Eligibility Criteria:

Age: 21 and 26 years on the year of the examination. Candidates possessing M.Phil. / Ph.D. qualification, upper age limit will be 31 and 33 years respectively. Candidates having experience as an officer in Commercial Bank / Financial Institution in Public Sector, upper age limit should not exceed 33 years.

Plan of the Examination:
The subjects of the Written Examination (WE), time allowed and maximum marks will be as under:

Grade 'A' Officers

Phase I
Objective Type Test

Subjects: General Awareness, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning.
Duration: 3 hours
Marks: 200

Test of General Awareness: To find out the candidate's awareness of people and events, past and present, from different walks of life.
• Test of English Language: To assess proficiency in the English Language through questions on grammar, vocabulary, sentence completion, synonyms, antonyms, comprehension passages etc.
• Test of Quantitative Aptitude: To measure how fast and accurate a candidate can handle computation, reasoning and interpretation of tables, graphs etc.
• Test of Reasoning: To determine the thinking and reasoning aptitudes of the candidates through questions of various kinds. Problems may be of three types, namely Series, Analogies and Classification.

Phase II : Descriptive Test

Subject: English (Essay, Precise Writing/ Comprehension, Business/Office Correspondence)
Duration: 2.5 hours
Marks: 100

Subject: Economic and Social Problems
Duration: 2.5 hours
Marks: 100

Grade 'B' Officer Papers

Phase I
Objective Type Test

Subject: General Awareness, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning
Duration: 3 hours
Marks: 200

Phase II
Subject: English [Essay, Precise Writing/Comprehension, Business/Office Correspondence)
Duration: 3 hours
Marks: 100

Phase III
Subjects: Economic and Social Problems
Duration: 3 hours
Marks: 100

Note:
• Paper I (except the test of English Language) and Paper III will be set bilingually in Hindi and English.
• Candidates have the option to answer Paper III either in Hindi or in English.
• Phase II will be conducted in respect of those candidates who are successful in objective paper.
• A candidate has to qualify in each of the objective- type test and descriptive papers separately.
• The aggregate marks of the examination will comprise the marks of Paper II and III of WE. The candidates, who score sufficiently high in order of merit based on these aggregate marks will be called for interview.
• Final selection will be based on candidate's performance in WE and interview taken together.

Interview: Candidates will be short-listed for interview based on the aggregate marks obtained only in Papers I, II and III. Candidates may answer the Interview in either Hindi or English.

Final selection will be based on the performance of the candidate in Descriptive type test of the written examination and Interview.

Note: Candidates belonging to General Category, who had already appeared four times for Written Exam for post in the past, are not eligible to apply. No such restriction to candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PH.

Pre-Examination Training:

RBI proposes to arrange training program of short duration for SC/ST candidates only appearing for WE at select centers. Candidates who apply for the post and desire to attend the program may apply to the office of the RBI separately at the center of examination chosen by them, for registration of their names. No fees are payable but candidates are expected to arrange for their own boarding/lodging/traveling expenses.

Application Forms:

Application form can be obtained by paying the specified amount by Demand Draft favouring Reserve Bank of India, payable at Mumbai. No fee is payable by SC/ST/PH candidates.

All completed applications should reach the GENERAL MANAGER, RBI SERVICES BOARD, Post Box No. 4618,Mumbai - 400 008 by ordinary post. Application, in closed covers, may also be deposited in the box specially kept for the purpose at the Board's Office at ReserveBank of India, Opp. Mumbai Central Railway Station, Byculla, and Mumbai-400 008.

Examination Centers:

Preparation Guidelines:

Every year, a multitude of candidates appear for the banking service examinations and naturally, there is an intense competition for the jobs that are a handful in number. Therefore, a thorough preparation is required in order to get through.
To be successful, regular practice in all the five tests viz. Test of Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, Descriptive Test and English Language, is essential. Various competition magazines adequately cover all the sections. To supplement their efforts, candidates may refer to standard books on General Knowledge.

The basics can be done by using tenth standard books and then start doing section tests, from Reasoning, Maths, English, etc. Try to get a good score in each section. After that, do some full-length tests that contain all the sections, within the stipulated time.

Contact Details:

    RBI Services Board
    Hongkong Bank Building, 6th Floor,
    M.G.Road, Hutatma Chowk,
    Post Bag No. 10009
    Mumbai – 400023