RBI Assistant Syllabus

Preparation of any examination requires a lot of determination, grit, and hard work. You should rather not sit and should start your preparation as early as possible, but before you start the preparation, you should first get all the information regarding the RBI Assistant syllabus, so that you are not directionless when you start your preparation. Having complete knowledge of the exam syllabus surely assists in exam preparation in a big way. You can always plan ahead and devise a strategy that is all-inclusive and devotes equal time to all the subjects/sections.

Prelims Syllabus 2021

Before starting any preparation it is very important to know the entire syllabus so that the depth of the exam can be understood. The Prelims of RBI Assistant exam consists of three tests and those are mainly English Language, Reasoning & Numerical Ability. Refer to the complete RBI Assistant exam syllabus given below.

Section	Topics
Numerical Ability	Time and Work, Mensuration, Average, Speed, Distance and Time, Mixture and Allegations, Permutation and Combination, Probability, Data Interpretation, Ratio & Proportion, Simplification & Approximation, Percentage, Quadratic equation, Number Series, Profit & loss, Boats & Stream, Simple and Compound Interest
English Language	Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Spelling mistakes, Error Spotting, Jumble Words, Sentence Framing, Fill in the Blanks, Cloze Test, Sentence Rearrangement, Idioms & Phrases, Vocabulary
Reasoning Ability	Puzzles, Seating Arrangement - Circular, Square, and Linear, Alphanumeric Series, Directions and Distance, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Inequality, Syllogism, Commonsense Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Ordering and Ranking

Mains Syllabus 2021

After the RBI Assistant Prelims exam is over, the candidates who qualify for the test will be called for the Phase 2 exam i.e. RBI Assistant Mains. The Mains exam of RBI Assistant mainly consists of five subjects’ i.e. Reasoning, English Language, General Awareness, Computer Awareness, and Numerical Ability. It is very important to know the RBI Assistant 2021 syllabus in a proper manner so that no topic is left behind. Each section holds an equal weightage in the exam and therefore no section/subject should be taken lightly as this will help in boosting your score. For complete details of the Mains syllabus for the RBI Assistant exam 2021, please refer to the table below.

Section	Topics
Numerical Ability	Time and Work, Mensuration, Average, Speed, Distance and Time, Mixture and Allegations, Permutation and Combination, Probability, Data Interpretation, Ratio & Proportion, Simplification & Approximation, Percentage, Set Theory, Quadratic equation, Number Series, Profit & loss, Boats & Stream, Simple and Compound Interest, Data Sufficiency
English Language	Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Passage Making, Error Spotting, Jumble Words, Sentence Framing, Fill in the Blanks, Cloze Test, Sentence Rearrangement, Idioms & Phrases, Word Replacement, Match the column
General Awareness	Monetary Policies, Banking & Financial Awareness, Economic Terms, Current Affairs, Static GK, Financial & Economic News, Government Schemes, Agreement & Deals, International Financial institutions, National Institution
Reasoning Ability	Puzzles, Seating Arrangement - Circular, Triangle, Square, and Linear, Data Sufficiency, Directions and Distance, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Inequality, Syllogism, Machine Input-Output, Verbal Reasoning, Ordering and Ranking, Critical Reasoning, Alphanumeric Series, Distance and Direction
Computer Knowledge	Computer Languages, Basic Hardware and Software, History of Computer, Devices, Viruses, and Hacking, MS Office, Networking

Books

To prepare for the RBI Assistant exam 2021, complete information along with a good preparation plan is a must. This preparation plan will be helpful if you have a storage of good books. Being in a digital era, there are many online sources of information but having some quality good books definitely gives an edge over others. To make it easier for you, we have listed down some good and helpful books for the RBI Assistant exam.

Subject	Name of Book	Author/Publisher
Quantitative Aptitude	Practice Book on Quicker Maths, 2nd Edition	M.Tyra, K.Kundan / Magical Book Series
	Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations 17th Edition	R.S Aggarwal / S.Chand Publisher
	Fast Track Objective Arithmetic	Rajesh Varma / Arihant Publishers
Computer Awareness	Objective Computer Awareness for General Competitive Exams	Arihant Publishers
Computer Awareness	Computer Fundamentals	P.K Sinha
General Awareness	Manorama Year Book 2021	-
	Pratiyogita Darpan	Upkar Prakashan
	Lucent’s General Knowledge	Lucent
English Language	Objective English 4th Edition	Edgar Thorpe / Pearson
	Word Power Made Easy	Norman Lewis / Penguin
	Objective General English 2nd Edition	S.P Bakshi / Arihant
Reasoning	A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning	R.S. Aggarwal
	Analytical Reasoning	MK Pandey
	How to Crack Test of Reasoning: In All Competitive Exam	Arihant Publication
	A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal and Non-Verbal	B.S. Sijwali & Indu Sijwali