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The Reserve Bank of India/ RBI has issued an authorized notification publicizing invitation of online applications from accomplished contenders to the job posts of ‘Assistant’ for the year 2021-22. Likewise, the State Bank of India (SBI) is going to organise its annual recruitment drive to appoint qualified for the Clerical cadre/Junior Associate job positions for various kinds of customer-interaction associated works. Interested candidates can apply after carefully reading through the official notification.
| Name of the Posts | RBI Assistant | SBI Clerk |
| Official website | https://www.rbi.org.in/ | https://sbi.co.in/ |
| Vacancy | 950 | Yet to be notified |
| Application starts on | 17.02.2022 | April-May 2022 |
| Final date for applying | 08.03.2022 | Yet to be notified |
| Online Preliminary Test | March 26 & 27, 2022 | Yet to be notified |
| Result of prelims exam | Yet to be announced | Yet to be notified |
| Online Main Test | May 2022 | Yet to be notified |
| Mains exam result | Yet to be notified | Yet to be notified |
| Payscale | Rs13150/- – Rs34990/- | Rs.19900/- Rs.17900/- |
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Eligibility Criteria by Age: RBI Assistant vs SBI Clerk
For the unreserved category, the post of RBI assistant has an age limit of 20-28 years. SBI Clerk to have same age limit i.e. 20- 28 years for the general category. Age relaxation permitted for people of other categories are given in the table below. Cumulative age relaxation is not be offered under any below circumstances or their combinations.
| Reservation Category | RBI Assistant | SBI Clerk |
| · Scheduled Caste
· Scheduled Tribe |
· 5 years
· Age limit- 33 years |
· 5 years |
| Other backward classes | · 3 years
· Age limit- 31 years |
· 3 years |
| Ex-servicemen | · period of service done in the defence forces + 3 years. (+8 years if they belong to the PWD category)
· subjected to an upper age limit of 50 years |
· period of service done in the defence forces + 3 years. (+8 years if belongs to PWD category)
· maximum age limit of 50 years |
| · Widows
· divorced women · women judicially separated who are not re-married |
10 years | 7 years
Max age limit- · 35 years for General/ EWS · 38 years for OBC · 40 years for SC/ST |
| Candidates having work experience in the Reserve Bank of India | · Years of experience
· Maximum of 3 years |
– |
| Person with disability | · General/ EWS- 10 years
· OBC- 13 years · SC/ST- 15 years |
· General/ EWS- 10 years
· OBC- 13 years · SC/ST- 15 years |
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Required Educational Qualifications: RBI Assistant vs SBI Clerk
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Below given are the educational qualifications required for the posts discussed above.
| Topic | RBI Assistant | SBI Clerk |
| Education | · Bachelor’s Degree in any field with at least 50% marks of the total.
· Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with a minimum pass class for SC/ST/PwBD candidates · Should have the working familiarity of word processing on PC. · An applicant who is an Ex-servicemen should be either of the following 1. be a graduate from an established University 2. must have qualified the matriculation / equivalent exam of the Armed Forces · these Ex-servicemen should have done 15 or above years of defence service · should be proficient in the local language of the specific state/ regions under the office for which the candidate applied. |
· Graduation/ equivalent in any field from a recognised University/ any kind of qualification certified as such by the Central Government.
· Applicants having integrated dual degree certificates should · make sure that the date of passing is on or before the stipulated date · Those who are studying in the final year/ semester of their graduation can apply too. But this is subjected to a condition. If provisionally chosen then they will have to bring proof of having passed the graduation exam before the stipulated date |
| Experience | – | – |
Application Procedure: RBI Assistant vs SBI Clerk
The table given below shows the application link and the fees required to apply for the said posts.
