Every year, the RBI Assistant Exam is conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to fill the vacancies for the posts of Assistants in various branches of the RBI across India. RBI Assistant is responsible for maintaining records/files, document verification, ensuring financial stability, issuing & circulating new currency, day-to-day transactions, attending Government Treasury Work, replying to emails and more. Reserve Bank of India will soon release the RBI Assistant Notification 2024 for the Recruitment for the Post of Assistant – PY 2024 on its official website along with complete details for the exam.

RBI Assistant 2024 Exam

The selection process followed by RBI to select candidates for the post of Assistant is carried through three stages namely- Prelims, Mains and Language Proficiency Tests. The final result will be based on the marks scored in the Mains Exam and Language test. In this article, we have covered all the necessary information regarding RBI Assistant 2024 Exam. Lakhs of graduate candidates who were waiting for the RBI Assistant Exam 2024 must go through the complete article to know more about RBI Assistant Recruitment 2024, eligibility, salary, exam pattern, selection process, and other details.

RBI Assistant 2024 Notification

The official RBI Assistant Notification 2024 for various Assistant posts will be released shortly on the official website www.rbi.org.in. The official notification pdf with complete details for the posts including category-wise vacancies, eligibility criteria, exam pattern, syllabus, and the selection process will be released on the official website of RBI. The official notification PDF for the RBI Assistant 2023 exam is mentioned below for reference.

RBI Assistant Notification [Last year] - Click to Download PDF

RBI Assistant 2024- Exam Summary

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is responsible for recruiting eligible candidates at the national level for the post of RBI Assistant. For the candidates who are not clear about the RBI Assistant Recruitment process, we have provided a brief about RBI Assistant 2024 in the below table.

RBI Assistant Recruitment 2024
OrganisationReserve Bank of India (RBI)
PostAssistants
Exam LevelNational
VacanciesTo be notified
Application ModeOnline
CategoryBank Jobs
Exam ModeOnline
Application ModeOnline
Recruitment ProcessPrelims, Main Exams, Language Proficiency Test
Education QualificationGraduates or relevant degree
Age Limit20 years to 28 years
RBI Assistant SalaryRs. 45,050/-
RBI Official Websitewww.rbi.org.in

RBI Assistant Recruitment 2024- Important Dates 

RBI Assistant Notification 2024 with a complete schedule will be released on the official website. All important dates for the RBI Assistant 2024 exam will be updated in the table below as soon as the dates are announced with the RBI Assistant Notification 2024. 

RBI Assistant 2024- Important Dates 
ActivityDate
RBI Assistant Notification 2024--
RBI Assistant Apply Online Start Date--
Online Application Form Last Date--
Last Date to Pay Fees--
RBI Assistant Preliminary Exam Date --
RBI Assistant Mains Exam Date 2024--

RBI Assistant Vacancy 2024

RBI Assistant Vacancy 2024 will be announced along with RBI Assistant Notification 2024. Last year RBI had introduced 450 vacancies for Assistant posts. The category-wise & state-wise vacancy distribution has been updated below for RBI Assistant 2023.

RBI Assistant Vacancies [last year]
Office Reserved Vacancies* PwBD# EXS
SCSTOBC$EWS@GENTotalABCDEX- 1EX-2
Ahmedabad024161311(1)01(1)11
Bengaluru11(2)1185235801(1)12(1)26
Bhopal060151211(1)01(1)11
Bhubaneswar28(6)2161911(1)01(1)12
Chandigarh51(1)5282111(1)01(1)12
Chennai103181301(1)1(1)1(1)11
Guwahati1842112601(1)2(1)1(1)13
Hyderabad214161403(2)0011
Jaipur01103501(1)0001
Jammu40311018000012
Kanpur & Lucknow12195285514(3)1(1)3(2)25
Kolkata54021122011(1)1(1)12
Mumbai0150107610118(7)3(2)6(5)410
Nagpur06319191(1)2(1)0012
New Delhi1082172811(1)01(1)13
Patna1(1)13141001(1)1(1)001
Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi01(1)41101602(1)01(1)12
Total45(3)56(8)7137241450(11)8(1)30(24)10(7)20(7)2045

Note: “The Bank reserves the right to increase/decrease the number of vacancies as per the requirement or not fill up the vacancies”.

