| Name of the Test |
Ques |
Maximum
Marks |
Medium of
Exam |
Duration |
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Professional Knowledge
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60
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60
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English & Hindi
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45 minutes
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II. Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and Online Main examinations)
There will be a 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 a penalty to arrive at a 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.
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IBPS SO exam will be conducted in two phases i.e Preliminary and Mains. Where Professional knowledge is the important section in IBPS SO Mains exam. If you are appearing for the IBPS SO exam for the Agriculture officer scale-1 post, then you are at the right place. Check the IBPS SO Syllabus for Agriculture.
IBPS SO AFO Prelims Exam Syllabus 2021
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Reasoning Ability
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Quantitative Aptitude
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English Language
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General Awareness
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Logical Reasoning
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Simplification
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Reading Comprehension
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Current Affairs
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Alphanumeric Series
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Profit & Loss
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Cloze Test
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GK Updates
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Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test
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Mixtures &Alligations
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Para jumbles
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Currencies
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Data Sufficiency
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Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices
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Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting
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Important Places
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Coded Inequalities
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Work & Time
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Fill in the blanks
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Banking Awareness
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Seating Arrangement
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Time & Distance
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Miscellaneous
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Awards
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Puzzle
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Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
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Paragraph Completion
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Book And Author
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Tabulation
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Data Interpretation
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Headquarter
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Syllogism
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Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
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Important Days
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Blood Relations
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Number Systems
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Prime Minister Scheme
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Input-Output
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Sequence & Series
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Coding-Decoding
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Permutation, Combination &Probability
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IBPS SO Mains Exam Syllabus 2021
Apart from these subjects, candidates are required to have Professional Knowledge in his/her area of expertise as well. The detailed syllabus is discussed below:
IBPS SO Agriculture Officer Scale-1: Professional Knowledge Syllabus
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Agriculture Current Affairs
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Preservation of fruits and vegetables
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Various types of agricultural practices
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Different varieties of animals
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Crop Horticulture Vegetables
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Types of cropping system
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Soil resources
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Agriculture small industries like honey daily in the fisheries
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Spacing time of sowing seed rate
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Different Diseases
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Indian soil
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Various diseases and its causes
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Herbicides Pesticides
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Seed technology – Different government schemes
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Green manures
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Rural welfare activities in India
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Important points regarding plants fruits vegetables
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Agriculture economics – Agriculture cost and schemes
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Animal husbandry and technology
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Different insurance schemes regarding agriculture
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Development Schemes
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IBPS SO Pre-Exam Training
The Nodal Banks/ Participating Organizations may organize pre-examination training for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates at certain centers as per the strategy issued by the Government of India. This is a kind of training session where candidates are acquainted with the type of questions, common mistakes, and tips for time management, best practices, basic tricks and approaches by experts from training organizations. The purpose is to give a level playing field to students from weaker sections that can’t afford coaching and make them aware about general facet and recruitment procedure of the exam.
Candidates belonging to the above-mentioned categories can undergo training by signifying the same against a relevant column, at the time of applying on-line.
The pre-exam training is free of cost with other expenses like travel, food and lodging expenses are incurred by the candidate. Generally, it is conducted five days before the exam and the dates are announced on the official website. Please find below an indicative list of training centres:
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North India
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South India
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East India
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West India
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Agra
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Bengaluru
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Agartala
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Ahmedabad
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Allahabad
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Chennai
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Balasore
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Aurangabad
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Amritsar
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Coimbatore
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Behrampur (Ganjam)
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Bhopal
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Bareilly
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Gulbarga
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Bhubaneshwar
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Indore
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Chandigarh
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Hyderabad
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Dhanbad
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Jabalpur
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Dehradun
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Kavaratti
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Guwahati
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Jaipur
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Gorakhpur
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Kochi
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Hubli
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Jodhpur
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Jammu
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Madurai
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Kolkata
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Mumbai
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Kanpur
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Mangalore
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Muzaffarpur
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Nagpur
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Karnal
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Mysore
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Patna
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Panaji (Goa)
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Lucknow
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Port Blair
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Ranchi
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Pune
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Ludhiana
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Puducherry
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Sambalpur
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Raipur
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New Delhi
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Thiruchirapalli
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Shillong
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Rajkot
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Patiala
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Thiruvananthapuram
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Siliguri
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Vadodara
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Rohtak
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Vijaywada
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Tirupati
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Shimla
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Vishakhapatnam
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Varanasi
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IBPS will have some additional centers or remove some depending on the requirement. The Candidates who opt for pre-examination training should download their call letter for training by entering their registration number and password/ date of birth from the Bank's website. Pre-Exam training call letter will not be sent by post.
The registration for IBPS SO Exam 2021 was done online. In order to avoid any technical errors please make sure that the web browser used to fill up the IBPS SO 2021 Application form is one of the following:
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Internet Explorer 8 and above
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Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and above
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Google Chrome 3.0 and above
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Candidates applying online must have the following pre-requisites:
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A valid Email Id
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Photograph and Signature scanned in the prescribed size
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Application Fee must be paid online so all document required for online transaction
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The IBPS SO 2021 application form can only be filled on the official website.
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Before proceeding with the registration and application process, all candidates are requested to go through the complete guide for the IBPS PO Online Application.
Click here to apply Online (Link will be updated)
The category-wise application fees for the IBPS SO exam are given below. Fee/Intimation charges once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other examination or selection. The application fee must be paid online. To know more please check the complete guide for the IBPS SO Application.
Application Fees for the IBPS SO Exam category wise is given below:
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S.No.
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Category
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Total
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1.
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SC/ST/PWD/XS
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175/- (Intimation Charges only)
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2.
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General and OBC
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850/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)
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