Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had successfully completed the application process of 504 Assistant posts from 12 June to 03 July 2015. Eligible candidates of age between 18 to 28 years had applied for it. As far as qualifications are concerned, they should have 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 computer. Now RBI is in the process of conducting the written examination as a part of the selection process which will later be followed by interview. So it is going to release admit cards for written exam.
Exam date: The test is to be held on 1, 8, 9 and 16 August 2015.
Admit card release date: 21 July 2015
As far as the details of this exam is concerned, the written test is Online Objective exam and will be of 200 marks. There are going to be 5 sections i.e. General Awareness (with special reference to banking industry), Reasoning, Quantitative aptitude, English and computer awareness, from where the questions will be asked. All sections will carry 40 marks and 40 questions.
Admit card release date: 21 July 2015
As far as the details of this exam is concerned, the written test is Online Objective exam and will be of 200 marks. There are going to be 5 sections i.e. General Awareness (with special reference to banking industry), Reasoning, Quantitative aptitude, English and computer awareness, from where the questions will be asked. All sections will carry 40 marks and 40 questions.
Negative marking of 0.25 marks for wrong answer applies. Time allowed is 2 hours. To qualify the test, candidates have to clear each section cut-off along with overall cut-off. Those who qualified, have to face written exam in next round i.e. interview.
Important Points:
RBI Zones:
- (i) The above tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
- (ii) A candidate has to qualify in each part of the Objective test separately. There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates will have to pass in each of the objective tests.
- (iii) 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 call letter for examination from the RBI’s website.
- )iv) Roll No. of the candidates successful in online examination will be available in last week of August , 2015.
- (v) Only such number of candidates will be called for interview who stand sufficiently high in merit on the aggregate marks of the Objective Tests, such merit being decided by the Bank in relation to the number of vacancies to be filled in.
- (vi) Final selection will be on the basis of candidate's performance in the online examination and interview taken together in order of merit.
RBI Zones:
Selected candidates will be initially posted in RBI’s office within the Recruitment Zone for which they had applied. However, they are liable to be transferred in administrative exigencies to centres grouped and classified into West, South, North and East Zone offices as under:
(a) East Zone: Bhubaneswar, Guwahati (including all North Eastern states), Kolkata and Patna (including Ranchi).
(b) West Zone: Ahmedabad, Bhopal (including Raipur), Mumbai (including Belapur), Nagpur, Pune and Panaji.
(c) North Zone: Chandigarh (including Shimla), Jaipur, Jammu / Srinagar, Kanpur, Lucknow (including Dehradun) and New Delhi.
(d) South Zone: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.
(a) East Zone: Bhubaneswar, Guwahati (including all North Eastern states), Kolkata and Patna (including Ranchi).
(b) West Zone: Ahmedabad, Bhopal (including Raipur), Mumbai (including Belapur), Nagpur, Pune and Panaji.
(c) North Zone: Chandigarh (including Shimla), Jaipur, Jammu / Srinagar, Kanpur, Lucknow (including Dehradun) and New Delhi.
(d) South Zone: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.
Candidates need to download and print it on a A4 size paper. They should check all the details written on it and bring it along with photo id proof at the time of examination.
The reporting time mentioned on the call letter is prior to the start time of the test. Though the test will be of 2 hours, candidates may be required to be at the venue for about 4 hours including the time required for completion of various formalities such as verification and collection of various requisite documents, logging in, giving of instructions.
The reporting time mentioned on the call letter is prior to the start time of the test. Though the test will be of 2 hours, candidates may be required to be at the venue for about 4 hours including the time required for completion of various formalities such as verification and collection of various requisite documents, logging in, giving of instructions.