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Institute of Banking Personnel Selection 
COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION [CWE] FOR RECRUITMENT OF
PROBATIONARY OFFICERS/ MANAGEMENT TRAINEES IN 19 PUBLIC 
SECTOR BANKS 
IBPS House, Post Box no. 8587, Kandivali (E), Mumbai 400 101  
Email: common@ibpsorg.org   Website:www.ibps.in 
The Banking sector in India is poised for a high trajectory growth with prospects for a bright career  to 
thousands of new entrants. Here is a unique opportunity for aspirants for a career in 19 Public Sector Banks 
through a Single Common Examination 
A Common Written Examination (CWE) will be conducted by the Institute of 
Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) as a pre-requisite for selection of personnel for 
Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee posts in the Public Sector Banks 
mentioned below.  
This system of Common Examination for recruitment of Probationary Officers/ 
Management Trainees has been approved by each of the 19 participating Public Sector 
Banks and the Managing Committee of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) with the 
consent of the Government of India. 
  
IBPS, an autonomous body registered under Societies Registration Act 1860 and a 
Public Trust under Bombay Public Trust Act 1950, has been authorised by IBA and has 
received a mandate from the 19 Public Sector Banks  listed below to conduct the 
Common Written Examination. The CWE for Probationary Officer/ Management 
Trainee posts will be conducted twice a year by IBPS.
A PARTICIPATING BANKS 
Allahabad Bank Indian Overseas Bank 
Andhra Bank Oriental Bank of Commerce 
Bank of Baroda Punjab National Bank 
Bank of India Punjab & Sind Bank 
Bank of Maharashtra Syndicate Bank 
Canara Bank Union Bank of India 
Central Bank of India  United Bank of India 
Corporation Bank UCO Bank 
Dena Bank Vijaya Bank 
Indian Bank 
An individual who aspires to join any of the above  Public Sector Banks as a 
Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee will necessarily be required to take the 
CWE. Prospective candidates who wish to appear for  the CWE will have to apply to 
IBPS and should carefully read the advertisement regarding eligibility criteria, online 
registration process, pattern of examination, issuance of call letters and score cards.  
Candidates who appear for the CWE will be able to check their status after the 
examination. Scorecards will be issued to candidates who secure minimum qualifying 
marks and above in each test of the examination.  2 
Each participating Public Sector Bank will independently issue a separate recruitment 
notification, specifying their vacancies and stipulating the eligibility criteria in terms of 
age, educational qualification, experience (if any), minimum required level of IBPS 
score in each component test plus Total Weighted Score (if any) etc.  
Successful candidates in the CWE who have been issued scorecards and who meet the 
stipulated eligibility criteria are then required to apply to any of the participating banks 
they wish to, quoting their personal details and their CWE scores. Each bank will then 
individually shortlist candidates and carry out their own selection processes such as 
Group Discussions and/ or Interviews etc. for final selection. 
B. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (as on 01.07.2011) 
Please note that the eligibility criteria specified is the basic criteria for applying to 
various Public Sector Banks. However merely applying for CWE/ appearing for 
the examination does not imply that a candidate will necessarily be eligible for 
employment in all or any of the 19 Public Sector Banks as each Bank will stipulate 
its own eligibility/ qualifying criteria. 
Prospective Candidates should ensure that they fulfill the specified eligibility criteria 
before applying for the Common Written Examination (CWE): 
I. 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 1
st
 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, 
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 (As on 01.07.2011):   
Minimum: 20 Years   Maximum: 30 Years 
The maximum age limit specified is applicable to General Category candidates. 
Relaxation of Upper age limit 
Sr. 
No.
