RBI Grade B is an exam to get your ticket to the apex banking organization of the country, Reserve Bank of India. RBI Grade B is a different kind of exam as compared to other banking exams. You need have a clear understanding of RBI Grade B syllabus and the pattern of the examination. We have provided pattern is a separate post which you can read here – RBI Grade B exam pattern.
The exam will be conducted in two phases. Lets look at the RBI Grade B syllabus phase wise.
PHASE 1 Syllabus:
English:
- Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test (New pattern)
- Para Jumbles
- Spotting Errors
- Fillers
- Vocabulary Based (Antonyms/Synonyms)
- Paragraph Based (Completion/Conclusion/Fillers/coherent)
- Sentence Improvement
- Phrase Replacement
- Connector Based (new pattern)
- Idioms and Phrases based (new pattern)
Reasoning Ability:
- Puzzles
- Seating Arrangements
- Direction Sense
- Blood Relation
- Syllogism
- Order and Ranking
- Coding-Decoding
- Machine Input-Output
- Inequalities
- Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
- Data Sufficiency
- Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument)
Quantitative Aptitude:
- Data Interpretation (Bar Graph/Line Chart/Tabular/Casselet/Radar/Web/Pie Chart)
*DI asked in 2017 exam was based on topic from miscellaneous section(New Pattern) - Inequalities (Quadratic Equations)
- Number Series
- Approximation and Simplification
- Data Sufficiency
Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems:
- HCF and LCM
- Profit and Loss
- SI & CI
- Problem on Ages
- Work and Time
- Speed Distance and Time
- Probability
- Mensuration
- Permutation and Combination
- Average
- Ratio and Proportion
- Partnership
- Problems on Boats and Stream
- Problems on Trains
- Mixture and Allegation
- Pipes and Cisterns
General Awareness:
- Banking Awareness
- Financial Awareness
- Govt. Schemes and Policies
- Current Affairs
- Static Awareness
PHASE 2 Syllabus:
Paper-I – Economic and social Issues:
Growth and Development –
- Measurement of growth: National Income and per capita income
- Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India
- Sustainable Development and Environmental issues
Economic Reforms in India-
- Industrial and Labour Policy
- Monetary and Fiscal Policy
- Privatization
- Role of Economic Planning
Globalization –
- Opening up of the Indian Economy
- Balance of Payments
- Export-Import Policy
- International Economic Institutions
- IMF and World Bank –
- WTO
- Regional Economic Co-operation
Social Structure in India
- Multiculturalism
- Demographic Trends
- Urbanisation and Migration
- Gender Issues
- Social Justice
- Positive Discrimination in favour of the underprivileged
- Social Movements
- Indian Political System
- Human Development
- Social Sectors in India
- Health and Education
Paper-II -English (Writing Skills):
The paper on English shall be framed in a manner to assess the writing skills including
expression and understanding of the topic.
Paper-III -Finance and Management:
(I) Finance
(a) Financial System
1. Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions
2. Reserve Bank of India- functions and conduct of monetary policy, Banking
System in India, Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM, NABARD, NHB, etc.
(b) Financial Markets
Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity,etc.),
functions, instruments, recent developments.
(c) General Topics
1. Risk Management in Banking Sector
2. Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures and Swap
3. Changing Landscape of Banking sector
4. Recent Developments in the Financial Sector, Portfolio Investment, Public
Sector Reforms, Disinvestments
5. Financial Inclusion- use of technology
6. Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private
Partnership
7. Corporate Governance in Banking Sector, role of e-governance in
addressing the issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government
sector.
8. The Union Budget – Direct and Indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of
Revenue, GST, Thirteenth Finance Commission and GST, Finance
Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
Management Act (FRBM),
9. Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies
(control): WPI, CPI – components and trends.
(II) Management:
- Management: its nature and scope; The Management Processes; Planning, Organisation, Staffing, Directing and Controlling;
- The Role of a Manager in an Organisation: Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader; Leadership Styles; Leadership Theories; A successful Leader versus an effective Leader.
- Human Resource Development: Concept of HRD; Goals of HRD; Performance Appraisal – Potential appraisal and development – Feedback and Performance Counselling – Career Planning – Training and Development – Rewards – Employee Welfare.
- Motivation, Morale and Incentives: Theories of Motivation; How Managers Motivate; Concept of Morale; Factors determining morale; Role of Incentives in Building up Morale.
- Communication: Steps in the Communication Process; Communication Channels; Oral versus Written Communication; Verbal versus non-verbal Communication; upward, downward and lateral communication; Barriers to Communication, Role of Information Technology.
- Corporate Governance: Factors affecting Corporate Governance; Mechanisms of Corporate Governance.
The questions on this section will be basic in nature.