by What is IBPS RRB?
IBPS RRB is a national-level banking exam held every year by the IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) for the aspiring candidates to join the Regional Rural Bank.
The IBPS RRB exam is conducted to fill in the vacancies for the posts of Officers and Office Assistants. Here are the list of posts in table given below:
| IBPS RRB Posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Office Assistant | Marketing Manager | Treasury Manager |
| Officer Scale – I | Banking Officer Scale – II | Agriculture Officer (Grade – II) |
| Law Officer (Grade – II) | Law Officer (Grade – II) | Chartered Accountant (Grade II) |
| Officer (Grade III) | IT Officer (Grade II) | – |
Important Information :
| Particulars | Details |
|---|---|
| Full-Form of IBPS RRB | Institute of Banking Personnel Selection – Regional Rural Bank Exam |
| Conducting Body | Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) |
| Exam Level | National |
| Frequency of Exam | Annually |
| Application Process | Online |
| Mode of Exam | Online |
| Exam Duration |
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| Language of the Exam | English, Hindi, Telugu, Assamese, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Manipuri, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Bengali |
| Selection Process |
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| Official Website | https://ibps.in/ |
Discussion Topics
- 1 Eligbility
- 2 Age Criteria
- 3 Educational Qualification
- 4 Application Form
- 5 How to Fill the IBPS RRB Application Form ?
- 6 Step 1: IBPS RRB Registration
- 7 Step 2: Fill the detailed IBPS RRB Application form
- 8 Step 3: Upload Scanned Documents
- 9 Step 4: Preview
- 10 Step 5: Fee payment
- 11 Application Fees
- 12 How to Download IBPS RRB Admit Card ?
- 13 IBPS RRB Prelims Exam Pattern for Office Assistant
- 14 Exam Pattern for Officer Scale-I
- 15 Mains Exam Pattern for Office Assistant
- 16 IBPS RRB Mains Exam Pattern For Officer Scale-I
- 17 IBPS RRB Mains Exam
- 18 IBPS RRB Interview Round
- 19 How to Check IBPS RRB Results ?
- 20 IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims Expected Cut-Off
- 21 IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains Expected Cutoff
Eligbility
A candidate must be either
- A Citizen of India
- A subject of Nepal
- A subject of Bhutan
- A Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
- A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Age Criteria
| Posts | Age Limit |
|---|---|
| For Officer Scale- III | 21-40 years |
| For Officer Scale-II | 21-32 years |
| For Officer Scale- I | 18-30 years |
| For Office Assistant (Multipurpose) | 18-28 years |
Educational Qualification
| Post | Educational Qualification | Expeience Required |
|---|---|---|
| Office Assistant (Multipurpose) |
|
– |
| Officer Scale-I (Assistant Manager) |
|
– |
| Officer Scale-II General Banking Officer |
|
2 years as officer in a Bank or Financial Institution. |
| Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (IT) |
|
1 year (Relevant Field) |
| Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (CA) | Certified Associate (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. | 1 Year as Chartered Accountant |
| Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (LA) | Degree in Law with a minimum of 50% marks. | 2 years as advocate/ law officer |
| Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (Treasury Manager) | Certified Associate (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India OR MBA in Finance. | 1 year (Relevant Field) |
| Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (Marketing Officer) | MBA in Marketing. | 1 year (Relevant Field) |
| Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (Agriculture Officer) | Degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Dairy, Animal Husbandry, Forestry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture with a minimum of 50% marks. | 2 year (Relevant Field) |
| Officer Scale-III |
|
5 years as officer in a Bank or Financial Institution. |
Application Form
The IBPS RRB Application Form is out on the official website of IBPS. The candidates can fill the form online only on the official website of IBPS.
The candidates are free to apply for the post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose) and Officers as well. But for the Officer post, they can only apply for a single cadre.
How to Fill the IBPS RRB Application Form ?
Step 1: IBPS RRB Registration
- Visit the official website
- Click the ‘New Registration’ link
- For IBPS registration, enter a name, phone number, email id, and security code
- On successful registration, a provisional registration number and password are generated. The same is also sent to the registered email ID and mobile number.
- Note down the provisional registration number and password.
- Data entered during registration cannot be changed.
Step 2: Fill the detailed IBPS RRB Application form
In this part, candidates need to enter basic details, educational qualifications & experience, and preferences.
- Enter the basic details such as the category, nationality, personal details, select exam centres, date of birth, gender, father’s name or mother’s name, address, etc.
- Post this, candidates must proceed towards filling educational qualifications, work experience, and languages.
- On the next page, candidates need to enter the preferences of banks.
