Reserve Bank Grade 'B' Officers Exam syllabus
Objective Type Test consisting of:
(i) General Awareness
(ii) English Language
(iii) Quantitative Aptitude
(iv) Reasoning
PHASE II
English (Essay, Precis Writing/Comprehension,
Business/Office Correspondence
Economic and Social Problems
bilingually in Hindi and English. Candidates have the option to answer Paper III either in Hindi or in English.
(ii) Phase II will be conducted in respect of those candidates who are successful in objective paper.
(iii) A candidate has to qualify in each of the objective type test and descriptive papers separately.
(iv) The aggregate marks of the examination will comprise the marks of Paper II and III of WE. The candidates, who score sufficiently high in order of merit on the basis of these aggregate marks will be called for interview.
(v) Final selection will be on the basis of candidate's performance in WE. and interview taken together.
Syllabus
Paper-I: Objective Type Test
The aim of this test is to measure candidate's reasoning ability, quantitative aptitude and proficiency in English and General Awareness.
Paper-II: English
The aim of the paper is to test the candidate's ability to read and understand serious discursive prose and to express his ideas clearly and correctly in English.
Paper-III: Social and Economic Problems
(a) Economic Problems Facing India: Population, Poverty, Inflation, Unemployment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Industrial Development, Industrial Relations, Trade Union Movement and Urbanisation-Current efforts to solve the Problems.
(b) Social Problems Facing India: Structure of Indian Society, Institution of Caste, Joint family and Nuclear family, Problems of Minorities and Tribals, Education and Human Resources Development.
(c) International Problems: The current world economic problems, the relations between the developed and developing economies and International Finance and Trade. (For Paper III the candidates are expected to read standard books on Indian Economy/Social Problems normally prescribed for similar subjects by the Universities for graduate level examinations. They are also expected to read newspapers/articles published in Journals devoted to economic/social problems to keep themselves informed of the latest developments. This may be taken as general guideline only. Candidate's performance will be judged on the basis of their analytical approach to problems rather than mere statement of facts.)