IBPS RRB Group 'B' Office Assistant

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection also known as IBPS is a self-governing recruitment body that recruits young graduates who want to work in Public Sector Banks and Regional Rural Banks. IBPS is the sole conducting  body for CWE ie Common Written Examination to hire the skilled graduates for the posts of Officers and Clerks in Indian Banks.

Any candidate who aspires to work in Public Sector Banks and Regional Rural Banks have to qualify the online test conducted by IBPS Online Test followed by Interview Process in some exams.

For the positions like – Probationary Officer, Clerk, Specialist Officer and Regional Rural Bank Officers, IBPS conducts separate exams. The aspirants are tested on the basis of their knowledge of Quantitative Aptitude,Current Affairs, Logical Reasoning, English, Banking General Knowledge & Computer Awareness.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2020 Exam is one of the highly anticipated exams for the students who are preparing for bank exams . IBPS being highly reliable organization, conducts online exam for almost every bank exam including RBI. IBPS RRB Office Assistant notification releases along with the notification of RRB Officer Scale 1, 2 and 3.

The online examination for Common Recruitment Process for RRBs (CRP RRBs VI) for recruitment of Group “A”-Officers (Scale-I, II & III) and Group “B”-Office Assistant (Multipurpose) will be conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) in August-September 2020.

IBPS will release the notification for IBPS RRB Office Assistant in the month of June along with IBPS RRB Officer 1, 2 & 3 as going through previous year trends. All the required details like vacancies, syllabus, eligibility criteria etc. will be available in the official notification. Candidates can visit the official website of IBPS and download the notification from the IBPS RRB section. The IBPS RRB Office Assistant Notification will be released in the official website and a candidate must visit the official website and find all the details related to the exam. To help candidates with this we have provided all the required details related to the IBPS RRB Office Assistant Examination below.

It is very important to look at the IBPS RRB Office Assistant Examination pattern before starting the preparation. This way a candidate will understand the weightage of each section along with relevance of the section. IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam is held in two phases followed by the ‘Document Verification’ and ‘Language Test’. There is a difference between the pattern of both prelims and mains. Both the patterns are explained below in detail.

The IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2020 Exam will be conducted in two phases followed by document verification.

• Preliminary examination
• Main examination
• Document verification

Please note: There is no interview for IBPS RRB Office Assistant exam.

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT EXAM 2020 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION PATTERN

The first phase of the IBPS RRB Office Assistant Examination is the Preliminary Examination. IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam will be conducted online. It is a 45 minutes examination in which 80 questions are asked. Subjects involved in it are: Quantitative Aptitude and Logical Reasoning. Exam pattern of IBPS RRB Office Assistant is as follows:

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT EXAM 2020 MAINS EXAMINATION PATTERN

Candidates who clear the first phase of the examination will be called for the second phase of the examination i.e. IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2020 Main Examination which is also conducted online. This will be a two hour exam and the subjects involved in it are Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, General Awareness, English/ Hindi and Computer Aptitude.The IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains Exam Pattern is shown below:

Note: Candidates can opt either English language or Hindi language.

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT 2020 EXAM LANGUAGE

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam is bilingual in nature for both preliminary and mains examination i.e. a candidate can attempt the exam either In English or Hindi. The questions in both the phases i.e prelims and mains can be attempted in hindi language also except the english language section.

IBPS RRB ASSISTANT 2020 MARKING SCHEME

IBPS follows a certain criteria for marks allocation and deduction for the IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam. This particular marking scheme is actually defining the difficulty level of the exam. Every incorrect answer would cost a candidate 1/4th or 0.25 marks of the original marks allotted to the particular question. In Main examination,  Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning section has different question possessing different marks and this goes for the Computer section also. There will not be any deduction for an unattempted question.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2020 Marking Scheme is as follows:

Please note that  Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning section of Main Examination consist of different marks based on the difficulty level of the question. Also, each question of Computer consist of 0.5 marks and 1/4th marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.

A candidate must go through the whole syllabus once before starting the preparation for IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2020 exam. This way he/she will be able to articulate the difficulty level of the exam and can prepare accordingly. Although the IBPS RRB Office Assistant syllabus is based on matriculation level but through the years IBPS is constantly increasing the difficulty level of the exam due to the increasing number of candidates and competition. The Preliminary and Mains examination syllabus of Quantitative and Reasoning is the same but the difficulty level of Mains examination is higher. All the details related to each subject’s syllabus are given below.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims Syllabus

The syllabus of IBPS RRB Assistant prelims mainly contains two sections namely: Quantitative aptitude and Logical Reasoning. The syllabus of all two sections will be same for the mains but difference will lie in the difficulty level of the exam. In quantitative aptitude chapters like time and work, Time speed and distance, and percentages will help the candidate in clearing the exam as these chapters holds a good weightage in the exam whereas in the English Language section as a sound knowledge of english language will do the work. In logical reasoning also chapters like directions test, sitting arrangement hold a good weightage in the exam. The complete syllabus for the IBPS RRB Assistant Prelims is given in the table below:

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains Syllabus

For the mains examination other than Quantitative aptitude, Logical Reasoning, three sections included are English Hindi Language, General awareness and Computer knowledge. For General awareness section, current affairs of the last six months is required and other than that banking awareness is also asked in the exam so the sound knowledge of banking is also required. Complete syllabus of IBPS RRB Assistant Mains examination is given in tabular form below:

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT EXAM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

This is one of the most important aspects to look into the IBPS RRB Office Assistant Examination. A candidate is advised to go thoroughly with this area to avoid any kind of misunderstanding and disqualification from the examination. The IBPS RRB Office Assistant eligibility criteria of this exam is as follows:

EDUCATIONAL CRITERIA

To be able to apply for this exam a candidate must: (a) Hold a graduation degree from any recognized university(b) A candidate must hold a grip or is proficient in the language of the area he/she is applying for.

