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Contents

● ● ● ● ● Previous Year’s Solved Paper

Section–I

General Awareness ........................................................................................1–40

1–16

Section–IIEnglish Language ............................................................................................... 1–88

Section–IIINumerical Ability ................................................................................................ 1–96

Section–IVTest of Reasoning ............................................................................................... 1–108

Section–VComputer Knowledge ......................................................................................... 1–32

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●●●●● Eligibility Criteria(a) Age : Between 18 and 28 years.

●●●●● Relaxation in the Upper Age LimitUpper age is relaxable in the case of candidates belonging to certain categories as under :

Category Relaxation in Age

(i) Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) By 5 years, i.e., up to 33 years(ii) Other Backward Classes (OBC) By 3 years, i.e., up to 31 years(iii) Persons with Disabilities (PWD) By 10 years (GEN), 13 years (OBC) and 15 years

(SC/ST)(iv) Ex-Servicemen To the extent of service rendered by them in

Armed Forces plus an additional period of 3years subject to maximum of 50 years.

(v) Widows/divorced women/women judicially By 10 yearsseparated who are not re-married

Note : CUMULATIVE AGE RELAXATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE EITHER UNDER THEABOVE ITEMS OR IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER ITEMS.

Candidates seeking age relaxation are required to submit copies of necessary certificate(s) at the timeof interview.

(b) Educational Qualifications : (i) At least a Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with a minimum of50% marks (pass class for SC/ST/PWD candidates) in the aggregate and the knowledge of wordprocessing on PC. (ii) A candidate belonging to Ex-servicemen category should either be a graduatefrom a recognized University or should have passed the matriculation or its equivalent examination ofthe Armed Forces and rendered at least 15 years of defence service. (iii) Candidates applying for postin a particular state should be proficient in the language of the state i.e., know to read, write, speak andunderstand the language.

(c) Scheme of Selection : Selection will be through online Examinations and Interview. The onlineExamination will be of 200 marks.

S.N. Name of Tests (Objective) No of Questions Maximum Marks Total Time

1. Test of Reasoning 40 40

2. Test of English Language 40 40

3. Test of Numerical Ability 40 40 2 Hours

4. Test of General Awareness 40 40

5. Test of Computer Knowledge 40 40

Total 200 200

(i) The above tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e., English andHindi.

Syllabus

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(ii) A candidate has to qualify in each part of the Objective test separately. There will be negativemarks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th marks will be deducted for each wronganswer. Candidates will have to pass in each of the objective tests.

(iii) Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout,which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letter forexamination from the RBI’s website.

(iv) Roll No. of the candidates successful in online examination will be available on RBI’s website anda brief notice thereof will be published in leading newspapers.

(v) Only such number of candidates will be called for interview who stand sufficiently high in merit onthe aggregate marks of the Objective Tests, such merit being decided by the Bank in relation to thenumber of vacancies to be filled in.

(vi) Final selection will be on the basis of candidate's performance in the written examination andinterview taken together in order of merit.

●●●●● Examination Centres

(i) The examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India. The list ofExamination centres is available in Advertisement/RBI’s website.

(ii) RBI however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Examination Centres and/ or add some otherCentres, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc.

(iii) As far as possible candidates will be allotted to a centre of his/her choice. However, RBI alsoreserves the right to allot the candidate to any centre other than the one he/she has opted for anda candidate may be allocated a centre of exam outside the State/UT for which vacancies he/she isapplying.

(iv) Candidate will appear for the examination at an Examination Centre at his/ her own risks andexpenses and RBI will not be responsible for any injury or losses etc. of any nature.

(v) No request for change of centre for Examination shall be entertained.

