IBPS RRB Scale 2 (2025) - Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Date

IBPS RRB GBO 2025 is an annual examination for the selection of General Banking Officers in various in Regional Rural Banks in India. IBPS RRB Scale-II General Banking Exam details are given below:

Important Dates

Activity

Tentative Dates

On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates

01.09.2025 to 21.09.2025

Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)

01.09.2025 to 21.09.2025

Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main / Single

November / December, 2025

Main Examination

Officers Scale II : 28th December 2025

Conduct of interview (For Officers Scale I, II and III)

January/ February, 2026

Provisional Allotment (For Officers Scale I, II and III & Office Assistant. (Multipurpose))

February/ March, 2026

Number of Vacancies

Post / s

Minimum Age

Maximum Age

Total Vacancies

Officer Scale II(General Banking Officer) -Manager

21 years

32 years

854

Educational Qualifications & Post Qualification Experience (As on 21.09.2025)

EligibilityScale-II (GBO)
EducationBachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Preference will be given to the candidates having degree in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy.
AgeAbove 21 years - Below 32 years i.e. Candidates should not have been born earlier than 02.09.1993 and later than 01.09.2004 (both dates inclusive)
ExperienceTwo years as an officer in a Bank or Financial Institution.

Relaxation in Age Limit

Sr. No

Category

Age Relaxation

1

Scheduled Caste/ scheduled Tribe Candidates

By 5 years

2

Other Backward classes (OBC) Candidates (Non-Creamy layer)

By 3 years

3

Persons With Benchmark Disability (PwBD) as defined under “The Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016”

By 10 years

4

In the case of Ex- servicemen commissioned officers, including ECOs/ 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 the next one year from the last date for receipt of application) other than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or on account of physical disability attributable to military service or on invalidment, subject to ceiling as per Government guidelines

for the post of Officers - 5 years

Credit History

  • The candidate applying shall ensure that, they maintain a healthy Credit history at the time of joining of RRBs. The minimum credit score will be as per the policy of participating RRBs, amended from time to time.
  • Candidates with unresolved CIBIL or similar agency issues must update their status or submit NOCs from lenders before joining. Failure to do so may lead to cancellation of the offer, at the bank’s discretion.
NOTE: 
  • This clause does not apply to the candidates with no Bank account.
  • This requirement is not a pre-condition to apply.

Selection Procedure

  • Selection will be through on-line written test and personal interview. Merely satisfying the eligibility norms does not entitled a candidate to be called for Test or Interview.

Exam Pattern

Sr. No.

Name of section

No. of questions

Maximum Marks

Time allotted 

1

Reasoning

40

50

30 Minutes

2

Computer Knowledge

40

20

15 Minutes

3

Financial Awareness

40

40

15 Minutes

4a

English Language

40

40

30 Minutes

4b

Hindi Language

40

40

30 Minutes

5

Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation

40

50

30 Minutes

 

Total

200

200

120 Minutes

Note: 

  • The test will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi. There will be 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 or 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 marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question

Cut Off Score 

  • For Officers Scale II and III : Candidates must clear minimum marks in each section of the Single Exam. Up to 3 times the number of vacancies per category may be shortlisted. Shortlisting depends on availability and merit; scores won’t be disclosed before interviews.
  • Clearing individual sections isn’t enough—candidates must score high overall to qualify for interview or allotment. Final shortlisting depends on merit and vacancy; IBPS’s decision is binding.

Scores Obtained in the Online Exam 

  • For the post of Officers Scale II (Generalist and Specialist) and Scale III – Marks obtained in the single level online examination will be considered for shortlisting for interview and final merit listing.

Interview

  • Interview Marks: Total marks = 100; minimum qualifying = 40% (or 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PwBD).
  • Weightage: Final score = 80:20 ratio of Online Exam to Interview.
  • Score Calculation: Combined score based on Main Exam (Scale I) or Single Exam (Scale II & III) + Interview.
  • Score Disclosure: Interview scores won’t be shared if candidate fails to qualify or is barred.
  • Final Selection: Must qualify both stages and rank high in merit for provisional allotment

Syllabus

Quantitative Aptitude

  • Data Interpretation
  • Boats and Streams
  • Time and Work
  • Time, Speed, and Distance
  • Partnership
  • Mixtures and Alligation
  • Ages and Average
  • Profit and Loss
  • Percentage and Interest
  • Problems on Trains
  • Pipes and Cisterns
  • Area and Volume
  • Number Series
  • Linear equations
  • Quadratic equations
  • Data sufficiency

Reasoning

  • Machine Input Output
  • Puzzles
  • Seating Arrangement
  • Order and Ranking
  • Inequalities
  • Statement and Assumptions
  • Statement and Conclusion
  • Coding-Decoding
  • Cause and Effect
  • Statement and Argument
  • Venn Diagram/Syllogism
  • Blood Relation
  • Direction and Distance

Financial Awareness

  • RBI Circulars
  • Latest Government Schemes
  • Banking products
  • Banking Awareness(Updated on a monthly basis)
  • Priority sector lending
  • Basel Norms
  • RBI regulations for Commercial banks, RRBs, Small Finance Banks, HFCs, NBFCs, and UCBs
  • Indian Financial System
  • Financial market instruments
  • International reports and indices
  • Important committees
  • Foreign investment and trade
  • Union Budget
  • Latest mergers and MOUs of banks and financial institutions
  • Financial regulatory institutions in India
  • Mutual Funds
  • Ratio analysis
  • Break-even Analysis
  • Time Value of Money
  • Working capital management
  • Factoring
  • Dividend Policy
  • Factoring
  • Derivatives- Future and Forward Contract
  • Capital Structure
  • Cost of Capital
  • Cash Flow Statement
  • Banking Regulations Act, 1949
  • Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
  • SARFAESI Act, 2002
  • Currency Act
  • Consumer Protection Act, 1986
  • Taxation Acts(Income Tax and GST)
  • Companies Act, 2013
  • RBI Act, 1934

English Language 

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Cloze Test
  • Error Spotting
  • Double Fillers
  • Sentence Rearrangement
  • Vocabulary Based Questions

Computer Knowledge

  • Hardware and Software
  • Operating System Basics
  • Internet Terms and Services
  • MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
  • History of Computers
  • Networking and Communication
  • Database 
  • Security Tools and Viruses

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