RBI Assistant 2023: Application form, Eligibility Criteria, Exam Pattern and Dates

RBI Assistant 2023: Reserve Bank of India which is the father of all banks, will conduct the RBI Assistant Examination for the post of assistants. Candidates are deployed in various offices such as zonal, regional and sub-offices in India after qualifying the examination. RBI Recruitment Board conducts the examination at various examination centres all over the nation. There will be two stages of the examination viz., Pre and Mains and thereafter, they will have to take part in the interview.

Candidates can get all the important details about the RBI Assistant 2023 in this write-up. The post gives all the important information about the RBI Assistant 2023 Application Form, Eligibility Criteria, Exam Pattern, and Important dates as well.

RBI Assistant 2023 Important Dates

The dates for RBI Assistant 2023 Exam have been given in the following table: 

Sl.No.	Name of the Events	Dates Assigned
1.	Application Form submission date	Jan 2023
2.	Last date for application form submission	Jan 2023
3.	Release date of Admit card	Jan 2023
4.	Date of prelims date	Feb 2023
5.	Result announcement date	March 2023
6.	Main examination date	March 2023
7.	Result declaration date of Main Examination	March 2023
8.	Interview Date	April 2023
9.	Date of final result	April 2023

RBI Assistant 2023 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates need to fulfill the RBI Assistant Eligibility criteria before filling the online application form. The eligibility details are listed below:

• As per the eligibility details, all Indian nationals are eligible to apply for the RBI Assistant 2023 exam. Besides, citizens of Bhutan, Nepal and Tibetan Refugees can also apply for the RBI assistant exam.
• Candidate should have done a bachelor’s degree in any stream with an aggregate of 50% and above from a recognized university. In addition, a candidate should possess a supreme knowledge of computers and must be experienced in the official language of the concerned state or Union Territory.
• The age limit for the examination is 18 years to 28 years.

Relaxation in Upper Age Limit

Candidates’ category	Relaxation
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe (SC / ST	By 5 years, i.e. up to 33 years
Persons with Disabilities (PWD)	By 10 years (GEN) 13 years (OBC) & 15 years (SC/ST)
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	By 3 years, i.e. up to 31 years
Ex-Servicemen	To the extent of service rendered by them in Armed Forces plus an added period of 3 years subject to maximum of 50 years.
Widows/divorced women/ women judicially separated who are not re-married	By 10 years
Candidates who were domiciled in the state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1st January, 1982 to 31st December, 1991	By 5 years
Those have working experience in RBI	To the extent of number of years of such experience, subject to maximum of 3 years.

RBI Assistant 2023 Application Form

The RBI Assistant 2023 Application Form will be released soon. Candidates will be required to apply for the exam as per the details provided. In the online application form, candidates need to fill the details. The details which will be filled by the candidates in the application form will be of the name, age, and the educational qualification. After filling all the details in the application form, the entrance examination, candidates need to pay the application fee as well. The application fee can be paid through the credit card, debit card or net banking. 

Application fee

Candidates belonging to General and OBC category have to pay Rs. 450/- as their application fee. The same amount is reduced to Rs. 50/- for applicants belonging to reserved category i.e. SC/ST/PWD category.

Exam Pattern

RBI Assistant 2023 Exam will be held in three stages i.e. preliminary examination, mains examination, and interview. As per the previous year exam notification, the RBI Assistant exam will be based on the objective questions. The objective questions will have multiple choices for answers. The questions will be asked on different topics such as quantitative aptitude, mental ability, and general awareness. The section-wise distribution of questions along with marks for both stages of RBI Assistant exam is listed below:

The exam pattern for RBI Assistant Preliminary exam is as follows:

Sections	No. of Questions	Marks allotted	Duration
English Language	30	30	1 hour
Reasoning Ability	35	35
Numerical Ability	35	35
Total	100	100

RBI Assistant Mains 2023 examination scheme

Sections	No. of Questions	Marks allotted	Duration
Quantitative Aptitude	40	40	30 minutes
English Language	40	40	30 minutes
Reasoning Ability	40	40	30 minutes
General Awareness	40	40	25 minutes
Computer Knowledge	40	40	20 minutes
Total	200	200	135 minutes

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Admit card

The Admit card for RBI Assistant 2023 Preliminary Exam will be issued first followed by Mains Exam admit card. The authority will release the RBI Assistant Mains 2023 admit card to those candidates only who qualify the Preliminary Examination successfully. The registered candidates will be allowed to download their Admit Card from the official website as per the prescribed schedule. The admit card of RBI Assistant 2023 will not be sent via post or any other offline means. Candidates should bring the admit card at the examination center on the day of the exam.

RBI Assistant Syllabus 2023

To score better rank in RBI Assistant 2023 Exam, it is necessary for all candidates to go through the latest syllabus carefully so that preparation can be done accordingly. The major subjects one should focus upon to qualify both preliminary and mains examination for RBI Assistant 2023 is General Awareness, English Language, Computer Knowledge, Numerical Aptitude, and Reasoning. The detailed syllabus of the RBI Assistant examination is discussed below:

Syllabus for English Language:

Reading Comprehension, Synonyms, Antonyms, Sentence Rearrangement, Sentence Correction, Cloze Test, One Word Substitution, Sentence Completion, Word Meanings, Phrases, Active & Passive Voice

General Awareness:

Current India News, Current World News, Geography Concepts, History Concepts, Banking Awareness, Political Science, RBI Terms, Acts and Laws related to Bank (RBI), Emoluments and Other Benefits

Quantitative Aptitude:

Time and Work, Time and Distance, Simple and Compound Interest, Permutation and Combination, Geometry, Average, Number System, Percentage, Problems on Trains, Mensuration, HCF and LCM, Allegations and Comparison, Algebra, Probability, Pipes& Cistern, Trigonometry

Computer Knowledge

Basic Hardware and Software, Languages, Devices, History of Computers, Viruses and Hacking

Reasoning:

Blood Relations, Number Series, Odd Man Out, Row Arrangements, Coding and Decoding, Statement Reading, Understanding, Number Series, Analogy, Symbols, Directions Based Concept

Cut off

Candidates can check the cut off for RBI Assistant Exam 2023 only after the completion of each phase of the examination. The authority will publish RBI Assistant 2023 cut off for the preliminary exam first followed by mains examination cut off. Candidates can check their chances of selection by comparing their score with the cut off list published by RBI.

Result

The result of RBI Assistant 2023 exam will be announced separately for different phases of examination. The RBI will declare the result in sequence of the examination has been conducted, i.e. RBI Assistant 2023 Prelims Exam Result will be announced first followed by RBI Assistant 2023 Mains Examination result. Candidates who successfully qualify both the stages of the exam will be called for further selection round i.e. interview Process.