●●●●● Service Conditions/Career Prospects(i) Pay Scale : Selected candidates will draw a starting basic pay of ̀ 8,860/- per month (i.e., ̀ 8,040/-

plus two advance increments admissible to graduates only) in the scale of ` 8,040 – 410 – 9270 –500 – 11,270 –550 – 13,470 – 650 – 15,420 – 720 – 16,140 – 990 – 20,100 (20 years) and otherallowances, viz., Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance,Transport Allowance etc., as admissible from time to time. At present, initial monthly Grossemoluments for Assistants is approximately ` 21,419/-

(ii) Perquisites : RBI’s accommodation subject to availability, reimbursement of expenses formaintenance of vehicle for official purpose, Newspaper, Brief case, Book Grant, Allowance forfurnishing of residence, etc., as per eligibility. Dispensary facility besides reimbursement of medicalexpenses for OPD treatment/hospitalization as per eligibility; Interest free Festival Advance, LeaveFare Concession (once in two years for self, spouse and eligible dependents). Loans and Advancesat concessional rates of interest for Housing, Car, Education, Consumer Articles, Personal Computer,

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etc. The recruits will be governed by the Defined Contribution New Pension Scheme, in additionto the benefit of Gratuity. Total pay and allowances along with admissible perquisites attached to

the post (excluding value of housing) works out at the minimum to ` 2,90,000 p.a. (approx.) on a

cost to the Bank basis.(iii) There are reasonable prospects for promotion to higher grades.

(iv) Selected candidates will be initially posted in the RBI’s office within the Recruitment Zone for

which they had applied. However, they are liable to be transferred in administrative exigencies tocentres grouped and classified into West, South, North and East Zone offices as under :

(a) West Zone : Ahmedabad, Bhopal (including Raipur), Mumbai (including Belapur), Nagpur,

Pune and Panaji.(b) South Zone : Bangaluru Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.

(c) North Zone : Chandigarh (including Shimla), Jaipur, Jammu / Srinagar, Kanpur, Lucknow

(including Dehradun) and New Delhi.(d) East Zone : Bhubaneswar, Guwahati (including all North Eastern states), Kolkata and Patna

(including Ranchi).

Reserve Bank of IndiaAssistant Recruitment Exam.

Solved paper(Based on Memory)

2013Reasoning

Directions—(Q. 1–3) Study the followinginformation carefully and answer the questionswhich follow—

Nine persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I aresitting in a row facing to the south. A sits fourth tothe right of B. C sits third to the left of D. E sitssecond to the right of F. G sits immediate left ofH, who does not sit at the end of the row. B doesnot sit near to F. I does not sit at the end of therow.

1. Who sits is exact middle of the row ?

(A) I (B) B

(C) C (D) A

(E) H

2. Who sits third to the left of G ?

(A) E (B) A

(C) D (D) I

(E) No one

3. How many persons are sitting between Aand I ?

(A) One (B) Two

(C) Three (D) Four

(E) Five

Directions—(Q. 4–9) Each question consistsof two/three statements followed by two conclu-sions I and II, consider the statements to be trueeven if they are in variance with the commonlyknown facts. Read all the conclusions and thendecide which of the given conclusions logicallyfollows from the given statements using all thetwo/three statements together. Mark answer—

(A) If only statement I follows

(B) If only statement II follows

(C) If either conclusion I or II follows

(D) If neither conclusion I nor II follows

(E) If both statements I and II follow

4. Statements :

Some balls are bats.

Some hockeys are bats.

No ball is racket.

Conclusions :

I. A hockey can never be a ball.

II. All rackets are bats is a possibility.

Statements for Q. 5 and 6 :All schools are coachings.All colleges are institutes.Some coachings are institutes.

5. Conclusions :I. Some coachings are not colleges is a

possibility.II. Some institutes are schools.

6. Conclusions :I. No school is college is a possibility.II. All schools are institutes.

Statements for Q. 7 and 8 :Some shields are trophies.All trophies are cups.No cup is a medal.

7. Conclusions :I. No tropy is a medal.II. All shields being medals is a possibility.

8. Conclusions :

I. No medal is a shield.

II. Atleast some cups are shields.

9. Statements :Some temples are churches.All mosques are churches.Conclusions :I. All mosques are temples.II. No temple is mosque is definitely true.

Reserve Bank of India AssistantsRecruitment Exam.

Publisher : Upkar Prakashan ISBN : 9789350132746 Author : T.S Jain

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