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IBPS SO 2026

IBPS SO Exam

Introduction

COMMON RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR RECRUITMENT OF SPECIALIST OFFICERS

IBPS SO RECRUITMENT 2026

The Online Examination (Preliminary and Main) for the upcoming Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for Recruitment and Selection of Personnel in Specialist Officers’ Cadre posts in the
Participating Public Sector Banks will be conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) as per the tentative schedule provided below.

Sr. No	POSTS
01	IT Officer (Scale I)
02	Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
03	Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
04	Law Officer (Scale I)
05	HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
06	Marketing Officer (Scale I)

IMPORTANT DATES (Expected)

Activity	Tentative Schedule
Online registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates	July 2026
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)	July 2026
Download of call letters for Online Examination – Preliminary	August, 2026
Online Examination – Preliminary	29th August 2026
Result of Online Examination – Preliminary	September, 2026
Download of Call Letter for Online Examination – Main	September / October, 2026
Online Examination – Main	1st November 2026
Declaration of Result – Main Examination	November, 2026
Conduct of Interview	December, 2025 / January, 2026
Provisional Allotment	January / February, 2026

PARTICIPATING BANKS

Bank of Baroda

Bank of India

Bank of Maharashtra

Canara Bank

Central Bank of India

Indian Bank

Indian Overseas Bank

Punjab National Bank

Punjab & Sind Bank

UCO Bank

Union Bank of India

IBPS SO 2026 Exam Centres list

Here we are providing the list of IBPS SO 20256 Exam Centers, so that you can get an idea:

State Code	State / UT / NCR	IBPS SO Preliminary Examination Centres
11	Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair
12	Andhra Pradesh	Chirala, Chittoor, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
13	Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun
14	Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur
15	Bihar	Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea
16	Chandigarh	Chandigarh/Mohali
17	Chhattisgarh	Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur
18	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	Surat, Jamnagar
19	Daman & Diu	(Not Mentioned)
20	Delhi	Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram
21	Goa	Panaji
22	Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
23	Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Yamuna Nagar
24	Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una
25	Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Samba, Srinagar
26	Jharkhand	Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
27	Karnataka	Bengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi
28	Kerala	Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
29	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
30	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain
31	Maharashtra	Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Solapur
32	Manipur	Imphal
33	Meghalaya	Shillong
34	Mizoram	Aizawl
35	Nagaland	Kohima
36	Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur
37	Puducherry	Puducherry
38	Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur
39	Rajasthan	Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur
40	Sikkim	Bardang/Gangtok
41	Tamil Nadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar
42	Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal
43	Tripura	Agartala
44	Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Banda, Bareilly, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/Greater Noida, Sitapur, Varanasi
45	Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee
46	West Bengal	Asansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri

Exam Pattern

IBPS SO Exam Pattern 2026

a. Preliminary Examination

For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
2	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
3	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
Total	—	150	125	—	2 Hours

For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
2	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
Total	—	150	125	—	2 Hours

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

b. Main Examination

For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
Professional Knowledge	60	60	English & Hindi	45 minutes

For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari

Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
Professional Knowledge (Objective)	45	60 (Objective + Descriptive)	English & Hindi	30 minutes
Professional Knowledge (Descriptive)	2	-	English & Hindi	30 minutes

Any change in the structure of the examination will be intimated through official IBPS website www.ibps.in. Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters from the official IBPS website www.ibps.in.

PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS (APPLICABLE TO BOTH – ONLINE PRELIMINARY AND ONLINE MAIN EXAMINATIONS)

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question
will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

INTERVIEW

Candidates who have been shortlisted in the Online Main Examination for CRP SPL-XV will subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Participating Banks and coordinated by the Nodal Banks in each State/ UT/ Region with the help of IBPS.

Interviews will be conducted at select centres. The centre, address of the venue, time & date of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter.
Candidates are required to download their interview call letters from official IBPS website www.ibps.in. Please note that any request regarding change in date, centre etc. of interview will not be entertained. However, IBPS reserves the right to change the date/ venue/ time/ centre etc. of interview or hold supplementary process for particular date / session / venue / centre / set of candidates at its discretion, under unforeseen circumstances, if any.
The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PwBD candidates).
The relative weightage (ratio) of Online Main Examination and interview will be 80:20 respectively.
The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of total scores obtained by the candidates in the Online Main Examination of CRP SPL-XV and Interview.
Interview score of the candidates failing to secure minimum qualifying marks or otherwise barred from the interview or further process shall not be disclosed.
A candidate should qualify both in the Online Main Examination and interview and be
sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process, details of which will be made available subsequently on official IBPS website www.ibps.in

While appearing for the Interview, the candidate should produce valid prescribed documents. (See the Notification for the full detail)
In the absence of valid documents candidature of the candidates shall be cancelled. IBPS/ Nodal Bank/ Participating Banks take no responsibility to receive/ collect any certificate/ remittance/ document sent separately.

