BANK PROMOTION EXAM DATE 2024, SYLLABUS, AND STUDY MATERIAL
Bank Promotion Exams 2024 are conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection or IBPS (a govt. owned personnel recruitment agency).
These exams are actually conducted for various Public Sector Banks (PSBs) as well as Rural Sector Banks (RRBs) like SBI, Associate Banks of SBI, Reserve Bank of India, National Bank for Rural & Agriculture Development, Small Industries Development Bank of India, few co-operative Banks, LIC & some insurance companies who the members of IBPS .
Because promotions are sought after by most banking personnel, bankers usually go for the merit channel instead of waiting it out (seniority). By getting good scores in BANK PROMOTION EXAMS, one can easily ace up the scales very quickly.
These Exams are conducted for the various posts in Banks for the position of Bank Clerks, Probationary Officers (PO), Specialist Officers (SO), Office Assistants (SCALE-I), Assistant Managers (SCALE-II) & Managers (SCALE-III), Chief Managers (SCALE-IV), Assistant General Manager (SCALE-V), etc.
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BANK PROMOTION 2024 EXAM NOTIFICATION
The notifications for the BANK PROMOTION 2024 EXAMS of different banks get notified at their different dates. Usually, the bank promotion notifications are notified by the Human Resource Department from where the employees can check out their upcoming Bank Promotion exams & registration dates.
It will probably cover all the details related to the number of posts, criteria, syllabus, application procedure and date of exams, etc.
ELIGIBILITY for BANK PROMOTIONS 2024
| POST | CRITERIA |
| Bank Clerk to Officer | As per the general trend, the eligibility for bank clerical to officer scale – 1 is 2-3 years of experience & if you have already cleared JAIIB and CAIIB exams, you get 1 year of seniority for passing the JAIIB as well as for the CAIIB (i.e 2 Years if you have cleared both JAIIB and CAIIB) |
In the case of RRBs – Regional Rural Banks this eligibility criteria is more i.e. from 4-6 years.
RRB – Regional Rural Banks Promotions’ CRITERIA for BANK PROMOTION EXAMS 2024:
| POST | CRITERIA |
| Officer Scale-I to Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer (Manager)) | Generally, an officer with experience of 4 to 6 years in a Bank/ Financial Institution is eligible for the promotion to Scale-II Officer. |
| Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (Manager) | Information Technology Officer: |
Officer ( Scale-I [IT Officer] ) after 1 year of experience as one is eligible to get promotions to IT Manager (Scale-II).
Chartered Accountant:
An Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with 1 year of experience as CA
Law Officer:
An officer in a bank or financial institution with 2 years of experience as Officer Scale-I is eligible to be promoted to Scale-II Officer (Manager).
Treasury Manager:
Chartered Accountant/MBA working as Scale-I Officer (Finance) for 1 year in Bank can level up to Scale-II.
Marketing Officer:
A Marketing Officer (Scale-I) having 1 year of work experience in the Bank can scale up to Officer (Scale-II)
Agricultural Officer:
A Banker of Officer cadre (Scale-I) is eligible for promotion to Scale-II Officer after 1 year of work experience as Scale-I Officer
Note: Having the JAIIB & CAIIB Certificate can get you a seniority of 1 year each in the promotion process. Thus, you can write the exams 1 year earlier (if you only have JAIIB) or 2 years earlier (if you have JAIIB as well as CAIIB) from the required experience in the given Scale for your post-promotion.
