IBPS RRB Officer Scale I, II & III Exam Pattern and syllabus

IBPS RRB Officer Scale I, II & III Exam Pattern: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts Online Common Written Examination (CWE) for recruitment in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). The structure of common written examination for Officer Scale I, II & III positions is given below….
IBPS RRB CWE Pattern Details: CWE comprises of 5 tests with 200 questions and 200 marks. The marks alotted for each test and related details have been given below…
Common Written Examination:

Officer Scale-I:

Sr No.	Name of Test (Objective)	Medium of Exam	No.of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Time
1	Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	50	Composite Time of 2 hours
2	Quantitative Aptitude	Hindi/English	40	50
3	General Awareness	Hindi/English	40	40
4 a	English Language	English	40	40
4 b	Hindi Language	Hindi	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	20
	Total		200	200

Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer):

Sr No.	Name of Test	Medium of Exam	No.of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Time
1	Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	50	Composite Time of 2 hours
2	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	Hindi/English	40	50
3	Financial Awareness	Hindi/English	40	40
4 a	English Language	English	40	40
4 b	Hindi Language	Hindi	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	20
	Total		200	200

Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre):

Sr No.	Name of Test (Objective)	Medium of Exam	No.of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Time
1	Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	40	Composite Time of 2 hours and 30 minutes
2	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	Hindi/English	40	40
3	Financial Awareness	Hindi/English	40	40
4 a	English Language	English	40	20
4 b	Hindi Language	Hindi	40	20
5	Computer Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	20
6	Professional Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	40
	Total		240	200

Officer Scale- III:

Sr No.	Name of Test (Objective)	Medium of Exam	No.of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Time
1	Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	50	Composite Time of 2 hours
2	Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	Hindi/English	40	50
3	Financial Awareness	Hindi/English	40	40
4 a	English Language	English	40	40
4 b	Hindi Language	Hindi	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	20
	Total		200	200

Common Interview:

Candidates who will qualify Online examination will subsequently called for a Common Interview conducted by the Nodal Regional Rural Bank in each State/ UT, coordinated by IBPS. The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks/ scores in interview and within it for local language proficiency will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ ST candidates). The minimum qualifying marks in interview for Officer Scale II & III will also be not less than 40% for all the candidates except 35% for SC/ ST candidates. The relative weightage (ratio) of CWE and interview will be 70:30 respectively. Candidates should qualify both in the CWE and interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process.