IBPS PO Mains Cut off 2018- State-wise Expected, Previous Year Cutoff

IBPS PO Mains Cutoff 2017 is anticipated to release soon. The expected cutoff for IBPS PO Mains 2017 should be higher due to the introduction of description test. IBPS PO Mains 2017 was successfully conducted on November 26. The paper was analyzed to be tough. Check IBPS PO Mains 2017 Answer Key & Analysis

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The cutoff for IBPS PO Mains will be released section and category wise.
Candidates clearing IBPS PO Mains 2017 Cutoff will be called for an Interview Round. Check IBPS PO Interview 2018: Importance of Your Educational Program
While the preliminary exam is of qualifying nature, marks of Mains and Interview will only be considered for final selection.
Interview and Mains exam will have 80-20 ratio in the final score
The final allotment list will release in April 2018.
Nearly 6-7 lakh candidates appeared for IBPS PO 2017 to compete against 8800 vacancies.

Expected IBPS PO Mains Cutoff 2017

Category	Cut Off
General	52.50
Other Backward Classes	52.50
Scheduled Caste	41.75
Scheduled Tribe	31.50
Hearing Impaired	37.50
Orthopedically Challenged	34.00
Visually Impaired	37.50

Expected IBPS PO Mains Cutoff 2017 for Descriptive Paper

The total marks allotted to IBPS PO Descriptive Paper is 25 marks. The paper is qualifying in nature.The expected cutoff for the descriptive paper is given below:

Category	Cut Off Marks (Out of 30)
GEN	11-12
OBC	9-10
SC	9-10
ST	9-10
OH/VI/HI	9-10

IBPS PO Prelims Cut off 2017

Category	Prelims Cut off(Out of 100) For 2016 Official
General	42.75
Other Back Ward Classes (OBC)	42.25
Scheduled Castes (SC)	36
Scheduled Tribes (ST)	28.5
Orthopaedically Challenged (OC)	28.75
Visually Impaired (VI)	23.25
Hearing Impaired (HI)	15.75

IBPS PO Prelim Cut Off for 2017 (Sectional)

Test Name	Maximum Marks	Cut off (General)
English Language	30	5.00
Reasoning Ability	35	10
Quantitative Aptidue	35	7.75

IBPS PO 2017 Cutoff Dates

Event	IBPS PO 2017 Dates
IBPS PO 2017 Prelims exam	October 7, 8,14 & 15, 2017
Declaration of IBPS PO cutoff of Prelims	November, 2017
IBPS PO 2017 Mains	November 26, 2017
Declaration of IBPS PO 2017 cutoff for Mains	December 2017
IBPS PO Interview	January/February 2018
IBPS PO cutoff for Interview	April 2018
IBPS PO 2017 Allotment cutoff	April 2018

IBPS PO 2017 Vacancies

The total number of vacancies for candidates appearing in IBPS PO 2017 is 3562.
IBPS PO 2017 Vacancies will vary according to the participating organisation and the category of candidate.
Out of the total number of vacancies available for recruitment, maximum are in Canara Bank (1350) followed by Andhra Bank (625) and UCO Bank (530).
Corporation Bank has no vacancies reserved for OBC category.

Tabulated below are the vacancies offered by every participating organization for each category:

Bank Name	SC	ST	OBC	Gen	Total	Out of Which PwD
Bank Name	SC	ST	OBC	Gen	Total	HI	OC	VI	ID
Allahabad Bank	36	19	64	116	235	16	2	3	2
Andhra Bank	93	46	168	318	625	0	8	9	8
Bank of Baroda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bank of India	30	15	54	101	200	2	2	2	2
Bank of Maharashtra	15	7	27	51	100	0	3	1	0
Canara Bank	203	108	364	675	1350	18	18	18	17
Central Bank of India	15	8	28	49	100	1	1	1	1
Corporation Bank	28	22	0	50	100	1	1	1	1
Dena Bank	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
IDBI Bank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indian Bank	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Indian Overseas Bank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oriental Bank of Commerce	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Punjab National Bank	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Punjab and Sindh Bank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Syndicate Bank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
UCO Bank	75	26	178	251	530	40	6	10	5
Union Bank of India	83	34	78	127	322	14	3	13	11
United Bank of India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vijaya Bank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	578	285	961	1738	3562	92	44	58	46

Read more about IBPS PO 2017 Vacancies and Salary Packages

IBPS PO 2016 Cut off

As mentioned IBPS PO Pre is not a qualifying exam, so this cut off is only to be eligible in IBPS PO Main.

