RBI Grade B 2022 Syllabus and Latest Exam Pattern

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RBI Grade-B recruitment is one of the best opportunities for banking job aspirants. Every year around September RBI announces the recruitment process to select the fine minds for its service. Here we are bringing you the updated RBI Grade B Syllabus PDF and Exam Pattern 2022 for both preliminary, and Main examinations. RBI Grade B syllabus will be available by the Reserve Bank of India as soon as possible and you must also download the RBI Grade B notification in order to get most of the information related to the vacancy. RBI Grade B syllabus PDF must also be downloaded for the candidates so that they can get an idea of the topics which will be included in the entrance examination. You can check out most of the information related to the vacancy and the examination pattern given below.

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RBI Grade B Exam Pattern 2022

The candidates should have thorough knowledge about the exam pattern for the upcoming RBI Grade B exam 2022. The detailed exam pattern is given below. The candidates who are preparing for the exam can check the exam pattern given below. The RBI Grade B exam will be conducted in two phases. The recruitment will be based on phase 1 and phase 2 exams and the interview that will be conducted as a final round of the selection procedure. The exam pattern is given below. The candidates can look through the exam pattern to have clarity on the topic.

RBI Grade B Phase 1 Exam Pattern

The exam pattern should be learned thoroughly by the candidates. Check below to know the complete exam pattern for the Phase 1 RBI Garde B exam 2022.

Officers in Gr B (DR)- General
Sections	Number of Questions	Marks given	Allotted Time
General Awareness	80	80	25 Minutes
Reasoning	60	60	45 Minutes
English Language	30	30	25 Minutes
Quantitative Aptitude	30	30	25 Minutes
Total	200	200	120 Minutes

There will be a penalty if you mark incorrect answers. As a penalty, for each incorrect answer you mark, a quarter of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted.

Department of Economic and Policy Research (DEPR)- Officers in Gr B (DR)
Name of Objective Type Paper	Number of Questions	Duration	Marks allotted
Paper-I (on Economics)	62	120 minutes	100
Total			100

There will be negative marking for incorrect answers. For all sections, negative marks will be 1/3 for 1 mark questions, 1/2 for 2 mark questions, 1 mark for 3 mark questions, and 2 marks for 4 mark questions.

Officers in Gr B (DR)- Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM)
Name of Objective Type Paper	Number of Questions	Duration	Marks allotted
Paper-I (on Statistics)	20	120 minutes	100
Total			100

There will be a penalty if you mark incorrect answers. For each incorrect answer you mark, 1/3 of the marks assigned to that question will be taken as a penalty.

RBI Grade B Phase-II Exam Pattern

The candidates should learn the RBI Grade B exam pattern at first to have a comprehensive idea about the upcoming RBI Grade B exam 2022.

Officers in Gr B (DR)- General
Paper no.	Remarks	Section	Type of exam	Number of questions	Allotted marks	Allotted time in minutes
Paper 1	Descriptive answers to be entered using the keyboard	Economic and Social Issues	Objective	30	50	30
			Descriptive	6	50	90
			Total	36	100	120
Paper 2	Descriptive answers to be entered using the keyboard	English Writing Skills	Descriptive	3	100	90
Paper 3	Descriptive answers to be entered using the keyboard	Finance and Management	Objective	30	50	30
			Descriptive	6	50	90
			Total	36	100	120

Objective Questions for Papers I and III (some questions carry 2 marks each and some carry 1 mark each). For Paper I and III Descriptive Papers, 6 questions will be asked, with candidates required to answer 4 of them. (2 of 15 points each (depending on difficulty level) and 2 of 10 points each). If a candidate answers more than four descriptive questions, only the first four will be evaluated.

DEPR (Department of Economic and Policy Research)- Officers in Gr B (DR)
Name of Paper	Type of questions	Remarks	Number of Questions	Duration	Marks allotted
Paper-II (on Economics)	Descriptive Type	The question paper will be displayed on the computer, and the answers will be written on paper.	5	180 minutes	100
Paper-III English	Descriptive	to be typed using a keyboard	3	90 minutes	100
Total					300 marks

Officers in Gr B (DR) -Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM)
Name of Paper	Type of questions	Remarks	Number of Questions	Duration	Marks allotted
Paper-II (on Statistics)	Descriptive Type	The question paper will be displayed on the computer, and the answers will be written on paper.	5	180 minutes	100
Paper-III English	Descriptive	to be typed using a keyboard	3	90 minutes	100
Total					300 marks

