Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Recruitment for 610 Assistant Posts 2016

The Reserve Bank of India invited applications from eligible candidates for 610 posts of “Assistant” in various offices of the Bank. Selection for the post will be through a country-wide competitive Examination in two phases i.e. Preliminary and Main examination followed by an Interview.

Important Dates

Website Link Open:           07.11.2016 to 28.11.2016

Payment of Examination Fees (Online): 07.11.2016 to 28.11.2016

Schedule of Online Preliminary Test (Tentative): December 23 & 24, 2016. However RBI reserves the right to change the dates of examination.

Schedule of Online Main Test (Tentative): January 2017. However RBI reserves the right to change the dates of examination.

Age Limit: Candidates age limit should be between 20 to 28 years (Candidates must have been born not earlier than 08-11-1988 and not later than 07-11-1996 (both days including)) as on 07-11-2016. Age relaxation is applicable to 05 years for SC/ ST, 03 years for OBC and Other relaxation details refer the notification.

Educational Qualification: Candidates should possess Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks (pass class for SC/ ST/ PWD candidates) in the aggregate and the knowledge of word processing on PC.

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on preliminary Exam, Main Exam & Interview.

Application Fee: Candidates should pay Rs. 450/- (Examination fee + Intimation Charges) for OBC/ General candidates and Rs. 50/- for SC/ ST/ PWD/ EXS (Intimation Charges)

For more details like reservation, guidelines, relaxation, exam details, address of offices, examination centers, pay scale & other information check offcial notification.

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GK Questions asked in RBI Grade B Officer Exam 4 September 2016 - Morning Shift

Hi Aspirants, RBI is today (4/9/2016 - September 4, 2016) is conducting the online examination for its  Officers in Grade ‘B’ (General) - DR – Batch Year 2016. The exam will be held in two sessions. Everybody will be searching for the Answer Key of this exam. In this post we will be sharing with you the questions and answers asked in this exam from the morning shift. As you know the Paper consists tests of (i) General Awareness (ii) English Language (iii) Quantitative Aptitude and (iv) Reasoning, with composite time of 120 minutes.

GK Questions RBI Grade B Officer Exam 4 September 2016 - Morning Shift

1. Country's first Aadhaar based ATM was launched by? - DCB bank

2. Brabourne Stadium is located at? - Mumbai, Maharashtra

3. Hopman Cup is related to which sport? - Tennis

4. Headquarters of Yes Bank? - Mumbai

5. Headquarters of SIDBI? - Lucknow

6.Currency of Bhutan? - Bhutanese Ngultrum

7. Constituency of Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs S.S. Ahluwalia? - Darjeeling (West Bengal)

8. International Court of Justice headquarter? - The Hague

9. Head of land acquisition bill committee? - Ganesh Singh

10. Head of the Committe constituted to prepare a blueprint for doubling farmers’ income by 2022? - Ashok Dalwai

11. Tihri dam is situated at? - Uttarakhand

Note: It is the tallest dam in India.

12. India's rank in ease of doing business? - 130th out of 189

13. Budgetary Outlay for Skill Development? - Rs12,000 crore 
14. Chairman of the committee exploring other possible alternatives to pellet guns? - Ministry of Home Affairs Joint Secretary T.V.S.N. Prasad
15. Maitree Military Exercise is the joint exercise between Indian and? - Thailand
16. “Desert Eagle – II” is the bilateral air combat exercise between India and? - UAE
17. Navigation Satellite for GPS of ISRO name? - IRNSS
18. What is Mobikwik? - mobile wallet and online payment system
19. Fund released by Govt for recapitalization of banks? - Rs 22,915 cr 
20. SBI Life is a joint venture between SBI and? - BNP Paribas
21. National Insurance Company Headquarters‎?-  ‎Kolkata
22. "The Man Who Knew Infinity" is the book about? - Ramanujan
23. Capital of Mozambique? - Maputo
24. Canberra is capital of? - Australia
25. Indian contingent to rio Olympic 2016 was lead by? - Abhinav bindra
26. World hepatitis day theme for 2016? - Elimination

27. World tourism day? - September 27

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Mock Test on Banking for RBI Grade B Officer Exam

Hi Aspirants, here we have prepared a Mock Test on Banking Awareness for the upcoming RBI Grade B Officer Exam 2016 scheduled to be held on 4 September 2016. In this Mock Test we have covered the following Questions. You can attempt the Mock Test and see correct answers by clicking the ‘START QUIZ’ button given at the end of questions. 

