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Home/Exams/RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM)

RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM)2025

rbi.org.in — official website ↗· Syllabus is published in the official Grade B notice on rbi.org.in

OFFICIAL PARTIAL

DRAFT — unverified

Unverified — pending official notification check.

Phase-I (General) verified from verbatim mirror of official RBI information handout. Phase-II (General), DEPR and DSIM schemes from consistent secondary reporting cross-checked across multiple sources (rrbapply, careerpower, pw.live, oliveboard, shiksha); official rbi.org.in not directly accessible (bot protection). DEPR/DSIM paper counts and durations agree across sources; minute-level details should be re-verified from the official notification.

About this exam

Exam

RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM)

Cycle 2025

Category

Banking

Advt RBISB/DA/03/2025-26

Stages

5

Phase-I (General) → Phase-II (General) → DEPR (Department of Economic and Policy Research) → DSIM (Department of Statistics and Information Management) → Interview

Stages & papers

1.Phase-I (General)

OFFICIALLY VERIFIED
  • Objective Test — 200 questions · 200 marks · 120 minMock test

2.Phase-II (General)

OFFICIAL PARTIAL
  • Paper-I: Economic and Social Issues — 30 questions · 50 marks · 30 minMock test
  • Paper-II: English (Writing Skills) — 90 min (info only)
  • Paper-III: Finance and Management — 30 questions · 50 marks · 30 minMock test

Paper-I (ESI) and Paper-III (FM): objective (30Q/50M/30min) + descriptive (4-of-6 Qs/50M/90min). Paper-II (English): descriptive only (100M/90min, typed). Objective parts carry 1/4 negative marking.

3.DEPR (Department of Economic and Policy Research)

OFFICIAL PARTIAL
  • Paper-I: Economics (Objective) — 100 questions · 100 marks · 120 minMock test
  • Paper-II: Economics (Descriptive) — 180 min (info only)
  • Paper-III: English (Descriptive) — 90 min (info only)

3 papers + interview (75 marks). Paper-I is objective (online); Papers II & III are descriptive. Scheme per RBI advertisement; verify from rbi.org.in notification before relying on minute-level details.

4.DSIM (Department of Statistics and Information Management)

OFFICIAL PARTIAL
  • Paper-I: Statistics (Objective) — 100 questions · 100 marks · 120 minMock test
  • Paper-II: Statistics (Descriptive) — 180 min (info only)
  • Paper-III: English (Descriptive) — 90 min (info only)

3 papers + interview (75 marks). Paper-I is objective (online); Papers II & III are descriptive. Scheme per RBI advertisement; verify from rbi.org.in notification before relying on minute-level details.

5.Interview

OFFICIAL PARTIAL

75 marks; English or Hindi, candidate's choice.

Go deeper

Full exam pattern & timing rulesOfficial syllabusPrevious-year questions

Official sources

  • Information Handout for Online Examination — Direct Recruitment of Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) General, Panel Year 2025, Phase-I (verbatim mirror of official RBI handout)
  • RBI Grade B 2025 notification (Advt RBISB/DA/03/2025-26), Appendix-III scheme for DEPR/DSIM — mirrored copy
  • RBI Grade B Phase 2 exam pattern (General: ESI/English/FM structure)
  • RBI Grade B selection process 2027 (Phase-II General + DEPR scheme)
  • RBI Grade B Phase-II (General) pattern: ESI/FM objective 30Q/50M/30min + descriptive 4-of-6/50M/90min; English descriptive 100M/90min