                   Category Age relaxation 
1 Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe  5 years 
2 Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) 3 years
3 Persons With Disabilities 10 years 
4 Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers 
including Emergency Commissioned Officers 
(ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers 
(SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years 
military service and have been released on 
5 years 3 
completion of assignment (including those whose 
assignment is due to be completed within the 
stipulated time) otherwise than by way of 
dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct 
or inefficiency or physical disability attributable
to military service or invalidment 
5 Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir 
Division of the State of Jammu & Kashmir 
during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 
5 years 
6 Persons affected by 1984 riots 5 years 
7 Persons who have completed 5 years of service in 
RRBs 
5 year

NOTE:  (i)  In case of a candidate who is eligible for relaxation under more than one of the 
above categories the age relaxation will be available on a cumulative basis with 
any one of the remaining categories for which age relaxation is permitted as 
mentioned above. 
              (ii)   Candidates seeking age relaxation will be required to submit copies of necessary 
certificate(s) at the time of Interview conducted by a particular Bank, if called 
by the Bank  
(iii) Ex-Servicemen candidates who have already secured employment under the Central 
Government in Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ will be permitted the benefit of age relaxation as 
prescribed for Ex-Servicemen for securing another employment in a higher grade or 
cadre in Group ‘C’/ ‘D’ under the Central Government. However, such candidates 
will not be eligible for the benefit of reservation for Ex-Servicemen in Central 
Government jobs. 
DEFINITION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
Under Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of 
Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995 only such persons would be eligible for reservation 
who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability and are certified by a Medical Board 
appointed by the Central/State Govt.
Accordingly, candidates with the following disabilities are eligible to apply. Applicants 
claiming such benefits should produce certificate in original in support of their claim at 
the time of Interview conducted by a particular Bank, if called by the Bank 
Visually Impaired  (VI) 
Blindness refers to  condition where a person suffers from any of the following 
conditions namely (1) Total absence of sight,  (ii)  Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or  
20/200 (snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses.  (iii) Limitation of the field of 
vision subtending in angle of 20 degrees or worse. 
Low vision means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment 
or standard refractive connection but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision 
for the planning of execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.  
Deaf & Hearing Impaired (HI)  
The deaf are those persons in whom the sense of hearing is non- functional for ordinary 
purposes of life i.e. total loss of hearing in both ears. They do not hear, understand 
sounds at all even with amplified speech. Hearing impairment means loss of sixty 
decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies. 4 
Orthopaedically Challenged (OC) 
Locomotor Disability means disability of bones, joints or muscles leading to substantial 
restriction of the movement of the limbs or any form of cerebral palsy. 
Cerebral Palsy means a group of non-progressive conditions of person characterized by 
abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the 
pre-natal, peri-natal or infant period of development. 
All the cases of Orthopaedically Challenged Persons would be covered under the 
category of ‘Locomotor disability or cerebral palsy’.   
Guidelines for Persons With Disabilities using a Scribe
The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is affected by 
cerebral palsy can use their own scribe at their cost during the written examination. In all 
such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply: 
The candidate will have to arrange his own scribe at his/her own cost. 
The academic qualification of the scribe should be one grade lower than the stipulated 
criteria. 
The scribe should posses lesser marks than the candidates and not more than 60% marks 
in his/her own academic stream.  
The scribe may be from any academic stream. 
 Both the candidates as well as scribes will have to give a suitable undertaking 
confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe 
mentioned above.  Further in case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfill any laid 
down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts the candidature of the applicant will 
stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the written examination.  
Such candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes for every 
hour of the examination.   
  
C.  EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (as on 01.07.2011) 
A degree in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification 
recognized as such by the Central Government. 
 D. WRITTEN EXAMINATION    
  Written Examination Structure:- 
Sr. 
No. 
Name of Tests (Objective) No. of 
Questions 
Maximum 
Marks 
Duration 
1 Reasoning  50 50  
Composite 
Time of 
150 minutes 
2 English Language 50 25 
3 Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 
4 General Awareness  
(with special reference to Banking Industry)  
50 50 
5 Computer Knowledge 50 50 
             Descriptive Paper on English Composition 
             (Essay, Précis, Letter Writing etc) 
 25 60 Minutes 
 Total  250 250  
The above tests except the Test of English Language and Descriptive Paper on English 
Composition will be printed bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi. 