IBPS PO Prelim Cut Off 2016 (overall)

Category	Prelims Cut off(Out of 100) For 2016 Official
General	47.50
Other Back Ward Classes (OBC)	46.50
Scheduled Castes (SC)	40.00
Scheduled Tribes (ST)	31.25
Orthopaedically Challenged (OC)	32.75
Visually Impaired (VI)	31.50
Hearing Imaired (HI)	18.00

IBPS PO Prelim Cut Off for 2016 (sectional)

Test Name	Maximum Marks	Cut off (SC/ST/OBC)	Cut Off (General)
English Language	30	04.50	07.00
Reasoning Ability	35	05.50	08.50
Quantitative Aptidue	35	05.25	08.25

IBPS PO 2016 Main Cut Off (overall)

Category	Cut Off on Total (Out of 200)
General	52.50
Other Backward Classes	52.50
Scheduled Caste	41.75
Scheduled Tribe	31.50
Hearing Impaired	37.50
Orthopaedically Challenged	34.00
VIsually Impaired	37.50

IBPS PO 2016 Main Cut Off (sectional)

Test Name	Maximum Marks	Cut Off (SC/ST/OBC)	Cut Off (General)
Reasoning	50	03.25	05.25
English Language	40	02,25	04.75
General Awareness	40	08.00	10.75
Computer Knowledge	20	05.00	06.50
Quantitative Aptitude	50	10.75	12.50

IBPS PO 2016 Final Cut Off

Based on a notification released on April 1, 2017 & Combined Score of IBPS PO Mains & Interview

Category	SC	ST	OBC	UR	OC	VI	HI
Maximum Scores	46.30	45.10	50.20	57.40	52.70	55.20	40.50
Minimum Scores	33.70	28.60	37.00	39.90	31.40	33.10	25.40

IBPS PO 2016 Reserve List

Category	SC	ST	OBC	UR	OC	VI	HI
Minimum Scores	33.30	27.70	36.70	39.40	30.90	32.00	NA

IBPS PO 2015 Cut Off

IBPS PO Prelims Cut off for 2015 (Overall)

Category Cut Off	Cut Offs on the Total Out of 100
General (Gen)	37.25
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	37.25
Scheduled Caste (SC)	30.75
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	17.75
Hearing Impaired (HI)	09.50
Orthopaedically Challenged (OC)	25.25
Visually Impaired (VI)	10.00

IBPS PO Prelims Cut off for 2015 (Sectional)

Test Name	Maximum Marks	Cut Off (SC/ST/OBC)	Cut Off (PWD)	Cut Off General
English Language	30	04.75	02.00	07.50
Reasoning Ability	35	07.75	04.50	11.25
Quantitative Aptitude	35	05.00	02.00	07.75

IBPS PO Mains Cut off for 2015 (overall)

Category	Cut Offs on the Total Out of 200
General (GEN)	76.00
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	76.00
Scheduled Caste (SC)	50.00
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	47.75
Hearing Impaired (HI)	35.25
Orthopaedically Challenged (OC)	52.50
Visually Impaired (VI)	36.00

IBPS PO Mains Cut Off for 2015 (sectional)

Test Name	Maximum Marks	Cut Off (SC/OBC)	Cut Off (ST/PWD)	General
Reasoning	50	07.25	03.00	10.00
English Language	40	09.50	05.25	12.50
Computer Knowledge	20	11.00	08.75	12.25
General Awareness	40	10.25	05.00	13.75
Quantitative Aptitude	50	08.75	05.25	11.00

IBPS PO 2015 Final Allotment

Category	SC	ST	OBC	UR	OC	VI	HI
Maximum Score	57.00	52.40	60.60	71.60	57.60	62.90	50.40
Minimum Score	41.40	36.30	46.70	49.90	37.90	37.20	NA

IBPS PO MERIT LIST FAQs

Q1) When will the results of preliminary exam get declared?

