The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection will be releasing the IBPS SO Exam Call Letter in December 2020. Candidates who have applied can download the IBPS SO Prelims Admit Card from below by entering their Registration or Roll Number and Password or Date of Birth.
IBPS SO 2021 Important Dates
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Events
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Dates
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Starting Date of Online Registration
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To be Notified
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End Date of Online Registration
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To be Notified
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Start Date for payment of application fee
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To be Notified
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IBPS SO Prelims Admit Card Released date
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To be Notified
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Closure of IBPS SO Prelims Admit Card
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To be Notified
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Preliminary Exam
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December 18th & 26th 2021
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Mains Exam
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January 30th, 2022
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Interview
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To be Notified
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Provisional Allotment
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To be Notified
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IBPS SO Admit Card 2021
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection will issue Admit Card for IBPS SO 2021 only when the notification is out.
IBPS SO 2021 Prelims Admit Card
The IBPS SO Prelims Admit Card 2020 will be available on the official website of IBPS SO i.e. ibps.in. The last date to download the IBPS SO Call Letter will be notified.
Steps to Download the IBPS SO Prelims Admit Card
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Go to the official website of IBPS.
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Move your cursor and click on the Tab titled CRP Specialist Officers.
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There you will get a link titled Common Recruitment Process For Specialist Officer VIII.
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Click on the tab to access various related links.
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Now, Click on the tab with “Click Here to Download Online Preliminary Exam Call Letter For CRP Specialist Officers- VIII”.
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On the next page, you will find important dates related to IBPS SO admit card and a portion to fill in the details.
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Choose your preferred Language from Hindi or English.
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Fill in the Registration number and Date of Birth in DD-MM-YY format as the password.
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There will be a captcha code as well, fill it correctly to verify your identity. You must fill in numbers/ alphabets or both as per the image.
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Now the IBPS SO Admit Card will be accessed in a PDF Format.
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Download the PDF For later references.
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Take a printout to carry to the IBPS SO Exam Centre.
IBPS SO 2021 Mains Admit Card
The IBPS will release the admit card for IBPS SO 2021 on its official website ibps.in.The commencement of the IBPS SO call letter download is expected to start in January 2021.
Steps to Download the IBPS SO Mains Admit Card
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Go to the official website of IBPS.
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Move your cursor and click on the Tab titled as CRP Specialist Officers.
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There you will get a link titled as Common Recruitment Process For Specialist Officer VIII.
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Click on the tab to access various related links.
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Now, Click on the tab with “Click Here to Download Online Mains Exam Call Letter For CRP Specialist Officers- VIII”.
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On the next page, you will find important dates related to IBPS SO Mains admit card and a portion to fill the details.
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Choose your preferred Language from Hindi or English.
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Fill in the Registration number and Date of Birth in DD-MM-YY format as the password.
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There will be a captcha code as well, fill it correctly to verify your identity. You must fill in numbers/ alphabets or both as per the image.
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Take a print out to carry to the IBPS SO Exam Centre.
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IBPS SO Result 2021
After both the phases that are Prelims and Mains exam are over for the IBPS SO Exam, IBPS SO 2021 exam result will be declared. The final level of selection will be fully on the basis of the mains result. Candidates will check their results from the official website.
IBPS SO Previous Year Exam Analysis
To understand the latest exam pattern adopted by IBPS for IBPS SO Exam, lets us discuss the exam analysis of the December 2019 Exam to make the exam preparation easy and simple to ace the exam.
Exam Analysis of IBPS SO 2019 Exam held on 28th December 2019
IBPS SO preliminary exam was conducted online with 150 questions to be attempted in 120 minutes.
Overall exam analysis of IBPS SO 2019 Exam
(For IT officer, HR/Personnel Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, Marketing Officer, Law Officer, and Rajbahsha Adhikari)
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Subject
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No. of Qs
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Difficulty Level (1st Shift)
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Good Attempt (1st Shift)
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Difficulty Level (2nd Shift)
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Good Attempt (2nd Shift)
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English
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50
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Easy
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30-40
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Easy
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31-35
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Numerical Ability
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50
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Easy to Moderate
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30-38
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Moderate
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29-34
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Reasoning
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50
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Easy
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28-38
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Moderate
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31-37
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GA
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50
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Easy-Moderate
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25-32
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Easy-Moderate
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30-39
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Total
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200
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Easy to Moderate
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120-128
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Easy-Moderate
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123-132
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Section-wise exam analysis
English Language
English section was Easy which gave a comfort zone to the candidates. It had two sets of Reading Comprehension. The cloze test had a different type of vocabulary usage which was challenging but interesting for the candidates.
Topic-wise English section bifurcation:
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S.No.
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Topics
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Shift 1
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Shift 2
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No. Of Questions
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1
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Reading Comprehension
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10-12
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10
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2
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Spell Correction
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5
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2-3
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3
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Phrase Replacement
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5
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6-7
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4
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Single Fillers
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5
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3
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5
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Sentence Correction
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5
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4
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6
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Para Jumble/Sentence Rearrangement
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5
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7-8
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7
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Cloze Test
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5
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5
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8
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Error Detection
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5
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3-5
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9
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Word Replacement
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5
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5-7
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Total
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50
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50
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Numerical Ability
This section had questions from easy to moderate level.
