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IBPS RRB Clerk / RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT 2025 Exam Overview
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) released 7972 Vacancies for RRB Clark (Office Assistant) the official notification on 31st August 2025 for the recruitment of Assistants in the Regional Rural banks of the country. The examination calendar for the 2025 exams has already been released by IBPS and the exams for RRB Clerk will be conducted in December 2025. To help you understand the format of this exam and develop a study plan beforehand, here we have provided a brief overview of this exam in the table given below:
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Name of Exam conducting Agency |
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) |
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Exam Date |
6th, 7th,13th and 14th December 2025 |
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Name of the post |
RRB Office Assistant / RRB Clerk |
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Total Vacancies |
7972 |
|
Mode of Application |
Online |
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Mode of exam |
Online |
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Selection procedure |
Prelims, Mains |
|
Official website |
www.ibps.in |
IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT 2025 Eligibility Criteria
Here, we have listed the basic criteria for appointment to the posts in the Regional Rural Banks which include educational qualifications, age limit, nationality, work experience, and other specific requirements for the post of RRB Clerk.
IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT 2025 Educational Qualifications
To apply for the post of Assistant in Regional Rural Banks, here are the essential education qualifications:
1. You must possess a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent.
2. Working knowledge of Computers is a desirable qualification for the post of RRB clerk.
Proficiency in the local language
Proficiency in the local language is one of the essential qualifications to be eligible for the post of RRB Assistant as prescribed by the participating Regional Rural Banks.
· As per the notification, candidates who have already studied the language of the State in standard VIII or any level above standard VIII in Government recognized Boards of Education / Schools or having any certificate to the effect for standard VIII or any level above standard VIII would be considered proficient in that local language.
· If you do not meet the aforesaid requirement in the local language at the time of selection, you will be given a time of six months from the date of joining to acquire proficiency. This period can be extended by the Boards of RRBs but such extension should not be beyond the probation period.
IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT 2025 Age Limit
To apply for the post of Assistant in RRB, an unreserved category candidate should not be below 18 years & above 28 years of age.
However, there will be age relaxations in the upper age limit for different categories as under:
|
Category |
Relaxation |
|
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe |
5 Years |
|
Other Backward Classes |
3 Years |
|
Persons With Benchmark Disabilities |
10 Years |
|
Ex-Servicemen & Commissioned Officers |
5 Years |
|
Persons affected by the 1984 riots |
5 Years |
Nationality / Citizenship:
A candidate must be either –
I. A Citizen of India or
II. A subject of Nepal or
III. A subject of Bhutan or
IV. A Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
V. A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam intending to permanently settle in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a
person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
Application Fee
The application fee for applying for the post of RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant would be as given below. You can make the payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges through the On-Line Mode only. As per the notification, you will also have to bear the Bank Transaction charges for Online Payment of application fees/intimation charges.
|
Category |
Fees (Non-refundable) |
|
GENERAL/ EWS/ OBC candidate |
850/- |
|
SC/ST/PWD/EXSM candidates |
175/- |
How To Apply
You can apply for the Post of RRB clerk and can also apply for officer simultaneously, however, you will be allowed to apply for only one post in the officer’s cadre i.e. for Officer Scale-I or Scale-II or Scale-III.
You have to apply separately and pay fees/intimation charges separately for each post.
Candidates can apply online only. No other mode of application will be accepted.
Before applying, you should keep the scanned images of your photograph, signature, left-hand thumb impression, and handwritten declaration ready to upload.
Steps to Apply Online:
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Upload your scanned photograph, signature, left-hand thumb impression, and handwritten declaration in the specified format.
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Pay the application fee through any of the available payment modes Debit Cards (RuPay / Visa / MasterCard / Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets.
IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT 2025 Exam Pattern
Stage I: Prelims
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The preliminary examination for the post of RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant will be conducted online.
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This phase is divided into 2 sections - Reasoning, and Quantitative Aptitude.
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You are given 80 questions to attempt in a duration of 45 minutes. The time is composite for both sections, i.e, you can switch between the sections at any time.
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The prelims of RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant will be of qualifying nature i.e. Marks obtained in the Reasoning or Quantitative Aptitude section will not be considered while preparing the merit List.
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Minimum qualifying marks will be declared by IBPS after prelims.
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There will be a penalty of one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests.
