RBI Assistant Exam Analysis 2024: Exam Review, Good Attempts

Reserve Bank of India Assistant 2024 ( RBI Assistant )

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Anangsha PatraDeputy Manager – Editorial

Updated on Dec 4, 2024 15:15 IST

RBI Assistant Exam Analysis 2024: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducts RBI Assistant exam to select candidates for the post of Assistant in the bank. RBI Assistant exam analysis will be released separately for the prelims and mains exams. According to the previous years' RBI Assistant exam analysis, the difficulty level of the prelims paper was easy to moderate. The difficulty level of the mains paper was moderate. The exam analysis of RBI Assistant highlights the section-wise and overall difficulty levels, number of good attempts, topic-wise number of questions asked in the exam. The total marks allotted to the prelims exam are 100 whereas the mains exam carries 200 marks. Read below for more details on the exam analysis of RBI Assistant.

Q:   Is the RBI Assistant exam tough to crack?

A:
It is not difficult to crack RBI Assistant exam if candidates follow the syllabus and an effective preparation strategy. To score well in the exam, candidates need to practice sample/question papers, attempt mock tests, analyse their preparation level. Candidates must also find out their strengths and weakness. They should work upon improving their weak areas. The tips and tricks to crack RBI Assistant exam are books given: RBI Assistant Prelims Exam The level of questions asked in the prelims exam is easy. Candidates can prepare for the prelims exam by following the tips given below: Candidates should practice previous year question papers Candidates should be clear with the basics of Quant For Reasoning, candidates should practice different types of questions For English, candidates should read newspapers and give mock tests One month before the exam, candidates must give full length prelims mock tests RBI Assistant Mains Exam To score good marks in the mains exam, candidates need to have decent concepts and speed For Quant, candidates should practice higher level of questions. They should solve previous year question papers For GA, candidates should practice current affairs of last six months to one year For Computer Aptitude, candidates should practice the basics
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Q:   Is there any negative marking in RBI Assistant Exam?

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The RBI Assistant has negative marking scheme. 1/4 marks will be deducted for each incorrect answer in prelims and Mains exam. The exam pattern has been given below for the candidates: Number of Questions: 100 Total marks: 100 Marks for correct answer: +1 Deduction for incorrect answer: 0.25 Marks for unanswered question: 0 The marks of candidates are calculated based on the marking scheme. The scores are calculated based on the number of correct and incorrect answers. Normalisation of marks is done to adjust the difficulty level of the question paper held across various shifts. RBI Assistant result is announced based on the normalised marks. Candidates should score good marks in the exam to crack the exam.
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Q:   How many questions are asked in the RBI Assistant exam?

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In the prelims exam of RBI Assistant a total of 100 questions are asked while there will be a total of 200 questions in the Mains exam. All the questions asked in the prelims and Mains exams are objective-type multiple-choice questions. The language of the question paper will be in English and Hindi. Questions in the prelims exam are asked from English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability. Questions in the Mains exam are asked from Test of Reasoning, Test of English Language, Test of Numerical Ability, Test of General Awareness and Test of Computer Knowledge. The level of questions asked in the exam is of graduation level. To ace the exam, candidates should practice previous years' questions, mock tests, etc.
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Q:   Is the RBI exam taken online or offline?

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RBI Assistant exam is conducted in CBT online mode by the Reserve Bank of India. The candidates must prepare for the exam in the CBT mode. The tips for preparing the RBI exam has been given below for the candidates: a) Go through the syllabus and exam pattern of RBI exam b) Make a timetable to cover all the sections in the syllabus c) Solve previous years question papers d) Take mock tests in exam condition to get habitual of the exam condition. RBI Assistant exam pattern for prelims is divided into three sections- English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability. The test paper carries a total of 100 questions. The total marks allotted to the prelims exam are 100. Candidates need to answer 100 questions within 60 minutes. RBI Assistant mains exam comprises five sections-Test of Reasoning, Test of English Language, Test of Numerical Ability, Test of General Awareness and Test of Computer Knowledge. There are a total of 200 questions and the total marks of the test are 200. Candidates need to complete the paper within 135 minutes.

