IBPS RRB
IBPS conducts the IBPS RRB every year for the recruitment of candidates for various posts in different Regional Rural Banks.
Here we are going to discuss exam information such as Exam Calendar, Eligibility Criteria, Exam Pattern and Syllabus, Selection Process and various details of the exam.

POSTS:

IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Multipurpose)
IBPS RRB Officer Scale- 1
IBPS RRB Officer Scale- 2 (Agriculture Officer)
IBPS RRB Officer Scale-2 (Marketing Officer)
IBPS RRB Officer Scale- 2 (Treasury Officer)
IBPS RRB Officer Scale- 2 (Law)
IBPS RRB Officer Scale- 2 (CA)
IBPS RRB Officer Scale- 2 (IT)
Officer Scale- 2 (General Banking Officer)
Officer Scale- 3

HOW TO APPLY ONLINE FOR IBPS RRB?

Step 1: IBPS RRB Registration

Visit the official website, https://ibps.in/
Click on Click Here to Apply Online for CRP RRBs-VIII”, then click on tab “Click Here For New Registration”
Now, Click on the Post you want to apply for.
Now enter your Name, Mobile Number, Email ID and Security pin in the registration form.
A registration number and password will be sent to you as SMS and email.

Step 2: Upload scanned documents

Login using registration number and password.
Upload scanned images of your passport size photograph, signature, thumb impression and handwritten declaration in prescribed specifications.

Documents	Size	Pixels	Format
Photograph	20-50 kb	200230	jpg, jpeg
Signature	10-20 kb	140*60	jpg, jpeg
Thumb Impression	20-100 kb	240240	jpg, jpeg
Handwritten Declaration	50-100 kb	800*400	jpg, jpeg

The text for the handwritten declaration is as follows - “I, ______( name of the candidate), hereby declare that all the information submitted by me in the application form is correct, true,and valid. I will present the supporting documents as and when required.

Step 3: Fill IBPS RRB application form

Candidates will have to enter their personal, communication, and educational qualification details.
Under the survey tab, mention the choice of organisations where you desire to be recruited and preview the details mentioned in the form.
After filling in the details, click on ‘I agree’ to declare that the information entered in the form is authentic and true.
The details cannot be changed after submission of the form so please be very careful. Preview the details and then click on Submit.

Step 4. Pay IBPS RRB application fees

The application fees can be paid in online mode via Debit cards( RuPay/ Visa/ Master Card/ Maestro ), Credit cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets. The registration fees can vary depending on the category of candidates

Post	Category	Application Fees
Officer-Scale I, II & III and Office Assistant (Multipurpose)	SC/ ST/PWD/Ex- Servicemen	Rs. 100
Officer-Scale I, II & III and Office Assistant (Multipurpose)	General/ OBC/ EWS	Rs. 600

Note: Candidates are advised to download the filled-in application form and e-receipt of fee payment for future reference.

ELIGIBILITY AND OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

Candidates must ensure that they fulfil the eligibility requirements before applying for the recruitment exam. The various criteria are as stated below:

Post	Age Limit
Office Assistant	18-28 years
Officer Scale 1	18-30 years
Officer Scale 2	21-32 years
Officer Scale 3	21-40 years

Category wise age relaxation is given in the table below:

Category	Age relaxation
SC/ST	5 years
OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)	3 years
Persons With Disabilities (PWD)	10 years
Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen	(for the post of Office Assistants) the actual period of service rendered in the defense forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subjects to a maximum age limit of 50 years
Ex- servicemen commissioned officers, including ECOs/ SSCOs	(for the post of Officers) 5 years
Widows, Divorced women, and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried	(only for the post of Office Assistants) 9 years
Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989	5 years
Persons affected by 1984 riots	5 years

Eligibility Criteria ( Nationality):
The eligibility as per the nationality and citizenship in terms of IBPS PO exam is given below:

Candidate must be a citizen of India
A resident of Bhutan or Nepal
A refugee from Tibet, who has migrated and intends to stay in India permanently.
People of Indian origin who have migrated from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar and East African countries with the intention of settling in India permanently.