Step 3: Upload Scanned Documents
Candidates need to upload the scanned images of photograph, signature, left thumb impression, and handwritten declaration as per the format given below:
| Documents | Dimensions | File Size |
|---|---|---|
| Photograph | 200 x 230 pixels (preferred) | 20 KB-50 KB |
| Signature | 140 x 60 pixels (preferred) | 10 KB-20 KB |
| Left Thumb Impression | 240 x 240 pixels | 20 KB-50 KB |
| Handwritten declaration | 800 x 400 pixels | 50 KB-100 KB |
Step 4: Preview
Before the final submission of the IBPS application form, candidates must preview it and make the necessary changes if any. After making the relevant changes, candidates must agree to the terms and conditions and submit the application.
Step 5: Fee payment
- Fee payment can be paid using online payment gateways such as using Debit Cards, Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets.
- An e-receipt will be generated after successful fee payment.
- Take a printout of the e-receipt and online application form
Application Fees
| IBPS RRB Post | Category | IBPS RRB Application Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Officer (Scale I, II & III), Office Assistant (Multipurpose) | General/ OBC/ EWS | INR 850 |
| Officer (Scale I, II & III), Office Assistant (Multipurpose) | SC/ ST/ PWD/ EXSM | INR 175 |
Admit Card
After the online applications are submitted, the IBPS RRB Admit Card will be given out weeks before the exam date. Admit card is necessary to enter the examination centre during the exam. Once the admit cards are out, the candidates can download the same from the official website of IBPS.
How to Download IBPS RRB Admit Card ?
- Visit the official website of IBPS.
- On the home page, follow the link “Download your Call Letter for CWE RRB VIII”
- Enter your Registration Number and Password/ Date of Birth.
- Verify the details on IBPS RRB Admit Card and Print multiple copies.
Exam Centres
The official notification from the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will include a list of IBPS Clerk 2022 exam centres. The Prelims and Mains exams for IBPS Clerk 2022 will be held at the exam centres notified by the authorities.
The list of IBPS RRB exam centres in various states across the country is tabulated below:
| State | IBPS RRB Exam Center |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur, Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kakinada, Kadapa, Kurnool Nellore, Ongole, Puttur, Srikakulam, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun, Itanagar |
| Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar, Tezpur, |
| Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Bihar Sharif, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Siwan |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
| Haryana | Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Gurgaon, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Palwal, Panipat, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar |
| Himachal Pradesh | Baddi, Bilaspur, Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Una |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Baramulla, Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Bokaro |
| Karnataka | Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Davangere, Gulbarga, Hubli, Kolar, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udipi |
| Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain |
| Maharashtra | Amaravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Ri-Bhoi, Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
| Odisha | Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Baripada, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
| Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fategarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangrur |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Perambalur, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli, Thoothukodi, Tirunelveli, Vellore |
| Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal |
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Banda, Bareilly, Bulandhshaher, Faizabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee |
| West Bengal | Asansol, Bardhaman, Berhampur, Durgapur, Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Greater Kolkata, Siliguri |
Exam Pattern
IBPS conducts a two-stage written test for Officer Scale-I and Office Assistant posts while for Officer Scale-II and III, there is only one written test.
Candidates applying for Officer level posts have to appear for an interview round before the final selection. There is no interview for Office Assistant.
- The exams are online-based having multiple-choice questions.
- There is a negative marking of one-fourth marks for each wrong answer.
IBPS RRB Prelims Exam Pattern for Office Assistant
| Name of Section | Number of Question | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 40 | 40 |
A cumulative time of 45 mins |
| Numerical Ability | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 80 | 80 |
Exam Pattern for Officer Scale-I
The exam pattern is given in the table below:
| Name of Section | Number of Question | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 40 | 40 |
A cumulative time of 45 mins |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 80 | 80 |
Mains Exam Pattern for Office Assistant
The exam pattern is given in the table below:
| Name of Sections | Number of Questions | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 40 | 50 |
A cumulative time of 2 hours is provided |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | |
| Numerical Ability | 40 | 50 | |
| English/Hindi Language | 40 | 40 | |
| Computer Knowledge | 40 | 20 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
IBPS RRB Mains Exam Pattern For Officer Scale-I
The exam pattern is given in the table below:
| Name of Sections | Number of Questions | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 40 | 50 |
A cumulative time of 2 hours is provided |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 50 | |
| English/Hindi Language | 40 | 40 | |
| Computer Knowledge | 40 | 20 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
IBPS Syllabus
- Quantitative Aptitude: Mensuration, Profit & Loss, Ratio & Proportion, Percentage, Permutation & Combination, Simple Interest, Probability, and so on.
- General Knowledge: Agriculture, Current Affairs, Awards & Honors, Indian Economic, International Economic, Budget, Sports, Shares, Finance, etc.
