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Tips for IBPS IT Specialist Officer exam- How to clear the exam?

From last few weeks, I've been active on many Facebook forums for IBPS IT Specialist Officer. However, I see many candidates posting queries like how to clear the IBPS IT Specialist Officer exam, how many questions to attempt in each section, what was cut-off last year etc. So, I've written this article with purpose of answering all those questions in one place asked by those aspirants.

How many questions will be asked? ‘blah blah’ section will consist of how many marks?

Seriously, if you are asking this question when only 10 days are left for the exam, you really need to think again about what you have been doing since filling the application. DON'T ask such type of questions. If you are smart, you will eventually find every relevant detail regarding the marking scheme in the IBPS SO notification.

It is already written on page number 7 of notification. English section will contain 50 questions for 25 marks.
Professional Knowledge section will contain 50 question for 75 marks.

What was the cut-off last year? How many vacancies may be there?

I've written a separate article on Last year's IBPS SO cut-off in detail.

How many questions should I attempt to clear the exam?

My answer is as many as you can. However, you shouldn't tick those answers which you are not sure about. You should not force yourself into ticking wrong answers because this may lead to many negative answers which in turn will reduce your score. Just focus & try to give as many correct answers as you can.

What is the Syllabus for Professional knowledge section of IT Officer?

This is something that everyone searches about because it is not written in the notification. Basically, for every Specialist Officer post, syllabus of Professional Knowledge is the syllabus of their respective graduation or post graduation subject.

However, for IBPS IT Specialist Officer, I've written the minimum predictable syllabus based on previous IBPS IT SO CWE-I & II papers. It can be read in this post.

Should I prepare upto GATE level?

Of course not. The questions asked in IT Officer exam are very basic in nature. You should just prepare the basic concepts of everything.

For example, they are not going to ask you to solve a question Quine McCluskey procedure because every one knows it takes a lot of time to solve these questions. But the may ask why is this procedure use? What does this procedure involve? etc.

From where can I find more study material? More practice MCQs?

There is plenty of study material is available in files section several Facebook forums. I find IBPS SO ( Specialist officer 2014-2015) forum quite good for finding study material. Also I've uploaded study material & Practice MCQs.

IBPS IT Specialist Officer Study Material
IBPS IT Specialist Officer practice MCQs

What will be the cut-off this year?

No one can predict what is going to be the cutoff this year. It all depends on the questions asked by IBPS & the candidates who attempt those questions. Don't take any type of tension in speculation of cut-off. Also, stay away from such Social elements (friends, co-workers, enemies, anybody) until the exam who give such predictions because the only thing this may do is disturb your focus towards preparation.

Concluding with following points:

  • Prepare for the exam with full dedication.
  • Don't underestimate any section while preparing. The paper is designed to assess in every section otherwise it may affect your score.
  • You can read some tips for Aptitude section from here.
  • Don't go for more & more study material. First complete what you have with you & give plenty of time to revision in your schedule.
Hope it helps.



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