Eligibility Criteria (Education):
The following table represents the educational qualifications required of candidates to appear in the exams conducted for IBPS RRBs:

Post	Educational Qualifications	Experience
Office Assistant (Multipurpose)	Degree in any discipline. Proficiency in the local language. Knowledge of Computer skills.	–
Officer Scale-I (Assistant Manager)	Degree in any discipline. Candidates having a degree in Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy will be given preference. Proficiency in the local language. Knowledge of Computer skills.	–
Officer Scale-II General Banking Officer	Degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks. Candidates having a degree in Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy will be given preference.	2 Years as an Officer in a Bank or Financial Institution
Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (IT)	Degree in Electronics / Communication / Computer Science / Information Technology with a minimum of 50% marks Certification in ASP, PHP, C++, Java, VB, VC, OCP, etc will be given preference.	1 Year
Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (CA)	Certified Associate (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.	1 year
Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (LA)	Degree in Law with a minimum of 50% marks.	2 years as an advocate OR should have worked as Law Officer in Banks or Financial Institutions
Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (Treasury Manager)	Certified Associate (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India OR MBA in Finance.	1 year
Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (Marketing Officer)	MBA in Marketing.	1 year
Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (Agriculture Officer)	Degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Dairy, Animal Husbandry, Forestry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisci-culture with a minimum of 50% marks.	2 years
Officer Scale-III	Degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks. Candidates having Degree/Diploma in Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Pisci-culture, Agricultural Marketing and Co-operation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy will be given preference.	5 Years as an Officer in a Bank or Financial Institution

What is the EWS category ?
EWS (economically weaker sections) are those applicants who are not covered under the existing reservations to SC, ST and OBC and whose family gross annual income is less than 8 lakhs. They get the benefit of 10% reservation in the vacancies reported by IBPS.
Few important points to remember:
The income from all the sources such as salary, agriculture, profession, business etc will be included in revenue and it will be included in the revenue. The income will be the income from the financial year preceding the year of application.
The person whose family has following assets will not be considered as EWSs irrespective of their family income:

Serial no.	Assets
1.	5 acres of agricultural land and above
2.	Residential flat of 1000 sq. ft. and above
3.	Residential plot of 100 sq. yards and above in notified municipalities
4.	Residential plot of 200 sq. yards and above in areas other than the notified municipalities

The property owned by a “Family” in different locations would be clubbed while applying the property holding test to determine EWS status.
The term “Family” will include the person who seeks the benefit of reservation, his/her parents and siblings below the age of 18 years, and also his/her spouse and children below the age of 18 years.
An Income and Asset Certificate issued by a Competent Authority in the prescribed format will have to be produced to avail the benefit of EWS reservation at the time of document verification and interview round of IBPS RRB Selection Process.
What is the PwD category?
Under section 34 of “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”, persons with benchmark disabilities are eligible for Reservation as per the government of India norms. The following categories of disabilities can avail reservation under this Act:

Blindness and low vision
Deaf and hard of hearing
Locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, and muscular dystrophy
Autism, intellectual disability, mental illness, and specific learning disability
Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness in the posts identified for each disability

Vacancies reserved for the persons with benchmark disabilities will be allocated as prescribed in the “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016” and as per vacancies reported to IBPS by Participating banks.
Guidelines for Pwd using a scribe :
Candidates with minimum benchmark disability whose writing speed are adversely affected permanently for any reason can use their scribe at their cost during IBPS RRB 2021 exam. Following rules will be applied to use a scribe:

Serial no.	Regulations
1.	Arrange scribe at your own cost. It can be from any educational background. Candidates using a scribe will be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes or otherwise advised for every hour of the examination. The candidate, as well as the scribe, will have to submit a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe fulfills all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe. If at any stage of the exam, it is found out that the scribe did not fulfill any laid down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts then the candidature of the applicant will be canceled, irrespective of the result of the exam.
2.	The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the online examination under (IBPS RRB) If a violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process, the candidature of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled.
3.	Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of a scribe in the examination have to apply for the same in the IBPS RRB Application Form. Any subsequent request will not be entertained.
4.	Only candidates registered for compensatory time will be allowed such concessions since compensatory time given to candidates shall be system based, if they are not registered for the same, no such concessions will be entertained further.

Locomotor Disability and Cerebral Palsy Candidates:
Candidates with a minimum of 40% Locomotor Disability and Cerebral Palsy where dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of function will be permitted a compensatory time of twenty minutes per hour or otherwise advised.

Guidelines for Visually Impaired Candidates:
Candidates who are Visually Impaired suffering from not less than 40% of disability may opt to view the contents of the test (question paper) in magnified font and all such candidates will be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour or otherwise advised of examination. The facility of viewing the contents of the test in magnifying font will only be available to Visually Impaired candidates who will not use the services of a Scribe for the examination.

