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IBPS SO IT Officer (Scale-I)

Updated on 17 Dec 2020 by Dinesh Lohiya

Exam On: 26 Dec '20 - 27 Dec '20

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IBPS SO IT Officer

Role & Job Profile
IBPS SO IT Officer Vacancies
IBPS SO 2020-21 Exam Dates

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IBPS SO IT Officer Eligibility Criteria - 2020-21
IBPS SO IT Officer Exam Pattern
IBPS SO IT Officer Syllabus
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If you are aiming to become an IT Officer in Public Sector Bank, then IBPS SO IT Officer 2020 is a brilliant opportunity for to avail. The exam calendar for IBPS SO 2020 is already out and the official recruitment notification is likely to be announced in Nov/Dec 2020.

Latest Notification: IBPS has released the recruitment notification for SO post on its official website. The online application process has been started from 2nd Nov 2020. Candidates can apply for the same before 23 Nov 2020.

Click here to download IBPS SO 2020 Official Notification

Click here to Apply Online

Role & Job Profile of IBPS IT Officer:

IBPS IT Officers are responsible for the management of the entire IT team and provide end-to-end support for banks core banking system.
They’re responsible for providing support and procedural documentation and also maintain the shift duty system and for the handling of data as well as the core banking application files.
The IBPS IT Officers are responsible for setting up and maintaining new users’ accounts, profiles and their passwords and developing new software and applications and modifying the bank’s existing software.
IBPS IT Officers have to look after banks network security and anti-virus updates and are responsible for conducting safety checks on computer equipment, bank network security, Anti-Virus and Anti-fraud management etc.
It’s the responsibility of IBPS IT Officers to make sure that the Bank’s internal security is not breached and customers’ details are not leaked.
All ATM related activities (maintenance and troubleshooting) are under the care of the IBPS IT Officers. They’re responsible for management of various subsystems like ATM, Kiosks, Mobile banking, Internet banking, Networking, etc.

IBPS SO IT Officer Vacancies 2020-21

The vacancies for IBPS SO IT Officer are 20 as per the official notification.

IBPS SO 2020-21 Exam Dates

Activity	Tentative Dates
IBPS SO Notification 2020-21	1 Nov 2020
IBPS SO Online Registration Starts From	2 Nov 2020
Last Date to Apply Online for IBPS SO	23 Nov 2020
Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary	Dec 2020
Commencement of IBPS SO Preliminary Exam	26th, 27th Dec 2020
Result of IBPS SO Online exam – Preliminary	Jan 2021
Download of call letters for Online examination – Mains	Jan 2021
Commencement of IBPS SO Mains Exam	24^th Jan 2021
Conduct of Interview	Feb 2021
IBPS SO 2020 Final Result	April 2021

IBPS SO IT Eligibility Criteria - 2020-21

IBPS SO IT Officer Eligibility
I. Nationality / Citizenship:
A candidate must be either -

a Citizen of India or
a subject of Nepal or
a subject of Bhutan or
a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1 January 1962 with the intention of permanently
settling in India or
a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

II. Age Limit :
Minimum: 20 years Maximum: 30 years
i.e. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.11.1989 and not later than 01.11.1999 (both dates inclusive)

II. Educational Qualifications :

Name of the Post	Age	Educational Qualifications (from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies)**
IT Officer (Scale I)	Min- 20 Years Max-30 Years	1)Four years of engineering/Technology degree in Computer Science/IT/Computer Application/Electronics and Communication Engineering/Electronics and Telecommunication/ Electronics and Instrumentation OR 2) Post Graduate Degree in Computer Science/IT/Computer Application/Electronics and Communication Engineering/Electronics and Telecommunication/ Electronics and Instrumentation OR Graduates having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level exam

*In case of dual specialisations, one of the fields of specialisation should be in the field prescribed. In case of major/ minor specialisations, major specialisation should be in the stream prescribed. Candidates having PG Degree (MMS or MBA)/PG Diploma with more than two specialisations are not eligible to apply.

Relaxation of Upper age limit

Sr. No.	Category	Age relaxation
1	SC/ST	5 years
2	OBC (Non- creamy layer)	3 years
3	PWD.	10 years
4	Ex-Servicemen	5 years
5	Persons ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 1-1-80 to 31-12-89	5 years
6	Persons affected by 1984 riots	5 years

IBPS SO IT Officer Exam Pattern

IBPS SO IT Officer Prelims Exam Pattern

For the Post of Agriculture Field Officer IT Officer Scale I

Serial No	Section	No. of Questions	Total Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning	50	50	40 min
2.	English Language	50	25	40 min
3.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	40 min
	Total	150	125	120 min

IBPS SO IT Officer Mains Exam Pattern

For the Post of IT Officer Scale I

Name of Test	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
Professional Knowledge	60	60	English & Hindi	45 min

II. Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and Online Main examinations).

