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RBI Assistant Exam

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 Selection Process

RBI Assistant 2020 Exam will be conducted in three phases:

  • Preliminary Exam
  • Mains Exam
  • Language Proficiency Test (LPT)

RBI Assistant 2020 has a specific syllabus for all the sections asked in both preliminary examination and mains examination. The major sections covered are:

  • English Language
  • Quantitative Aptitude and
  • Reasoning

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.

RBI Assistant Exam Pattern

Let’s have a look at the Exam Pattern for Preliminary Exam and Mains Exam of RBI Assistant.

RBI Assistant Preliminary Exam Pattern

Sections

No. of Questions

Maximum Marks

 

English Language

30

30

A composite time of 1 hour is provided to the candidate

Numerical Ability

35

35

Reasoning Ability

35

35

Total

100

100

 

RBI Assistant Mains Exam Pattern

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

Penalty for Wrong Answers: 0.25 marks will be deducted for every answer attempted wrong by a candidate. No deduction will be made for the question left blank or unattempt by a candidate.

Language Proficiency Test (LPT)

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.

RBI Assistant Syllabus

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

 

Coding and Decoding

Average

Sentence Correction

RBI Terms

 

Directions Based Concept

Probability

Word Meanings

Emoluments and Other Benefits

 

Row Arrangements

Allegations and Comparison

Cloze Test

Acts and Laws related to Bank (RBI)

 

Symbols

Permutation and Combination

One Word Substitution

 

 

 

Pipes& Cistern

Sentence Rearrangement

 

 

 

Number System

Sentence Completion

 

 

 

Geometry