RBI Assistant 2024 Online Application

The Online Application Dates will be announced through the RBI Assistant 2024 Notification. The online registration process will be conducted only for a short duration. Click on the below link to learn more about the RBI Assistant Application Process.

RBI Assistant 2024 Online Application-Click to Apply 

RBI Assistant 2024 Application Fee

Candidates are required to pay Rs. 450 (for General and OBC Candidate) or Rs. 50 (for Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD) as their Application Fee for RBI Assistant 2024 Exam. He/She can pay the application fee online using net banking or by any credit/debit card.

Please note that no application fee is required to be paid by the RBI staff.

RBI Assistant 2024 Application Fee
CategoryAmount / Fee
For OBC/General CandidatesRs. 450/-
For SC/ST/PWD/EXS CandidatesRs. 50/-

RBI Assistant 2024 Eligibility

Nationality: A candidate is required to be (a) a citizen of India or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or 
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or 
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

RBI Assistant Age Limit

A candidate must range between 20 to 28 years of age to be eligible for the RBI Assistant 2024 Exam. Age relaxation is given to candidates belonging to the reserved category. The age relaxations granted by the Government of India are mentioned in the table below:

CategoryAge Relaxation
SC/ST5 Years i.e. up to 33 years
OBC3 Years i.e. up to 31 years
PwD10 Years for Gen
13 years for OBC
15 years for SC/ST
Ex-ServicemenTo the extent of service rendered by them in Armed Forces plus an additional period of 3 years subject to maximum of 50 years.
Widows/divorced women/ women judicially separated who are not re-married10 Years
Candidates, holding working experience of RBITo the extent of the number of years of such experience, subject to a maximum of 3 years.

RBI Assistant Educational Qualification 

A candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree with an aggregate of 50% (pass class for SC/ST/PwBD candidates) and above in any discipline to be eligible for the RBI Assistant 2024 Exam. He/She must hold knowledge of computers as well as have proficiency in the official language of the concerned state of Union Territory.

RBI Assistant 2024 Selection Process

RBI Assistant 2024 exam is going to be conducted in three phases [Prelims + Mains + Language Proficiency Test (LPT)]. The preliminary examination has three sections: Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability and English Language.

1. The mains exam has five different sections: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, Computer Knowledge and General Awareness.

2. There is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for the wrong answers attempted by the candidate. No marks will be deducted if the question is left unanswered or blank.

3. Check the RBI Assistant exam pattern for Prelims & Mains as mentioned in the previous year Notification PDF, any change/up-gradation in RBI Assistant 2024 Notification will be updated here.

RBI Assistant Previous Year Question Paper- Download PDF

RBI Assistant 2024 Exam Pattern

The knowledge about the complete RBI Assistant Exam Pattern is a must to secure good marks in the examination. In the below section, we have discussed the exam patterns for both prelims & mains examinations for your reference. 

RBI Assistant 2024 Prelims Exam Pattern

The candidates have to primarily appear in the RBI Assistant Prelims Exam, which is the screening stage to shortlist candidates for Mains Exam.

RBI Assistant 2024 Prelims Exam Pattern
SectionsNo. of QuestionsMaximum MarksDuration
English Language303020 minutes
Numerical Ability353520 minutes
Reasoning Ability353520 minutes
Total10010060 minutes

RBI Assistant 2024 Mains Exam Pattern

The candidates who qualify in the Prelims Exam will be eligible to appear for RBI Assistant Mains Exam for which the exam pattern has been mentioned below.

