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Do we need have Maths in our graduation to apply for Banking exams? Can you please let me know the minimum criteria required for applying the bank exam? It will be helpful if you can guide me with the complete information on the same. Thank you!

No, you need not have mathematics in bachelor's degree to apply for banking examination. IBPS stands for Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection. It conducts common written examination for post of clerk and probationary officer in more than twenty nationalized bank.

The eligibility criteria for banking job is that candidate must have done bachelor's degree in any stream from a recognized university. Final year graduation candidates can also apply for bank jobs.

The age limit for IBPS Clerk is 20-28 years and that for Probationary officer is 20-30 years. Upper age relaxation applicable to candidates of reserved category.

As per my knowledge, Mathematics is not compulsory to appear for the Bank Exam.

For Bank examination candidate must have passed graduation from a recognized university.

AGE LIMIT: 20 years to 30 years.

For Application process you have to visit at the official website.

Eligibility for applying a bank exam candidate must have completed graduation from any recognised university. So, having maths as a subject in graduation is not a criteria. For bank exams selection process consists of written test and interview.
Written test will be on following topics
1. Reasoning
2. Arithmetic Aptitude
3. Computer Knowledge
4. General knowledge/Awareness
5. General English

No, Maths is not required to apply for Bank exams in graduation. Any graduate can apply for Bank exams irrespective of Stream or subject. But you should have completed graduation from the recognized university.

Here we are giving you the various bank exams you can apply after graduation.

>> IBPS CLERK

>> IBPS RRB

>> IBPS PO

>> SBI ASSISTANT

>> SBI ASSOCIATES

>> SBI PO

Except Specialist officer you can apply for any kind of above exams after graduation.

No you do not need Mathematics ( or any other subject ) as one of the main subjects in your graduation for appearing in banking examinations for the post of bank clerks and bank probationary officers.

--> Further for your recruitment at these posts you need to qualify bank examinations like IBPS bank examination or SBI bank examination and for appearing in these examinations you must have the qualifications given below :-

* You must have the nationality of India.

* Your age must lie within 20 years to 28 years for the post of bank clerk where as for the post of bank probationary officer it is required to lie within 21 years to 30 years. Further age relaxation is allowed for reserved category candidates as per the government norms.

* You must have completed your graduation degree course in any discipline from a recognized university. Students pursuing final year of same degree are also eligible.

* You must have good communication skills along with basic knowledge of operating computer as the banking works are computer based.

For more details about IBPS examination you can refer to the link www.ibps.in where as for details about SBI examination you can refer to the link www.sbiexam.com.

The eligibility to appear for banking entrance examination is that candidate must have passed bachelor degree in any discipline from a recognised university.

There is no limitation on discipline and aggregate of bachelor degree to appear for examination.

So, you are eligible to appear for examination without having mathematics as main paper.

The age limit to appear for examination is between 20 years to 30 years ( varies with examination ).

The detail information about examination is available at www.ibps.in or www.sbi.co.in.

No, it is not necessary to have mathematics as main paper in bachelor degree to appear for banking entrance examination.

The required basic qualification to appear for banking examination is that candidate must have passed bachelor degree from a recognised university in any discipline.

The age limit to appear for examination varies with examination ( PO / Clerk ).

So, you can appear for examination without having mathematics as main paper. For more details about examination visit at www.ibps.in or www.sbi.co.in.

No, it is not compulsory to have mathematics as main paper in bachelor degree to appear for banking entrance examination.

The banking entrance examination is conducted by IBPS and SBI for recruitment of candidates in banking sector jobs.

The common eligibility to appear for examination is that candidate must have passed degree with minimum qualifying aggregate in any discipline. For recruitment in core post specific discipline is required.

To get recruitment in job candidates have to appear and qualify in all stages of examination for final selection.

It is not compulsory to have maths in graduation. You can pursue from any of the stream Arts, Science, Commerce. There is no any restriction in subject selection.

Eligibility criteria are as under:-

Candidate must have completed their graduation from a recognized university.

Candidate must have scored at least 45% aggregate in graduation.

Candidate age limit should be 21 years to 30 years.

Banking Sector is one of the fastest growing Sectors in India. You are interested to know whether Maths in graduation is required for applying Banking exams.

**No, there is no compulsory of Maths subject in graduation for Banking exam. The eligibility criteria for banking exams is that student must possess graduation degree in any discipline from recognized university. Also, the student must have knowledge of computer. It does not matter whether you have Maths subject in graduation or not.

