RBI Officers (Grade-B) 2019M A FEW POINTS

RBI Officers (Grade-B) 2019 Exam Pattern

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

However, separate time will be allotted for each test. Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout.

Main Examination:

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

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 Officers (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

• Puzzles
• Seating Arrangements
• Direction Sense
• Blood Relation
• Syllogism
• Order and Ranking
• Coding-Decoding
• Machine Input-Output
• Inequalities
• Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
• Data Sufficiency
• 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 Simplification
• Data Sufficiency
• Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit 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.

Paper-III -Finance and Management:

• Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions
• RBI and its functions
• Financial Markets
• The Union Budget
• Inflation
• 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 finance
• Public-Private Partnership (PPP)

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

RBI Grade-B Phase-I 2018 Exam:

RBI Grade B Phase-I 2017 Exam:

Phase-1 2017

SECTION WISE CUTOFF MARKS FOR PHASE – I
Section	Category
	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	78	68	64	64

RBI Grade B Main Final 2017

CUT-OFF MARKS DECIDED BY THE BOARD AT VARIOUS STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Recruitment Stage	Category
	General	OBC	SC	ST
Aggregate Cut-Off Marks in paper-I, paper- II And Paper-III taken together in written examination for shortlisting the candidate for interviewer (Out of total 300 marks)	196.75	181.75	175.75	175.75
Aggregate marks of written examination and interview taken together (out of total 350 marks) obtained by the respective category with reference to the no. of vacancies notified under each category	245.50	228.00	220.25	211.25