The IBPS RRB Scale 2 Exam is held every year for the recruitment of two types of posts- General Banking Officer and Specialist Officer (SO). Within the Specialist Cadre, there is a post for Information Technology Officers (IT Officers). This job offers eligible candidates an opportunity to couple their passion for IT work with their desire for public service. This article looks at all the relevant details concerning the IBPS RRB Scale 2 IT Officer Exam.
IBPS RRB IT Officer 2021 Exam Overview
Some important information concerning the exam has been provided in the table below.
| Name of exam | Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Rural Regional Bank |
| Website | https://www.ibps.in/ |
| IBPS RRB Notification Release Date | June 7, 2021 |
| Online Application Window | June 8- June 28, 2021 (now closed) |
| Single-level Exam Date | September 25, 2021 |
| No. of Vacancies for IT Officer | 60 |
| Interview | October/November 2021 |
| Final Result/Provisional Allotment | January 2022 |
IBPS RRB IT Officer 2021 Eligibility
| Criteria | Requirement |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree from a recognized University in Electronics / Communication / Computer Science / Information Technology or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Certificates in ASP, PHP, C++, Java, VB, VC, OCP and such are desirable |
| Work Experience | One year (in the relevant field) |
| Age | Between 21 and 32 years of age |
IBPS RRB IT Officer 2021 Exam Pattern
There will be a single-level exam for the IT Officer post as is the case for all Scale 2 posts. The exam pattern with all the sections and related details is provided below.
Single-level Examination
| Section | Mode of Exam | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks |
| Reasoning | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 |
| Computer Knowledge | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 |
| Financial Awareness | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 |
| English Language | English | 40 | 20 |
| Hindi Language | Hindi | 40 | 20 |
| Computer Knowledge | Hindi/English | 40 | 20 |
| Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation | Hindi/English | 40 | 40 |
| Total | 240 | 200 |
The total time allotted is 2 hours and 30 minutes (150 minutes). Candidates can opt for either Hindi or English as the exam language. There will be a negative marking of 1/4th of the marks assigned to the particular Objective-Type question.
Interview
The candidates who qualify for the written examination will be invited to the Interview. No more than 3 candidates per vacancy will be invited. The IBPS RRB Exam Notification 2021 has announced a total of 60 vacancies for the Scale 2 IT Officer post. So, no more than 180 candidates will be invited to the Interview.
IBPS RRB IT Officer 2021 Syllabus
Their are 6 subjects tested in the single level exam are:
- Professional Knowledge
- Reasoning
- Financial Awareness
- English/ Hindi Language
- Computer Knowledge
- Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation
Provided below is the detailed syllabus for each topic that will be assessed under the Professional Knowledge section for the IT Officer exam. You should also take a look at the detailed syllabus for all the other sections assessed in the exam as well.
| Topic | Syllabus |
| Operating System | System calls, Process concept, Multithreading Programming, Process Scheduling, Synchronization, Deadlock, Memory management concept, Indexes and sequences, File system, Secondary storage, System protection, Cryptography |
| DBMS | Difference between the file system and RDBMS, Database models, Normalization, keys and constraints, E-R diagram, Transaction, Concurrency control Management, Recovery and backup, Routing, View and Trigger, Cursors, SQL, Miscellaneous concepts (Data dictionary, data warehouse, data mining) |
| Data Communication and Networking | Types of networks, OSI model and protocols, Error detection and correction, Network devices and Models, Transmission Media, TCP/IP three-way connection, IP addressing, Sorting, CSMA/CD and CSMA/CA, IEEE standards, DNS, Network security, Network Switching, Firewall |
| Data Structure | Time Complexity and space complexity, Array, Linked List, Stack, Queue, Tree, Graph |
| OOPS | Introduction, Classes and methods, Encapsulation, Abstraction, Polymorphism, Inheritance |
| Compiler Design | Linker, Loader, Phases of compilation, Lexical analyzer, parsing theory, Code optimization, Intermediate code generation, Decision making in C |
| Basic Programming In C | Keywords in C, Format specifiers, Data Types, Variables in C, Types of variables, Constants in C, Operators in C, Loops, Break, continue and Go statement, Array, String in C, Function in C, String Functions, Recursion, Pointer, Structure and Union, File input and output, Dynamic memory allocation and C preprocessor |
| Software engineering | Software process, SDLC models, Debugging, Cohesion and coupling, Testing, PHP, Pipelining |
| Web Technology | Web Design, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, Priority interrupt, Memory organization |
| Computer Architecture | CPU organization, General register organization, Interrupt, Modes of transfer, Instruction and program control, Virtual memory |
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- 110 videos out of 470 specially designed for professional knowledge (IT) subjects.
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