Syllabus-RBI Officers Grade ‘B’ Exam

RBI Officers Grade ‘B’ Exam
General Information

● QUALIFICATIONS :
(i) A First Class Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 60% marks or an equivalent grade; Or
(ii) A Second Class Master's Degree with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade; Or
(iii) A Doctorate Degree with 50% marks in Master's Degree or equivalent grade; Or
(iv) Chartered / Cost Accountant / Company Secretary (ACS) with a Bachelor's Degree; Or
(v) A Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management only.

Note : SC/ST/PH candidates having second class with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade in Bachelor's Degree Examination or having a Post-graduate Degree or equivalent recognised qualification, are eligible to apply.

● AGE LIMIT :
(i) Between 21 and 30 years. For Candidates possessing M. Phil/Ph. D. qualification, upper age limit will be 31 years and 33 years respectively. For candidates having experience as an officer in Commercial Bank/Financial Institution in Public Sector, upper age limit is relaxed to the extent of number of years of such experience subject to a maximum of three years. For such candidates, upper age limit should not exceed 33 years including experience. For experience, probationary period will not be reckoned.

(ii) Upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years in the case of (a) SC/ST candidates and (b) 3 years in the case of OBC candidates. Please see detailed advertisement for exemption in age admissible to other categories.

● SCHEME OF SELECTION :
Selection will be through Written Examination (WE) and Interview. ‘WE’ will be held in two phases as under :

(1) Phase I (Objective Type Test)—This Paper of 3 hours duration for 200 marks, consisting of tests of (i) General Awareness, (ii) English Language, (iii) Quantitative Aptitude and (iv) Reasoning. Candidates have to secure minimum marks separately for each test as prescribed by the Board.

(2) Phase II (Descriptive Type Test)—The Phase II examination will be only for those candidates who are successful in Phase I (Objective Type Test). The Examination will consist of three Descriptive Type papers—(i) Paper I—English (ii) Paper II—Economic and Social Issues and (iii) Paper III—Finance and Management. Each of these papers is of 3 hours duration carrying 100 marks.

Note : Phase I (except the test of English Language) and Paper II and III of Phase II will be set bilingually in Hindi and English. Phase I is Objective Type and only marking the correct choice is required. However, Papers II and III of Phase II can be answered either Wholly in Hindi or English at the candidate’s option.

● NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS :
Candidates belonging to General Category, who had already appeared four times for ‘WE’ for this post in the past, are not eligible to apply. No such restriction to candidates belonging to OBC/SC/ST/PH.

● EXAMINATION CENTRES :
(Code Numbers in brackets)– Select only one centre.

• Ahmedabad (11)
  Bangalore (12)
  Bhopal (13)
  Bhubaneswar (14)
  Kolkata (15)
  Patna (29)
  Chandigarh (16)
  Chennai (17)
  Guwahati (18)
  Hyderabad (19)
  Jaipur (20)
  Jammu (21)
  Kanpur (22)
  Kochi (23)
  Lucknow (24)
  Mumbai (25)
  Nagpur (26)
  New Delhi (27)
  Panaji (28)
  Pune (30)
  Thiruvananthapuram (31)
  Agartala (32)
  Aizwal (33)
  Imphal (34)
  Itanagar (35)
  Kohima (36)
  Port Blair (37)
  Shillong (38)