QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

1. Percentage
2. Profit & Loss, Discount
3. Ratio & Proportion
4. Simplification
5. Simple & Compound Interest
6. Time & Work
7. Pipes & Cistern
8. Number Series & Number System
9. Time, Speed, & Distance
10. Trains & Boats
11. Mixture
12. Average
13. Ages
14. Partnership
15. Area, Volume
16. Probability
17. Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency
18. Quadratic Equation
19. Quantity Comparison
Most important topics
Number Series
Percentage
Profit & Loss
Quadratic Equation
Time, Speed, & Distance
Ratio
Data Interpretation

REASONING
1. Alphabetical, Alphanumeric Series
2. Coding & Decoding
3. Syllogism
4. Direction Sense
5. Inequality
6. Ranking
7. Blood Relation
8. Seating Arrangement
9. Puzzles
10. Machine Input Output
11. Statement – Assumption
12. Statement – Course of Action
13. Cause and Effect
14. Statement Argument
15. Statement Conclusion
16. Data Sufficiency
ENGLISH Grammar
1. Error Spotting
2. Sentence Improvement
3. Comprehension Ability
4. Comprehension passage
5. Cloze Test
6. Rearrangement
7. Para Jumbles
8. Double Fillers
9. Vocabulary – Synonyms, Antonyms, One-word Substitution, and
Phrasal Verbs
Most important topics Grammar
1. Subject-Verb Agreement
2. Tenses
3. Conditional Sentences
4. Preposition
5. Complex Preposition
6. Conjunction
7. Advance Verbs
Reading Comprehension
8.Cloze Test
9.Double Fillers
10.Sentence improvement
Current GA Syllabus for RBI Grade B Phase 1 Exam
1. National News: MoUs, summits and major events related to
India.
2. International: Summits and conferences held abroad.
3. Financial & Economics News
4. Financial Awareness: RBI and SEBI Notification and Regulations
5. Defence: Military exercises, drills and major updates related to
the defence sector of India
6. Days in News: Major events or days, along with its date and
theme
7. Persons in News: Obituaries, appointments, retirements
8. Sports: Major tournaments and its winners
9. Science, Technology and Space
10. Awards and honours
11. Environment
12. Banking, Economy related news
13. Reports and Government Schemes
14. Books and Authors
Static GA Syllabus for RBI Grade B Phase 1 Exam
1. Chief Ministers and Cabinet Ministers
2. National Parks and Sanctuaries
3. Airport Locations, Stadiums
4. Organisations’ Headquarters
5. Banks’ Headquarters and Taglines
6. Power Plants in India
7. Indian Dance Forms
8. Countries Capitals and their Currencies
9. Important Days
New Syllabus of Economic and Social Issues (ESI)
1. Growth and Development – Measurement of growth: National
Income and per capita income – Poverty Alleviation and Employment
Generation in India – Sustainable Development and Environmental
issues

2. Indian Economy – Economic History of India – Changes in

Industrial and Labour Policy, Monetary and Fiscal Policy since reforms
of 1991 – Priorities and recommendations of Economic Survey and
Union Budget – Indian Money and Financial Markets: Linkages with
the economy – Role of Indian banks and Reserve Bank in the
development process – Public Finance – Political Economy – Industrial
Developments in India- Indian Agriculture – Services sector in India.

3. Globalization – Opening up of the Indian Economy – Balance of

Payments, Export-Import Policy – International Economic Institutions
– IMF and World Bank – WTO – Regional Economic Co-operation;
International Economic Issues

4. Social Structure in India – Multiculturalism – Demographic

Trends – Urbanisation and Migration – Gender Issues – Social Justice;
Positive Discrimination in favour of the underprivileged – Social
Movements – Indian political System – Human Development – Social
Sectors in India, Health and Education.
FINANCE MANAGEMENT
Financial System
1. Regulator of Banks and Financial Institutions
2. Reserve Bank of India – functions and conduct of monetary
policy
3. Banking System in India – Structure and concerns, Financial
Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM Bank, NABARD, NHB, etc., Changing
landscape of banking sector.
4. Impact of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 and the
Indian response.
5. Structure and Functions of Financial Institutions
6. Functions of the Reserve Bank of India
7. Banking System in India – Structure and Developments,
Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM Bank, NABARD, NHB, NaBFID etc.
8. Recent Developments in the Global Financial System and its
Impact on Indian Financial System
9. Role of Information Technology in Banking and Finance
10. Non-Banking System
11. Developments in Digital Payments
Financial Markets

1. Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity,

etc.), functions, instruments, and recent developments.
General Topics

1. Risk Management in Banking Sector

2. Basics of Derivatives
3. Global financial markets and International Banking – broad
trends and latest developments
4. Financial Inclusion
5. Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit,
Public-Private Partnership
6. Corporate Governance in the Banking Sector, the role of e-
governance in addressing issues of corruption and inefficiency in the
government sector.
7. The Union Budget – Concepts, approach and broad trends
8. Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences and
remedies (control): WPI- CPI – components and trends; striking a
balance between inflation and growth through monetary and fiscal
policies
9. FinTech
10. Basics of Accounting and Financial Statements – Balance Sheet,
Profit and Loss, Cash Flow Statements, Ratio Analysis (such as Debt to
Equity, Debtor Days, Creditor Days, Inventory Turnover, Return on
Assets, Return on Equity, etc.)
11. Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences and
remedies (control): WPI- CPI – components and trends; striking a
balance between inflation and growth through monetary and fiscal
policies.
Management