How To Apply

IBPS SO Apply Online 2026

Candidates can apply online only and no other mode of application will be accepted.
Application Fees/ Intimation Charges shall be as follows:

Category	Application Fee
SC / ST / PwBD Candidates	Rs. 175/- (inclusive of GST)
All Others	Rs. 850/- (inclusive of GST)

Bank Transaction charges for Online Payment of application fees/ intimation charges will have to be borne by the candidate

Procedure for applying online

(1) Candidates are first required to go to the official IBPS website www.ibps.in and click on the Home Page to open the link “CRP SPL” and then click on the option “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP- SPECIALIST OFFICERS ” to open the Online Application Form.

(2) Candidates will have click on “CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION” to register their application by entering their basic information in the online application form. After that a provisional registration number and password will be generated by the system and displayed on the screen. Candidate should note down the Provisional registration number and password. An Email & SMS indicating the Provisional Registration number and Password will also be sent. They can reopen the saved data using Provisional registration number and password and edit the particulars, if needed.

(3) Candidates are required to upload their

- Photograph

- Signature

- Left thumb impression

- A hand written declaration

- SSC/ SSLC/ 10th standard or equivalent certificate

- Certificate as mentioned in clause I (ix) (if applicable)

- Candidates will also be required to capture and upload their live photograph through webcam or mobile phone during the registration process. as per the specifications given in the Guidelines for Scanning and Upload of documents, live photo ((See the Annexure III for the full detail)

Please note that until photographs and signature are as per the specifications provided, the system will not allow the candidate to move forward to the next stage of application.

(4) Candidates are advised to carefully fill in the online application themselves as no change in any of the data filled in the online application will be possible/ entertained. Prior to submission of the online application candidates are advised to use the “SAVE AND NEXT” facility to verify the details in the online application form and modify the same if required. No change is permitted after clicking on COMPLETE REGISTRATION Button. Visually Impaired candidates are responsible for carefully verifying/ getting the details filled in, in the online application form properly verified and ensuring that the same are correct prior to submission as no change is possible after submission.

(5) Digi Locker has been integrated with the online application form. The candidate may provide access to issued credentials/documents (Aadhaar, Educational Qualification Documents etc.) and information (Name, Date of Birth, Gender etc.) through Digi Locker on voluntary basis.

Mode of Payment
Candidates can make the payment of requisite fees/ intimation charges through the ONLINE mode only.

Candidates must keep the necessary details/ documents ready to make Online Payment of the requisite application fee/ intimation charges.

Syllabus

IBPS SO IT Officer Syllabus 2026

The Below syllabus for Prelims exam is also applicable for SO posts other than IT Officer.

Data Interpretation and Analysis	Reasoning	English Language	General/Economy/Banking Awareness
Tabular Graph	Verbal Reasoning	Reading Comprehension	Financial Awareness
Line Graph	Syllogism	Grammar	Current Affairs
Pie Chart	Circular Seating Arrangement	Vocabulary	General Knowledge
Bar Graph	Linear Seating Arrangement	Verbal Ability	Static Awareness
Radar Graph Caselet	Double Lineup	Word Association	Banking and Financial Awareness
Missing Case DI	Scheduling	Sentence Improvement
Let It Case DI	Input-Output	Para Jumbles
Data Sufficiency	Blood Relations	Cloze Test
Probability	Directions and Distances	Error Spotting
Permutation and Combination	Ordering and Ranking	Fill in the Blanks
	Data Sufficiency	Match the Column
	Coding and Decoding
	Code Inequalities
	Course of Action
	Critical Reasoning
	Analytical and Decision Making

IBPS SO 2025 Mains Exam Syllabus

The candidates who have applied for the posts of IBPS Law Officer, IBPS IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer,
Marketing Officer & Rajbhasha Adhikari will be asked the questions from their respective specialized subjects.

