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The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) recruits candidates for various Group A and B posts of Regional Rural Banks (RRB) in India. Group A posts includes Scale – 1,2,3 officers like Assistant Manager, General Banking Officer (Manager), Specialist Officers (Manager), Senior Manager. The IBPS RRB Officer recruitment notification 2021 waas released officially on June 07th 2021. Along with this, the preliminary examination dates are also out. So, here in this article, let us check for the IBPS RRB previous question papers.
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IBPS RRB Officer Previous Year Question Papers
In this article we will give you a glimpse on
- IBPS RRB previous Question Papers
- Overview of IBPS RRB exam pattern
- Syllabus of IBPS RRB examination
- IBPS RRB Study Materials and books for reference
- How Entri will help with study preparation
IBPS RRB Previous Question Papers- free download
Practice from previous year papers will definitely help in boosting your preparations for the exam. Below Tabulated are the previous year question papers of IBPS RRB.
| Question Paper | Download Link |
| IBPS RRB 2016 previous year paper | Click here to download |
| IBPS RRB 2017 previous year paper | Click here to download |
| IBPS RRB 2018 previous year paper | Click here to download |
Subjects included in the IBPS RRB exam
As we select the books to prepare for the exam it is also very important to be well acquainted with the examination pattern to make the best usage of the resource books. If the topics and the question pattern is known in advance it will help the candidate in segregating the topics based on its importance.
IBPS RRB 2020 Officer Scale – I exam consists of a Preliminary and Main Examination whereas the Officer Scale – II & III will have a single level examination only, followed by Interview. Examination will be held online.
IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Exam Pattern
Preliminary Examination (Objective Type)
| Subject | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning | 40 | 40 | Composite time of 45 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 80 | 80 |
Main Examination (Objective Type)
| Subject | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning | 40 | 50 | Composite Time of 2 hours |
| Computer Knowledge | 40 | 20 | |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | |
| English Language / Hindi Language | 40 | 40 | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 50 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
Click here more details on IBPS RRB Officer Scale 2 and Scale 3 exam pattern
Topics included in the exam- IBPS RRB Syllabus
Once you are thorough with the exam pattern you have to keep yourself updated with the syllabus of each topic include for the exam. Only then we can plan a study schedule based on the topics included in the exam.
Below mentioned are the main topics included in the IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1, 2, 3 syllabus-
| Reasoning | Quantitative Aptitude | English Language | Hindi Language | General Awareness | Computer Applications |
| Odd man out | Number System | Spotting Errors | Vyakaran | Current Affairs | Computer Fundamentals |
| Syllogism | Decimal Fraction | Jumbled Words | Fill in the Blanks | Countries / Currencies | Software and Hardware Fundamentals |
| Blood Relation | Simple Interest | Fill in the Blanks | Error Spotting | Indian and International Economy | Networking |
| Series Test | Time and Work | Idioms and Phrases | Paragraph | Banking Terms | MS Office |
| Ranking and Time | Averages | Comprehension | Reading Comprehension | RBI | Database |
| Direction Sense Test | Partnership | Commonly Misspelled Words | Fill in the blanks | Books and Authors | History and Future of Computers |
Click here for detailed syllabus of IBPS RRB subjects in PDF format
IBPS RRB Study Materials and Books
Selection of study materials plays a very important role in helping you score better for the examination. Hence one has to make the decision wisely and select appropriate study materials before you begin the study preparation.
Check the below documents for study materials
IBPS RRB Quantitative aptitude Study Material
IBPS RRB Study material on reasoning ability-Word formation
IBPS RRB Study material on reasoning ability-linear seating
IBPS RRB Study material on reasoning ability- syllogism
IBPS RRB General Awareness Material
Click here for complete study materials of all the subjects of IBPS RRB Officer Examination
Below mentioned are the few books that can also be referred for the preparation.
| Quantitative Aptitude | Reasoning Ability | General Awareness | English Language |
| · Quantitative aptitude for competitive examination- R.S Aggarwal
· Quantitative Aptitude by Arun Sharma |
· A modern approach to verbal and Non verbal reasoning – R. S Aggarwal/ S.Chand
· Logical and analytical reasoning by A.K Gupta |
· Lucents general knowledge
· Pratiyogita Darpan · Manorama Year book
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· Objective English by Hari Mohan Prasad & U.R. Sinha
· Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis |
Other Important Links:
Click here for IBPS RRB Job profile
