Detailed Syllabus for

RBI Grade – B Exam

Reserve Bank of India has released its notification for the RBI Grade – B examination for the year 2018. RBI conducts this exam every year for the recruitment of Grade – B officer level. The RBI offers more compensation and perks in comparison to any other such banks or organizations like SBI or IBPS.

There are many things that students are unaware about regarding this RBI Grade – B examination and as always, we are here to help you out with all the basic and required information on the exam.

We will discuss many topics like – how many numbers of attempts do a candidate gets for the RBI Grade – B examination, detailed syllabus of the phase – I examination, section wise weightage of each topic, detailed syllabus of phase – II exam, etc.

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RBI Grade – B Number of Attempts

The number of attempts has been a question for the RBI Grade – B examination from the very first day. So, let me clear all the doubts regarding this issue and tell you candidates that RBI has changed the number of attempts from this year’s examination. Previously it is used to be 4 attempts for the unreserved candidates and now this number has been increased by the RBI to 6.

So, from this year onwards, all the unreserved category candidates will get a total of 6 chances to clear the examination. On the other hand, for all the reserved categories, there has been no limit on the number of attempts. They are allowed to try for this RBI Grade – B examination until they reach the age limit set for their category.

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RBI Grade – B Important Dates

All the important dates related to the RBI Grade B Officer exam 2018 has been provided below –

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RBI Grade – B Examination Pattern

The examination of RBI Grade B Officers will be conducted in three phases. The first one is the phase – I or preliminary examination, when a candidate clears this examination, he or she will be eligible for the phase – II or mains examination. After qualifying mains examination, you will be called for the last phase or stage, which will be a face to face interview.

A candidate is required to clear all the three phases and then only he or she can get selected in RBI as a Grade B Officer.

RBI Grade – B Preliminary (Phase – I) Examination Pattern

• All the questions in the phase – I carry 1 mark each.
• There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
• The total exam time is 2 hours.
• There will be no sectional time limit.
• There will be sectional cut off as well as overall cut off.
• The marks obtained in the phase – I examination will not be considered in the final selection.
• This phase – I examination is only qualifying in nature.

RBI Grade – B Mains (Phase – II) Examination Pattern

• The candidates are required to attempt all the three papers.
• All the three papers will get conducted on the same day, though in three different shifts.
• Paper – I and Paper – III will be bilingual, which means will be in both English and in the Hindi language.
• There will be a cut off for each paper as well as there will be an overall cut off of all the three papers combined.

RBI Grade – B Syllabus

Here we are providing all you candidates with the updated and the detailed syllabus of both the phase – I and phase – II RBI Grade – B examination. Along with that, we will also be going to mention the number of expected questions for each section and on each topic.

RBI Grade – B Phase – I Syllabus

As we have already discussed the exam pattern for the phase – I examination of RBI Grade – B, you all know about the different sections that are there in the phase – I examination. So, we will start with the English section and then will follow with the remaining three sections one by one.

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RBI Grade – B Phase – I English Syllabus

1. Vocabulary
2. Reading Comprehension
3. Cloze Test
4. Grammar
5. Spotting Errors/ Spellings
6. Sentence Correction
7. Synonyms/ Homonyms/ Antonyms
8. Odd Sentence Out
9. Para Jumbles and Para Completion
10. One Word Substitution and Double Fillers
11. Fill in the Blanks
12. Miscellaneous

RBI Grade – B Phase – I English Section Topic Wise Weightage

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RBI Grade – B Phase – I Reasoning Syllabus

1. Inequalities
2. Ranking/ Ordering Test
3. Alphanumeric Series
4. Number Series
5. Critical Thinking
6. Coding and Decoding
7. Logical Reasoning
8. Einstein’s Puzzle
9. Input – Output
10. Blood Relations
11. Syllogisms
12. Directions
13. Grouping/ Arrangement
14. Analogy
15. Venn Diagrams
16. Seating Arrangement
17. Verbal Reasoning
18. Coded Inequalities
19. Data Sufficiency

