RBI Assistant Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2021

RBI Assistant Syallbus 2021: Lakhs of candidates curiously gear up for the RBI exam, every year, as it’s one of the most sought-after and prestigious Banking jobs in India. But the candidates must be well-aware of the exam pattern and syllabus to clear the upcoming exam.

In this article, we will shed some light on the latest RBI Assistant Exam Pattern & Syllabus!

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RBI Assistant Selection Process

The selection procedure for RBI Assistant 2021 will be conducted in three phases.

1. RBI Assistant Preliminary Exam
2. RBI Assistant Mains Exam
3. Language Proficiency Test (LPT)

The candidates who want to grab the job opportunity of Assistant in the banking sector have to prepare the latest syllabus for RBI Assistant Prelims and Mains, given below, to qualify in each stage of the selection procedure.

RBI Assistant Recruitment 2021

Conducting Body	Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Post	RBI Assistant
No. of Vacancies	To be released soon
Registration begins	November 2021 (tentatively)
Last Date to Submit Application	To be released soon
Category	Regulatory Body/Bank Jobs
Exam Level	National level Exam
Selection Process	Prelims, Mains and Language Proficiency Test
Official Site	www.rbi.org.in

RBI Assistant Exam Pattern 2021 – Prelims

S. No	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Time
1	English Language	30	30	20 minutes
2	Numerical Ability	35	35	20 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
	Total	100	100	60 minutes

Important Points

1. RBI Assistant prelims have negative marking for wrong answers, for every incorrect answer about 0.25 marks to be deducted from the final score.
2. RBI Assistant is a qualifying exam, after qualifying this exam only, the candidate will be allowed to sit for the mains exam.
3. RBI Assistant Prelims exam is bilingual that available in both the English and Hindi languages, except for the English section.
4. There will be 3 sections in the RBI Assistant prelims exam with 100 objective type questions for 100 marks.
5. The total time for the prelims exam is 1 hour.

RBI Assistant Syllabus 2021 – Prelims Exam

Reasoning Ability	Numerical Ability	English Language	General Awareness	Computer Knowledge
Seating Arrangement	Number Series	Error Detection	Current Affairs	Computer basics
Puzzles	Data Interpretation	Reading comprehension	Banking Awareness	MS office
Direction and Blood relation	Simplification/ Approximation	Fillers	Economy/ Financial Awareness	Internet and web technology
Syllogism and Inequality	Profit & Loss	Sentence based error	Static Awareness	Database Management System
Alphanumeric Series and order and ranking	Data Sufficiency	Column based question		Networking
Data Sufficiency and Miscellaneous questions	Quadratic Inequalities	Word usage		computer and Networking Security
Input-output	Time Speed Distance	Cloze test		Operating System
Logical Reasoning	Time & Work, problems on train	word swap
	Ratio & Proportion, mixture and allegation	Spelling based error, para jumbles
	Partnership	Idiom and phrases
	Average and Ages	Sentence completion
	Boat & Stream	Vocabulary Based
	Pipes & Cistern	Paragraph Completion
	Probability, Mensuration	Connectors

RBI prelims exam has 3 sections with 100 objective-based questions for 100 marks. The candidate would be required to attempt 100 objective questions in a time span of 1 hour.

RBI Assistant Mains Exam Pattern 2021

Sections	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
English Language	40	40	30 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	40	40	30 minutes
Reasoning Ability	40	40	30 minutes
Computer Knowledge	40	40	20 minutes
General Awareness	40	40	25 minutes
Total	200	200	135 minutes

Note: Important Points

1. There will be 200 questions from 5 sections; English language, Quantitative Aptitude, Computer Knowledge, General Awareness, and Reasoning Ability
2. The time duration of RBI Assistant Mains Exam is 135 minutes. Section-wise timing has been mentioned below.
3. There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect answer, no deduction for unanswerd questions.
4. The questions will be of Objective type
5. Except English Language, other sections will be in English and Hindi language.
6. Candidates qualifying Mains Exam will be called for Language Proficiency Test and marks will be counted in preparing merit list.

