IBPS RRB Notification 2021, Important Dates & Information.

IBPS or (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) conducts various banking exams for public sector banks. The IBPS conducts the RRB exam every year. In 2021 IBPS will conduct the IBPS RRB Exam for various positions and entrants can start registering themselves from the 18th June till 4th July 2021. This exam aims to hire for various positions in Region Rural Banks. According to IBPS RRB Notification, IBPS had released about 8000+ vacancies through IBPS Official website in August 2021.

The IBPS RRB Exam is conducted in two phases. The prelim and the main exam. The exam date for each category of exam will be different. The entrants who would be successful in clearing the prelim exam will further go ahead for the main exam. Let’s have a look at the posts available.

Posts of IBPS RRB 2021

Office Assistant

Scale I Officer

Scale-II General Banking Officer

Scale III Officer

Scale-II Agriculture

Scale-II IT

Marketing Officer (Scale II)

Scale-II CA

Scale-II Law

Treasury Officer (Scale-II)

 

The entrants can choose any of these job posts while registering and apply for a particular exam. Let’s have a look into the IBPS RRB Exam Dates:

Exam Dates:

Exam Events	Event Dates
Online Application Start	To be announced soon
Online Application Last date	To be announced soon
Admit Card Download for Prelims	To be announced soon
The 2021 Prelims Exam Date	To be announced soon
Publication of Result	To be announced soon
Admit Card Download for IBPS RRB Main	To be announced soon
Single Officers (II & III)/ Main – Online Examination	To be announced soon
Mains Exam- Officer Scale I	To be announced soon
Main Exam- Office Assistant	To be announced soon
Officers Scale I, II and III & Office Assistant Provisional Allotment	To be announced soon

 

The above table shows the dates of the exams that will be conducted in 2021. Keep the dates in mind and according to that start preparing for the exam. Entrants who are aspiring to secure IBPS RRB jobs must go through the IBPS RRB Exam Pattern 1st because that is going to help them plan studies. Let’s have a look into the exam pattern 1st:

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern 2021:

The IBPS RRB exam pattern is different for different posts right from the prelim exam. The exam has two stages thereafter it has provisional allotments. Let’s have a look at the IBPS RRB Exam Pattern and marking scheme for IBPS RRB Exam:

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern For Officer Scale – I

Objective Type Test	Total Questions	Marks for all Questions	Language of Exam	Time limit
Quantitative Aptitude	40	40	English / Hindi	45 minutes (within this time entrants have to complete all the papers.)
Reasoning	40	40	English / Hindi
Total	80	80

 

BPS RRB Exam Pattern For Office Assistant (Multipurpose):

Objective Type Test	Total Questions	Marks for all Questions	Language of Exam	Time limit
Numerical Ability	40	40	English / Hindi	45 minutes (within this time entrants have to complete all the papers.)
Reasoning	40	40	English / Hindi
Total Marks	80	80

The above-mentioned table shows the Prelim Exam pattern for the two categories of posts available in the IBPS RRB Exam. Next, we will check out the Exam pattern for the main Exams:

IBPS RRB Main Exam Pattern:

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern For Officer Scale-I

Objective Type Test	Total Questions	Marks for all Questions	Language of Exam	Time limit
English Language	40	40	English	2 hours (within this time entrants have to complete all the papers.)
Hindi Language	40	40	Hindi
General Awareness
	40	40	English / Hindi
Reasoning	40	50	English
Quantitative Paper
	40	50	English / Hindi
Computer Knowledge	40	20	English / Hindi
Total Marks	200	200

 

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern For Office Assistant (Multipurpose):

Objective Type Test	Total Questions	Marks for all Questions	Language of Exam	Time limit
Numerical Ability	40	50	English / Hindi	2 hours (within this time entrants have to complete all the papers.)
Reasoning	40	50	English / Hindi
English Language	40	40	English
General Awareness	40	40	English / Hindi
Hindi Language	40	40	Hindi
Computer Knowledge	40	20	English / Hindi
Total Marks	200	200

