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Online Comprehensive Course (Phase I+ Phase II) for RBI Grade B 2019

Conducting Authority	Reserve Bank of India
Website	www.rbi.org.in
Posts	Grade B officer: General/DEPR/DSIM
Mode of application	Online
Application form release	June 2019 (Expected)
Application form last date	July 2019 (Expected)
Stages of Exam	Prelims, Main, Interview

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India's Central Bank and monetary authority, which controls the money supply. The RBI plays an important part in the Development Strategy of the Government of India. RBI regulates loans offered by banks and non-banking financial institutions to government entities, businesses, and consumers and it also controls the availability of funds in the financial system.

Every year RBI conducts direct recruitment (DR) drives for the post of Grade B officers, the most paramount and prestigious job in the banking industry to start your career with. 

RBI Grade B Examination (DR) is conducted in three phases as follows:

Phases	Exam	Type	Marks
Phase 1	Preliminary Exam	Written-Objective	200 Marks
Phase 2	Mains Exam	Written-Objective & Descriptive	300 Marks
Phase 3	Personal Interview	Interview	50 Marks

Phase I: RBI Grade B Preliminary Examination: 

The RBI Grade B Preliminary Exam is the first phase to become an RBI Grade B Officer. The Preliminary exam consists of subjects like English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability & General Awareness. The below-mentioned table defines the exam pattern for RBI Grade B Pre exam.

Sl. No.	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Marks	Time Allotted
1.	English Language	30	30	Composite Time of 2 hours
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	30	30
3.	Reasoning Ability	60	60
4.	General Awareness	80	80
	Total	200	200

Phase II: RBI Grade B Mains Examination.

After qualifying RBI Grade B Pre-exam, candidates are shortlisted for RBI Grade B Mains exam. The RBI Grade B Mains exam consists of subjects like Finance & Management, Economic and Social Issues & English (Writing Skills). 

Paper	Name of Paper	Type of Paper	Time Allotted (Minutes)	Marks
Paper I	Economic and Social Issues	Objective Type	90	100
Paper II	English (Writing Skills)	Descriptive Type, to be typed on the computer with the help of keyboard	90	100
Paper III	Finance and Management	Objective Type	90	100
Total			270	300

RBI Grade B 2019 Interview

Candidates are shortlisted for the "Interview" stage based on the total score secured in Phase-II. The interview will carry 50 marks. Candidates can choose the language for Interview i.e either Hindi or English. Preparation of the interview is the most difficult part, therefore to give you an idea about the Interview questions that can be asked in RBI Grade B phase III, we have listed few sample Interview questions:  

List of sample Interview questions for RBI Grade B Officer:-

Q. What are the attributes of an ideal job for you? Is a job in RBI the ideal one for you?

Q. Why have you decided to become an RBI Grade B Officer?

Q. What do you know about RBI and how is it different from other 'central banks' ?

Q. How should India deal with the problem of growing unemployment when still a large number of people are depending on agriculture sector?

Q. What are the major challenges of 'financial inclusion' in India?

To know more about RBI Grade B Officer interview questions you can visit this link RBI Grade B interview

Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests are conducted online. Kindly note, all questions (in both Preliminary and Main Examination, except the Test of English), are available bilingually in English and Hindi.

The Marking Scheme for RBI Grade B 2019 and penalty for wrong answers (Applicable to Both Preliminary and Main Examinations) is as follows:

Marking Scheme
For correct answers	1 mark
For wrong answers	-0.25 marks
For not attempted	0 (no marks)

Before starting to prepare for RBI Grade B Exam, it is important that you are well versed with topics and the detailed syllabus for the exam.

RBI Grade B Phase-I Syllabus

RBI Grade B Exam consists of objective type questions from Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language and General Awareness in its Phase 1.Details of Subjects wise syllabus are given below:

Quantitative Aptitude	Reasoning	General Awareness	English Language
Ratio and Proportion Average Time and Work Speed, Distance and Time Mixture and Allegations Stocks and Shares Percentage Permutation and Combination Algebra Trigonometry Data Interpretation Mensuration Probability Set Theory	Inequality Coding Decoding Syllogism Machine Input Output Data Sufficiency Circular Arrangement Linear Arrangement Floor Puzzle Scheduling Verbal Reasoning Ordering and Ranking Arrangement and Pattern Blood Relations Direction and Distance	Current Affairs Indian Financial System Indian Banking System Monetary Plans National Institution Banking Terms	Grammar Vocabulary Error Spotting Comprehension Passage Making Jumble Words Fill in the Blanks Sentence Framing

 RBI Grade B Phase-II Syllabus

Phase 2 of RBI Grade B Exam has objective type questions from Finance & Management, Economics & Social Issues and English descriptive paper.Details of Subjects wise syllabus are given below:

Economic and Social Issues	Finance	Management
Growth and Development Economic Reforms in India Globalization Social Structure in India	Financial System Financial Markets Risk Management Basics of Derivatives Development in Financial Sector Union Budget Inflation	Role of Manager Human Resource Development Motivation, Morale and Incentives Communication Corporate Governance

To apply for RBI Grade B Exam, you should meet various eligibility criteria wrt Educational Qualification, Age, Nationality, No. of Attempts permissible etc.

Educational Criteria

Candidates are required to follow the below-mentioned educational criteria to apply for RBI Grade B Exam.

Educational Qualification
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - (General)	A minimum of 60% marks (50% in case of SC/ST/PWD) or an equivalent grade in Bachelor’s degree as well as in 12th (or Diploma or equivalent) and 10th Standard examinations.
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DEPR	A Master's Degree in Economics / Econometrics / Quantitative Economics / Mathematical Economics / Integrated Economics Course/ Finance, with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters /years from a recognized Indian or Foreign University /Institute.
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DSIM	A Master's Degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Mathematical Economics/ Econometrics/ Statistics & Informatics from IIT-Kharagpur/ Applied Statistics & Informatics from IIT-Bombay with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/years; OR Master's Degree in Mathematics with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/years and one-year postgraduate diploma in Statistics or related subjects from an institute of repute; OR M. Stat. The degree of Indian Statistical Institute with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate of all semesters/years OR Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) jointly offered by ISI Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur and IIM Calcutta with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/years

Age Criteria (Maximum age)

Candidates are required to be aged between 21 to 30 years to apply for the RBI Grade B Exam. RBI has also defined the criteria for the candidates belonging to the reserved category. You can check the details in the table below:

Category	Age in Years
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu and Kashmir between 1st January, 1980 and 31st December, 1989	5 years
Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers who have completed their initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service but whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues certificates that they would be released on selection within three months from the date of receipt of offer of appointment	5 years
Ex-servicemen (including Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers) provided applicants have rendered at least five years continuous Military Service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or on account of physical disability or have been released on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service or on invalidment	5 years
Ex-employees of banking institutions whose services had to be terminated for reasons of economy or as a result of bank going into liquidation and personnel retrenched from Government Offices after at least one year’s service and currently registered with Employment Exchange	5 years
PWD(OBC)	13 years
PWD (GENERAL)	10 years
PWD(SC/ST)	15 years
OBC	3 years
SC/ST	5 years

Number of Attempts:

Apart from the 'Educational & Age criteria', there is also a limit on the number of times a candidate can write RBI Grade B Exam, which is as follows:

Category	Number of Attempts
General	6 attempts
SC/ST/PWD/EXSM	No limit

The salary of  RBI Garde B Officers for the year 2019 is expected to be according to the following pay scale.

Post	Salary
RBI Grade B Officer	Rs. 35150-1750(9)-50900-EB-1750(2)-54400-2000(4)-62400

To understand the job profile, salary and other perks of an RBI Grade B Officer in detail, watch this video:

Post Name	Number of Vacancies
	General	OBC	SC	ST	Total
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - (General)	64	33	20	10	127
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DEPR	11	6	4	1	22
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DSIM	11	2	1	3	17

We can expect a similiar or higher number of vacancies for the year 2019. We will update these details as soon as RBI releases its official notification for the post of Grade B Officer 2019.

RBI will soon release the notification containing the vacancy details for its Grade B Officer category. 

Once the notification is released for RBI Grade B 2019, the following will be the likely method of application

• Visit  https://opportunities.rbi.org.in  and here once the registration is open, you will be redirected to RBI’s application portal.
• Register yourself for the first time on the portal.
• Then provide basic information about yourself such as Name, Age, Contact Particulars such as Phone, Address and Email ID.
• A photograph & your signature should be uploaded, as per specifications provided therein.
• Provide your educational qualification information and then save & preview your application form for any errors.
• Payment of the fees (which is Rs. 850 or Rs. 100 depending on your category) can be made through Credit / Debit Card or Netbanking.
• Once the form is submitted, you will receive an email with your login credentials.

S. No.	Category	Application Fees
1.	GEN/OBC	Rs.850/- (Application fee including Intimation charges)
2.	SC/ST/PWD	Rs.100/- (Intimation charges only)

Online Examination Centres for RBI Grade B Phase I will be as follows.

