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RBI Assistant Exam is conducted by the 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 the Mains Exam will be used to make the merit list of candidates being selected for the post of RBI Assistant.
The RBI Selection Process takes place in three stages the Prelims, Mains, and the language proficiency test. There is a negative marking of 0.25 marks in the Prelims and Mains RBI Assistant Exam. The Exam Pattern and Syllabus for all the three phases of RBI Assistant have been detailed below and a candidate to get selected for RBI Assistant posts needs to qualify in all the three phases’ prelims, mains, and Language proficiency test.
Preliminary Exam
Mains Exam
Language Proficiency Test (LPT)
RBI Assistant 2022 has a specific syllabus for all the sections asked in both the preliminary examination and the main examination. The major sections covered are:
English Language
Quantitative Aptitude
Reasoning
These above-mentioned three sections are the common sections asked in both the preliminary exam and mains exam. An additional section of General Awareness and Computer Knowledge as asked in Mains Exam apart from the above mentioned three sections. Sectional cut-off as well as the overall cut-off for each phase of the examination must be cleared by a candidate in order to get selected for further rounds of the RBI Assistant 2022 Exam.
The first stage of the RBI Assistant Exam date 2022 is the Preliminary Examination which consists of three sections- English, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning. There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks. The duration of the RBI Assistant Prelims Exam is 1 hour (60 minutes) which is divided into sectional timing, 20 minutes for each section and the marks distribution has been tabulated below-
Sections | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
The candidates qualifying in RBI Assistant Prelims Exam will have to appear in RBI Assistant Mains Exam. There were be 5 sections namely English, Quantitative, Reasoning, Computer Knowledge, and General Awareness. There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks. In this phase, the time duration is 135 minutes which is distributed section-wise as tabulated below
Subject/ Section | Questions | Maximum Marks | Time allotted |
English Language | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 | |
Reasoning Ability | 40 | 40 | |
Computer Knowledge | 40 | 40 | 20 minutes |
General Awareness | 40 | 40 | 25 minutes |
Total | 200 | 200 | 135 minutes |
The candidates provisionally shortlisted from the main online 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. The candidate who is not proficient in the official/ Local Language will be disqualified.
Only such a number of candidates will be called for the Language Proficiency Test who stand sufficiently high in merit based on the aggregate marks of the main online examination, such merit will be decided by the Bank in relation to the number of notified vacancies to be filled in.
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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.
English Language | General Awareness | Quantitative Aptitude | Computer Knowledge | Reasoning |
Reading Comprehension | Current World News | Time and Distance | Languages | Number Series |
Synonyms | Current India News | Time and Work | Basic Hardware and Software | Blood Relations |
Antonyms | Geography Concepts | HCF and LCM | History of Computers | Analogy |
Sentence Correction | History Concepts | Simple and Compound Interest | Devices | Odd Man Out |
Word Meanings | Political Science | Problems on Trains | Number Series | |
Current Affairs | Average | Coding and Decoding | ||
Allegations and Comparison | Directions Based Concept | |||
Probability | Row Arrangements | |||
Permutation and Combination | Symbols | |||
Pipes | Statement Reading, Understanding |
The RBI Assistant 2022 Cut Off will be released along with the RBI Assistant Result & Score Card. To have an idea about RBI Assistant Cut-off marks, the candidates can check the previous year’s RBI Assistant Prelims Cut Off.
RBI Assistant Prelims Cut Off 2019-20 | |||||
RBI Zone Name | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | General |
Ahmedabad | 90.25 | 79.00 | 89.50 | 91.00 | 92.75 |
Bengaluru | — | 81.75 | 89.75 | 89.00 | 92.25 |
Bhopal | 86.00 | 80.50 | 92.50 | 92.75 | 94.75 |
Bhubaneswar | 85.75 | 81.25 | 94.75 | 93.75 | 95.75 |
Chandigarh | 89.50 | — | 93.50 | 95.00 | 96.75 |
Chennai | 88.00 | — | 92.75 | 87.00 | 94.00 |
Guwahati | 83.50 | 77.75 | 86.25 | 83.75 | 89.50 |
Hyderabad | 92.00 | 88.00 | 94.75 | 94.75 | 96.25 |
Jaipur | 86.75 | 85.25 | 93.25 | 93.75 | 95.75 |
Jammu | — | 79.50 | 87.00 | 89.00 | 94.25 |
Kanpur & Lucknow | 87.00 | — | 92.25 | 94.25 | 96.00 |
Kolkata | 92.25 | — | — | 92.00 | 96.25 |
Mumbai | 84.00 | 71.50 | 84.25 | 81.75 | 87.75 |
Nagpur | 88.00 | 77.50 | — | 88.75 | 90.50 |
New Delhi | 89.00 | — | 92.75 | 93.50 | 96.25 |
Patna | 85.75 | — | 93.75 | 94.00 | 95.75 |
Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi | 87.00 | — | 95.00 | 89.75 | 96.25 |
RBI Assistant 2022 Result will be released firstly for Prelims Exam followed by Mains Result and lastly, the final result is to be released after LPT. The candidates can check the Results for all the phases one by one as soon as they are officially announced.
Through RBI Assistant 2022 Notification, 950 vacancies have been announced. The RBI Assistant exam 2022 will be held in three stages: Prelims, Mains, and Language Proficiency Test. No, only graduates with at least 50% marks can apply for RBI Assistant 2022. Yes. but you have to get a degree before the date specified in the RBI Assistant notification 2022. Yes, there is a negative marking of 0.25 for every wrong answer in RBI Assistant 2022. How many vacancies are announced through RBI Assistant 2022 Notification?
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