IBPS RRB Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2022

IBPS RRB Syllabus 2022: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released the IBPS Syllabus & Exam Pattern for the post ofOffice Assistant (Clerk) and Officer Scale-I (PO), II & III. along with official notification of IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022. The detailed IBPS RRB Notification 2022 PDF has been released by the IBPS on 07 Jun 2022 announcing the revised dates to recruit 8106 vacancies of clerical posts in different 11 public sector banks. The IBPS RRB exam occurs in two stages: Prelims and Mains. Both these papers follow the online method of conducting the written examination. The structure of the exam is as follow:

Exam Pattern Officer Scale-I, II & III

IBPS RRB 2022 Officer Scale-I (PO) Exam is conducted in 3 different phases while the Officer Scale-II & III (SO) will be conducted through 2 phases.

Exam rounds for IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I (PO):

• Preliminary Exam
• Mains Exam
• Interview Process

Exam rounds for IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II & III:

• Mains Exam (Single Examination)
• Interview Process

IBPS RRB PO Officer Scale-I Prelims Exam Pattern 2022

S. No.	Section	Question	Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning	40	40	45 Minutes
2.	Numerical Ability	40	40
Total		80	80	-

The complete list of all the sections available for the mains Exam in different scales, i.e. Officer Scale I, II and III are discussed below.

IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam Pattern (Officer Scale-I) 2022

S. No.	Section	Question	Marks
1	Reasoning Paper	40	50
2	General Awareness Paper	40	40
3	Numerical Ability Paper	40	50
4	English Language / Hindi Language	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge Paper	40	20
Total		200	200

Mains Exam Pattern for Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer)

S. No.	Section	Question	Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning Paper	40	50	2 hours
2	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation Paper	40	50
3	Financial Awareness Paper	40	40
4	English Language / Hindi Language	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge Paper	40	20
Total		200	200

Mains Exam Pattern for Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre)

S. No.	Section	Question	Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning Paper	40	50	Composite Time of 2 hours and 30 minutes
2	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation Paper	40	50
3	Financial Awareness Paper	40	40
4	English Language / Hindi Language	40	20
5	Computer Knowledge Paper	40	20
6	Professional Knowledge Paper	40	40
Total		240	200

 

Mains Exam Pattern for Officer Scale-III

S. No.	Section	Question	Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning Paper	40	50	2 hours
2	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation Paper	40	50
3	Financial Awareness Paper	40	40
4 A	English Language Paper	40	40
4 B	Hindi Language Paper	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge Paper	40	20
Total		200	200

All the exams will be held through online mode and will be of objective type.All sections (except English Language section & Hindi Language section) will be bilingual (i.e. will be asked in both English & Hindi). There will be both sectional as well as overall cut offs in IBPS RRB 2022 Officer Scale-I (PO) exam. 1/4th marks will be deducted for every answer attempted wrong by a candidate in IBPS RRB 2022 Exam.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Pattern(Clerk)

IBPS RRB 2022 Office Assistant (Clerk) Exam is conducted in 2 different phases which are given below:

Exam rounds for IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Clerk):

• Preliminary Exam
• Mains Exam

IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern

A composite time of 45 minutes is provided to candidates to complete two sections namely Reasoning and Numerical Ability. Candidates must clear the cut-off of each section. The cut-off for each section is decided by the team of IBPS depending on the level of difficulty of the paper

No	Section Name	Medium of Exam	No. of Questions	Minimum Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning	English/Hindi	40	40	A composite time of 45 mins
2.	Numerical Ability	English/Hindi	40	40
	Total		80	80

IBPS RRB Clerk Mains Exam Pattern 2022

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains Exam Pattern:

S. No.	Section	Question	Marks
1	Reasoning Paper	40	50
2	General Awareness Paper	40	40
3	Numerical Ability Paper	40	50
4	English Language / Hindi Language	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge Paper	40	20
Total		200	200

Note: There is no interview for IBPS RRB 2022 Office Assistant exam. The final selection will be based on marks obtained by a candidate in mains exam of RRB Clerk. 1/4th marks will be deducted for every wrong answer attempted by a candidate.

