RBI Grade B Syllabus 2023, Exam Pattern For Phase 1 and 2

RBI Grade B Syllabus 2023

RBI Grade B notification will be out soon on the official website of the Reserve Bank Of India. The RBI Garde B Syllabus is moreover along the same lines as any other bank exam, but there are a few changes for the specialist cadre.  Generally, the RBI Garde B Syllabus has topics like-Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, Current Affairs, and English. While preparing for an exam like RBI Grade B it is important to keep in mind the syllabus and exam pattern. Here in this blog we have covered the RBI Grade B Syllabus 2023 and exam pattern in detail.

RBI Grade B Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2023

RBI Grade B Syllabus will be out with the RBI Grade B notification 2023 which is expected to be released in a few days. RBI Grade B is an apex-level banking exam with intense competition for a few seats. Therefore, the preparation of a candidate must be well-strategized and planned. Before starting the preparation, aspirants must go through RBI Grade B Syllabus and Exam Pattern quite thoroughly. RBI Grade B has three stages – Prelims, Mains, and Interviews. You can now check here the official RBI Grade B syllabus 2023 for Prelims and Mains.

RBI Grade B Phase 1 and 2 Syllabus 2023: Overview

To get a quick recall of all the important points regarding RBI Grade B Syllabus 2023 aspirants should refer to the overview table mentioned below.

RBI Grade B Prelims Exam Pattern 2023

Here, aspirants can check the RBI Grade B Prelims Exam Pattern 2023. The pattern provided below is from the Previous year’s notification and we will update this once the RBI Grade B 2023 official Notification is announced.

• Total Questions- 200
• Total marks- 200
• Total time- 120 Minutes/2 Hours
• Negative marking-0.25 Marks
• There will be a sectional cut-off for each section therefore in order to get into the next stage, candidates will have to clear both sectionals as well as the overall cut off
• Marks scored by candidates in the RBI Grade B Prelims exam will not be considered in the final merit list.

RBI Grade B Mains Exam Pattern 2023

The marks scored by candidates in the main exam of RBI Grade B 2023 will be added to reach in the final merit list. The exam pattern of the RBI Grade B exam is both objective and descriptive in nature. Candidates can check the RBI Grade B Mains exam pattern from the table provided below

*In the case of descriptive, answers to be typed with the help of the keyboard. Candidates opting to type the answers in Hindi may type with the help of either Inscript or Remington(GAIL) keyboards layout.
* In papers 1 & 3, out of 6 descriptive questions candidates will need to answer 4 questions.

RBI Grade B Syllabus 2023 for Phase 1

RBI Grade B Syllabus for Phase 1 has four subjects. You can access here the section wise syllabus for RBI Grade B.

1. English Language
2. General Awareness
3. Quantitative Aptitude
4. Reasoning Ability

RBI Grade B Phase 1 Syllabus 2023 For English Language

• Reading Comprehension
• Cloze Test
• Fillers
• Sentence Errors
• Vocabulary based questions
• Sentence Improvement
• Jumbled Paragraph
• Paragraph Based Questions ( Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Paragraph /Sentences Restatement)

RBI Grade B Phase 1 Syllabus 2023 For Reasoning Ability

• Puzzles
• Seating Arrangements
• Direction Sense
• Blood Relation
• Syllogism
• Order and Ranking
• Coding-Decoding
• Machine Input-Output
• Inequalities
• Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
• Data Sufficiency
• Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement, Assumption, Conclusion, Argument)

RBI Grade B Phase 1 Syllabus 2023 For Quantitative Aptitude

• Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart)
• Inequalities (Quadratic Equations)
• Number Series
• Approximation and Simplification
• Data Sufficiency
  Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns)

RBI Grade B Phase 1 Syllabus 2023 For General Awareness

• Banking Awareness
• Financial Awareness
• Govt. Schemes and Policies
• Current Affairs
• Static Awareness

RBI Grade B Syllabus 2023 for Mains 

In the Phase 2 exam of the RBI Grade B officer, there are 3 Papers viz. Paper I (Economic and Social Issues), Paper II (English Writing Skills), and Paper III (General Finance and Management). We have shared the detailed updated RBI Grade B Syllabus for Phase 2.