Here we are providing you Post wise syllabus for IBPS SO Mains exams:

S.No.	Topics
1	Database Management Systems
2	Data Communication and Networking
3	Operating Systems
4	Software Engineering
5	Data Structures
6	Embedded Systems and Microprocessors
7	Computer Organization
8	Object-Oriented Programming

IBPS SO Mains Syllabus for Agriculture Officer

S.No.	Topics
1	Basics of Crop Production and Horticulture
2	Agronomy, Irrigation and Seed Science
3	Agricultural Economics and Practices
4	Soil Resources
5	Animal Husbandry
6	Agroforestry
7	Ecology
8	Government Schemes related to Agriculture

IBPS SO Mains Syllabus for Marketing Officer

S.No.	Topics
1	Basics of Marketing Management
2	Brand Management
3	Advertising, Public Relations and Sales
4	Retail Business
5	Business Ethics
6	Market Segmentation
7	Market Research and Forecasting
8	Product Life Cycle Management
9	Corporate Social Responsibility
10	Marketing Strategies in Services Marketing

IBPS SO Mains Syllabus for Law Officer

S.No.	Topics
1	Banking Regulations
2	Brand Management
3	Compliance and Legal Aspects
4	Relevant Laws related to Negotiable Instruments, Securities, and Foreign Exchange
5	Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, Limitation Act
6	Consumer Protection Act
7	Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act
8	Banking Ombudsman Scheme
9	Laws and Actions with a direct link to Banking Sector
10	Bankers’ Book Evidence Act
11	Debt Recovery Tribunals Act

IBPS SO Mains Syllabus for HR/Personnel Officer

S.No.	Topics
1	Human Resource Development
2	Business Policy and Strategic Analysis
3	Transactional Analysis
4	Training and Development
5	Recruitment and Selection
6	Rewards and Recognition
7	Grievance and Conflict Management
8	Performance Management and Appraisals

IBPS SO Mains Syllabus for Rajbhasha Adhikari

S.No.	Topics	Type
1	Grammar	Objective
2	Error Correction	Objective
3	Fill in the Blanks	Objective
4	Reading Comprehension	Objective
5	Letter Writing	Descriptive
6	Essay Writing	Descriptive

Cut Off

IBPS SO Mains Cut Off 2025

Category	Cut Off Marks
Scheduled Caste (SC)	14.75
Schedule Tribe (ST)	15.25
Other Backward Classes (OBC NCL)	21.50
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)	21.00
General (Gen)	23.25
Hearing Impaired (HI)	13.50
Orthopaedically Challenged (OC)	14.00
Visually Impaired (VI)	27.25
Intellectual Disability (ID)	30.50

IBPS SO Mains Cut Off 2025 (Objective)

Name	Max. Marks	Cut Off SC/ ST/ OBC (NCL)/ PwBD	Cut Off EWS/ Gen
Professional Knowledge	60	13.25	17.50

IBPS SO Prelims Cut Off 2025

Posts	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	HI	OC	VI	ID
I.T. OFFICER	58.25	48.63	58.25	55	58.25	21.63	46.38	42.63	36.13
AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER	50.13	45.63	50.13	50.13	50.13	25.88	37.75	39.63	23.88
HR/PERSONNEL	62.63	62.63	62.63	62.63	62.63	31.38	19.75	25.13	NA
MARKETING OFFICER	21.75	17.25	18.13	27.63	27.63	21.75	20.50	23.38	35.18
RAJBHASHA ADHIKARI	16.63	11	16.63	16.63	16.63	25.75	18.88	42.25	13.75
LAW OFFICER	42.63	34.75	43.25	44.63	46.88	20.25	25	23.13	23

IBPS SO Prelims Cut Off 2024

Posts	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	HI	OC	VI	ID
I.T. OFFICER	36	32.63	36	16.75	36	15	26.25	16	13.75
AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER	51	46	51	51	51	29.38	49.88	41.33	15.88
RAJBHASHA ADHIKARI	16.25	8.50	16.25	16.25	16.25	NA	33.75	25.75	NA
LAW OFFICER	25.50	17.63	28.50	28.13	33.13	12.25	28.75	12.50	17.38
HR/PERSONNEL	43.25	43	43.25	40.88	43.25	NA	20.13	25.13	NA
MARKETING OFFICER	17.25	15.13	17.25	16.75	17.25	13.38	12.38	16.13	NA

IBPS SO Mains Cut Off 2024

Posts	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	HI	OC	VI	ID
IT Officer (Scale I)	13	10.25	15.50	14.75	16.50	8	9.75	8	7.75
Agriculture Field Officer (Scale I)	12.50	12.50	17	17	17	12.50	17.50	13.25	13.25
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)	14.75	13.50	14.75	14.75	14.75	NA	18.25	20	NA
Law Officer (Scale I)	37.50	34.75	42	44	44	32	30.50	32.50	48
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)	27.25	21.25	26.75	26.50	27.25	NA	19.25	22.25	NA
Marketing Officer (Scale I)	14.50	14.50	14.50	18.50	18.50	19	14.75	30.50	NA

