IB Security Assistant/ Executive Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2024-25

Intelligence Bureau has rolled out the recruitment notification for 1054 posts of Security Assistant/ Executive. Indian nationals who aspire to join Intelligence Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs as Security Assistant (Executive) are required to register online. IB proposed to collect online application from October 20, 2018, to November 11, 2018. The examination date is yet not announced by the bank.

IB Security Assistant/ Executive Examination 2018 – 1054 Vacancies

Contenders can check this page for detailed information about IB Security Assistant/ Executive Written Examination such as IB Security Assistant Exam Syllabus, IB Security Assistant Exam Pattern, Important Dates and Eligibility to sit in the exam. Here keep a watch on all important dates such as online registration starting and last date, written test date, issuance of call letter, so you never miss a single update of this paper.

Important Dates
Date of Commencement of Online Application20 October 2018
Last Date for Online Application Submission10 November 2018
Last Date for Payment of Application Fee12 November 2018

IB Security Assistant/ Executive Exam 2018 Eligibility Criteria, Exam Pattern and Syllabus

After knowing the exam notification, you all might be thinking about the eligibility criteria for this exam. You might be wondering what would be the age limit for appearing in this paper? What is the required qualification? Candidates who wish to apply for this IB Security Assistant Exam must ensure that they fulfill the eligibility criteria given below.

CategoryUpper Age Limit
Upper Age Limit
General27 Years
SC/ STRelaxation of 5 Years i.e. 32 Years
OBCRelaxation of 3 Years i.e. 30 Years


Educational Qualification
Candidates should have passed Matriculation (10th Class) or equivalent from a recognized Board of Education. Apart from this, candidates applying for the vacancies of a particular Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau/ exam center are required to possess knowledge of any one of the local language/ dialect of that particular region. The should be able to read, write and speak in that language/ dialect.

IB Security Assistant/ Executive Exam Pattern 2018

For attaining good marks, it is important for the applicants to have detailed knowledge about the exam pattern. Check out the detailed information about IB Security Assistant Exam Pattern 2018 tabulated in the below sections. The Exam Pattern will define the exam scheme such as Subject names, Duration for the examination, Marks to be scored according to the section, Negative marking, etc on this page. Scroll down the page for complete details about the exam pattern.

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The recruitment process will be held in the three Tiers i.e. Tier-I (Objective Type Exam), Tier-II (Descriptive Type Exam) and Tier-III (Interview/ Personality Test). The candidates who are shortlisted (10 times the Vacancies) after Tier-I will have to appear for Tier-II. All candidates appearing in Tier-II exam would be provisionally admitted in Tier-III exam i.e. interview/ personality test.

Examination Structure

The Tier-I Exam will be Written Examination of Objective Type MCQs. The exam will be divided into 4 parts containing questions of 1 mark each. The total marks allotted to the exam are 100 and the duration of the exam is 2 hours. There will be negative marking of 1/4 mark for each wrong answer.

IB Security Assistant Tier-1 Exam Pattern
Name of SubjectsNo. of Questions
General Awareness40 Questions
Quantitative Aptitude20 Questions
Logical/ Analytical Ability20 Questions
English Language20 Questions

The cut-off marks for UR, OBC & SC/ ST candidates in Tier-I Exam are 35, 34 and 33 respectively. All Ex-Servicemen would be treated in their own category.

IB Security Assistant Tier-II and Tier-III Exam Pattern
TiersDescription of ExamMarks Allotted
Tier-II(a) Translation of a passage of 500 words from local language/ dialect to English and vice versa40 Marks
(b) Spoken ability (to be assessed at the time of Tier-III exam)10 Marks
Tier-IIIInterview/ Personality Test50 Marks

The Tier-II exam will be of qualifying nature. Candidates would be required to obtain minimum 20/50 marks so that their marks in Tier-III could be taken into account for preparing final merit list on the basis of combined performance in Tier-I & Tier-III Exam. There is no cut off for Tier-III Exam.

IB Security Assistant/ Executive Syllabus 2018

IB Security Assistant/ Executive Exam Syllabus 2018 will help the candidates to get an idea about the subjects which are essential to the better preparation of the examination. To perform well in the exam we recommend you to go through all the topics and prepare accordingly. Check below-furnished subject wise IB Security Assistant Tier-I Syllabus.

IB Security Assistant/ Executive Syllabus 2018 for General AwarenessIB Security Assistant/ Executive Syllabus 2018 for Quantitative Aptitude
History and CulturePercentage
GeographyRatio and Proportion
EconomicsSquare Root
Indian PolityAverage
General Policy & Scientific ResearchInterest
BiologyProfit and Loss
PhysicsDiscount
ChemistryPartnership
Computer SectionMixture and Alligation
Current AffairsTime and Distance
Current GKTime and Work
Books and AuthorsBasic Algebraic Identities
Persons & Places in NewsRelationship Between Numbers
AbbreviationsMensuration

Get an idea about Logical/ Analytical Ability section topics so the candidates can clear the written examination with a qualifying score.

IB Security Assistant/ Executive Syllabus 2018 for Logical/ Analytical Ability
Logical ReasoningAnalytical Reasoning
AnalogiesAnalogies
Problem SolvingSimilarities & Differences
JudgmentSpace Visualization
Decision MakingSpatial Orientation
DiscriminationAnalysis
Relationship ConceptsNon-Verbal Series
Mathematical ReasoningPattern Folding
Coding & DecodingClassification
Statement ConclusionEmbedded Figures
Syllogistic ReasoningVisual Memory
Venn DiagramsDrawing Inferences

Below table will help the candidates to get an idea about the topics which are essential to the better preparation of the English Language Section.

IB Security Assistant/ Executive Syllabus 2018 for English Language
Sentence ImprovementSpotting Errors
Synonyms/ AntonymsFill in the Blanks
Active and Passive VoiceVerbs
One-Word SubstitutionIdioms & Phrases
Cloze PassageComprehension Passage

IB Security Assistant/ Executive Exam 2018 Admit Card

Appearing candidates can download the admit card for the Security Assistant Exam through the official website of the Ministry of Home Affairs, by entering application form number and date of birth. Call letter will contain details such as name of the candidate, roll number, photograph, signature and date of the exam, time, centre name. It is important to note that candidates need to carry their admit cards along with them to the exam center. No hard copy of admit cards will be issued to any candidate. Stay tuned with Admit Card page to download IB Security Assistant Exam Hall Ticket 2018 as soon as it is out.

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