RBI Grade B Syllabus 2022

RBI Grade B Phase 1 Syllabus

Subjects	Topics
English	Grammar Vocabulary Error Spotting Comprehension Passage Making Jumble words Fill in the blanks Sentence Framing
Quantitative Aptitude	Mensuration Time and Work Average, Ratio, Percentages Speed, Distance and Time Mixture and Allegations Permutation and Combination Data Interpretation Probability
Reasoning	Puzzles Seating Arrangement Directions and Distance Data Sufficiency Blood Relations Syllogism Coding-Decoding Inequality
General Awareness	Banking & Financial Awareness Monetary Policies Economic Terms Current Affairs Financial & Economics News Static GK Government Schemes, Agreement & Deals Banking terms, rates, processes
Statistics	Probability: Random variables, Theorems of probability, Conditional probability, independent events, Bayes’ theorem and its application, expectation, moments, distribution functions, Binomial, Poisson, Geometric, Exponential, Negative binomial, Hypergeometric, Cauchy, Laplace, Logistic, Pareto, Log-normal, Beta and Gamm distributions, Weibull, Uniform, Bivariate normal distribution and truncated distributions, Markov’s inequality, Chebyshev’s inequality, Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, Laws of large numbers, Central limit theorems and applications. Statistical Methods: Population and sample, Measures of central tendencies Parameter and Statistic, Correlation and Regression, intraclass correlation, multiple and partial correlations, Spearman’s coefficient of rank correlation, Z, chi-square, t and F statistics and their properties and applications, Large sample distributions, Variance stabilizing transformations, sin inverse, square root, logarithmic and z transformation. Linear Models: General Linear models, BLUE, method of least squares, Gauss-Mark off theorem, estimation of error variance, Simple and Multiple linear regression models, Important assumptions and treatments in case of assumption’s violation, Regression diagnostics, Analysis of variance in one, two and three-way classifications, Analysis of Covariance in one and two-way classifications. Statistical Inference: Properties of estimators, MVUE, Rao-Blackwell and Lehmann-Scheffe theorems, Cramer-Rao inequality, methods of estimation, properties of maximum likelihood and other estimators, confidence intervals. Simple and composite hypotheses, Type I and Type II errors, size and power of a test, Most Powerful and Uniformly Most Powerful tests, Neyman-Pearson lemma, Likelihood Ratio test and its properties and applications. SPRT, OC and ASN functions, Tests of the goodness of fit. Parametric vs. Non-parametric Test, Frequently-used nonparametric inferential statistical methods. Multivariate Analysis: Bivariate and Multivariate normal distribution, marginal and conditional distribution, Estimation of mean vector and the covariance matrix, Asymptotic properties of estimators, Sampling distribution of X and S, Mahalanobis D2 and Hotelling’s T2 and its applications. Optimization Techniques and Statistical Quality Control: Linear Programming, Transportation Problem, Assignment Problem, Basics of Simulation, Quality control, Process Control and Product Control, control charts, Acceptance Sampling plan, single and double sampling plans (ASN, OC, ATI, LTPD, AOL Sample Surveys and Design of Experiments: Simple and Stratified random sampling, ratio and regression methods of estimation, Double sampling, Systematic, Cluster, two-stage and PPS sampling. Sampling and Non-sampling errors. Principles of Design of Experiments, Completely Randomized Design, Randomized Block Design, Latin Square Design, missing plot technique, 22 and 23 factorial designs, Split-Plot Design and Balanced Incomplete Block Design, Fractional factorial experiments Applied Economic Statistics: Time Series vs. cross-sectional data, Multiplicative and additive models, Auto-correlation, Partial autocorrelation, Smoothing techniques, Seasonal and cyclical adjustment. Price and Quantity Index numbers, Types of index numbers and their properties. Chain and Fixed base index numbers, Cost of Living Index numbers, Wholesale Price Index, Consumer Price Index, Index of Industrial Production, Gini’s coefficient, Lorenz curves, Application of Pareto and Lognormal as income distributions. Vital Statistics: Sources of vital statistics compilation, Errors in census and registration data, Measurement of population, rate and ratio of vital events, Stationary and Stable population, Life Tables, Measures of Fertility, Mortality and Reproduction, Crude rates of natural growth, Pearl’s Vital Index. Numerical Analysis: Principles of floating-point computations and rounding errors, Linear Equations factorization methods, pivoting and scaling, residual error correction method, Iterative methods, Jacobi, Gauss-Seidel methods, Newton and Newton-like methods, unconstrained optimization, Lagrange interpolation techniques, Cubic Splines, Error estimates, Polynomials and least-squares approximation; Integration by interpolation, adaptive quadratures and Gauss methods. Basic Computer Applications: Functional organization of computers, algorithms, basic programming concepts, Program testing and debugging, Subprograms and Subroutines, Sorting/searching methods, Database Management Systems, Software Engineering, Basic of Networking, Internet Technologies, Web and HTML, Distributed systems Programming using C, MINITAB and FORTRAN.

