RBI Grade B Syllabus 2026 for Prelims, Mains and Interview Round

• General (Prelims)- Objective
• General (Mains)- Objective & Descriptive
• DEPR/DSIM- Objective & Descriptive
• Interview (For all posts)

• Prelims: 200
• Mains: 300
• Interview: 75

• Prelims: 200
• Mains: 60 (MCQs) and 15 Descriptive

• Phase 1: 1/4th marks (.25 marks)
• Phase 2: 1/4th marks in the objective papers but 
  there is no negative marking for the descriptive paper

• Objective - 30 Questions
• Descriptive - 6 Questions (to be attempted - 4)

50
50

Total-100

30 minutes 
90 minutes

Total-120 minutes

• Descriptive - 3 Questions 
  (Precis, RCs, & Essay)

• Objective - 30 Questions
• Descriptive - 6 Questions (to be attempted - 4)

50
50

Total-100

30 minutes
90 minutes

Total-120 minutes

1. Growth and Development 

1. Measurement of growth- National Income and per capita income
2. Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India
3. Sustainable Development
4. Environmental issues

2. Indian Economy 

1. Economic History of India
2. Changes in Industrial and Labour Policy
3. Monetary and Fiscal Policy since reforms of 1991
4. Priorities and recommendations of Economic Survey and Union Budget
5. Indian Money and Financial Markets: Linkages with the economy
6. Role of Indian banks and Reserve Bank in the development process
7. Public Finance
8. Political Economy
9. Industrial Developments in India
10. Indian Agriculture
11. Services sector in India

3. Globalization

1. Opening up of the Indian Economy
2. Balance of Payments
3. Export-Import Policy
4. International Economic Institutions
5. IMF and World Bank
6. WTO
7. Regional Economic Cooperation
8. International Economic Issues

4. Social Structure in India 

1. Multiculturalism
2. Demographic Trends
3. Urbanisation and Migration
4. Gender Issues
5. Social Justice: Positive Discrimination in favour of the underprivileged
6. Social Movements
7. Indian Political System
8. Human Development
9. Social Sectors in India
10. Health and Education

1. Financial System

1. Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions
2. Reserve Bank of India- functions and conduct of monetary policy
3. Banking System in India – Structure and concerns, Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM Bank, NABARD, NHB, etc, Changing landscape of banking sector.
4. Impact of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-08 and the Indian response

2. Financial Markets

1. Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments.

3. General Topics

1. Risk Management in Banking Sector
2. Basics of Derivatives
3. Global financial markets and International Banking – broad trends and latest developments.
4. Financial Inclusion
5. Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
6. Corporate Governance in Banking Sector, role of e-governance in addressing issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government sector.
7. The Union Budget – Concepts, approach and broad trends
8. Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI - components and trends; striking a balance between inflation and growth through monetary and fiscal policies.
9. FinTech

1. Fundamentals of Management & Organizational Behaviour

1. Introduction to management
2. Evolution of management thought
3. Scientific, Administrative, Human Relations
4. Systems approach to management
5. Management functions and Managerial roles
6. Nudge theory
7. Meaning & concept of organizational behaviour
8. Personality: meaning, factors affecting personality, Big five model of personality
9. Concept of reinforcement
10. Perception: concept, perceptual errors
11. Motivation: Concept, importance
12. Content theories (Maslow’s need theory, Alderfers’ ERG theory, McCllelands’ theory of needs, Herzberg’s two-factor theory)
13. Process theories (Adams equity theory, Vrooms expectancy theory).
14. Leadership: Concept, Theories (Trait, Behavioural, Contingency, Charismatic, Transactional and Transformational Leadership
15. Emotional Intelligence: Concept, Importance, Dimensions.
16. Analysis of Interpersonal Relationship: Transactional Analysis, Johari Window
17. Conflict: Concept, Sources, Types, Management of Conflict
18. Organizational Change: Concept, Kurt Lewin Theory of Change
19. Organizational Development (OD): Organisational Change, Strategies for Change, Theories of Planned Change (Lewin’s change model, Action research model, Positive model).

2. Ethics at the Workplace and Corporate Governance

1. Meaning of ethics, why ethical problems occur in the business
2. Theories of ethics: Utilitarianism: weighing social cost and benefits, rights and duties, Justice and fairness, ethics of care, integrating utility, rights, justice and caring
3. An alternative to moral principles: virtue ethics, teleological theories, egoism theory, relativism theory
4. Moral issues in business: Ethics in Compliance, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, etc
5. Ethical Principles in Business: introduction, Organization Structure and Ethics, Role of Board of Directors, Best Practices in Ethics Programme, Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct, etc.
6. Corporate Governance: Factors affecting Corporate Governance; Mechanisms of Corporate Governance
7. Communication: Steps in the Communication Process; Communication Channels; Oral versus Written Communication; Verbal versus non-verbal Communication; upward, downward and lateral communication
8. Barriers to Communication
9. Role of Information Technology

Probability

1. Definition of Probability
2. Standard distribution
3. Large and small sample theory
4. Analysis of Variance
5. Estimation
6. Testing of Hypotheses
7. Multivariate analysis
8. Stochastic Processes

1. Probability and Sampling
2. Linear Models and Economic Statistics
3. Statistical Inference: Estimation, Testing of hypothesis and Non-parametric Test
4. Stochastic Processes
5. Multivariate analysis
6. Numerical Analysis and Basic Computer Techniques