PHASE 1 SYLLABUS:

Section Topics
Banking & Financial Awareness
MICR, IFSC code, Clean Notes policy, Fake notes, ATM,
NEFT, RTGS, Kisan credit card, RBI functioning,
Organizational structure of RBI, RBI intervention on
currencies, RBI Committees, CBS, ECS, SWIFT, BankNET,
Digital Signatures, Bank guarantee, Letter of Credit,
Bancassurance, Banking Awareness for RBI, GDP, GNP,
Purchasing Power Parity, Human Development Index,
Inflation, Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR), Cash Reserve
Ratio, Repo rate, Reverse Repo, Bank rate, Marginal
Standing Facility (MSF), Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF),
Priority Sector Lending, Non Performing Assets (NPA),
Capital Adequacy Ratio, Derivatives, Futures, Currency of
India, VAT, Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Organizations
General Awareness Banking structure of India, RBI, NABARD, Banking
Ombudsman, SIDBI, EXIM Bank, Cooperative Banks, CIBIL
Planning Commission, 5-year plans, Finance Commission,
CRISIL, LIC, Bretton Woods, BASEL, World Bank, IBRD, IMF,
SENSEX, NIFTY, Moody, S&P, Fitch
Yearbook
Acts, committees, legislation, Bank mergers, Information
Technology Act, SARFAESI Act, FEMA & FERA, Tarapore
Committee, Narsimhan Committees, FRBM Act, Budget
Highlights, Tax ceilings, Deductions, Foreign Direct
Investment, Policy changes
Current Affairs
To prepare current affairs, read Pratiyogita Darpan,
Chronicle, & Wizard competitive magazines, The Hindu,
Economic Times & Live Mint newspapers, know about
International Affairs, Indian Economy, Indian Polity
Reading Comprehension
Sentence Completion
Sentence Correction
Double Fillers
English Language Phrase/Word Replacement
Vocabulary
Error Spotting
Passage Making
Sentence Framing
 Jumble Words
Data Interpretation
Ratio and Proportion
Average
Time and Work
Speed, Distance and Time
Mixture and Allegations
Percentage
Quantitative Aptitude
Permutation and Combination
Probability
Time, Speed and Distance
Mensuration
Profit, Loss and Discount
Quadratic Equation
Simple Interest & Compound Interest
Logical Reasoning
Seating arrangement
Data Sufficiency
Alphanumeric Series
Puzzle
Syllogism
Reasoning Ability Coding-decoding
Inequalities
Input - Output
Blood Relation
Ranking
Direction and Sense
Series

PHASE 2 SYLLABUS:

RBI Grade B General Phase 2 Syllabus

Growth and Development
Measurement of growth
Paper I: Economic and Social Issues (ESI) National Income and per capita income
Poverty Alleviation and Employment
Generation in India
 Sustainable Development and Environmental
issues
Indian Economy
Economic History of India
Changes in Industrial and Labour Policy
Monetary and Fiscal Policy since reforms of
1991
Priorities and recommendations of Economic
Survey and Union Budget
Indian Money and Financial Markets:
Linkages with the economy
Role of Indian banks and Reserve Bank in the
development process
Public Finance
Political Economy
Industrial Developments in India
Indian Agriculture
Services sector in India
Globalization
Opening up of the Indian Economy
Balance of Payments
Export-Import Policy
International Economic Institutions - IMF,
World Bank, WTO, Regional Economic Co-
operation
International Economic Issues
Social Structure in India
Multiculturalism
Demographic Trends
Urbanisation and Migration
Gender Issues
Social Justice: Positive Discrimination in
favour of the under privileged
Social Movements
Indian Political System
Human Development
Social Sectors in India
Health and Education
The paper will be framed to assess the writing
Paper-II: English (Writing Skills) skills of candidates including the expression
and understanding of the topic.
Financial System
Paper III: Finance and Management Regulators of Banks and Financial
Institutions
Reserve Bank of India- functions and conduct
of monetary policy
Banking System in India – Structure and
concerns, Financial Institutions – SIDBI,
EXIM Bank, NABARD, NHB, etc, Changing
landscape of banking sector.
Impact of the Global Financial Crisis of
2007-08 and the Indian response
Financial Markets
Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex,
Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions,
instruments, recent developments
General Topics
Risk Management in Banking Sector
Basics of Derivatives
Global financial markets and International
Banking- broad trends and latest
developments.
Financial Inclusion
Alternate source of finance, private and social
cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership
Corporate Governance in Banking Sector,
role of e-governance in addressing issues of
corruption and inefficiency in the government
sector.
The Union Budget – Concepts, approach and
broad trends
Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates,
consequences, and remedies (control): WPI,
CPI - components and trends; striking a
balance between inflation and growth through
monetary and fiscal policies.
FinTech
Management
Fundamentals of Management &
Organizational Behaviour: Introduction to
management; Evolution of management
thought: Scientific, Administrative, Human
Relations and Systems approach to
management; Management functions and
Managerial roles; Nudge theory
Meaning & concept of organizational
behaviour; Personality: meaning, factors
affecting personality, Big five model of
personality; concept of reinforcement;
Perception: concept, perceptual errors.
Motivation: Concept, importance, Content
theories (Maslow’s need theory, Alderfers’
ERG theory, McCllelands’ theory of needs,
Herzberg’s two factor theory) & Process
theories (Adams equity theory, Vrooms
expectancy theory).
Leadership: Concept, Theories (Trait,
Behavioural, Contingency, Charismatic,
Transactional and Transformational
Leadership; Emotional Intelligence: Concept,
Importance, Dimensions. Analysis of
Interpersonal Relationship: Transactional
Analysis, Johari Window; Conflict: Concept,
Sources,
Types, Management of Conflict;
Organizational Change: Concept, Kurt Lewin
Theory of Change; Organizational
Development (OD): Organisational Change,
Strategies for Change, Theories of Planned
Change (Lewin’s change model, Action
research model, Positive model).
Ethics at the Workplace and Corporate
Governance
Meaning of ethics, why ethical problems
occur in business. Theories of ethics:
Utilitarianism: weighing social cost and
benefits, Rights and duties, Justice and
fairness, ethics of care, integrating utility,
rights, justice and caring, An alternative to
moral principles: virtue ethics, teleological
theories, egoism theory, relativism theory,
Moral issues in business: Ethics in
Compliance, Finance, Human Resources,
Marketing, etc. Ethical Principles in
Business: introduction, Organization
Structure and Ethics, Role of Board of
Directors, Best Practices in Ethics
Programme, Code of Ethics, Code of
Conduct, etc.
Corporate Governance: Factors affecting
Corporate Governance; Mechanisms of
Corporate Governance
Communication: Steps in the Communication
Process; Communication Channels; Oral
versus Written Communication; Verbal
versus non-verbal Communication; upward,
downward and lateral communication;
Barriers to Communication, Role of
Information Technology.