IBPS RRB Officer Scale I, II & III Exam Pattern

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 Online examination for Officer Scale I, II & III positions is mentioned below….

IBPS RRB Online Exam 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…

Preliminary  Examination:

Officer Scale-I:

Sr No.	Name of Test (Objective)	Medium of Exam	No.of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	40	Composite Time of 45 minutes
2	Quantitative Aptitude	Hindi/English	40	40
	Total		80	80

Main Examination (objective):

Officer Scale-I

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	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

Single level Examination (objective)

Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer):

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		240	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

Note: 

1. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks from the marks allotted for that particular question

2. Cutoff marks will be decided on the basis of Average

3. CWE Score will be available on IBPS Website.

4. Score card will be valid for one year from the date of issuing it.

5. CWE would be conducted at many centres as given in the notification.

6. Pre examination training will be provided for limited number of candidates for which online application has to be made.

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.

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