RBI Grade B Eligibility, Pattern & Cutoff

Introduction

The Reserve Bank of India releases a recruitment notification every year for RBI Grade B Officers. If you are aspiring to become a Grade B officer in India's apex regulatory authority then you will find the answers to all your questions here.

Important Dates

Events		Important Dates
Website Link Open For Online Registration of Applications and Payment of Fees/Intimation Charges		March 28, 2022 to April 18, 2022 (till 6:00 PM)
1. Officers in Grade B (DR)- General	Phase-I – Online Examination	May 28, 2022 $
1. Officers in Grade B (DR)- General	Phase-II – Paper I, II & III Online Examination	June 25, 2022#

Eligibility Criteria

Education

Posts	Minimum Educational Qualifications (as on 1st of January 2022)
1. Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - (General)	Graduation in any discipline /Equivalent technical or professional qualification with minimum 60% marks (50% for SC/ST/PwBD applicants) or Post-Graduation / Equivalent technical qualification with minimum 55% marks (pass marks for SC/ST/PwBD applicants) in aggregate of all semesters/years. Note: Graduation Level: Any such course from a recognised University / Institute that is taken after Class XII and is at least of 3 years’ duration/ candidates possessing professional or technical qualifications which are recognised by the Government as equivalent to professional or technical graduation will be eligible for admission to the examination, subject to obtaining minimum marks prescribed above. Post-Graduation Level: Any such course from a recognised University / Institute that is taken after Graduation and is at least of 2 years’ duration / recognised by the Government as equivalent to professional or technical Post-graduation will be eligible for admission to the examination, subject to obtaining minimum marks prescribed above.

Posts

Minimum Educational Qualifications

(as on 1st of January 2022)

1. Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - (General)

Graduation in any discipline /Equivalent technical or professional qualification with minimum 60% marks (50% for SC/ST/PwBD applicants) or Post-Graduation / Equivalent technical qualification with minimum 55% marks (pass marks for SC/ST/PwBD applicants) in aggregate of all semesters/years.

Note:

Graduation Level:

Any such course from a recognised University / Institute that is taken after Class XII and is at least of 3 years’ duration/ candidates possessing professional or technical qualifications which are recognised by the Government as equivalent to professional or technical graduation will be eligible for admission to the examination, subject to obtaining minimum marks prescribed above.

Post-Graduation Level:

Any such course from a recognised University / Institute that is taken after Graduation and is at least of 2 years’ duration / recognised by the Government as equivalent to professional or technical Post-graduation will be eligible for admission to the examination, subject to obtaining minimum marks prescribed above.

Age Limit

Minimum Age Limit: 21 years

Maximum Age Limit (General): 30 years

Maximum Age Limit (For candidates possessing M.Phil.): 32 years

Maximum Age Limit (For candidates possessing Ph.D): 34 years

Age Relaxation is as per Govt. norms as given below:

Category	Age Relaxation
Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe	5 years
Other Backward Classes	3 years
PwBD	10 years
SC/ST/ PwBD	15 years
OBC PwBD	13 years

Exam Pattern

Phase I:

Subjects	No. of questions	Time Duration
General Awareness	80	120 minutes
English Language	30
Quantitative Aptitude	30
Reasoning Ability	60
Total Marks/Questions	200

Phase II:

Name of Paper	Type of Paper	Proposed Time (Minutes)	Proposed Number of questions	Marks
Paper-I: Economic and Social Issues	50% Objective Type and 50% Descriptive, answers to be typed with the help of the keyboard	30 90 Total-120	@	50 50 Total-100
Paper-II: English (Writing Skills)	Descriptive, answers to be typed with the help of the keyboard	90	3	100
Paper-III: Finance and Management	50% Objective Type and 50% Descriptive, answers to be typed with the help of the keyboard	30 90 Total-120	@	50 50 Total-100

Name of Paper

Type of Paper

Proposed Time (Minutes)

Proposed Number of questions

Marks

Paper-I: Economic and Social Issues

50% Objective Type and 50% Descriptive, answers to be typed with the help of the keyboard

Total-120

Total-100

Paper-II: English (Writing Skills)

Descriptive, answers to be typed with the help of the keyboard

100

Paper-III: Finance and Management

50% Objective Type and 50% Descriptive, answers to be typed with the help of the keyboard

Total-120

Total-100

@ For both Paper I and III, there will be 30 questions and 50 marks for Objective questions (some questions carrying 2 marks each and some carrying 1 mark each). In the case of Descriptive questions, 6 questions will be asked, of which candidates will be required to attempt 4 questions (2 of 15 marks each (with difficulty level) and 2 of 10 marks each). In case, the candidate answers more than 4 questions in descriptive, first 4 shall be evaluated.

NOTE: All question papers (in both the Phases, except the test of English) will be set bilingually in Hindi and in English.

Phase III:

The interview will be of 75 marks.
Final Selection will be through merit list which will be prepared by adding marks secured by candidates in Phase-II examination and interview.