RBI Assistant Exam Pattern 2022:Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Assistant Recruitment Notification 2022 has been released on 14th February 2022. Many candidates aspiring for a position as Assistant in RBI will now get on with their preparations for the exam. Before appearing for any or rather preparing for any examination, it is really important for an individual to know about the exam pattern for the recruitment test and the types of questions that are asked to evaluate the candidate. In this blog, we will look into RBI Assistant Exam Pattern 2022 and get to understand the exam a little better.
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RBI Assistant Exam Pattern 2022 – Selection Procedure
Candidates are selected for the Assistant in RBI after the following levels of the selection process conducted by the RBI Authorities:
- Phase 1 – Preliminary Exam (Multiple Choice)
- Phase 2 – Main Exam (Multiple Choice)
- Final Phase: Language Proficiency Test (LPT)
RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Pattern for Prelims and Mains-2022
RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Pattern (Phase 1)
Note: There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
RBI Assistant Mains Exam Pattern (Phase 2)
Name of Tests (Objective) | No of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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Test of Reasoning | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
Test of English Language | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
Test of Numerical Ability | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
Test of General Awareness | 40 | 40 | 25 minutes |
Test of Computer Knowledge | 40 | 40 | 20 minutes |
Total | 200 | 200 | 135 Minutes |
Note: There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
RBI Assistant Language proficiency test
The candidates provisionally selected from the main online examination will have to undergo a language proficiency test (LPT). The language proficiency test will be conducted in the Official / Local Language of the State concerned. Candidates not proficient in the Official/Local Language would be disqualified.
The Office wise local language/s is/are as follows:
- Ahmedabad – Gujarati
- Bengaluru – Kannada
- Bhopal – Hindi
- Bhubaneswar – Oriya
- Chandigarh – Punjabi / Hindi
- Chennai – Tamil
- Guwahati – Assamese / Bengali / Khasi / Manipuri / Bodo / Mizo
- Hyderabad – Telugu
- Jaipur – Hindi
- Jammu – Urdu / Hindi / Kashmiri
- Kanpur & Lucknow – Hindi
- Kolkata – Bengali / Nepali
- Mumbai – Marathi / Konkani
- Nagpur – Marathi / Hindi
- New Delhi – Hindi
- Patna – Hindi / Maithili
- Thiruvananthapuram – Malayalam
Important Points to Note -:
- The above main online tests except for the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
- Candidates will have to pass each of the objective tests of the online examinations
- A candidate has to qualify in Preliminary Examination for appearing in Main Examination.
RBI Assistant Exam Pattern 2022 – Things To Keep In Mind
- LPT is mandatory. No exemption of any sort will be given to any candidate from appearing in LPT, which will be conducted at respective offices of the Bank. Final Selection will depend, on the performance in online test, qualifying in LPT, Medical fitness, verification of certificates, Biometric Data, etc. to the Bank's satisfaction. The decision of the Bank in this regard shall be final. Biometric verification and LPT are qualifying in nature and the final selection will only be based on performance in the main online examination.
- The appointment of a selected candidate will be subject to his/her being declared medically fit as per the rules of the Bank.
- Only such a number of candidates will be called for the Language Proficiency Test who stand sufficiently high in merit based on the aggregate marks of the main online examination, Such merit will be decided by the Bank in relation to the number of notified vacancies to be filled in.