BANK PROMOTIONS EXAM PATTERN OF DIFFERENT BANKS: SBI | PNB | BOI | CANARA | INDIAN BANK | CBI | BOB | PSB
SBI PROMOTION EXAMS (CLERK to OFFICER):
| No. | PARTICULARS | No. of Que. | Marks |
| 1 | General Banking, KYC, Legal Issues, Systems & Procedures in our Bank | 50 | 25 |
| 2 | CBS & Computer Awareness, Computer Security | 20 | 15 |
| 3 | Product & Services of the Bank Associates & Subsidiaries, Other Banks, Alternate Channel & IT Products, Financial Inclusion | 30 | 15 |
| 4 | Latest Financial Results, Performance Indicators of the Bank, Productivity & Profitability related concerns of the Bank | 10 | 5 |
| 5 | Objective type Question on Practical Problems in general banking | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | General Awareness | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | Organizational structure and policy guidelines of the bank | 10 | 10 |
| TIME DURATION: 150 MINUTES | 140 | 100 |
SBI PROMOTIONS EXAMS 2024 (SCALE I to SCALE II):
| No. | PARTICULARS | No. of Que. | Marks |
| 1. | Product Features: Deposit/Liability Product | 20 | 10 |
| 2 | Product Features: Advances/Asset Product | 20 | 10 |
| 3 | IT Channels, Payment Solutions, Transaction Products Etc & Other New Initiatives | 10 | 5 |
| 4 | Systems & Procedures in Branches & CPC (Both System & Manual), Organisational Structure and Questions Related to HR Area | 20 | 10 |
| 5 | Forex, Treasury & International Banking | 5 | 2.5 |
| 6 | Govt. Business, Cross-Selling Products, Financial Inclusion | 15 | 7.5 |
| 7 | Laws Related to Bank | 15 | 7.5 |
| 8 | Macroeconomic Environment, General Awareness | 10 | 5 |
| 9 | Pre-Sanction, Post-Sanction Process & NPA Management in Loans and Advances | 15 | 7.5 |
| 10 | English Language (Comprehension) | 20 | 10 |
| Total Marks | 150 | 75 |
SBI PROMOTIONS EXAMS (SCALE II to SCALE III) 2024:
(Objective Type Questions)
PNB PROMOTION EXAMS 2024
Oriental Bank of Commerce & Union Bank of India has been merged with Punjab National Bank, so even for this time it’s very much expected that the vacancies that will be announced for 2024 will be quite large in number. So, if as a banker, you are still to decide whether you want to write the upcoming exams or not you should decide soon.
You can surely take an overview by looking at the exam pattern for the PNB Officer Scale-I Exam.
PNB EXAM PATTERN | PNB PROMOTION EXAMS (CLERK to OFFICER SCALE-I):
| PAPER | PARTICULARS | Marks |
| I. | Knowledge of Banking (including Circulars, General Banking, Banking Products & Govt. Yojanas etc.) | 100 |
| Customer Service |
| Priority Sector |
| Practice & Law of Banking |
| II. | Economics | 100 |
| Accounting |
| General Knowledge |
| MAXIMUM MARKS | 200 |
CANARA BANK EXAMS 2024
Again, as SYNDICATE BANK got merged with Canara Bank in April 2020, making it to be the fourth largest state Bank (by assets) so the no. of vacancies expected for the coming year is expected to be larger in number. We suggest that you write the upcoming exams. You can take a look at the pattern for the Scale-I exams given below:
CANARA BANK PROMOTION EXAM (CLERK to OFFICER [SCALE-I]):
| No. | PARTICULARS | No. of Que. | Marks |
| 1. | Legal aspects and Banking Law & Practice | 20-30 | 100 |
| 2 | KYC/AML | 6-10 |
| 3 | CASA Deposits | 10-12 |
| 4 | Term Deposits | 6-8 |
| 5 | General Advances | 10-20 |
| 6 | Balance Sheet Advances | 3-5 |
| 7 | Priority Sector Lending Guidelines | 5-10 |
| 8 | Agriculture | 6-10 |
| 9 | SME | 6-10 |
| 10 | Govt. Sponsored Schemes | 5-8 |
| 11 | Retail Lending Schemes | 6-10 |
| 12 | NPA & Recovery | 10-12 |
| 13 | Financial Inclusion | 3-6 |
| 14 | Foreign Exchange | 10-15 |
| 15 | Digital Banking & Technology | 10-15 |
| 16 | General Banking | 15-20 |
| 17 | Staff matters & Official Language | 2-5 |
| 18 | Statements & returns | 2-3 |
| 19 | Latest in Banking/Current Banking/Indian Economy | 10-12 |
| 20 | ENGLISH | 20 |
INDIAN BANK (CLERK to OFFICER [SCALE-I]) (broadly covers) 2024:
As you saw the merger of ALLAHABAD BANK with INDIAN BANK in April 2020, shifting the Indian Bank from its previous position of ninth to seventh in India you can imagine the no. of posts that will be available for internal promotions. Take a look at the Exam pattern for Indian Bank that is given below to get an overview of the Syllabus coverage:
| No. | PARTICULARS |
| 1 | Principles and Practices of Banking |
