The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Grade B Examination is an annual competitive exam conducted by the Reserve Bank of India for the recruitment of officers in Grade B in its various departments. The exam is conducted in three phases- Preliminary, Main and Interview.
The Preliminary exam consists of Objective type questions from General Awareness, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability. The Main exam consists of objective type and descriptive type questions from Economics and Social Issues, Finance and Management, and English. The Interview is the final stage of selection. The successful candidates will be appointed as Grade B Officers in the Reserve Bank of India.
Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR) – (General)
Graduation in any discipline /Equivalent technical or professional qualification with minimum 60% marks (50% for SC/ST/PwBD applicants) or Post-Graduation / Equivalent technical qualification with minimum 55% marks (pass marks for SC/ST/PwBD applicants) in aggregate of all semesters / years
Selected Candidates will draw a starting basic pay of ₹ 55,200/-p.m. in the pay scale of Rs. 55200-2850(9)-80850-EB-2850 (2) – 86550-3300(4)-99750 (16 years) applicable to Officers in Grade B
RBI Grade B officers are recruited through a 3 stage recruitment process
The Phase-III of the RBI Grade B examination consists of a Psychometric Test followed by Interview.
Sections | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
---|---|---|---|
General Awareness | 80 | 80 | 25 Minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | 30 | 25 Minutes |
English Language | 30 | 30 | 25 Minutes |
Reasoning | 60 | 60 | 45 Minutes |
Total | 200 | 200 | 120 Minutes |
The below topics have been listed on the basis of previous year papers of RBI Grade B examination.
Reasoning – Reasoning for RBI Grade B comprises of following indicative topics:
1. Logical Reasoning
2. Alphanumeric Series
3. Ranking/Directioin/Alphabet Test
4. Data Sufficiency
5. Coded Inequalities
6. Seating Arrangement
7. Puzzle
8. Tabulation
9. Syllogism
10.Blood Relations
11.Input Output
12.Coding Decoding
Quantitative Aptitude – Quantitative Aptitude for RBI Grade B comprises of following indicative topics:
1. Simplificatioin
2. Profit & Loss
3. Mixtures & Alligations
4. Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices
5. Work & Time
6. Mensuration-Cylinder, Cone Sphere
7. Data Interpretation
8. Ratio & Proporation, Percentage
9. Number Systems
10.Sequence & Series
11.Permutaiton, Combinationi & Probability
English – English for RBI Grade B comprises of following indicative topics:
1. Reading Comprehension
2. Cloze Test
3. Para jumbles
4. Misccellaneous
5. Fill in the blanks
6. Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting
7. Paragraph Completion
General Awareness – Based on past year exam analysis of RBI Grade B, following topics are most frequently asked from General Awareness section:
1. Currant Affairs
2. Indian Financial Systems
3. Indian Banking Systems
4. Monetary Plans
5. National Institutions
6. Banking Terms
Sections / Subjects | Paper Type | Maximum Marks | Duration (minutes) |
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Paper I: Economics and Social Issues | 50% Objective Type 50% Descriptive (to be typed with the help of the keyboard) | 50 + 50 Total 100 | 30 + 90 Total-120 |
Paper II: English (Writing Skills) | Descriptive (3 questions) | 100 | 90 minutes |
Paper III: Finance and Management | 50% Objective Type & 50% Descriptive | 50 + 50 Total 100 | 30 + 90 Total-120 |
Detailed syllabus for all 3 papers of RBI Grade B as provided in the official notification is as follows:
Paper-I – Economic and Social Issues (ESI)
1. Growth and Development
A. Measurement of growth- National Income and per capita income
B. Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India
C. Sustainable Development
D. Environmental issues
2. Indian Economy
A. Economic History of India
B. Changes in Industrial and Labour Policy
C. Monetary and Fiscal Policy since reforms of 1991
D. Priorities and recommendations of Economic Survey and Union Budget
E. Indian Money and Financial Markets: Linkages with the economy
F. Role of Indian banks and Reserve Bank in the development process
G. Public Finance
H. Political Economy
I. Industrial Developments in India
J. Indian Agriculture
K. Services sector in India
3. Globalization
A. Opening up of the Indian Economy
B. Balance of Payments
C. Export-Import Policy
D. International Economic Institutions
E. IMF and World Bank
F. WTO
G. Regional Economic Cooperation
H. International Economic Issues
4. Social Structure in India
A. Multiculturalism
B. Demographic Trends
C. Urbanisation and Migration
D. Gender Issues
E. Social Justice: Positive Discrimination in favour of the underprivileged
F. Social Movements
I. Indian Political System
J. Human Development
K. Social Sectors in India
L. Health and Education
Paper-II -English (Writing Skills)
To analyse the writing skills of the candidates including expression and understanding of the topic
Paper-III – General Finance and Management
1. Fundamentals of Management & Organizational Behaviour
A. Introduction to management
B. Evolution of management thought
C. Scientific, Administrative, Human Relations
D. Systems approach to management
E. Management functions and Managerial roles
F. Nudge theory
I. Meaning & concept of organizational behaviour
J. Personality: meaning, factors affecting personality, Big five model of personality
K .Concept of reinforcement
L. Perception: concept, perceptual errors
M. Motivation: Concept, importance
N. Content theories (Maslow’s need theory, Alderfers’ ERG theory, McCllelands’ theory of needs, Herzberg’s two-factor theory)
O. Process theories (Adams equity theory, Vrooms expectancy theory).
P. Leadership: Concept, Theories (Trait, Behavioural, Contingency, Charismatic, Transactional and Transformational Leadership
Q. Emotional Intelligence: Concept, Importance, Dimensions.
R. Analysis of Interpersonal Relationship: Transactional Analysis, Johari Window
S. Conflict: Concept, Sources, Types, Management of Conflict
T. Organizational Change: Concept, Kurt Lewin Theory of Change
U. Organizational Development (OD): Organisational Change, Strategies for Change, Theories of Planned Change (Lewin’s change model, Action research model, Positive model).
2. Ethics at the Workplace and Corporate Governance
A. Meaning of ethics, why ethical problems occur in the business
B. Theories of ethics: Utilitarianism: weighing social cost and benefits, rights and duties, Justice and fairness, ethics of care, integrating utility, rights, justice and caring
C. An alternative to moral principles: virtue ethics, teleological theories, egoism theory, relativism theory
D. Moral issues in business: Ethics in Compliance, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, etc
E. Ethical Principles in Business: introduction, Organization Structure and Ethics, Role of Board of Directors, Best Practices in Ethics Programme, F. Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct, etc.
I. Corporate Governance: Factors affecting Corporate Governance; Mechanisms of Corporate Governance
J. Communication: Steps in the Communication Process; Communication Channels; Oral versus Written Communication; Verbal versus non-verbal Communication; upward, downward and lateral communication
K. Barriers to Communication
L. Role of Information Technology
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