RBI Assistant (Office Attendant / Subordinate Office / Clerical Cadre)
General Overview & Eligibility
- Conducting Body: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
- Cadre: Subordinate Office / Clerical Cadre (Grade-B equivalent support cadre, typically referred to as RBI Assistant)
- Age Limit: 20 to 28 Years (Category relaxations apply)
- Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate (pass class for SC/ST/PwBD) and knowledge of word processing on PC.
- Posting Scope: Regional office-wise recruitment and posting across participating RBI offices in India.
- Selection Process: 3 Tiers (Prelims + Mains + Language Proficiency Test)
Exam Pattern & Syllabus
1. Preliminary Examination (Qualifying)
- Format: Online Objective Test
- Total Marks: 100
- Duration: 60 Minutes (20 mins/section)
- Negative Marking: 0.25 marks per wrong answer.
- English Language: 30 Questions, 30 Marks, 20 Minutes
- Numerical Ability: 35 Questions, 35 Marks, 20 Minutes
- Reasoning Ability: 35 Questions, 35 Marks, 20 Minutes
- Total: 100 Questions, 100 Marks, 60 Minutes (1 Hour)
- Sectional Cut-Off: YES (Must qualify in each section individually).
2. Main Examination (Merit Deciding)
- Format: Online Objective Test
- Total Marks: 200
- Duration: 135 Minutes (Sectional timing)
- Reasoning Ability: 40 Qs, 40 Marks, 30 Mins
- Numerical Ability: 40 Qs, 40 Marks, 30 Mins
- General English: 40 Qs, 40 Marks, 30 Mins
- General Awareness: 40 Qs, 40 Marks, 25 Mins
- Computer Knowledge: 40 Qs, 40 Marks, 20 Mins
3. Language Proficiency Test (Qualifying in Nature)
Last 3 Years RBI Assistant Cut-Off
Prelims (Out of 100)
RBI Regional Office / Zone |
2023 |
2022 |
2019–20 |
| Kolkata | 90.75 | 90.75 | 96.25 |
| New Delhi | 91.75 | 89.25 | 96.25 |
| Chandigarh | 91.25 | 90.75 | 96.75 |
| Kanpur & Lucknow | 91.00 | 89.25 | 96.00 |
| Jaipur | 90.50 | 89.25 | 95.75 |
| Patna | 90.00 | 89.00 | 95.75 |
| Bhopal | 91.25 | 89.50 | 94.75 |
| Bhubaneswar | 90.75 | 90.50 | 95.75 |
| Hyderabad | 91.50 | 90.25 | 96.25 |
| Ahmedabad | 90.25 | 87.25 | 92.75 |
| Bengaluru | 88.50 | 82.75 | 92.25 |
| Mumbai | 89.00 | 85.25 | 87.75 |
| Guwahati | 90.75 | 86.00 | 89.50 |
| Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi | 91.25 | 86.50 | 96.25 |
2. Main Examination Cut-Off (General Category – Out of 200)
RBI Regional Office / Zone |
2023 |
2022 |
2019–20 |
| Kolkata | 134.25 | 128.50 | 125.75 |
| New Delhi | 132.50 | 128.75 | 123.50 |
| Kanpur & Lucknow | 130.75 | 126.25 | 121.25 |
| Chandigarh | 133.00 | 129.00 | 124.50 |
| Jaipur | 129.50 | 125.50 | 120.75 |
| Patna | 128.00 | 124.75 | 119.50 |
| Bhopal | 131.00 | 126.00 | 121.00 |
| Bhubaneswar | 131.50 | 127.25 | 122.25 |
| Hyderabad | 129.75 | 125.00 | 120.50 |
| Ahmedabad | 122.50 | 118.25 | 115.00 |
| Bengaluru | 121.00 | 116.50 | 112.50 |
| Mumbai | 119.50 | 114.75 | 109.75 |
Key Syllabus Topics
- Numerical Ability: Data Interpretation (Tables, Bar graphs, Pie charts), Number Series, Simplification/Approximation, Quadratic Equations, Arithmetic (Percentage, Profit & Loss, SI-CI, Time & Work, Ratio).
- Reasoning Ability: Puzzles & Seating Arrangements, Syllogism, Blood Relations, Coding-Decoding, Inequality, Direction Sense.
- General Awareness: Current Affairs (last 6 months), Banking & Financial Awareness, RBI Monetary Policy, Static GK, Government Schemes, Economic Terms.
- English Language: Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Error Spotting, Para Jumbles, Vocabulary, Fill in the blanks.
- Computer Knowledge: Basic Hardware & Software, Operating Systems, MS Office (Word/Excel shortcuts), Internet & Network Security, Database Basics.