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You can attempt RRB Office Assistant / IBPS RRB Clerk mock tests at Smartkeeda to familiarise yourself well with the RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant exam pattern.
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IBPS reserves the right to make the duration of Tests separate for each test. This will be duly communicated to the candidates in the information Handout.
RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant Prelims Exam Pattern
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S.No |
Name of the Test |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Duration |
|
1. |
Reasoning |
40 |
40 |
Composite time of 45 minutes |
|
2. |
Numerical Ability |
40 |
40 |
|
|
Total |
80 |
80 |
|
Stage II: Mains
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This is the second round in the selection process for RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant.
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The mains of the IBPS RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant would be divided into 5 sections – Reasoning, Computer Knowledge, Language test, General Awareness, and Quantitative Aptitude.
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There would be a composite time of 2 hours for all the sections so you can divide your time as per your capabilities. (No sectional time limit)
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The marks obtained in this round will be considered for the final merit so you must score well in this round.
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IBPS reserves the right to make the duration of Tests separate for each test. This will be duly communicated to the candidates in the information Handout.
RRB Office Assistant Mains Exam Pattern
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S.No |
Name of the Test |
Number of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Duration |
|
1. |
Reasoning |
40 |
50 |
Composite time of 2 hours |
|
2. |
Computer Knowledge |
40 |
20 |
|
3. |
General Awareness |
40 |
40 |
|
4. |
English / Hindi Language |
40 |
40 |
|
5. |
Quantitative Aptitude |
40 |
50 |
|
|
Total |
200 |
200 |
|
Penalty For Wrong Answers
There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty to arrive at the corrected score. Therefore, if you’re unaware of an answer, it would be better to leave the response blank as there will be no penalty for skipped questions.
Cutoff Score
For RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant, you will have to obtain a minimum score in each test of the Online Main examination to be considered to be shortlisted for provisional allotment. Depending on the number of vacancies available in each state, candidates will be shortlisted for provisional allotment.
Having a rough idea of the previous year's
cutoff of RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant prelims and mains will prove to be very helpful in understanding the examination trend and deciding your target score. However, the RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant cutoff largely depends on the vacancies available and the difficulty level of the examination and can differ based on the given factors.
The table given below shows the previous year’s prelims (out of 100) and mains cutoff (out of 200) to shortlist candidates for the next round.
IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims Cutoff 2024
|
State/UT |
General |
OBC |
EWS |
SC/ST |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
|
|
|
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh |
|
50.75 |
|
|
|
Assam |
69.50 |
69.50 |
|
|
|
Bihar |
66.75 |
66.75 |
|
|
|
Chhattisgarh |
61.75 |
61.75 |
|
SC, ST- 61.75 |
