Important Dates
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Particulars |
Date |
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Online Registration of Application |
04.07.2025 |
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Last Date of the online application |
03.08.2025( Extended) |
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Date of Online Examination |
Tentative |
Number of Vacancies
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Post / s |
Minimum Age |
Maximum Age (as on 01.07.2025) |
Total Vacancies |
|---|---|---|---|
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Local Bank Officer |
21 |
30 |
2500 |
Relaxation in Age Limit
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Category |
Age Relaxation |
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Scheduled Caste/ scheduled Tribe Candidates |
5 years |
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Other Backward classes (OBC) Candidates (Non-Creamy layer) |
3 years |
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Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) |
PwBD (SC/ST) |
15 Years |
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PwBD (OBC) |
13 Years |
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PwBD (GEN/EWS) |
10 years |
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Ex-servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from the last date of receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment |
PwBD (SC/ST) |
10 Years |
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PwBD (OBC) |
8 Years |
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PwBD (GEN/EWS) |
5 years |
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Persons affected by 1984 riots |
5 years |
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Qualification (As on 01.07.2025)
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Posts |
Qualifications |
|---|---|
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Local Bank Officer |
Mandatory: Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University / Institute {including Integrated Dual Degree (IDD)}. Professional qualifications in Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, Engineering, or Medical are also eligible. |
Experience (As on 01.07.2025)
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Posts |
Experience |
|---|---|
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Local Bank Officer |
Minimum 1 year of post-qualification experience as an officer in any Scheduled Commercial Bank or any Regional Rural Bank as listed in Second Schedule of Reserve Bank of India only. Experience in NBFCs, cooperative banks, Payment Banks, Small Finance Banks or fintechs will not be considered. |
Language Proficiency
- Candidates must be proficient in the local language of the State they are applying for (reading, writing, speaking and understanding).
Local Language of State
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STATE |
Local Language |
|---|---|
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GOA |
Konkani |
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GUJARAT |
Gujarati |
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JAMMU & KASHMIR |
Urdu, Hindi |
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KARNATAKA |
Kannada |
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KERALA |
Malayalam |
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MAHARASHTRA |
Marathi |
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ODISHA |
Odiya |
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PUNJAB |
Punjabi |
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SIKKIM |
Bengali, Nepali |
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TAMIL NADU |
Tamil |
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WEST BENGAL |
Bengali |
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ARUNACHAL PRADESH |
Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Manipuri, Garo, Khasi, Mizo, Kokborok |
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ASSAM |
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MANIPUR |
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MEGHALAYA |
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MIZORAM |
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NAGALAND |
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TRIPURA |
Credit History
- The candidate applying for the above positions shall ensure that, they maintain a healthy Credit history and shall have a minimum CIBIL score of 680 or above at the time of joining. The minimum credit score will be as per the Banks policy, amended from time to time. Candidates with record of default in repayment of loans/credit card dues and/or against whose name adverse report of CIBIL or other external agencies are available are not eligible for appointment. The Bank reserves the right to disqualify candidates with an unsatisfactory credit profile.
Location of Posting
- The selected candidates will be posted within the State for which they apply for the first 12 years of their service or up to their promotion to SMGS-IV Grade, whichever is earlier. Thereafter, they are liable to be posted by the Bank at its absolute discretion to any of the Branches/ Offices of the Bank or to any place in India.
Probation Period & Service Bond
Probation Period:
Service Bond:
Selection Procedure
- The selection process comprise of online test, psychometric test or any other test deemed suitable for further selection process followed by Group Discussion and/or Interview of candidates, qualifying in the online test
- However, if the number of eligible applications received is large/less, then Bank reserves the right to change the shortlisting criteria/interview process. Bank may, at its discretion, consider conducting of Multiple Choice/Descriptive/ Psychometric Test / Group Discussion/Interviews or any other selection/shortlisting methodologies for the above position.
- Merely satisfying the eligibility norms does not entitle a candidate to be called for interview. Bank reserves the right to call only the requisite number of candidates for the interview after preliminary screening/short-listing with reference to the candidate’s qualification, suitability, experience etc.