1. Fundamentals of Management &Organizational Behaviour:

Introduction to management; Evolution of management thought:
Scientific, Administrative, Human Relations and Systems approach to
management; Management functions and Managerial roles; Nudge
theory
2. Meaning & concept of organizational behaviour; Personality:
meaning, factors affecting personality, Big Five model of personality;
concept of reinforcement; Perception: concept, perceptual errors.
Motivation: Concept, importance, Content(Maslow’s need theory,
Alderfers’ ERG theory, McCllelands’ theory of needs, Herzberg’s
two factor theory) & Process theories (Adams equity theory, Vrooms
expectancy theory).
3. Leadership: Concept, Theories (Trait, Behavioural, Contingency,
Charismatic, Transactional and Transformational Leadership;
Emotional Intelligence: Concept, Importance, Dimensions. Analysis of
Interpersonal Relationship: Transactional Analysis, Johari Window;
Conflict: Concept, Sources, Types, Management of Conflict;
Organizational Change: Concept, Kurt Lewin Theory of Change;
Organizational Development (OD): Organisational Change, Strategies
for Change, Theories of Planned Change (Lewin’s change model,
Action research model, Positive model).
4. Ethics at the Workplace and Corporate Governance: Meaning
of ethics, why ethical problems occur in business. Theories of ethics:
Utilitarianism: weighing social cost and benefits, Rights and duties,
Justice and fairness, ethics of care, integrating utility, rights, justice
and caring, an alternative to moral principles: virtue ethics,
teleological theories, egoism theory, relativism theory, Moral issues in
business: Ethics in Compliance, Finance, Human Resources,
Marketing, etc. Ethical Principles in Business: introduction,
Organization Structure and Ethics, Role of Board of Directors, Best
Practices in Ethics Programme, Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct, etc.
5. Corporate Governance: Factors Affecting Corporate
Governance; Mechanisms of Corporate Governance
6. Communication: Steps in the Communication Process;
Communication Channels; Oral versus Written Communication;
Verbal versus non-verbal Communication; upward, downward and
lateral communication; Barriers to Communication, Role of
Information Technology
NEWLY ADDED IN FINANCE
Recent Developments in the Global Financial System and its
Impact on the Indian Financial System
What does Recent mean here?
The recent word used here is undefined. It could be after the year
2008, as there were a lot of changes introduced (such as Basel III) in
the financial system because of the global financial crisis.
1. Basically, we have to focus on regulation at the global level and
how they are impacting India.
2. Money Markets
3. Interest Rates/ Bond Yields
4. Foreign Exchange Markets
5. Derivatives Markets
6. Risk Management
Role of Information Technology in Banking and Finance
1. FinTech
2. ATM
3. Internet Banking
4. Payment Systems
5. Credit/Debit Cards
6. RTGS/NEFT 24/7
7. UPI
8. E-Wallets
9. Frauds
10. AI (Artificial Intelligence) for Approval and Product Needs
11. Phone Banking
Non-Banking System
The major thing that you would be required to study under non-
banking is NBFCs. NBFCs (Non-Banking Financial Companies) are
entities that provide bank-like financial services but don’t hold a
banking licence and are unregulated. It includes the following:
1. Insurance Firms
2. Venture Capitalists
3. Currency Exchangers
4. Micro Finance Organizations
5. Housing Finance Companies
6. Pension Funds
7. Factoring Company
8. E-Wallets
Developments in Digital Payments
1. UPI
2. IMPS/RTGS/NEFT
3. AePS
4. BPS
5. NETC
Basics of Accounting and Financial Statements
1. Balance Sheet
2. Profit and Loss
3. Cash Flow Statements
4. Ratio Analysis
5. Debt to Equity
6. Debtor Days
7. Creditor Days
8. Inventory Turnover
9. Return on Assets
10. Return on Equity

Months RBI Grade B Manager Preparation Strategy

Week 1 to 5
Ÿ Management
Ÿ Finance
Ÿ ESI
Ÿ Current Affairs
Week 6 to 16
Ÿ Current Affairs
Ÿ Reasoning
Ÿ Quant
Ÿ Descriptive English (DE)
 Week 17 to 21
Ÿ English
Ÿ Phase 1 Mock Tests
Ÿ Management Answer Writing
Ÿ Finance Answer Writing
Week 22 to 27
Ÿ ESI Answer Writing
Ÿ Revise QRE
Ÿ Revise QRE and CA
Ÿ NA
Week 28 to 35
Ÿ Revise Management
Ÿ Revise Finance
Ÿ Write one answer daily
Ÿ Phase 2 Mock Test