The Descriptive Papers of only those candidates who secure minimum qualifying 
marks in each of the objective tests will be evaluated.  5 
Other detailed information regarding the written examination will be given in an 
Information Handout, on IBPS website which will be made available for  the 
candidates to download along with the call letter. 
E. PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS 
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Test. 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 the total of the penalty for a test is in fraction, the marks obtained will be 
rounded off to the nearest integer, i.e. if fraction exceeds by 0.50 or more, it will be 
rounded off to next higher integer. If for any question a candidate gives more than one 
answer, it will be treated as wrong even if one of the given answers happens to be right 
and there will be the same penalty of 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question 
deducted as penalty. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, 
there will be no penalty for that question. 
F. STANDARDIZED SCORES 
The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates will further be converted into 
standardized scores following Linear Conversion Method. 
G. CUTOFF SCORE 
Each candidate will have to secure a minimum standardized score in each of the tests to 
qualify in the written examination and to be considered for vacancies in the participating 
banks. The cut-off points will be decided based on the average (Average – ¼ Standard 
Deviation for General category candidates and Average – ¾ Standard Deviation for 
Reserved Category candidates). 
H. CWE SCORE CARD 
IBPS will print the Score Cards for each of the qualifying candidates and will send the 
same by Registered/ Speed post to each candidate at the correspondence address 
specified in his/ her online application. 
I. VALIDITY OF CWE SCORE CARD 
Score Cards issued by IBPS will be valid for one year from the date of issue of the Score 
Card. 
Candidates can appear in subsequent examination(s) to enhance their scores if they so 
desire. 
J. EXAMINATION CENTERS 
(i) The written examination will be conducted in venues across many centres in 
India. The list of Written Examination centres is available in Annexure I.  6 
(ii) IBPS, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Examination Centres and/ 
or add some other Centres, depending upon the response, administrative 
feasibility, etc.  
(iii) As far as possible candidates will be allotted to a centre of his/her choice 
however IBPS also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any of the Centre 
other than the one he/she has opted for.  
(iv) Candidate will appear in the written examination from a Examination Centre at 
his/her own risks and expenses and IBPS will not be responsible for any injury or 
losses etc. of any nature.  
(v) No request for change of centre for Written Examination shall be entertained. 
K. PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING 
It is proposed to impart Pre-Examination Training to a limited number of 
candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes/Minority 
Communities at some centers viz. Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, 
Allahabad, Aurangabad, Balasore, Bareilly, Bhubaneshwar, Behrampur 
(Ganjam), Bhopal, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, 
Dhanbad, Gulbarga, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Hubli, 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, Siliguri, Shillong, Thiruchirapalli, 
Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Varanasi, Vadodara, Vijaywada and 
Vishakhapatnam .  
All eligible candidates who wish to avail of Pre-Examination Training should fill 
in the relevant column in the ON-LINE APPLICATION. All expenses regarding 
traveling, boarding, lodging etc. will have to be borne by the candidate for 
attending the pre-examination training programme at the designated Centers. 
IBPS, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Pre- Examination Training 
Centres and/ or add some other Centres, depending upon the response, 
administrative feasibility, etc.  
Merely attending Pre-Examination Training does not  necessarily imply a 
candidate’s right to be selected in any of the 19 participating Public Sector Bnaks 
mentioned. 
L. HOW TO APPLY 
Candidates can apply online only from 09.07.2011 to 01.08.2011 and no other mode 
of application will be accepted.  
Pre-Requisites for Applying Online 
Before applying online, candidates should  
(i) scan their photograph and signature ensuring that both the photograph and 
signature are within the required specifications as given in Annexure II. 
