RBI Grade B 2021: Application Form, Exam Dates, Pattern, Eligibility, Syllabus

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India’s central bank, which was established on 1st April 1935 by the provisions of the Reserve bank of India Act, 1934. The Central board of directors governs the Reserve Bank’s operations. RBI is on the entire conducted with a 21 member central board of directors appointed by the Government of India by the Reserve Bank of India Act. The RBI controls the monetary and other banking policies of the Indian government. The Central Office of the Reserve Bank was initially established in Calcutta but was permanently moved to Mumbai in 1937.

Every year Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducts the exam of RBI Grade 2021 officer Exam. This exam is a national level competitive test and the Reserve Bank of India Services Board conducts the test annually. There are approximately 322 posts of Grade B Officer across India. The candidate selects for the post of Officers in Grade ‘B’ (General) – DR, DEPR & DSIM in Common Seniority Group (CSG) Streams. The application form will be released in both online and offline mode. The exam will be held in three phases i.e. preliminary, main, and interview.

RBI Grade B 2021 Exam Date

EventsExam Dates
Official Notification Released25th January 2021
Application Form Start28th January 2021
Last date to submission of Application form15th February 2021
Fee Submit15th February 2021
Release Date of Admit CardFebruary 2021
Commencement of Phase-I exam: Grade-B General1st March 2021
Commencement of Phase-II exam: Grade-B General1st April 2021
RBI Grade-B- DEPR / DSIM Paper-II & III (Online/ Written Examination)31st March 2021
Interview Date of RBI Officer Grade BTo be announced
Final Result Announcement DateTo be announced

RBI Grade B 2021 Application Form

The RBI Grade B 2021 Application Form will be released in the first week of May and closed in May. The candidate fills the application form from the official website i.e. www.rbi.org.in.

Steps to fill the RBI Grade B 2021 Application Form:

  • Go to the official website www.rbi.org.in and click on the link “Recruitment for the post of Officers in Gr. B (DR) General/DEPR/DSIM”.
  • Click Separate links for Online applications for Gr B -(DR)-General and Online applications for DEPR/DSIM would be displayed
  • Click on “Click here for New Registration” for registration. It will ask for your name, contact details, and Email-id.
  • After that, you will get a registration number and password that will send to your mobile number or email id.
  • Fill you’re all the details correctly and upload your recent photograph, signature, and left and right thumb impression.
  • The fee will be deposited by using a Debit/Credit card, Internet Banking, cash cards/ mobile wallets.
  • The candidate should print the ‘e-receipt’ as proof of successful fee payment.
  • Finally, choose “SAVE AND NEXT” and verify the details in the form before submission.

Application Fee:

For the General/OBC application fee including intimation, the charge will be Rs.850/. For  SC/ST/PWD  there will be only intimation charge is Rs.100/ and  Nil fees for the staff. The fee will not refund in the future.

CategoryApplication Fee
SC/ ST/ PwBDRs. 100/-
GEN/ OBC/ EWSsRs. 850/-
STAFFNil

Important Links:

RBI Grade B 2021 Notification: Click here

RBI Officer Grade B 2021 Application Form: Apply Here

Number of Vacancies

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been released 322 vacancies for RBI Grade B 2021:

PostsVacancy
Officers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- General270
Officers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- DEPR29
Officers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- DSIM23
Total322

Exam Center

RBI Grade B Online Exam Centers  for Phase I (Gr B (DR)-General) / Paper I (DEPR/DSIM):

States /UTsRBI Grade B Exam Centers for Prelims
Andaman & NicobarPort Blair
Andhra Pradesh & TelanganaGuntur, Narasaraopet, Hyderabad, Rangareddy-Kodada, Karimnagar, Warangal, Rajahmundry, Kakinada, Tirupati, Chittoor, Vijaywada, Kanchikacherla, Gudlavalleru, Eluru, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Arunachal PradeshItanagar, Naharlagun city
AssamDibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar
BiharBhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna
ChandigarhChandigarh
ChattisgarhRaipur, Bhilai
Daman & DiuJamnagar
GoaVarna
GujaratAhmedabad, Gandhi Nagar, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
HaryanaHissar, Karnal, Rohtak
Himachal PradeshDharamsala, Shimla
Jammu & KashmirJammu
JharkhandBokaro, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
KarnatakaBelgaum, Bagalkot, Bengaluru, Chikaballapur, Kolar, Tumkur, Gulbarga, Bidar, Hubli, Dharwad, Haliyal, Gadag, Mangalore, Mysore, Mandya, Udipi
KeralaKannur, Kasargod, Kochi, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thrichur, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Nagarcoil
LakshadweepKavaratti
Madhya PradeshBhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur
MaharashtraAurangabad, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Solapur
ManipurImphal
MeghalayaShillong
MizoramAizawl
NagalandKohima
New DelhiDelhi –NCR
OrissaBalasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur
PuducherryCuddalore, Villupuram
PunjabAmritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala
RajasthanAjmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur
SikkimGangtok, Bardang City
TamilnaduChennai, Vellore, Coimbatore, Erode, Thirupur, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Dindigul Salem, Namakkal, Thiruchirapalli, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Tirunelvelli, Kanyakumari, Tuticorin
TripuraAgartala
Uttar PradeshAgra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi
UttarakhandDehradun, Haldwani, Nainital, Roorkee City
West BengalBerhampore (WB), Durgapur, Kolkata, Greater Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri

Exam Centres for Phase II Gr B- (DR) (General) / Paper II &III (DEPR/DSIM):

Name of the Examination Cities
AhmedabadJammu
BengaluruKanpur
BhopalKochi
BhubaneswarLucknow
KolkataMumbai
ChandigarhNagpur
ChennaiNew Delhi
GuwahatiPatna
HyderabadPune
JaipurThiruvananthapuram

RBI 2021 Eligibility Criteria

Nationality:

  • The candidate should be an Indian citizen or
  • Must be subject of Nepal and Bhutan or
  • a Tibetan refugee who is permanently settled in India before January 1, 1962, or
  • a person of Indian origin who has migrated from either Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, or Vietnam to reside permanently in India.

Age:

  • The candidate age should be between 21 to 30 years (both ages included).
  • There will be age relaxation for SC/ST of 5 years, for OBC of 3 years, and physically handicapped of 10 years.

Education Qualification:

Education qualification is different for various posts.

  • Officer in Grade ‘B’ (DR) – (GENERAL):- for this post candidate should be passed 10 standards by a recognized university or board and 60%( 50% for ST/SC/PWD) marks in graduation from a recognized university or institute.
  • Grade ‘B’ Officer (DR)-(DPER):-  A Master degree in Econometrics/ Economics/ Quantitative Economics/ Integrated Economics courses/ Finance with 55%( 5% relaxation for SC/ ST/ PWD) marks or equivalent grade.
  • Officer in Grade ‘B’(DR) – (DSIM):- there is an essential master’s Degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Economics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Statistics & Informatics/ Econometrics from IIT- Kharagpur or Applies Statistics & Informatics from IIT-Bombay with at least 55% (50% for SC/ST/PWD) marks in aggregate of all semester/years or an equivalent grade.
    OR
  • Master’s Degree in Mathematics with at least 55% (50% for SC/ST/PWD)  marks in aggregate of all semester/years and 1-year PG Diploma in Statistics or related subjects from the reputed institute;

OR

  • Stat. from Indian Statistical Institute with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate of all semesters/years OR
  • PG Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) jointly offered by ISI Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur and IIM Calcutta with at least 55% (50% FOR SC/ST/PWD)  marks in aggregate of all semesters/years or equivalent grade.

NOTE:  There will be only 6 attempts for the General category and another category with no restriction.

Exam Pattern

Exam Pattern for Prelims Exam:

  • General Awareness will be 80 marks with 80 questions.
  • Quantitative Aptitude will be 30 marks with 30 questions.
  • The English Language will be 30 marks with 30 questions.
  • The reasoning will be 60 marks with 60 questions.

Phase 2 is also an online mode exam and it consists of both objective and subjective type’s exam. It includes 3 papers with 100 marks time duration will be 1.5 hours.

Exam Pattern for Mains Exam:

  • Paper for Economic and Social Issues is the objective type for time 90 minutes and 100 marks.
  • Paper for the English Language belongs to Subjective for the time duration of 90 minutes for 100 marks.
  • Finance and Management/Economics//Statistics is Objective for a time duration of 90 for 100.

RBI Grade B 2021 Syllabus:

  • General Awareness
  • English Language
  • Quantitative Aptitude
  • Reasoning
  • Economic and Social Issues (Paper I)
  • English Language (Paper-II)
  • Finance and Management/Economics//Statistics. (Paper III)

Admit Card

The Admit card will release separately for phase 1 and phase 2. For phase 1 it will be released in June most probably and for phase 2 only that candidate qualifies the phase 1 exam will get admit card. Admit card includes the details about the exam center and the time & date of the exam. The candidate should carry this Admit card and one photo identity card to the exam center.

RBI Grade B Result 2021

The RBI Grade B 2021 result will be announced in November. The candidate should qualify both phase 1 and phase 2 exam to sit in the interview. The final result will be based on the interview. The interview will be of 50 marks and it will be either in Hindi or English language.

For more details call @ 011-41659551, 9205365731