RBI Grade B सिलेबस

ग्रेड बी (सीधी भर्ती), सामान्य संवर्ग के अधिकारियों की भर्ती: चार अलग-अलग समय वाले भागों की 200 अंक की चरण-I वस्तुनिष्ठ परीक्षा, फिर चरण-II (अर्थशास्त्र, अंग्रेज़ी लेखन, तथा वित्त और प्रबंधन) और साक्षात्कार।

Phase-I online examination (objective)

सामान्य ज्ञान

80 questions, 80 marks · 25 minutes

One mark each. Five options, one of them right. A wrong answer takes away 0.25. The information handout does not print a topic-wise syllabus for this test.

  • Banking and the Reserve Bank
  • Financial system and markets
  • Economic concepts
  • Indian polity and the Constitution
  • History, geography and institutions

अंग्रेज़ी भाषा

30 questions, 30 marks · 25 minutes

Set in English only. One mark each; a wrong answer takes away 0.25. The handout does not list the question types inside the test.

  • Reading comprehension
  • Cloze
  • Error spotting and sentence correction
  • Paragraph rearrangement
  • Vocabulary

मात्रात्मक अभिरुचि

30 questions, 30 marks · 25 minutes

In Hindi and English. One mark each; a wrong answer takes away 0.25. No physical calculator. The handout does not list the topics inside the test.

  • Data interpretation
  • Number series
  • Simplification and quadratic comparison
  • Arithmetic: percentage, ratio, profit and loss, interest, time and work, time and distance, averages

तर्कशक्ति

60 questions, 60 marks · 45 minutes

In Hindi and English. One mark each; a wrong answer takes away 0.25. The handout does not list the topics inside the test.

  • Puzzles and seating
  • Syllogism
  • Inequality
  • Coding and decoding
  • Blood relation, direction, ranking and other verbal reasoning

Phase-II online examination

प्रश्नपत्र-III: सामान्य वित्त और प्रबंधन (वस्तुनिष्ठ)

30 questions, 50 marks · 30 minutes

Five options, one right. Marks differ across questions and are shown on them; together they are 50. A wrong answer takes away one-fourth of the marks of that question. Held in the morning, before the descriptive part.

  • Financial system and the Reserve Bank
  • Financial markets and instruments
  • Risk, inclusion and corporate governance
  • Accounting ratios and inflation concepts
  • Management and organisational behaviour
  • Ethics and communication

प्रश्नपत्र-III: सामान्य वित्त और प्रबंधन (वर्णनात्मक)

6 questions set; answer 4 (two of 15 marks and two of 10 marks), 50 marks · 90 minutes

If more than four questions are answered, the first four are evaluated. Starts automatically after the 30-minute objective part.

  • Typed answers on finance and management
  • Two 15-mark answers, word limit 600 each
  • Two 10-mark answers, word limit 400 each

प्रश्नपत्र-I: आर्थिक और सामाजिक मुद्दे (वस्तुनिष्ठ)

30 questions, 50 marks · 30 minutes

Same marking as Paper-III objective: five options, differing marks totalling 50, one-fourth deducted for a wrong answer. Afternoon shift.

  • Growth, development, poverty and employment
  • Indian economy since 1991: monetary and fiscal policy, money markets, public finance, agriculture, industry and services
  • Globalisation, balance of payments and international institutions
  • Social structure, demography, gender and social justice

प्रश्नपत्र-I: आर्थिक और सामाजिक मुद्दे (वर्णनात्मक)

6 questions set; answer 4 (two of 15 marks and two of 10 marks), 50 marks · 90 minutes

If more than four questions are answered, the first four are evaluated.

  • Typed answers on economic and social issues
  • Two 15-mark answers, word limit 600 each
  • Two 10-mark answers, word limit 400 each

प्रश्नपत्र-II: अंग्रेज़ी (लेखन कौशल)

3 questions, 100 marks · 90 minutes

In English only, typed on the keyboard. The handout says the paper is framed to test writing, expression and understanding of the topic, and may include essay, precis and comprehension. Afternoon shift, immediately after Paper-I.

  • Essay
  • Precis
  • Comprehension