 

Single Level Examination (Objective)

Exam Pattern For General Banking Officer Scale-II:

Objective Type Test	Total Questions	Marks for all Questions	Language of Exam	Time limit
English Language	40	40	English	2 hours (within this time entrants have to complete all the papers.)
Hindi Language	40	40	Hindi
Financial Awareness	40	40	English / Hindi
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	40	50	English / Hindi
Reasoning Paper	40	50	Hindi / English
Computer Knowledge	40	20	Hindi / English
Marks in Total	200	200

 

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern For Officer Scale-III:

Objective Type Test	Total Questions	Marks for all Questions	Language of Exam	Time limit
English Language	40	40	English	2 hours (within this time entrants have to complete all the papers.)
Hindi Language	40	40	Hindi
Computer Knowledge	40	20	Hindi/English
Financial Awareness	40	40	Hindi/English
Reasoning	40	50	Hindi/English
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	40	50	Hindi/English
Marks in Total	200	200

 

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern For Specialist Cadre Officer Scale-II:

Objective Type Test	Total Questions	Marks for all Questions	Language of Exam	Time limit
English Language	40	20	English	2 hours 30 minutes (within this time entrants have to complete all the papers.)
Hindi Language	40	20	Hindi
Computer Knowledge	40	20	English / Hindi
Reasoning	40	40	English / Hindi
Financial Awareness	40	40	Hindi / English
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	40	40	Hindi / English
Professional Knowledge	40	40	English / Hindi
Marks in Total	240	200

 

There will negative marking and sectional cut off as well in both phases of the exam. The entrants must be very careful while answering. Now that we are aware of the exam pattern let’s have a look into the IBPS RRB Syllabus:

IBPS RRB Notification on Syllabus 2021:

The entrants who have applied for Officer Scale 1 & Office Assistant will have to go through the Prelim Exam and the rest of the entrants will only appear for one main exam and go for the interview round. Let’s have a look at the syllabus for IBPS RRB Syllabus:

Prelim Exam Syllabus 2021:

Office Assistant- Numerical Ability	Office Assistant- Reasoning Ability	Officer Scale 1- Reasoning	Officer Scale 1- Quantitative Aptitude
Data Interpretation	Inequality (Coded/ Direct)	Syllogism	Simplification/ Approximation
Number Series	Syllogism	Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	Number Series
Quadratic Equation	Puzzles and Seating Arrangement	Inequality	Data Interpretation
Simplification/ Approximation	Alphanumeric Series/ Alphabet Test	Coding-Decoding	Quadratic Equations
Miscellaneous (Compound Interest, Profit & Loss, Simple & Age-based questions, Time & Work, Partnerships, Pipes and Cistern, Speed Time & Distance, Probability etc)	Miscellaneous Questions (Blood Relations, Direction sense, Order and Ranking	Alphanumeric Series	Arithmetic
	Coding-Decoding	Blood Relation
		Order and Ranking
		Direction Sense

 

Syllabus for Main Exam 2021:

The topics of The main exam after the prelims are as follows:
• Reasoning.
• Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation.
• Financial Awareness.
• English Language.
• Hindi Language.
• Computer Knowledge.
• General Awareness / General Knowledge.

Reasoning:

Reasoning question can be both verbal and non-verbal. Entrants must read each question carefully and then answer.

