IBPS Clerk exam is conducted every year by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection to recruit clerical posts in 11 public sector banks nationwide. All the public sector banks use CRP as a base to fill the vacancies for this post. Now CRP Clerk shall be read as CRP-CSA (Common Recruitment Process for Recruitment of Customer Service Associates (CSA), IBPS is going to conduct the Clerk exam for the 15th time for FY 2026-27 and hence named CRP CSA-XV.

The detailed notification has been released on 31st July 2025, depicting all important details and notifying a slight change in the mains exam pattern.

The IBPS Clerk exam is conducted on two levels- the preliminary exam and the mains. Students qualifying in both these exams are thus selected for the post. Here, we are discussing the exam notification, application process, syllabus, exam pattern, vacancy, eligibility criteria, selection process, result, salary and other details of the IBPS Clerk 2025 exam.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Notification Out

The IBPS Clerk 2025 Notification PDF for CRP CSA-XV has been released on the official website on 31st July 2025 for the recruitment of 10277 Customer Service Associates (CSA) vacancies in different Public Sector Undertakings banks. Candidates can go through the official notification pdf by clicking the direct link shared below.

IBPS Clerk 2025- Exam Summary

IBPS has announced the important details for Clerical Cadre posts to be recruited for FY 2026-2027 along with the detailed IBPS Clerk Notification 2025. IBPS Clerk is one among the Bank Exams conducted every year, providing opportunities for lakhs of banking aspirants. For more details about IBPS Clerk 2025, go through the summary table below.

IBPS Clerk 2025- Exam Summary Organisation Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)Post Name CRP CSA-XVVacancy10277Participating Banks11Exam Mode Online Recruitment Process Prelims + Main Exams Education Qualification Graduate Age Limit20 years to 28 years Application Fee SC/ST/PWD- Rs.175
General and Others- Rs. 850Official websitewww.ibps.in

IBPS Clerk 2025 Important Dates

The complete schedule for IBPS Clerk 2025 has been notified with the release of the official notification, which has been released on 31st July 2025 on www.ibps.in. The detailed exam schedule is also discussed below for your reference.

IBPS Clerk 2025- Important Dates Events Dates IBPS Clerk Notification 2025 (Short)31st July 2025Apply Online Starts1st August 2025Last Date to Apply Online21st August 2025Conduct of Pre-Exam Training September 2025IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Date 20254th, 5th, 11th October 2025Prelims Result October/November IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Date 202529th November 2025Provisional Allotment March 2026

IBPS Clerk Exam Date 2025 Out

Every year, IBPS announces IBPS Clerk Exam Dates both for prelims and mains exam along with its IBPS Calendar 2025. As per the revised calendar, IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims will be conducted on 4th, 5th, and 11th October 2025 and IBPS Clerk Mains on 29th November 2025.

IBPS Clerk Vacancy 2025

The total number of vacancies for IBPS Clerk 2025 has been announced by IBPS along with the official notification pdf. This year, the total number of vacancies for Clerical Cadre Posts is 10277. You can also check the year-wise vacancy comparison from 2019 to 2025.