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RBI Assistant Previous Year's Exam Analysis

Candidates can check below the previous year's RBI Assistant exam analysis for prelims and mains exams:

RBI Assistant 2023 Prelims Exam Analysis

The section-wise distribution of questions is given below.

RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 1: English Language

The overall difficulty level of the English Language section was easy. The distribution of questions in the English section is given below.

Topics No. of Questions
Reading Comprehension  11
Error Detection 5
Parajumbles 6
Misspelt 5
Filler 5
Total 30

RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 1: Numerical Aptitude

The overall difficulty level of the Numerical Aptitude section was moderate. This section carried a total of 35 questions. The distribution of questions is given below.

Topic No. of Questions

Tabular Data Interpretation

5

Caselet DI

3

Simplification

15

Quadratic Equation

5

Arithmetic

7

SBI PO Prelims Exam Analysis Shift 1: Reasoning Ability

The Reasoning Ability section was moderate. The distribution of questions in this section is given below.

Topic No. of Questions

Designation Based Puzzle

5

Square Seating Arrangement (5 Inside, 5 Outside)

5

Box Based Puzzle

5

Blood Relation

3

Syllogism

3

Alphanumeric Series

5

3 Digit Numeric Series

5

Word Pairing

1

Meaningful Word 

1

Word Based

1

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RBI Assistant Exam Analysis 2022 for Mains (May 8)

The mains exam of RBI Assistant was divided into five sections: Test of Reasoning, Test of English Language, Test of Numerical Ability, Test of General Awareness and Test of Computer Knowledge. There are a total of 200 questions and the total marks of the test are 200. Candidates need to complete the paper within 135 minutes. There are sectional timings for the exam. The table below highlights the overall difficulty level and number of good attempts.

Subject Good Attempt Difficulty Level

English Language

21-23

Easy to Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

20-22

Moderate

Reasoning Ability

23-25

Moderate

Computer Knowledge

25-27

Easy to Moderate

General Awareness

23-25

Moderate

Total

112-122

Moderate

RBI Assistant 2022 Mains Exam Analysis for Reasoning

There were no question from Machit Input & Logical Reasoning. There were four sets of Puzzles and Seating Arrangement questions. There were post wise puzzles based on city, month-wise Puzzles, Linear Seating Arrangement, Order & Sequence.

Subjects Topics Difficulty Level

Puzzle & Seating Arrangement

20

Moderate

Letter Based

3-4

Easy to Moderate

Syllogism

3-4

Easy to Moderate

Blood Relation

3

Moderate

Chinese Coding

5

Moderate

Data Sufficiency

5

Moderate

Simple Coding (Letter to Number)

1

Easy to Moderate

Total

40

Moderate

RBI Assistant Mains Exam Analysis 2022 for Quantitative Aptitude

There were three sets of Data Interpretation questions. There were Caselet DI table-based, Per Chart DI, Tabular DI.

Subjects Topics Difficulty Level

Approximation

5-6

Moderate

Missing Number Series

5

Moderate

Q1-Q2

5

Moderate

DI

15

Moderate

Arithmetic Questions

10

Easy to Moderate

Total

40

Moderate

RBI Assistant Mains Exam Analysis 2022 for English Language

There is a total of 40 questions in the English language in the RBI Assistant mains exam 2022. The distribution of questions in this section are given below.

Name Of The Topics  Number Of Questions

Reading Comprehension

10

Reading Comprehension

10

Double Fillers

5

Para Jumbles

5

Total

40

RBI Assistant Mains Exam Analysis 2022 for GA & Computer Knowledge

The level of Computer Knowledge in RBI Assistant mains exam is easy to moderate. Questions were asked based on internet and excel. The level of General Awareness section was moderate. Some of the questions asked in GA are given below:

  • RBI Minutes publication time
  • Pension Day
  • Full form of PRAN by PFRDA
  • Vodafone Promotors
  • Author of “Where About” book
  • Author of “The Happy Life” book
  • Mudu Malai National Park
  • Tulip Largest Garden
  • OBICUS [U stands for]
  • One Horn Rhino
  • Multi-Dimensional Poverty
  • ILO Gilbert Houngbo
  • Self Made Billionaire
  • CPI Index
  • Loures World Sport Award
  • Dada Saheb Phalke Award