RBI Grade B Syllabus 2023, Phase 2 Paper I

The detailed topic-wise syllabus for RBI Grade B Phase 2 Paper I for Economic and Social Issues is provided below:

• Growth and Development – Measurement of growth: National Income and per capita income – Poverty
• Alleviation and Employment Generation in India – Sustainable Development and Environmental issues.
• Economic Reforms in India – Industrial and Labour Policy – Monetary and Fiscal Policy – Privatization –
• Role of Economic Planning. Globalization – Opening up of the Indian Economy – Balance of Payments,
• Export-Import Policy – International Economic Institutions – IMF and World Bank – WTO – Regional
  Economic Co-operation. Social Structure in India – Multiculturalism – Demographic Trends – Urbanization
  and Migration – Gender Issues – Social Justice: Positive Discrimination in favor of the underprivileged –
• Social Movements – Indian Political System – Human Development – Social Sectors in India, Health and Education

RBI Grade B Syllabus 2023, Phase 2 Paper II

The RBI Grade B Syllabus 2023 for Phase 2 Paper II will be descriptive in nature. The paper on English shall be framed in a manner to assess the writing skills including expression and understanding of the topic

RBI Grade B Syllabus 2023, Phase 2 Paper-III

The RBI Grade B Syllabus 2023 for Phase 2 and Paper III includes General Finance and Management. We have shared the detailed topic-wise syllabus for the convenience of the aspirants:

(I) Finance

(a) Financial System

• Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions
• Reserve Bank of India- functions and conduct of monetary policy, Banking  System in India,
• Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM, NABARD, NHB, etc.
• India’s response towards the impact of global financial of 2007-08

(b)Financial Markets

Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions instruments, recent developments.

(c) General Topics

• Risk Management in Banking Sector
• Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures and Swap
• Changing Landscape of Banking sector
• Recent Developments in the Financial Sector, Portfolio Investment, Public Sector Reforms, Disinvestment
• Financial Inclusion- use of technology
• Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
• Corporate Governance in Banking Sector, 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)
• Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI -components and trends.

(d) Management:

        Fundamentals of management & organizational behavior

•  Introduction to management; Evolution of management thought: Scientific, Administrative, Human relations and Systems approach to management; Management functions and Managerial roles; Nudge theory
• Meaning & concept of organizational behavior; Personality: meaning, factors affecting personality, Big five model of personality; the concept of reinforcement; Perception: concept, perceptual errors. Motivation: Concept, importance, Content theories (Maslow’s need theory, Alderfers’ ERG theory, McCllelands’ theory of needs, Herzberg’s two-factor theory) & Process theories (Adams equity theory, Vrooms expectancy theory.
• Leadership: Concept, Theories (Trait, Behavioural, Contingency, Charismatic, Transactional and Transformational leadership; Emotional Intelligence: Concept, Importance, Dimensions. Analysis of Interpersonal Relationship: Transactional Analysis, Johari window; Conflict: Concepts, Sources, Types, Management of conflict; Organizational Change: Concept Kurt Lewin Theory of Change
• Organizational Development (OD): Organisational Change, Strategies for Change, Theories of
  Planned Change (Lewin’s change model, Action research model, Positive model).

        Ethics At The Workplace and Corporate Governance

• Meaning of ethics, why ethical problems occur in business. Theories of ethics: Utilitarianism: weighing social cost and benefits, rights and duties, Justice and fairness, ethics of care, integrating utility, rights, justice & caring, An alternative to moral principles: virtue ethics, teleological theories, egoism theory, relativism theory, Moral issues in business: Ethics in compliance, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, etc. Ethical principles in Business: Introduction, Organization Structure, and Ethics, Role of Board of Directors, Best Practices in Ethics program, Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct, etc.
• Corporate Governance: Factors affecting Corporate Governance; Mechanisms of Corporate Governance
• Communication: Steps in the Communication Process; Communication Channels; Oral versus Written communication; Verbal versus nonverbal communication; upward, downward and lateral communication; Barriers to Communication, Role of Information Technology.