• IBPS Clerk Vacancy 2025: 10277

• IBPS Clerk Vacancy 2024: 11826

• IBPS Clerk Vacancy 2023: 4,545

• IBPS Clerk Vacancy 2022: 6,035

• IBPS Clerk Vacancy 2021: 7,855

• IBPS Clerk Vacancy 2020: 2,557

• IBPS Clerk Vacancy 2019: 12,075

IBPS Clerk 2024 State-wise Vacancy

The state-wise & category-wise vacancies for the IBPS Clerk 2025 exam has been released along with the IBPS Clerk Notification and it is updated below. The candidates can have a look at the state-wise 10277 IBPS Clerk Vacancies. This year maximum vacancies have been released for Uttar Pradesh State with 1315 total vacancies.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Vacancy State Wise & Category Wise States Names SCSTOBCEWS General Total Vacancies Andaman & Nicobar----02011013Andhra Pradesh61288435159367Arunachal Pradesh--08--011322Assam11234917104204Bihar44017230161308Chandigarh10--15053363Chhattisgarh2464082099214Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu--0901022335Delhi602811038180416Goa--0713076087Gujarat5210819771325753Haryana25--351371144Himachal Pradesh2703221250114Jammu & Kashmir010514043761Jharkhand0921100858106Karnataka179942821155001170Kerala33018233181330Ladakh--------0505Lakshadweep--01----0607Madhya Pradesh881218560247601Maharashtra113972971095011117Manipur--0702022031Meghalaya--06--011118Mizoram--09--021728Nagaland--09--011727Odisha37512624111249Puducherry01--03011419Punjab79--5324120276Rajasthan54436032139328Sikkim--0202--1620Tamil Nadu1830522788391894Telangana43205623119261Tripura0207--012232Uttar Pradesh280113381325541315Uttarakhand13--080971102West Bengal1212411851226540Total15508132271972467110227

IBPS Clerk 2025 Eligibility Criteria

The candidate must fulfill the following three criteria to be eligible for the IBPS Clerk Exam 2025-

IBPS Clerk Age Limit (as on 01/08/2025)

The candidate must be 20 Years to 28 Years. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1997 and not later than 01.07.2005.

Relaxation of Upper age limit

There is some relaxation of the upper age limit for special category candidates. The details on it are given below:

S No. Category Age relaxation1Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe 5 years2Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) 3 years3Persons With Disabilities 10 years4Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years
(8 years for Disabled Ex Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years5Widows, divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried Age concession up to the age of 35 years for General/EWS,
38 years for OBC and 40 years for SC/ST candidates

IBPS Clerk Educational Qualification (as on 21/08/2025)

A candidate must possess the minimum qualification of Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. The candidate should possess a certificate as proof of passing the qualifying examination.

The candidate must possess a valid mark sheet / Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he/she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.

Computer Literacy: Operating and working knowledge in computer systems is mandatory i.e. candidates should have a Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer operations/Language/ should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/College/Institute.

Proficiency in the Official Language of the State/UT (candidates should know how to read/ write and speak the Official Language of the State/UT) for which vacancies a candidate wishes to apply is preferable.

Nationality / Citizenship

A candidate must be either -
(i) a Citizen of India or
(ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
(v) 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.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Online Application

The dates for the online application process for IBPS Clerk 2025 exam has been officially announced from 1st to 21st August 2025. All interested and eligible candidates have to submit their application form along with the required documents, photographs, signatures & IBPS hand-written declaration to register for the IBPS Clerk 2025 Exam. To learn more about the application process in detail, click on the link mentioned below.

The application for the IBPS Clerk Exam 2025 has to be done online. To avoid any technical errors please make sure that the web browser used to fill up the IBPS Clerk 2025 Application form is one of the following:

• Internet Explorer 8 and above

• Mozilla Fire Fox 3.0 and above

• Google Chrome 3.0 and above

Candidates applying online must have the following pre-requisites:

• A valid Email Id

• Photograph and Signature scanned in the prescribed size

• Application Fee must be paid online so all documents required for online transaction

The IBPS Clerk 2025 application form can only be filled out on the official website.

Before proceeding with the registration and application process, all candidates are requested to go through the complete guide for the IBPS Clerk Online Application.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Application Fee

The category-wise fee structure for the IBPS Clerk online application is given below. Fee/Intimation charges once paid will not be refunded on any account nor can they be held in reserve for any other examination or selection. The application fee must be paid online itself. To know more check the complete guide for IBPS Clerk Application.

S No. Category Application Fee1SC/ST/PWDRs.175/- (Intimation Charges only)2General and OthersRs. 850/- (App. Fee including intimation charges)

Participating Banks in the IBPS Clerk 2025 Exam

The total number of participating banks in IBPS Clerk 2025 recruitment has been reduced. The following is the list of banks participating in the IBPS Clerk 2025 Exam.

