Institute of Banking Personnel Selection conducts Specialist Officer examination every year. It is conducted for determining eligible candidates for various posts. Lakhs of aspirants who want to make their career in banking, appear for this online examination. To be selected for these posts, they have to appear for written examination and interview. Those candidates who are preparing for IBPS Specialist Officer should be well aware of what will be the cut off they have to clear in order to clear the exam and finally get selected. The previous years cut off will give you an idea what you have to score in order to clear the exam.
Below you will find the cut off marks of IBPS Specialist Officer Exam 2017 2013 2012 2011 and 2015. These will let you understand the pattern of specialist officer exam like how much you need to score in the written test or interview. How much questions you have to do in the written test in order to qualify it.
IBPS SO Cut off 2017
The selection for Interview is based on total weighted score which is = Score obtained in test of Professional Knowledge x 1.6
For IT officer General Category - out of 80 (total weighted score):
For HR/Personnel Officer General Category - out of 80 (total weighted score):
For IT officer General Category - out of 80 (total weighted score):
- Reasoning: 9 marks
- English: 5
- Prof. know.: 13.75
- QA; 8.25
- Required Weighted Score for qualifying exam and shortlisting of interview: 44.4
For HR/Personnel Officer General Category - out of 80 (total weighted score):
- Reasoning: 6.5 marks
- English: 3.5
- Prof. know.: 11
- QA; 6.5
Here are the official cut off marks of IBPS Specialist Officer 2015. These are for written test and they are out of 200.
| Post | UR | OBC | SC | ST | HI | OC | VI |
| IT Officer ( Scale – I) | 66.4 | 61 | 56 | 55.2 | 47.6 | 58 | 54 |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale- I) | 62.6 | 57.6 | 52.4 | 34.8 | 47.8 | 41.6 | 51.4 |
| Law Officer ( Scale- I) | 61.2 | 51.8 | 47.8 | 45.6 | N.A | 43.6 | 45.2 |
| Agriculture Field Officer ( Scale – I) | 68.2 | 48.8 | 47.4 | 42.8 | 28.2 | 41.2 | 44 |
| H.R/ Personnel Officer ( Scale- I) | 65.6 | 56.4 | 53.2 | 51.2 | N.A | 52.6 | 45.2 |
| Marketing Officer ( Scale-I) | 67.6 | 63.6 | 56 | 49.2 | 32.4 | 50.4 | 48.4 |
Below is the final cut off marks of IBPS Specialist Officer exam 2013. The marks are (combined written and interview) out of 100.
2013 FINAL CUT OFF MARKS | ||||
POST | CUT OFF MARKS | |||
GEN | OBC | SC | ST | |
IT OFFICER | 69.8 | 64.6 | 64.2 | 59.2 |
AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER | 48.4 | 50.8 | 45.2 | 42.4 |
RAJBHASHA ADHIKARI | 50.4 | 44.8 | 50.4 | 49.2 |
LAW OFFICER | 65.6 | 60.6 | 57.8 | 57.2 |
TECHNICAL OFFICER | 71.6 | 66.4 | 64.6 | 61.4 |
HR/PERSONNEL OFFICER | 68 | 63.8 | 63.4 | 60.8 |
MARKETING OFFICER | 65.4 | 60.6 | 57.2 | 52.4 |
The below marks are out of 200 in written test of IBPS Specialist Officer 2012.
Post Code
|
Post
|
General
|
SC/ST/OBC/PWD
|
1
|
I.T. Officer (Scale-I)
|
128
|
120
|
2
|
Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
|
112
|
104
|
3
|
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
|
96
|
90
|
4
|
Law Officer (Scale I)
|
121
|
113
|
5
|
Technical Officer (Scale I)
|
120
|
113
|
6
|
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
|
124
|
114
|
7
|
Marketing Officer (Scale I)
|
114
|
107
|
8
|
I.T. Officer (Scale-II)
|
134
|
125
|
9
|
Law Officer (Scale II)
|
121
|
113
|
2012 Exam Analysis -
Posts
|
No. of Candidates Registered
|
Appeared
|
Selected
|
IT Officer
|
194755
|
151058
|
4394
|
Technical Officer
|
56633
|
41760
|
2332
|
Marketing Officer
|
46468
|
34956
|
5775
|
HR/Personal Officer
|
29617
|
21491
|
1130
|
Agricultural Officer
|
20054
|
14217
|
1556
|
Law Officer
|
16445
|
11685
|
562
|
Rajbhasha Adhikari
|
2306
|
1506
|
193
|
IT Officer Scale II
|
24618
|
17766
|
157
|
Total
|
390896
|
294439
|
16099
|
Below is the Cutoff scores of Written Exam of IBPS Specialist Officer exam held in 2011. These marks are out of 200.
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POST
|
CUT OFF SCORES BASED ON TWSS
| |
GEN
|
OBC/SC/ST/PWD
| |
IT OFFICER SCALE 1
|
128
|
120
|
IT OFFICER SCALE 2
|
134
|
125
|
AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER
|
112
|
104
|
RAJBHASHA ADHIKARI
|
96
|
90
|
LAW OFFICER
|
121
|
113
|
TECHNICAL OFFICER
|
120
|
113
|
HR/PERSONNEL OFFICER
|
124
|
114
|
MARKETING OFFICER
|
114
|
107
|