There will be 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 penalty to arrive at 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 IT Officer Syllabus 2020

IBPS SO IT Officer Prelims Exam Syllabus 2020

Reasoning Ability	Quantitative Aptitude	English Language
Logical Reasoning	Simplification	Reading Comprehension
Alphanumeric Series	Profit & Loss	Cloze Test
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test	Mixtures &Alligations	Para jumbles
Data Sufficiency	Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices	Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting
Coded Inequalities	Work & Time	Fill in the blanks
Seating Arrangement	Time & Distance	Miscellaneous
Puzzle	Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere	Paragraph Completion
Tabulation	Data Interpretation
Syllogism	Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
Blood Relations	Number Systems
Input Output	Sequence & Series
Coding-Decoding	Permutation, Combination &Probability

IBPS SO IT Officer Mains Exam Syllabus 2020

1. Operating System

Simple Batch Systems, Multiprogram batched systems, Time Sharing Systems, Process Concepts and PCB, Process Scheduling, Schedulers, and Context Switching, Interprocess Communication, CPU Scheduling, Scheduling Criteria, Scheduling Algorithms- FCFS, SJFS, Priority Scheduling, Round-Robin Scheduling, Multilevel Queue Scheduling, Multilevel Feedback Queue Scheduling, Multiple-Processor Scheduling, Real-Time Scheduling, The Critical Section Problem, Semaphores, The Dining Philosophers Problems, Critical Regions, Deadlock- Prevention, Avoidance, Detection, Recovery, Bankers Algorithm, Memory Management, Logical Vs Physical Address Space, Segmentation, Virtual Memory, Demand Paging, Page Replacement Algorithms- FIFO, Optimal Algorithm, LRU, Second Change; Counting Algorithm, Thrashing.

2. Data Structure

Asymptotic Notation, Stacks and Queues, Trees, Algorithms, Binary Trees, Lemma, Heaps and Heapsort, Minimum Spanning Trees, All pair shortest path, Optimal Binary Search Trees, Tree Traversal, Graphs- Search and Traversal techniques, Sorting- Insertion Sort, Selection Sort, Radix Sort, Merging, Complexity of Sorting and Merging Algorithms, Hashing, Chaining, PASCAL, Looping, Break and continue statement, Functions

3. Object-Oriented Programming

Java Basics (History of Java, data types, variables, scope and lifetime of variables, arrays, operators, expressions, control statements, type conversion and casting, simple java program, concepts of classes, objects, constructors, methods, access control, this keyword, overloading methods and constructors, parameter passing, recursion, nested and inner classes, exploring string class), Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Packages and Interfaces, Exception Handling, Multithreading, Event Handling, Applets

4. Database Management Systems

Database models, File Management System VS DBMS, Tuple Relational Calculus, Normal Forms, Data-Structure Diagrams, ER Diagram, SQL Basics, Transaction Control.

5. Compiler Design/ Language Processor

Assemblers, Compiler structure, Lexical Analyser, Parsing, Buffer pairs, syntax error handling, Parse tree and derivation, grammar, bottom-up parsing, LR Parsing, Syntax tree, Storage Organization, macro instructions, macro processor, loader, linker, interpreters.

6. Computer Organisation

Number System, Arithmetic Addition and subtraction, Overflow Detection, Decimal Fixed Point Representation, Floating Point Representation, Gray Code, Weighted Code, Excess-3 Code, Error Detection Codes, Parity Bit, Odd Function, Machine Language, Addressing Modes, Program Counter, CPU, General Register Organisation, Control Word, Microprogrammed Control, Data Dependency, Memory Organisation, Cache, Mapping.

7. Microprocessor and Computer Hardware

Microprocessor Architecture and its operations, 8085, 8080A, Bus Organisation, Registers, Accumulator, Stack Pointer, Memory Classification, Flip Flop, R/W Memory, ROM, RAM, 8085 Control and Status Signals, Power Supply and Clock Frequency, Logical Operations, Instruction Format, Stacks, Subroutine, Interrupts, Programmable Interrupt Controller, Interrupt Operation, Ladder Network, D/A Converters, Multiplexer De-multiplexer, Digital Comparator, Parity Generator/Checker, Flip Flop, Ring Counter, Ripple Counter, Up/Down Counter, Synchronous Counter.

8. Computer Network

Reference Models, OSI and TCP Models, Data Transmission, Transmission Medium, IEEE Standards, and Protocols- 802.3, 802.4, 802.5, IP Address, NIC, Switching, Networking devices, Internet, Types of Networks.

