IBPS SO 2025 Exam Date Out, Notification, Online Form, Eligibility

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has announced the exam dates for IBPS SO 2025 Exam along with the annual calendar and the notification will be released in September/October 2025. It is the best opportunity for banking aspirants who want to be part of IBPS as a Specialist Officer. The IBPS SO 2025 (CRP SPL-XV) is to be conducted through a three-phase selection process- Prelims, Mains, and Interviews. Candidates can refer to the article for details information regarding the recruitment drive. The posts under Specialist Officer posts are mentioned below:

Agriculture Field Officer
Marketing Officer (Scale I)
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
IT Officer (Scale I)
Law Officer (Scale I)
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)

IBPS SO Exam Date 2025 Out

The IBPS SO Exam Date 2025 for prelims and main exam has been released along with the IBPS Calendar 2025. The IBPS PO Prelims exam will be conducted on 22nd and 23rd December 2025 and Mains exam for prelims qualified candidates will be conducted on 4th January 2026. The details regarding the exam will be released along with the mains admit card.

IBPS SO Notification 2025

The detailed IBPS SO Notification 2025 (CRP SPL-XV) will be released by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) along with the complete details on the official website i.e. https://ibps.in. It is expected notification can be released in September/October 2025. The IBPS SO Recruitment 2025 is for selecting candidates for the post of Specialist Officers in different Public Sector Banks for multiple positions.

IBPS SO Notification [Previous Year] - Click to Download PDF

IBPS Calendar 2025 Out- Click to Check

IBPS SO 2025- Exam Summary

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is responsible for conducting the IBPS SO Recruitment Exam every year to select eligible candidates for SO posts. The selection process for 896 Specialist Officer (SO) posts will be based on Prelims, Mains, and Interviews. The candidates who qualify for the online examinations will be further considered for the final interview process. The aspirants interested in the exam must be familiar with IBPS SO details which are mentioned below.

IBPS SO Recruitment 2025- Overview
Organisation	Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
Post	Specialist Officer (SO)
Exam Level	National
Vacancy	896
Participating Banks	11
IBPS SO Recruitment Process	Prelims, Main Exams, Interview
Education Qualification	Graduates or relevant degree
Age Limit	20 years to 28 years
Application Fee	SC/ST/PWD- Rs.175 General and Others- Rs. 850
IBPS Official Website	www.ibps.in

IBPS SO 2025- Important Dates

IBPS will released online registration dates along with IBPS SO Notification 2025 in September/October 2025. The IBPS SO 2025 Prelims and Mains Exam dates has been already announced with IBPS Exam Calendar 2025. Let’s have a look at the important dates for IBPS SO Exam 2025.

IBPS SO 2025- Important Dates
Activity	Dates
IBPS SO Notification 2025	September/October 2025
Online Registration Starts	--
Last Date to Apply Online for IBPS SO	--
IBPS SO Admit Card 2025	--
IBPS SO Preliminary Exam Date 2025	22nd and 23rd November 2025
IBPS SO Mains Exam Date 2025	4th January 2026

IBPS SO Vacancy 2025

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will announce the number of vacancies for the recruitment of Specialist Officer posts. Last year 346 vacancies were released for Agricultural Field Officers (AFO), 205 vacancies for Marketing Officers, 125 for Law Officers, 170 for IT Officers, 25 for HR/Personnel, and 25 for Rajbhasa Specialist Officers posts. The category-wise and post-wise IBPS SO Vacancy 2024 details have been tabulated below in the table.

IBPS SO Vacancy 2024
Posts	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	Vacancies
Agriculture Field Officer (AFO)	52	26	92	34	142	346
HR/Personnel	03	01	06	02	13	25
IT Officer	25	12	45	16	72	170
Law Officer	18	08	33	11	55	125
Marketing	31	15	55	21	83	205
Rajbhasha	03	01	06	02	13	25
Total	132	63	237	86	378	896

IBPS SO 2025 Online Application

IBPS SO 2025 online application process for IBPS SO 2025 will start after the release of notification at www.ibps.in. Candidates who are interested and eligible can apply for IBPS SO vacancies. Candidates have to submit their duly filled application forms much before the last date to avoid last-minute technical glitches. Click on the below link to check IBPS SO Apply Online details.

IBPS SO Apply Online 2025- Click to Check Details

IBPS SO 2025 Application Fee

A candidate is required to pay Rs. 850/- (General and OBC) as his/her application fee for the IBPS SO 2025 exam. The same amount is narrowed down to Rs. 175/- for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD category.

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

IBPS SO 2025 Eligibility Criteria

The IBPS SO eligibility criteria is different for recruiting candidates to different positions for which the candidates are selected through IBPS SO 2025 Exam. There are three parameters (citizenship, age limit and educational qualification) that a candidate needs to fulfill to be eligible for IBPS SO Recruitment 2025.

