Bank IBPS RRB

Logical Reasoning

• Odd man out
• Analogy
• Syllogism
• Coding-Decoding
• Blood Relation
• Alphabet Test
• Blood Relation>
• Series Test
• Ranking and Time
• Causes and Effects
• Direction Test
• Sitting Arrangements
• Decision Making
• Statement and Assumption
• Figure Series
• Assertion and Reason
• Statement and Conclusion
• Word Formation
• Statements and Action Courses
• Inequalities
• Puzzles

Quantitative Aptitude

• Number System
• HCF and LCM
• Profit and Loss
• Decimal Fractions
• Simple Interest
• Compound Interest
• Time and Work
• Time and Distance
• Average
• Age Problems
• Simplification
• Partnership
• Percentage
• Ratio and Proportion
• Data Interpretation
• Permutation and Combination
• Probability
• Quadratic Equations

तार्किक तर्क

• विषम व्यक्ति
• सादृश्य
• न्यायवाक्य
• कोडिंग-डिकोडिंग
• रक्त संबंध
• वर्णमाला परीक्षण
• रक्त संबंध
• श्रृंखला परीक्षण
• रैंकिंग और समय
• कारण और प्रभाव
• दिशा परीक्षण
• बैठने की व्यवस्था
• निर्णय लेना
• कथन और धारणा
• आकृति श्रृंखला
• अभिकथन और कारण
• कथन और निष्कर्ष
• शब्द निर्माण
• कथन और क्रिया पाठ्यक्रम
• असमानताएँ
• पहेलियाँ

मात्रात्मक योग्यता

• संख्या प्रणाली
• HCF और LCM
• लाभ और हानि
• दशमलव अंश
• साधारण ब्याज
• चक्रवृद्धि ब्याज
• समय और कार्य
• समय और दूरी
• औसत
• आयु संबंधी समस्याएं
• सरलीकरण
• साझेदारी
• प्रतिशत
• अनुपात और समानुपात
• डेटा व्याख्या
• क्रमचय और संयोजन
• संभावना
• द्विघात समीकरण

English Language

• Reading Comprehension
• Error Detection
• Fill in the blanks
• Rearrangement of Sentences
• Cloze Test
• Jumbled Words
• Idioms
• One word substitution
• Phrase Substitution
• Antonyms
• Synonyms

Hindi Language

• Vyakaran
• Error Spotting
• Paragraphs
• Reading Comprehension
• Fill in the blanks
• Antonyms and Synonyms

Computer Knowledge

• Computer Fundamentals
• Computer Abbreviations
• Software and Hardware Fundamentals
• Shortcut Keys
• Networking
• Basic Knowledge of the Internet
• MS Office
• Database
• History of Computer
• Security Tools
• Number System and Conversions
• Computer Languages
• Internet
• Input and Output Devices

अंग्रेजी भाषा

• पठन समझ
• त्रुटि पहचान
• रिक्त स्थान भरें
• वाक्यों की पुनर्व्यवस्था
• क्लोज टेस्ट
• उलझे हुए शब्द
• मुहावरे
• एक शब्द प्रतिस्थापन
• वाक्यांश प्रतिस्थापन
• विलोम
• समानार्थी

हिंदी भाषा

• व्याकरण
• त्रुटि पहचान
• पैराग्राफ
• पठन समझ
• रिक्त स्थान भरें
• विलोम और समानार्थी

कंप्यूटर ज्ञान

• कंप्यूटर बुनियादी बातें
• कंप्यूटर संक्षिप्तीकरण
• सॉफ्टवेयर और हार्डवेयर बुनियादी बातें
• शॉर्टकट कुंजियाँ
• नेटवर्किंग
• इंटरनेट का बुनियादी ज्ञान
• एमएस ऑफिस
• डेटाबेस
• कंप्यूटर का इतिहास
• सुरक्षा उपकरण
• संख्या प्रणाली और रूपांतरण
• कंप्यूटर भाषाएँ
• इंटरनेट
• इनपुट और आउटपुट डिवाइस