RBI Grade B Phase 2 Syllabus

Papers	Topics
Paper-I: Economic and Social Issues	Consumers behaviour and firms; the value of resources like land, labour and capital Markets-monopoly, perfect and imperfect competition General Equilibrium of price and activity, economic welfare and case for regulatory / policy interventions Measuring national income and its components; basic macro identities and idea of macro-balance; Goods and Financial Market Equilibrium (ISLM Framework) Major macro-economic school of thoughts; Classical, Keynesian and Monetarist Consumption and Investment demand; demand management policies and their effectiveness Money demand and supply; monetary and fiscal policies The benefit of International trade; comparative and absolute advantage; effect of International trade on resources allocation and factor price equalisation; non-conventional trade barriers, optimum currency areas and effect of the customs union International finance and exchange rates issues in an open economy, benefits and costs of interconnected financial markets; evolution of international financial architecture Public Goods, instruments of financing, government tax and non-tax revenue Direct and Indirect taxes, efficiency costs of commodity taxes, income taxation, labour supply and savings, corporate taxation and corporate behaviour Government expenditure policy-various components, deficit financing and its impact on the economy, government debt and crowding out of private capital India’s experimentations with planned development models and the outcomes, structural issues-savings and investment, demography, urbanization, productivity, etc., issues with poverty, inequality and employment Agriculture- policy and developments, manufacturing competitiveness; what is holding India back, role of public sector enterprises in the key economic sectors, India’s resilient service sector; trade, tourism, communication, ITES, etc. Financial sector regulation and reforms-banking, insurance and capital market, fiscal policy and the changing priorities of the government, emergence of monetary policy and its new role
Paper-II: English (Writing Skills)	This paper assesses the writing skill that includes the capability of expressing and understanding the topic
Paper-III: Finance and Management	Financial System Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions Banking System in India Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM, NABARD, NHB, etc, Financial Markets Primary and Secondary Markets Risk Management in Banking Sector Reserve Bank of India- functions, and conduct monetary policy Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures, and Swap Changing Landscape of Banking sector Recent Developments in the Financial Sector Portfolio Investment Public Sector Reforms Role of e-governance in addressing the issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government sector The Union Budget Direct and Indirect taxes Non-tax sources of Revenue GST Thirteenth Finance Commission and GST Finance Commission Fiscal Policy Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM) Disinvestments Financial Inclusion- use of technology Alternate source of finance Private and social cost-benefit Public-Private Partnership Corporate Governance in Banking Sector Inflation Definition Trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI – components, and trends. Management: its nature and scope: The Management Processes; Planning, Organisation, Staffing, Directing, and Controlling The Role of a Manager in an Organisation Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader; Leadership Styles Goals of HRD Performance Appraisal, Potential appraisal, Leadership Theories A successful Leader versus an effective Leader Human Resource Development Concept of HRD and development Feedback and Performance Counselling Career Planning Training and Development Rewards Employee Welfare. Motivation, Morale, and Incentives: Theories of Motivation How Managers Motivate Concept of Morale Factors determining morale Role of Incentives in Building up Morale. Steps in the Communication Process Communication Channels Oral versus Written Communication Barriers to Communication Role of Information Technology Verbal versus non-verbal Communication upward, downward and lateral communication. Corporate Governance: Mechanisms of Corporate Governance Factors affecting Corporate Governance.

RBI Grade B 2022 Syllabus PDF

RBI Grade B officer syllabus must be downloaded by the candidates who are preparing for the entrance examination conducted by the Reserve Bank of India to select the candidates in the Grade B department. RBI Grade B syllabus and books will help you to prepare for the entrance examination in a much more systematic manner. RBI Grade B depr syllabus will be present at the official website of the entrance examination and you can also easily download the syllabus related to the different subjects. RBI Grade B finance and management syllabus, RBI Grade B reasoning syllabus will be separately available for all of the candidates to be downloaded from the official website. RBI Grade B prelims syllabus and mains syllabus will be presented separately.

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