Bank Specialist Officer Exam Syllabus

Banks exams are conducted for recruitment of various specialist officer posts in their banks. Also, a common written exam is conducted by IBPS for specialist officer recruitment. This specialist officer exam is conducted for special professions, and only eligible candidates can apply only for specific posts. Specialist officer posts include posts of IT officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer in banks. IBPS has recently published the notification for 2014 specialist officer exam, and candidates are now looking for exam syllabus. Here, we will discuss a brief syllabus for bank specialist officer exam.

Syllabus for IBPS Law officer & Rajbhasha Adhikari posts:

• English Language (50 questions of 25 Marks)
• Professional Knowledge (50 questions of 75 Marks)
• General Awareness with special reference to Banking sector (50 questions of 50 Marks)
• Reasoning (50 questions of 50 Marks)

Syllabus for IT officer, Agriculture field officer  and all other posts:

• English Language (50 questions of 25 Marks)
• Professional Knowledge (50 questions of 75 Marks)
• Quantitative Aptitude (50 questions of 50 Marks)
• Reasoning (50 questions of 50 Marks)

Detailed description of the Subjects:

English: paper may include questions from Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar, Para Jumble, Close Test/ Passages, Synonyms/Antonyms, Para Substitution, Passage Completion, Sentence completion, Identification of Errors, Choosing the appropriate word and Spelling Check

Reasoning paper: Alphabet and Numbers, Series Test, Cause and Effect, cause & effect, Syllogism, Non Verbal Reasoning Includes series test, Analogies / Decision Making, Coding/ Decoding, Blood Relations, Odd One Out, Number, Ranking, Time Sequence Test, Analytical Reasoning, Directions/Distance sense test, Input and Output Arrangement, Classification, Seating Arrangements, Coded Inequalities, Decision Making, statement and conclusion, Mathematical Operations, course of action, passage and conclusion test, Assertion and Reason, Statement and Courses of Action, odd figures, statement and assumptions, and analogy.

Quantitative paper: Number system and simplification, Number series, Decimal Fraction, Problem based on numbers, simplification, compound interest, Percentage, Partnership, simple interest, Pie charts, time and work, time and Distance, Mensuration (2 dimension), permutation and combination, speed and distance, Probability, Data Interpretation and sufficiency includes Data Table, Bar Graphs, Ratio and Proportion, Line Graphs, Mixed Graphs, Case study etc.

Professional Language: This paper consists questions from the subjects specific to the post.