Questions covered in this Mock test

1. What does M in M-Banking Facility being offered by banks to their customers, stand for?

2. Which of the following is/are true about the Sub-Prime Crisis?

1. It is a mortgage crisis referring to credit default by the borrowers.

2. Sub-Prime borrowers were those borrowers who were rated low and were high risk borrowers.

3. This crisis originated because of negligence in credit rating of the borrowers.

3. At which of the following cities is the Head Office of Reserve Bank of India located?

4. The reserves held by Commercial Banks over and above the statutory minimum, with the RBI are called

5. The Imperial Bank of India, after its nationalization came to be known as

6. In which year was the Imperial Bank of India rechristened as State Bank of India?

7. Regional Rural Banks are sponsored by

8. Which is the country’s third largest private sector lender whose name has been officially changed to the Axis Bank ltd. ?

9. In which year was the Reserve Bank of India established?

10. Expand the term LIBOR as used in financial banking sectors?

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Reasoning Quiz for RBI Grade B Officer Exam 2016

Hi Aspirants, RBI Grade B Officer Exam 2016 is scheduled to be held on 4 September 2016. The Paper for 200 Marks consists of 4 sections: (i) General Awareness (ii) English Language (iii) Quantitative Aptitude and (iv) Reasoning, with composite time of 120 minutes. The following questions will surely help in your preparation.

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Quiz on Latest RBI Policy Rates for Exams

Friends..Here is an Interesting Quiz to study latest Repo, Reverse Repo, Bank Rate, CRR, SLR, MSF Rates etc easily and know what they stand for. RBI changes these rates based on their Monetary Policy reviews. These rates have been last revised in its policy review on 29 September 2015. We will update this whenever there is a change. Study with fun :) 

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1) What is Repo Rate?

(A) Deposits of banks in government securities

(B) Rate at which banks borrow funds from the RBI

(C) Rate at which RBI borrows money from the banks

(D) Deposits (as cash) which banks have to keep/maintain with the RBI

2) Which is the current Repo Rate? (As on 25.10.15)

(A) 6.75 %

(B) 4.00 %

(C) 7.75 %

(D) 21.50 %

3) What is Reverse Repo Rate?

(A) Deposits of banks in government securities

(B) Rate at which banks borrow funds from the RBI

(C) Rate at which RBI borrows money from the banks

(D) Deposits (as cash) which banks have to keep/maintain with the RBI

4) Which is the current Reverse Repo Rate? (As on 25.10.15)

(A) 6.75 %

(B) 4.00 %

(C) 7.75 %

(D) 5.75 %

5) Which is the current Bank Rate? (As on 25.10.15)

(A) 6.75 %

(B) 4.00 %

(C) 7.75 %

(D) 21.50 %

6) What is Cash Reserve Ratio?

(A) Deposits of banks in government securities

(B) Rate at which banks borrow funds from the RBI

(C) Rate at which RBI borrows money from the banks

(D) Deposits (as cash) which banks have to keep/maintain with the RBI

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7) Which is the current Cash Reserve Ratio? (As on 25.10.15)

(A) 6.75 %

(B) 4.00 %

(C) 7.75 %

(D) 21.50 %

8) What is Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)?