RBI Assistant Exam Analysis 2022 for Prelims (March 26 & March 27 All Shifts)

According to the feedback shared by students, the overall difficulty level of the exams was easy. The Reasoning and English sections were easy, whereas, the Quantitative Aptitude section was easy to moderate. The preliminary exam according to RBI Assistant exam pattern comprised three sections, English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability. The question paper of the preliminary exam carries a total of 100 questions. The maximum marks allotted to the test are 100. The total duration of the preliminary exam was 60 minutes.

RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 (March 27)

The overall and section-wise RBI Assistant exam analysis 2022 for prelims exam held on March 27 is given below.

Overall Analysis

Subject Good Attempt Difficulty Level

Numerical Ability

30-33

Easy

Reasoning Ability

30-31

Easy to Moderate

English Language

26-27

Easy

Total

85-90

Easy

Section-Wise Exam Analysis 

Reasoning Ability

Topics No. of Questions Level

Floor Based Puzzle

5

Easy-Moderate

Circular Based Puzzle

5

Easy 

Month Based Puzzle

5

Easy 

Syllogism

4

Easy

Mixed Series 

5

Easy

Chinese Coding

5

Easy

Direction & Distance

3

Easy

Word Pairing

2

Easy

Total

35

Easy to Moderate

Quantitative Aptitude

Topic No. Of questions Level

Number Series (Missing )

 5

 Easy

Simplification

 15

 Easy

Data Interpretation (Table DI)

 5

 Easy-Moderate

Arithmetic

 10

 Easy

Total

35

 Easy

English Language

Topics Questions Level

Reading Comprehension

07-08

Easy

Cloze Test

07

Easy

Word Swap

05

Easy

Error Detection (One-liner, incorrect)

05-06

Easy

Sentence Rearrangement

05

Easy

Total

30

Easy

RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Analysis 2022 (March 26)

The overall and section-wise RBI Assistant exam analysis 2022 for prelims exam held on March 26 is given below.

Overall Analysis

Sections Difficulty level No. of Good Attempts

Quantitative aptitude

Easy to Moderate

29-31

Reasoning ability

Easy

30-32

English language

Easy

26-28

Overall

Easy

89-95

Section-Wise Exam Analysis

The topic-wise distribution of questions in different sections of RBI Assistant exam is given below.

Reasoning Ability

Topics Number of Questions

Linear Seating Arrangement

5

Circular Seating Arrangement

5

Tabular Based Puzzle

5

Inequality

2

Blood Relation

3

Direction Sense

3

Alphanumeric Series

5

Numeric Series

5

Meaningful Based

1

Word Based

1

Total

35

Quantitative Aptitude

Topic Number of Questions

Line Graph Data Interpretation

5

Simplification

12

Missing Number Series

5

Arithmetic

13

Total

35

English Language

Topics Number of Questions

Reading Comprehension

9

Error

4

Single Fillers

5

Sentence Improvement

5

Para Jumble

5

Word Usage- Callous, Issue

2

Total

30

RBI Assistant 2020 Prelims Exam Analysis

The overall analysis of RBI Assistant is given below:

Sections Difficulty level

English Language

Easy

Numerical Ability

Easy 

Reasoning Ability

Easy to moderate

Overall

Easy to moderate

Candidates can check below the section-wise RBI Assistant exam analysis.

English Language

The level of English Language of RBI Assistant was Easy. Questions were asked from Reading Comprehension, Antonyms and Synonym, etc. Candidates can check below the topic-wise distribution of questions.

Topic No. of Question
Reading Comprehension 10
Rearrangement 5
Filler 5
Cloze Test 5
Spelling 5
Total 30

Numerical Ability

The level of the Numerical Ability section was easy to moderate. The distribution of questions and their difficulty level are given below:

Topics No. of Question
DI 5
Simplification 10
Wrong Series 5
Approximation 5
Miscellaneous 10
Total 35

Reasoning Ability

The difficulty level of this section was easy. Questions were asked from Puzzles and Seating Arrangement, Inequality, Syllogism, Alphanumeric Series, Number Series, Direction Sense. Candidates can check below the distribution of questions and their difficulty level.