General Awareness

• India and International Current Affairs
• Banking Awareness
• Countries and Currencies
• National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries
• Banking Terms and Abbreviations
• Banking History
• RBI
• Sports
• Finance
• Sports
• Books ad Authors
• Agriculture
• Fiscal Policies
• Budget
• Government schemes
• Government policies

Financial Awareness

• Latest Topics in News in Financial World Monetary Policy
• Budget and Economic Survey
• Overview of Banking and Banking Reforms in India
• Bank Accounts and Special Individuals
• Organizations Deposits Credit
• Loans
• Advanced Non-Performing Assets
• Asset Reconstruction Companies
• NPAs
• Restructuring of Loans
• Bad Loans
• Risk Management
• BASEL I
• BASEL II
• BASEL III
• ACCORDS

सामान्य जागरूकता

• भारत और अंतर्राष्ट्रीय समसामयिक मामले
• बैंकिंग जागरूकता
• देश और मुद्राएँ
• राष्ट्रीय उद्यान और वन्यजीव अभयारण्य
• बैंकिंग शब्द और संक्षिप्ताक्षर
• बैंकिंग इतिहास
• RBI
• खेल
• वित्त
• खेल
• पुस्तकें और लेखक
• कृषि
• राजकोषीय नीतियाँ
• बजट
• सरकारी योजनाएँ
• सरकारी नीतियाँ

वित्तीय जागरूकता

• वित्तीय दुनिया में समाचारों में नवीनतम विषय मौद्रिक नीति
• बजट और आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण
• भारत में बैंकिंग और बैंकिंग सुधारों का अवलोकन
• बैंक खाते और विशेष व्यक्ति
• संगठन जमा ऋण
• ऋण
• उन्नत गैर-निष्पादित संपत्तियाँ
• परिसंपत्ति पुनर्निर्माण कंपनियाँ
• एनपीए
• ऋणों का पुनर्गठन
• खराब ऋण
• जोखिम प्रबंधन
• बेसल I
• बेसल II
• बेसल III
• समझौते

POSTS: GROUP “A”-OFFICERS (SCALE-I, II & III) & GROUP“B”-OFFICE ASSISTANTS (MULTIPURPOSE)

• For the posts of Officers Scale I and Office Assistants (Multi-purpose) the examination will be two tier i.e. the Online Examination will be held in two phases, Preliminary and Main Examinations.
• For the post of Office Assistants (Multi-purpose), candidates who will qualify in Preliminary Examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Main Examination. They will be provisionally allotted on the basis of the marks obtained by them in the Main Examination and the actual vacancies reported by the RRBs.
• For the post of Officers Scale I, candidates who will qualify in Preliminary Examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Main Examination and shortlisted candidates in the Main Examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be coordinated by the Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with appropriate authority.
• For the post of Officers Scale II (Generalist and Specialists) and Scale III, candidates will appear for Single Online Examination and shortlisted candidates in the Single Online Examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be coordinated by the Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with appropriate authority.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION :

Group	Posts	Age	Educational Qualification	Post Qualification Experience
Group "B"	For Office Assistants (Multipurpose)	Min. 18 years Max. 28 years	Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent (a) Proficiency in local language as prescribed by the participating RRB/s* (b) Desirable: Working knowledge of Computer.
Group “A”-Officers	Officer Scale-I (Assistant Manager)	Min. 18 years Max. 30 years	Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent Preference will be given to the candidates having degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics or Accountancy; Proficiency in local language as prescribed by the participating RRB/s* Desirable: working knowledge of Computer.
Officer Scale-II General Banking Officer (Manager)	Min. 21 years Max. 32 years	Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Preference will be given to the candida having degree in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy.	Two years as an officer in a Bank or Financial Institution.
	Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (Manager)		Information Technology Officer Bachelor’s degree from a recognised University in Electronics / Communication / Computer Science / Information Technology or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Desirable: Certificate in ASP, PHP, C++, Java, VB, VC, OCP etc.	One year (in the relevant field)
			Chartered Accountant Certified Associate (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India	One Year as a Chartered Accountan
			Law Officer Degree from a recognised University in Law or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate.	Two years as an advocate or should have worked as Law Officer in Banks or Financial Institutions for a period of not less than two years
			Treasury Manager Chartered Accountant or MBA in Finance from a recognized university/ institution	One Year (in the relevant field)
			Marketing Officer MBA in Marketing from a recognized university	One Year (in the relevant field)
			Agricultural Officer Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Dairy/ Animal Husbandry/ Forestry/ Veterinary Science/ Agricultural Engineering/ Pisciculture from a recognized university or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate	Two Years (in the relevant field)
	Officer Scale-III (Senior Manager)	Min. 21 years Max. 40 years	Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Preference will be given to the candidates having Degree/ Diploma in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Co-operation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy.	Minimum 5 years’ experience as an Officer in a Bank or Financial Institutions