(A) Deposits of banks in government securities

(B) Rate at which banks borrow funds from the RBI

(C) Rate at which RBI borrows money from the banks

(D) Deposits (as cash) which banks have to keep/maintain with the RBI

9) Which is the current Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)? (As on 25.10.15)

(A) 6.75 %

(B) 4.00 %

(C) 7.75 %

(D) 21.50 %

10) Which is the current Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)? (As on 25.10.15)

(A) 6.75 %

(B) 4.00 %

(C) 7.75 %

(D) 21.50 %

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Rate at which banks borrow funds from the RBI

2) Ans. (A) 6.75 %

3) Ans. (C) Rate at which RBI borrows money from the banks

4) Ans. (D) 5.75 %

5) Ans. (C) 7.75 %

6) Ans. (D) Deposits (as cash) which banks have to keep/maintain with the RBI

7) Ans. (B) 4.00 %

8) Ans. (A) Deposits of banks in government securities

9) Ans. (D) 21.50 %

10) Ans. (C) 7.75 %
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RBI Grade-B Officer Recruitment 2015 Notification Out

Hi friends..Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has published notification for the recruitment of 134 Officer in Grade-’B’ (General) vacancies by direct recruitment. Eligible candidates may apply online from 05-10-2015 to 23-10-2015. Details are as follows:

Important Dates:

Starting Date to Apply Online & for Payment of Fee: 05.10.2015

Last Date to Apply Online for & for Payment of Fee: 23.10.2015

Date of Phase-I Online Examination: 21 & 22.11.2015

Date of Phase-II Online Examination: 07.12.2015

RBI Vacancy Details:

Total No.of Posts: 134

Name of the Posts: Officer in Grade-’B’ (General)

1. General: 67 Posts

2. SC: 15 Posts

3. ST: 13 Posts

4. OBC: 39 Posts

Educational Qualifications (as on 01/10/2015) : A minimum of 60% marks (50% in case of SC/ST/PWD) or an equivalent grade in Bachelor’s degree as well as in 12th and 10th standard examinations. The minimum qualifying percentage or an equivalent grade for the Bachelor's Degree will be in aggregate for all semesters / years.

Age (as on 01/10/2015): Between 21 and 30 years (candidates must have been born not earlier than 02/10/1985 and not later than 01/10/1994). For candidates possessing M.Phil. and Ph.D. qualification, upper age limit will be 32 and 34years respectively. For candidates having experience as an officer in Commercial Bank/Financial Institution in Public Sector as also prior experience in Reserve Bank of India, upper age limit is relaxed to the extent of number of years of such experience subject to a maximum of three years. For such candidates, upper age limit should not exceed 33 years including experience. For experience, probationary period will not be reckoned. Refer item 8 below for relaxation in upper age limit for specified categories.

Number of attempts: Candidates belonging to unreserved i.e. General Category, who had already appeared Six times for Phase-I Examination for this post in the past, are not eligible to apply. No such restriction applies to candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PWD, if the posts are reserved for them.

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on online examinations & interview.

Phase-I online Examination (Objective Type) : This Paper for 200 marks will be held on November 21/22, 2015. Depending on the number of candidates, the examination may be held on some other days also. A candidate, however, has to appear for examination in only one shift on any day. The date, time and venue on which a candidate has to appear for examination will be specified in the Admission Letter (AL) to be downloaded by the candidate. The ‘corrected-scores’ obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equipercentile method. The Paper consists tests of (i) General Awareness (ii) English Language (iii) Quantitative Aptitude and (iv)Reasoning, with composite time of 120 minutes. 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 Admission letter for examination from the RBI website.

Application Fee: Candidates have to pay Rs. 850/- (Rs.100/- for SC/ ST/ PwD candidates) through online by using Debit Cards (RuPay/ Visa/ MasterCard/ Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets. No fee for RBI Staff.

How to Apply: Eligible candidates may apply online through the website www.rbi.org.in from 05-10-2015 to 23-10-2015.

You can check more details from the official notification below.

Official Notification of RBI Grade-B Officer 2015

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9 August 2015 RBI Assistant Exam Questions Asked -Morning Shift

Friends.. RBI Today (9.8.2015) also conducted the RBI Assistant Exam 2015. As you are aware questions were from these five sections: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, English Language and Computer Knowledge. Now we are posting the GA questions asked in the Morning Shift of RBI Assistant Exam 9 August 2015. Thanks to Vaishnavi, Vishnu and Alok Saxena for sharing the questions with us. 

