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Karnataka Bank PO

  • Exam Mode : Online
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  • Examination category : Banking
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  • Conducting Body : Karnataka Bank
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Overview

Karnataka Bank, a leading Private Sector Bank equipped with the latest technology in the industry and offers exciting opportunities for dynamic individuals to join its highly competent workforce by acing the Karnataka Bank PO and work as Officers (Scale-I).

Conducting Body: The Karnataka Bank Limited is Commercial Bank located in Mangaluru in Karnataka, India. Karnataka Bank Limited was founded on 18 February 1924 and start a business on 23 May 1924. Its originators establish it at Mangalore, a seaside town in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. 

Important Dates:

Events

Dates

Mode

Link

Registration Date

September/October 2024 

Online

https://karnatakabank.com/careers

Application Date

September/October 2024

Admit Card

October 2024

Exam Date

November/December 2024

Interview Date

 February/March 2025

Selection ProcedureThe Selection Process for the exam is based on two stages:

  • Online Preliminary Exam

  • Interview

Exam Pattern:

Online Test: The Online Test is conducted in Banglore, Hubli, Dharwad, Mangalore, Mysore, and Udupi. The questions are Objective type.

S.No.

Name of Concepts

Total no.of Questions

Maximum Marks

Time Duration

1

Reasoning

50

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

120 minutes

2

English

40

40

3

General Awareness (with specific reference to the banking business)

40

40

4

Computer Knowledge

20

20

5

Quantitative Aptitude

50

50

Total

 

200

200

Personal Interview: Applicants who qualify in the Online Test is called for Personal Interview. Applicants who qualify in the Personal Interview is appointed as Probationary Officers in Karnataka Bank.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Educational Qualification: Applicants must be Post Graduate in any discipline (Excluding PG Diplomas) or Graduate in Agricultural Science or Law.

  • Age Limit: Average age limit range between 21 years to 28 years. The age limit will be relaxed by 5 years for ST/SC candidates.

Syllabus:
English Language:
  • Reading Comprehension 

  • Sentence Improvement

  • Sentence Errors

  • Vocabulary based questions

  • Fillers

  • Cloze Test

  • Jumbled Paragraph

  • Paragraph Based Questions (Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Sentences/Paragraph Restatement )

Reasoning Ability:

  • Puzzles

  • Syllogism

  • Order and Ranking

  • Seating Arrangements

  • Coding-Decoding

  • Blood Relation

  • Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series

  • Data Sufficiency

  • Direction Sense

  • Machine Input-Output

  • Inequalities

  • Logical Reasoning ( Paragraph Inference and Assumption, Statement, Inference, Contention)

Quantitative Aptitude:

  • Data Interpretation ( Line Chart, Pie Chart, Tabular, Bar Graph, Caselet, Radar/Web)

  • Number Series

  • Data Sufficiency

  • Inequalities (Quadratic Equations)

  • Approximation and Simplification

  • Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems ( Profit and Loss, SI & CI, HCF and LCM, Ratio and Proportion, Problem on Ages, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Work and Time, Permutation and Combination, Mensuration, Average, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Mixture and Allegation, Problems on Trains, Pipes and Cisterns)

General Awareness:

  • Current Affairs

  • Banking and Insurance Awareness

  • Static Awareness

  • Financial Awareness

  • Govt. Schemes and Policies.

FAQs:

Ques 1. What is the level of the exam?

Ans. It is easy. In a 120 minutes time slot you have moderate questions. If you have a good command of Quant,  English, Reasoning it will be easy for you to crack the exam. The Computer section varies at times

Ques 2. What is the eligibility criteria for the exam?

Ans. The bank has specified the Karnataka Bank PO qualification criteria and candidates who meet these qualification criteria can apply for the job.

- Educational Qualification:

  • Post Graduate candidates in any subject except candidates holding PG Diploma

  • Graduate in Law or Agricultural Sciences as of 1st December 2018.

  • Candidates who are expecting their results are not acceptable.

- Age:

  • The age of the applicants should be at least 21 years.

  • The upper age limit of the applicants should be 28 years.

  • The candidates should not be born before 2nd December 1990 and not later than 1st December 1997.

  • ForST/SC applicants the age limit will be relaxed for 5 years.

Ques 3. I am the final year of graduation. Am I eligible for the exam?

Ans: Yes, you are eligible. There is only one condition that when you are called for the interview, you will have to provide the proof of having cleared your graduation on the specified date notified by the bank authorities. 

Ques 4. I am awaiting my degree results. Am I eligible for the exam?

Ans: No, you are not eligible. Applicants who are awaiting their degree results or pursuing their degree are not eligible to apply for the bank PO exam.

Ques 5. I have scored 59.5% marks in graduation. Am I eligible for this exam?

Ans: In the official percentage requirement is not mentioned. If your college awards you with CGPA/OGPA, you will have to convert it into percentage and mention it in the online application. 

Ques 6. Do I need to be fluent in the local language?

Ans: Candidates should be able to speak in any one of the state local languages along with Hindi & English and should be computer literate. 

Ques 7. What is the Interview like?

Ans: There are 2 things :

  • Your attitude 

  • You should be through with your educational background and the current happenings in the banking scene.

Ques 8. Which kind of questions are asked in a bank PO interview?

Ans: In Banking PO interviews, usually questions around the economy, tax, budget, banking terms, and changes, etc. 

Ques 9. How can a candidate apply for the exam?

Ans. The candidates can apply through the official website.

Ques 10. Any graduate can apply for this exam?

Ans. Go through the educational qualifications section given above.

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