 

Test Series	Relation of Blood	Time & Ranking
Statement	Decoding-Coding	Alphabet Test
Inequalities	Action Courses & Statements	Puzzles
Analogy	Odd one out	Syllogism
Assumption	Decision Making	Figure Series
Test of Directions	Causes & Effects	Arrangements of Sitting
Conclusion & Statement	Reason & Assertion	Word Formation

Financial Awareness:

Financial awareness has a vast number of the topic to cover. Entrants must focus on this topic early to complete the studies. Let’s have a look into the subjects to study:

Payment Balance	Indian Food Processing Industries	Food Inflation	RBI’s Currency Management
RBI bank & it’s the credit-control method.	Benchmarking	India and UNSC Reforms	Role of Small & Medium Scale Enterprises
India’s Metals wealth	India’s Disaster Management	Strategizing Success	India’s Assets
India’s Constitution	Passing the Buck	Understanding Service Tax in India	Understanding CESS
WTO & India	Sustainable Growth	Cauvery Water Issue	Lobbying influences
India: The Youngest Nation by 2021	Cash Reserve Ratio	Issues of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant	World Bank and India
Economy of Indian	India and China Growth differentials.	Understanding NIFTY	Subsidies in India
India Forests	Indian National Flag	India & OPEC	Relations of India China
Issues of Narmada Dam	India-ASEAN Relations

 

Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation:

This section of questions tends to be tricky. Entrants are advised to go through regular practice to score well in this section. Let’s have a look into the subjects to study:

Quadratic Equations	Probability	Permutation and Combination
Profit & Loss	HCF and LCM	Number System
Average	Time and Distance	Time and Work
Compound Interest	Simple Interest	Decimal Fractions
Data Interpretation	Ratio and Proportion	Percentage
Partnership	Simplification	Age Problems

 

English Language:

The English section requires regular practice. Entrants must keep on practising English language questions every day along with other subjects. Let’s have a look into the subjects to study:

Jumbled Words	Cloze Test	Rearrangement of Sentences
Fill in the blanks	Error Detection	Reading Comprehension
Comprehension	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	Unseen Passages	Adverb
Tenses	Vocabulary	Subject-Verb Agreement
Articles	Idioms & Phrases	Voice

 

Hindi Language:

The Hindi language will have the same kind of questions as in the English language. The question will be based on grammar. Topics will be more or less the same however the language of the exam will be Hindi.

 

Computer Knowledge:

Entrants who are in daily computer practice will not have much difficulty in grasping the knowledge of computer for the exam. Let’s have a look at the basis of the topic on which question may come in the IBPS RRB Exam:

Microsoft OneNote	MS Project.	Microsoft Outlook.	MS PowerPoint.
MS Visio.	Microsoft Access	MS Word	MS Excel.
Microsoft Publisher.

 

General Awareness :

This section will bring good marks to you if you study and memorize topis correctly. Entrants focus on studying this section every day.

Economy of Indian	Science – Inventions & Discoveries.	Countries & Capitals	Awards and Honours.
Abbreviations.	General Polity.	General Science.	Budget & Five-Year Plans.
Important Days.	Sports.	Science & Technology.	International & National Organizations.
Current Affairs – National & International.	National Movements of Indian	History of Indian	Books and Authors.

We are now aware of the IBPS RRB Syllabus and now we would check another very important aspect of the exam the IBPS RRB Eligibility. Entrants must cater to the criteria of eligibility or else their application will be cancelled. Let’s have a look:
IBPS RRB Notification on Eligibility:

The IBPS RRB Eligibility depends on four components the Nationality of an entrant, Educational qualification, Age limit and relaxation according to their categories, Disability reservations for various category of entrants. The very 1st thing that an entrant may check while filling the IPBS RRB Online Application form is the Eligibility criteria entrants should only apply for those benefits that they are entitled to according to the eligibility criteria. Or else if they have applied for some benefit for which they do not have valid documents their application will be cancelled by IBPS. Let’s have a look at the
IBPS RRB Eligibility Criteria for IBPS RRB Exam:

Nationality:

• The entrant must be a citizen of India or a subject of Nepal or Bhutan.
• A refugee from Tibet.
• A person of Indian origin, arrived from East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Burma, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zaire, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, and Pakistan, to settle down in India forever.
Now you already know about the very basic eligibility criteria i.e. citizenship. We will not have a look at the next most important criteria that is the Age limit for IBPS RRB.

