RBI Assistant exam is conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to select eligible candidates for the post of Assistant in various branches and sub-offices of RBI. Through this exam the candidates will be a part of one of the most prestigious government organizations in India. Following is a brief account of the details of RBI Assistant Exam.
RBI Exam Events | RBI Exam Dates | |
2021 (Tentative) | RBI Assistant 2020 | |
Online Registration | November/December 2021 | December 23, 2019 – January 24, 2020 |
Last date to pay online fee | December 2021 | January 24, 2020 |
RBI Assistant Prelims Exam | January 2022 | February 14 & 15, 2020 |
RBI Assistant Mains Exam | February 2022 | November 22, 2020 |
RECRUITMENT FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) invites applications from eligible candidates for 950 posts of ‘Assistant’ – 2021 in various Offices of the Bank. Selection for the post will be through a country-wide competitive examination in two phases i.e. Preliminary and Main examination followed by a Language Proficiency Test (LPT). Please note that Corrigendum, if any, issued on the above advertisement, will be published only on the Bank’s website – www.rbi.org.in.
The full text of the advertisement is available on the Banks’ website www.rbi.org.in and is also being published in the Employment News / Rojgar Samachar.
Applications will be accepted Online only through the Bank’s website www.rbi.org.in. No other mode for submission of application is available.
Important Dates
Website Link Open | 17.02.2022 to 08.03.2022 |
Payment of Examination Fees (Online) | 17.02.2022 to 08.03.2022 |
Schedule of Online Preliminary Test (Tentative) | March 26 & 27, 2022* |
Schedule of Online Main Test (Tentative) | May 2022* |
*RBI reserves the right to change the dates of examination.
Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for the post of “Assistant” in Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Candidates may click on the link below for filling in the online application form.
7 days a week by HO and Branch faculty
Limited batch size with personalised attention
Interview Preparation
Online + Offline
Once Month
All Study material and handouts in PDF format
Weekly M100 Test + Descriptive Test (Online)
Optional subject as add-on
One-on-One online apointment with the teacher, once a month
100+ hours of introductory and advanced levels
2-3 days a week by HO and Branch faculty
Optional Included
Printed Study material and handouts
Classroom
Weekly M100 Test(Classroom) + Descriptive Test (Online)
One-on-One appointment with the teacher as required by students
Interview Preparation
As required by students
Office | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | GEN |
Ahmedabad | 112 | 108.25 | 112.50 | — | 123.50 |
Bengaluru | — | — | 94 | — | 99.25 |
Bhopal | 109.25 | 103.75 | 116.50 | 118.25 | 121.25 |
Bhubaneswar | 95.50 | 87.75 | 103.25 | — | 103.25 |
Chandigarh | 82.75 | — | 100.25 | — | 111 |
Chennai | 101.50 | — | 119.75 | 108.50 | 121 |
Guwahati | 72.75 | 97.75 | 105.75 | — | 105.75 |
Hyderabad | 98 | — | 111.50 | 104 | 121 |
Jaipur | 91.50 | 98.75 | 103.50 | — | 114.25 |
Jammu | — | — | 111.50 | 108.50 | 123.25 |
Kanpur & Lucknow | 92 | — | 91 | 105.25 | 117.25 |
Kolkata | 114.25 | — | — | 122.75 | 126.25 |
Mumbai | 86.25 | 76.25 | 86.25 | — | 86.25 |
Nagpur | 103.25 | — | — | — | 103.5 |
New Delhi | 95 | — | 106.50 | 115.75 | 116.75 |
Patna | 90.25 | — | 107.50 | 106.25 | 108.25 |
Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi | 114.25 | — | 90.50 | — | 114.25 |
The candidates have to primarily appear in the RBI Assistant Prelims Exam, which is the screening test to shortlist candidates for Mains Exam.
Sections | No. of Questions | Maximum marks | Duration |
English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 min |
Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 min |
Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 min |
Total | 100 | 100 | 1 hr |
The candidates who qualify in the Prelims Exam will be eligible to appear for the Mains Exam for which the exam pattern is given below.
Sections | No. of Questions | Maximum marks | Duration |
English Language | 40 | 40 | 30 min |
Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 | 30 min |
Reasoning Ability | 40 | 40 | 30 min |
Computer Knowledge | 40 | 40 | 20 min |
General Awareness | 40 | 40 | 25 min |
Total | 200 | 200 | 135 min |
The candidates provisionally selected from the Mains on-line examination will have to undergo a language proficiency test (LPT). The LPT is conducted in the official/Local language of the concerned state.
The Office wise local language/s is/are as follows:
The syllabus for both preliminary and mains is provided in the following table.
Section | Syllabus |
English Language | Reading Comprehension, Synonyms, Antonyms, Sentence Correction, Word Meanings |
General Awareness | Current Affairs, Current World News, Current India News, Geography Concepts, History Concepts, Political Science |
Quantitative Aptitude | Time and Distance, Time and Work, HCF and LCM, Simple and Compound Interest, Problems on Trains, Average, Allegations and Comparison, Probability, Permutation and Combination, Pipes |
Reasoning | Number Series, Blood Relations, Analogy, Odd one Out, Number Series, Coding and Decoding, Directions Test, Sitting arrangements, Symbols, Statement Reading and Understanding |
Computer Knowledge | Basic knowledge of software and hardware, History of computers, devices, languages |