INSTRUCTION FOR CANDIDATES

(1) Valid Call Letter for the respective date and session of Examination. Those candidates who are called for Main Exam will also be required to bring authenticated/stamped call letter of Online Preliminary Exam (along with authenticated/ stamped copy of the ID proof)

(2) Photo-identity proof (as specified) in original bearing the same name as it appears on the call letter/ application form

(3) Candidates reporting late i.e. after the reporting time specified on the call letter for Examination will not be permitted to take the examination. The reporting time mentioned on the call letter is prior to the Start time of the test.

(4) Call letter for Online Preliminary Exam will not be collected at the examination venue. However, it will be duly authenticated/stamped by the exam centre staff. Candidate will need to retain the call letter (along with authenticated/ stamped copy of the ID proof) safely. Those candidates who are called for Main Exam will be required to bring this call letter along with Main Exam call letter and other requisite documents as per information provided in the “information handout” and call letter. However, scribe form (wherever applicable) will be collected during the Online Preliminary Exam.

(5) Candidates need to bring one additional photograph (same as pasted by the candidate on call letter) along-with the call letter and other requisite documents as per information provided in the “information handout” and call letter.

STRUCTURE OF EXAMINATION

Preliminary Examination

Office Assistants (Multipurpose)

Sr.No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Examination	Duration
1	Reasoning	40	40	*	Composite time of 45 minutes
2	Numerical Ability	40	40	*
	Total	80	80

Office Scale-I

Sr.No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Examination	Duration
1	Reasoning	40	40	*	Composite time of 45 minutes
2	Quantitativr Aptitude	40	40	*
	Total	80	80

• Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.
• Guidelines for candidates with Locomotor Disability, Cerebral Palsy, Visually Impaired and Intellectual Disability : Compensatory time of twenty minutes per hour or otherwise advised shall be permitted for the candidates

Main Examination (objective)

Office Assistants (Multipurpose)

Sr.No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Examination	Duration
1	Reasoning	40	50	*	Composite time of 2 hours
2	Computer Knowledge	40	20	*
3	General Awareness	40	40	*
4 a	English Language	40	40	English
4 b	Hindi Language			Hindi
5	Numerical Ability	40	50	*
	Total	200	200

Office Scale-I

Sr.No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Examination	Duration
1	Reasoning	40	50	*	Composite time of 2 hours
2	Computer Knowledge	40	20	*
3	General Awareness	40	40	*
4 a	English Language	40	40	English
4 b	Hindi Language			Hindi
5	Numerical Ability	40	50	*
	Total	200	200

SINGLE LEVEL EXIN+MINATION (OBJECTIVE)

Office Scale-II (General Banking Officer)

Sr.No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Examination	Duration
1	Reasoning	40	50	Hindi/English	Composite time of 2 hours
2	Computer Knowledge	40	20	Hindi/English
3	Financial Awareness	40	40	Hindi/English
4 a	English Language	40	40	English
4 b	Hindi Language			Hindi
5	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	40	50	Hindi/English
	Total	200	200

Office Scale-II (Specialist Cadre)

