Examination Pattern

Selection for the post of Assistant in RBI would be made on the basis of online tests (preliminary + mains) followed by a Language Proficiency Test (LPT) of candidates who qualify in the online tests. LPT is qualifying in nature and the final selection will be based only on performance in the Main online examination.

The Objective tests of RBI Assistant (Preliminary and Main examination) except for the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi. A candidate will have to qualify in Preliminary Examination for appearing in Main Examination. There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests (Preliminary and Main examination). 1/4th marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.

The selection process of Assistants in the Reserve Bank of India contains the following stages.

Phase-I: Prelims Examination 

Phase-II: Mains Examination 

Phase-III: Language Proficiency Test

Candidates who qualify for all these selection processes will be called for Document Verification and after which the final merit list (based on main examination scores) will be prepared.
 

Phase-I: RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination Pattern

 
Preliminary Examination: Preliminary Examination consisting of an objective test will be conducted online. The test will have three sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows:

• The Preliminary examination will be the first stage of the selection process and is qualifying in nature. It is conducted in Computer Based Test mode.

• Candidates will have to pass each of the objective tests of the online examinations.

• Questions from three subjects, namely i.e., English language, Reasoning Ability, and Quantitative aptitude will be asked at this stage.

• All the subjects of the preliminary examination will account for 100 marks with sectional timing of 20 minutes for each subject.

• As per the marking scheme, 1 mark will be provided for every correct answer while there will be a deduction of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer marked by the candidate.

• You can attempt RBI Assistant prelims mock tests at Testzone Smartkeeda to prepare for this exam.

 

S.No.	Name of test	No. of questions	Maximum marks	Duration
1.	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	20 minutes
3.	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
	Total	100	100	60 minutes

 
 

Phase-II: RBI Assistant Mains Examination Pattern

 
The Mains examination will be the second stage of the selection process and the marks obtained at this stage will be considered to calculate the final merit.

The final selection will be based only on performance in the Main online examination so candidates will have to perform exceptionally well to appear in the final merit list.

Questions from five subjects, namely i.e., English language, Reasoning, Numerical ability, General Awareness, and Computer Knowledge will be asked at this stage.

Reasoning, English, and Numerical Ability section of the RBI Assistant mains examination will account for 120 marks with sectional timing of 30 minutes for each subject. However, the General Awareness section will account for 40 marks with a sectional timing of 25 minutes, and the computer knowledge section will account for 40 marks with a sectional timing of 20 minutes.

As per the marking scheme, 1 mark will be provided for every correct answer while there will be a deduction of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer marked by the candidate.

You can attempt RBI Assistant mains mock tests at Testzone Smartkeeda to prepare for this stage.
 

S.No.	Name of test	No. of questions	Maximum marks	Duration
1.	Test of Reasoning	40	40	30 minutes
2.	Test of English Language	40	40	30 minutes
3.	Test of Numerical Ability	40	40	30 minutes
4.	Test of General Awareness	40	40	25 minutes
5.	Test of Computer Knowledge	40	40	20 minutes
	Total	200	200	135 minutes

 

Phase III: Language Proficiency Test (LPT)

 
The candidates provisionally shortlisted from the main online examination will have to undergo a language proficiency test (LPT). Only such number of candidates will be called for the Language Proficiency Test who stand sufficiently high in merit based on the aggregate marks of the Main online examination. Such merit will be decided by the Bank in relation to the number of notified vacancies to be filled in

The language proficiency test will be conducted in the Official / Local Language of the State concerned as detailed below.

Candidates not proficient in the Official / Local Language shall be disqualified. The Office wise local language/s is/are as follows:

• Ahmedabad – Gujarati

• Bengaluru – Kannada

• Bhopal – Hindi

• Bhubaneswar - Oriya

• Chandigarh – Punjabi / Hindi

• Chennai – Tamil

• Guwahati – Assamese / Bengali / Khasi / Manipuri / Bodo / Mizo 10

• Hyderabad – Telugu

• Jaipur – Hindi

• Jammu – Urdu / Hindi / Kashmiri

• Kanpur & Lucknow – Hindi

• Kolkata – Bengali / Nepali

• Mumbai – Marathi / Konkani

• Nagpur – Marathi / Hindi

• New Delhi – Hindi

• Patna – Hindi / Maithili

• Thiruvananthapuram – Malayalam
 

RBI Assistant Preliminary Syllabus

 

Sections	Syllabus
English language	× Reading Comprehension × Cloze Test × Para jumbles × Miscellaneous × Fill in the blanks × Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting × Paragraph Completion
Reasoning Ability	× Logical Reasoning × Alphanumeric Series × Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test × Data Sufficiency × Coded Inequalities × Seating Arrangement × Puzzle × Tabulation × Syllogism × Blood Relations × Input-Output × Coding-Decoding
Quantitative Aptitude	× Simplification × Profit & Loss × Mixtures & Allegations × Simple Interest × Compound Interest  × Work & Time × Time & Distance × Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere × Data Interpretation × Ratio & Proportion, Percentage × Sequence & Series × Permutation, Combination & Probability

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RBI Assistant Mains Syllabus

 

Sections	Syllabus
English language	× Reading comprehension(High Level) × Sentence rearrangement × Sentence Correction × Grammatical Error Detection × Spelling Checking × Fillers Test × Cloze Test × Match the Column
Reasoning ability	× Logical Reasoning × Alphanumeric Series × Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test × Data Sufficiency × Coded Inequalities × Seating Arrangement × Puzzle × Tabulation × Syllogism × Blood Relations × Input-Output × Coding-Decoding
Quantitative aptitude	× Simplification × Profit & Loss × Mixtures & Allegations × Simple Interest × Compound Interest  × Surds & Indices × Work & Time × Time & Distance × Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere × Data Interpretation × Ratio & Proportion, Percentage × Sequence & Series × Permutation, Combination & Probability
General Awareness	× Current Affairs × Banking News × National and International News × Economic and Financial News × Awards and honors × Books and authors,  × Latest appointments,  × Obituaries,  × New schemes sanctioned by the Central and state governments, sports, etc. × Static GK  × Names of Country-capital, currency,  × Headquarters of Financial Organizations  × Constituencies of Ministers,  × Dance forms × Important Dates × Banking/Financial terms × Static Awareness
Computer knowledge	× Introduction of Computer × Basics of Hardware and Software × Input /Output Devices × Number System × Operating System Basics × Basic Internet Knowledge and Protocol × Basic Functionalities of MS-Office × Database Basics × Memory and Storage Device × Computer Shortcuts Key × Computer Abbreviation

 

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