Guidelines for Intellectually Disabled Candidates
Candidates with more than 40% Intellectual Disability, Autism, Specific Learning Disability, and Mental Illness will be provided a compensatory time of twenty minutes per hour of examination, irrespective of availing the services of a scribe.

SCHEME AND PATTERN:

IBPS RRB EXAM PATTERN - OFFICE ASSISTANT
Candidate appearing for the Office Assistant exam has to go through the two phase of Exams:

Preliminary
Mains
OFFICE ASSISTANT PRELIMS EXAM PATTERN-

Serial No.	Name of sections	No. of questions	Maximum Marks	Duration	Medium
1.	Reasoning Ability	40	40		English & Hindi
2.	Numerical Ability	40	40		English & Hindi
	Total	80	80	45 minutes

OFFICE ASSISTANT MAINS EXAM PATTERN-

Serial No.	Name of sections	No. of questions	Maximum Marks	Duration	Medium
1.	English/ Hindi language	40	40		English & Hindi
2.	Reasoning Ability	40	50		English & Hindi
3.	Numerical Ability	40	50		English & Hindi
4.	General Awareness	40	40		English & Hindi
5.	Computer knowledge	40	20
	Total	200	200	2 hours

NOTE: There is no further process of interview after Mains to get recruited as Office Assistant. The marks scored only in the Mains exam will be considered for the final merit listing.

IBPS RRB EXAM PATTERN - OFFICER SCALE 1
Candidate appearing for the Officer Scale - 1 exam has to go through the three phase of Exams:

Preliminary
Mains
Interview

OFFICER SCALE 1 PRELIMS EXAM PATTERN-

Serial No.	Name of sections	No. of questions	Maximum Marks	Duration	Medium
1.	Reasoning Ability	40	40		English & Hindi
2.	Numerical Ability	40	40		English & Hindi
	Total	80	80	45 minutes

OFFICER SCALE 1 MAINS EXAM PATTERN-

Serial No.	Name of sections	No. of questions	Maximum Marks	Duration	Medium
1.	English/ Hindi language	40	40		English & Hindi
2.	Reasoning Ability	40	50		English & Hindi
3.	Numerical Ability	40	50		English & Hindi
4.	General Awareness	40	40		English & Hindi
5.	Computer knowledge	40	20
	Total	200	200	2 hours

IBPS RRB EXAM PATTERN - OFFICER SCALE 2

Candidates applying for officer Scale 2 will have to appear for only a single examination and on clearing the same, the candidate has to appear in the final interview to get recruited in the RRBs. Scale 2 has 2 posts to offer. They are as follows:
Scale 2 - General Banking Officer
Scale 2 - Specialist Cadre

Exam Pattern for General Banking Officer

Serial No.	Name of sections	No. of questions	Maximum Marks	Duration	Medium
1.	English/ Hindi language	40	40		English & Hindi
2.	Reasoning Ability	40	50		English & Hindi
3.	Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation	40	50		English & Hindi
4.	Financial Awareness	40	40		English & Hindi
5.	Computer knowledge	40	20
	Total	200	200	2 hours

Exam Pattern for Specialist Cadre

Serial No.	Name of sections	No. of questions	Maximum Marks	Duration	Medium
1.	English/ Hindi language	40	20		English & Hindi
2.	Reasoning Ability	40	40		English & Hindi
3.	Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation	40	40		English & Hindi
4.	Financial Awareness	40	40		English & Hindi
5.	Computer knowledge	40	20
6.	Professional Knowledge	40	40
	Total	200	200	2 hours 30 minutes

Note: For the post of Scale 2 (Generalist and Specialist), marks obtained only in the single level examination will be considered for shortlisting for interview and final merit listing.

IBPS RRB EXAM PATTERN - OFFICER SCALE 3

Candidates applying for officer Scale 3 will have to appear for only a single examination and on clearing the same, the candidate has to appear in the final interview to get recruited in the RRBs.

Serial No.	Name of sections	No. of questions	Maximum Marks	Duration	Medium
1.	English/ Hindi language	40	40		English & Hindi
2.	Reasoning Ability	40	50		English & Hindi
3.	Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation	40	50		English & Hindi
4.	Financial Awareness	40	40		English & Hindi
5.	Computer knowledge	40	20
	Total	200	200	2 hours

SYLLABUS AND KEY TOPICS:

The syllabus of IBPS OFFICE ASSISTANT AND OFFICER SCALE 1 constitute of following sections:

Reasoning
Quantitative Aptitude
Computer Knowledge
General Awareness and
English Language / Hindi Language

