RBI Direct Recruitment for Assistant (2018)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India’s central banking institution. It is known as the banker to other banks in the country. RBI Assistants are recruited to provide support in various departments of RBI Offices. The assistants handle various responsibilities like Currency issue and circulation , Banking Document Verification , Attending to government treasury work , Data entry , file work etc. RBI Assistant 2018 exam is considered as one of the most prestigious exams organized yearly by Reserve Bank of India on a National Level for the recruitment process of Assistants post in different branches of RBI across India. If you’re preparing for RBI Assistant exam 2018, Here we provide brief notification detail the Recruitment .
- IMPORTANT DATES:-
| S. No. | EXAM SCHEDULE | TENTATIVE DATES |
| 1. | Release of Notification | October 2018 |
| 2. | Last date to fill Application | November 2018 |
| 3. | RBI Assistant Preliminary Exam | November 2018 |
| 4. | Result of Prelims | December 2018 |
| 5. | RBI Assistant Mains Exam | December 2018 |
- VACANCIES:-
| Post RBI Assistant | General | SC | ST | OBC | TOTAL |
| Ahmedabad | |||||
| Bengaluru | |||||
| Bhopal | |||||
| Bhubaneshwar | |||||
| Chandigarh | |||||
| Chennai | |||||
| Guwahati | |||||
| Hyderabad | |||||
| Jaipur | |||||
| Jammu | |||||
| Kanpur and Lucknow | |||||
| Kolkata | |||||
| Mumbai | |||||
| Nagpur | |||||
| New Delhi | |||||
| Patna | |||||
| Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi | |||||
| TOTAL |
- ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS: –
- Age Limits:- Minimum Age is 20 Years and Maximum 28 years
- 2. Educational Qualification :- The candidate must have the following educational qualifications :
- Graduate from University/ Institution/Board recognized by the Government of India.
- Minimum of 50% marks (Pass class for SC/ST/PWD candidates) in the aggregate
- Knowledge of word processing on Personal Computer (PC).
There is some age relaxation for the students of RBI Assistant in different categories
| CATEGORY | AGE RELAXATION |
| SC/ST | 5 Years |
| OBC | 3 Years
|
| PwD | 10 Years for Gen, 13 years for OBC & 15 years for SC/ST |
| Ex-Servicemen | To the extent of service provided by them to Armed Forces+ 3 years additional (Up to 50 Years) |
| Divorced women/Widows/Women judicially separated and not re-married | 10 Years |
| Candidates who were domiciles in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in between the period 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989 | 5 Years |
| Candidates, holding working experience of RBI | Years of Experience (Maximum 3 Years ) |
- FEE:-
| Category | SC/ST/PwD | GEN/OBC | STAFF |
| Application fee | Rs. | Rs. | NIL |
- HOW TO APPLY: – Candidates satisfying the conditions of eligibility are first required to visit the URL “http://ibps.sifyitest.com/rbiastoct17/”. Candidates are required to apply only online using the website
- EXAM PATTERN:-
- Phase -I
| Subject | NUMBER OF QUESTIONS | MAXIMUM MARKS | Duration |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 1 hour |
| English Language | 30 | 30 | |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
NOTE:- Phase –I is only QUALIFIYING in nature
Phase –II:-
| Subject | NUMBER OF QUESTIONS | MAXIMUM MARKS | TIME |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
| English Language | 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 |
- SYLLABUS:-
Phase – I
| Reasoning ability | Quantitative aptitude | English | General awareness | Computer Knowlwdge |
| Syllogism | Number Series | Comprehension reading | Current affairs | Computer Generation |
| Seating arrangement | Profit and loss | Spotting Error | Banking/Financial Awareness/Economics news | MS Word |
| Puzzle | Ratio & proportion | Fill in the blanks | News related to Reserve Bank of India | MS Excel |
| Blood relation | Partnership and ages | Sentence Improvement | PowerPoint | |
| Inequality | Average | Cloze test | Internet | |
| Directions and distances | Boats & Streams | Para jumbles | Operating System | |
| Coding & Decoding | Time and work | Computer Hardware | ||
| Ranking | Pipe and cistern | Abbreviations related to Computer Knowledge | ||
| Data sufficiency | Time and distance | |||
| Quadratic Equation | ||||
| Data Sufficiency | ||||
| Simplification & Approximation | ||||
| Data Interpretation |
- Previous Year CUT-OFF :- Cut –off marks of RBI Assistant exam in 2017 is as follows:-
PHASE- I
| Category State | General | OBC | ST | SC |
| Ahmedabad | 80.00 | 74.00 | 69.75 | – |
| Bengaluru | 77.75 | 74.25 | 68.25 | 68.75 |
| Bhopal | 83.25 | – | 63.75 | 78.00 |
| Bhubaneshwar | 84.50 | 82.25 | 68.50 | 71.25 |
| Chandigarh | 87.50 | 81.75 | 70.25 | 77.00 |
| Chennai | 83.50 | 81.75 | – | 76.00 |
| Guwahati | 77.25 | 73.50 | 63.75 | 71.00 |
| Hyderabad | 87.00 | 84.25 | 74.50 | 80.50 |
| Jaipur | 85.75 | 81.75 | 67.50 | 74.50 |
| Jammu | 80.00 | 72.25 | 56.25 | 70.25 |
| Kanpur and Lucknow | 85.00 | 78.50 | 64.25 | 72.75 |
| Kolkata | 86.50 | 78.50 | – | 74.50 |
| Mumbai | 74.25 | 68.25 | 56.50 | 70.00 |
| Nagpur | 80.00 | 75.75 | 54.00 | – |
| New Delhi | 85.75 | 79.25 | – | 74.75 |
| Patna | 86.25 | – | 72.50 | 69.75 |
| Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi | 87.25 | 84.25 | – | 76 |
PHASE- II
| Category Subject | General , Gen EXS | OBC, OBC EXS | SC,ST,SC EXS , ST EXS , ALL PwD |
| Reasoning | 14.00 | 12.00 | 11.00 |
| English Language | 14.00 | 12.00 | 11.00 |
| General Awareness | 14.00 | 12.00 | 11.00 |
| Computer Knowledge | 14.00 | 12.00 | 11.00 |
| Numeric Ability | 14.00 | 12.00 | 11.00 |
