IB ACIO Exam Pattern & Syllabus 2023 PDF Subject-Wise

IB ACIO Exam Pattern & Syllabus 2023 PDF Subject-Wise: The Ministry Of Home Affairs has already announced 995 vacancies for Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) Grade-II and Executives posts under IB ACIO Recruitment 2023. 

Candidates should start their preparation for the IB Recruitment by following the updated IB ACIO Exam Pattern 2023 & IB ACIO Syllabus 2023. Let us discuss the IB ACIO 2023 Exam Pattern & Syllabus in detail.

IB ACIO Exam Pattern & Syllabus 2023: Overview

Exam Name	IB ACIO 2023
Organization Name	Ministry Of Home Affairs
Exam Mode	Online & Offline
Selection Process	IB ACIO Tier-I Exam IB ACIO Tier-II Exam IB ACIO Interview
Nature Of Questions	Tier I: Objective Type Tier II: Descriptive Type Tier-III: Interview
Total Marks	Tier I: 100 Tier II: 50 Interview: 100
Time Duration	Tier I: 60 Tier II: 60
Negative Marking	1/4
Status	Released
Official Site	www.mha.gov.in

IB ACIO Selection Process 2023

IB ACIO Selection will consist of the following three stages:

1. IB ACIO Tier-I Exam (Written)
2. IB ACIO Tier-II Exam (Written)
3. IB ACIO Interview (Personality test)

Only those candidates who would be called for the Tier-II exam qualify Tier-I Exam. For the Tier-II examination, there is a minimum cut-off of 33%.

On the basis of their combined performance in both Tier-I and Tier-II, the candidates would be shortlisted for the interview.

After clearing all these three stages of the IB ACIO Recruitment process, Candidates will be called for Document Verification(DV) and Medical tests.

The final selection for IB ACIO Recruitment 2023 will be made on the basis of combined performance in all the selection stages.

IB ACIO Exam Pattern 2023

IB ACIO Tier 1 Exam Pattern 2023

Section	Number Of Questions
General Awareness	20
Quantitative Aptitude	20
Numerical/Analytical/Logical Ability & Reasoning	20
English Language	20
General Studies	20
Total	100

(Note*- Here General Awareness means Current Affairs and General Studies means Hist., Geo., Science, etc.)

• The IB ACIO Tier 1 Exam will be of objective type multiple-choice questions.
• One mark will be rewarded for each correct answer.
• There will be a negative marking of ¼ mark for each wrong answer.
• The total time duration for the IB ACIO written test is 1 hour i.e. 60 minutes.

IB ACIO Tier 2 Exam Pattern 2023

Section	Marks	Time
Essay Writing	30	60 Minutes
English Comprehension & Précis Writing	20
Total	50

• IB ACIO Tier II is a descriptive type test.
• IB ACIO descriptive test carries 2 questions for 50 marks in total.
• The total time duration for the IB ACIO stage 2 exam is 60 minutes.

IB ACIO II/Executive Tier 3 (Interview)

The interview round will be of 100 marks and the Candidates appearing in interviews may be subject to a Psychometric/Aptitude Test which will be a part of the interview.

IB ACIO Syllabus 2023

The candidates are advised to study according to the updated IB ACIO Syllabus so that they do not waste time on studying which is not required.

The candidates who want to prepare for IB ACIO Exam 2024, can prepare according to these subject-wise topics detailed below:

IB ACIO Syllabus for Tier I

The four sections are:

1. General Awareness & Studies
2. Reasoning
3. English Language
4. Quantitative Aptitude

IB ACIO General Awareness & Studies Syllabus 2023

In this section, The focus will be on Current national and international events, banking, sports, awards, recruitments, etc.

• Current Affairs
• History
• Geography
• Science & Technology
• Indian Polity & Constitution
• Economy & Finance
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Static GK

IB ACIO English Comprehension Syllabus 2023

• One-word substitution,
• Idioms & phrases,
• Grammar Rules,
• Antonyms,
• Single/ Double Fillers
• Fill In The Blanks
• Error Detection
• Synonyms,
• Fill in the blanks,
• Reading Comprehension/Passage,
• Active & Passive Voice
• Preposition
• Cloze Test,
• Para-Jumble Sentences etc.

IB ACIO Analytical Ability Syllabus 2023

• Series Completion
• Analogy
• Blood Relation Test
• Character Puzzles
• Classification
• Series
• Analytical Reasoning
• Pattern Completion
• Chart Logic
• Image Analysis
• Data Sufficiency
• Logical Sequence of Words
• Seating Arrangement
• Direction Sense Test

IB ACIO Logical Reasoning Syllabus 2023

• Alphanumeric Series
• Reasoning Analogies
• Blood Relations
• CalendersArtificial Language
• Clocks
• Coding-Decoding
• Decision Making
• Data Sufficiency
• Input-Output
• Puzzles
• Statements & Assumptions
• Order & Ranking
• Directions
• Odd One Out
• Statements & Conclusions

IB ACIO Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus 2023

• Number System
• Percentages
• Mensuration
• Ratio & Time
• Average
• Profit & Loss
• Fundamental Arithmetical Operations
• Computation of Whole Numbers
• Use of tables and graphs
• Decimals
• Relationship between numbers
• Operations Research & Linear Programming
• Differential Geometry
• Dynamics
• Essential Mathematics
• Calculus
• Real Analysis
• Fundamental Arithmetical Operations
• Computation of Whole numbers
• Time and Distance
• Ration and Proportion
• Interest
• Discount
• Algebra
• Differential Equations
• Statistics
• Time and Work
• Fractions
• Analytical Geometry
• Statistics

IB ACIO Tier 2 Syllabus 2023

IB ACIO Tier-II exam consists of two sections namely:

1. Essay Writing
2. English Comprehension & Précis Writing

Essay Writing: Candidates will have to write essays that can be based on topics such as:

• Emerging Trends in India
• Cultural Diversity of India
• Security Threats, etc

English Comprehension & Précise Writing: In this section, the candidate’s English Comprehension will be tested.

Download IB ACIO Syllabus 2023 PDF

IB ACIO Tier 1 Question Paper 2021 PDF	IB ACIO Tier 2 Question Paper PDF
IB ACIO Previous Year Cut-Off Marks	IB ACIO Previous Year Papers PDF

How To Preapre For IB ACIO Exams 2023?

Here we have shared preparation tips for IB ACIO Exams 2023. You can follow them to crack the IB Assistant Chief Intelligence Officer Exam 2023:

• Around 80% of questions of IB ACIO Exam Question Paper-I consist of General Knowledge, General Awareness, General Study, General Science, Geography, and Indian Politics. Let me tell you, a little hard work practice and you can easily crack the exam.
• Practice IB ACIO Previous Year Question Papers.
• Learn all important Static GK, GA, GS, History, and Science.
• Practice basic Mathematics like – Average, Profit and Loss, Simple Interest, etc.
• Go through the Current Affairs 2023.
• Manage your time wisely, you have 60 Minutes to answer 100 Objective questions.
• Start practicing for IB ACIO Paper-II. Practice writing some Essays on recent topics.
• Allot at least 25 minutes to write paper II i.e. an Essay.
• After writing an essay, go through it once, and correct it if required.
• Do not hurry while you write an Essay, Write it neat and clean. Do your best!

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