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RBI Assistant
RBI Assistant

Price :  ₹ 11000/-

In current scenario many youngsters look for their dream job. But what is a dream job and how a job is considered a dream job. For that many criteria should be satisfied like reputation of a particular organisation, pay scale, work environment etc.

So today we will about such types of jobs whose demand and charm has increased from last few years. They are RBI Assistant and RBI Grade B Officer.

But getting selected in RBI is not an easy task as the number of vacancies released every year are near to 1000. But that doesn’t mean that it is impossible to get this job. A serious candidate has to get indulged in proper preparation with proper strategy to get his/her dream job.

In this article we will talk about RBI Assistant post. RBI Assistant exam is considered one of the most prestigious exams organized annually on a National Level for the recruitment process of Assistants in different branches of RBI across India. Candidates will be shortlisted for RBI Assistant Post on the basis of the Main examination & Language Proficiency Test.

Courses List

Quantitative Aptitude:

Percentage, Profit & Loss, Averages, Time & Work, Pipes & Cisterns, Ratio & Proportion, Partnership, Time & Distance, Boats & Streams, Mixtures & Alligations, Problems on Ages, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Mensuration, Permutation & Combinations, Probability, Data Sufficiency, Data Interpretation, Data Analysis, Simplification, Approximations, Number Series, Quadratic Equations, Caselets.

Reasoning:

Alphanumeric Series, Coding-Decoding, Equality-Inequality, Ranking, Direction Test, Blood Relations, Syllogism, Sitting Arrangement, Puzzles, Input-Output, Data Sufficiency, Decision Making, Cause & Effect, Course of Action, Statements & Assumptions, Statements & Conclusions, Statements & Arguments, Inference from Passage.

English Language:

Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Para jumbles, Fill in the blanks, Error Spotting, Miscellaneous, Paragraph Completion, Verbal Ability.

General Awareness:

Current Affairs, Financial Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry, Economics.

Computer Knowledge:

Languages, Basic and Hardware Software, History of Computers, Devices.

RBI Assistant Exam is conducted to be conducted in three phases (Prelims + Mains + Language Proficiency Test (LPT)).

Prelims Exam:

The preliminary examination has three sections: Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability and English Language.

The prelims exam is conducted online and candidates are allocated total duration of 1 hour to complete the exam. It consists of 3 sections with a total of 100 questions and maximum score of 100 marks. There is negative marking and 0.25 marks are deducted for each wrong answer attempted by a candidate.

Subject Name No. of Questions Max. Marks Time of each section
English Language 30 30 20 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude 35 35 20 minutes
Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 minutes
Total 100 100 60 minutes

Mains Exam Pattern:

The mains exam has five different sections: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, Computer Knowledge and General Awareness.

There is negative marking of for the wrong answers attempted by the candidate. No marks will be deducted if the question is left unanswered or blank.

Subject Name No. of Questions Max. Marks Time of each section
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

Language Proficiency Test (LPT):

The candidates provisionally shortlisted from the main on-line examination will have to undergo a language proficiency test (LPT).

Based on the score of preliminary examination students are qualified for the mains exam. It is mandatory for all the candidates to qualify these three rounds to ensure final selection to the post of Assistant in Reserve Bank of India.

Pay Scale:

Apart from the status, designation and job security, one major reason for lakhs of candidates to apply for the post of Assistant in RBI is the RBI Assistant salary. The detailed RBI Assistant salary is as given below:

Assistants will draw a starting basic pay of Rs. 14,650/- per month (i.e. Rs. 13,150 plus two advance increments admissible to graduates) in the scale of 13150-750 (3)- 15400- 900(4)- 19000-1200(6)- 26200-1300 (2)- 28800- 1480(3)- 33240 – 1750(1) – 34900 (20 years) and other allowances, viz Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance, Transport Allowance etc. as admissible from time to time. At present, initial monthly Gross emoluments for Assistants is approximately Rs. 32,528/- including House Rent Allowance @ of 15 %.

Other benefits that are provided to an Assistant in the Reserve Bank of India include:

  • RBI’s accommodation (subject to availability)
  • Vehicle maintenance for official purpose
  • Newspaper
  • Briefcase
  • Furnishing Allowances
  • Reimbursement of medical bills
  • Interest-free festive advance
  • Leave Fare Concession (LFC)
  • Loans at concessional interest rates

Nationality / Citizenship of Applicant:

A candidate applying for RBI Assistant job must be

  • a citizen of India or
  • a subject of Nepal, or
  • a subject of Bhutan, or
  • a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
  • a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Age Limit:

A candidate must range between 20-28 years of age to be eligible for RBI Assistant Exam. Age relaxation is given too candidates belonging to reserved category.

Educational Qualification:

A candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree with an aggregate of 50 % and above in any discipline to be eligible for the RBI Assistant Exam. He/She must hold knowledge of computers as well as have the proficiency in the official language of the concerned state of Union Territory.