RBI Grade B Exam 2024 – Latest Information
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducts the RBI Grade B Officer Exam annually to select suitable candidates for the position of Grade B Officer in its various branches across the country. Due to the excellent pay scale and reputed job profile offered by the Reserve Bank of India, thousands of candidates apply for this examination every year.
The RBI Grade B Exam has limited vacancies, so it is crucial to prepare effectively for this exam. The selection of RBI Grade B Officers will be done through a nationwide competitive examination in three phases, namely – Prelims, Mains examination, and Interview.
What is RBI Grade B Exam?
The RBI, or the Reserve Bank of India, which is the apex bank of the country, conducts the Grade B exams annually for the recruitment of Grade B officers of various posts.
That said the RBI Grade B exam is quite popular and is taken by thousands of candidates looking to work in the financial sector.
The Grade B officer exam is the only entry-level officers’ exam that is conducted by the RBI, and a great way to enter the prestigious organization of the RBI.
RBI Grade B Exam Summary
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is solely responsible for conducting the recruitment process for RBI Grade B 2024 Exam.
To learn about the RBI Grade B Exam 2024, candidates can refer to the exam summary table below, which contains important information about the RBI Grade B Recruitment 2024.
| RBI Grade B 2024- Important Details | |
| Organisation | Reserve Bank of India (RBI) |
| Exam Name | RBI Grade B 2024 |
| Posts | Grade B Officers |
| Vacancies | To be released |
| Category | Govt Jobs |
| Recruitment Basis | Direct Recruitment |
| Selection Process | Phase I, Phase II & Interview |
| RBI Grade B Salary | Rs. 55,200/- Basic Pay [Revised] |
| Job Location | Across India |
| Official website | https://www.rbi.org.in/ |
RBI Grade B Exam: Important Dates
Reserve Bank of India will release the RBI Grade B 2024 Exam Date and other important dates along with the official RBI Grade B Notification 2024 in April 2024.
All the important dates for RBI Grade B 2024 will be updated here when released.
| RBI Grade B 2024- Important Dates | |
| Events | Dates (tentative) |
| Release of RBI Grade B Notification 2024 | April 2024 |
| RBI Grade B Apply Online 2024 Starts | — |
| Online Application Last Date | — |
| Online Payment of Application Fees Last Date | — |
| RBI Grade B Phase-I Exam Date 2024 | — |
| RBI Grade B Phase-II Exam Date 2024 | — |
RBI Grade B 2024- Exam Schedule
RBI Grade B exam date 2024 for all posts will be released along with its RBI Grade B Notification.
The RBI Grade B 2024 Exam Date for both prelims and mains and interview rounds for RBI Grade B 2024 Officer Exam will be updated below.
| RBI Grade-B Exam Dates 2024 | ||
| RBI Grade-B Events | Date | |
| Officers in Gr B (DR)- General | Phase-I – Online Examination | To be notified |
| Phase-II – Paper I, II & III Online Examination | To be notified | |
| Officers in Gr B (DR) – DEPR | Phase I – Paper – I – Online Examination | To be notified |
| Phase II – Paper – II & III Online/Written Examination | To be notified | |
| Officers in Gr B (DR)- DSIM | Phase I – Paper – I – Online Examination | To be notified |
| Phase II – Paper – II & III Online/Written Examination | To be notified | |
| Interview Process | To be notified | |
| Declaration of Final result | To be notified | |
RBI Grade B Exam: Vacancy 2024
The number of vacancies will be released along with its official RBI Grade B Notification 2024. Last year, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had announced 291 vacancies for the RBI Grade B 2024.
Let’s have a look at the post-wise vacancy distribution for the RBI Grade B 2024 Exam.
| RBI Grade B Vacancy 2023 | ||||||
| Posts | UR | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | Vacancies |
| Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR)–(General) | 109 | 25 | 17 | 49 | 22 | 222 |
| Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR)–DEPR | 14 | 04 | 06 (04) | 11 | 03 | 38 |
| Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR)–DSIM | 09 | 08 (05) | 05 (05) | 06 | 03 | 31 |
| Total | 291 | |||||
RBI Grade B Exam: Online Application 2024
The dates for the online application process for RBI Grade B 2024 exam will be notified with the release of RBI Grade B Notification 2024.