The Citizenship Criteria for a candidate to be eligible for IBPS SO 2025 exam is discussed below:

Citizenship Criteria

• A resident of India
• A subject of Nepal
• Tibetan refugees who came to India before 1st January 1962 and have planned to settle in India permanently
• A subject of Indian Origin migrated from Burma, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Uganda, Kenya,
United Republic of Tanzania, Namibia, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Vietnam

IBPS SO Educational Qualifications

IBPS SO recruits candidates for various posts like that of I.T. Officer, Agricultural Field Officer, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, Marketing Officer etc.

S No.	Name of the Post	Educational Qualification
1.	I.T. Officer (Scale I)	1)Four years 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
2.	Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I)	4 years graduation degree in agriculture/ Horticulture/ Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ dairy Science/ Agricultural engineering/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri Marketing and cooperation/ Co-Operation and Banking/ Agro-Forestry
3.	Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)	Post Graduate in Hindi with English as a subject at the graduation or degree level OR Post Graduate Degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as a subject at graduation level
4.	Law Office (Scale I)	A bachelor’s degree in Law and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council
5.	HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)	Graduate and Full Time Post Graduate Degree or Full time Diploma in Personnel Management/ Industrial Relation/ HR/ HRD/ Social Work/ Labour Law
6.	Marketing Officer (Scale I)	Graduate and Full-Time MMS (Marketing)/ MBA (Marketing)/Full time PGDBA/ PGDBM with specialization in Marketing

IBPS SO Age Limit

A candidate is required to be a minimum of 20 years to be eligible for the IBPS SO exam. The maximum age limit is 30 years. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1994 and not later than 01.08.2004 (both dates inclusive Candidates belonging to reserved categories are given age relaxation by the Government of India. The category-wise age relaxation given to candidates for the post of IBPS SO is discussed below:

S No	Category	Age Relaxation
1.	Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST)	5 years
2.	Other Backward Class (OBC)	3 years
3.	Person with Disability (PWD)	10 years
4.	Ex-Servicemen/Commissioned Officers including ECOS (Emergency Commissioned Officers)/ SSCOs (Short Service Commissioned Officers) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of Assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within 1 year from last date of receipt of application) otherwise than by the way of dismissal/discharge on the account of misconduct/inefficiency/physical disability attributable to military service	5 years
5.	Person ordinarily domiciled in the Jammu and Kashmir province during the period 1.01.1980 and 31.12.1989	5 years
6.	Person affected by 1984 riots	5 years

IBPS SO Recruitment 2025 Selection Process

The IBPS SO Recruitment process to select Specialist officers through IBPS SO 2025 is done in three phases:

1. Online Preliminary Exam

2. Online Mains Exam

3. Interview Process

A candidate must qualify for both the preliminary exam and the main exam to proceed to the interview round. The candidates selected after the interview round are given the appointment letter.

IBPS SO 2025 Exam Pattern

IBPS will be following the below-detailed exam pattern for shortlisting eligible candidates for IBPS SO 2025 Exam. The previous year, IBPS introduced separate sectional timing for each section in the preliminary exam. Let's have a look at the revised IBPS SO Exam Pattern.

The preliminary exam will be a qualifying phase for the mains and candidates will have to meet the cut-offs of prelims to be eligible to appear for the Mains exam.

IBPS SO 2025 Prelims Exam Pattern: There are two patterns for IBPS SO prelims examination for different posts. There is a sectional cut-off and candidates have to clear all the sections in order to clear the preliminary exam of IBPS SO 2025.

For the post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer:

S No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
2	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
Total		150	125		120 minutes

For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari:

S No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
2	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
3	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
Total		150	125		120 minutes

Read Detailed IBPS SO 2025 Exam Pattern

IBPS SO 2025 Syllabus

IBPS SO 2025 Syllabus is designed separately for Rajsabha Adhikari and Other Specialist Officers. The IBPS Specialist Officer syllabus is designed separately for Preliminary Exam and Mains Exam. It is necessary for all the candidates applying for IBPS SO 2025 Exam to once go through the syllabus to prepare judiciously for this exam.

Apart from the major three sections of English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning,a candidate is required to be fluent in his/her area of expertise or the Specialization Subjects.

Let’s have a look at the detailed syllabus of the IBPS SO 2025 exam:

Reasoning Ability	English Language	Quantitative Aptitude	General Awareness
Seating Arrangements Puzzles Inequalities Syllogism Input-Output Data Sufficiency Blood Relations Order and Ranking Alphanumeric Series Distance and Direction Verbal Reasoning	Cloze Test Reading Comprehension Spotting Errors Sentence Improvement Sentence Correction Para Jumbles Fill in the Blanks Para/Sentence Completion	Number Series Data Interpretation Simplification/ Approximation Quadratic Equation Data Sufficiency Mensuration Average Profit and Loss Ratio and Proportion Work, Time and Energy Time and Distance Probability Relations Simple and Compound Interest Permutation and Combination	Current Affairs Banking Awareness GK Updates Currencies Important Places Books and Authors Awards Headquarters Prime Minister Schemes Important Days

