April 3, 2023
The RBI Assistant Notifications 2019 to be released in the last week of December 2019. This article will provide you with the syllabus & exam pattern along with a downloadable link for both Prelims and Mains syllabus. RBI Assitant Syllabus covers English, Quantitative aptitude, reasoning, general knowledge and computers. The biggest bank of the country invites applicants every year to for this prestigious exam.
Candidates who are willing to apply can find the direct link for RBI Assistant Application Form 2019 along with application fee and documents information in the last week of December 2019. The prelims exam is knocking at the door, it is the perfect time for eligible aspirants to gear up their preparations in complete alignment with RBI Assistant syllabus. With the help of a smart strategy, right study material and mock tests, candidates will be able to clear the exam in one go.
The RBI Assistant Exam takes place in two phases- Preliminary & Mains. Let us go through the patterns and syllabus of both the phases of the examination.
Sections |
Maximum marks |
English Language |
30 |
Numerical Ability |
35 |
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Total |
100 |
The syllabus for Preliminary phase of Assistant exam is divided into 3 categories- English Language, Numerical Ability, Reasoning Ability.
sections |
topics |
English Language |
Reading Comprehensions (9-10 questions) Synonyms, Antonyms(1-4 questions) Sentence Corrections (8-10 questions) word meaning(4-5 questions) cloze tests (9-10 questions) One word substitution, Sentence Rearrangement,(4-5 questions) Phrases (1-2 questions) Active & Passive Voice.(1-2 questions) |
Numerical Ability |
Number series data interpretation, Average (5 questions) profit and loss, Time and work, data sufficiency, time & distance, quadratic equation, simplification, partnership, problem on ages, ratio & proportion, boats & streams, pipes & cistern |
Reasoning Ability |
Sitting arrangement-square,circular and linear, Syllogism, Puzzle, Blood Relations, Inequality, coding-decoding, ranking distance and direction |
You may download the PDFs of both Prelims and Mains exam from the links mentioned in the table below-
The candidate has to prepare for the mains stage keeping in mind this pattern given below.
SECTIONS |
MAXIMUM MARKS |
AVERAGE TIME REQUIRED |
English language |
40 |
20 minutes |
quantitative aptitude |
40 |
30 minutes |
reasoning ability |
40 |
30 minutes |
general awareness |
40 |
25 minutes |
computers |
40 |
30 minutes |
TOTAL |
200 |
135 minutes |
The RBI Assistant Mains syllabus is divided into 5 sections- English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, General Awareness, Computer Awareness. Detailed syllabus along with questions asked from each section have been mentioned in the table below
sections |
topics |
English Language |
Reading Comprehensions (9-10 questions) Synonyms, Antonyms (1-4 questions) Sentence Corrections (8-10 questions) word meaning (4-5 questions) cloze tests (9-10 questions) One word substitution, Sentence Rearrangement (4-5 questions) Phrases (1-2 questions) Active & Passive Voice (1-2 questions) |
Reasoning Ability |
Sitting arrangement-square,circular and linear, Syllogism, Puzzle, Blood Relations, Inequality, coding-decoding, ranking distance and direction |
Numerical Ability |
Number series data interpretation, Average profit and loss, Time and work, data sufficiency, time & distance, quadratic equation, simplification, partnership, problem on ages, ratio & proportion, boats & streams, pipes & cistern |
General Awareness |
Banking Awareness and Finance- basic terms- repo rate, reverse repo rate,SEBI, Fiscal policies etc. Economics- News related to National Economics in India and worldwide, International Organisations-WTO, ASEAN etc. Basic Indian Polity & Geography. sports news, awards, Indian culture Science & Technology etc |
Computer |
M S Word, MS Excel, Powerpoint, Internet Awareness, Abbreviations, Computer hardware etc. |
The following table has a list of all relevant study material & best books for RBI Assistant exam.
Sections |
Books/ Websites/other study materials |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
Word power made easy-Norman Lewis The Hindu Newspaper Editorial page regularly, Solving 5 years Previous Year Question papers is necessary. |
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE |
Quantitative aptitude for competitive examinations by R.S AGARWALLA, Mock tests by TopRankers.com, Solving 5 years Previous Year Question papers is necessary. |
REASONING ABILITY |
Solving 5 years Previous Year Question papers will suffice. |
General Awareness |
Reading Newspapers regularly along with monthly editorial magazines |
Computers |
Computer Knowledge by Shikha Agarwala Objective Computer Awareness by RPillai |