As many as 5.31 lakh candidates have passed the first common written examination for clerical posts in public sector banks. Roughly one out of every six candidates who appeared for the exam has been successful.
Nearly 1.93 lakh women candidates were among the successful candidates. The exam was conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), Mumbai in November/December 2011. Over 30 lakh candidates appeared for the exam.
Mr M. Balachandran, Director, IBPS, said there were 1.72 lakh successful candidates in the general category, 2.37 lakh in the OBC category and about 1.21 lakh in the SC/ST category.
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