**So there is no need to worry about this. You have to start your preparation for banking exams.

Eligibility criteria for Banking jobs:

The academic qualification for Bank jobs is bachelor's degree from a recognized university. Final year candidates are also allowed to appear for banking exams.

It is not necessary to have mathematics in graduation to apply for bank jobs. Even non mathematics candidates can apply for banking jobs.

Minimum age required to apply for bank job is 20 years.

No, it is not a compulsion that a candidate must have studied mathematics at graduation level but yes it is important that a candidate must have studied mathematics up to the 10th standard because the mathematics level would be of 10th standard consisting of numerical ability and reasoning questions.

So don't be afraid of mathematics subject just do your best for numerical ability and reasoning ability because this just depends upon your IQ level and your practice. Practice more questions of 10th standard. Make your calculations stronger.

No. Mathematics should not be a compulsory subject for the candidates in the Graduation course in order to be eligible for Banking Exams.

One should have completed Graduation with any of the stream from a recognized university to be eligible for Banking Exams.

The entry level positions in various banks are
-Clerical positions
-Probationary Officers

Graduation is the minimum academic qualification required to be eligible to apply for both these positions.

Though Mathematics is not compulsory subject, one should have some good amount of subject knowledge in Mathematics because there would be Aptitude subject for all Bank Exams which need quick calculations.

As per age criteria,
One should be in the age group of 20-28 years to be eligible for Clerk Exams
and in the age group of 20-30 years to be eligible for PO Exams.

Relaxation is there in upper age limit upto 3 years for the candidates of OBC category and upto 5 years for the candidates of SC/ST category.

IBPS will conduct the common written exams separately for the recruitment of these positions on behalf of all public sectors.

If you have not completed your Graduation, I suggest you to start of your preparation for Bank Exams immediately as there is huge competition for Bank Jobs.

No, maths is not a compulsory subject that needs to be studied in order to apply for the bank exams.
Graduates in any stream can apply for banking exams.

Moreover some banks also recruit candidates at intermediate level for the post of clerks.

What is most important that you must have knowledge of mathematics subject up to the level of 10th class because the questions will be there of reasoning ability and numerical ability.

No, mathematics in graduation is not compulsory to apply for banking exams. Graduates in any stream can apply for bank exams. But in competitive exams questions are also asked from mathematics but they are mainly of 10th level.

Eligibility criteria:

> Candidate must be an Indian citizen.

> Age limit for the post of clerk is 18 years to 28 years.

> Age limit for exams like IBPS and SBI is 20 to 28 years.

> Minimum percentage of educational qualification depends on the post.

> Candidate must have some basic knowledge about computers.

> The minimum educational recruitment for candidate for the bank exams is bachelor's degree.

No, you don't need maths in your graduation to apply for banking jobs. Minimum educational qualification for bank exam is graduation. Candidates who have completed their graduation in any stream from a recognized university are eligible for bank exams. Age of candidates should be below 30 years. Thanks

Study of mathematics is not compulsory to appear for bank exam. Graduates in any steam can apply.

Syllabus for the best include topics on mathematics like a numerical ability. Basic mathematical ability, data interpretation, etc are evaluated under the test. Questions based on graphs and Pie chart are asked in CWE for officer level positions.

For recruitment in bank jobs candidates have to appear and qualify in IBPS, SBI and examination conducted by other private banks.

The eligibility to appear for these examination are :-

Candidate must have passed bachelor degree in any discipline from a recognised university.

No, limitation of having mathematics as main paper in bachelor degree to appear for examination.

The age limit is 20-28 years for Clerk and 20-30 for PO ( not same for all examination ). So, you can visit official link to get details for examination.

First thing I would like to let you know that there is no compulsion of any subject at any level of academics for appearing in the bank examinations for the post of bank clerk and bank probationary officer.

Further for recruitment at above mentioned posts in the nationalized bank of India you need to qualify bank examinations held by IBPS and SBI for which the minimum eligibility criteria required are as here under :-

i) You must have citizenship of India with your age lying within 20 years to 28 years for bank clerk and 21 years to 30 years in case of bank probationary officer. In both these cases age relaxation is applicable for reserved category candidates as per the government norms.

ii) You must have completed your graduation in any discipline of your choice from a recognized university. Students pursuing final year of same degree are also eligible.

iii) You also need to have a certificate/diploma/degree in computer application or language along with good communication skills.

For further details and updates about IBPS bank examination and SBI bank examination you can refer to their respective official links which are www.ibps.in and www.sbiexam.com.