Participating Banks in the IBPS Clerk 2025 Exam Bank of BarodaCanara Bank Indian Overseas Bank UCO BankBank of IndiaCentral Bank of IndiaPunjab National Bank Union Bank of India Bank of Maharashtra Indian Bank Punjab & Sind Bank

IBPS Clerk Exam Language

IBPS Clerk Prelims and Mains Exam will now onwards be conducted in 13 regional languages along with English & Hindi. The aim of conducting a clerical exam for recruitment into 12 public sector banks is to promote uniform opportunities to the local youth for employment opportunities and directly connect to the customers through local/regional languages. The state-wise medium of language has been tabulated below.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Medium of Examination States Name Version of tests (Medium of examination)Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Sikkim, English and Hindi Andhra Pradesh English, Hindi and Telugu Assam English, Hindi and Assamese Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu English. Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and Konkani Goa English, Hindi and Konkani Gujarat English, Hindi and Gujarati Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh English, Hindi and Urdu Karnataka English, Hindi, Kannada and Konkani Kerala, Lakshadweep English, Hindi and Malayalam Maharashtra English, Hindi, Marathi and Konkani Manipur English, Hindi and Manipuri Odisha English, Hindi and Odia Puducherry English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam Punjab English, Hindi and Punjabi Tamil Nadu English, Hindi and Tamil Telangana English, Hindi, Telugu and Urdu Tripura, West Bengal English, Hindi and Bengali

IBPS Clerk 2025 Salary Structure

The pay scale of Clerk is Rs. 24050-1340/3-28070-1650/3-33020-2000/4-41020-2340/7-57400- 4400/1-61800-2680/1-64480. Rs. 24050 is the strating basic pay in the IBPS clerk salary, and the remaining pay includes dearness allowance, house rent allowance, medical allowance and transport allowance. The cash in hand concerning the IBPS Clerk salary is Rs. 40000 to Rs. 42000 for those who join initially.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Selection Process

The recruitment process of IBPS CRP CSA-XIV occurs in two phases:

1. Preliminary Examination

2. Mains Examination

Students are required to qualify for both these exams to get selected for the post of clerical cadre in most of the premier Public Sector Banks. The main thing to note here is that there is no interview process required for the selection of candidates after the mains exam. 100% weightage is given to the result of the mains exam result.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Exam Pattern

The IBPS Clerk exam occurs in two stages: Prelims and Mains. Both these papers follow the online method of conducting the written examination. The structure of the exam is as follow:

Phase-1: IBPS Clerk Preliminary Examination

The preliminary exam of IBPS CRP CSA-XIV is an online exam testing a candidate on the basis of their aptitude, intellect and English. There are three sections in total and the candidate must clear the cut-off of each section to proceed to the mains exam round.

Candidates are required to solve the question paper in the time frame of 20 minutes for each section. The composite mark of the paper is 100 and the passing marks is decided by IBPS that is likely to change every year depending on the level of difficulty of the exam.

S.No.Name of Tests No. of Questions Maximum MarksDuration1English Language303020 minutes2Numerical Ability353520 minutes3Reasoning Ability353520 minutesTotal1001001 Hour

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

Phase-2: IBPS Clerk Mains Examination [Revised]

Slights changes have been observed in the Exam Pattern of IBPS Clerk 2025 Mains Exam. IBPS Clerk Mains Exam will now consist of 155 questions and the total marks will remain same i.s. 200. The duration of the exam is reduced to 120 minutes which was previously 160 minutes.

S.No.Name of Tests No. of Questions Maximum MarksDuration1Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude406035 minutes2English Language404035 minutes3Quantitative Aptitude355030 minutes4General/ Financial Awareness405020 minutesTotal190200120 minutes

Penalty for Wrong Answers: There is a penalty for wrong answers marked in both the preliminary examination as well as mains examination. A wrong answer to an objective question will lead to a penalty of one-fourth of the total mark assigned to that question. There will be no penalty for the question left blank or unanswered.