Ans. The result regarding whether a candidate has been selected for mains examination will get declared either in last week of October 2018 or in 1st week of November 2018(tentatively).

Q2) How much will I need to score to clear the preliminary exam?

Ans. The cutoff varies from year to year. In 2017, the cutoff for General Category was 42.75 (out of 100).

Q3) What if I score more than overall cutoff but do not clear the sectional cutoff of a section, will I be considered for mains exam?

Ans. No, one needs to clear the sectional cutoff for all the sections, along with the overall cutoff.

Q4) When will the results of Mains exam get declared?

Ans. The results of mains exam will tentatively be declared in December 2018.

Q5) What was the cutoff for IBPO PO Main exam last year?

Ans. For general category, the cutoff was 82 out of 225 (for 2017).

Q6) How can I check my mains exam score?

Ans. For this, you will need to visit www.ibps.in. On the homepage, you will see a notification for ‘Click here to view your Online Main Examination for IBPS PO/MT’. After clicking on this link, you can enter your login credentials and your result will be displayed.

Q7) When will the final results get declared?

Ans. The results and provision allotments will start in April 2019.

Q8) Are scores of preliminary exam also considered during final selection?

Ans. No, only the scores of Mains examination and Interview will be considered, in the ratio of 80:20.

Q9) Are the final scores given out of 100?

Ans. Yes. As mentioned above, from 100, 80 marks will be calculated from Mains exam score and 20 will be from Interview score.

Q10) How are marks of Mains exam, which are out of 225, converted into ‘out of 80’?

Ans. Let us take an example for this. Suppose you scored 112.5 out of 225 in the Mains examination. Your score for final merit will be taken as (112.5/225)*80 = 40 marks.

Q11) Is there any minimum score for interview as well?

Ans. Yes, a General Category candidate needs to score at least 40% marks in the interview, While SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates need to score at least 35% marks. In case any fails to score minimum marks, he/she will not be considered for provision allotment.

Q12) What was the cutoff for final selection last year?

Ans. In 2016, the maximum score for final selection was 57.40 (out of 100), and minimum score was 39.90 for General Category.

Q13) Is any waiting/reserve list also released?

Ans. Yes, a reserve list is also released. In 2016, the cutoff for reserve list (for general category) was 39.40.

Q14) I am not satisfied with my mains exam score, what can I do?

Ans. You can report any issue regarding IBPS on www.cgrs.ibps.in, which is the official portal of Central Grievance Redressal System.

Q15) Will IBPS provide me the answer key or answer sheet for the exam?

Ans. No, IBPS will not release either of them.

Q16) I am not satisfied with my interview score, can I review it?

Ans. There is no option/provision for review of Interview marks.

Q17) Can I use my current scores for next year’s IBPS PO recruitment?

Ans. No, scores are valid for one year only.

Q18) If I have scored just above the cutoff score in Main exam, what are my chances for final list?

Ans. This depends totally upon your relative performance in the interview. If you have been shortlisted for Interview, it is advisable that you prepare well for it.

Q19) What if my scores are equal to someone, how will the tie be resolved?

Ans. In case of a tie, the candidate with higher age will be preferred.

Q20) On what basis I will be allotted job in any bank?

Ans. The provisional allotment depends on two factors, scores of candidates, and preferences given by them in the application form. Taking these two things into account, you will be allotted jobs.

*The article might have information for the previous academic years, which will be updated soon subject to the notification issued by the University/College