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RBI Assistant exam is conducted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to recruit candidates for the Assistant to its various branches all over the country. As it is a national level recruitment process, applications from all sections of India are invited. The exam is going to be conducted in three phases: Preliminary and Main examination followed by a Language Proficiency Test (LPT). The score of Mains Exam will be used to make the merit list of candidates being selected for the post of RBI Assistant.
RBI Assistant 2020 Exam will be conducted in three phases:
RBI Assistant 2020 has a specific syllabus for all the sections asked in both preliminary examination and mains examination. The major sections covered are:
These above mentioned three sections are the common sections asked in both preliminary exam and mains exam. An additional section of General Awareness and Computer Knowledge is asked in Mains Exam apart from the above mentioned three sections. Sectional cut-off as well the overall cut-off for each phase of examination must be cleared by a candidate in order to get selected for further rounds of RBI Assistant 2020 Exam.
Let’s have a look at the Exam Pattern for Preliminary Exam and Mains Exam of RBI Assistant.
Sections |
No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
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English Language |
30 |
30 |
A composite time of 1 hour is provided to the candidate |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
35 |
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Reasoning Ability |
35 |
35 |
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Total |
100 |
100 |
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Sections |
No. of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Duration |
English Language |
40 |
40 |
30 minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude |
40 |
40 |
30 minutes |
Reasoning Ability |
40 |
40 |
30 minutes |
Computer Knowledge |
40 |
40 |
20 minutes |
General Awareness |
40 |
40 |
25 minutes |
Total |
200 |
200 |
135 minutes |
The candidates provisionally shortlisted from the main on-line examination will have to undergo a language proficiency test (LPT). The language proficiency test will be conducted in the Official / Local Language of the State concerned as detailed below. Candidate who are not proficient in the official/ Local Language will be disqualified.
The local language that are to be tested as per the official notification are given below:
Area |
Language for LPT |
Ahmedabad |
Gujarati |
Bengaluru |
Kannada |
Bhopal |
Hindi |
Bhubaneswar |
Oriya |
Chandigarh |
Punjabi / Hindi |
Chennai |
Tamil |
Guwahati |
Assamese / Bengali / Khasi / Manipuri / Bodo / Mizo |
Hyderabad |
Telugu |
Jaipur |
Hindi |
Jammu |
Urdu / Hindi / Kashmiri |
Kanpur & Lucknow |
Hindi |
Kolkata |
Bengali / Nepali |
Mumbai |
Marathi / Konkani |
Nagpur |
Marathi / Hindi |
New Delhi |
Hindi |
Patna |
Hindi / Maithili |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Malayalam |
Only such number of candidates will be called for Language Proficiency Test who stand sufficiently high in merit based on the aggregate marks of the main on-line examination, such merit will be decided by the Bank in relation to the number of notified vacancies to be filled in.
Like all Bank Exams, RBI Assistant Exam Syllabus revolves around the basic tricks and techniques that a student learned in English, Maths and Reasoning during his/her school days. Apart from that a candidate must have basic knowledge of General Awareness and Computer Application terms to excel in RBI Assistant Exam. Let’s have a look at the detailed syllabus for the same.
General Awareness |
Computer Knowledge |
Reasoning |
Quantitative Ability |
English Language |
Current World News |
Languages |
Number Series |
Time and Distance |
Reading Comprehension |
Current India News |
Basic Hardware and Software |
Blood Relations |
Time and Work |
Cloze Test |
Geography Concepts |
History of Computers |
Analogy |
HCF and LCM |
Phrases |
History Concepts |
Devices |
Odd Man Out |
Simple and Compound Interest |
Synonyms |
Political Science |
Viruses and Hacking |
Number Series |
Problems on Trains |
Antonyms |
Banking Awareness |
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Coding and Decoding |
Average |
Sentence Correction |
RBI Terms |
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Directions Based Concept |
Probability |
Word Meanings |
Emoluments and Other Benefits |
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Row Arrangements |
Allegations and Comparison |
Cloze Test |
Acts and Laws related to Bank (RBI) |
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Symbols |
Permutation and Combination |
One Word Substitution |
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Pipes& Cistern |
Sentence Rearrangement |
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Number System |
Sentence Completion |
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Geometry |
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