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:

Posts	Syllabus
IT Officer (Scale-I)	Database Management System Data Communication and Networking Operating System Software Engineering Data Structure Computer Organization and Microprocessor Object-Oriented Programming
Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I)	Basics of Crop production Horticulture Seed Science Agronomy and Irrigation Agricultural Economics Agricultural Practices Soil resources Animal Husbandry Agroforestry Ecology Government Schemes
Marketing Officer (Scale-I)	Basics of Marketing Management Brand Management Advertising PR Sales Retail Business Ethics Market Segmentation Market research and forecasting demand Product Life Cycle Corporate Social Responsibility Service Marketing Marketing Strategies
Law Officer (Scale-I)	Banking Regulations Compliance and Legal Aspects Relevant Law and Orders related to negotiable instruments, securities, foreign exchange Prevention of Money-laundering, Limitation Act Consumer Protection Act SARFAES Banking Ombudsman Scheme Laws and Actions with the direct link to Banking Sector Bankers Book Evidence Act DRT Act
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I)	Human Resource Development Business policy and strategic analysis Transnational Analysis Training and Development Recruitment and Selection Rewards and Recognition Industrial Relations Business Policy and Strategic Analysis Grievance and Conflict Management Performance Management and Appraisal

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IBPS SO 2025 Admit Card

The IBPS SO 2025 admit card will be released 10 to 15 days before the exam date. The admit cards for IBPS SO Prelims, Mains, and Interview will be released separately at www.ibps.in. The Admit card for the Preliminary Exam will be released for candidates who have applied and the Mains will be out for the candidates who have qualified for the preliminary test.

IBPS SO Exam 2025 Result

The IBPS SO Result 2025 will be released after each phase of the exam has been successfully conducted. A cumulative score of the mains exam and the interview process is considered to prepare the final merit list of selected students. The Prelims exam is qualifying to shortlist candidates for Mains Exam. The merit list is prepared in descending order of marks obtained by candidates. Candidates who make it to the merit list will be given the appointment letter by the Bank of the candidate’s choice.

IBPS SO Exam Cut-Off 2025

The IBPS SO Cut Off 2025 will be released after each phase of the examination has been conducted. The cut-off for the IBPS SO preliminary exam will be released first followed by the cut-off for the main exam. Candidates can evaluate their selection chances by matching their score with the cut-off marks released by IBPS for IBPS SO Exam.

Let’s have a look at previous years’ Prelims cut-off for the IBPS SO Exam:

IBPS SO Prelims Cut Off 2023
Posts	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	HI	OC	VI	ID
I.T. OFFICER	52.75	42.25	54.38	49.75	54.38	14.63	37.88	23.88	21.38
AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER	36.88	34.13	36.88	36.88	36.88	20.13	33.88	31.75	22.38
RAJBHASHA ADHIKARI	12.63	8.88	12.63	12.63	12.63	NA	12.25	11.13	NA
LAW OFFICER	31.63	35.63	32.50	31.88	35.63	15.50	24.75	13.88	NA
HR/PERSONNEL	39.38	39.38	39.38	39.38	39.38	24.38	26.63	22.63	47
MARKETING OFFICER	10.13	9.88	9.38	19.75	20.13	16.75	9.13	14.88	52.75

IBPS SO 2025 Participating Banks

A total of 11 banks are participating in this year's IBPS SO recruitment process which are as follows:

Bank of Baroda
Bank of India
Bank of Maharashtra
Canara Bank
Central Bank of India
Indian Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
Punjab National Bank
Punjab & Sind Bank
UCO Bank
Union Bank of India

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IBPS AFO Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern

IBPS SO 2025- FAQs

Ans. IBPS Specialist Officers (SO) 2025 Prelims exam is scheduled for 22nd and 23rd November 2025.

Ans. IBPS SO 2025 official notification pdf will be released at the official website in September/October 2025.

Ans. Yes, all tests for IBPS SO 2025 will be bilingual, i.e. available in both English and Hindi.

Ans. Yes, there is a negative marking for wrong answers in both preliminary test and mains exam of IBPS SO 2025. One-fourth of the total marks will be deducted for the question marked wrong by the candidate.

Ans. Yes, the sectional timing is fixed for both in Prelims and Mains Exams.

Ans.This year, 896 vacancies for Specialist Officer posts has been announced by IBPS along with the detailed notification.

Ans. Yes, the IBPS SO exam is held every year to recruit eligible candidates for Specialist Officer (SO) posts.

Yes, IBPS SO exam easy to crack. With proper preparation and thorough revisions, you can easily crack the IBPS SO Exam.

Ans. The selection process for the IBPS SO Exam 2025 includes the online preliminary exam, online mains exam, and interview process.

Ans. The candidates from the general category age limit should be between 20 to 30 years old to be eligible to apply online for the IBPS SO Exam 2025.