| Exam Name | RBI Assistant Entrance Exam |
| Organizing authority | Reserve Bank of India |
| Official | www.rbi.org.in |
| Exam type | Objective type |
| Mode of exam | Online |
| Stage | 3: Prelims, Main, Language |
| Duration of Prelims | 2 hours |
| Maximum marks in Prelims | 100 |
| Maximum marks in mains | 200 |
| Negative marking | -0.25 |
| RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Date | November 27 and 28, 2019 |
| RBI Assistant main Exam Date | December 20, 2019 |
| Result declaration | April 2020 |
What is RBI Assistant Exam?
Reserve Bank of India is the father of all banks therefore for its smooth working RBI conducts the RBI Assistant Examination for the post of assistants. Candidates are deployed in various levels of offices such as zonal, regional and sub-offices in India after qualifying the examination. RBI Recruitment Board conducts the examination at various examination centers all over the nation every year. There are two stages of the examination viz., Pre and Mains and thereafter, the candidates have to take part in the interview.
| Events | Dates (Tentative) |
| Release of Application Form | October 18, 2019 |
| Last Date of Registration Process | November 10, 2019 |
| Last Date of Online Fee Payment | November 10, 2019 |
| Last Date of Correction in Application Form | November 10, 2019 |
| Admit card availability | November 16, 2019 |
| Last Date to download Admit Card | November 28, 2019 |
| RBI Assistant Prelims Exam DateRBI Assistant Main Exam Date | November 27, 2019 |
| RBI Assistant Main Exam Date | December 20, 2019 |
| Result declaration | April 2020 |
Eligibility criteria
- As per the eligibility details, all Indian nationals are eligible to apply for the RBI Assistant 2019 exam. Besides, citizens of Bhutan, Nepal and Tibetan Refugees can also apply for the RBI assistant exam.
- Candidate should have done a bachelor’s degree in any stream with an aggregate of 50% and above from a recognized university. In addition, a candidate should possess a supreme knowledge of computers and must be experienced in the official language of the concerned state or Union Territory.
- The age limit for the examination is 18 years to 28 years.
Relaxation in Upper Age Limit
| Candidates’ category | Relaxation |
| Scheduled Caste / Scheduledn Tribe (SC/ST) | By 5 years, i.e. up to 33 years |
| Persons with Disabilities (PWD) | By 10 years (GEN) 13 years (OBC) & 15 years (SC/ST) |
| Other Backward Classes (OBC) | By 3 years, i.e. up to 31 years |
| Ex- Servicemen | To the extant of service rendered by them in Armed Forces Plus an added period of 3 years subject to maximum of 50 years |
| Widows/divorced women/women judicially separated who are not re-married | by 10 years |
| Candidates who were domiciled in the state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1st January, 1980 to 31st December, 1989. | By 5 years |
| Those have working experience in RBI | To the extent of number of years of such experience, subject to maximum of 3 years. |
Application forms and submission procedure
The RBI Assistant 2019 Application Form will be released soon. Candidates will be required to apply for the exam as per the details provided. In the online application form, candidates need to fill the details. The details which will be filled by the candidates in the application form will be of the name, age, and the educational qualification. After filling all the details in the application form, the entrance examination, candidates need to pay the application fee as well. The application fee can be paid through the credit card, debit card or net banking.
Application fee
Candidates belonging to General and OBC category have to pay Rs. 450/- as their application fee. The same amount is reduced to Rs. 50/- for applicants belonging to reserved category i.e. SC/ST/PWD category.
Admit Card
The Admit card for RBI Assistant 2019 Preliminary Exam will be issued first followed by Mains Exam admit card. The authority will release the RBI Assistant Mains 2019 admit card to those candidates only who qualify the Preliminary Examination successfully. The registered candidates will be allowed to download their Admit Card from the official website as per the prescribed schedule. The admit card of RBI Assistant2019 will not be sent via post or any other offline means. Candidates should bring the admit card at the examination center on the day of the exam.
Syllabus
To score better rank in RBI Assistant 2019 Exam, it is necessary for all candidates to go through the latest syllabus carefully so that preparation can be done accordingly. The major subjects students should focus upon to qualify preliminary and mains examination for RBI Assistant 2019 are General Awareness, English Language, Computer Knowledge, Numerical Aptitude, and Reasoning. The detailed syllabus of the RBI Assistant examination is discussed below:
Syllabus for English Language:
Reading Comprehension, Synonyms, Antonyms, Sentence Rearrangement, Sentence Correction, Cloze Test, One Word Substitution, Sentence Completion, Word Meanings, Phrases, Active &
General Awareness:
Current News (India, World), Geography Concepts, History Concepts, Banking Awareness, Political Science, RBI Terms, Acts and Laws related to Bank (RBI), Emoluments and Other Benefits
Quantitative Aptitude:Time and Work, Time and Distance, Simple and Compound Interest, Permutation and Combination, Geometry, Average, Number System, Percentage, Problems on Trains, Menstruation, HCF and LCM, Allegations and Comparison, Algebra, Probability, Pipes& Cistern, Trigonometry.
Computer Knowledge:Basic Hardware and Software, Languages, Devices, History of Computers, Viruses and Hacking
Reasoning:
Blood Relations, Number Series, Odd Man Out, Row Arrangements, Coding and Decoding, Statement Reading, Understanding, Number Series, Analogy, Symbols, Directions Based Concept
Exam pattern
RBI Assistant 2019 Exam will be held in three stages i.e. preliminary examination, mains examination, and interview. As per the previous year exam notification, the RBI Assistant exam will be based on the objective questions. The objective questions will have multiple choices for answers. The questions will be asked on different topics such as quantitative aptitude, mental ability, and general awareness. The section-wise distribution of questions along with marks for both stages of RBI Assistant exam is listed below:
Passive Voice.
The exam pattern for RBI Assistant Preliminary exam is as follows:
| Sections | No. of Questions | Marks allotted | Duration |
| English Language | 30 | 30 | |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
RBI Assistant Mains 2019 examination scheme
| Sections | No. of Questions | Marks allotted | Duration |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
| English Language | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | 25 minutes |
| Computer Knowledge | 40 | 40 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 200 | 200 | 135 minutes |
Cut off
Candidates can check the cut off for RBI Assistant Exam 2019 only after the completion of each phase of the examination. The authority will publish RBI Assistant 2019 cut off for the preliminary exam first followed by mains examination cut off. Candidates can check their chances of selection by comparing their score with the cut off list published by RBI.
Result
The result of RBI Assistant 2019 exam will be announced separately for
different phases of examination. The RBI will declare the result in sequence of the examination has been conducted, i.e. RBI Assistant 2019
Prelims Exam Result will be announced first followed by RBI Assistant
2019 Mains Examination result. Candidates who successfully qualify both the stages of the exam will be called for further selection round i.e. interview Process.
