9/16/2019 RBI Grade B 2019 : Notification, Exam Dates, Eligibility Criteria, Syllabus

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RBI Grade B 2019 : Noti cation, Exam Dates, Eligibility Criteria, Syllabus
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is soon expected to release the RBI Grade B 2019
Notification on their official website. Once the notification is released, candidates are
allowed to apply online, the online application link for RBI Grade B Recruitment is
generally activated on the same day of the release of the notification. When the
notification is released, we will update you with the direct link to apply online. Selection
for RBI Grade B Officers will be done through a country-wide competitive examination in
two phases i.e. Preliminary and Main examination followed by an Interview.

RBI Grade-B Noti cation 2019

RBI Officers (Grade-B) Notification 2019 is expected to be released in the month of
August this year. The online application for the same will begin after the release of official
notification of RBI Grade B 2019. However, you can click on the official notification of the
year 2018 to have an idea about last year vacancy, exam pattern and syllabus.

Check RBI Grade-B 2018 Official Notification

RBI Grade-B Exam Dates 2019

In the year 2018, the Preliminary and Mains examinations were conducted in the month
of August and September respectively. The objective type examinations are then followed
by a Personal Interview round which is held in the month of October. To get an idea of
the complete schedule followed by RBI every year, you can check the details of RBI
Grade-B 2018 events mentioned in the table given below:

Serial Number Event Date

1 Release of online application form To be updated soon
2 Last date to submit online application form
3 The release of Admit card for Phase-I Exam To be updated soon
4 Commencement of Phase-I exam To be updated soon
5 Declaration of the result of Phase-I exam To be updated soon
6 The release of Admit Card for Phase-II Exam To be updated soon
7 Commencement of Phase-II exam To be updated soon
8 Declaration of the result of Phase-II Exam To be updated soon
9 Interview Process To be updated soon
10 Declaration of nal result To be updated soon

RBI Officers (Grade-B) Vacancies 2019

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The number of vacancies for the post of Grade-B

X Officers will be released when the
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official notification for the recruitment process is out. In the year 2018, the total number
of vacancies was 166, the details of which are given in the table below:

Serial Number Posts Vacancy

1. O cers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- General 127
2. O cers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- DEPR 22
3. O cers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- DSIM 17

RBI O cers (Grade-B) Salary and Career Growth

Check RBI Grade B officer Salary & Career Growth

RBI O cers (Grade-B) 2019 Exam Centers

Examination centers for RBI Officers (Grade-B) examinations are there in almost 35
States and Union Territories.

RBI O cers (Grade-B) Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility criteria include Age limit and Educational Qualification. For RBI Officers (Grade-
B) 2018 examination, the lower and upper age limits were 21 years and 30 years
respectively.

Educational Qualification: A minimum of aggregate 60% marks (50% in case of

SC/ST/PWD) or an equivalent grade in Bachelor’s degree as well as in 12th (or Diploma
or equivalent) and 10th standard examinations.

You’ll have to wait until the notification is released on the official RBI website for this
year’s eligibility criteria.

RBI O cers (Grade-B) 2019 Application Fees

This was the application fees for the previous RBI Officers (Grade-B) examination:

SC/ST/PWD Intimation Charges only Rs.100/-

GEN/OBC App. Fee including intimation charges Rs.850/-

RBI O cers (Grade-B) 2019 Exam Pattern

Preliminary Examination (200 Marks): The Paper consists tests of (i) General
Awareness (ii) English Language (iii) Quantitative Aptitude and (iv) Reasoning, which are
to be attempted in a composite time of 120 minutes.

Subject No. Of Questions Marks

General Awareness 80 80
Maths 30 30
English 30 30

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Reasoning 60 X 60
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Total 200 200

Mains Examination:

Name of the Paper Type of the Paper Time (Mins) Marks

Paper I Economic & Social
Objective Type 90 100
Issues
Descriptive (to be typed with the
Paper II English (Writing Skills) 90 100
help of keyboard)
Paper III Finance &
Objective Type 90 100
Management

Interview (50 marks): Candidates are shortlisted for the personal interview round
based on an aggregate of marks obtained in Phase-II (Paper-I +Paper-II +Paper-III).
Candidates are given the option to opt for interview either in Hindi or English. Final
Selection is done through merit list which is prepared by adding marks secured by
candidates in Phase-II examination and interview.

The penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main
examination)

There is a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Online Objective Tests. For each
wrong answer, one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question is deducted as
penalty to arrive at corrected score. No marks are deducted for un-attempted
questions.

RBI O cers (Grade-B) 2019 Syllabus 

(Phase I)

RBI Assistant Examination has two phases of Online Test for which candidates have to
thoroughly study the following subjects:

English Language

Reading Comprehension
Cloze Test
Fillers
Sentence Errors
Vocabulary based questions
Sentence Improvement
Jumbled Paragraph
Paragraph Based Questions ( Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Paragraph /Sentences
Restatement)

Reasoning Ability

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Puzzles X
Seating Arrangements
Direction Sense
Blood Relation
Syllogism
Order and Ranking
Coding-Decoding
Machine Input-Output
Inequalities
Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
Data Su ciency
Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument)

Quantitative Aptitude

Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart)
Inequalities (Quadratic Equations)
Number Series
Approximation and Simpli cation
Data Su ciency
Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Pro t and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work
and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination,
Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains,
Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns)

General Awareness

Banking Awareness
Financial Awareness
Govt. Schemes and Policies
Current Affairs
Static Awareness

(Phase II)

Paper-I – Economic and social Issues:

 Growth and Development

 National Income and per capita income
Economic Reforms in India
Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Balance of Payments
IMF and World Bank, WTO
Social Structure in India
Social Justice
Indian Political System
Health and Education

Paper-II -English (Writing Skills):

The paper on English shall be framed in a manner to assess the writing skills including

expression and understanding of the topic.

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Paper-III -Finance and Management: X

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Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions
RBI and its functions
Financial Markets
The Union Budget
In ation
Corporate Governance in Banking Sector
Financial Inclusion
Risk Management in Banking Sector
Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures, and Swap
Changing Landscape of Banking sector
An alternate source of nance
Public-Private Partnership (PPP)

RBI Officers (Grade-B) Previous Year’s Cut Off

RBI Grade-B Phase-I 2018 Exam:

Phase-1 2017

SECTION WISE CUTOFF MARKS FOR PHASE – I 

 Category
Section
General OBC SC ST
GENERAL AWARENESS 20 16 14.25 14.25
REASONING 15 12 10.75 10.75
ENGLISH 7.50 6 5.25 5.25
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE 7.50 6 5.25 5.25
TOTAL 98.50 88.50 84.50 84.50

Final 2017

 CUT-OFF MARKS DECIDED BY THE BOARD AT VARIOUS STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
 Category
Recruitment Stage
General OBC SC ST
Aggregate Cut-Off Marks in paper-I, paper- II And Paper-
III taken together in written examination for shortlisting 176.75 161.75 155.75 155.75
the candidate for interviewer (Out of total 300 marks)
Aggregate marks of written examination and interview
taken together (out of total 350 marks) obtained by the
225.50 211.00 204.25 210.25
respective category with reference to the no. of
vacancies noti ed under each category

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