A] General Information about IBPS Clerk Exam 2018/ IBPS CWE Clerks-VIII

What is IBPS Clerk Exam?
IBPS conducts Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre Posts (IBPS Clerk) in the organisations participating in the exam process. Any eligible candidate, who aspires to be selected as a Clerk or in a similar post in that cadre, is required to register for the Common Recruitment Process (CWE Clerks -VIII). The 2018 exam will be the 8th edition of this exam and the online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the next Common Recruitment Process will tentatively be scheduled on 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th December 2018 & 20th January 2019.

Below is a list of organisations participating in the recruitment process:

IBPS Clerk Tentative Exam Dates

B] IBPS Notification 2018

Notification Link to be updated here.

Important Dates for IBPS CWE Clerk VIII with Relevant Link

Refer to tentative IBPS calendar for 2018-19 Exams

Eligibility Criteria for IBPS CWE Clerk VIII 
Below is the eligibility criteria as per the 2017 notification, the same will be updated if there are changes in the 2018 notification:
I. 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, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

II. Age (As on 01.09.2017):
Minimum: 20 years | Maximum: 28 years
Relaxation of Upper age limit

III. Educational Qualifications
(a) A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. (The candidate must possess 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.

(b) Computer Literacy: Operating and working knowledge in computer systems is mandatory i.e. candidates should have Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer operations/Language/ should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/College/Institute.

(c) 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.

(d) Ex-Servicemen who do not possess the above civil examination qualifications should be matriculate ExServicemen who have obtained the Army Special Certificate of Education or corresponding certificate in the Navy or Air Force after having completed not less than 15 years of service in the Armed Forces of the Union as on the specified date.

Vacancy for IBPS Clerk 2018
As per the IBPS Clerk 2017 Official Notification’ there were 7883 vacancies in total. IBPS gives out state-wise vacancies and detailed breakup can be referred to in the 2018 notification.

C] IBPS CWE Clerk VIII Application

The registration process for this exam will be through online mode only and there will be a single registration for both Preliminary and Main examination, wherever applicable.

Documents Required 
Candidates will be required to upload the following documents as per the specification given in advertisement.

Application Fee
Category-wise application fee listed below is to be paid online and is not refundable once paid.

D] IBPS CWE Clerk VIII Exam Pattern

Prelim Exam Pattern
Mode: Online
Type: Objective
Negative Marking: Yes, 0.25 of the marks allotted will be deducted.
Cutoff: Sectional as well as aggregate

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. The results link for the prelim will be updated here.

Mains Exam Pattern

E] IBPS CWE Clerk VIII Syllabus

IBPS Clerk prelim and mains have a large overlap in terms of syllabus for English, Reasoning and Numerical Ability but for Mains there are 2 additional topics, i.e., General Awareness and Computer Knowledge.

F] IBPS Clerk 2017 Cutoffs

Since IBPS Clerk vacancies are released state-wise, cutoffs also vary for each state.
IBPS State-Wise Prelim Cutoffs for 2017:

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