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Sir, I am in 2nd year of graduation and want to prepare for banking sector so, please send me details about major banking sector exams and their eligibility?

The major banking entrance examinations conducted are Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection Common Written Examination for Clerk, Probationary officer and Specialist .

1. You must be a graduate or in final year of bachelor's degree to apply for these exams. The age limit is 20-28 years for clerk and 20-30 years for PO post.

2. Other than IBPS, you can apply for SBI Clerical and Probationary officer examination.

You can start your preparation from now.

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Sir, I am in 2nd year of graduation and want to prepare for banking sector so, please send me details about major banking sector exams and their eligibility?

Banking sector examinations with eligibility are given below;

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is the recruitment body for recruitment and placement in various public sector banks like Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank, Uco Bank, Canara Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Central Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India, Vijaya Bank, Syndicate Bank, Indian Bank, Dena Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Corporation Bank etc. IBPS website link is Click Here

IBPS – Clerk: Candidates with a graduation (degree) in any discipline from a recognized university with computer literacy are eligible to apply for the IBPS Clerk examination. Candidates’ age should not exceed 28 years for the IBPS Clerk posts.
IBPS- Probationary Officer – Candidates with a graduation (degree) in any discipline from a recognized university are eligible to apply for the IBPS PO posts. Candidates’ age should be between 20 years to 30 years for the IBPS PO posts.

State Bank of India – Probationary Officer – Candidates with a graduation in any discipline from a recognized university or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by Central Government, are eligible to apply for the PO Posts in SBI. Candidates’ age should be not below 21 years and not above 30 years for the SBI PO posts.
State Bank of India – Clerk (Junior Associates) – Candidates with a graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, are eligible to apply for the SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) posts. Candidates’ age should not exceed 28 years. The SBI careers website link is given Click Here

As far as you are concerned about the major banking examinations available then these are SBI and IBPS bank examinations for the post of Clerk, Probationary Officer and Specialist Officer.

* Further the minimum eligibility criteria required for appearing in bank examinations for recruitment at above mentioned posts are as here under :-

i) You must have the citizenship of India.

ii) Your age must lie within 18 years to 28 years for the post of clerk, 21 years to 30 years for the post of probationary officer and 20 years to 30 years for the post of specialist officer. Age relaxation is applicable for reserved category candidates as per the government norms in each case.

iii) You must have completed your graduation degree course in any stream from a recognized university for the post of Clerk and Probationary Officer. But for the post of specialist officer your graduation degree must be in the specific subject.

iv) Along with above mentioned qualifications you must hold good communication skills along with the basic knowledge to work on computer.

For more details regarding IBPS and SBI bank examination you can refer to the links www.ibps.in and www.sbi.co.in .

Details about Banking Sector recruitment's:

The major banking recruitment's agency in India is "Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection" (IBPS). IBPS conducts several recruitment's for various posts and they are,

>> IBPS Specialist Officer recruitment
>> IBPS Probationary Officer or Management Trainee Recruitment
>> IBPS Clerical Cadre recruitment
>> IBPS Regional Rural Banks Office Assistant and Officer Scale I,II and III recruitment's...etc.,

The basic educational qualification required for almost all the recruitment's is Graduation in any discipline from a recognized university. As you are presently pursuing 2nd year of Graduation, I suggest you concentrate well on Graduation studies first then you can prepare for Government recruitment's in Banking sector.

I suggest you to join any nearby best banking coaching institute to score well in examination. The other organization that recruits candidates in Banking sector is State Bank of India for the posts of Clerical Cadre and Probationary officers.

These are the major banking sector examinations:-
1. IBPS PO
2. IBPS Specialist Officer CWE
3. IBPS RRB
4. IBPS Clerk CWE
5. SBI Specialist Officer Exam
6. SBI Clerk
7. SBI PO Exam
8. RBI Assistant Exam

*Eligibility for Bank Clerical Post:
For clerical post, you should have cleared class 12th examination with required percentage and your age should be in between 18 years to 28 years.

*Eligibility for Officer Post:
You should be graduated from a recognized university with securing minimum 55% marks and your age should be in between 21 years to 26 years.

You can get job in banking sector through
1. IBPS PO
2. IBPS CLERK
3. IBPS RRB ASSISTANT/ PO
4. RBI ASSISTANT
5. SBI CLERK
6. SBI PO
7. IBPS SPECIALIST OFFICER etc.

Qualification: Candidates must have completed graduation in any stream from a recognised university with 50%.

Age limit: Candidates age should be between 20-27 years for Clerk posts and 20-30 years for PO posts. Age relaxation is applicable for SC/ST/OBC upto 5 years.

Selection process of Clerk post in banking sector is Preliminary exam, Mains exam then final merit list. Where Selection process of PO post in banking sector is Preliminary exam, Mains exam, Interview then final merit list.

1st exam is Preliminary exam. Total marks- 100. Total time-1 hr.
Subjects - English-30 marks,
Quantitative aptitude-35 marks,
Reasoning -35 marks

MAINS EXAM
English-50 marks
Mathematics-50 marks
Reasoning-50 marks
Current affairs and financial banking-50 marks.

Attached a RBI ASSISTANT QUESTION PAPER SOLVED PDF which help you in exam.