With the IBPS SO Prelims 2021 exams at your doorstep, we hope you are spending all your time fruitfully to prepare for the exam. In this article, we’re going to walk you through the IBPS SO IT Officer Syllabus 2021 and then try to understand what are the resources available for you that will help you study.
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IBPS SO IT Officer Syllabus
We have listed the detailed syllabus for you in the sections below. The first section will cover the Prelims syllabus. The next will outline the Mains syllabus.
Prelims
| Subject | Topics |
| English Language | Grammar Vocabulary Reading Comprehension Passage Making Error Spotting Jumble Words Sentence Framing Fill in the Blanks |
| Reasoning | Puzzles Seating Arrangement – Circular Square and Linear Data Sufficiency Directions and Distance Coding Decoding Blood Relations Inequality Syllogism Machine Input Output Verbal Reasoning Ordering and Ranking Arrangement and Pattern Scheduling Distance and Direction Ranking |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Time and Work Mensuration Average Mixture and Allegations Permutation and Combination Probability Data Interpretation Ratio & Proportion Simplification Percentages Set Theory Approximation Surds & Indices Percentage Profit & Loss Simple & Compound interest Partnership Ages Quadratic Equations Number Series |
Mains
The Mains paper will test only 1 subject, i.e., Professional Knowledge, in this case, Computer applications and programming.
| Subject | Topics |
| DBMS | DBMS Schemas (Hierarchical, Network, Relational) Relational Model Concepts DML DDL Basic SQL Oracle concepts Basics of Indexing Normalization Entity Relationship Model |
| Operating Systems | Functions of OS Basics of Memory Management DML DDL Basic SQL Oracle concepts Process Concept Threads Security Multiprogramming Synchronization Concepts Spooling Page Replacement Policies |
| Data Communication and Networking | OSI Model TCP/IP Suit IPv4 Addressing IP header Subnet Mask Mac Address ARP, RARP and DHCP Switching and Routing Common Network Protocols (Telnet, HTTP, FTP, SNMP, PPP,UDP, ARP Network Devices (Switch, Hub, Repeater, Router, Modem LAN/MAN/WAN Network Security |
| Basics of Programming and Data Structures | C, C++ Java Basics OOPS Concepts Array Strings Heap & Priority Queue Queue Linked List Stack |
| Software Engineering | Software Development Models (Waterfall, RAD, Prototyping, Spiral) Design and Analysis Data Flow Diagram Software Requirement Software Testing (Black, White, Grey Box) Software Maintenance and CASE tools |
| Computer Organization & Architecture | 8085 and 8086 (Flags and Interrupts) Memory Hierarchy & System Bus |
| MS Office & Windows and Web Technologies | HTML JavaScript Basics Cookies Search Engine Basics Client Server Model |
| Miscellaneous | Recurrence Relation Planar Graphs Regular Expression Data Mining, Sorting Finite Automata Data Mining Sorting Algorithms to Find Shortest Path |
| Digital Logic | Logic Gates Combinational Circuits Number System Hamming Distance Basics of Counters |
| Computer Hardware | ROM/RAM BIOS Bootstrap Memory Hard Disks Peripheral Devices Compiler Assembler Linker Macro Processor Loader Translator |
IBPS SO IT Officer Study Plan
In all fairness, the syllabus is vast, but that does not mean that it should make you nervous. Divide your time over all 4 subjects so that you are able to give due time to each.
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