RBI Grade B Syllabus 2021

The vast RBI Grade B syllabus contributes to the toughness of the exam.

As you already know by now the RBI Grade B Exam is conducted in 3 Phases (Prelims, Mains & Interview), which comprise 4 written papers (1 in Phase 1 & 3 in Phase 2).

The paper-wise syllabus for all 4 papers has been provided below, but before I discuss that let me tell a bit about the three streams that are available for your choice for the RBI Grade B Exam as I have also listed below the syllabus for different streams.

The available streams are the General stream, the DEPR or the "Department of Economic & Policy Research" stream, and the DSIM or the "Department of Statistics and Information Management" stream.

Now the General stream is what the majority of the RBI grade B aspirants opt for. As for the DEPR and DSIM streams, they are opted for by students mostly specializing in Economics and Statistics, respectively.

Coming back to the updated syllabus for 2021, they have been a few changes in the Phase 2 syllabi of ESI (Economic & Social Issues) and FM (Finance & Management).

In the sections below, I have mentioned the latest syllabus for the RBI Grade B exams of all the 3 streams. The source for the syllabus of all the phases of all 3 streams is the official notification from RBI for 2021: https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Content/PDFs/ADVTGBDRB092851E3E1C4D219C54676FA642772E.PDF#page=21

RBI Grade B Officer Syllabus Phase 1 (Prelims)

Now, the RBI Grade B Phase 1 Syllabus is composed of 4 sections: General Awareness, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning Ability.

All four sections are equally important as we not only have the final cut off but a sectional cut off too. So you should be able to score good marks in all four sections.

RBI Grade B Officer DEPR Syllabus:

The syllabus for the DEPR stream is set according to the role of the DEPR Cadre officers of RBI, which is to take care of the economic policies and analysis aspect of the RBI.

The RBI Grade B officer DEPR syllabus is as follows:

1. Papers on Economics would be of the standard that is concurrent with those of Master’s Degree examination in Economics of any Central University in India.
2. The English paper shall be set in a way so as to assess your writing skills including expression and understanding of a topic.

Let me also include the list of suggested study material for the same:

RBI publications like:

• Annual Reports
• Monetary Policy Report.
• Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India.
• Financial Stability Report.
• Economic Survey published by the Government of India of the past 2 years.

RBI Grade B Officer DSIM Syllabus:

The syllabus for the DSIM stream is set according to the role of the DSIM Cadre officers of RBI, which is to take care of the collection, compilation, and Statistical analysis & interpretation of all data related to banking, corporates, and the external sector among a host of other things.

The RBI Grade B officer DSIM syllabus is as follows

• Paper 1: Questions covering Probability: Probability Definition, Large and small sample theory, Analysis of Variance, Estimation, Standard distribution, Testing of Hypotheses, Estimation, Multivariate analysis, Stochastic Processes.
• Paper 2: Questions covering (i) Statistical Inference: Estimation, Testing of hypothesis and Non-parametric Test, (ii) Linear Models and Economic Statistics, (iii) Probability and Sampling, (iv) Stochastic Processes, (v) Multivariate analysis and (vi) Numerical Analysis and Basic Computer Techniques. Sufficient choices will be given for candidates to attempt the required number of questions from any three or more of the above six groups.
• Paper 3: The English paper shall be set in a way so as to assess your writing skills including expression and understanding of a topic.

Papers would be of the standard that is concurrent with those of Master’s Degree examination in any Central University in India.

Paper 1 is conducted online and comprises multiple-choice questions.

Paper 2 is a descriptive type pen/paper-based examination where the questions are displayed on the computer screen and is conducted in one session.

While Paper 3 is a descriptive type where the candidates are expected to type out answers on a computer.

With that, we come to the end of the section of the RBI Grade B syllabus.

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