9. Software Engineering

SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), Software Configuration Management (SCM), Software Development Models, Requirement Elicitation, Software Design and Maintenance, Software Testing: Testing Objectives, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing, Testing for Functionality and Testing for Performance, Top-Down and Bottom-Up Testing Strategies: Test Drivers and Test Stubs, Structural Testing (White Box Testing), Functional Testing (Black Box Testing), Test Data Suit Preparation, Alpha and Beta Testing of Products.Static Testing Strategies: Formal Technical Reviews (Peer Reviews), Walk Through, Code Inspection, Compliance with Design and Coding Standards.

10. Web Technology

Web Page Designing: HTML: list, table, images, frames, forms, CSS, Document type definition, XML: DTD, XML schemes, Object Models, presenting and using XML, Using XML Processors: DOM and SAX, Dynamic HTML.

Scripting: Javascript: Introduction, documents, forms, statements, functions, objects; introduction to AJAX, VB Script, Introduction to Java Beans, Advantage, Properties, BDK, Introduction to EJB, Java Beans API.

Server Site Programming: Introduction to active server pages (ASP), Introduction to Java Server Page (JSP), JSP Application Design, JSP objects, Conditional Processing, Declaring variables and methods, Sharing data between JSP pages, Sharing Session and Application Data, Database Programming using JDBC, development of java beans in JSP, Introduction to Servlets, Lifecycle, JSDK, Servlet API, Servlet Packages, Introduction to COM/DCOM/CORBA.

PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor): Introduction, syntax, variables, strings, operators, if-else, loop, switch, array, function, form, mail, file upload, session, error, exception, filter, PHP-ODBC

11. Data warehousing & Data Mining

Data Warehouse Process and Technology: Warehousing Strategy, Warehouse management and Support Processes, Warehouse Planning and Implementation, Hardware and Operating Systems for Data Warehousing, Client/Server Computing Model & Data Warehousing. Parallel Processors & Cluster Systems, Distributed DBMS implementations, Warehousing Software, Warehouse Schema Design, Data Extraction, Cleanup & Transformation Tools, Warehouse Metadata

Data Mining: Overview, Motivation, Definition & Functionalities, Data Processing, Form of Data Preprocessing, Data Cleaning: Missing Values, Noisy Data,(Binning, Clustering, Regression, Computer and Human inspection), Inconsistent Data, Data Integration and Transformation. Data Reduction:-Data Cube Aggregation, Dimensionality reduction, Data Compression, Numerosity Reduction, Discretization and Concept hierarchy, generation.

Data Visualization and Overall Perspective: Aggregation, Historical information, Query Facility, OLAP function, and Tools. OLAP Servers, ROLAP, MOLAP, HOLAP, Data Mining interface, Security, Backup and Recovery, Tuning Data Warehouse, Testing Data Warehouse. Warehousing applications and Recent Trends: Types of Warehousing Applications, Web Mining, Spatial Mining, and Temporal Mining.

12. Computer and Network Security

Basic security topics, including symmetric and public key cryptography, digital signatures, cryptographic hash functions, authentication pitfalls, and network security protocols.

IBPS SO Pre-Exam Training

The Nodal Banks/ Participating Organizations may organize pre-examination training for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates at certain centres 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:

North India	South India	East India	West India
Agra	Bengaluru	Agartala	Ahmedabad
Allahabad	Chennai	Balasore	Aurangabad
Amritsar	Coimbatore	Behrampur (Ganjam)	Bhopal
Bareilly	Gulbarga	Bhubaneshwar	Indore
Chandigarh	Hyderabad	Dhanbad	Jabalpur
Dehradun	Kavaratti	Guwahati	Jaipur
Gorakhpur	Kochi	Hubli	Jodhpur
Jammu	Madurai	Kolkata	Mumbai
Kanpur	Mangalore	Muzaffarpur	Nagpur
Karnal	Mysore	Patna	Panaji (Goa)
Lucknow	Port Blair	Ranchi	Pune
Ludhiana	Puducherry	Sambalpur	Raipur
New Delhi	Thiruchirapalli	Shillong	Rajkot
Patiala	Thiruvananthapuram	Siliguri	Vadodara
Rohtak	Vijaywada	Tirupati
Shimla	Vishakhapatnam
Varanasi

IBPS will have some additional centres 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.

IBPS SO Application Fee

The category wise application fees for 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 IBPS SO Application

Application Fees for IBPS SO Exam category wise is given below:

S.No.	Category	Total
1.	SC/ST/PWD/XS	175/- (Intimation Charges only)
2.	General and OBC	850/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

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IBPS SO 2020 Contact Information

Address

IBPS
IBPS House, 90 feet, DP Road
Near Thakur Polytechnic
Off. Western Express Highway, PB No. 8587
Kandivali (E), Mumbai 400101

Phone Number
1800 222 366, 1800 103 4566 (available from 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM on all working days)

Official Website: https://www.ibps.in/

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