The candidates have to submit online application forms to get register themself for the RBI Grade B Exam 2024. All candidates who are interested in applying for RBI Grade B 2024 exam have to fill out the online application before the last date arrives.
RBI Grade B Exam: Application Fees 2024
A total of Rs. 850/- is the application fee to be paid by candidates belonging to the General and OBC Categories for RBI Grade B 2024 exam.
The same amount is reduced to Rs. 100/- for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD Category.
| RBI Grade B 2024 Application Fees | |
| Category | Application Fee |
| General/OBC | Rs. 850/- + 18% GST |
| SC/ST/PWD | Rs. 100/- + 18% GST |
| Staff@RBI | Nil |
RBI Grade B Eligibility Criteria 2024
You should fulfil the following criteria, as prescribed by RBI recruitment notification, to apply for the exam:
1) Age Eligibility
- You must be above the age of 21 years but must not have touched the 30th year of your life.
- If you have an M.Phil. or a Ph.D. degree, the upper age limits are 32 and 34 years respectively.
- If you belong to the SC/ST category, there is a provision for relaxation of the upper age limit up to 5 years.
2) RBI Grade B Officers (General) Educational Qualification Requirements
- You should have 60% marks in Graduation (50% for SC/ST/PwBD applicants)
- Post Graduation with a minimum of 55% marks (pass marks for SC/ST/PwBD applicants) in aggregate of all semesters/years.
Many students ask if 60% marks in graduation should be in each semester or average. Well, relax, it’s an average of all semesters.
For more details, read the full Eligibility Criteria for DEPR, and DSIM separately.
There are certain nationality requirements as well you may also read about them on the blog linked above.
Now, I’ve said this before, I’ll say it again. No good thing comes without terms and conditions, and the terms are pretty steep in this case given that the eligibility Criteria are just a nice little time bomb wrapped in very sweet packaging.
I say that because the criterion of educational qualification is as I said a steep one as far as the RBI Grade B exams are concerned. It’s steeper than that of most other Indian government entrance exams, even steeper than ones prescribed for the UPSC exam.
RBI Grade B Exam 2024: Selection Process
RBI Grade B 2024 Exam is conducted in three phases, while the Prelims examination is Objective in nature while the Mains examination comprises of the objective as well as descriptive test
- Phase-I exam
- Phase-II exam and
- Interview process
RBI Grade B 2024: Exam Pattern
Candidates are required to clear all three phases in order to get a confirmed post as a Grade B Officer in the Reserve Bank of India.
RBI Grade B Prelims Exam Pattern
The prelims exam of RBI Grade-B Officer 2024 comprises a single Paper for 200 marks. A total time of 120 minutes will be given for answering. However, separate time will be allotted for each test.
| RBI Grade B Prelims Exam Pattern 2024 | ||||
| SNo | Section Asked | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| 1. | General Awareness | 200 | 200 | Composite time of 2 hours |
Note:
- A total time of 120 minutes will be given for the prelim exam. However, separate time will be allotted for each test. 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 RBI Grade B 2024 prelims exam.
- Candidates have to secure minimum marks separately for each test as well as in aggregate.
