RBI Grade B Syllabus pdf 2022

RBI Grade B 2022 syllabus and Exam Pattern

Here is the detailed syllabus and exam pattern of the upcoming RBI Grade B exam. The Paper I of RBI Grade B exam is similar to other banking exams, but the syllabus for the mains exam is quite different.

A candidate needs to read the RBI Grade B syllabus 2022 so that they get in-depth knowledge of all the topics which they are needed to prepare in order to clear this exam.

It is a 3 phase exam consisting of prelims, mains, and interviews. Here, we incorporate the detailed syllabus and exam pattern for RBI Grade B prelims and mains exam.

RBI Grade B Exam Pattern 2022 Prelims

• Total questions- 200
• Total marks- 200
• Total time- 120 Minutes
• Negative marking – 0.25 Marks for each wrong question

• There are 4 sections of RBI grade B prelims, each section has a sectional cut offs. So, to enter the next stage, the candidates must clear the sectional cut off as well as the overall cut off.
• Marks obtained by candidates in RBI Grade B prelims exam will not be assessed in the final merit list.

RBI Grade B Prelims Exam Pattern 2022

Section	No. Of Questions	Marks	Duration
English Language	30	30	25 Minutes
General Awareness	80	80	25 Minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	30	30	25 Minutes
Reasoning	60	60	45 Minutes
Total	200	200	120 Minutes

RBI Grade B Mains Exam Pattern 2022

Candidates, who ensure minimum marks individually for each Test, as specified, will be shortlisted for
Phase-II of the examination based on the combined marks obtained in Phase-I

RBI Grade B Mains Exam Pattern

Paper Name	Type Of Paper	Duration	No. Of Questions	Marks
Paper-I: Economic and Social Issues	50% Objective	30 Minutes	30 Objective Questions	50
	50% Descriptive	90 Minutes	4 Descriptive Questions	50
		Total= 120 Minutes		Total=100
Paper-II: English (Writing Skills)	Descriptive, answers to be typed with the help of the keyboard	90 Minutes	3	100
Paper-III: Finance and Management	50% Objective	30 Minutes	30 Objective Questions	50
	50% Descriptive	90 Minutes	4 Descriptive Questions	50
		Total= 120 Minutes		Total=100

RBI Grade B Syllabus 2022: Prelims (Phase 1)

Phase 1 of the RBI Grade B 2022 is an objective type test consisting of four subjects:

◘ General Awareness
◘ English Language
◘ Quantitative Aptitude
◘ Reasoning Ability

RBI Grade B Syllabus For General Awareness

◘ Current Affairs
◘ Banking Awareness
◘ Financial Awareness
◘ Govt. Schemes and Policies
◘ Static Awareness

RBI Grade B Syllabus For English Language

◘ Reading Comprehension
◘ Cloze Test
◘ Fillers
◘ Sentence Errors
◘ Vocabulary based questions
◘ Sentence Improvement
◘ Jumbled Paragraph

◘ Paragraph Based Questions
• Paragraph Fillers
• Paragraph Conclusion
• Paragraph /Sentences Restatement

RBI Grade B Syllabus For 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

RBI Grade B Syllabus For Quantitative Aptitude

◘ Data Interpretation
• Pie Chart
• Line Chart
• Tabular Chart
• Caselet
• Radar/Web
• Bar Graph

◘ Inequalities (Quadratic Equations)

◘ Number Series
◘ Approximation and Simplification
◘ Data Sufficiency

◘ Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems
• HCF and LCM
• Profit and Loss
• Simple Interst & Compound Interest
• 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

RRB Grade B Syllabus for Phase-II

RRB Grade B Phase-II, Paper I Syllabus

Subject matter of RRB Grade B Paper I is “Economic and Social Issues (ESI)”.
It has 4 segments.
◘ Growth and Development
◘ Indian Economy
◘ Globalization
◘ Social Structure in India

◘ Growth and Development
• Measurement of growth
• National Income and per capita income
• Poverty Alleviation
• Employment Generation in India
• Sustainable Development
• Environmental issues.

