RBI Grade B mock tests

Reserve Bank of India, Officers in Grade 'B' (Direct Recruit) — General cadre

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About RBI Grade B

The Reserve Bank of India Services Board recruits officers in Grade 'B' (Direct Recruit, on probation) in the General, DEPR and DSIM cadres. This page is the General cadre. Advertisement RBISB/DA/01/2026-27 (29 April 2026) was for Panel Year 2026: 40 General vacancies, with applications from 29 April to 20 May 2026. A candidate must be 21 to 30 years old on 1 April 2026 (born not earlier than 2 April 1996 and not later than 1 April 2005), with the relaxations in the notice, and needs a graduation with 60% marks (50% for SC/ST/PwBD where the posts are reserved) or a post-graduation with 55% (a pass for those reserved categories). General and EWS candidates who have already appeared six times in Phase-I for this post cannot apply again.

Phase-I is one online objective paper of 200 marks, held on 13 June 2026. The information handout sets four tests, each on its own clock: General Awareness (80 questions, 80 marks, 25 minutes), English Language (30 questions, 30 marks, 25 minutes), Quantitative Aptitude (30 questions, 30 marks, 25 minutes) and Reasoning (60 questions, 60 marks, 45 minutes), 120 minutes in all. Every question has five options and one right answer. A wrong answer takes away one-fourth of the marks of that question; a question left unanswered scores nothing. Tests other than English are in Hindi and English, and the language can be switched during the test. The Board fixes minimum marks for each test and for the total; only those who reach both are shortlisted for Phase-II. If Phase-I is held in more than one session, corrected scores are equated. Marks are reported to two decimal places.

Phase-II, held on 25 July 2026 for those shortlisted, has three papers and 300 marks, and is not a single objective test, so there is no Phase-II practice paper here. In the morning shift, Paper-III (General Finance and Management) has 30 objective questions for 50 marks in 30 minutes, then a descriptive part of 50 marks in 90 minutes: six questions are set and four are to be answered (two of 15 marks, with a 600-word limit, and two of 10 marks, with a 400-word limit). In the afternoon, Paper-I (Economic and Social Issues) has the same objective-then-descriptive shape, and Paper-II (English writing skills) is descriptive, three questions, 100 marks, 90 minutes. Objective and descriptive parts cannot be moved between, and a wrong objective answer again costs one-fourth of that question's marks. Papers other than English are bilingual; Hindi answers may be typed in Inscript or Remington (GAIL). Candidates are then called for interview on the Phase-II aggregate. Final merit adds Phase-II and the interview. Phase-I marks do not enter that merit list.

Selected General-cadre officers join on probation for two years, which the Bank may extend up to four, and may be posted anywhere in India. The notice gives a starting basic pay of ₹78,450 a month in the scale ₹78,450–4,050(9)–1,14,900–EB–4,050(2)–1,23,000–4,650(4)–1,41,600, and initial monthly gross emoluments of about ₹1,54,936 without house rent allowance.

RBI Grade B Phase 1 exam pattern

120 minutes

RBI Grade B Phase 2 exam pattern

330 minutes (morning shift 120 minutes, afternoon shift 210 minutes)