RBI Grade B 2019 Exam Pattern (Officer Post)
The RBI Grade B 2019 Exam Pattern will be the same as that of 2018. Candidates need to clear all these three phases to become RBI Grade B officer.these three phases to become RBI Grade B officer. RBI Grade B Phase I
RBI Grade B Phase II
RBI Grade B Interview
Phase I Exam Pattern
The RBI Grade B Phase I is an online examination that comprises a single Paper of 200 marks. The syllabus of Phase I would include:
Section | No. of Questions | Time | Marks |
General Awareness | 80 | 2 Hours | 200 |
English Language | 30 | ||
Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | ||
Reasoning Ability | 60 |
Phase II Exam Pattern
Candidates who qualify the Phase-I examination will be shortlisted for Phase-II. The RBI Grade B Phase I Result is tentatively announced within a week of Phase-I examination. The Phase-II examination is held in shifts and separate Admission Letters are issued for each shift. The RBI Grade B Syllabus of Phase II would include:Paper | Type | Time (Minutes) | Marks |
Paper-I: Economic & Social Issues | Objective | 90 | 100 |
Paper-II: English (Writing Skills) | Descriptive | 90 | 100 |
Paper-III: Finance and Management | Objective | 90 | 100 |
RBI Grade B Interview
Candidates who qualify both the phases with minimum aggregate cut off marks are shortlisted for the RBI Grade B Interview. The minimum aggregate cut off marks are decided by the RBI Recruitment Board considering the number of vacancies. The Interview round of the RBI Grade B exam is of 50 marks.The shortlisted candidates get to know about their selection on the RBI website. The candidates' names and Roll Numbers are published on the RBI website and interview call letters are sent on the registered email IDs of the candidates.
Exam Syllabus
RBI Grade B Phase I Syllabus | ||
General Awareness | ||
Section | Topics | |
Banking Awareness | MICR, IFSC code, Clean Notes policy, Fake notes, ATM, NEFT, RTGS, Kisan credit card, RBI functioning, Organizational structure of RBI, RBI intervention on currencies, RBI Committees, CBS, ECS, SWIFT, BankNET, Digital Signatures, Bank guarantee, Letter of Credit, Bancassurance, Banking Awareness for RBI | |
Organizations | Banking structure of India, RBI, NABARD, Banking Ombudsman, SIDBI, EXIM Bank, Cooperative Banks, CIBIL Planning Commission, 5-year plans, Finance Commission, CRISIL, LIC, Bretton Woods, BASEL, World Bank, IBRD, IMF, SENSEX, NIFTY, Moody, S&P, Fitch | |
Yearbook | Acts, committees, legislation, Bank mergers, Information Technology Act, SARFAESI Act, FEMA & FERA, Tarapore Committee, Narsimhan Committees, FRBM Act, Budget Highlights, Tax ceilings, Deductions, Foreign Direct Investment, Policy changes | |
Current Affairs | To prepare current affairs, read Pratiyogita Darpan, Chronicle, & Wizard competitive magazines, The Hindu, Economic Times & Live Mint newspapers, know about International Affairs, Indian Economy, Indian Polity | |
Static GK | GDP, GNP, Purchasing Power Parity, Human Development Index, Inflation, Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR), Cash Reserve Ratio, Repo rate, Reverse Repo, Bank rate, Marginal Standing Facility (MSF), Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF), Priority Sector Lending, Non Performing Assets (NPA), Capital Adequacy Ratio, Derivatives, Futures, Currency of India, VAT, Goods and Services Tax (GST) | |
English Language | Quantitative Aptitude | Reasoning Ability |
Reading Comprehension Sentence Completion Sentence Correction Double Fillers Phrase/Word Replacement Vocabulary Error Spotting Passage Making Sentence Framing Jumble Words | Data Interpretation Ratio and Proportion Average Time and Work Speed, Distance and Time Mixture and Allegations Percentage Permutation and Combination Probability Time, Speed and Distance Mensuration Profit, Loss and Discount Quadratic Equation Simple Interest & Compound Interest | Logical Reasoning Seating arrangement Data Sufficiency Alphanumeric Series Puzzle Syllogism Coding-decoding Inequalities Input - Output Blood Relation Ranking Direction and Sense Series |