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Hello Sir, I want to appear in Bank P.O exam. I am 48 years old Army retired Personnel. Am I eligible to appear for Bank P.O exam? Kindly let me know as soon as possible.

Eligibility criteria for Bank Probationary Officer examination:

1. You must have done bachelor's degree from a recognized university.

2. Age criteria:

IBPS: 20-30 years for general category candidates. For SBI PO, it is 21-30 years.

OBC and SC/ST candidates get three years and five years upper age relaxation.

Ex Serviceman get five years upper age relaxation. You are not eligible for any bank PO exam at age of 48 years.

For being a probatiobary officer in any of the nationalized bank of India you need to qualify its entrance examinations like IBPS bank PO examination or SBI bank PO examination.

Also the minimum qualification required for being eligible to appear in the same examination are as following :-

--> You must have the nationality of India.

--> You must have completed or pursuing tbe final year of your bachelor degree course with any discipline of your choice from a recognized university.

--> You must have good communication skills along with knowledge towork on computer as the banking works are more often than not are digital.

--> Your age must lie in between 21 years to 30 years. Age relaxation of 3 years and 5 years are applicable for OBC and SC/ST category respectively. Further relaxation of 10 years is applicable for defense personnel.

So being a 48 years old defense personnel you are not eligible for becoming bank PO as for the same the maximum age allowed is 45 years only even in the case of defense personnel belonging to SC/ST category.

For details about the above named entrance examinations you can log on to the link www.ibps.in or www.sbiexam.com.

The age criteria for Probationary Officer for Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection Common Written exam is 20-30 years with three years upper age relaxation to OBC candidates and five years to SC/ST candidates. You can not avail more than five years upper age relaxation even if you are an Ex Serviceman.

You are not eligible for Bank PO exam at age of 48 years.

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Hello Sir, I want to appear in Bank P.O exam. I am 48 years old Army retired Personnel. Am I eligible to appear for Bank P.O exam? Kindly let me know as soon as possible.

As per age criteria, you are not eligible fr Bank PO exam.

Those candidates who have completed graduation degree from a recognized university are eligible for bank PO exam.

Your age should be in between 20 to 30 years.

Age relaxation:=

OBC Candidates – 03 years.
SC/ST Candidates- 05 years.
Ex servicemen-10 years.

Persons With Disabilities (PWD):

1.PWD (SC/ST- 15Years 2.PWD (OBC)- 13 Years
3. PWD (Gen)- 10 Years