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Gujarat |
67 |
67 |
|
|
|
Haryana |
75.25 |
|
|
|
|
Himachal Pradesh |
74 |
|
|
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
69 |
|
|
|
|
Jharkhand |
|
|
|
|
|
Karnataka |
|
68.75 |
|
|
|
Kerala |
|
|
|
|
|
Madhya Pradesh |
70 |
|
70 |
SC- 68.25 |
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Maharashtra |
|
72.5 |
|
|
|
Manipur |
|
|
|
|
|
Meghalaya |
|
|
|
|
|
Mizoram |
|
|
|
|
|
Nagaland |
|
|
|
|
|
Odisha |
74 |
|
|
|
|
Puducherry |
|
|
|
|
|
Punjab |
73 |
|
|
SC- 66.50 |
|
Rajasthan |
70.50 |
70.50 |
|
ST- 61 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
61 |
|
|
|
|
Telangana |
|
55 |
|
|
|
Tripura |
68.5 |
|
|
ST- 54.55 |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
69.75 |
69.75 |
|
SC- 66.25 |
|
Uttarakhand |
74.25 |
|
|
|
|
West Bengal |
77.5 |
75.25 |
|
|
IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains Cutoff 2024
|
State/UT |
SC |
ST |
OBC (NCL) |
EWS |
UR |
HI |
OC |
VI |
ID |
ESM |
DESM |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
56.66 |
52.03 |
57.28 |
56.69 |
64.69 |
48.35 |
53.22 |
NA |
NA |
46.03 |
42.41 |
|
Arunachal Pradesh |
43.66 |
46.94 |
50.09 |
43.85 |
51.49 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
Assam |
57.63 |
49 |
53.88 |
53.07 |
61.94 |
NA |
47.82 |
35.07 |
NA |
43.41 |
36.63 |
|
Bihar |
52.75 |
42.16 |
60.6 |
58.67 |
67.03 |
43.91 |
47.1 |
47.5 |
NA |
52.97 |
37.85 |
|
Chhattisgarh |
55.19 |
58.19 |
52.77 |
52.75 |
62.57 |
40 |
36.75 |
46.07 |
46.94 |
41.78 |
NA |
|
Gujarat |
54.82 |
52.47 |
57.05 |
56.23 |
60.33 |
NA |
47.35 |
NA |
NA |
49.97 |
NA |
|
Haryana |
54.41 |
NA |
59.63 |
58.63 |
62.97 |
42.35 |
50.19 |
57 |
30.94 |
54.57 |
40.69 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
56.54 |
51.33 |
56.78 |
57.25 |
64.59 |
NA |
45.13 |
45.69 |
NA |
50.44 |
NA |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
54 |
53.5 |
55.5 |
55.65 |
55.65 |
NA |
43.1 |
NA |
NA |
46.88 |
39.25 |
|
Jharkhand |
58.5 |
50.33 |
58.58 |
55.56 |
63.75 |
NA |
42.13 |
NA |
NA |
51.22 |
37.25 |
|
Karnataka |
53.66 |
51.57 |
56.85 |
55.63 |
61.35 |
NA |
53.5 |
54.63 |
NA |
40.94 |
NA |
|
Kerala |
58.75 |
48.58 |
57.13 |
55.65 |
65.53 |
NA |
45.82 |
52.35 |
45.57 |
37.28 |
NA |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
57.88 |
48.33 |
58.53 |
57.13 |
66.09 |
48.03 |
54.88 |
NA |
53.13 |
40.85 |
NA |
|
Maharashtra |
57.66 |
50.6 |
59.6 |
58.45 |
64.69 |
52.35 |
51.5 |
47.78 |
51.07 |
36.72 |
NA |
|
Manipur |
NA |
52.33 |
NA |
53.05 |
58.49 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
31.16 |
NA |
|
Meghalaya |
NA |
43.25 |
NA |
NA |
46.03 |
NA |
29.85 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
Mizoram |
NA |
NA |
NA |
37.72 |
48 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
Nagaland |
NA |
49.32 |
NA |
NA |
50.06 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
Odisha |
58.5 |
46.88 |
58.35 |
59.98 |
65.5 |
43.78 |
43.57 |
43.38 |
47 |
38.19 |
NA |
|
Puducherry |
48.22 |
NA |
57.2 |
37.94 |
62.48 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
38.19 |
NA |
|
Punjab |
59.57 |
NA |
59.63 |
60.97 |
64.94 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
48.97 |
39.18 |
|
Rajasthan |
58.19 |
45.1 |
58.2 |
57.52 |
65.5 |
55.16 |
46.44 |
50.32 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
Tamil Nadu |
56.94 |
48.63 |
60.13 |
58.25 |
66.48 |
NA |
51.16 |
51.94 |
NA |
51.28 |
44.07 |
|
Telangana |
57.16 |
47.28 |
59.53 |
55.06 |
63.69 |
NA |
43.64 |
54.16 |
NA |
51 |
39.72 |
|
Tripura |
50.53 |
49.1 |
58.13 |
59.75 |
61.63 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
59.38 |
45.58 |
60.15 |
61.12 |
66.5 |
45.16 |
52.5 |
51.4 |
44.11 |
52.32 |
42.5 |
|
Uttarakhand |
56.25 |
51.16 |
57.44 |
60.88 |
65.31 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