RBI Assistant 2024 Mains Exam Pattern
SectionsNo. of QuestionsMaximum MarksDuration
English Language404030 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude404030 minutes
Reasoning Ability404030 minutes
Computer Knowledge404020 minutes
General Awareness404025 minutes
Total200200135 minutes

Language Proficiency Test (LPT)

The candidates provisionally shortlisted from the main online examination will have to undergo a language proficiency test (LPT). Based on the score of the preliminary examination students are qualified for the Mains exam. All the candidates must qualify for these three rounds to ensure final selection to the post of Assistant in Reserve Bank of India.

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RBI Assistant 2024 Syllabus

The RBI Assistant 2024 Exam has a predefined syllabus for all the sections for both the preliminary examination and mains examination. The detailed RBI Assistant Syllabus 2024 of the examination is discussed below:

RBI Assistant 2024 Syllabus
English LanguageGeneral AwarenessQuantitative AptitudeComputer KnowledgeReasoning
Reading ComprehensionCurrent World NewsTime and DistanceLanguagesNumber Series
SynonymsCurrent India NewsTime and WorkBasic Hardware and SoftwareBlood Relations
AntonymsGeography ConceptsHCF and LCMHistory of ComputersAnalogy
Sentence CorrectionHistory ConceptsSimple and Compound InterestDevicesOdd Man Out
Word MeaningsPolitical ScienceProblems on Trains Number Series
 Current AffairsAverageCoding and Decoding
 Allegations and ComparisonDirections Based Concept
ProbabilityRow Arrangements
Permutation and CombinationSymbols
PipesStatement Reading, Understanding

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RBI Assistant 2024 Salary

The Basic Pay for an RBI Assistant is Rs. 20,700/- every month per month in the scale of Rs. 20700 – 1200 (3) – 24300 – 1440 (4) - 30060 – 1920 (6) – 41580 – 2080 (2) – 45740 – 2370 (3) – 52850 – 2850 – 55700 (20 years) and other allowances. In addition to the Basic Pay, Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance, Transport Allowance etc. are also granted to the RBI Assistant. Thus, the Gross Salary of an RBI Assistant ranges to approximately Rs. 45,050/- every month.

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RBI Assistant 2024 Admit Card & Call Letter

Candidates are required to download the RBI Assistant 2024 exam admit card from its official website as the admit card won’t be sent to candidates via post. To login to the official website, a candidate will require the following:

  • • Registration No./Roll No.
  • • Date of Birth/Password

The admit card/call letter will be issued to candidates in three phases:

  1. Online Preliminary Examination
  2. Online Mains Examination
  3. Language Proficiency Test (LPT)

RBI Assistant 2024 Result

Reserve Bank of India releases the result of the RBI Assistant 2024 exam within 1-2 weeks after the examination is over. Candidates who appeared for the RBI Assistant exam can check the result & Score Card at the official website. The result is released separately for each stage and the RBI Assistant final merit list will be prepared on the basis of the Mains exam and Language Proficiency Test.

RBI Assistant 2024 Cut Off

The cut-off for the RBI Assistant 2024 exam will be declared once the exams are conducted on both preliminary as well as main levels. The cut-off is expected to be the same as the last year’s. Let’s take a look at RBI Assistant Previous Year Cut Off:

Check RBI Assistant Cut-off marks for the Prelims exam for RBI Assistant Exam 2023.

