RBI Grade B Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021

RBI Grade B Prelims Exam Pattern

Serial Number	Section Asked	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1.	General Awareness	200	200	Composite time of 2 hours
2.	Quantitative Aptitude
3.	English Language
4.	Reasoning

RBI Grade B Preliminary Exam syllabus

Reasoning	Quantitative Ability	English Language	General Awareness
Logical Reasoning	Simplification	Reading Comprehension	Current Affairs
Alphanumeric Series	Profit & Loss	Cloze Test	Indian Financial Systems
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test	Mixtures &Alligations	Para jumbles	Indian Banking Systems
Data Sufficiency	Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices	Miscellaneous	Monetary Plans
Coded Inequalities	Work & Time	Fill in the blanks	National Institutions
Seating Arrangement	Time & Distance	Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting	Banking Terms
Puzzle	Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere	Paragraph Completion
Tabulation	Data Interpretation
Syllogism	Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
Blood Relations	Number Systems
Input Output	Sequence & Series
Coding Decoding	Permutation, Combination &Probability

RBI Grade B Mains Exam Pattern

Mains exam has a total marks of 300. The mains (Phase-II) examination is consist of 2 papers (Paper-I +Paper-II +Paper-III). Candidates are required to appear for all shifts. Separate Admission Letters will be issued for each shift. The Phase-II online Examination will be conducted on April 1, 2021 only for the candidates who are shortlisted on the basis of results of Phase-I and based on the cut-off decided by the Board. The Phase-II examination will be in shifts. Candidates are required to appear for all shifts.

S So	Sections / Subjects	Paper Type	Maximum Marks	Duration (minutes)
1.	Paper I: Economics and Social Issues	50% Objective Type, 50% Descriptive (to be typed with the help of the keyboard)	50 50 Total-100	30 90 Total-120
2.	Paper II: English (Writing Skills)	Descriptive (3 questions)	100	90 minutes
3.	Paper III: Finance and Management	50% Objective Type and 50% Descriptive	50 50 Total-100	30 90 Total-120

For both Paper I and III, there will be 30 questions and 50 marks for Objective questions (some questions carrying 2 marks each and some carrying 1 mark each). In case of Descriptive questions, 6 questions will be asked, of which candidates will be required to attempt 4 questions (2 of 15 marks each (with difficulty level) and 2 of 10 marks each). In case, candidate answers more than 4 questions in descriptive, first 4 shall be evaluated.

RBI Grade B Mains syllabus

The Mains Examination of RBI Grade B exam 2021 will constitute of 3 sections: Economic & Social Issues, Finance and Management. The complete syllabus is discussed below:

Subject	Syllabus
Economic & Social Issues	Growth and Development Economic Reforms in India Globalization Social Structure in India
Finance	Financial System Financial Markets Risk Management Basics of Derivatives Development in Financial Sector Union Budget Inflation
Managemnet	Role of Manager Human Resource Development Motivation, Morale and Incentives Communication Corporate Governance

RBI Grade B Interview

The Interview will be of 50 marks. Candidates will be shortlisted for the interview, based on aggregate of marks obtained in Phase-II (Paper-I +Paper-II +Paper-III). The minimum aggregate cut off marks for being shortlisted for Interview will be decided by the Board in relation to the number of vacancies. Roll No. of the candidates shortlisted for interview will be published on RBI website at appropriate time and interview call letters will be sent on registered email ID. Candidate may opt for interview either in Hindi or English. Final Selection will be through merit list which will be prepared by adding marks secured by candidates in Phase-II examination and interview.

Besides the preliminary exam and the mains exam, an interview process is also conducted for candidates who qualify the first two phases of RBI Grade B Officer exam.

The final merit list is made on the basis of marks obtained by a candidate in his/ her mains exam and interview process.