1. International Literacy Day 2015? - September 8

2. Currency of Slovakia? - Euro

3. Director of the award winning film 'Buddha in a Traffic Jam'? - Vivek Agnihotri

4. World Trade Organization headquarters? - Geneva

5. Author of the book “Green signals”? - Jairam Ramesh

6. Kohima is the capital of which state? - Nagaland

7. BIOS full form? - Basic Input Output System

8. Atal Pension Yojana age limit? - 18 – 40 yrs

9.  Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa associated with? - Squash

10. Mount Kilimanjaro is situated at? - Tanzania

11. Sultan Azlan Shah trophy related with which sports? - Hockey

12. Venue of next Cricket World Cup 2019? - England and Wales 
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Today's (8 August 2015) Evening Shift RBI Assistant Exam Questions

Friends.. Earlier we have shared the GK Questions asked in the Morning Shift of RBI Assistant exam held today (08-08-2015). Now we are sharing with you the questions asked in the eveing shift. There were 05 sections in this exam: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, English Language and Computer Knowledge. As per the views shared by candidates exam was average. Here are the GK questions of evening shift shared by Deepthi Dev and Gauri Krishna.

1) Tashkent is the capital of which country? - Uzbekistan

2) Potala Palace is located in which country? - China

3) Book ‘Uniki’ written by whom was released recently? - C Vidyasagar Rao

4)  Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium is located at? - New Delhi

5) Chief Minister of Telangana? - K. Chandrashekar Rao

6) Nelson Mandela Day is celebrated on which date? - 18 July

7) Who was recently appointed as the head of Kolkata based Bandhan Bank? - Ashok Lahiri
8) Full form PMKVY? - Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 
9) India will contribute ___ to BRICS Bank? - $18 billion
10) Kumbh Mela 2015, the festival held in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik on the banks of which river? - Godavari
11) Which city has been chosen as 'city of music' by UNESCO? - Varanasi
12) Currency of Bangladesh? - Taka 
13) Atal pension yojana minimum age limit? - 18
14) Book related to Jhumpa Lahiri? - The Lowland
15) Which country won FIFA Women's World Cup 2015? - USA

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GA Questions asked in RBI Assistant Exam 8 August 2015 - Morning Shift

Friends.. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) its RBI Assistant Exam 2015 last Saturday and today (8 August 2015) was the second day of RBI Assistant Exam 2015. There were 05 sections in this exam: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, English Language and Computer Knowledge. Here are the GA questions of the morning shift exam shared by our friend Ramesh Kumar. 

1. What is the full of NHB? - National Housing Bank

2. Where is UNICEF Headquarters situated? - Newyork

3. Which country will chair 2016 BRICS Summit? - India

4. Who is the King of Bhutan? - Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

5. Who is mutual fund regulator in India? - SEBI

6. What is the rank of India in 2015 World Happiness Report?- 117th

7. Who is the former Governor of RBI among the following? - Dr. Manmohan Singh

8. Which Indian State share largest boundary with Bangladesh? - West Bengal
9. Where is Sanjay Gandhi National Park- Borivali East, Mumbai
10. National Doctor's Day is observed on which date? - 1 July
11. Who won Wimbledon Women's singles title 2015? - Serena Williams
12. Matti Makkonen who died recently was famous for? - Father of SMS texting
13. Present Home Minister of India? - Rajnath Singh
14. Capital of Kazakhstan? - Astana
15. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit was held in July 2015 at? - Ufa, Russia
16. Punjab National Bank headquarters is located at? - New Delhi
17. Currency of South Korea? - Korean Won
18. Rastriya Aviskaar Yojana was recently inaugrated by?- Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
19. Who is the author of the book "37 Bridges and Other Stories"? - Aamer Hussein
20. Expand VSAT? - Very Small Apeture Terminal 
21. Barabati Stadium is located in which State? - Odisha
22. Which scheme is related to Rural Infrastructure? - PMGSY
23.  Maturity duration for Sukanya Samriddhi Account Yojana? - 21 years
24. In NHB, what does "H" stand for ? - Housing
25. Heaviest commercial launch of ISRO recently carried satellites of which country? - UK

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Today's (1 August 2015) Evening Shift RBI Assistant Exam Questions

Friends.. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today (1 August 2015) started its RBI Assistant Exam 2015. In the morning we have shared the questions asked in RBI Assistant Exam Morning Shift. Now we are sharing with you the questions asked in the evening shift. There were 05 sections in this exam: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, English Language and Computer Knowledge. 

