RBI is going to conduct the RBI Grade B officers exam 2014 for the recruitment in Reserve Bank of India. There are 117 vacancies for Grade B Officers this time.

Selection Process:

This is three phase selection process that includes:

1) Online Objective Exam
2) Subjective/Descriptive Exam Exam
3) Interview

A) Phase 1 – Online Objective Exam:

This Paper for 200 marks will be held on August 2/3/9/10, 2014. The Paper consists tests of i) General Awareness ii) English Language iii) Quantitative Aptitude and iv) Reasoning, with composite time of 130 minutes.

A) English Language:

1) General English by Lucent Publications: This is by far the best book available in the market for the preparation of all entrance exams. The content in this book is written in both English and Hindi language for easy understanding. All the concepts are explained in a crystal clear and step by step manner. Hundreds of rules of English grammar are given in this book chapter wise, so you will cover each and every aspect of English language.

2) Objective General English by SP Bakshi: Another best book to prepare for Objective English. All the topics are explained in a very clear and sequential manner. But personally, I’d prefer Lucent book.

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B) General Intelligence and Reasoning:

1) A Modern Approach To Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal: The best and only book you need to prepare for this section. Every topic is covered in detail in this book. This book is good for high level reasoning as required in RBI Grade B Officers exam.

2) The Hand on Guide to Analytical Reasoning and Logical Reasoning: A Must have Resource for Aspirants of CAT, MAT, XAT, IIFT, CMAT, CSAT, SBI PO, Bank Clerk, SSC: This is another best book for high level reasoning learning and practice.

C) Quantitative Aptitude:

1) Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Arihant: This is great book for Mathematics to improve your speed and efficiency with thousands of shortcuts. It covers all the topics with so many formulas, concepts, shortcuts, examples and thousands of questions to practice.

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2) The Accredited Guide to Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency: A Must have Resource for Aspirants of CAT, MAT, XAT, IIFT, CSAT, SBI PO, RBI, Bank Clerk, SSC: This is best book available in the market for Data Analysis and Interpretation.

D) General Awareness:

1) Guide to Banking General Awareness and Banking Aptitude Test: Most of the questions in this section would be related to economy and banking(current affairs and general information) in RBI Grade B Officers exam. Great book for banking awareness section. It contains more than 1,000 questions for the preparation of Banking awareness section.

2) General Knowledge 2014: Essential ‘Knowledge Capsule’ in General Awareness and Current Affairs by Manohar Pandey(Arihant Publications) I strongly recommend this book as you can do it within a week and it covers the entire General awareness in a concise manner.

For general awareness or current affairs section, you need to read newspaper daily or like our Facebook page to get current affairs daily or follow our monthly current affairs section on this website.

E) RBI GRADE – B OFFICERS’ EXAM PHASE – I Objective Type PRACTICE WORK BOOK : A must have practice book.

B) Phase 2 – Descriptive/Subjective Exam: The shortlisted candidates after the objective exam would be called for descriptive exam. It includes three papers:

(i) Paper I – English
(ii) Paper II – Economic and Social Issues
(iii) Paper III – Finance & Management.

Each of these three descriptive papers is of 3 hours duration and carries 100 marks.

1) Descriptive General English by SP Bakshi: This amazing book covers many letters, essays, precis, reports, etc. in a very detailed manner. This is THE MUST BUY BOOK for descriptive portion.

2) RBI Officer’s Exam Phase – 2 (Grade – B): This book has more than 10 sets of model test papers for phase 2 of RBI Grade B officers exam. It is a comprehensive book.

3) Indian Economy : For Civil Services Examinations 5th Edition: Great book to prepare for Economics paper.

We will update more related books for descriptive paper once the results of objective exam is out. So you are advised to bookmark this page and visit here again for more updates.

All the best.