Final Score Calculation for IBPS Clerk Exam:

The final score for the IBPS Clerk exam is calculated keeping the following points in mind:

• Marks obtained in the Preliminary Exam (Phase-1) will not be considered for final selection.

• Candidates must qualify for Phase 2 to be eligible for final merit.

• The aggregate score out of 100 is used for the final merit list for each category. Candidates with top merit rank in each category are finally selected.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Syllabus

The major three sections of the preliminary examination are Reasoning, English Language and Numerical Ability. Each of these sections has multiple subheadings to focus on when preparing for IBPS Clerk CRP. The syllabus overview for IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims and mains exams is given below.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Exam Syllabus (Pre+Mains)

English Language Numerical Ability Reasoning Ability Computer General Awareness Reading Comprehension Number Series Puzzle and Arrangements History and Generation of Computers Banking and Insurance Awareness Cloze Test Simplification/ Approximatily on InequalityIntroduction to Computer Organisation Financial Awareness Fillers Quadratic Equations Syllogism Computer Hardware and I/O Devices Govt. Schemes and Policies Spotting Errors Data Interpretation Coding-Decoding Computer Languages, Basics of DBMS Current Affairs Sentence Improvement Data Sufficiency Blood Relations Operating System, Internet Static Awareness Fill in the Blanks Miscellaneous Direction sense Computer Network & Security Order and Ranking MS Office Suit and Short cut keys Computer Memory, Computer Software Number System and Conversions

IBPS Clerk Pre-Exam Training

The Nodal Banks/ Participating Organisations may arrange pre-examination training for SC/ST/Religious Minority Community candidates at certain centres as per the guidelines issued by the Government of India. Candidates belonging to the above categories can avail the training at their own cost by indicating the same against the relevant column while applying online. Please find below an indicative list of training centers:

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

The Bank may add additional centers or may remove some of the centers indicated for training. Candidates opting 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. No hard copy of the call letter will be sent by post.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Exam Centers

While filling out the online application form you are given the option to choose the center of your preference. However, IBPS can allot you a centre other than the choice made by you if there is non-availability of seats at preferred venues. No complaints will be entertained by IBPS in regard to changes in the exam center.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Exam CentreState/UTPrelims Exam CentersMains Exam CentersAndaman &
NicobarPort BlairPort BlairAndhra PradeshAnanthapur, Chirala, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kakinada, Kadapa, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, VizianagaramGuntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada, VishakhapatnamArunachal PradeshNaharlagunNaharlagunAssamDibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, TezpurGuwahati, SilcharBiharArrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzzafarpur, Patna, PurneaBhagalpur, Darbhanga, Muzzafarpur, PatnaChandigarhChandigarh/MohaliChandigarh/MohaliChhattisgarhBhilai, Bilaspur, RaipurRaipurDadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & DiuSurat, JamnagarSuratDelhiDelhi/New Delhi/Delhi NCR, Faridabad, GhaziabadDelhi/New Delhi/Delhi NCR, Faridabad, GhaziabadGoaPanajiPanajiGujaratAhmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, VadodaraAhmedabad, Gandhinagar, VadodaraHaryanaAmbala, Faridabad, Gurugram, KurukshetraAmbala, Faridabad, GurugramHimachal PradeshBilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, SolanBilaspur, Hamirpur, Shimla, SolanJammu & KashmirJammu, Samba, SrinagarJammu, SrinagarJharkhandDhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, BokaroDhanbad, Jamshedpur, RanchiKarnatakaBengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Davangere, Gulbarga, Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, UdupiBengaluru, HubliDharwad, MangaloreKeralaAlappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, ThrissurKochi, Kozhikode, ThiruvananthapuramLadakhLehLehLakshadweepKavarattiKavarattiMadhya PradeshBhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, UjjainBhopal, Indore, GwaliorMaharashtraAmravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai/ MMR, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, SolapurChhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad) , Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai/ MMR, Nagpur, PuneManipurImphalImphalMeghalayaShillongShillongMizoramAizawlAizawlNagalandKohimaKohimaOdishaBalasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, SambalpurBhubaneshwarPuducherryPuducherryPuducherryPunjabAmritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, PatialaJalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, PatialaRajasthanAjmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, UdaipurJaipur, Jodhpur, UdaipurSikkimBardang/ GangtokBardang/ GangtokTamil NaduChennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, VirudhunagarChennai, Madurai, TirunelveliTelanganaHyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, WarangalHyderabad, KarimnagarTripuraAgartalaAgartalaUttar PradeshAgra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/ Greater Noida, Prayagraj(Allahabad), Sitapur, VaranasiGhaziabad, Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj(Allahabad), VaranasiUttarakhandDehradun, Haldwani, RoorkeeDehradunWest BengalAsansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, SiliguriAsansol, Greater Kolkata, Kalyani Siliguri