IBPS SO Mains Cut Off - Section-wise

Posts	Maximum Marks	SC/ST/OBC/PwBD	General/EWS
IT Officer (Scale I)	60	6.75	10.25
Agriculture Field Officer (Scale I)	60	12.50	17
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)	60	11.50	14.50
Law Officer (Scale I)	60	30.25	34.50
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)	60	18	22.25
Marketing Officer (Scale I)	60	14.50	18.50

IBPS SO Previous year’s 2022 Cut Off

IBPS SO Cutoff 2022 (Prelims) - Category Wise

Post	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	HI	OC	VI	ID
IT Officer (Scale I)	61.88	55.88	65.00	65.00	65.00	29.13	55.88	49.13	25.50
Agricultural Field Officer	17.75	17.75	17.75	17.75	17.75	14.00	31.75	33.38	15.75
Rajbhasha Adhikari	22.50	11.13	22.50	22.38	22.50	NA	24.50	33.50	27.25
Law Officer (Scale I)	46.38	51.00	47.50	48.50	51.00	27.63	22.88	25.50	35.25
HR/Personnel Officer	40.50	37.50	40.50	40.50	40.50	NA	27.75	47.50	50.88
Marketing Officer (Scale I)	38.63	38.63	38.63	33.13	38.63	–	–	–	–

IBPS SO Cut Off 2022- IT Officer (Scale-I)

Sr. No.	Name of Test	Maximum Marks	Cut-off (SC/ST/OBC/PWBD)	Cut-off (EWS/General)
1	English Language	25	8.00	10.50
2	Reasoning	50	6.75	11.25
3	General Awareness / Quantitative Aptitude	50	5.00	8.00

IBPS SO Previous year’s 2019 Cut Off

IBPS SO Cutoff 2019 (Prelims) - Category Wise

Category	Cut-Off Marks
General (GEN)	81.50
Scheduled Caste (SC)	73.25
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	64.50
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	79.50
Visually Impaired (VI)	57.38
Hearing Impaired (HI)	28.13
Intellectual Disability (ID)	45.38
Orthopaedically Challenged (OC)	71.25

IBPS SO Cutoff 2019 (Prelims) – Sectional Cut Off

Name of the Section	Maximum Marks	Cut-Off (General/EWS)	Cut-Off (SC/ST/OBC/PWD)
English	25	9.50	6.75
Reasoning	50	13.50	8.75
General Awareness / Quantitative Aptitude	50	11.50	7.50

IBPS SO Cutoff 2019 (Mains) – Category Wise

Post Name	SC/ST/OBC/PWBD	EWS/General
I.T. Officer	9.25	13.25
Agriculture Field Officer	21.75	25.50
Rajbhasha Adhikari	21.25	24.75
HR/Personnel Officer	15.75	20.00
Marketing Officer	19.75	22.75
Law Officer	15.25	19.25

IBPS SO IT Cut-off 2019 for Provisional Allotment

Maximum scores obtained by candidates for various posts

Post	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	HI	OC	VI	ID
IT Officer	57.67	55.00	49.00	47.07	64.07	43.67	45.53	49.00	37.33
Agricultural Field Officer	70.33	65.80	76.53	68.67	82.00	74.00	64.67	62.33	NA
Rajbhasha Adhikari	63.67	55.40	62.40	58.33	70.00	NA	41.67	57.27	40.27
Law Officer	61.27	49.00	57.67	55.33	75.00	NA	54.33	45.00	NA
HR/Personnel Officer	61.67	57.67	63.67	66.00	77.27	NA	NA	NA	NA
Marketing Officer	63.40	60.40	71.87	59.00	72.13	49.33	58.67	55.00	41.53

IBPS SO 2019 Final Cut-offs for Provisional Allotment

Minimum scores obtained by candidates

Post	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	HI	OC	VI	ID
IT Officer (Scale I)	NA	NA	NA	NA	34.13	23.33	NA	NA	NA
Agricultural Field Officer	55.93	53.00	63.67	62.27	63.80	54.33	54.33	50.80	NA
Rajbhasha Adhikari	49.60	40.60	55.60	55.60	57.20	NA	NA	NA	NA
Law Officer	44.00	35.93	45.67	45.67	53.13	NA	35.33	NA	NA
HR/Personnel Officer	34.33	NA	43.00	49.07	58.60	NA	37.27	40.67	NA
Marketing Officer	NA	NA	NA	NA	50.73	NA	40.00	NA	NA

Vacancies

IBPS SO Vacancy 2026

TO BE NOTIFIED SOON

IBPS SO Vacancy 2025

IBPS has introduced 1007 Specialist Officers (SO) vacancies for IBPS SO 2025 exam along with its notification on 01st July 2025.
Below are IBPS SO vacancy for the year 2025 exam for different posts.