| Name of the posts | RBI Assistant | SBI Clerk |
| Official link to submit the online application | www.rbi.org.in | https://bank.sbi/careers |
| SC/ST/PwBD/EXS fees | Rs 50/- | No fees |
| OBC/General/EWS fees | Rs 450/- | Rs 750/- |
Preliminary Examination Pattern: RBI Assistant vs SBI Clerk
The preliminary examination pattern of RBI Assistant and IBPS RRB Office Assistant are compared in the table below
| Topic | RBI Assistant | SBI Clerk |
| Subjects | · English language
· Numerical ability · Reasoning ability |
· English language
· Numerical ability · Reasoning ability |
| Marks | · English language- 30
· Numerical ability-35 · Reasoning ability-35 |
· English language- 30
· Numerical ability-35 · Reasoning ability-35 |
| Duration | 20 minutes for each subject separately | 20 minutes for each subject separately |
| Number of questions | · English language- 30
· Numerical ability- 35 · Reasoning ability- 35 |
· English language- 30
· Numerical ability- 35 · Reasoning ability- 35 |
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Main Examination Pattern: RBI Assistant vs SBI Clerk
The pattern of the main examination of both RBI Assistant and IBPS RRB Office Assistant is as shown below:
| Topic | RBI Assistant | SBI Clerk |
| Subjects | · English language
· Reasoning · Numerical ability · General awareness · Computer knowledge |
· General/ Financial Awareness
· General English · Quantitative Aptitude · Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude |
| Number of questions for each subject | 40 | · General/ Financial Awareness- 50
· General English- 40 · Quantitative Aptitude- 50 · Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude- 50 |
| Max marks for each subject | 40 | · General/ Financial Awareness- 50
· General English- 40 · Quantitative Aptitude- 50 · Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude- 60 |
| Duration | · English language- 30 min
· Reasoning- 30 min · Numerical ability- 30 min · General awareness- 25 min · Computer knowledge- 20 min |
· General/ Financial Awareness- 35 min
· General English- 35 min · Quantitative Aptitude- 45 min · Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude- 45 min |
| Total number of questions/ total marks | 200 | · 190 questions
· 200 marks |
| Total duration | 135 minutes | 2 hours 40 minutes |
- For RBI Assistant there exist a language proficiency test for the applicants who passes the main exam.
- No interview for both posts
- All the newly appointed SBI Clerk/Junior Associates will be on probation for a
- Minimum tenure of 6 months
Vacancies: RBI Assistant vs SBI Clerk
The number of vacancies for the post of RBI Assistant according to the categories is as shown in the following table.
| Reservation Category | RBI Assistant |
| General/unreserved | 440 |
| EWS | 90 |
| OBC | 146 |
| SC | 151(2) |
| ST | 123(46) |
| VI | 15 (6) |
| HI | 25 (16) |
| OH | 18 (9) |
| ExS-1 | 40 |
| ExS-2 | 90 |
The number given in brackets is meant to refer to backlog vacancies
The post of RBI Assistant has state-wise vacancies as shown in the table below
| Office | RBI Assistant Vacancies |
| Ahmedabad | 35 |
| Bangalore | 74 |
| Bhopal | 31 |
| Bhubaneswar | 31 |
| Chandigarh | 78 |
| Chennai | 66 |
| Guwahati | 32 |
| Hyderabad | 40 |
| Jaipur | 48 |
| Jammu | 12 |
| Kanpur & Lucknow | 131 |
| Kolkata | 26 |
| Mumbai | 128 |
| Nagpur | 56 |
| New Delhi | 75 |
| Patna | 33 |
| Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi | 54 |
| Total | 950 (48) |
The number of vacancies for the State Bank of India Clerk Recruitment 2022 is not yet released. The vacancies will be publicized soon after the issuance of official notification. Contrasting the situation in the SBI Clerk 2022 notification, the anticipated number of vacancies for SBI Clerk Recruitment 2022 can be above 8000.
The article above gives you a brief idea about the details of both RBI Assistant and SBI Clerk posts as per the official notifications released by the authorities concerned. You can compare between the details and decide which job is a better option for you and apply or concentrate on the exam of your choice more. Download the Entri app for listening to lecture videos, tips and tricks, study materials, strategy and mock tests.