RBI Grade – B Phase – I Reasoning Section Topic Wise Weightage

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RBI Grade – B Phase – I Quantitative Ability Syllabus

1. Number System
2. Ratio and Proportion
3. Percentages
4. Averages
5. Simple and Compound Interest
6. Profit, Loss, and Discount
7. Partnership
8. Mixture and Allegation
9. Time, Distance and Work
10. Mensuration
11. Data Interpretation
12. Permutation and Combination
13. Probability
14. Simplification and Approximation
15. Data Sufficiency

RBI Grade – B Phase – I Quantitative Ability Section Topic Wise Weightage

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RBI Grade – B Phase – I General Awareness Syllabus

1. National and International Current Affairs
2. Banking and Financial Awareness
3. Banking Terms and Definitions
4. Economy News
5. Static General Awareness
6. National Institutes
7. Monetary Plans

RBI Grade – B Phase –II Syllabus

There are three papers in the RBI Grade – B Phase – II examination and we have already mentioned the exam pattern details about all the three papers. Here, we are going to discuss the syllabus of these papers.

RBI Grade – B Phase – II Economics and Social Awareness Syllabus

Growth and Development, Measurement of growth: National Income and per capita income, Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation of India, Sustainable Development and Environmental issues, Globalization, Opening up of the Indian Economy, Balance of Payments, Export and Import Policy, International Economic Institutes, IMF and World Bank, WTO, Regional Economic Cooperation, Economic Reforms in India, Industrial and Labor Policy, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Privatization, Rule of Economic Planning, Social Structure in India, Multiculturalism, Demographic Trends, Urbanization and Migration, Gender issues, Social Justice: Positive Discrimination in favor of the underprivileged, Social Movements, Indian Political System, Human Development, Social Sectors in India, Health and Education.

RBI Grade – B Phase – II Finance Syllabus

1. Financial System
   • Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions
   • Reserve Bank of India – functions, and conduct of monetary policy, the banking system in India, financial institutes like – SIDBI, EXIM, NABARD, NHB, etc.
2. Financial Markets

Primary and Secondary markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments.

3. General Topics
   • Risk Management in the Banking sector
   • Basics of Derivatives: forward, futures, and swap
   • Changing the landscape of the banking sector
   • Recent developments in the financial sector, portfolio investment, public sector reforms, disinvestments
   • Financial inclusion – use of technology
   • Alternate source of finance, private and social cost benefits, the public-private partnership
   • Corporate governance in the banking sector, the role of e-governance in addressing the issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government sector.
   • The Union budget – direct and indirect taxes, non-tax sources of revenue, GST, thirteenth finance commission and GST, finance commission, fiscal policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM), Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies: WPI, CPI – components and trends.

RBI Grade – B Phase – II Management Syllabus

1. Management: its nature and scope; The management processes, planning, organization, staffing, directing and controlling, the role of a manager in an organization.
2. Leadership: The tasks of a leader, leadership styles, leadership theories, a successful leader versus an effective leader.
3. Human Resource Development: the concept of HRD, goals of HRD, performance appraisal, potential appraisal and development, feedback and performance counseling, career planning, training and development, rewards, employee welfare.
4. Motivation, Morale, and Incentives: theories of motivation, how managers motivate, the concept of morale, factors determining morale, the role of incentives in building up morale.
5. Communication: steps in the communication process, communication channels, oral versus written communication, verbal versus nonverbal communication, upward, downward and lateral communication, barriers to communication, the role of information technology.
6. Corporate Governance: factors affecting corporate governance, mechanisms of corporate governance.

We have tried our best to provide you all the syllabus and exam pattern required help as we candidates must be looking forward to for the upcoming RBI Grade – B examination. Hope this will help you and if you have any doubt or questions, you can freely post them down in the comment section and we are definitely going to help you with that.

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