Total vacancies are: 1007

Post	Vacancies
I.T. Officer (Scale-I)	203
Marketing Officer (Scale-I)	350
Agriculture Field Officer (Scale-I)	310
Law Officer (Scale-I)	56
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I)	10
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I)	78
Total Vacancies	1007

Salary

IBPS SO Salary 2026

IBPS, every year announces the vacancies for the following posts across the country. Here is the list of posts:

S.No.	Post Name
1	IT Officer
2	Agricultural Field Officer
3	Rajbhasha Adhikari
4	Law Officer
5	HR/ Personnel Officer
6	Marketing Officer

IBPS SPECIALIST OFFICER (Pay Scale list – various posts)

POST	SCALE OF PAY
Specialist Officers – Scale I	Basic: ₹ 48480-2000/7-62480-2340/2-67160-2680/7-85920 The official will be eligible for allowances & perquisites as per rules of the Participating Bank in force from time to time.

POST

SCALE OF PAY

Specialist Officers – Scale I

Basic: ₹ 48480-2000/7-62480-2340/2-67160-2680/7-85920

The official will be eligible for allowances & perquisites as per rules of the Participating Bank in force from time to time.

Some other allowances are provided:

Travel Allowances: Allowance granted to an employee to meet his expenditure for the purpose of commuting between his place of
residence and office/place of duty
Leased Accommodation: the amount that your company will spend on the house that they will provide you.
Medical Reimbursement: a fixed amount provided to employees for medical treatment
Pension Schemes
Miscellaneous

Eligibility Criteria

IBPS SO 2026 Eligibility Criteria

Nationality

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.

IBPS SO 2026 – Age Limit & Relaxation (AS ON 01.07.2026)

Criteria	Age Requirement
Minimum Age	20 years
Maximum Age	30 years
Date of Birth Range (Both Inclusive)	Between 02.07.1995 and 01.07.2005

Age Relaxation (as per government norms):

Sr. No.	Category	Age Relaxation
1	Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe	5 years
2	Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)	3 years
3	Persons With Benchmark Disabilities as defined under “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”	10 years
4	Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs) / Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from the last date of receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment, subject to ceiling as per Government guidelines.	5 years

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (AS ON 21.07.2026):

Post	Required Educational Qualification
I.T. Officer (Scale I)	- 4-year Engineering/Technology Degree in: Computer Science / Computer Applications / IT / Electronics / Electronics & Telecom / Electronics & Comm. / Electronics & Instrumentation OR - Postgraduate in: Electronics / Electronics & Telecom / Electronics & Comm. / Electronics & Instrumentation / Computer Science / IT / Computer Applications OR - Graduate with DOEACC ‘B’ level certification
Agricultural Field Officer	- 4-year Degree (Graduation) in: Agriculture / Horticulture / Animal Husbandry / Veterinary Science / Dairy Science / Fishery Science / Pisciculture / Agri. Marketing & Cooperation / Co-operation & Banking / Agro-Forestry / Forestry / Agricultural Biotechnology / Food Science / Agriculture Business Management / Food Technology / Dairy Technology / Agricultural Engineering / Sericulture / Fisheries Engineering
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)	- Postgraduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at Graduation level OR - Postgraduate in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree level
Law Officer (Scale I)	- Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB) AND - Enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)	-Graduate and Two Years Full time Post Graduate degree or Two Years Full time Post Graduate diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ HR / HRD/ Social Work / Labour Law.*
Marketing Officer (Scale I)	- Graduate and Two Years Full time MMS (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time MBA (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing *

* In case of dual specialisations, one of the fields of specialisation should be in the field prescribed. In case of major/ minor specialisations, major specialisation should be in the stream prescribed. Candidates having PG Degree (MMS or MBA)/PG Diploma with more than two specialisations are not eligible to apply.

** Candidates should ensure that the educational qualification possessed by them shall be as per the prescribed educational qualifications mentioned in the notification and they fulfill the above eligibility criteria. No equivalent educational qualification shall be considered as eligible by IBPS or Participating Banks.

Note: All the educational qualifications mentioned should be from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies and the final result should have been declared on or before 21.07.2025.

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IBPS SO XV FINAL RESULT OUT

Combined Result for Online Main Examination & Interview