(ii) keep the application fee remittance details (Transaction details such as NEFT 
UTR No., IFSC Code etc.) ready in case of cash payment through NEFT enabled 
branches of any of the 19 PSBs named/ Keep the necessary details/documents 
ready in order to make online payment of the requisite application fee.   7 
(iii) have a valid personal email ID, which should be kept active till the declaration of 
results of this round of CWE. IBPS may send call letters for Pre-Examination 
Training, Written Examination etc. through the registered e-mail ID. Under no 
circumstances, a candidate should share/mention e-mail ID to / of any other 
person. In case a candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he/she 
should create his/her new e-mail ID before applying on-line and must maintain 
that email account. 
Application Fees/ Intimation Charges (Payable from  08.07.2011 and 30.07.2011 
both dates inclusive)
-  Rs. 50/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates. 
-  Rs.450/- for all others 
Transaction charges for NEFT/ Online Payment will have to be borne by the candidate
Mode of Payment
Candidates have the option of: 
(1) ONLINE MODE of payment of requisite fees   
or  
(2) OFFLINE MODE i.e. payment of fees through NEFT enabled branches of the 19 
named Public Sector Banks  
  
(1) Payment of fees via the ONLINE MODE  
(i) The application form is integrated with the payment gateway and the payment 
process can be completed by following the instructions.  
(ii) The payment can be made by using only Master/ Visa Debit or Credit cards or 
Internet Banking by providing information as asked on the screen.  
(iii) On successful completion of the transaction, an e-receipt will be generated.  
(iv)Candidates are required to take a print of the e-receipt which will have to be 
submitted with the Call Letter at the time of written examination. 
Note: 
•    After submitting your payment information in the online application form, please wait for the 
intimation from the server,  DO NOT press back or Refresh button in order to avoid double 
charge  
•   For Credit Card users: All prices are listed in Indian Rupee. If you use a non-Indian credit card, your 
bank will convert to your local currency based on prevailing exchange rates. 
•      To ensure the security of your data, please close the browser window once your transaction is 
         completed. 
(2) OFFLINE MODE: Payment of Fees through NEFT enabled branches of the 19 
named Public Sector Banks  
- Candidates are required to fill the NEFT voucher as required by the Bank with 
beneficiary details as follows. 
Name of the Account : IBPS CWE- Officers’ Cadre- 2011  
Account Number         : 005120110000667 
Payee Bank           : Bank of India    
IFSC Code            : BKID0000051  
- Candidates can then make payment of the requisite fee.  
- The NEFT payment receipt must be collected from the Bank where payment has 
been made.  8 
- Candidates should check that the receipt is properly signed and the details of NEFT 
UTR NO., IFSC code of the sending Bank branch, Name of the sending Bank, City 
name, Deposit date,   Amount etc. are noted in the NEFT Payment Receipt by the 
Branch authorities. 
Candidates are required to submit the NEFT receipt  along with the Call Letter at the 
time of written examination 
Filling in the Online Application 
Please note that all the particulars mentioned in the online application including 
Name of the Candidate, Category, Date of birth, Address, Email ID, Centre of 
Examination etc. will be considered as final and no modifications will be allowed 
after the last date specified for Editing/ Updating the same. Candidates are hence 
requested to fill in the online application form with the utmost care as no 
correspondence regarding change of details will be entertained. 
(1) Candidates are first required to go to the IBPS’s website www.ibps.in and click on 
the Home Page to open the link “Common Written Examination”  
(2) Candidate is now ready to apply Online by clicking on the option “CLICK HERE 
TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CWE- PROBATIONARY OFFICER/ MANAGEMENT 
TRAINEES SEPTEMBER 2011” to open up the On-Line Application Form.  
(3) In case candidates are remitting their application  fees through NEFT, 
candidates will have to enter their basic details including fee payment details 
and upload the photograph and signature in the online application form. 
