Syllabus for RBI Assistant Exam 2013

Syllabus for RBI Assistant Exam 2013

Reserve Bank of India will conduct Online Examination for the recruitment to fill the 525 posts of Assistant in various state offices of RBI. The online test will be held tentatively on 20 July 2013, 21 July 2013, 27 July 2013, and 28 July 2013.

Scheme of Selection:

Selection will be through Online Examination and Interview. The Online Examination will be for 200 marks and is tentatively scheduled to be held on 20.07.2013,21.07.2013,27.07.2013,28.07.2013

Sr. No.	Name of Tests (Objective)	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Time
1	Test of Reasoning	40	40	2 Hours
2	Test of English Language	40	40
3	Test of Numerical Ability	40	40
4	Test of General Awareness	40	40
5	Test of Computer Knowledge	40	40
	Total	200	200

Things to be noted on exam scheme:

*The above tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.

* A candidate has to qualify in each part of the Objective test separately. There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates will have to pass in each of the objective tests.

* Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letter for examination from the RBI’s website.

* Roll No. of the candidates successful in online examination will be available on RBI’s website and a brief notice thereof will be published in leading newspapers around end of August 2013.

* Only such number of candidates will be called for interview who stand sufficiently high in merit on the aggregate marks of the Objective Tests, such merit being decided by the Bank in relation to the number of vacancies to be filled in.

* Final selection will be on the basis of candidate's performance in the written examination and interview taken together in order of merit.

Objective Tests (200 marks): The 2 hours Online Test will be consisting of 200 objective type questions divided in five distinctive sections. Each question will carry 1 mark and for each wrong answer 0.25 marks will be deducted.   

Syllabus:

•              Test of Reasoning: (High Level)
•               Test of English Language: (Grammer, Vocabulary, Synonymous and antonyms,                      Comprehension, etc.)
•                 Test of Numerical Ability (Simplification, Probability, Approximations, Series, Table analysis, Percentages, Equations, Averages, Ratio and proportions, Simple and compound interest, Data interpretation, Bar graphs, Pie chart)
•                   Test of General Awareness (National and international affairs, Latest in Banking, Current Finance and Economical events, etc.)
•                    Test of computer Knowledge (Computer terminology and keyboard shortcuts, Internet and computer Hardware, Computer Networking, Operating system concepts, Database concepts, etc.)

Note: In order to qualify the Online Exam, a candidate has to secure a minimum standardized score in each section of the Objective test.