RBI Grade B Exam Pattern

Yes, all question papers (except the English Language test) are set in both Hindi and English, allowing you to choose your preferred language for answering.

• General Awareness (GA) carries the highest weightage, 80 marks.
• Reasoning Ability carries the second highest weightage, 60 marks.
• English Language & Quantitative Aptitude hold equal weightage, 30 marks each.

The RBI Grade B interview carries a weightage of 20% in the final selection process. 

Phase 2 carries 300 marks, and the interview carries 75 marks. The final selection is decided by adding Phase 2 and interview marks, making it a total of 375 marks. Thus, the interview is worth 20%.

RBI has changed the RBI Grade B officer pattern in 2019 and 2021. The pattern introduced in 2021 is currently in effect until further notice.

The RBI Grade B exam pattern has been modified in 2019 and 2021.  

• 2019: RBI introduced sectional timings to the Phase 1 pattern. This means specific time limits were allocated to each section.

2021: RBI introduced descriptive questions in Phase 2 (ESI and FM) and a psychometric test before the interview. It also increased the interview marks from 50 to 75.

The last changes made by RBI were in 2021. We do not expect the RBI Grade B pattern to change soon.

The RBI Grade B Phase 1 exam lasts for 2 hours with different sectional timing for each subject.

• General Awareness (GA): 25 minutes
• Reasoning Ability: 45 minutes
• English Language: 25 minutes
• Quantitative Aptitude: 25 minutes

The objective and descriptive sections of the RBI Grade B ESI and FM papers carry 50 marks each, making a total of 100 marks for each paper. 

Phase 1 is conducted in 2 shifts: Morning (9:00 AM to 11:00 AM) and afternoon/evening (12:30 PM to 2:30 PM), where you need to attend only one shift. 

Phase 2 is conducted in 2 shifts: Morning (9:00 AM to 11:30 AM) and afternoon/evening (2:00 PM to 5:30 PM), where you need to attend both shifts. Additionally, the descriptive English paper is usually combined with either FM or ESI.

Important Note: The information provided is a general guideline based on the past years’ shift timings, and the actual timings for your exam may differ

The entire RBI Grade B selection process, from the notification release to the final results, typically takes 6-7 months.

As per the latest RBI Grade B notification (mentioned on page number 13), here are the RBI Grade B interview centers:

• Ahmedabad (Gandhi Nagar)
• Jammu
• Bengaluru 
• Kanpur
• Bhopal
• Kochi
• Bhubaneswar
• Lucknow
• Kolkata 
• Mumbai (Navi Mumbai)
• Chandigarh (Mohali) 
• Nagpur
• Chennai 
• New Delhi (NCR)
• Guwahati 
• Patna
• Hyderabad 
• Pune
• Jaipur 
• Thiruvananthapuram

Details of your interview center will be mentioned in your interview call letter.

While the exact ratio isn’t officially published by RBI, the estimated RBI Grade B pre-to-mains selection ratio is 1:15, and the mains-to-interview selection ratio is 1:3. 

It means that candidates called for the mains are typically 15 times the number of vacancies across all categories. This narrows down to around 3 times the number of vacancies for the interview stage.