RBI Assistant Prelims Cut Off 2021-22
RBI Zone NameSCSTOBCEWSGeneral
Ahmedabad82.2574.5082.2582.7587.25
Bengaluru76.757182.258082.75
Bhopal80.2576--8789.50
Bhubaneswar80.5079--87.5090.50
Chandigarh80.2580.2584.7587.5090.75
Chennai80.50--8677.7587.75
Guwahati79.2573.50--8286
Hyderabad8480.7588.508890.25
Jaipur798187.7586.7589.25
Jammu--69.5078.2578.7585.50
Kanpur & Lucknow7978.7585.2586.7589.25
Kolkata83.2573.25--8790.75
Mumbai-70--82.5085.25
Nagpur84728582.2587
New Delhi80--84.7585.7589.25
Patna8175--87.5089
Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi74.755784.507686.50
RBI Assistant Prelims Sectional Cut Off 2021-22
SectionsSC, ST, ALL- PWDOBC, OBC-EXSGENERAL, GEN-EXS
English (30)080911
Numerical Ability (35)101112
Reasoning Ability (35)111212
Total283135

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RBI Assistant Exam Centre 2024

Details of the RBI Assistant Prelims & Mains exam centre have been mentioned in the RBI Assistant Notification PDF.

States/UTRBI Assistant Prelims Exam CenterRBI Assistant Mains Exam Center
Andaman & NicobarPort BlairPort Blair
Andhra PradeshChirala, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, VizianagaramKakinada, Kurnool, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Arunachal PradeshNaharlagunNaharlagun
AssamDibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, TezpurGuwahati
BiharArrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Purnea,Darbhanga, Muzzafarpur, Patna
ChandigarhChandigarh/MohaliChandigarh/Mohali
ChhattisgarhBhilai, Raipur, BilaspurBhilai, Raipur
DelhiDelhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, GurgaonDelhi NCR
GoaPanajiPanaji
GujaratAhmedabad, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Anand, MehsanaAhmedabad, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
HaryanaHissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, AmbalaHissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra
Himachal PradeshBilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, UnaHamirpur
Jammu & KashmirJammu, SambaJammu
JharkhandBokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, RanchiDhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
KarnatakaBelagavi, Bengaluru, Kalaburgi, Hubli, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, UdipiBengaluru, Hubli, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Udipi
KeralaKannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, ThrichurKochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur
Madhya PradeshBhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, UjjainBhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Ujjain
MaharashtraAmravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, SataraAmravati, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune
ManipurImphalImphal
MeghalayaShillongShillong
MizoramAizawlAizawl
NagalandKohimaKohima
OdishaBalasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Rourkela, SambalpurBalasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Rourkela
PuducherryPuducherryPuducherry
PunjabAmritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, PatialaAmritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala
RajasthanAjmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, UdaipurAjmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sikar, Udaipur
SikkimGangtokGangtok
Tamil NaduChennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Namakkal, Salem, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, VelloreChennai, Coimbatore, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Vellore
TelanganaHyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal,Hyderabad
TripuraAgartalaAgartala
Uttar PradeshAgra, Aligarh, Ptayagraj, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi, MoradabadAgra, Aligarh, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi
UttarakhandDehradun, Haldwani, RoorkeeDehradun, Haldwani
West BengalAsansol, Greater Kolkata, Siliguri, HooghlyAsansol, Greater Kolkata, Kolkata, Siliguri

RBI Assistant Preparation

The preparation for the RBI Assistant exam must be done magnanimously keeping in mind the latest pattern and the syllabus of the exam. The students must choose the right set of books to prepare for their examination as the syllabus of RBI Assistant 2024 Exam is quite vast.

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RBI Assistant 2024: FAQs

Ans. The official RBI Assistant Notification 2024 will be released shortly at www.rbi.org.in.

Ans. The candidates will be shortlisted for RBI Assistant Posts through Prelims & Mains.

Ans. Rs. 450/- is the application fee for the General and OBC categories. Rs. 50/- for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD category.

The Basic Pay for an RBI Assistant is Rs. 14,650/- every month and the Gross Salary of an RBI Assistant ranges to approximately Rs. 36,091/- every month.

There will be negative marks for wrong answers. 1/4th (0.25 marks) will be deducted as a negative marking system for each wrong answer in both the RBI Assistant Preliminary and Mains examination.

RBI will announce the number of vacancies for Assistant posts through RBI Assistant Notification 2024.

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