2023 2024 Student Forum - IBPS Specialist Officer General Awareness

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection IBPS conducts Common Written Examination (CWE) for the recruitment of Specialist Officers in various cadres like IT, Technical, Agriculture, Legal, Marketing, HR & Rashtrabhasha in 19 Public Sector Banks, twice in a year.

The Syllabus of the General Awareness of the IBPS Specialist Officer Exam is given below

General Awareness

Union and State Elections
Government schemes announced
National news: announcements by different ministries, ideation and execution of pet projects of Union Ministry
States in news: major announcements, initiatives and schemes undertaken by state governments.
Safety operations launched by union or state gov. for various Yatras and calamities.
First in India: First Geo thermal power plant, first village to be 100% literate, first airport fully powered by solar energy etc.
Lists/Ranking announced.
Visits by PM Modi: Country, Capital and Head of states plus any major agreement signed.
Union Budget
Schemes announced by Union as well as State governments.
Census data
Indias ranking in different indices
Committees
Religion based Census Data
International Current Affairs
New appointments in foreign countries.
International countries in News: ISIS in Syria, new constitution of Nepal, Information which may be useful in Indian context about other countries, Paris attacks.
Summits, Discussions happening in foreign countries: SAARC, DOHA, PARIS etc.
International Organizations in news: UNO, G-20, OECD, G4 etc.
International Calamities: hurricanes, attacks, earthquakes.

News about Cricket, Tennis, Grand Prix, athletics, Football, Shooting, Badminton, Hockey, Golf, Wrestling, Archery, Kabaddi.
Venues of important sports events: 1 event Past/Future Olympics, World Cups, World Championships.
Sports Awards: Arjun etc.
Grand Prix venues and winners for the current year.
All important opens in tennis. viz., Wimbledon, Roland Garros etc