However in case of payment of fees through ONLINE Payment Mode the 
Application Format will consist of an additional page.  
(4) Candidates are required to upload their photograph  and signature as per the 
specifications given in the Guidelines for Scanning and Upload of Photograph 
and Signature (Annexure II).
(5) Candidates should carefully fill in the details in  the On-Line Application at the 
appropriate places very carefully and click on the “SUBMIT” button at the end of 
the On-Line Application format. Before pressing the “SUBMIT” button, candidates 
are advised to verify every particular filled in the application. The name of the 
candidate or his /her father/husband etc. should be spelt correctly in the application 
as it appears in the certificates/mark sheets. Any  change/alteration found may 
disqualify the candidature.  
(6) After upload of photograph and signature, in case of candidates who have paid the 
requisite application fee through NEFT, a Registration Number and Password will be 
generated. Candidates should note their Registration Number and Password for 
future reference. 
     OR 
In case candidates wish to pay fees through the online payment gateway after the 
upload of photograph and signature an additional page of the application form is 
displayed wherein candidates may follow the instructions and fill in the requisite 
details.  9 
If the online transaction has been successfully completed a Registration Number and 
Password will be generated. Candidates should note their Registration Number and 
Password for future reference.  
If the online transaction has not been successfully completed then the following 
message is displayed ‘Your online transaction was unsuccessful. Please register 
again’ Candidates may then revisit the ‘Apply Online’ link and fill in their 
application details again. 
(7) After applying on-line, the candidate should immediately take a printout of the 
system generated on-line application form, ensure the particulars filled in are 
accurate and retain it for future reference. They should not send this print out to 
the IBPS. 
(8) No acknowledgment will be given for online registration. However a Registration 
Number and Password will be generated and an email/ sms intimation will be sent to 
the candidate’s email ID/ Mobile Number specified in the   online application form.
If candidates do not receive the email and sms intimations at the email ID/ 
Mobile number specified by them, they may consider  that their online 
application has not been successfully registered.
(9) An online application which is incomplete in any respect such as without the 
photograph and signature uploaded in the online application form will not be 
considered valid. 
(10) Request for change/correction in any particulars in the Application Form 
shall not be entertained under any circumstances AFTER THE LAST DATE 
FOR Editing/ Updating application details specified. IBPS will not be 
responsible for any consequences arising out of furnishing of incorrect and 
incomplete details in the application or omission to provide the required details 
in the application form.
(11) Candidates are advised in their own interest to apply on-line much before the 
closing date and not to wait till the last date for depositing the fee to avoid the 
possibility of disconnection/inability/failure to log on the IBPS’s website on 
account of heavy load on internet/website jam. 
(12) IBPS does not assume any responsibility for the candidates not being able to 
submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid 
reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the IBPS.  
(13) Please note that the above procedure is the only valid procedure for applying.  
No other mode of application or incomplete steps would be accepted and such 
applications would be rejected.
(14) Any information submitted by an applicant in his/ her application will bind the 
candidate personally and if found to be false shall be liable for prosecution apart 
from consequences in civil law as may be deemed requisite. 10 
Note: There is a provision to modify the submitted Online Application. Candidates 
are requested to make use of this facility to correct their details in the Online 
Application if any. This modification facility will be available up to 03.08.2011. 
After this date, no modification will be permitted. Candidates should take utmost 
care while filling in the Online Application. Please note that no modification in fee 
payment details will be permitted for candidates who pay fees through the online 
mode. 
M. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS   
(1) Candidates have to submit the original fee payment receipt (e-receipt/ NEFT payment 
Receipt) and the written examination call letter at the time of written examination.  
(2) Before applying for the CWE for Probationary Officer/ Mangement Trainee posts in the 
19 participating Public Sector Banks, the candidate should ensure that he/she fulfils the 
eligibility and other norms mentioned in this advertisement. Candidates are therefore to 
carefully read this advertisement and follow all the instructions given for submitting 
online application.  