Topics No. of Questions
Syllogism 05
Puzzles and Seating Arrangement 10
Inequality 5
Coding-Decoding 5
Alphabetical Series 5
Direction Distance 5
Total 35

RBI Assistant Exam Pattern 2024

RBI Assistant exam pattern is such that it is divided into prelims and mains. The prelims exam comprises three sections-Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability and English Language. The test paper carries a total of 100 questions and total marks allotted to the test are 200. The mains exam comprises five sections: Test of Reasoning, Test of English Language, Test of Numerical Ability, Test of General Awareness and Test of Computer Knowledge. The total marks allotted to the test are 200. The marks obtained in the prelims exam are not counted for the final merit list. Only the marks obtained in the mains exam are taken into consideration for the final merit list. Candidates can check below RBI Assistant exam pattern.

Prelims Exam

RBI Assistant Paper Pattern
Name of Tests (Objective) No of Questions Maximum Marks Total Time

English Language

30

30

20 minutes

Numerical Ability

35

35

20 minutes

Reasoning Ability

35

35

20 minutes

Total

100

100

60 minutes

Mains Exam

RBI Assistant Paper Pattern
Name of Test No of Questions Maximum Marks Duration

Test of Reasoning

40

40

30 minutes

Test of English Language

40

40

30 minutes

Test of Numerical Ability

40

40

30 minutes

Test of General Awareness

40

40

25 minutes

Test of Computer Knowledge

40

40

20 minutes

Total

200

200

135 minutes

RBI Assistant Syllabus

RBI Assistant syllabus is the important part of preparation. Candidates can check RBI Assistant syllabus is given below:

English Language: Reading Comprehension, Synonyms, Antonyms, Sentence Correction, Word Meanings, etc.

General Awareness: Current Affairs, Banking Awareness, Policies Related to RBI, Monetary Policies, Fiscal Policies, Government Schemes, etc.

Quantitative Aptitude: Percentage, Time and Distance, Time and Work, Simple Interest and Compound Interest, Average, Profit & Loss, Data Interpretation, etc.

Reasoning: Number Series, Blood Relation, Puzzles, Seating Arrangement, Coding and Decoding, etc.

Computer Language: Languages, Basic Hardware and Software, History of Computers and Devices.

RBI Assistant Cut off

RBI releases state-wise and category-wise RBI Assistant cut off marks along with the scorecard. RBI Assistant cut off is the minimum mark that a candidate needs to secure to qualify the exam. RBI Assistant previous years' cut off helps candidates to formulate a strategy for the exam. RBI Assistant cutoff is applied on individual sections and total aggregate marks. To qualify the each stage of the exam, candidates need to secure the section-wise and overall cutoff marks. Prior to the release of the cut off marks, RBI Assistant Result is announced. Candidates can check below the previous year's cut off for prelims exam.

RBI Assistant Prelims Cut Off 2022 State-Wise
RBI Zone Name SC ST OBC EWS General
Ahmedabad 82.25 74.50 82.25 82.75 87.25
Bengaluru 76.75 71 82.25 80 82.75
Bhopal 80.25 76 -- 87 89.50
Bhubaneswar 80.50 79 -- 87.50 90.50
Chandigarh 80.25 80.25 84.75 87.50 90.75
Chennai 80.50 -- 86 77.75 87.75
Guwahati 79.25 73.50 -- 82 86
Hyderabad 84 80.75 88.50 88 90.25
Jaipur 79 81 87.75 86.75 89.25
Jammu -- 69.50 78.25 78.75 85.50
Kanpur & Lucknow 79 78.75 85.25 86.75 89.25
Kolkata 83.25 73.25 -- 87 90.75
Mumbai - 70 -- 82.50 85.25
Nagpur 84 72 85 82.25 87
New Delhi 80 -- 84.75 85.75 89.25
Patna 81 75 -- 87.50 89
Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi 74.75 57 84.50 76 86.50

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