◘ Indian Economy
• Economic History of India
• Changes in Industrial and Labour Policy
• Monetary and Fiscal Policy since reforms of 1991

• Priorities and recommendations of Economic Survey and Union Budget

• Indian Money and Financial Markets
• Linkages with the economy

• Role of Indian banks and Reserve Bank in the development process

• Public Finance
• Political Economy
• Industrial Developments in India
• Indian Agriculture
• Services sector in India.

◘ Globalization
• Opening up of the Indian Economy
• Balance of Payments
• Export-Import Policy

• International Economic Institutions [ IMF, World Bank, WTO]

• Regional Economic Cooperation
• International Economic Issues

◘ Social Structure in India
• Multiculturalism
• Demographic Trends
• Urbanisation and Migration
• Gender Issues
• Social Justice

• Positive Discrimination in favour of the under privileged

• Social Movements
• Indian Political System
• Human Development
• Social Sectors in India, Health and Education.

RRB Grade B Phase-II, Paper II Syllabus

• 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.

RRB Grade B Phase-II Paper III Syllabus

• Subject matter of Paper-III is “Finance and Management”.
• It has 4 segments.

1. Financial System
2. Financial Markets
3. General Topics
4. Management

▲ Financial System

◘ Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions.

◘ Reserve Bank of India- functions and conduct of monetary policy.

◘ Banking System in India
• Structure and concerns

◘ Financial Institutions
• SIDBI
• EXIM Bank
• NABARD
• NHB, etc

◘ Changing landscape of banking sector.

◘ Impact of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-08 and the Indian response

▲ Financial Markets
• Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments.

▲ General Topics
◘ Risk Management in Banking Sector
◘ Basics of Derivatives

◘ Global financial markets and International Banking – broad trends and latest developments.

◘ Financial Inclusion

◘ Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership

◘ Corporate Governance in Banking Sector, role of e-governance in addressing issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government sector.

◘ The Union Budget – Concepts, approach and broad trends

◘ Inflation
• Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control)
• WPI, CPI – components and trends
• Striking a balance between inflation and growth through monetary and fiscal policies.

◘ FinTech

▲ Management

◘ Fundamentals of Management & Organizational Behaviour
• Introduction to management
• Evolution of management thought

• Scientific, Administrative, Human Relations and Systems approach to management

• Management functions and Managerial roles
• Nudge theory

◘ Meaning & concept of organizational behaviour

◘ Personality
• meaning, factors affecting personality
• Big five model of personality

◘ Concept of reinforcement

◘ Perception
•concept, perceptual errors.

◘ Motivation
• Concept, importance, Content theories (Maslow’s need theory,
Alderfers’ ERG theory, McCllelands’ theory of needs, Herzberg’s two factor theory) & Process theories (Adams equity theory, Vrooms expectancy theory).

◘ Leadership
•Concept, Theories (Trait, Behavioural, Contingency, Charismatic, Transactional and Transformational Leadership

◘ Emotional Intelligence
• Concept
• Importance
• Dimensions

◘ Analysis of Interpersonal Relationship
• Transactional Analysis
• Johari Window

◘ Conflict
• Concept
• Sources
• Types
• Management of Conflict

◘ Organizational Change
• Concept
• Kurt Lewin Theory of Change

◘ Organizational Development (OD)
•Organisational Change
• Strategies for Change
• Theories of Planned Change (Lewin’s change model, Action research model, Positive model).

◘ Ethics at the Workplace and Corporate Governance:
• Meaning of ethics
• why ethical problems occur in business.
• Theories of ethics

◘ Utilitarianism
• weighing social cost and benefits
• Rights and duties
• Justice and fairness
• ethics of care
• integrating utility, rights, justice and caring,

◘ An alternative to moral principles
• virtue ethics
• teleological theories
• egoism theory
• relativism theory

◘ Moral issues in business
• Ethics in Compliance, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, etc.

◘ Ethical Principles in Business
• Introduction
• Organization Structure and Ethics
• Role of Board of Directors
• Best Practices in Ethics Programme
• Code of Ethics
• Code of Conduct, etc.

◘ Corporate Governance
•Factors affecting Corporate Governance
• Mechanisms of Corporate Governance

◘ 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.

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