(3) IBPS would be free to reject any application, at any stage of the process, if the candidate 
is found ineligible as per the stipulated eligibility criteria.  Decision of the IBPS in all 
matters regarding eligibility of the candidate, the stages at which such scrutiny of 
eligibility is to be undertaken, qualifications and other eligibility norms, the documents 
to be produced for the purpose of the conduct of Written Examination etc. and any other 
matter relating to the CWE will be final and binding on the candidate.  No 
correspondence or personal enquiries shall be entertained by the IBPS in this behalf.  
(4) Not more than one application should be submitted by any candidate. Multiple 
Applications/Registrations will be summarily rejected and the application fee forfeited.  
(5) Online applications once registered will not be allowed to be withdrawn and/or the 
application fee, intimation charges once paid will not be refunded nor be held in reserve 
for any other examination.  
(6) Any resulting dispute arising out of this advertisement including the recruitment   
process shall be subject to the sole jurisdiction of the Courts situated at Mumbai.  
(7) No candidate is permitted to use or have possession of Calculators, Mobile Phones, 
Pagers or any other instruments/ electronic devices in the Examination Hall.   
(8) Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification.   
(9) In case it is detected at any stage that a candidate does not fulfill the eligibility norms 
and/or that he/she has furnished any incorrect/false information/certificate/documents or 
has suppressed any material fact(s), his/her candidature will stand cancelled.  If any of 
these shortcomings is/are detected even after appointment in a Bank, his/her services are 
liable to be terminated.  
(10) Any request for change of address will not be entertained.   
(11) In case any dispute arises on account of interpretation of version other than English, 
English version available on IBPS website will prevail.  
(12) A Candidate’s admission to the examination is strictly provisional. The mere fact that 
the call letter has been issued to the candidate does not imply that his/ her candidature 
has been finally cleared by the IBPS.  11 
(13) Candidates should ensure that the signatures appended by them in all the places viz. in 
their call letter, attendance sheet etc. and in all correspondences with the IBPS/ Bank in 
future should be identical and there should be no variation of any kind. 
N. Action Against Candidates Found Guilty of Misconduct
Candidates are advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any particulars 
that are false, tampered, fabricated and should not suppress any material information 
while submitting online application. At the time of written examination, if a candidate is 
(or has been ) found guilty of – (i) using unfair means during the examination or 
subsequent selection procedure or (ii) impersonating or procuring impersonation by any 
person or (iii) misbehaving in the examination hall or taking away the question booklet 
(or any part thereof ) / answer sheet from the examination hall or (iv) resorting to any 
irregular or improper means in connection with his/ her candidature for selection or (v) 
obtaining support for his/ her candidature by unfair means, such a candidate may, in 
addition to rendering himself/ herself liable to criminal prosecution, be liable : 
To be disqualified from the examination for which he/ she is a candidate. 
To be debarred either permanently or for a specified period from any examination 
conducted by IBPS. 
For termination of service, if he/ she has already joined any Bank.   
The IBPS would be analyzing the responses of a candidate with other candidates to 
detect patterns of similarity, if as per the laid down procedure, it is suspected that the 
responses have been shared and scores obtained are  not genuine/ valid, the IBPS 
reserves right to cancel his/ her candidature. 
O. CALL LETTERS FOR WRITTEN EXAMINATION  
The date of the Written Examination has been tentatively fixed for 18.09.2011 (Sunday). 
However, the date of Examination shall be intimated in the Call Letter along with the 
Centre/Venue address.  
All eligible candidates should download their call letter and Information Handout from 
the IBPS’s website www.ibps.in  by entering his / her details registration Number and 
Password/Date of Birth, after 04.09.2011. No hard copy of the call letter/ Information 
Handout will be sent by post.  