- Logical Reasoning: Analogy, blood relations, coding-decoding, direction sense, figure series, odd man out, puzzles, syllogism, sitting arrangement, and so on are examples of reasoning sections.
- English Language: Comprehensions, Cloze Test, Fill in the Blanks, Idioms and Phrases, Synonyms and Antonyms, and so on.
- Computer Science: Computer History, MS Office, Number System, Operating Systems, Software, and Hardware, and so on.
Selection process :
IBPS Preliminary Exam
- A preliminary examination is conducted before the Main Examination. This exam is applicable for the Office Assistant and Office cadre I post.
- There will be 80 questions for 80 marks, with candidates having 45 minutes to answer them. There will be 40 questions from Reasoning (common to both posts), 40 questions from Numerical Ability, and 40 questions from Quantitative Aptitude for the Officer Scale I.
IBPS RRB Mains Exam
- It is a 200 marks examination comprising 5 sections (English/Hindi, Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, General Awareness, Computer Knowledge, Financial Knowledge, and Professional Knowledge) as per the post, a candidate is applying for. The aspirants must check out the preparation tips to score better marks in the exam.
- The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using the equi-percentile method.
- Scores up to 2 decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculations.
- Candidates are shortlisted for interviews by considering the scores obtained in the main examination.
IBPS RRB Interview Round
- Candidates who clear the main examination for the RRB exam are eligible to appear for an interview.
- The minimum marks required to qualify for the IBPS RRB interview is 40% (35% for reserved candidates).
- Candidates must check out the interview preparation tips shared by the toppers and experts before appearing.
- Candidates are selected on the basis of the 80:20 ratio of Mains and Interview.
- Candidates who qualify for the interview are selected for the provisional allotment process.
- Post interview, a combined score is generated including the sum of marks obtained in the Main examination and interview.
How to Check IBPS RRB Results ?
The steps to check IBPS RRB Results are:
- Visit the official website of IBPS.
- Click on IBPS RRB PO/Clerk result link.
- Enter your roll number and password.
- The result will be displayed on the screen.
- Download and take a printout of the same.
Expected Cutoffs:
The IBPS RRB cut-offs will be published on the official website of IBPS. The IBPS RRB Cutoff does not remain constant from year to year. Certain factors, such as the number of candidates applying for the degree, the number of successful candidates in that particular year, the number of exam vacancies, and the level of the question paper affects the cutoff every year.
IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims Expected Cut-Off
| State Name | State-wise Cut-Off (UR) |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 71.50 |
| Assam | 64.75 |
| Bihar | 74.25 |
| Chhattisgarh | 75.50 |
| Gujarat | 63.25 |
| Haryana | 76 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 71 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | – |
| Jharkhand | 58.50 |
| Karnataka | 65.25 |
| Kerala | 75 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 68.25 |
| Maharashtra | 69.25 |
| Odisha | 73.75 |
| Punjab | 77.50 |
| Rajasthan | 75.25 |
| Tamil Nadu | 68 |
| Telangana | 68.50 |
| Tripura | 71.25 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 74.00 |
| Uttarakhand | 76.75 |
| West Bengal | 74.75 |
IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains Expected Cutoff
| State / UT | Office Assistant Mains Expected Cut Off |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 115-120 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 135-141 |
| Assam | 115-123 |
| Bihar | 120-125 |
| Chhattisgarh | 132-138 |
| Gujarat | 102-109 |
| Haryana | 114-119 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 126-130 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 105-110 |
| Jharkhand | — |
| Karnataka | 124-129 |
| Kerala | 127-132 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 118-123 |
| Maharashtra | 117-121 |
| Manipur | 100-105 |
| Meghalaya | 97-103 |
| Mizoram | 95-100 |
| Nagaland | — |
| Odisha | 110-115 |
| Pondicherry | 125-130 |
| Punjab | 123-133 |
| Rajasthan | 114-118 |
| Tamil Nadu | 120-125 |
| Telangana | 123-128 |
| Tripura | 95-99 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 120-125 |
| Uttarakhand | 115-120 |
| West Bengal | 130-135 |
IBPS Salary
IBPS RRB Salary varies depending on the posts. IBPS RRB officers salary has been revised as per the latest pay commission. The approximate salaries for each position under the IBPS RRB Recruitment are tabulated below:
| Name of the Post | Monthly Income |
|---|---|
| Officer Scale-I | INR 29,000 – INR 33,000 |
| Officer Scale-II | INR 33,000- INR 39,000 |
| Officer Scale-III | INR 38,000 – INR 44,000 |
| Office Assistant (Multipurpose) | INR 15,000 – INR 20,000 |
The officers selected under IBPS RRB recruitment are paid various allowances such as: Dearness Allowance, Travel Allowances, Leased Accommodation, and Medical Allowances.