OFFICIAL: RBI Grade B Officer Phase II Test on July 6 and 7

After declaring the results of RBI Grade B Officers Exam (Phase I) in June, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to conduct Grade B Officers Phase II Test online on July 6 and 7 (Thursday and Friday) The Phase I exam was taken for recruitment program of the Bank to select the deserving candidates to be appointed as the officers under Grade B Cadre. Unlike from other Public Sector Banks that hire the candidates through the IBPS exams, the RBI has its own selection process to conduct exams, counsel and recruit the best candidates.

Candidates appearing for the exam must know that the Phase II Online Test will be conducted in shifts. One has to appear for all the shifts because all the papers are mandatory.

The Bank has scheduled the RBI Grade B Phase II exams (online) with the following pattern:

Exam Paper	Type	Marks	Duration
Economics & Social Issues	Objective	100	90
English (Writing skills)	Descriptive to type using keyboard	100	90
Finance & Management	Objective	100	90
		300	270 mins

In Paper II (English-Writing Skills), the candidate will be required to use the keyboard in the computer itself as English paper will test his or her writing skills in provide long descriptions. For details on the same, visit the official page here. The Bank had released the Notification of RBI Grade B (2017) in June aiming to undertake the online test at two levels; Phase I and Phase II. The Online Test through these phases would help the Bank shortlist the applicants for final appointment.

Important Dates:

Event	Date (2017)
Grade B P-I Admit Card	June 2
Grade B P-I Exam	June 17
Grade B P-II Admit Card	June 23
Grade B P-II Exam	July 6 and July 7
Interview	To Be Declared
Interview Call Letter	To Be Declared

On June 17, 2017 (Saturday), the Bank conducted the RBI Grade B Phase I exam at different centres across the country for the recruitment of Offers in Grade ‘B’ (General), Officers in Grade ‘B’ (Department of Economics and Policy Research-DEPR) and Officers in Grade ‘B’ (Department of Information and Statistics-DSIM). The Bank announced the results within a week and published a list of around 3500 candidates who cracked the Phase I Online Test. The results for RBI Grade B (General) can be downloaded here, for Officers in Grade ‘B’ DEPR can be downloaded here and for Officers in Grade ‘B’ DSIM can be downloaded here.

The exam had a total of 200 marks. And for selection in Phase II, the candidate must secure the minimum cut-off in each test and on the total marks as well. The Banks has released the cut-offs list on its official site. The list can be viewed here.