Candidates have to bring their call letter along with Original Fee Payment Receipt 
(e-receipt/ NEFT payment Receipt)   and their photo identity proof in original as 
well as a photocopy while attending the written examination and will have to 
submit Original Fee Payment Receipt (e-receipt/ NEFT payment Receipt)    and 
photocopy of the photo identity proof along with Examination Call Letter. 
Identity Verification
In the examination hall, the call letter along with the Original Fee Payment Receipt (ereceipt/ NEFT payment Receipt) and a self attested photocopy of the candidate’s photo 
identity such as PAN Card/ Passport/ Driver’s Licence/ Voter’s Card/ Bank Passbook 
with photograph/ Photo identity proof issued by a Gazzetted Officer/ People’s 12 
Representative along with a photograph should be submitted to the invigilator for 
verification. The candidate’s identity will be verified with respect to his/her details on 
the call letter and in the Attendance List. If identity of the candidate is in doubt the 
candidate may not be allowed to appear for the Written Examination.  
This advertisement is also available on IBPS’s website address www.ibps.in  
Candidates are advised to remain in touch with IBPS’s website for any information 
which may be put for further guidance. 
Decision of the IBPS in respect of all matters pertaining to this examination would be 
final and binding on all candidates. 
Start date for Online Registration 09.07.2011  
Payment of Application Fees 08.07.2011 to 30.07.2011  
(both dates inclusive) 
Last date for Online Registration 01.08.2011 
Last date for Editing Application Details 03.08.2011 
Download of Call letter for Written Examination After 04.09.2011 
Written Examination 18.09.2011 
(IBPS)   
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ANNEXURE I 
EXAMINATION CENTERS 
The written examination will be held at the following centers and the address of the 
venue will be advised in the call letters: 
State Code State /UT Centre 
11 Andaman & Nicobar Port Blair 
12 Andhra Pradesh Guntur 
Hyderabad 
Karimnagar 
Rajahmundry 
Tirupati 
Vijaywada 
Vishakhapatnam 
13 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar 
14 Assam Dibrugarh 
Guwahati 
Jorhat  
Silchar 
15 Bihar Bhagalpur  
Muzaffarpur 
Patna 
16 Chandigarh Chandigarh 
17 Chattisgarh Raipur 
18 Dadra & Nagar Haveli Bulsar 
19 Daman & Diu Bulsar 
Jamnagar 
20 Goa Panaji 
21 Gujarat  Ahmedabad 
Bhavnagar 
Bulsar 
Jamnagar  
Rajkot 
Surat 
Vadodara 
22 Haryana Hissar 
Karnal 
Panchkula 
Rohtak 
23 Himachal Pradesh Dharamsala 
Mandi 
Shimla 
24 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu 
25 Jharkhand Bokaro  
Dhanbad 
Jamshedpur 
Ranchi 
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26 Karnataka Belgaum 
Bengaluru 
Gulbarga 
Hubli 
Mangalore  
Mysore 
27 Kerala  Kannur 
Kochi 
Kottayam 
Kozhikode 
Thrichur 
Thiruvananthapuram 
28 Lakshwadweep Kavarrati 
29 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal 
Gwalior  
Indore 
Jabalpur 
30 Maharashtra Aurangabad 
Kolhapur 
Mumbai 
Nagpur  
Nasik 
Pune 
Solapur 
31 Manipur Imphal 
32 Meghalaya Shillong 
33 Mizoram Aizawl 
34 Nagaland Kohima 
35 New Delhi New Delhi 
36 Orissa Balasore 
Berhampur(Ganjam) 
Bhubaneshwar 
Cuttack 
Sambalpur 
37 Puducherry Puducherry 
38 Punjab Amritsar 
Bhatinda 
Jalandhar 
Ludhiana 
Mohali 
Patiala 
38 Rajasthan Ajmer  
Jaipur 
Jodhpur 
Kota 
Udaipur 
40 Sikkim Gangtok 
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41 Tamilnadu Chennai 
Coimbatore 
Madurai 
Salem 
Thiruchirapalli 
Tirunelvelli 
42 Tripura Agartala 
43 Uttar Pradesh Agra 
Allahabad 
Bareilly 
Gorakhpur 
Kanpur 
Lucknow 
Meerut 
Varanasi 
44 Uttarakhand Dehradun 
Rudrapur 
45 West Bengal Berhampur (West Bengal) 
Durgapur 
Kolkata 
Siliguri 
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Annexure II 
Guidelines for scanning and Upload of Photograph & Signature 
Before applying online a candidate will be required to have a scanned (digital) image of 
his/her photograph and signature as per the specifications given below. 