Online Examination (Exam Pattern)
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Section |
Name of section |
No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
English Language |
30 |
30 |
30 Minutes |
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2 |
Banking Knowledge |
30 |
30 |
30 Minutes |
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3 |
General / Economic Awareness |
30 |
30 |
30 Minutes |
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4 |
Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude |
30 |
30 |
30 Minutes |
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Total |
120 |
120 |
120 Minutes |
- The above Sections / Tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi. There will be separate timing for every section
- The minimum qualifying marks/percentage of marks in each of the section would be 40% for General & EWS Category and 35% for Reserved Categories. However, the Bank reserves the right to change the minimum/ waive off qualifying criteria at its sole discretion.
- Cumulative marks of Section 1,2,3 and 4 shall be reckoned for drawing the merit list shortlisting the candidates for participation in further selection process and drawing the rank list. There will be penalty for wrong answers in all sections. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is given by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.
Language Proficiency Test
- The candidate must have Proficiency (reading, writing and speaking) in the Local Language of the State applied for. Candidates shortlisted in the Online Examination will be required to qualify Language Proficiency test, failing which they will not be allowed to appear for Personal Interview and thus their candidature will not be considered for further selection process.
- However, candidates who produce 10th or 12th standard marksheet/certificate evidencing having studied the specified local language of the applied State as one of the subjects will not be required to undergo the language proficiency test.
Syllabus
English Language
- Reading Comprehensions
- Para Jumbles
- Para Completion
- Vocabulary
- Error Spotting
- Sentence Improvement
- Cloze test
- Rearrangement of sentences
Banking Knowledge
- Latest circulars of RBI and SEBI
- Impact of Recent Global Crises – Role of IMF, FEDAI/WORLD BANK/NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK/AIIB BANK.
- Banking regulation 1949
- RBI act 1934
- Negotiable instruments act 1881
- Banking Reforms
- Regulatory Bodies in India- NABARD, SEBI etc.
- International Banking
- Banking Terms
- Latest Acts related to Banking
- RBI Monetary Policy
- Commercial Banks, NBFCs, HFC - Latest news
- Mergers and Acquisitions in Banking Companies
- Credit Rating and Agencies
- Regulatory organizations: SEBI/NABARD/RBI
- Latest mergers and MOUs of banks and financial institutions
General / Economic Awareness
- Latest Updates in Financial & Capital Markets
- Financial Terms
- Priority Sector Lending
- NPA - latest news
- SARFAESI Act
- Capital & Money Market Instrument
- Payment Options- NEFT, RTGS, Bharat Bill payment etc.
- Complete List of Obituaries
- Recently Appointed Brand Ambassadors List
- Monthly GK Digests
- Ministry of Cabinet Ministers
- Renamed Govt. Schemes, Cities, Airports & Railway Stations
- Indian Financial System
- Financial market instruments
- International reports and indices
- Important committees
- Foreign investment and trade
- Growth numbers by various organization
- Union budget
- Heads of various financial organizations
- Mutual Funds
- Basel Norms
- Joint Military Exercises of India
- List of Summits and Conferences
- India's Rankings in Different Indices
- List of Appointments
- List of Important Days With Themes
- List of MoUs signed by India
- Upcoming Sports Event From
- List of Sports Events & Winners
- Awards and Honours
Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude
- Coding & Decoding
- Syllogism
- Machine Input Output
- Puzzles
- Seating Arrangements
- Direction Sense Test
- Blood Relations
- Problems based on Ages
- Ranking and Order
- Data Sufficiency
- Statement and Conclusions
- Statement and Assumptions
- Statement and Arguments
- Logical Reasoning
- Alphanumeric series
- Inequalities
- Tabulation
- Analogy and classification
- Clocks and Calendar
- Non- Verbal Reasoning
- Data Interpretation
- Data Sufficiency
- Number Series
- Time and Work
- Time and Distance
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Ratio and Proportion
- Averages
- Mixture and Allegation
- Pipes and Cisterns
- Problems based on trains
- Percentages
- Partnership
- Clocks
- Permutation and Combinations
- Probability
- Profit, Loss and Discount
- Elements of Algebra
- Quadratic Equations
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Course features
- Daily video classes
- Study Material
- Live sessions
- Unit tests
- Special attention to Professional knowledge section from Day 1
- 5 full-length mock tests
- Interview preparation guide