State /UT	Centre
Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh & Telangana	Guntur, Narasaraopet, Hyderabad, Rangareddy-Kodada, Karimnagar, Warangal, Rajahmundry, Kakinada, Tirupati, Chittoor, Vijaywada, Kanchikacherla, Gudlavalleru, Eluru, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar, Naharlagun city
Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar
Bihar	Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Chattisgarh	Raipur, Bhilai
Daman & Diu	Jamnagar
Goa	Varna
Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Gandhi Nagar, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
Haryana	Hissar, Karnal, Rohtak
Himachal Pradesh	Dharamsala, Shimla
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu
Jharkhand	Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Karnataka	Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bengaluru, Chikaballapur, Kolar, Tumkur, Gulbarga, Bidar, Hubli, Dharwad, Haliyal, Gadag, Mangalore, Mysore, Mandya, Udipi
Kerala	Kannur, Kasargod, Kochi, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thrichur, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Nagarcoil
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur
Maharashtra	Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Solapur
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Kohima
New Delhi	Delhi –NCR
Orissa	Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur
Puducherry	Cuddalore, Villupuram
Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala
Rajasthan	Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur
Sikkim	Gangtok, Bardang City
Tamilnadu	Chennai, Vellore, Coimbatore, Erode, Thirupur, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Dindigul Salem, Namakkal, Thiruchirapalli, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Tirunelvelli, Kanyakumari, Tuticorin
Tripura	Agartala
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi
Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Nainital, Roorkee City
West Bengal	Berhampore (WB), Durgapur, Kolkata, Greater Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri

The 'centre, venue address, date and time' for both online Preliminary and online Mains Examinations and Interview shall be intimated in the respective 'Call Letter'. An eligible candidate should download his/her call letter from the authorised website by entering his/ her details i.e. Registration Number and Password/Date of Birth. No hard copy of the call letter/ Information Handout etc. will be sent by post/ courier.

The notification for RBI Grade B Exam is expected to be released within a few months. Last year RBI Grade B Phase I Exam was conducted in the month of August and RBI Grade B Phase II Exam was conducted in the month of September. Similar timelines are expected for this year also. The expected dates for 2019 as per last years' exam dates are given below. These dates will be confirmed when the official notification for RBI Garde B 2019 is released.

RBI Grade B Important Events	RBI Grade B Important Expected Dates
On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates	July 2019 to July 2019
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges	July 2019 to July 2019
Release of Admit Card for Phase 1	-
Online Examination – Preliminary, Phase 1	August 2019 (Expected)
Declaration of Result for Written Exam, Phase-1	End of August 2019
The release of Admit Card for Written Exam, Phase-2	First Week of September
Online Examination- Main, Phase 2	September 2019 (Expected)
Declaration of Result for Written Exam, Phase	October 2019
Conduct of Interview - Phase 3	To be notified Later
Declaration of Final Result	To be notified Later

Above mentioned dates are tentative. We will update these dates as soon as RBI releases its official notification for the post of Grade B Officer.

RBI Cut-Off for Grade-B Phase-I Examination 2018

Below is the list of sectional cut-off  for the RBI Grade B Phase I.

Category/ Section	General Awareness	Reasoning Ability	English Language	Quantitative Aptitude	Total Score/ Aggregate
Maximum Marks	80	60	30	30	200
General	20.00	15.00	7.50	7.50	105.75
OBC	16.00	12.00	6.00	6.00	95.75
SC	14.25	10.75	5.25	5.25	91.75
ST	14.25	10.75	5.25	5.25	91.75
PWD (OH/HI/VH)	14.25	10.75	5.25	5.25	91.75

 

RBI Cut-Off for Grade-B Phase-II Examination 2018

Recruitment Stage	Category & Cut Off Marks
	GENERAL	OBC	SC	ST	PWD
Aggregate Cut – Off Marks In Paper- I, Paper-Ii And Paper- Iii Taken Together In Written Examination For Shortlisting The Candidates For Interview (Out Of Total 300 Marks).	201.25	186.25	180.25	180.25	180.25
Aggregate Marks In Written Examination (Paper- I, Ii And Iii) And Interview Taken Together (Out Of Total 350 Marks) Obtained By The Last Recommended Candidate With Reference To The No. Of Vacancies Notified In The Advertisement.	248.50	235.50	221.25	219.50	GEN-235.50  OBC-223.00

RBI Cut-Off for Grade B Phase-I Examination 2017 

Below is the list of sectional cut-off  for the RBI Grade B Phase II.

Category/ Section	General Awareness	Reasoning Ability	English Language	Quantitative Aptitude	Total Score/ Aggregate
Maximum Marks	80	60	30	30	200
General	16.50	11.00	6.75	4.00	78.00
OBC	12.50	8.00	5.25	2.50	68.00
SC	11.00	6.75	4.75	2.00	64.00
ST	11.00	6.75	4.75	2.00	64.00
PWD (OH/HI/VH)	11.00	6.75	4.75	2.00	64.00

RBI Cut Off for Grade B Phase-II & Final Cut off 2017

Below is the list of overall cut-off for the RBI Grade B Phase II & final cut-off  for the year 2017.

