RBI Assistant Application Form, Exam Dates, Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Syllabus

Complete Guideline For RBI Assistant Recruitment: Reserve Bank Of India examine its various post every year. It is another banking examination that enjoys the highest level of competition. Thousands of students across India appear in this exam with preparation. RBI has four zonal offices, 19 regional offices, and 10 the sub-offices in India. The zonal offices in India are in four metropolitan cities Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai. RBI Recruitment Exam conducts examinations for all its offices in India every year. Selection of candidates is done on a merit basis and according to merit, they get posted to zonal, regional, or sub-offices.

RBI exam notification for the post of assistant has been released and students wanted to make their career in the field of banking are busy giving the final touch to exam preparation. RBI Assistance does not require any special preparation because the post of assistant in RBI is similar to clerical staff in other public banks. The pattern of the question paper remains similar. Thus, students preparing for the SBI clerk or IBPS clerk can also apply for this examination.

RBI Assistant Exam Dates:

The exam dates of RBI Assistance are below mention. For any official notification, release visit the official website of RBI.

Events	Exam Dates
Application Form date release	17th February 2022
The final date for application form RBI Assistant	8th March 2022
Admit card available start	To be announced
Date of Written Exam	26th to 27th March 2022
Pre Written Exam Result Date Announced	To be announced
Main Written Exam Admit Card Date Release	To be announced
Date of Main Written Exam	May 2022
Main Written Exam Result Date	To be announced
Interview Date	To be announced
Final Result Date	To be announced

RBI Assistant Application Form:

There is no regulatory body of RBS that can foretell exam dates at the beginning of the year. However, according to the set pattern of RBS, the examination date for the RBS assistant exam is conducted in the same month. For too, the forms will be out in September. All information about the examination will be mentioned in the notification and RBI official website is the only place to check details. The notification also gets published in the employment newspaper.

Note – According to the new guideline the examination for RBS Assistant will have three rounds of selection. The first round will be the Preliminary test; the qualified applicant will then appear for the final round and then interview.

Form for the RBS assistant exam can be filled online only. Payment of fees can be done via debit card, credit card, internet banking, cash card/mobile wallet, etc. Print out of receipt can be taken upon submission of fees.

RBI Assistant Eligibility: 

It is important to check the eligibility criteria of the RBI assistant exam carefully before filling a form. The reason for the same is the final screening of documents and certificates is done at the time of the interview. So, even if the candidate qualifies for both preliminary and main exams, in the absence of fulfilling eligibility criteria their interview will not be taken. Therefore, to avoid disappointment check detail of age limit, educational qualification, and nationality carefully in a notification and then fill the examination form. The basic eligibility criteria for RBI Assistant Recruitment Exam are the same as of other banking exams.

Age Limit – The age limit to appear for the RBI assistant exam is 18-28 years. There is an eligibility date present in the notification that has to be fulfilled by an applicant. For RBI assistant exam the date eligibility is candidates born before 02/06/1990 and after 01/06/2000 are not eligible to appear in the examination. Age relaxation is given to reserved candidates as following

5 years of maximum age relaxation is given to candidates of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe, a person having domicile of Kashmir in period 1^st January 1993 to 31 December 1992. 3 years of maximum age relaxation given to candidates of another backward class category. For the person with the disability, the age relaxation is 10 years for general category candidates, 13 years for OBC candidates and 15 years for SC/ST candidates. Similarly, 10 years of maximum age relaxation is given to widows, divorced, and judicially separated women who are not married again. Ex-Servicemen and Ex-employee of RBI get age relaxation in the RBI assistance exam depending on tenure they served.

The criterion for PWD, Ex-Serviceman is mention in the notification published at the official website of RBI. Moreover, to utilize age relaxation benefit, supporting documents need to be submitted by the candidate at the time of the interview.

Nationality or Citizenship –    For nationality too, RBI has fixed criteria. Candidates of Indian citizenship, Bhutan, Nepal, and Refugees of Tibetan are eligible to appear in the RBI assistant exam. Migrated people from countries like Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, Burma, Ethiopia, United Republic of Tanzania, Zaira, Uganda, and Kenya settled in India too can appear for the examination.

Educational Qualification:

To sit in the exam of the RBI assistant exam, the candidate has to hold a bachelor’s degree. The minimum 50 percent marks are a must in graduation. In addition to a graduation degree, candidates also need to be proficient in word processing.

Moreover, candidates applying for any particular office in the state have to be proficient in the language of that state. They should know how to read, write, or speak the language of that state.

Exam Pattern:

RBI Assistant selection process will be divided into 3 parts First is Phase I – Prelims Exam second Phase II – Mains Exam and last is Phase III – Language Proficiency Test. For more about the RBI Assistant Exam Pattern check below:

Phase I – Prelims Exam:

Preliminary Exam will be an Objective test (multi-choice for each question) the test will be 100 marks. It will be conducted online, the Preliminary exam has 3 sections that are below:

Sr. No.	Name of Tests (Objective)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Time
1	English Language	30	30	Composite time of 1 Hour
2	Numerical Ability	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
Total		100	100

Phase II – Mains Exam:

After the qualify the prelims exam candidates are eligible for the RBI Assistant Main Exam. This exam will be the online objective exam, the total marks of this exam will be 200 Marks.

Name of Tests (Objective)	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
Test of Reasoning	40	40	30 Minutes
Test of English Language	40	40	30 Minutes
Test of Numerical Ability	40	40	30 Minutes
Test of General Awareness	40	40	30 Minutes
Test of Computer Knowledge	40	40	30 Minutes
Total	200	200

Language Proficiency Test (LPT):

After qualify, the Preliminary and Main exam candidates will attend the LPT. A language proficiency test will be conducting the Local Language of the state government. Candidates must know the Official and local language otherwise they would disqualify the exam.

RBI Assistant Syllabus:

According to the below topics, candidates can prepare for RBI Assistant Exam. If you want to get Job in RBI as an assistant you need to read all these topics step by step:

Reasoning Ability:

Syllogism, Square & Linear, Seating Arrangement Circular, Puzzle, Inequality, Blood Relation, Data Sufficiency, Distance & Direction, Ranking, Coding & Decoding.

Numerical Ability:

Number Series, Pipe & Cisterns, Data Interpretation, Profit & Loss, Average, Quadratic Equation, Time & Work, Data Sufficiency, Simplification/ Approximation, Time & Distance, Ratio & Proportion, Partnership, Problem on Ages, Boats & Streams,

English Language:

Reading Comprehension, Spotting Error, Fill in the blank, Cloze test, Sentence Improvement, Para-Jumbles

General Awareness:

News related to Reserve Bank of India, Current Affairs, Banking/Financial Awareness/Economics news

Computer Knowledge:

Computer Generation, MS Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, Operating System, Internet,  Abbreviations related to Computer Knowledge and Computer Hardware.

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RBI Assistant Admit Card:

Candidates who submit their application form successfully, they are eligible for RBI Assistant Admit Card. The applicant gets the Admit Card from the RBI official website. Admit card will be issued for three phases before the few days of the exam. candidates required Roll Number, Registration No, Date of Birth and Password for the download admit card.