| 2 | Circulars |
| 3 | Legal aspects |
| 4 | New updates & developments |
| 5 | Govt Yojana |
| 6 | Digital Banking and etc |
SYLLABUS OF INDIAN BANK (CLERK to OFFICER [SCALE-I]) EXAM 2024
Under this we have defined the paper pattern of Indian bank from clerk to officer (Scale I ) in 2024:
| SR. NO. | PAPERS |
| 1. | English |
| 2. | Practical Banking: |
Circular + Bank Internal
INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK (IOB) (CLERK to OFFICER [SCALE-I]) 2024:
| No. | PARTICULARS |
| I. | General Banking |
| 1. Principles and Practices of Banking |
| 2. Banking Products |
| 3. Legal aspects |
| 4. Finacle Menu |
| 5. Govt Yojanas |
| 6. Digital Banking and etc. |
| 7. Forex Account |
| 8. Financial Data |
| 9. Internal Circulars |
| 10. New updates & developments |
| II. | English |
BANK OF INDIA (CLERK to OFFICER [SCALE-I]) 2024:
| No. | PARTICULARS | No. of Que. |
| 1 | BOI (Know Your Bank) | 7-8 |
| 2 | BOI Financial Position | 5-6 |
| 3 | HRMS/Star-desk | 6-8 |
| 4 | Hindi Official Language | 3-4 |
| 5 | Finacle Menu | 3-4 |
| 6 | RBI & Other Institution | 6-8 |
| 7 | MMS or Outlook | 5-6 |
| 8 | Vijeta & Sandipini | 84-90 |
CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA BANK PROMOTION EXAMS 2024 (CLERK to OFFICER [SCALE-I]):
| No. | PARTICULARS | Marks |
| I. | Banking i.e Banking Law & Practice | 75 |
| 1. Deposits- CBI Bank Products |
| 2. Retail Lending Schemes |
| 3. Agriculture Schemes |
| 4. MSME Schemes |
| 5. Govt. Sponsored Schemes |
| 6. Priority Sector |
| 7. Retail Loan |
| 8. Corporate Loan Policy |
| 9. MSME Policy |
| 10. CGTMSE |
| 11. Credit Monitoring Policy |
| 12. Valuation Policy |
| 13. Recovery Policy |
| 14. Non-discretionary Settlement |
| 15. OTS (One Time Settlement)- Net Present Value Approach |
| 16. Deceased/Missing Person Claim |
| 17. Nomination |
| II. | General English (Clerical Level) | 25 |
| 1. Parajumble |
| 2. Fill in the blanks |
| 3. Comprehension |
| III. | Interview | 25 |
| TOTAL | 125 |
PUNJAB & SINDH BANK – BANK PROMOTION EXAM 2024 (CLERK to OFFICER [SCALE-I]):
| No. | PARTICULARS | Marks |
| I. | Banking Law & Legal | 75 |
| 1. General Banking |
| 2. Circulars |
| 3. MSME |
| 4. Agricultural |
| 5. Retail Products etc. |
| 6. Govt. Yojna |
| 7. Financial Report |
| 8. Latest updates |
| II. | English | 25 |
| TOTAL | 100 |
BANK OF BARODA – BANK PROMOTION EXAM 2024 (CLERK to OFFICER [SCALE-I]):
INTERVIEW
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BOB -BANK PROMOTION EXAM 2024 SYLLABUS:
| PAPER | CONTENTS |
| Banking law & Practice | This paper will cover topics such as the Business of Banking; the Constitution of Banks; the RBI Act, of 1934; the Banking Regulation Act, of 1949; the Role of RBI; Regulator of Banks i.e Govt.; Control over Co-op Banks; Regulation by other Authorities, Recovery of Debts due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993, SARFAESI Act, Banking Ombudsmen Scheme, The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and CERSAI, Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Income Tax law; Commodity Transaction Tax law; Service Tax law etc |
| Banking Technology | Baroda Connect (Internet Banking), BOB– Functional Services, Security, Ways to Transfer and Limit Funds through BOB Net Banking, Services Charges of BOB, BHIM Baroda Pay, BHIM Aadhar Pay, Bharat Bill payment system, BOB Gift Card, Baroda Travel Easy Card, Baroda Reloadable Card, Bank of Baroda Fastag, BOB Cash Recycler machine (CR), Bank of Baroda Debit Card, BOB E-lobby, Redressal of Complaints etc. |
| General Knowledge | Current affairs of last 6 months |
| Reasoning & Problem | This paper will have Puzzle and Setting Agreement, Syllogism, Blood Relations, Coding and decoding, Input Output, Ranking or Direction or Alphabet Test etc. |
| English | It will test the Reading Comprehension, Fill in the blanks, Cloze Test, Multiple Meaning or Error Spotting, Para jumbles etc from the examinee. |
BENEFITS OF WRITING YOUR BANK’S PROMOTION EXAMS 2024
As long as you were working as CLERK, you enjoyed working in your home state. Once got promoted as an Officer, chances are you were posted far from home which in turn took away a large chunk of your salary in the form of Rental, food & travel expenses. And if you have family living with you, then that chunk of your salary would be larger.
