RBI Grade B Syllabus 2025

What is RBI Grade B Syllabus 2025?

The central bank of India i.e RBI annually conducts National Level Competitive Exam known RBI Grade B. Like any other exam, students needs to know the syllabus of RBI Grade B exam as well. Once the students know the entire syllabus, they can actually plan and strategize their preparation for RBI Grade B examination.

In terms of official notification regarding the RBI Grade B examination - it is expected to be released in early 2025.

The RBI Grade B exam is conducted in the following three phases/stages:

1. Phase – I Examination

2. Phase – II Examination

3. Interview

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What is the Syllabus for Phase I?

The Phase I is the FIRST screening process of the RBI Grade B exam and the syllabus includes 4 sections:

1. Quantitative Aptitude

2. Reasoning

3. English Language

4. General Awareness

The syllabus of each of the sections for RBI Grade B Exam 2025 is as follows:

Quantitative Aptitude

• Ratio & Proportion

• Mensuration

• Percentage

• Average

• Speed

• Time and Distance

• Time and Work

• Permutation and Combination

• Mixture and Alligation

• Data Interpretation

• Probability

• Stocks and Shares

• Simplification and Approximation

• Quadratic Equations

• Inequalities

• Number Series

• Upstream and Downstream

• Profit and Loss

• Simple and Compound Interest

Reasoning

• Puzzles

• Seating Arrangement

• Inequalities, Direction Test

• Blood Relation, Syllogism

• Input-Output

• Data Sufficiency

• Reasoning Analogy

• Coding-Decoding

• Ranking

• Alphanumeric series

English Language

• Reading Comprehension

• Cloze Test

• Para jumbles

• Fill in the blanks

• Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting

• Paragraph Completion

General Awareness

• Current Affairs

• Indian Financial Systems

• Indian Banking Systems

• Monetary Plans

• National Institutions

• Banking Terms

What is the Syllabus for Phase II?

The RBI Grade B Phase-II exam is an objective and descriptive type of online exam. The importance of this phase is that the score of this phase is added for the RBI Grade B Final selection. Further, the RBI Grade B 2026 Syllabus includes the following subjects:

1. Economic and Social Sciences

2. English

3. Finance & Management

The syllabus of each of the subjects for RBI Grade B Exam is as follows:

Economic and Social Sciences

• Growth and Development

• Economic Reforms in India

• Indian Political System

• Human Development

• Gender Issues

• Social Justice : Positive Discrimination in favor of the under privileged

• Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India

• WTO

• Regional Economic Cooperation

• Sustainable Development and Environmental issues

• World Bank and IMF

• Industrial and Labour Policy

• Monetary and Fiscal Policy

• Globalization

• Measurement of growth

• Role of Economic Planning

• EXIM Policy

• Social Sectors in India

• Privatization

• Social Movements

• National Income and per capita income

• Health and Education

• BOP

• Opening up of the Indian Economy

• Urbanization and Migration

• International Economic Institutions

• Social Structure in India

• Demographic Trends

English

The RBI Grade B 2025 syllabus for English does not provide any specific syllabus and is a descriptive one as well. The questions in this section test the writing, reading and understanding ability of the aspirant.

Finance & Management

I. Finance

(a) Financial System

• Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions

• RBI- functions and conduct of monetary policy

• Banking System in India - Structure and concerns, Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM Bank, NABARD, NHB, etc

• Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM, NABARD, NHB, etc.

(b) Financial Markets

Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments.

(c) General Topics

• Risk Management in Banking Sector;

• Global financial markets and International Banking – broad trends and latest;

• Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures and Swap;

• Financial Inclusion- use of technology;

• Changing Landscape of Banking sector;

• Recent Developments - Financial Sector, Portfolio Investment, Public Sector Reforms, Disinvestments;

• FinTech;

• Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership;

• Corporate Governance in Banking Sector, role of e-governance in addressing the issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government sector;

• Union Budget – Direct and Indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, Thirteenth Finance Commission and GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM);

• 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.

II. Management

• Management: its nature and scope

• Management Processes

• The Role of a Manager in an Organisation

• Directing and Controlling

• Staffing

• Planning, Organisation

• Career Planning

• Training and Development

• Rewards

• Employee Welfare

• Motivation, Morale and Incentives

• Theories of Motivation

• How Managers Motivate

• Concept of Morale

• Factors determining morale

• Role of Incentives in Building up Morale

• Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader

• Leadership Styles

• Leadership Theories

• A successful Leader versus an effective Leader

• Human Resource Development: Concept of HRD

• Goals of HRD; Performance Appraisal – Potential appraisal and development

• Feedback and Performance Counselling

• 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

• Corporate Governance

• Factors affecting Corporate Governance; Mechanisms of Corporate Governance.

We will continue with more information in the subsequent blogs, till then happy learning.

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