Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the syllabus for the RBI Grade B (DR)- General, DSIM, and DEPR separately. Candidates seeking to take one of the above-mentioned examinations can check the syllabus from below. Along with the syllabus, the official body has also recommended some books for the preparation purpose. Candidates must stick to the prescribed syllabus and books for their preparation and qualifying the exam. As per the official notification the exam pattern for every exam is different and carries different weightage. Candidates must check from below the following syllabus, books and exam pattern to be followed in the examination.
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RBI Grade B 2019 Syllabus, Best Books, Exam Pattern
RBI has released the official notification conatining the important recommneded books and paper wise syllabus to be followed by the candidate for strategically preparing for the exam. Candidates can check the detailed syllabus of each subject from below.
Syllabus for RBI Grade B (DR) -General Phase 2
The paper wise syllabus for the examination is posted below, candidates can refer to this while preparing for the same.
Paper-I – Economic and Social Issues:
- Growth and Development
- Measurement of growth: National Income and per capita income
- Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India
- Sustainable Development and Environmental issues.
- Economic Reforms in India
- Industrial and Labour Policy
- Monetary and Fiscal Policy
- Privatization
- Role of Economic Planning. Globalization
- Opening up of the Indian Economy
- Balance of Payments,
- Export-Import Policy
- International Economic Institutions
- IMF and World Bank – WTO
- RegionalEconomic Co-operation.
- Social Structure in India
- Multiculturalism
- Demographic Trends
- Urbanization and Migration
- Gender Issues
- Social Justice : Positive Discrimination in favor of the under privileged
- Social Movements
- Indian Political System
- Human Development
- Social Sectors in India health and Education.
Paper-II -English (Writing Skills):
The paper on English shall be framed in a manner to assess the writing skills including expression and understanding of the topic.
Paper-III -Finance and Management:
(a) Financial System
- Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions
- Reserve Bank of India- functions and conduct of monetary policy, Banking System in India,
Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM, NABARD, NHB, etc.
(b)Financial Markets
Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments.
(c) General Topics
- Risk Management in Banking Sector
- Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures and Swap
- Changing Landscape of Banking sector
- Recent Developments in the Financial Sector, Portfolio Investment, Public Sector Reforms,Disinvestments
- Financial Inclusion- use of technology
- Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
- Corporate Governance in Banking Sector, role of e-governance in addressing the issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government sector.
- The Union Budget – Direct and Indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, Thirteenth Finance Commission and GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM),
- Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI – components and trends.
Management
- Management: its nature and scope
- The Management Processes; Planning, Organisation, Staffing, Directing and Controlling
- The Role of a Manager in an Organisation.
- Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader
- Leadership Styles; Leadership Theories; A successful Leader versus an effective Leader. Human Resource Development: Concept of HRD
- Goals of HRD
- Performance Appraisal – Potential appraisal and development – Feedback and Performance Counselling – Career Planning – Training and Development – Rewards – Employee Welfare. Motivation
- Morale and Incentives: Theories of Motivation
- How Managers Motivate
- Concept of Morale
- Factors determining morale
- Role of Incentives in Building up Morale.
- Communication: Steps in the Communication Process
- Communication Channels
- Oral versus Written Communication
- Verbal versus non-verbal Communication
- upward, downward and lateral communication
- Barriers to Communication
- Role of Information Technology
- Corporate Governance: Factors affecting Corporate Governance
- Mechanisms of Corporate Governance.
RBI Grade B Recommended Books 2019
For Economics
| Indian Economy: Uma Kapila. | Click here |
| Indian Economy: Mishra Puri. | Click here |
| Growth And Development: Devraj Ray | Click here |
| Sociology: C.N. Shankar Rao | Click here |
For Finance
| An introduction to Economics – A W Stonier and D C Hauge | Click here |
| Monetary Theory and Public Policy – Kenneth Kurihara | Click here |
| Indian Economy – Mishra and Puri | Click here |
| Financial Management – Prasanna Chandra | Click here |
Syllabus for RBI Grade B (DR) – DEPR
- Standard syllabus for economics would be that of a master’s degree in economics of any central university in India.
- Syllabus for English contains the following:
1. Precis writing
2. Comprehension and Business/Office Correspondence
Recommended reading for RBI Grade B(DR) – DEPR
RBI publications viz., Annual Report, Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India, Monetary Policy Report and the Financial Stability Report and the Economic Survey published by the Government of India over the previous two years.
Syllabus for RBI Grade B (DR) – DSIM
Standard of paper is that of the Master’s degree examination of any central university in India.
Paper 1: Questions would cover Probability: Definition of Probability, Standard distribution,Large and small sample theory, Analysis of Variance, Estimation, Testing of Hypotheses, Multivariate analysis and Stochastic Processes.
Paper 2: Questions would cover (i) Probability and Sampling, (ii) Linear Models and Economic Statistics, (iii) Statistical Inference: Estimation, Testing of hypothesis and Non-parametric Test, (iv) Stochastic Processes, (v) Multivariate analysis and (vi) Numerical Analysis and Basic Computer Techniques.
Paper 3: English: Essay, Précis writing, Comprehension and Business/Office
Correspondence.
RBI Grade B 2019 Exam Pattern
Down below candidates can find the separate exam patterns for RBI Grade B (DR)- General, Department of Economic and Policy Research (DEPR) and Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM).
Exam pattern for RBI Grade B (DR)- General phase 1
Mode: The paper is conducted in an online mode.
Total Marks: Phase 1 paper is of 200 marks
Duration: Total duration of the paper is 120 minutes.
No. of sections: There is a total of 4 sections in the paper these are:
- General Awareness
- English language
- Quantitative Aptitude
- Reasoning
Phase 2 Examination:
Mode: paper is conducted in an online mode:
Duration: Total duration of the exam is 270 minutes each paper of 90 minutes.
Total marks: Exam is of 300 marks.
Type of questions: Consist of both objective and descriptive types of questions
| Name of the paper | Type of paper | Marks |
| Paper 1: Economic and social causes | Objective Type | 100 |
| Paper 2: English (writing skills) | Descriptive Type ( With the help of keyboard) | 100 |
| Paper 3: Finance and management | Objective type | 100 |
Exam pattern for RBI Grade B (DR)- DEPR
Mode: Paper is held in both online and written examination format.
Type of questions: It consists of both objective and descriptive type of questions.
Max. Marks: The total marks of the paper is 300 marks.
| Name of the paper | Duration | Marks |
| Paper 1: Economics (Objective type) | 120 minutes | 100 |
| Paper 2: Economics ( Descriptive) | 180 minutes | 100 |
| Paper 3: English (Descriptive) | 90 minutes | 100 |
Exam pattern for RBI Grade B (DR)- DSIM
Mode: Paper is held in both online and written examination format.
Type of questions: It consists of both objective and descriptive type of questions.
Max. Marks: The total marks of the paper is 300 marks.
| Name of the paper | Duration | Marks |
| Paper 1: Statistics (Objective type) | 120 minutes | 100 |
| Paper 2: Statistics ( Descriptive) | 180 minutes | 100 |
| Paper 3: English (Descriptive) | 90 minutes | 100 |