IBPS Clerk 2025 Admit Card & Call Letter

Candidates must download the IBPS Clerk 2025 admit card from the official website of the bank as the hard copy of the IBPS Clerk Admit Card will not be sent to the candidate via post. To login on to the official website, the candidates will require the following:

• Registration No/Roll No

• Date of Birth/ Password

The admit card will be made available 10 to 15 days before the IBPS Clerk 2025 Exam. The admit card or call letter for IBPS Clerk 2025 will be issued in 2 phases:

• Online Preliminary Examination

• Online Mains Examination

The link to download the admit card will be provided on this page. Candidates are advised to check the details on the admit card before downloading it.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Result

IBPS will declare the results after the completion of each phase of the examination. The final state-wise merit list and category-wise merit list shall be prepared in descending order of the marks secured by candidates in their online mains examination. Candidates who fall in the prescribed merit list will then be considered for appointment for the post of clerk in Banks.

IBPS Clerk Preparation

The preparation of the IBPS Clerk CRP exam must be done judiciously keeping in mind the latest pattern and the syllabus of the exam. Since the syllabus covers a large number of topics, the candidates must choose the right set of books to prepare for their examination. Candidates must also go through previous years’ IBPS Clerk question papers in order to acclimatize to the change in the pattern of the exam and to know the sections from which the questions are majorly asked in the exam. Apart from test series, you can also join any Coaching or online test series for self-assessment and better exam preparation.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Coaching

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Career Power provides online test series for various banks and SSC exams like IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, BANK PO, SBI PO, RBI, NABARD, PSU Banks etc. These test series are well researched and perfectly emulated for the exact exam pattern. Practice Papers are prepared to keep in mind last year's exam pattern and expected changes in the pattern and level of questions.

IBPS Clerk 2025 Cut Off

IBPS releases the IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut-Off & Score Card post the declaration of its result. Candidates can check the cut-off by clicking on the link mentioned below. The Prelims Cut-Off and Score Card will help candidates analyze their score and compare with the score of other candidates.

Let's have a look at the IBPS Clerk's previous year's cut-off: General Category

IBPS Clerk Prelims Cut-Off 2024States/ UT General EWS /SC/OBC/ST Andhra Pradesh77.5 Arunachal Pradesh71 Assam83.75OBC- 82.25
SC- 81.25Bihar79.5OBC- 79.5Chhattisgarh77OBC-77Chandigarh81.50 Delhi80.75SC-75.25
OBC- 78.25Gujarat77.25ST- 67.75Goa OBC- 68Himachal Pradesh ST- 83Haryana83 J & K86.25 Jharkhand 83.5 Kerala OBC- 81Madhya Pradesh73SC- 74.5Maharashtra73ST- 69.50Manipur OBC-70.25Meghalaya ST- 73.50Odisha86.75 Punjab81.25SC- 70
OBC-79.75Rajasthan83.25EWS- 83.25Karnataka64.75 Telangana68.25 Uttar Pradesh79OBC- 79
SC- 70.75
ESM- 56Uttarakhand West Bengal87.75SC- 80.25Tamil Nadu OBC- 63.25Tripura80.25ST- 71Sikkim41 Lakshadweep