Photograph Image:  
- Photograph must be a recent passport style colour picture.  
- Make sure that the picture is in colour, taken against a light-coloured, preferably 
white, background.  
- Look straight at the camera with a relaxed face   
- If the picture is taken on a sunny day, have the sun behind you, or place yourself in 
the shade, so that you are not squinting and there are no harsh shadows  
- If you have to use flash, ensure there's no "red-eye"  
- If you wear glasses make sure that there are no reflections and your eyes can be 
clearly seen.  
- Caps, hats and dark glasses are not acceptable. Religious headwear is allowed but it 
must not cover your face.  
- Dimensions 200 x 230 pixels (preferred)   
- Size of file should be between 20kb–50 kb  
- Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 50kb. If the size of the file 
is more than 50 kb, then adjust the settings of the scanner such as the DPI resolution, 
no. of colours etc., during the process of scanning. 
Signature Image:   
- The applicant has to sign on white paper with Black Ink pen.  
- The signature must be signed only by the applicant and not by any other person.  
- The signature will be used to put on the Hall Ticket and wherever necessary.  
- If    the Applicant’s signature on the answer script, at the time of the examination, 
does not match the signature on the Hall Ticket, the applicant will be disqualified.    
- Dimensions 140 x 60 pixels (preferred)  
- Size of file should be between 10kb – 20kb  
- Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 20kb 
Scanning the photograph & signature: 
- Set the scanner resolution to a minimum of 200 dpi (dots per inch)  
- Set Color to True Color   
- File Size as specified above  
- Crop the image in the scanner to the edge of the photograph/signature, then use the 
upload editor to crop the image to the final size (as specified above).  
- The image file should be JPG or JPEG format. An example file name is : 
image01.jpg or image01.jpeg  Image dimensions can be checked by listing the folder 
files or moving the mouse over the file image icon.
- Candidates using MS Windows/MSOffice can easily obtain photo and signature in 
.jpeg  format not exceeding 50kb & 20kb respectively by using MS Paint or 
MSOffice Picture Manager. Scanned photograph and signature  in any format can be 
saved in .jpg format by using ‘Save As’ option in the File menu and size can be 
reduced below 50 kb (photograph) & 20 kb(signature) by using crop and then resize 17 
option (Please see point (i) & (ii) above for the pixel size) in the ‘Image’ menu. 
Similar options are available in other photo editor also.  
- If the file size and format are not as prescribed, an error message will be displayed.  
- While filling in the Online Application Form the candidate will be provided with a 
link to upload his photograph and signature.  
Procedure for Uploading the Photograph and Signature 
- There will be two separate links for uploading Photograph and Signature  
- Click on the respective link “Upload Photograph / Signature”  
- Browse and Select the location where the Scanned Photograph / Signature file has 
been saved.  
- Select the file by clicking on it  
- Click the ‘Open/Upload’ button  
Your Online Application will not be registered unless you upload your photograph 
and signature as specified. 
Note: 
(1) In case the face in the photograph or signature is unclear the candidate’s 
application may be rejected.  
(2) After registering online candidates are advised to take a printout of their system 
generated online application forms.  
(3) In case the photograph or signature is unclear, the candidate may edit his/ her 
application and re-upload his/ her photograph or signature. 
  

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