The syllabus of OFFICER SCALE 2 (GENERAL BANKING OFFICER) and OFFICER SCALE 3 constitutes of following sections:

Reasoning

Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation

Computer Knowledge
Financial Awareness and
English Language / Hindi Language

The syllabus of OFFICER SCALE 2 (SPECIALIST CADRE) constitutes of following sections:

Reasoning
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation
Computer Knowledge
Professional Knowledge and
English Language / Hindi Language

The syllabus for all the subjects is given below in tabular format:

Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude	English or Hindi Language	General Awareness	Computer Knowledge	Financial Awareness
Puzzles - Seating Arrangement: Circular/Direction-based/MISC Number Series Odd man out Coding-Decoding Blood Relation Analogy Syllogism Alphabet Test Ranking and Time Causes and Effects Direction Sense Figure Series Word Formation Statement and Assumption Assertion and Reason Statement and Conclusion Statement and Arguments Statements and Action Courses	Number System Data Interpretation - Bar Graph, Line Graph & Pie chart HCF & LCM Profit & Loss Simple Interest & Compound Interest Time & Work Time & Distance Decimal & Fraction Averages Simplification Partnership Percentages Ratio & Proportion Averages Case Studies Charts and Graphs Permutation & Combination Probability	Reading Comprehensions Grammar / Vyakaran Spotting Errors Fill in the Blanks Misspelled Words Jumbled Words Rearrangement of Sentence Jumbled up sentences Idioms and Phrases Cloze Tests One word Substitution Antonyms and Synonyms	Current Affairs, National & International Sports Abbreviations Currencies & Capitals General Science Government Schemes & Policies Banking Awareness RBI National Parks & Sanctuaries	Fundamentals of Computer History of Computers Future of Computers Basic Knowledge of Internet Networking Software & Hardware Abbreviations Shortcut Keys MS Office Database Security Tools Virus Hacking Trojans Input and Output Devices Computer Languages	Current events in Financial World Monetary Policy Budget Economic Survey Banking Banking Reforms in India Bank Accounts of Special Individuals Loans Asset Reconstruction Companies Non Performing Assets Restructuring of Loans Bad Loans Risk Management BASEL I BASEL II BASEL III Organisations - RBI, SEBI, IMF, World Bank & Others

SALARY, PERKS, ALLOWANCES OF IBPS RRB:

RRB offers a handsome and lucrative salary along with various perks to its employees, which is the main factor due to which lakhs of candidates apply every year. The banking aspirants who are interested in a career in rural banks can know the detailed salary structure, allowances, job profile from the table given below:
In hand salary of different RRB posts:

Posts	In Hand Salary
IBPS RRB Office Assistant	Rs. 15,000-20,000
IBPS RRB officer (PO)	Rs. 29,000-33,000
IBPS RRB Officer Scale 2	Rs. 33,000-39,000
IBPS RRB Officer Scale 3	Rs. 38,000-44,000

IBPS RRB OFFICER SCALE 1 (PO)

Pay Scale	Allowances
23700-980/7-30560-1145/2-32850-1310/7-42020.	Dearness Allowance – 75.9% of basic pay
	House Rent Allowance – 7% of basic pay
	Special Allowances – 7.75% of basic pay
	Other Allowances such as: Travel Allowance Newspaper Allowance (INR 200 per month) Medical Reimbursement (INR 8000 per year for Scale I) Entertainment (INR 400 for 3 months and INR 1200 per year for PO) Leased Accommodation Miscellaneous

IBPS RRB OFFICE ASSISTANT (Clerk)

Pay Scale	Allowances
7200-(400/3)-8400-(500/3)-9900-(600/4)-12300-(700/7)-17200-(1300/1)-18500-(800/1)-19300.	Dearness Allowance – 75.9% of basic pay
	House Rent Allowance – 7% of basic pay
	Special Allowances – 7.75% of basic pay
	Other Allowances such as: Travel Allowance Newspaper Allowance (INR 200 per month) Medical Reimbursement (INR 2200 for Office Assistant) Entertainment Leased Accommodation Miscellaneous

PROMOTION AND CAREER GROWTH:

After serving a period of 2 years as a Probationary Officer or a period of 1 year as an Office Assistant employees are eligible for the promotion. It is completely based on the Employer’s performance. Below mentioned are the posts offered to the IBPS RRB Officer scale 1 after promotion:

IBPS RRB Officer Scale I (PO)
Assistant manager
Deputy Manager
Branch Manager
Senior Branch Manager
Chief Manager
Assistant General Manager
Deputy General Manager
General Manager

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