Language Proficiency Test (LPT) 2021

The candidates provisionally shortlisted from the main online examination will have to undergo a language proficiency test (LPT). The language proficiency test will be conducted in the Official / Local Language of the State concerned as detailed below. Candidate who are not proficient in the official/ Local Language will be disqualified.

Only such number of candidates will be called for the Language Proficiency Test who stand sufficiently high in merit based on the aggregate marks of the main on-line examination, Such merit will be decided by the Bank in relation to the number of notified vacancies to be filled in.

The local language that are to be tested as per the official RBI Assistant notification are given below:

Area	Language for LPT
Ahmedabad	Gujarati
Bengaluru	Kannada
Bhopal	Hindi
Bhubaneswar	Oriya
Chandigarh	Punjabi / Hindi
Chennai	Tamil
Guwahati	Assamese / Bengali / Khasi / Manipuri / Bodo / Mizo
Hyderabad	Telugu
Jaipur	Hindi
Jammu	Urdu / Hindi / Kashmiri
Kanpur & Lucknow	Hindi
Kolkata	Bengali / Nepali
Mumbai	Marathi / Konkani
Nagpur	Marathi / Hindi
New Delhi	Hindi
Patna	Hindi / Maithili
Thiruvananthapuram	Malayalam

RBI Assistant Exam Pattern 2021 – Mains

Sections	Questions	Marks	Time
English Language	40	40	30 min
Quantitative Aptitude	40	40	20 min
Reasoning Ability	40	40	30 min
Computer Knowledge	40	40	30 min
General Awareness	40	40	25 min
Total	200	200	135 min

Note:

1. The candidates will be selected for RBI Assistant mains exam in the ratio of 1:10 based on performance in preliminary exam.
2. The duration of the RBI Assistant mains exam is 135 minutes. It is clear that for each section, a fixed timing allotted.
3. Similar to the prelims exam, the RBI Assistant mains exam also has negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer marked by a candidate.
4. As usually, mains exam is bilingual that available in both the English and Hindi languages, except the English section.
5. Overall, in the main exam, there will be 200 objective type questions will be given for 200 marks.

RBI Assistant Syllabus 2021 – Mains Exam

Below is the detailed topic wise RBI assistant syllabus 2021 for main exams.

English Language	General Awareness	Quantitative Aptitude	Computer Knowledge	Reasoning
Reading Comprehension	Current World News	Time and Distance	Languages	Number Series
Synonyms	Current India News	Time and Work	Basic Hardware and Software	Blood Relations
Antonyms	Geography Concepts	HCF and LCM	History of Computers	Analogy
Sentence Correction	History Concepts	Simple and Compound Interest	Devices	Odd Man Out
Word Meanings	Political Science	Problems on Trains		Number Series
		Average		Coding and Decoding
		Allegations and Comparison		Directions Based Concept
		Probability		Row Arrangements
		Permutation and Combination		Symbols
		Pipes		Statement Reading, Understanding

A notable point is, there will be fixed time allotted to each section that means a candidate need to answer all the questions from specific section within given time.

Conclusion

The above-mentioned syllabuses can cover almost all the topics that the RBI Assistant exam invites. You should analyze it and prepare a study plan and look for assistance or help, if required, and dedicate 7-8 hours a day for exam preparation. Lastly, to check your preparation you must Solve previous year’s papers and attempt as many Mock Tests as you can.

FAQ’s RBI Assistant 2021

What is the exam pattern for RBI Assistant?

The exam pattern of RBI Assistant is different for prelims and mains examination. We have shared the detailed RBI Assistant exam pattern for both prelims and mains examination in the post shared above.

What is RBI Language proficiency test?

RBI conducts Language proficiency test to selected candidates in the RBI assistant mains exam to test their proficiency in regional language.

Is there any negative marking in the RBI Assistant exam pattern?

Yes, there is a negative marking of one-fourth mark for every wrong answer attempted by the candidate in the RBI Assistant exam under prelims as well as for mains.

How are candidates shortlisted for the RBI Assistant merit list?

The final selection of the candidates will be based on the marks scored in the RBI Assistant mains exam.