IBPS RRBs Scale - I

IBPS RRBs Scale - I

IBPS RRBs Scale - I: Common Recruitment Process for RRBs for recruitment of Group “A”-Officers Scale-I will be conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS).

For the posts of Officers Scale I the examination will be two tier i.e. the Online Examination will be held in two phases, Preliminary and Main.

For the post of Officers Scale I, candidates who will qualify in Preliminary Examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Main Examination and shortlisted candidates in the Main Examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be coordinated by the Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with appropriate authority.

Depending on the vacancies as per the business needs of the Regional Rural Banks and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the Regional Rural Banks keeping in view the merit cum preference (state wise for Officers in Scale I ), the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, administrative convenience, etc.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Nationality / Citizenship:

A candidate must be either -

(i) a Citizen of India or

(ii) a subject of Nepal or

(iii) a subject of Bhutan or

(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or

(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Age:

For Officer Scale- I (Assistant Manager)- Above 18 years - Below 30 years i.e. candidates should not have been born earlier than 03.06.1989 and later than 31.05.2001 (both dates inclusive)

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

RRBs Officer Scale-I (Assistant Manager): Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent.

Preference will be given to the candidates having degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics or Accountancy.

Proficiency in local language as prescribed by the participating RRB/s*

Desirable: working knowledge of Computer.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:

 The selection for RRBs Officer Scale-I (Assistant Manager) will be done through a three tiered process:

Phase-I: Preliminary Examination:

S.N.	Name of test	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning	40	Total Maximum Marks 80	Composite time of 45 minutes
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	40
	Total	80

Candidates (for RRBs Officer Scale-I (Assistant Manager) posts) have to qualify in both the tests by securing minimum cut-off marks. Adequate number of candidates in each category, depending upon requirements, will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

Phase-II: Main Examination:

S.N.	Name of test	Medium of Exam	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	50	Composite Time of 2 hours
2.	Computer Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	20
3.	General Awareness	Hindi/English	40	40
4. a	English Language	English	40	40
4. b	Hindi Language	Hindi	40	40
5.	Quantitative Aptitude	Hindi/English	40	50
	Total		200	200

Candidates can opt either 4 a or 4 b.

PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS (APPLICABLE TO BOTH– PRELIMINARY, MAIN  EXAMINATIONS)

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.

CUTOFF SCORE:

For Officers Scale I - Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main Examination to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, adequate number of candidates in each category not exceeding three times of the declared vacancies in each state shall be called for interview, subject to availability. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.