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IBPS SO 2026 Exam Overview
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts the IBPS SO examination to recruit Specialist Officers, including the Agriculture Field Officer (AFO) post. For the IBPS SO AFO 2026 cycle, vacancies are released along with the official notification. The AFO post is considered highly specialized, as it requires candidates with domain knowledge in agriculture and allied fields. In the previous recruitment cycle, 346 vacancies were announced for the AFO post. IBPS SO 2026 aims to select eligible candidates for various Specialist Officer posts.
• Marketing Officer (Scale I)
• HR/Personnel Officer
• IT Officer Scale I
• Law Officer
• RajbhashaAdhikari Scale I
This year IBPS has introduced total 1007 vacancies for various posts of Specialist Officers. Only a handful of vacancies are available for this post as the post of SO involves really skilled and specialized officers excelling in their respective domain. Let's have a look at the post wise total number of vacancies for IBPS SO 2026 Exam.
• IT Officer (Scale-I)- 203
• HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I)- 10
• Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I)- 78
• Marketing Officer (Scale-I)- 350
• Law Officer (Scale-I)- 56
• Agriculture Officer (Scale-I)- 310
EXAM PATTERN
IBPS SO AFO Exam Pattern
• The exam will be conducted in three phases: Preliminary, Mains and Interview Process.
• IBPS has introduced separate sectional timing for each sections in prelims exam. The IBPS SO AFO preliminary examination has a total duration of 120 minutes and 40 minutes for each sections.
• A candidate must appear for the Prelims first and the selected students after the Preliminary Exam will be eligible to give the Mains Exam.
• Score of Preliminary Exam will not be taken into consideration for final allotment. Final selection will be based on on the Mains Exam and Interview Process.
• The Mains Examination will contain questions only from the Professional Knowledge Subjects.
There is negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
IBPS SO AFO 2026 Preliminary Exam Pattern
| Section | Subject | No. of Question | Marks | Exam Duration |
| 1 | English Comprehension | 50 | 25 | 40 mins |
| 2 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 40 mins |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability | 50 | 50 | 40 mins |
| Total | 150 | 125 | 120 mins | |
IBPS SO AFO 2026 Mains Exam Pattern
| Name of Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Medium of Exam | Duration |
| Professional Knowledge | 60 | 60 | English & Hindi | 45 minutes |
IBPS SO AFO 2026 Interview Process
Candidates who qualify the Mains Exam will be finally called for the Interview Process by IBPS. It is really important for candidates to fare well in the Interview Process as the final selection of a candidate is based on how he/she fares in this final round of the IBPS SO AFO Recruitment Process.IBPS SO AFO FAQs
