu and Urdu
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Tripura, West Bengal
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English, Hindi and Bengali
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IBPS Clerk 2026 Salary Structure
The pay scale of Clerk is Rs. 24050-1340/3-28070-1650/3-33020-2000/4-41020-2340/7-57400- 4400/1-61800-2680/1-64480. Rs. 24050 is the strating basic pay in the IBPS clerk salary, and the remaining pay includes dearness allowance, house rent allowance, medical allowance and transport allowance. The cash in hand concerning the IBPS Clerk salary is Rs. 40000 to Rs. 42000 for those who join initially.
BPS Clerk 2026 Selection Process
The recruitment process of IBPS CRP CSA-XIV occurs in two phases:
1. Preliminary Examination
2. Mains Examination
Students are required to qualify for both these exams to get selected for the post of clerical cadre in most of the premier Public Sector Banks. The main thing to note here is that there is no interview process required for the selection of candidates after the mains exam. 100% weightage is given to the result of the mains exam result.
IBPS Clerk 2026 Exam Pattern
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Name of Tests
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No. of Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Duration
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English Language
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30
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30
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20 minutes
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Numerical Ability
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35
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35
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20 minutes
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Reasoning Ability
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35
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35
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20 minutes
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Total
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100
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100
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1 Hour
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Slights changes have been observed in the Exam Pattern of IBPS Clerk 2026 Mains Exam. IBPS Clerk Mains Exam will now consist of 155 questions and the total marks will remain same i.s. 200. The duration of the exam is reduced to 120 minutes which was previously 160 minuutes.
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Name of Tests
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No. of Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Duration
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Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude
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40
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60
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35 minutes
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English Language
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40
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40
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35 minutes
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Quantitative Aptitude
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35
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50
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30 minutes
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General/ Financial Awareness
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40
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50
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20
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Total
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155
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200
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120 minutes
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IBPS Clerk 2026 Syllabus
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English Language
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Numerical Ability
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Reasoning Ability
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Computer
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General Awareness
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Reading Comprehension
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Number Series
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Puzzle and Arrangements
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History and Generation of Computers
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Banking and Insurance Awareness
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Cloze Test
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Simplification/ Approximation
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Inequality
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Introduction to Computer Organisation
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Financial Awareness
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Fillers
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Quadratic Equations
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Syllogism
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Computer Hardware and I/O Devices
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Govt. Schemes and Policies
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Spotting Errors
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Data Interpretation
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Coding-Decoding
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Coding-Decoding Computer Languages, Basics of DBMS
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Current Affairs
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Sentence Improvement
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Data Sufficiency
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Blood Relations
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Operating System, Internet
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Static Awareness
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Fill in the Blanks
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Miscellaneous
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Direction sense
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Computer Network & Security
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Order and Ranking
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MS Office Suit and Short cut keys
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Computer Memory, Computer Software
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IBPS Clerk Pre-Exam Training
The Nodal Banks/ Participating Organisations may arrange pre-examination training for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates at certain centres as per the guidelines issued by the Government of India. Candidates belonging to the above categories can avail the training at their own cost by indicating the same against the relevant column while applying online. Please find below an indicative list of training centers:
Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Balasore, Bareilly, Behrampur (Ganjam), Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Karnal, Kavaratti, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Mysore, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji (Goa), Patiala, Patna, Port Blair, Puducherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rohtak, Sambalpur, Shimla, Shillong, Siliguri, Thiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijaywada and Vishakhapatnam.
The Bank may add additional centers or may remove some of the centers indicated for training. Candidates opting for pre-examination training should download their call letter for training by entering their registration number and password/ date of birth from the Bank’s website. No hard copy of the call letter will be sent by post.
IBPS Clerk 2026 Admit Card & Call Letter
IBPS Clerk 2026 Result
IBPS Clerk 2026 Cut Off
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State
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General
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EWS/SC/OBC/ST
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Andhra Pradesh
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77.5
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Assam
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83.75
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OBC- 82.25 SC- 81.25
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Bihar
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79.5
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OBC- 79.5
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Chhattisgarh
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77
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OBC-77
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Delhi
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80.75
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SC-75.25 OBC- 78.25
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Gujarat
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77.25
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ST- 67.75
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Goa
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OBC- 68
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Kerala
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OBC- 81
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Madhya Pradesh
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73
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SC- 74.5
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Maharashtra
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73
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ST- 69.50
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Punjab
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81.25
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SC- 70 OBC-79.75
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Rajasthan
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EWS- 83.25
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83.25
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Uttar Pradesh
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79
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OBC- 79 SC- 70.75 ESM- 56
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