IIBF-conducted Junior / Certified Associate Institute of Bankers banking certifications. Standard credential for officer-cadre advancement in Indian PSBs. JAIIB has 4 compulsory papers; CAIIB has 4 compulsory + 1 elective.
All 4 JAIIB papers by syllabus size
All 4 compulsory papers, worked sums
Officers get one increment for JAIIB and, since 01.11.2022, two for CAIIB. For a Scale I officer at entry that is Rs 2,000 and Rs 4,000 a month in basic pay. Scales, PQP tables and a calculator.
Five December 2026 dates, one elective day shared by all five electives, a registration window that IIBF postponed and then extended to 8 October, and no date yet for 2027.
The four November 2026 papers day by day, the registration windows IIBF actually ran (page, schedule PDF and notices differ), the centre-change window, admit letters, and what is not yet published.
IIBF publishes no past JAIIB papers and says it will not share questions or answers. What it does publish: the pattern, the module map and a paid mock. How to use each.
Pass is 50 in a paper, or 45 in each with 50% overall in one sitting. Eight worked mark sets showing who passes, which credits carry forward, and the class awarded. Plus how IIBF gives you the result.
What CAIIB opens: extra electives, the five-track Professional Banker (5 years’ experience, Rs 1,000), a CFP fast track skipping three exams, Chartered Banker, an IGNOU MBA and GARP FRR.
Practise: Free sample
Review what you missed. Write down the reason behind each correction.
Close your notes and recall the main ideas in your own words.
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