Now that we have discussed the detailed exam pattern of IBPS RRB 2022 Exam, let’s have a look at the detailed syllabus of IBPS RRB 2022 Exam.

IBPS RRB Syllabus 2022 for Prelims & Mains Exam

The syllabus of Officer Scale-I (PO) is almost similar to that of IBPS RRB Assistant (Clerk) exam for both Prelims & Mains. The IBPS RRB 2022 syllabus differs a little bit for Officers Scale II & III as compare to other exams. The detailed subject wise analysis on all subjects is given below:

IBPS RRB Syllabus 2022

The IBPS RRB 2022 Office Assistant (Clerk) & Officer Scale-I (PO) Exam Syllabus majorly falls into five sections:

• Reasoning
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Computer Knowledge
• General Awareness and
• English Language / Hindi Language

The IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer) and Officer Scale-III 2022 Exam Syllabus majorly falls into five sections:

• Reasoning
• Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation
• Computer Knowledge
• Financial Awareness and
• English Language / Hindi Language

The IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre) 2022 Exam Syllabus majorly falls into five sections:

• Reasoning
• Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation
• Computer Knowledge
• Professional Knowledge and
• English Language / Hindi Language

IBPS RRB Syllabus for All Subjects

The subcategories of these five sections are mentioned below:

Reasoning Syllabus

• Puzzles - Seating Arrangement: Circular/Direction-based/MISC
• Number Series
• Odd man out
• Coding-Decoding
• Blood Relation
• Analogy
• Syllogism
• Alphabet Test
• Ranking and Time
• Causes and Effects
• Direction Sense
• Figure Series
• Word Formation
• Statement and Assumption
• Assertion and Reason
• Statement and Conclusion
• Statement and Arguments
• Statements and Action Courses

Quantitative Aptitude Or Numerical Ability Syllabus

• Number System
• Data Interpretation - Bar Graph, Line Graph & Pie chart
• HCF & LCM
• Profit & Loss
• Simple Interest & Compound Interest
• Time & Work
• Time & Distance
• Decimal & Fraction
• Averages
• Simplification
• Partnership
• Percentages
• Ratio & Proportion
• Averages
• Case Studies Charts and Graphs
• Permutation & Combination
• Probability

General Awareness Syllabus

• Current Affairs National
• International Current Affairs
• Sports Abbreviations
• Currencies & Capitals
• General Science
• Government Schemes & Policies
• Banking Awareness
• Awards and Honors
• RBI
• Books and Authors
• National Parks & Sanctuaries

English Language or Hindi Language Syllabus

• Reading Comprehensions
• Grammar / Vyakaran
• Spotting Errors
• Fill in the Blanks
• Misspelled Words
• Jumbled Words
• Rearrangement of Sentence
• Jumbled up sentences
• Idioms and Phrases
• Cloze Tests
• One word Substitution
• Antonyms and Synonyms

Computer Knowledge Syllabus

• Fundamentals of Computer
• History of Computers
• Future of Computers
• Basic Knowledge of Internet
• Networking Software & Hardware
• Computer Shortcut Keys
• MS Office
• Database
• Security Tools
• Virus
• Hacking
• Trojans Input and Output Devices
• Computer Languages

Financial Awareness Syllabus

• Current events in Financial World
• Monetary Policy
• Budget
• Economic Survey
• Banking Banking Reforms in India
• Bank Accounts of Special Individuals Loans
• Asset Reconstruction Companies
• Non Performing Assets
• Restructuring of Loans
• Bad Loans
• Risk Management
• BASEL I
• BASEL II
• BASEL III
• Organisations - RBI, SEBI, IMF, World Bank & Others