Sr.No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Examination	Duration
1	Professional Knowledge	40	40	Hindi/English	Composite time of 2 hours
2	reasoning	40	40	Hindi/English
3	Financial Awareness	40	40	Hindi/English
4 a	English Language	40	20	English
4 b	Hindi Language			Hindi
5	Computer Knowledge	40	20	Hindi/English
6	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	40	40
	Total	200	200

Office Scale-III

Sr.No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Examination	Duration
1	Reasoning	40	50	Hindi/English	Composite time of 2 hours
2	Computer Knowledge	40	20	Hindi/English
3	Financial Awareness	40	40	Hindi/English
4 a	English Language	40	40	English
4 b	Hindi Language			Hindi
5	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	40	50	Hindi/English
	Total	200	200

PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS

(APPLICABLE TO ALL – PRELIMINARY, MAIN AND SINGLE LEVEL EXAMINATIONS)

• For each wrong answer given by the candidate, one fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and Online Main Examination)

CUT-OFF SCORE

• For Office Assistants (Multipurpose) – Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main examination to be considered to be shortlisted for provisional allotment. Depending on the number of vacancies available in each state, candidates will be shortlisted for provisional allotment.
• For Officers Scale I – Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main Examination to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, adequate number of candidates in each category not exceeding three times of the declared vacancies in each state shall be called for interview, subject to availability.
• For Officers Scale II and III – Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Single Examination to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, adequate number of candidates in each category not exceeding three times of the declared vacancies shall be called for interview, subject to availability.

NOTE : MARKS OBTAINED IN THE ONLINE MAIN EXAMINATION ONLY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR SHORTLISTING FOR INTERVIEW AND ALSO FOR FINAL MERIT LISTING

SCORES OBTAINED IN THE ONLINE EXAMINATION (Preliminary / Main / Single)

• The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equi-percentile method.
• Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations

NOTE:

• For the post of Office Assistants (Multipurpose) – Marks obtained only in the online main examination will be considered for final merit listing.
• For the post of Officers Scale I– Marks obtained only in the online main examination will be considered for shortlisting for interview and final merit listing.
• For the post of Officers Scale II (Generalist and Specialist) and Scale III – Marks obtained in the single level online examination will be considered for shortlisting for interview and final merit listing.

PRE - EXAMINATION TRAINING (PET)

• Pre-Examination Training may be arranged either in Online Mode or Physical Mode for a limited number of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/ Other Backward Classes/ Minority Communities/ Ex-Servicemen/ Persons With Benchmark Disabilities at certain centres viz.
• All eligible candidates who opt for and wish to avail of Pre-Examination Training should fill in the relevant column in the ONLINE APPLICATION. While training will be imparted free of cost, all other expenses regarding travelling, boarding, lodging etc. will have to be borne by the candidate for attending the pre-examination training programme at the designated Centres.

INTERVIEW

(Applicable Only For Post of Officers - Scale I, II and III)

• Candidates who have been shortlisted in the Main examination for the post of Officers Scale I and in the Single level examination for the post of Officers Scale II and III under CRP- RRBs- XIII will subsequently be called for an Interview to be co-ordinated by the Nodal Regional Rural Bank with the assistance of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with the appropriate authority.
• The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. Minimum qualifying marks in interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC / ST / OBC / PwBD candidates).
• The relative weightage (ratio) of Online Examination and Interview will be 80 : 20 respectively for the Officers cadre.
• The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of scores obtained by the candidates in the Online Main Examination for the post of Officers Scale I and in the Single Level Examination for the post of Officers Scale II and III under CRP for RRBs- XIII and Interview.
• A candidate should qualify both in the Online Examination (Main / Single) and Common Interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process, details of which will be made available subsequently on authorised IBPS website.

LIST OF DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED AT THE TIME OF INTERVIEW / DOCUMENT VERIFICATION / JOINING

Original documents and self-attested photocopies in support of the candidate’s eligibility and identity are to be invariably submitted at the time of interview / joining failing which the candidate may not be permitted to appear for the interview. Non submission of requisite documents by the candidate at the time of Interview / document verification / joining will debar his/ her candidature from further participation in the recruitment process.