1) Currency of Estonia? - Euro

2) Brad Haddin is related to which sport? - Cricket

3) What does "R" stands in SLR? - Ratio

4) Where is Asian Development Bank's (ADB) headquarters located? - Manila

5) Who won the CEAT Indian Cricketer of the Year award 2015? - Ajinkya Rahane

6) Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary located in Gaya district of which state? - Bihar

7) International Maritime Organization Headquarters is in? - London

8) Y K Sabharwal who died recently in New Delhi at the age of 73 was the former? - Chief Justice of India

9) Kamakhya temple is a famous pilgrimage situated at which state? - Assam

10) Budget for Namami Gange programme? - Rs.20000cr

11) USA women's team defeated in FIFA Women's World Cup 2015? - Japan

12) World Tourism Day (WTD) is commemorated each year on? -  27 September

13) When new Service Tax Rate of 14 % came into effect? - June 1

14) Dispur, a locality of Guwahati, became the capital of? - Assam

15) The minimum age of joining Atal Pension Yojana is 18 years and maximum age is? - 40 years

16) Who is the author of the book 'Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years'? - A. S. Dulat

17) International Maritime Organization Headquarters is in? - London.
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Questions asked in RBI Assistant Exam 1 August 2015 - Morning Shift

Friends.. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today (01 August 2015) started its RBI Assistant Exam 2015. There were 05 sections in this exam: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, English Language and Computer Knowledge. Here are the GA questions shared by our friend Rajeev. 

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1) Capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli? - Silvassa

2) Name the Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting? - Arun Jaitley

3) Currency of Switzerland? - Swiss franc

4) Headquarters of International Monetary Fund (IMF)? - Washington, D.C

5) "The Test of My Life" is the autobiography of? - Yuvraj Singh

6) National Teachers Day is celebrated on? - September 5

7) Who is the recently appointed Deputy Governor of RBI? - S.S. Mundra

8) Who has been appointed as the presidentof the $50 billion New Development Bank being set up by BRICS? - K V Kamath

9) Which is the longest river in the world? - River Nile

10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the MUDRA bank with a corpus of? - Rs. 20000 crores

11) Floyd Joy Mayweather is related to which sport? - Boxing
12) Which NASA probe searched water on Moon – LCROSS
13) Which Command is used for undo – CTRL + Z
14) What is C++? - High level Language
15) In Sukanya Samridhi Yojana Age limit for Girl Child is? - 10 years
16) Which country will supply Uranium to India? - Canada
17) PROM Full Form? - Programmable Read Only Memory
18) RBI Extended the Date of Pre 2005 Notes to? - 31st December 2015
19) Carolina Marin is associated with which game? - Badminton
20) What is the Age Limit of Atal Pension Yojana? - 18 Years to 40 Years
21) Important Function of CPU? - Control Unit & ALU
22) What is URL? - Uniform Resource Locator
23) Who is Nazim Zaidi? - Chief Election Commissioner of India
24) Which among the following is the pointing Device? – Mouse

25) Which among the following is not a software? - Printer
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Current Affairs PDF Capsule for RBI Assistant Exam 2015

Friends.. As you are aware Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to conduct its Assistant Exam on August 1,8,9 and 16. RBI Assistant Exam is having the following five sections: Reasoning, English Language, Numerical Ability, General Awareness and Computer Knowledge. Each section will be having 40 questions with 1 mark each. Exam will be for 2 hours. There is negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer. 

When it comes to the exam, General Awareness is the toughest topic for most of the candidates. From previous questions it is well proven that most of the questions of GA are from Current Affairs. Banking related questions are mostly from Current Affairs only. Hence we are bringing you this Current Affairs PDF Capsule for RBI Assistant Exam 2015 which will be a useful reference for your success in the exam.

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