Age Limit:

There are various posts within IBPS RRB and various post have different age limits. Let’s have a look into the age limit required for each post within IBPS RRB:

Job Post Names	Age Limits
(Senior Manager) Officer Scale III	21-40 years (Should be born between 3/06/1987- 31/05/1998)
(Manager) Officer Scale-II	21-32 years (Should be born between 3/06/1987- 31/05/1998)
(Assistant Manager) Officer Scale I	18-30 years (Must be born between 03/06/1989 -31/095/2001)
(Multipurpose) Office Assistant	18-28 years (Should be born between 02/06/1991 -01/06/2001)

Apart from this, there will be age limit relaxation for OBC, SC, ST, Ex-servicemen according to the IBPS RRB Notification 2021.
Educational Qualification:

Office Asst (Multipurpose):

Educational Skills	Work Experience Required
Entrants must have, Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in any manner from a recognized University. Should be proficient in local language as advised by RRB. Computer knowledge as per Job post.

 

(Assistant Manager) Officer Scale-I:

Educational Skills

Required Work Experience

Entrants must have, Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in any manner from a recognized University. Special preference is given to degree holder in the following subjects: Horticulture, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Forestry, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Veterinary Science, Information Technology, Economics, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Law, Management, or Accountancy. Should be proficient in local language as advised by RRB. Computer knowledge as per Job post.

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(Manager) General Banking Officer Scale-II:

Required Education

Required Work Experience

Entrants must have, Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in any manner from a recognized University with 50% marks. Special preference is given to degree holder in the following subjects: Information Technology, Agricultural Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Finance, Animal Husbandry, Marketing, Banking, Forestry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, & Cooperation, Management, Economics, Accountancy, Law.

Must have 2 years of work experience in a bank or other financial institutes.

Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (Manager):

Educational Skills	Work Experience Required
IT Officer Entrants must have, Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in any manner from a recognized University in Communication / Computer Science / Electronics / Information Technology or equivalent with 50% marks. Must have computer language knowledge preferably- certificate of OCP, PHP, ASP, Java, C++, VC, VB etc	Must have 1-year work experience in a similar industry.
Manager of Treasury Entrant must be an MBA or CA from Recognized Institute or University.	Entrant must have 1-year work experience in a similar job role.
Chartered Accountant Must have CA certification from the Institute of Chartered Accountant’s (India).	Must have 1-year work experience as CA.
Officer of Law Law degree from Recognized University or equivalent with 50% score.	Must have 1-year work experience as CA.
Officer of Agricultural Entrant must be a Graduate in following subjects: Horticulture, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Forestry, Dairy, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Veterinary Science, with 50% marks.	Entrant must have a 2-years work exam in a similar field.
Officer of Marketing Entrants must be an MBA in Marketing from a recognized Institute or University.	Must have a 1-year work exam in a similar field.

(Senior Manager) Officer Scale-III:

Educational Skills	Work Experience Required
Entrant must be a Graduate in following subjects: Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Marketing, Accountancy, Banking, Co-operation, Economics, Finance, Forestry, Horticulture, Information Technology, Management, Marketing, Pisciculture, Law & Veterinary Science.	Must have a 5-year work exam in a similar field.

 

The above table shows the educational qualification required as per job posts available within IBPS RRB. Now we will look into the last eligibility criteria of allowed disabilities for IBPS RRB Jobs:

Eligibility of Disable Entrants:

There will reservation for disabled entrants as well in the IBPS RRB Exam. These entrants are allowed various benefits like extra time in the exam or scribe option. However, each entrant applying under the disabled group must have a certificate of disability or may also be asked for a medical document. These documents have to carry in the interview round after the final selection.
Let’s have a look at which kind of disability is allowed in the exam:

• There will be reservation for Blind or entrants with low vision.
• Entrants who are deaf or hard of hearing.
• A person who has Locomotor Disability including leprosy cured, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, dwarfism and acid attack victims.
• Entrants with intellectual disability, autism, mental illness
and specific learning disability.
• An entrant who has more than one disability is allowed too.
Now that we are aware of the IBPS RRB Eligibility criteria lets find out how to apply for this exam:
IBPS RRB Notification on Online Application:
• The online application form will be available on the Official website of IBPS.
• Entrants must select the preferred post to apply and then click on new registration.
• In the 1st part, the entrant will fill the basic info of the entrant.
• Next, they need to update contact details like phone number and email address.
• Entrants must put their own phone number and email so that they can verify it with the top or code sent in it.
• Photos, docs and sign will have to be uploaded in the format as in the official notice.
• Entrants will be then asked to pay the exam fees. The fee can be paid both in online and offline mode.
• After the fee is paid entrants must check IBPS RRB Online Application status and make sure it’s on complete status.
We are already aware of the application process now. The next thing that comes to mind is the IBPS RRBs in 2021. Let’s have a look:

IBPS RRB Notification on Participating Banks:

Rural Banks	Head Office
Andhra Pragathi Gramin Bank	Kadapa
Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank	Murshidabad
Aryavart Bank	Lucknow
Assam Gramin Vikash Bank	Guwahati
Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank	Bharuch
Baroda Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank	Raibareilly
Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank	Guntur
Baroda Rajasthan Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Ajmer
Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank	Raipur
Vidharbha Konkan Gramin Bank	Nagpur
Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank	Patna
Ellaquai Dehati Bank	Srinagar
Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank	Mandi
Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank	Naharlagun (Papumpare)
J & K Grameen Bank	Jammu
Madhyanchal Gramin Bank	Sagar
Jharkhand Rajya Gramin Bank	Ranchi
Karnataka Gramin Bank	Bellary
Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank	Dharwad
Meghalaya Rural Bank	Shillong
Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank	Varanasi
Kerala Gramin Bank	Mallapuram
Madhya Pradesh Gramin Bank	Indore
Odisha Gramya Bank	Bhubaneshwar
Manipur Rural Bank	Imphal
Mizoram Rural Bank	Aizawl
Nagaland Rural Bank	Kohima
Maharashtra Gramin Bank	Aurangabad
Paschim Banga Gramin Bank	Howrah
Prathama UP Gramin Bank	Moradabad
Andhra Pradesh Grameena  Vikas Bank	Warangal
Puduvai Bharathiar Grama Bank	Puducherry
Punjab Gramin Bank	Kapurthala
Rajasthan Marudhara Gramin Bank	Jodhpur
Saptagiri Grameena Bank	Chittor
Purvanchal Bank	Gorakhpur
Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank	Rohtak
Saurashtra Gramin Bank	Rajkot
Tamil Nadu Grama Bank	Salem
Telangana Grameena Bank	Hyderabad
Utkal Grameen Bank	Bolangir
Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank	Muzaffarpur
Tripura Gramin Bank	Agartala

There are 8000+ tentative vacancies available in 2021 for IBPS RRB. Entrants must start preparing for the exam as early as possible. The prelim exam is in August so very little time is left for the exam. Let’s have a look into the number of IBPS RRB Vacancies for 2021:

IBPS RRB Notification of Vacancies:

Posts of IBPS RRB 2021	Vacancy Number
Office Assistant	3688
Scale I Officer	3352
Scale-II General Banking Officer	893
Scale III Officer	156
Scale-II Agriculture	106
Scale-II IT	75
Marketing Officer (Scale II)	45
Scale-II CA	24
Scale-II Law	18
Treasury Officer (Scale-II)	11

In conclusion, the exam dates are already out now. Entrants looking forward to completing the IBPS RRB Online Application must go to the official website and finish it as soon as possible. Entrants who have applied for Office assistant and Scale-I post must prepare their IBPS Study plan to crack the Prelim exam 1st. It not very difficult to crack the exam if entrants study and do needed revisions.