51.91 |
40.69 |
|
West Bengal |
58.25 |
57.03 |
62.38 |
64.6 |
69.13 |
53.1 |
50.16 |
48.38 |
NA |
46.91 |
31.35 |
RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant Prelims Syllabus:
RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant Mains Syllabus
|
Sections |
Syllabus |
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 |
→ Wrong/New Pattern Number Series
→ High-level Data Sufficiency
→ Data Interpretation
→ Caselet DI
→ Time & Distance, Work
→ Boat and Streams
→ Partnership
→ Profit & Loss
→ Simple and Compound Interest
→ Mixture and Allegations
→ Ratio & Proportion
→ Percentage |
|
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
→ Static GK
→ Names of Country-capital, currency,
→ Headquarters of Financial Organizations
→ Constituencies of Ministers,
→ Dance forms
→ Important Dates
→ Banking/Financial terms |
|
Computer Awareness |
→ History of Computer
→ Networking
→ MS Word & MS Excel
→ Modern-day technology
→ Basic computer fundamentals
→ Computer abbreviations
→ Security Tools, Software, hardware, and their functionalities |
RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant Vacancy - 2025
The vacancies for the IBPS RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant 2025 exam were announced in May 2025 along with the official IBPS RRB notification PDF. A total of 5538 vacancies for RRB Clerk is announced by IBPS. The table below shows the overall IBPS RRB Clerk / RRB Office Assistant state-wise Vacancies for the year 2025:
|
STATE |
Bank |
SC |
ST |
OBC |
EWS |
GEN |
Total |
|
ANDHRA PRADESH |
ANDHRA PRADESH GRAMEENA BANK |
23 |
11 |
41 |
15 |
60 |
150 |
|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH |
ARUNACHAL PRADESH RURAL BANK |
0 |
15 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
35 |
|
ASSAM |
ASSAM GRAMIN VIKASH BANK |
25 |
12 |
45 |
16 |
69 |
167 |
|
BIHAR |
BIHAR GRAMIN BANK |
55 |
27 |
99 |
36 |
148 |
365 |
|
CHHATTISGARH |
CHHATTISGARH RAJYA GRAMIN BANK |
37 |
40 |
31 |
31 |
156 |
295 |
|
GUJARAT |
GUJARAT GRAMIN BANK |
19 |
57 |
74 |
27 |
123 |
300 |
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH |
HIMACHAL PRADESH GRAMIN BANK |
7 |
3 |
13 |
5 |
23 |
51 |
|
JAMMU & KASHMIR |
J & K GRAMEEN BANK |
0 |
19 |
0 |
5 |
26 |
50 |
|
JHARKHAND |
JHARKHAND RAJYA GRAMIN BANK |
18 |
6 |
22 |
12 |
27 |
85 |
|
KARNATAKA |
KARNATAKA GRAMEENA BANK |
128 |
56 |
216 |
80 |
320 |
800 |
|
KERALA |
KERALA GRAMIN BANK |
35 |
4 |
94 |
35 |
182 |
350 |
|
MADHYA PRADESH |
MADHYA PRADESH GRAMIN BANK |
81 |
107 |
81 |
54 |
215 |
538 |
|
MAHARASHTRA |
MAHARASHTRA GRAMIN BANK |
15 |
8 |
27 |
10 |
40 |
100 |
|
MANIPUR |
MANIPUR RURAL BANK |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
|
MEGHALAYA |
MEGHALAYA RURAL BANK |
0 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
22 |
|
MIZORAM |
MIZORAM RURAL BANK |
0 |
13 |
1 |
3 |
13 |
30 |
|
NAGALAND |
NAGALAND RURAL BANK |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
ODISHA |
ODISHA GRAMEEN BANK |
50 |
69 |
34 |
30 |
126 |
309 |
|
PUDUCHERRY |
PUDUVAI BHARATHIAR GRAMA BANK |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
|
PUNJAB |
PUNJAB GRAMIN BANK |
16 |
0 |
11 |
5 |
25 |
57 |
|
RAJASTHAN |
RAJASTHAN GRAMIN BANK |
293 |
224 |
345 |
172 |
691 |
1725 |
|
HARYANA |
SARVA HARYANA
GRAMIN BANK |
36 |
0 |
51 |
19 |
84 |
190 |
|
TAMIL NADU |
TAMIL NADU GRAMA BANK |
88 |
4 |
126 |
46 |
204 |
468 |
|
TELANGANA |
TELANGANA GRAMEENA BANK |
72 |
32 |
121 |
45 |
180 |
450 |
|
TRIPURA |
TRIPURA GRAMIN BANK |
8 |
15 |
0 |
5 |
22 |
50 |
|
UTTAR PRADESH |
UP GRAMIN BANK |
210 |
10 |
270 |
100 |
410 |
1000 |
|
UTTARAKHAND |
UTTARAKHAND GRAMIN BANK |
39 |
6 |
28 |
21 |
124 |
218 |
|
WEST BENGAL |
WEST BENGAL GRAMIN BANK |
22 |
11 |
39 |
14 |
58 |
144 |
|
Total |
7972 |
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