Selection Process

• Preliminary Examination (Objective Type)
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• Main Examination (Objective/Written Type)
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• Personality Test(Interview)

Educational Qualifications:

A candidate must possess the minimum qualification of Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. The candidate should have passed in English as one of the subjects at SSC/ HSC/Intermediate/ Graduation level. Candidate should possess a certificate in proof of passing the qualifying examination.

Age limit:

Minimum: 18 years

Maximum: 30 years

IBPS RRB Officers (Scale-1) 2019 Salary

Approximate salary of RRB Officer (Scale 1) is 33000 - 37000 and it may vary from bank to bank. And other allowances as may be admissible under the rules in force from time to time. 

IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Exam Pattern

IBPS RRB Officer Grade Exam is conducted in 3 different phases:

1. Preliminary Exam
2. Mains Exam
3. Interview Process 

IBPS RRB Officer(Scale-1) Preliminary Exam Pattern

The IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 Syllabus for Prelims includes a total of 80 questions from 2 sections –Reasoning and Numerical Ability – and must be completed within a composite time of 45 minutes.

IBPS RRB Officer(Scale-1)  Mains Exam Pattern:

IBPS RRB Officers (Scale-1) Mains exam will contain 200 questions and time allotted will be 120 minutes. The pattern of the Mains exam is given below:

Syllabus for Prelims

Reasoning

1. Puzzles
2. Seating Arrangements
3. Direction Sense
4. Blood Relation
5. Syllogism
6. Order and Ranking
7. Coding-Decoding
8. Machine Input-Output
9. Inequalities
10. Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series
11. Data Sufficiency
12. Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Statement & Conclusion, Argument and Cause & Effect)

Numerical Ability

1. Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart)
2. Inequalities (Quadratic Equations)
3. Number Series
4. Approximation and Simplification
5. Data Sufficiency
6. Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Alligation, Pipes and Cisterns).

Syllabus for Mains

English Language

1. Reading Comprehension
2. Cloze Test
3. Fillers
4. Sentence Errors
5. Vocabulary based questions
6. Sentence Improvement
7. Jumbled Paragraph
8. Word Usage
9. Phrase/Connectors
10. Paragraph related question (Para connectors, para completion, para restatement, paragraph inference, para fillers)

General Awareness

1. Banking and Insurance Awareness
2. Financial Awareness
3. Govt. Schemes and Policies
4. Current Affairs
5. Static Awareness

Computer Knowledge

1. History and Generation of Computers
2. Introduction to Computer Organisation
3. Computer Memory
4. Computer Hardware and I/O Devices
5. Computer Software
6. Computer Languages
7. Operating System
8. Computer Network
9. Internet
10. MS Office Suit and Shortcut keys
11. Basics of DBMS
12. Number System and Conversions
13. Computer and Network Security

Hindi Language

1. विपरीतार्थक शब्द
2. पर्यायवाची शब्द
3. मुहावरे तथा लोकोक्तियां
4. गुढार्थी (क्लोज टाइप) प्रकार का गद्यांश
5. वाक्यक्रम व्यवस्थापन
6. वाक् यों में त्रुटियाँ
7. वाक्यों में रिक्त-स्थानों की पूर्ति
8. वर्तनी अशुद्धियाँ
9. वाक्यांश के लिए एक शब्द
10. अपठित गद्यांश

Interview process for IBPS RRB officer scale-I

Candidates who have been shortlisted in the main examination for the post of officer scale I will be called for interview.

The total marks for interview is 100. The minimum marks required to crack the interview is 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates)

The final score will be decided on the basis of marks obtained in the online mains examination and interview.

Local language proficiency

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• Candidates who have already studied the language of the state in standard –vii in government recognized boards of education would be considered proficient in that language.
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• If the candidate does not fulfill the above criteria then he/she will be given a time period of six months from the date of joining to learn local language proficiency.
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• Six months can be extended by the boards of RRB and such extension shall not be beyond the extension period.