So, why should you not be writing the internal promotions exams in 2024 when they have so much to offer? If you need further reasons to sit for your bank’s Promotion exams whichever bank you are working in, then here are some:
- Prestige: With the rise in your position, you will enjoy higher respect & admiration. And promotion through the merit/fast track makes it more meaningful. After all you will get the promotion based on the knowledge (merit) that you gained during the preparation of these exams.
- Increment in Salary: Promotion is one way to get a hike in your salary. The increased pay can help you in getting the things you were postponing because your previous payment wasn’t enough. You can even save some for future or emergency use.
- Allowances: An upward shift to the position of Officer gets you different allowances like Dearness Allowances (DA), House Rent Allowances (HRA), Medical Aid, City Compensatory Allowances (CCA), and many other benefits.
- Perquisites: These are an extra benefit apart from the regular salary you are going to get. It might include newspaper allowance, medical allowances, and travel allowances i.e for conveyance, house and furniture allowance to maintain the house maintenance and laundry.
SYLLABUS OF BANK PROMOTION EXAMS 2024
Almost all banks’ syllabus is one & same to some extent (if we leave the content that relates to the particular bank whose exam syllabus we refer to). The syllabus for Bank Promotion Exams at glance covers the following topics:
- Banking Related laws include:
- Banking Regulation Act
- RBI Act
- Negotiable Instrument Act
- Commercial laws such as the Indian Contract Act, of 1872
- Proprietorship
- Partnership
- HUF
- Companies.
- Banking Laws and Practices
- Bank-specific schemes and products such as:
- MSME Loan Products
- Retail Loan S chemes
- Agriculture Loan Schemes
- Deposit Products Etc.
- Foreign Exchange, BCSBI , Banking Ombudsman Scheme, RTI Act, 2005, Consumer Protection Act, FEMA, PMLA, and other guidelines governing advances and restrictions thereon.
- Type of accounts , type of debit/credit cards, internet banking, mobile banking , delegated powers for sanction, etc.
- BASEL III, Risk Management , Payment Banks, Small Finance Banks, GST, Money Market Instruments, etc.
- Digital Banking , Money Transfer Service Scheme (MTSS), MICR (Magnetic ink character recognition) / IFSC- Indian Financial System Code / CTS, latest monetary policy, Exposure Norms.
- Bank Specific topics such as Customer compensation policy, Deposit Products, Retail Schemes, Agriculture & MSME schemes, loaning powers, and IT/ digital banking products.
UBI PROMOTION EXAMS 2024
| Channel | As on the last update |
| State Services Channel | Have completed 3 years of service |
| All India Services Channel | Have completed 2 years of service |
Applicants who were found eligible will get the call letters separately for appearing in the test.
Points to be considered while filling out the test form (belonging to any year):
When you fill-up your Form for registering for your Banks’ Promotion Exam, then you must keep the below points in mind:
- All fields in the application form are required to be filled in.
- Ensure that your date of reporting to the present State in the Clerical Cadre is filled in correctly.
- If you belong to SC/ST category, mention your Caste/Tribe and the State, as per Caste Certificate.
UBI PROMOTION EXAMS 2024 (CLERK to OFFICER SCALE-I):
ONLINE TEST: Exam Pattern (State Service Channel)
*Minimum Qualifying Marks for SC/ST/PWD will be 30% in each subject.
- Candidates also have the option to choose to give tests on both Commercial Law & Accounting too.
- Candidates have to just qualify for the English Paper as its marks will not be counted for ranking purposes.
- Candidates will get a maximum of 25 marks for Past Service, Experience, Rural Service, Educational/Banking Qualifications, etc.
Marks for All India / Both Channel candidates:
| MARKS | FOR: | MAXIMUM MARKS |
| 1 mark | For each completed year after 10 years of clerical service, as on the Cut-off date | 10 |
| 2 marks | for each completed year of clerical service in RRB | 10 |
| Marks for Educational/Banking Qualification |
| 2 marks | Post-Graduation | 10 |
| 3 marks | LLB/Any of the Diplomas conferred by IIBF |
| 4 marks | CAIIB-1 / JAIIB |
| 6 marks | CAIIB-11 / CAIIB |
| MAXIMUM MARKS | 25 |
Weightage for State Services / Both Channel candidates:
| Qualification | Weightage | Maximum Weightage |
| National Diploma in commerce and/or First Degree other than in Music, Painting, sculpture, etc. | 1 year | 2 years |
| Double Degree and/or Post graduation other than in Music, Painting, Sculpture, etc | 1 year |
| CAIIB-I / JAIIB | 1 year | 1 year |
| CAIIB-II / CAIIB | 2 years | 2 years |
UBI SYLLABUS for 2024 EXAMS:
2. Indemnity Et guarantee
3. Bailment Et Pledge
5. Negotiable Instruments
6. Sale of Goods Et Partnership
7. Bills of Lading Et Letters of Credit
10. Indian Company Law
11. Transfer of Actionable Claim – Provisions relating to Mortgages Et Charges on Immovable Properties.
12. Indian Stamp Act
13. Registration Act
14. Limitation Act
- Rules for Journalising
- Adjusting, Closing, Transfer Et Rectification Entries
- Trial Balance, Preparation of Trading and Profit Et Loss Account & Balance Sheet of a sole trader.
- Accounts of non-trading concern
- Bills of Exchange and the treatment thereof.
- Sectional system of Self-balancing Ledgers
- Consignment and Joint Venture Accounts
- Simple partnership Accounts
- Company Accounts – Issue of Shares a Debentures
- Deposits:
- Savings
- Current Deposits
- Term Deposits
- NRI Accounts
- 8. Important recommendations of the Narasimhan Committee.
- I.T. AWARENESS:
- I.T. Security
- PC Configuration
- Technology-driven products launched by our bank
BANK PROMOTION EXAM 2024 – LATEST STUDY MATERIAL FOR EXAMS 2024
LEARNING SESSIONS, with its vast experience in providing courses for Banking Exams- (Clerical to Scale-I, Scale-I to Scale-II, Scale-II to Scale-III & Scale-III to Scale-IV) has the BEST STUDY MATERIAL it is for BANKING EXAMS to offer. The candidate registering for Bank Promotions 2024 Exams will get the following things in his/her STUDY MATERIAL:
- Latest FULL VIDEO COURSE (covering General Banking, Legal Banking, forex and Accounting)
- Previous Year Questions MOCK TESTS
- One-Liners (for quick revision)
- Bank Promotion Awareness Capsule (pdf)
- Latest Finance updates
- Latest Rates & Policies
- Last 2 months’ financial updates
- Compete Tests
- Memory Recalled Questions
- Epdfnotes (accessible through our android app only)
The video course is in a mix of Hindi & English language making it easy to grasp the concepts!
The experience of our BANK PROMOTION EXAM 2024 FACULTY, Mr Ashish Jain (CAIIB, delivered 900+ hours of online classes & has taught 1.25 lacs of candidates) makes him an expert in delivering conceptual clarity with ease that makes studying from the videos worth your time.
FAQs:-
Q: From where I should be studying for the BANK PROMOTIONS 2024 EXAMS?
You can always go for the self-study by studying the content that your Bank provides including all the circulars and updates. But that does take up a lot of time and energy. But we, LEARNING SESSIONS, have all the study material that would make sure you have all the content that you need to have the promotion in one place. You can check it out by clicking on the given link: BANK PROMOTION VIDEOS
Q: Are Bank Circulars Important?
Yes, Bank Circulars are an important part of the syllabus of every Bank’s Promotion exam.
Q: Is the study material provided by Learning Sessions for my Bank enough?
Yes, our study material fully covers the syllabus of Bank Exams. We keep our materials updated with the latest updates and circulars.
Q: How can I access the Bank Promotion 2024 Exam Study Material?
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Q: Is the Study Material accessible on iOS (Apple devices)?
Yes, it is accessible on all iOS devices using our website https://iibf.info which works well in iPhones and Air-Pods, etc. So, you can access everything except ePDFs because those are accessible in the Android app only.
Q: What if I have any doubts regarding Bank Promotion Study Material?
Our study material covers & everything. But if there still remains any query related to videos, then you can easily contact us through WhatsApp at @8360944207 or email us at banishaguopta2099@gmail.com
Q: Can I download the videos offline?
Yes, you can download the videos(recorded only) in-app while the Live videos can be accessed while they are streaming only.
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