RBI Grade B 2024 Exam Syllabus
The RBI Grade B Syllabus for the prelims exam is similar to the other Bank Exams. The major sections from which the questions are asked are:
- Reasoning
- Quantitative Aptitude
- General Awareness and
- English Language
| RBI Grade B 2024 Exam Syllabus | |||
| English | Quantitative Aptitude | Reasoning | General Awareness |
| Grammar | Mensuration | Puzzles | Banking & Financial Awareness |
| Vocabulary | Time and Work | Seating Arrangement | Monetary Policies |
| Error Spotting | Average, Ratio, Percentages | Directions and Distance | Economic Terms |
| Comprehension | Speed, Distance and Time | Data Sufficiency | Current Affairs |
| Passage Making | Mixture and Allegations | Blood Relations | Financial & Economics News |
| Jumble Words | Permutation and Combination | Syllogism | Static GK |
| Fill in the Blanks | Data Interpretation | Coding-Decoding | Government Schemes, Agreement & Deals |
| Sentence Framing | Probability | Inequality | Banking terms, rates, processes |
RBI Grade B Number of Attempts
The number of attempts for a general candidate to appear for the RBI Grade B Exam is 6 (six) while for SC/ST/PWD/EXSM there is no limit for appearing in the exam unless they reach the maximum age level.
RBI Grade B Salary Structure
The Pay Scale for the RBI Grade B Officer is Rs. 55,200-2850(9)-80850-EB-2850(2)-86550-3300(4)-99750(16 years).
This means that you will be having basic pay of Rs. 55,200/- in which you will get an increment of Rs. 2850/- up to nine years of your service.
After the completion of nine years, you will get into the executive band wherein the basic pay will be Rs. 80850/- and then again for the next two years you will get an increment of Rs. 2850/- and further an increment of Rs. 3300/- for the following 4 years thus ending up with the basic pay of Rs. 99,750/- and this is when you don’t get any promotion.
Apart from the Basic Pay, multiple emoluments such as Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance, Family Allowance, Telephone Allowance, Conveyance Allowance etc. will also be provided.
RBI Grade B Exam Centers
RBI Grade B Prelims and Mains Exam will be conducted at the following exam centres. The candidates have to choose their preferred exam centres at the time of registration and the alotted exam centres will be notified with the release of admit cards.
RBI Grade B Exam Centers for Phase-I Exam
| States /UTs | RBI Grade B Exam Centers for Prelims |
| Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair |
| Andhra Pradesh & Telangana | Guntur, Narasaraopet, Hyderabad, Rangareddy-Kodada, Karimnagar, Warangal, Rajahmundry, Kakinada, Tirupati, Chittoor, Vijaywada, Kanchikacherla, Gudlavalleru, Eluru, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar, Naharlagun city |
| Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar |
| Bihar | Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Chattisgarh | Raipur, Bhilai |
| Daman & Diu | Jamnagar |
| Goa | Varna |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Gandhi Nagar, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
| Haryana | Hissar, Karnal, Rohtak |
| Himachal Pradesh | Dharamsala, Shimla |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| Karnataka | Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bengaluru, Chikaballapur, Kolar, Tumkur, Gulbarga, Bidar, Hubli, Dharwad, Haliyal, Gadag, Mangalore, Mysore, Mandya, Udipi |
| Kerala | Kannur, Kasargod, Kochi, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thrichur, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Nagarcoil |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur |
| Maharashtra | Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Solapur |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
| New Delhi | Delhi –NCR |
| Orissa | Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur |
| Puducherry | Cuddalore, Villupuram |
| Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur |
| Sikkim | Gangtok, Bardang City |
| Tamilnadu | Chennai, Vellore, Coimbatore, Erode, Thirupur, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Dindigul Salem, Namakkal, Thiruchirapalli, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Tirunelvelli, Kanyakumari, Tuticorin |
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Nainital, Roorkee City |
| West Bengal | Berhampore (WB), Durgapur, Kolkata, Greater Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri |
RBI Grade B Exam Centers for Phase – II Exam
| Name of the Examination Cities | |
| Ahmedabad | Jammu |
| Bengaluru | Kanpur |
| Bhopal | Kochi |
| Bhubaneswar | Lucknow |
| Kolkata | Mumbai |
| Chandigarh | Nagpur |
| Chennai | New Delhi |
| Guwahati | Patna |
| Hyderabad | Pune |
| Jaipur | Thiruvananthapuram |
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