IBPS CRP RRB 2018: Detailed Guide

A] IBPS CRP RRB General Information

IBPS conducts Common Recruitment Process for the posts of Office Assistant (Multipurpose), Officer Scale-I (Assistant Manager), Officer Scale-II: General Banking Officer (Manager), Officer Scale-II: Specialist Officers (Manager), Officer Scale-III (Senior Manager) for participating organisations.

Important Dates Announced by IBPS for CRP RRBs VII:

Important Events	Dates	Links
Commencement of on-line registration of application	08/06/2018
Closure of registration of application	02/07/2018
Download of Pre-Examination Training Call Letter CRP RRB VII (Office Assistant)	18th June to 4th August	Download Here
Download of Pre-Examination Training Call Letter CRP RRB VII (Officer Scale-I)	18th June to 4th August	Download Here

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exam Stage	Category/Date
Preliminary Examination	Officer Scale I  11.08.2018, 12.08.2018, 18.08.2018 Download Admit Card for Prelim Here (Officer Scale – I) Office Assistants 19.08.2018, 25.08.2018, 01.09.2018 Download Admit Card for Prelim Here (Office Assistant)
Prelim Result	Officer Scale I – Sept. 2018
	Office Assistant – Sept. 2018
Download of Single Test/ Mains Admit Card	September 2018
Single Examination	Officers Scale II & III : 30.09.2018
Main Examination	Officer Scale I : 30.09.2018 Office Assistants : 07.10.2018
Declaration of Result – Main/ Single (For Officers Scale I, II and III)	October 2018
Download of call letters for interview (For Officers Scale I, II and III)	November 2018
Conduct of interview (For Officers Scale I, II and III)	November 2018
Provisional Allotment	January 2019

B] IBPS Notification 2018

Eligibility Criteria
I 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.

II Age (As on 01.06.2018)
For Officer Scale- III (Senior Manager)- Above 21 years – Below 40 years i.e. candidates should not have been born earlier than 03.06.1978 and later than 31.05.1997 (both dates inclusive)

For Officer Scale- II (Manager)- Above 21 years – Below 32 years i.e. candidates should not have been born earlier than 03.06.1986 and later than 31.05.1997 (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 03.06.1988 and later than 31.05.2000 (both dates inclusive)

For Office Assistant (Multipurpose) – Between 18 years and 28 years i.e. candidates should have not been born earlier than 02.06.1990 and later than 01.06.2000 (both dates inclusive)

Age Relaxation:

Category	Relaxation (in years)
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe	5 years
Other Backward Classes	3 years
Persons With Benchmark Disability as defined under “The Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016”	10 years
Ex-Servicemen/ Disabled Ex-Servicemen	(for the post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose)) actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled ExServicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years
In the case of Ex- servicemen commissioned officers, including ECOs/ SSCOs, who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment*	(for the post of Officers) 5 years
Widows, Divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried	(only for the post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose) 9 years
Persons ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 1-1-80 to 31-12-89	5 years
Persons affected by 1984 riots	5 years
*For exact terms, refer to the detailed notification Pg. 6

III Educational Qualification and Experience (as on the last date of Online Registration i.e. 02.07.2018):

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 Computer	–
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 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 recognised 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.	2 years as an advocate/ should have worked as Law Officer in Banks or Financial Institutions (not less than 2 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 Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy.	Minimum 5 years experience as an Officer in a Bank or Financial Institutions

Vacancies
IBPS announces state-wise vacancies. The total number of vacancies is 5249 for Office Assistant and 3312 for Officer Grade-I. The state-wise breakup of the vacancies can be viewed in the Annexure I of the detailed notification.

C] IBPS CRP RRB Application

A candidate can apply for the Post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose) and can also apply for the Post of Officer. However a candidate can apply for only one post in officer’s cadre i.e. for Officer Scale-I or Scale-II or Scale-III.
Candidates have to apply separately and pay fees / intimation charges separately for each post.
Candidates can apply online only from 08.06.2018 to 02.07.2018 and no other mode of application will be accepted.

Documents to be Uploaded with Specifications

Document	Dimensions (2017)	File Size Specifications (2018)	Other Information
Photograph of the Applicant (4.5cm × 3.5cm)	200 x 230 pixels (preferred)	20kb–50 kb	Image file should be JPG or JPEG format
Signature of the Applicant	140 x 60 pixels (preferred)	10kb – 20kb	CAPITAL LETTERS  NOT accepted
Thumb impression of the Applicant	New – To be updated	10kb – 20kb
Scanned copy of handwritten declaration	New – To be updated	10kb – 20kb	Exact text will be updated

Further, identity verification will be done by IBPS using document and biometric verification.

D] IBPS CRP RRBs Exam Pattern

Preliminary Examination (objective) is conducted for Office Assistant (Multipurpose)/Officer Scale-I. The following is the pattern:

S. No.	Section	Question	Marks	Duration
1.	Reasoning	40	40	A cumulative time of 45 mins
2.	Numerical Ability	40	40
	Total	80	80

Mains Examination is conducted for Office Assistant(Multipurpose)/Officer Scale-I and has same pattern as Single Stage Examination for Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer)/Officer Scale- III Officer Scale- III

S. No.	Section	Question	Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning Paper	40	50	A cumulative time of 2 hours is provided
2	General Awareness Paper	40	40
3	Numerical Ability Paper	40	50
4	(a) English (b) Hindi Language Paper*	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge	40	40
	Total	200	200
* Candidates can opt either 4 a or 4 b.

Exam Pattern for Single Stage Exam Pattern for Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre)

S. No.	Section	Question	Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning Paper	40	50	A cumulative time of 2 hours and 30 minutes is provided
2	Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation	40	50
3	(a) English (b) Hindi Language Paper*	40	40
4	Computer Knowledge	40	40
5	Financial Awareness	40
6	Professional Knowledge
	Total	240	200
* Candidates can opt either 3 a or 3 b

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 or 0.25 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.

E] IBPS CRP RRB Exam Syllabus

The topics that will be asked in prelim/mains/single stage are broadly the same. Depending on the sections being asked in the exam, given below is a reference list of subtopics to prepare for.  Do note that specialist cadre officers will be tested separately on professional knowledge.

Quantitative Aptitude	Reasoning	English Language	Hindi Language	General Awareness/Financial Awareness	Computer Applications
Number System	Odd man out	Spotting Errors	Vyakaran	Current Affairs	Computer Fundamentals
Decimal Fraction	Syllogism	Jumbled Words	Fill in the Blanks	Countries/Currencies	Software and Hardware Fundamentals
Simple Interest	Blood Relation	Fill in the Blanks	Mistakes	Indian and International Economy	Networking
Time and Work	Series Test	Idioms and Phrases		Banking Terms	MS Office
Averages	Ranking and Time	Comprehension		RBI	Database
Partnership	Direction Sense Test	Commonly Misspelled Words		Books and Authors	History and Future of Computers
Ratio and Proportion	Decision Making	Phrase Substitution		Fiscal Monetary Policies	Computer Fundamentals
Case Studies	Figure Series	Jumbled up sentences		Repo and Reverse Repo Rate	Software and Hardware Fundamentals
Permutation and Combination	Statement and Conclusion	Cloze Tests		Social Function of Banks	Networking
HCF and LCM	Statement and Arguments	One word Substitution		UNO	MS Office
Profit and Loss	Figure Series Test			Marketing	Database
Compound Interest	Analogy			Awards and Honors
Time and Distance	Coding-Decoding			Sports
Simplification	Alphabet Test			Finance
Percentages	Number			Agriculture
Averages	Causes and Effects			History of Banking
Charts and Graphs	Sitting Arrangements
Probability	Statement and Assumption
	Assertion and Reason
	Word Formation
	Statements and Action Courses
	Word Formation

F] IBPS CRP RRB Cutoffs 2017

Officer Scale I Prelim Cutoff 2017:

State	Cut Off (Gen)
Madhya Pradesh	49.75
Himachal Pradesh	52.25
Punjab	54
Odhisa	52
Jharkhand	52
Telangana	45.50
Rajasthan	52
Maharashtra	46.25
Karnataka	41.75
Chattisgarh	47.50
Gujarat	48.50
Uttar Pradesh	50.25
West Bengal	51.25
Bihar	52.25
Uttarakhand	56
Haryana	55
Karnataka	41.75
Tamil Nadu	42
Jammu and Kashmir	46.75
Andhra Pradesh	47.25

 

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