RBI Grade B - Exam Pattern and Syllabus

Published on Sunday, June 08, 2014
Hi readers, As many of you might know that RBI Grade B notification is out. Many readers asked me to upload exam pattern and syllabus. So today I am writing Exam syllabus in detail.

Selection process will be held in 3 phases
Phase I - Online exam
Phase II - Descriptive exam
Phase III - Personal interviews

Exam Pattern

Phase I Pattern

Sr
Section
Questions

Time
1
General Awareness
80

Composite time of 130 minutes for all the sections
2
English Language
30

3
Quantitative Aptitude
30

4
Reasoning
60


Total
200


2. Phase-II 
Descriptive exam will be conducted in 2 months after Phase I exam.

English
Marks: 100
Duration: 3 Hrs
Economic and Social Issues
Marks: 100
Duration: 3 Hrs
Finance and Management
Marks: 100
Duration: 3 Hrs

Syllabus

Phase I

General awareness

  • Indian economy - Fiscal policy, Monetary policy, Taxation
  • Banking - Working and regulations
  • Current affairs
  • Sports events
  • Various Government welfare schemes and agencies - Working and progress

English language

  • Reading comprehensions
  • Para jumbles
  • Spotting errors
  • Cloze test
  • Fill in the blanks

Quantitative aptitude

  • Time and work
  • Time and distance
  • Data interpretation (Very important)
  • Data sufficiency
  • Ratio and proportions
  • Average
  • Clocks
  • Calenders
  • Probability
  • Simplifications
  • Algebra (Including maxima and minima)
Note - Mensuration and Geometry are not part of syllabus

Reasoning

  • Data sufficiency
  • Seating arrangement
  • Puzzles
  • Input/output
  • Syllogism
Note - Non-verbal reasoning is not part of syllabus

Phase II

English


  • Reading comprehension
  • Essay writing
  • Precis writing
  • Letter writing

Economic and social issues


  • Privatization
  • Taxation system in India
  • Industrial labour act
  • Factories act
  • United nations - Working
  • World bank
  • Power shortage in India
  • Gender inequality
  • Economics - Fiscal and monetary policies
  • High rate of interest impacting growh rate
  • Corruption and it's impact on Economy
  • Female foeticide and it's impacts on society
  • Reasons and impacts of Riots
  • Role of politicians in Riots

Finance

  • Annual budget
  • Mutual funds - Working and regulations
  • SEBI - Working and regulations
  • Taxation
  • Capital market
  • Money market
  • Exchange rate management
  • FEMA and FERA 

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