AGE CRITERIA

The age criteria is also a must to apply for this examination. Candidates are required to be in between 18 and 28 years as per the official notification i.e. candidates should not have born earlier than the date prescribed in the official notification.

AGE RELAXATION

Other than the above age criteria, government has given age relaxation to some specific category of people. candidates falling under the category of SC/ST, OBC, PWD candidates and Ex serviceman are eligible for age relaxation.

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT 2020 EXAM DATES

As also mentioned earlier the exam of IBPS RRB Office Assistant is usually conducted in the months of August and September. The Prelims  will be followed by Mains and the exam will take place as on the date mentioned in the notification but RRB has the jurisdiction to reschedule the exam if any administrative need arises. The detailed table related to exam date is mentioned below.

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT SALARY

IBPS RRB Office Assistant not only gives you job security,  but also respect and dignity and pays you in a good way.The In- Hand salary of an IBPS RRB Office assistant is :

In addition to this, an IBPS RRB Office Assistant is eligible to extra allowances such as Dearness Allowance, Special Allowance, House Rent Allowance, Newspaper Allowance along with various allowances. A candidate may refer to official notification to know about these in detail.

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT 2020 VACANCY DETAILS

IBPS RRB Office Assistant is one sought- after job which is desired by many candidates who want to serve in the government sector.  We can expect a similar number or more number of vacancies for 2020 as IBPS released last year. IBPS releases vacancy according to the post needed in that particular year. A look into the previous year vacancies is given below-

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT 2020: HOW TO APPLY

Given below is the simple procedure for online application of IBPS RRB Assistant.

• To apply for the IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2020, you need to visit the official website www.ibps.in.
• After entering the official website of IBPS, click on the "CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION" tab provided on the top right corner of the page.
• You will be redirected to the first page of the application form where you will be required to fill in all the basic details and click on the Save & Next button to move forward.
• You will now be redirected to the second page of the form where you will be asked to upload your scanned passport size photograph and signature based on the specification mentioned therein and click on the next button.
• After you move on to the next page, you will have to fill in your personal details including your educational qualifications.
• The next step would be filling the exam centres preference list. You will be required to fill in 4 centres. Click on 'Save & Next'.
• After you are finished with entering the details, you can see a preview of your,, so that you can edit and correct if you find any error is shown. Once the application is submitted, no changes can be done after that.
• Now, you have to choose a preferable online payment method to submit the application fee for IBPS RRB ASSISTANT.. You can pay the fees through any method among these i.e. credit card / debit card / net banking etc.
• You have to Click on the 'Submit' button to complete the application.

Guidelines for Uploading the Photograph

• The photograph dimensions must be 4.5 cm * 3.5 cm.
• The photograph must be clear and of passport size.
• The size of the photograph must be in between 20Kb - 50 Kb.

Guidelines for Uploading the Signature

• The signature of the applicant must be clear and legible.
• The signature should only be done with either blue or black ink.
• The size should be between 10Kb-20 Kb.

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT APPLICATION FEE DETAILS

Once you fill in all the details in the application of IBPS RRB Office Assistant exam. It’s now required for you to fill in the application fees. You have to pay the fees according to your category. Following are the application fees details:

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT ADMIT CARD

IBPS RRB Office Assistant admit card will be released soon after the application process of IBPS RRB Office Assistant ends. The admit card will indicate the date, time and venue of the examination for both the Prelims and Mains. After the admit card is released, the candidates have to take a print of the admit card along with the photocopy of the identity proof such as( Voter ID, Adhar card, PAN card etc.). If a candidate fails to get either of this he/she will not be allowed to appear in the examination.

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT PREVIOUS YEAR CUT-OFF

IBPS RRB Office Assistant previous year cut-off will help immensely in getting an idea about the difficulty level of the examination, so it is better for a candidate to be aware of the previous year cutoffs. You can check the IBPS RRB Office Assistant previous year cut-off of Prelims and Main examination below. This will help you in understanding the difficulty level of the IBPS RRB Office Assistant exam.

IBPS RRB Clerk 2018 Prelims Cut Off

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT JOB PROFILE

An “IBPS RRB Office Assistant Job profile is similar to a commercial bank clerk’s job profile. It is basically a lower level management place also called as the starting level of the bank job. An Office Assistant does a variety of work under his/her job profile such as:

• Cash collection from the customer
• Cheque verification
• All the accounts work
• Covers other responsibilities as well.

The candidate who will be selected for the post is liable to do all the work mentioned below.

• It’s a front desk job where a candidate needs to be interacting with the account holders of the bank and thus requires good personality as it represents the bank’s reputation.
• Receive and acknowledge for cash, drafts, cheque and pay orders along with other instruments.
• Pay out cash payment of withdrawal forms, cheques etc.
• Managing the delivery of cheque books.
• Other than this the candidate will be required to do the work needed by the bank.

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT 2020 PREPARATION STRATEGY

To accomplish anything in life, a plan or a strategy is always required. A strategy gives you a clear perspective of how to accomplish a goal in a given set of time. Make a strategy before starting the preparation for the exam. For that you first need to understand the syllabus and accordingly make the IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2020 Preparation Strategy.

• Analysing stronger and weaker points is also very important in clearing the IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam. It helps you to understand what topics you need to work on more and what are the topics you can score good.
• Stick to your plan, don't hassle or get nervous by seeing others strategy, your strategy will work for you only when you believe in it.
• Do some hit and trial but never change it because somebody else is doing it the other way.

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IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT 2020 EXAM BOOKS

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IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT 2020 FREE MOCK TESTS

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