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RBI Assistant Syllabus 2019

Author : Palak Khanna

April 3, 2023

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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.

RBI Assistant Notification

RBI Assistant Notification

RBI ASSISTANT SYLLABUS 2019

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.

RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination 2019 pattern

Sections

Maximum marks

English Language

30

Numerical Ability

35

Reasoning Ability

35

Total

100

RBI Assistant Syllabus for Prelims

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

RBI Assistant Notification

RBI Assistant Notification

How to Download Assitant Examination Syllabus 2019?

You may download the PDFs of both Prelims and Mains exam from the links mentioned in the table below-

RBI Assistant Prelims Syllabus PDF

RBI Assistant Mains Syllabus PDF

RBI Assistant Mains Examination Pattern

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

RBI Assistant Mains Syllabus 2019-

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.

RBI Assistant Notification

RBI Assistant Notification

RBI Assistant Best Books

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