The much-awaited IBPS RRB 2020 Notification is finally released. The Regional Rural Bank (RRB) recruitment notification is for the posts of Officers Scale I, II, and III and Office Assistant. This is one of the largest recruitment notification in the banking sector to be released during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The Apply Online link for the recruitment of the IBPS RRB 2020 exam will be available from July 1st, with the exam to be held around September/October. The final interviews for the Group “A”- Officers (Scale-I, II& III) will be held in November 2020.
IBPS RRB 2020 Exam Dates
According to the official notification released on the official website, the IBPS RRB Exam 2020 will be held in September/October and the interviews will be conducted around November 2020. The table given below mentions the important dates of the IBPS RRB 2020 Exam:
| IBPS RRB 2020 Activity | IBPS RRB 2020 Date (Tentative) |
| IBPS RRB 2020 Notification | 30th June 2020 |
| Online Application Starts on | 01st July 2020 |
| Online Applications ends on | 21st July 2020 |
| IBPS RRB Prelims Exam Date | September/ October 2020 |
| Online Examination – Mains/Single | October/ November 2020 |
| Conduct of Interview | October/ November 2020 |
| Provisional Allotment(For Officers Scale I, II and III & Office Assistant) | January 2021 |
IBPS RRB 2020 Eligibility Criteria
Nationality:
According to the official notification, A candidate must be either –
- a Citizen of India or
- a subject of Nepal or
- a subject of Bhutan or
- a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling
- in India or
- 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 favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
Age (As on 01.07.2020):
- For Officer Scale- III (Senior Manager)– Above 21 years – Below 40 years i.e. candidates should not have been born earlier than 03.07.1980 and later than 30.06.1999 (both dates inclusive)
- For Officer Scale- II (Manager)- Above 21 years – Below 32 years i.e. candidates should not have been born earlier than 03.07.1988 and later than 30.06.1999 (both dates inclusive)
- For Officer Scale- I (Assistant Manager)– Above 18 years – Below 30 years i.e. candidates should not have been born earlier than 03.07.1990 and later than 30.06.2002 (both dates inclusive)
- For Office Assistant (Multipurpose) – Between 18 years and 28 years i.e. candidates should have not been born earlier than 02.07.1992 and later than 01.07.2002 (both dates inclusive)
Educational Qualification:
| Post | Educational Qualification | Experience |
| Office Assistant
(Multipurpose) |
Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized
University or its equivalent (a) Proficiency in local language as prescribed by the participating RRB/s (b) Desirable: Working knowledge of computers. |
|
| Officer Scale-I
(Assistant Manager) |
i. Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a
recognized University or its equivalent Preference will be given to the candidates having a degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics or Accountancy; ii. Proficiency in local language as prescribed by the participating RRB/s* iii. Desirable: working knowledge of Computer. |
|
| Officer Scale-II
General Banking Officer (Manager) |
Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized
University or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Preference will be given to the candidates having degree in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy. |
Two years as an officer in a
Bank or Financial Institution. |
| Officer Scale-II
Specialist Officers (Manager) |
Information Technology Officer
Bachelor’s degree from a recognized University in Electronics / Communication / Computer Science / Information Technology or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Desirable: Certificate in ASP, PHP, C++, Java, VB, VC, OCP etc. |
One year (in the relevant field) |
| Chartered Accountant
Certified Associate (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India |
One Year as a Chartered
Accountant. |
|
| Law Officer
Degree from a recognised University in Law or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. |
Two years as an advocate or
should have worked as Law Officer in Banks or Financial Institutions for a period of not less than two years |
|
| Treasury Manager
Chartered Accountant or MBA in Finance from a recognized university/ institution |
One Year (in the relevant field) | |
| Marketing Officer
MBA in Marketing from a recognized university |
One Year (in the relevant field) | |
| Agricultural Officer
Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Dairy/ Animal Husbandry/ Forestry/ Veterinary Science/ Agricultural Engineering/ Pisciculture from a recognized university or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate |
Two Years (in the relevant
field) |
|
| Officer Scale-III
(Senior Manager) |
Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized
University or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Preference will be given to the candidates having Degree/ Diploma in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Co-operation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy. |
Minimum 5 years experience as an Officer in a Bank or
Financial Institutions |
IBPS RRB 2020 Vacancy Breakup
In the official notification of IBPS RRB 2020, more than 10,000 vacancies are announced across different posts. The detailed list of vacancies are mentioned in the table below:
| Post | Vacancy |
| IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I | 4072 |
| IBPS RRB Office Assistant | 5328 |
| IBPS RRB Officer Scale-II | 1055 |
| IBPS RRB Officer Scale-III | 159 |
| Total no. of IBPS RRB Vacancy 2020 | 10614 |
IBPS RRB 2020 | Exam Pattern & Syllabus
The first two rounds for IBPS RRB Officer Scale I/Office Assistant would be same and would comprise of :
- Prelims or Phase-I
- Mains or Phase-II
The third round, however, differs for both these posts. For RRB Officer Scale-I, the last phase would be an Interview round, and for RRB Office Assistant, the third or the final phase would consist of a language proficiency test.
IBPS RRB Officer Scale-I Exam Pattern:
The exam pattern for Prelims or Phase I for RRB Office Assistant is:
| Name of Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning | 40 | 40 | Composite time of 45 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 |
The exam pattern for Mains or Phase II for RRB Office Assitant is:
| Name of Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning | 40 | 50 | Composite time of 120 minutes or 2 hours |
| Computer | 40 | 20 | |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | |
| English * | 40 | 40 | |
| Hindi * | 40 | 40 | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 50 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
*Candidate has to opt from English and Hindi
IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Pattern:
The exam pattern for Prelims or Phase I for RRB Office Assistant is:
| Name of Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning | 40 | 40 | Composite time of 45 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | 40 | 40 |
The exam pattern for Mains or Phase II for RRB Office Assitant is:
| Name of Test | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| Reasoning | 40 | 50 | Composite time of 120 minutes or 2 hours |
| Computer | 40 | 20 | |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | |
| English * | 40 | 40 | |
| Hindi * | 40 | 40 | |
| Numerical Ability | 40 | 50 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
*Candidate has to opt from English and Hindi
Penalty for Wrong Answer: There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each incorrect marked answer, one-fourth the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. However, no marks will be deducted for the questions that are left blank.
IBPS RRB 2020 Syllabus
The syllabus for each section is mentioned in the table below:
| English | Reading Comprehension
Cloze Test Fillers Sentence Errors Vocabulary based questions Sentence Improvement Jumbled Paragraph Paragraph Based Questions ( Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph Conclusion, Paragraph /Sentences Restatement) |
| Reasoning | Puzzles
Seating Arrangements Direction Sense Blood Relation Syllogism Order and Ranking Coding-Decoding Machine Input-Output Inequalities Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series Data Sufficiency Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and, Assumption, Conclusion, Argument) |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart)
Inequalities (Quadratic Equations) Number Series Approximation and Simplification Data Sufficiency Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns) |
| General Awareness | Banking and Insurance Awareness
Financial Awareness Govt. Schemes and Policies Current Affairs Static Awareness |
| Computer Knowledge | History and Generation of Computers
Introduction to Computer Organisation Computer Memory Computer Hardware and I/O Devices Computer Software Computer Languages Operating System Computer Network Internet MS Office Suit and Short cut keys Basics of DBMS Number System and Conversions Computer and Network Security |
This was all about the notification, eligibility criteria, vacancy, exam pattern and, exam syllabus of IBPS RRB 2020. With more than 10k vacancies, it is a golden opportunity for the banking aspirants! Make the most of it by kickstarting your preparation for the exam! All the best!
