Description

The Reserve Bank of India was founded on April 1, 1935, under the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Its headquarters are in Mumbai. It is India's central bank and a regulatory body under the Ministry of Finance. Its primary function is to issue, manage, and control the supply of Indian currency, as well as to manage the Indian banking system's payment system.

Reserve Bank of India conducts RBI Grade B Examination every year for recruitment of candidates for its sub-offices and branches in the country.

RBI GRADE B: EXAM PATTERN

RBI Grade B Preliminary Examination is a Computer Based Test which comprises Four sections of a total of 200 Questions and 200 marks. The time duration of the overall test is 120 minutes. For candidates using the Scribe facility, the total time duration is 160 minutes.

Note :- The candidates are required to score sectional cut-off and overall cut-off both as decided by authority to qualify the examination.

RBI GRADE B: MODE OF EXAMINATION

The RBI Grade B Preliminary Examination is a Computer Based Test. Questions shall be based on Multiple Choice objective Type.

RBI GRADE B: MEDIUM OF EXAMINATION

1. Questions from General Awareness, Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude section shall be available in both English and Hindi.
2. Questions from the English Language section shall be available in English only.
3. Candidates need to choose the language of the question paper they want to attempt before the commencement of exam.
4. However, candidates will be allowed to change the language of the particular question also.

RBI GRADE B: MARKING SCHEME

Sections of the test:

1. General Awareness
2. English Language
3. Quantitative Aptitude 
4. Reasoning

In the RBI Grade B Preliminary Examination, questions are asked from these sections where the English language comprises 30 Questions of 1 mark each, Quantitative Aptitude comprises 30 questions of 1 mark each, Reasoning Ability comprises 60 questions of 1 mark each, and General Awareness comprises 80 questions of 1 mark each. Overall Two hundred marks paper.

Marking Scheme Highlights:

1. One mark is given for every correct answer
2. There is a negative marking for the wrong answer. 0.25 marks are deducted for each wrong answer.
3. There are no marks deducting for any question skipped by the candidate.

Normalization of Score:

The Reserve Bank of India makes use of the approach of Normalization to transform all marks right into a standardized layout to make it fair for all applicants appearing for the exam

Following is the formula to calculate the Normalized Marks of the candidates in RBI Grade B Exam -

Note:

1. The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using the Equipercentile method.
2. Scores up to two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations.

RBI GRADE B: FAST FACTS

1. Acronym - RBI Grade B 
2. Year Started - 1935
3. Conducting Body/ Administrator - Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
4. Exam Purpose - Recruitment of candidates for its sub-offices and branches in the country
5. Exam Mode - Objective Type Computer Based Test (CBT)
6. Stages - Preliminary & Main Exam
7. Offered - Once in a year

IMPORTANT LINKS

1. Important Notice- Click Here
2. Official Website- Click Here
3. Official Notification- Click Here

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