Topic-wise Numerical Ability section bifurcation:
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S.No.
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Topics
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Shift 1
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Shift 2
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No. Of Questions
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1
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Data Interpretation
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15
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15
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3
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Approximation/Simplification
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5
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3-4
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4
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Quadratic Equation
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5
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7-8
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5
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Number Series (Missing/Wrong)
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5
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5-7
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6
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Arithmetic Word Problems
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20
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15-18
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Total
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50
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50
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Reasoning Ability
This section had from easy to moderate questions.
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S.No.
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Topics
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Shift 1
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Shift 2
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No. Of Questions
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1
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Puzzles & Seating Arrangement
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20
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15
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2
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Inequality
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5
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7-8
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3
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Blood relation
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4
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5-7
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4
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Alpha Numeric Series
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4
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5
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5
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Coding-Decoding
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5
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5
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6
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Miscellaneous
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3
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7
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7
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Syllogism
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4
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3-4
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8
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Arrangement (Three letters based)
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3
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–
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9
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Direction & Distance
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2
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3
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Total
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50
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50
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General Awareness
The difficulty level of the General Awareness Section was of Easy to Moderate. The questions were asked from Banking Awareness, Current Affairs, Static GK and the latest events.
IBPS SO Cut off – 2016-2018
IBPS SO 2018 Cut-Off
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Posts
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General
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OBC
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SC
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ST
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HI
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OC
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VI
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Marketing Officer
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53.30
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51.90
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47.35
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38.50
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33.70
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39.40
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NA
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IT Officer
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61.50
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57.75
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53.55
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46.50
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40.60
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50.15
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60.10
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Law Officer
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52.95
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49.20
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44.95
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39.55
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NA
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39.65
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36.70
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HR/Personnel Officer
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60.75
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53.50
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50.70
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46.65
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43.40
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NA
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NA
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Agriculture Field Officer
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41.65
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40.90
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34.65
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30.00
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26.50
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27.20
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28.95
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Rajsabha Adhikari
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44.15
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45.05
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43.35
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34.20
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NA
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38.75
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69.05
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IBPS SO Cut Off 2016 – Provisional Allotment List
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Posts
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General
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OBC
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SC
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ST
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HI
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OC
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VI
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Marketing Officer
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53.30
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51.90
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47.35
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38.50
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33.70
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39.40
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NA
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IT Officer
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61.50
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57.75
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53.55
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46.50
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40.60
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50.15
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60.10
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Law Officer
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52.95
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49.20
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44.95
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39.55
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NA
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39.65
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36.70
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HR/Personnel Officer
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60.75
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53.50
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50.70
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46.65
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43.40
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NA
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NA
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Agriculture Field Officer
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41.65
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40.90
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34.65
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30.00
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26.50
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27.20
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28.95
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Rajsabha Adhikari
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44.15
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45.05
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43.35
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34.20
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NA
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38.75
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69.05
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Reserve List – IBPS SO Cut Off 2016
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Post
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General
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OBC
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SC
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ST
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HI
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OC
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VI
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Marketing Officer
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54.8
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51.55
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46.95
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38.15
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NA
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38.8
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NA
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IT Officer
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61.15
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57.5
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53.1
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46.3
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40.3
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49.35
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55.95
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Law Officer
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52.25
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48.75
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44.65
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39.15
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NA
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38.35
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30.80
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HR/Personnel Officer
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60.5
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51.85
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49.6
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44.6
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31.75
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NA
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NA
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Agriculture Field Officer
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40.6
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40.55
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34.1
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29.3
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25.95
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26.7
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28.7
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Rajsabha Adhikari
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43.55
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44.6
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42.8
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33.7
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NA
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35.95
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NA
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Minimum & Maximum Cut Off (Category-Wise & Post-Wise):
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Post
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General
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OBC
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SC
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ST
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HI
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OC
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VI
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Marketing Officer
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74.95 to 55.30
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66.80 to 51.90
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59.40 to 47.35
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62.05 to 35.50
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33.70 to 33.70
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58.10 to 39.40
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NA
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IT Officer
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76.75 to 61.50
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64.05 to 57.75
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55.05 to 46.50
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65.10 to 53.35
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50.50 to 40.60
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61.85 to 50.15
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65.90 to 60.10
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Law Officer
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62.85 to 52.95
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55.80 to 49.20
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71.15 to 44.95
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47.50 to 39.55
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NA
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54.40 to 39.85
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43.30 to 36.30
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HR/Personnel Officer
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73.35 to 60.75
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65.10 to 53.50
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62.95 to 50.50
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56.45 to 46.65
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43.40 to 43.40
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NA
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NA
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Agriculture Field Officer
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69.75 to 41.65
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60.95 to 40.90
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52.30 to 34.65
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53.45 to 30.00
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45.60 to 26.50
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49.05 to 27.20
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60.25 to 25.95
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Rajsabha Adhikari
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66.50 to 44.15
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62.20 to 45.05
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51.85 to 43.35
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49.80 to 34.20
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NA
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43.55 to 38.73
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69.05 to 69.05
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