Events	Cut-off Marks
	General	OBC	SC	ST
Aggregate Cut off marks in (Paper-I, II & III) in written exam(Out of total 300 marks)	196.75	181.75	175.75	175.75
Aggregate Cut off marks in written examination (Paper-I, II & III) and Interview (out of total 350 marks)	245.75	228.00	220.50	211.25

Last year RBI Grade B Phase I Exam was conducted in the month of August and RBI Grade B Phase II exam in the month of September. We have analyzed exams conducted in all the shifts on 16th August 2018. To know the Phase I Analysis and the questions asked in 2018 exams please click on the link given below:

Pre-training of RBI Grade B Exam:

Being one of India’s most coveted examinations, RBI has implemented a very strenuous PET for the Grade B cadre. Also known as Phase  –  I examination, the pre-training will include questions from categories to test your English Skills, General Awareness, Quantitative Skills and Logical Reasoning.

Most of the government exams are similar in what they test in you. The way of asking may be a bit different, but on the basic level, they check almost similar abilities in you. The key to nailing any kind of examination is practising hard, making a proper plan and sticking to it consistently. An examination not only tests your knowledge but also your accuracy and speed. Being regular with your studies and revision is as important as practising and checking your newly gained knowledge on a regular basis. Also, try to cover all sections equally along with identifying your weaker and stronger areas. You can watch this video to understand preparation strategy for RBI Grade B Exam.

ixamBee has a comprehensive 'Online Learning Course' for the preparation of RBI Grade B 2019 Exam ( Phase I and Phase 2 ). This 'online course' is designed by Mr. Chandraprakash Joshi (ex-RBI GR B, MBA-Finance, PhD) and Ms. Arunima Sinha (Coach for Banking exams for 6 years, Ex-Manager SIDBI, Ex-Bank PO), and consists of Video Lessons and Live Online classes for doubt clarification. The course also provides access to 'Practice tests/ Mock Tests' and 'Assignments' for reinforcement of learning. The course contains: 

• 500 short videos with a total watch time of about 120 hours. These videos cover the entire syllabus (Phase 1 + Phase 2) for RBI Grade B.
• About 5000 concepts check questions(CCQs) after videos and chapter tests to make your fundamentals strong.
• More than 10,000 practice questions prepared by expert faculty.
• 15 mock tests for Phase 1 and 5 mock tests for Phase 2 exam.
• Live classes with faculty members who have cleared RBI Grade B, Bank PO, SIDBI and other competitive exams.

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Paper	Subject	Book
Economic and Social Issues	Indian Economy	Uma Kapila or Mishra Puri
	Indian Economy	Ramesh Singh
	Sociology	CN Shankar Rao
Finance & Management	Financial Management	Prasanna Chandra or IM Pandey
	Indian Financial System	Bharti Pathak
	Principles of Management	LN Prasad
	Organisational Behaviour	SP Robins
Quantitative Aptitude	Quicker Mathematics	BSC Publications
	Quantitative Aptitude	RS Agarwal
	Class Notes	SS Bharti
Reasoning Ability	A modern approach to verbal & Non-verbal reasoning	R.S. Agarwal
	Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning	S.Chand
	Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning	Arihant Publication
English Language	English Grammar	Wren & Martin
	Made Easy for English	Norman Lewis
	Descriptive General English	SP Bakshi
General Awareness	Lucent GK Knowledge	Lucent Publication

Question. Can those students who are appearing in Final year of Graduation apply for any post in RBI Grade B?

Answer. No, a candidate must have completed his/her graduation. If he/she is in the final year of graduation then they cannot apply.

Question: Is there any NEGATIVE MARKING in RBI Grade B Exam?

Answer. Yes, negative marking for wrong answers in CBTs is 1/4th of the marks for that question.

Question: In RBI Grade B Exam, Can I choose Hindi language as the exam language?

Answer  Yes, RBI Grade B Exam is bilingual (i.e, Hindi & English) exam. You can choose your preferred language either Hindi or English.

Question: Do RBI Grade B Officers get a pension?

Answer. No, under the ambit of NPS currently there is no pension scheme for RBI employees.

Question: RBI Grade B 2019 Exam is in ONLINE OR OFFLINE mode?

Answer. RBI Grade B 2019 Exam will be in online mode.

Question: Is there SECTIONAL CUT-OFF in RBI GRADE B Exam?

Answer. Yes. RBI Grade B Exam has sectional and overall cut-off .

Question: Is RBI Grade B Officer job transferable?

Answer Yes, but only after completing the initial 5 years of posting.

Question: How many attempts are there in RBI Grade B?

Answer. Candidates belonging to the general category can attempt the examination only 6 times. Whereas, there is no restriction to the SC/ST/OBC/PWD categories.

Question: What is the age limit for the RBI Grade B posts?

Answer The minimum age limit for the candidates is 18 years & the maximum age should not be more than 33 years as on 1st January 2019.