IBPS RRB Clerk 2026: Office Assistant dates, pattern and eligibility
As on 30 October 2026, registration is closed and the Office Assistant prelims on 6, 12 and 13 December 2026 have not been held. The CRP RRBs XV page on ibps.in has no call letter, so this cycle is still upcoming.
8,222 posts
Prelims: 6, 12–13 Dec 2026
Prelims, then Mains
Age: 18–28 yrs
8,222 as on 25 Sep 2026, summed from the bank-wise totals
Mode
Online
Exam Dates
IBPS RRB Clerk — current cycle
The notification and its how-to-apply section said online applications would be taken from 1 to 21 September 2026. The corrigendum dated 21 September 2026 revised registration and fee payment for the whole CRP, Officers and Office Assistants, to 1–27 September 2026. A later date shown on an application portal screen is not that registration window. Other terms were unchanged, so age is as on 1 September 2026 and the degree result date stays 21 September 2026. The IBPS calendar dated 16 January 2026 places prelims on 6, 12 and 13 December 2026 and the main exam on 30 January 2027. IBPS can change those dates. Provisional allotment is only given as February/March 2027. There is no interview. Vacancy counts are the sums of the bank-wise totals in Annexure I as on 25 September 2026. Updates are listed at ibps.in/index.php/rural-bank-xv/.
Notification
Apply Opens
Apply Closes
Prelims
Mains
Allotment
Event
CRP RRBs XIV
CRP RRBs XV
Notification
1 Sep 2025
1 Sep 2026
Apply Opens
1 Sep 2025
1 Sep 2026
Apply Closes
28 Sep 2025
27 Sep 2026
Prelims
Nov/Dec 2025
6, 12 and 13 Dec 2026
Mains
Dec 2025–Feb 2026
30 Jan 2027
Allotment
Feb/Mar 2026
Feb/Mar 2027
Where a 2026 date is still TBA, the conducting body has not published it. Check the official notification linked on this page before you rely on a date.
Eligibility
IBPS RRB Clerk Eligibility Criteria 2026
Education
A bachelor degree in any discipline from a recognised university or its equivalent, with the result declared on or before 21 September 2026. Proficiency in the local language prescribed by the RRB is essential. Working knowledge of computers is desirable. There is no minimum percentage in the notification for this post.
Age limit
18–28 years
Between 18 and 28 years as on 1 September 2026 for General and EWS: not born earlier than 2 September 1998 or later than 1 September 2008. SC/ST get 5 years, OBC (non-creamy layer) 3 years, and persons with benchmark disability 10 years. Ex-servicemen and certain widows have further concessions set out in the notification. The SC/ST/OBC relaxation may be combined with only one of the other permitted relaxations.
Nationality
A citizen of India, or a subject of Nepal or Bhutan, or a Tibetan refugee who came to India before 1 January 1962 with the intention of settling permanently, or a person of Indian origin from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, or the East African countries named in the notification, with an eligibility certificate where that notification requires one.
Vacancy Breakdown 2026
SC1,258
ST774
OBC (NCL)1,914
EWS806
General3,470
Total vacancies: 8,222 (indicative — official numbers from notification)
Syllabus
IBPS RRB Clerk Syllabus 2026 — Topic-wise
Master these topics and you master the exam. Click any subject to expand its complete topic list.
Reasoning in the preliminary and main exams
IBPS has not published a topic list; the information handout comes with the call letter
Numerical Ability in the preliminary and main exams
English Language or Hindi Language in the main exam, one of the two
General Awareness in the main exam
Computer Knowledge in the main exam
Exam Pattern
IBPS RRB Clerk Exam Pattern 2026
Section
Questions
Marks
Time
Reasoning
40
40
25 min
Numerical Ability
40
40
20 min
Total
80
80
45 min
Negative marking: One-fourth (0.25) of the marks assigned to a question is deducted for each wrong objective answer, and a blank answer has no penalty.
Section
Questions
Marks
Time
Reasoning
40
50
30 min
Computer Knowledge
40
20
15 min
General Awareness
40
40
15 min
English or Hindi Language
40
40
30 min
Numerical Ability
40
50
30 min
Total
200
200
120 min
⚠️ Negative marking applies to objective sections. Descriptive section is evaluated separately.
Selection Process
1
Prelims
2
Mains
3
Allotment
Earlier cycles
IBPS RRB Clerk — previous exams
XIV and XIII are the two cycles before this one. Dates are the windows in those notifications. The current XIV and XIII pages do not list the days the exams were actually held. Vacancy figures are sums of the bank-wise totals in the official annexures. IBPS has not published one national cutoff.
Registration was extended to 28 September 2025. 8,022 is the sum of the bank-wise totals in the notification IBPS lists as updated vacancies as on 27 September 2025. On 26 October 2026 IBPS posted a reserve-list provisional allotment for Office Assistants. Exact held exam dates are not on the current XIV page.
Registration was extended to 30 June 2024. 5,800 leaves out banks marked Not Reported in the 7 June 2024 annexure. There was no interview for this post.
FAQs
IBPS RRB Clerk Frequently Asked Questions
The how-to-apply section of the 1 September 2026 notification said 1 to 21 September 2026. The corrigendum dated 21 September 2026 revised registration and fee payment for Office Assistants, with Officers, to 1–27 September 2026. That corrigendum is the official window. A later date on an application portal screen is not the window in the notice.
The IBPS calendar dated 16 January 2026 schedules prelims on 6, 12 and 13 December 2026 and the main exam on 30 January 2027. IBPS can still change those dates. Provisional allotment is only given as February or March 2027.
No. Candidates who qualify in the prelims and are shortlisted sit the online main exam. Provisional allotment uses the main-exam marks and the vacancies reported by the RRB of the State or UT chosen in the application.
Not on 30 October 2026. The CRP RRBs XV page on ibps.in lists notices only through the vacancy update of 25 September 2026. There is no call letter on that page.
Annexure I as on 25 September 2026 sums to 8,222 posts: SC 1,258, ST 774, OBC (NCL) 1,914, EWS 806 and General 3,470. IBPS calls these indicative. Seats for persons with benchmark disability and ex-servicemen are inside that total, not extra posts. A candidate may also apply for one officer scale.
For every wrong answer in the objective tests, one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question is deducted. A question left blank has no penalty. In the main exam the candidate chooses either the English paper or the Hindi paper, not both.
Start Your IBPS RRB Clerk Preparation Today
10,000+ practice questions. Live exam tracker. Zero cost.
