RBI Grade B Syllabus 2024 and Exam Pattern

1. Reading Comprehension
2. Cloze Test
3. Para jumbles
4. Sentence Rearrangement
5. Error Spotting
6. Vocabulary
7. Grammar
8. Sentence Improvement
9. Synonyms and Antonyms
10. Idioms and Phrases

1. Number System
2. Simplification and Approximation
3. Data Interpretation
4. Quadratic Equations
5. Average
6. Ratio and Proportion
7. Time, Speed and Distance
8. Percentage
9. Profit and Loss
10. Simple and Compound Interest
11. Mensuration
12. Probability
13. Permutation and Combination

1. Seating Arrangement (Circular, Linear)
2. Puzzles (Box-based, Floor-based, Day/Month/Year-based)
3. Syllogism
4. Blood Relations
5. Coding-Decoding
6. Direction Sense
7. Inequality
8. Order and Ranking
9. Data Sufficiency
10. Alphanumeric Series
11. Logical Reasoning

1. Current Affairs (National and International)
2. Banking Awareness
3. Indian Economy
4. Monetary plans and policies
5. Financial and Economics News
6. Indian History and Culture
7. Scientific Research
8. Sports Events
9. Awards and Honors
10. Books and Authors
11. Government Schemes

Paper 1- Economic & Social Issues

1. Growth and Development

• Measurement of growth- National Income and per capita income
• Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India
• Sustainable Development
• Environmental issues

2. Indian Economy

• Economic History of India
• Changes in Industrial and Labour Policy
• Monetary and Fiscal Policy since reforms of 1991
• Priorities and recommendations of Economic Survey and Union Budget
• Indian Money and Financial Markets: Linkages with the economy
• Role of Indian banks and Reserve Bank in the development process
• Public Finance
• Political Economy
• Industrial Developments in India
• Indian Agriculture
• Services sector in India

3. Globalization

• Opening up of the Indian Economy
• Balance of Payments
• Export-Import Policy
• International Economic Institutions
• IMF and World Bank
• WTO
• Regional Economic Cooperation
• International Economic Issues

4. Social Structure in India

• Multiculturalism
• Demographic Trends
• Urbanisation and Migration
• Gender Issues
• Social Justice: Positive Discrimination in favour of the underprivileged
• Social Movements
• Indian Political System
• Human Development
• Social Sectors in India
• Health and Education

Paper 2- English (Writing Skills)

Paper 3 (a) Finance

1. Financial System

• Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions
• Reserve Bank of India- functions and conduct of monetary policy
• Banking System in India – Structure and concerns
• Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM Bank, NABARD, NHB, etc.
• Changing landscape of banking sector
• Impact of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-08 and the Indian response

2. Financial Markets

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

3. General Topics

• Risk Management in Banking Sector
• Basics of Derivatives
• Global financial markets and International Banking – broad trends and latest developments
• Financial Inclusion
• Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
• Corporate Governance in the Banking Sector
• The Union Budget – Concepts, approach, and broad trends
• Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control)
• FinTech

1. Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behaviour

• Introduction to management
• Evolution of management thought
• Scientific, Administrative, and Human Relations
• Systems approach to management
• Management functions and Managerial roles
• Nudge theory
• Meaning and concept of organizational behaviour
• Personality: meaning, factors affecting personality, Big five model of personality
• Concept of reinforcement
• Perception: concept, perceptual errors
• Motivation: Concept, importance
• Content theories
• Process theories
• Leadership: Concept, Theories
• Emotional Intelligence: Concept, Importance, Dimensions
• Analysis of Interpersonal Relationship
• Conflict: Concept, Sources, Types, Management of Conflict
• Organizational Change: Concept, Kurt Lewin Theory of Change
• Organizational Development (OD)

1. Definition of Probability
2. Standard distribution
3. Large and small sample theory
4. Analysis of Variance
5. Estimation
6. Testing of Hypotheses
7. Multivariate analysis
8. Stochastic Processes

1. Probability and Sampling
2. Linear Models and Economic Statistics
3. Statistical Inference: Estimation, Testing of Hypothesis and Non-parametric Test
4. Stochastic Processes
5. Multivariate analysis
6. Econometrics and time series
7. Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques.