IBPS RRB Office Assistant

The IBPS RRB Office Assistant exam is actually “Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Common Recruitment Process for Recruitment of Office Assistant in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) – CRP RRBs VIII”. IBPS conducts this exam every year to recruit Office assistants for the participating Regional Rural Bank’s (RRB’s). In 2019 IBPS RRB Office Assistant exam, 56 RRB’s participated to recruit office assistants. Some of them are Allahabad UP Gramin Bank, Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank, Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank, Assam Gramin Vikash Bank, Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank, Dena Gujarat Gramin Bank, etc.

Once you clear the IBPS RRB Office Assistant exam, you will be recruited as an Office assistant in one of the participating banks.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Dates 2020

Below are the exam dates of IBPS RRB Officer Scale I & IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2020 as per the IBPS Calendar 2020-21. The official IBPS RRB 2020 exam dates will be released along with the notification.

Exam Event	Tentative Dates
On-line registration Begins	26 October 2020
Last Date to Apply Online	09 November 2020
Last date to Pay Fees	July 2020 (To be announced soon)
IBPS RRB Admit Card Release	10th December 2020
IBPS RRB – Office Assistant Prelims Exam Date	2nd & 4th January 2021
IBPS RRB – Office Assistant Prelims Result Date	21 January 2021
IBPS RRB Mains Admit Card	To be announced soon
IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains Exam Date	20th February 2021
IBPS RRB Mains Result Date	To be announced soon
IBPS RRB Interview	To be announced soon
Provisional Allotment	To be announced soon

 

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Eligibility Criteria

There are 3 eligibility criteria that a candidate should fulfill for IBPS RRB Office Assistant & Officer Scale 1.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Age Limit

• The minimum age of the candidate should not be less than 21 years.
• The maximum age of the candidate should not be more than 40 years.

Age Relaxation

Category	Age Relaxation
SC/ST	5 years
OBC	3 years
PWD	10 years
Ex-Servicemen	Office Assistant – the 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 Officer Scale – I – 5 years
Widows, Divorced women, and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried	9 years (Office Assistant)
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

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Educational Qualifications

Post	Educational Qualification
Office Assistant	Graduation/Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized university. Proficiency in local language as prescribed by the participating RRB’s Desirable Qualification: Working knowledge of Computers.
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 a 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 Qualification: Working knowledge of Computers.

Language Proficiency

Proficiency in the local language as prescribed by the participating RRBs is mandatory.

 

IBPS RRB Vacancies 2020

The IBPS has released additional vacancies in this drive for the allied posts. Read the table below to know the complete information about the IBPS RRB Vacancies.

 

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Selection Process

IBPS Office Assistant Selection Process

The selection process for the IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2019 exam will consist of 2 stages:

1. Prelims Exam (Objective)
2. Mains Exam (Objective)

 

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Pattern

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims Exam Pattern

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims consists of 2 sections – Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability. The total duration of the exam is 45 minutes. Each section consists of 40 questions.

Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Exam Medium
Numerical Ability	40	40	Hindi/English
Reasoning	40	40
Total	80	80

 

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern for Office Assistant Main Exam pattern :

Section	No. of Qs	Max Marks	Duration
Reasoning	40	50	Composite time of 2 Hours
Quantitative Aptitude	40	50
General Awareness	40	40
English/Hindi Language	40	40
Computer Knowledge	40	20
TOTAL	200	200

• There is one-fourth negative marking in both Prelims & Mains both for each question answered wrongly!
• Once you clear the first stage of IBPS RRB Exam, you will have to appear for the Mains Exam.
• Final selection will be based on the score of the Mains Exam.

 

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Salary

• The basic pay of an IBPS RRB office assistant is Rs. 7200/- along with the various perks including Annual increment, Dearness Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance, House Rent Allowance, etc.
• Thus an IBPS RRB Office Assistant gets about Rs 16000 to 20000 in-hand salary.

 

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Job Profile

IBPS RRB Office Assistant is mostly a desk job. Office Assistant is usually the first point of contact in banks and thus the candidates are usually involved in a lot of customer interaction. Office Assistants in IBPS RRBs have to take up various tasks like opening account, cash transactions, passbook printing, fund/ balance transfers, payment withdrawals, handle cash counters, etc.

One of the major tasks of RRB Office Assistants is to cater to the requirement of rural masses. This involves listening to the financial queries faced by farmers, who are usually the customers of these banks and provide them with proper solutions for the same.

 

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Syllabus

IBPS RRB Syllabus for Reasoning Ability:

The reasoning ability section comprises of logical and verbal reasoning. The topics for IBPS RRB reasoning syllabus are as follows:

 

IBPS RRB Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude:

 

IBPS RRB Syllabus for the English Language:

IBPS RRB Syllabus for the Hindi Language:

Also, to learn more about General English for Competitive exams, candidates can visit the linked article and get information about the detailed English syllabus for the various other banking sector and Government sector exams.

IBPS RRB Syllabus for Computer Knowledge:

IBPS RRB Syllabus for General Awareness: