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The notification for this year's RBI Grade B Exam is out. And the earlier you
begin your preparation, the better it is. Besides taking good online mock tests, the
best way to begin your exam preparation is to have the best resources and books in
hand. Here we have compiled relevant free online study material along with
the recommended books for RBI Grade B exam. Here is where you start.
Some general tips before you start with any books or make any preparation strategy:
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Recommended Books For RBI Grade B Phase-I
Exam
The General Awareness section tests you largely on your basic knowledge about
Financial Awareness & Banking Awareness. You will also be tested on Current Affairs
and Static GK.
1. Pratiyogita Darpan
2. Lucent’s General Knowledge(4th Edition)
3. Manorama Year Book 2016
4. India 2015 by Ministry of Information
1. Current Affairs App: Make sure to read the Capsules, then take the Daily, Weekly and
Monthly Quizzes.
2. Financial Awareness Capsules & Study Notes: Financial Awareness is important
for SBI PO Mains preparation. Make sure to read up on capsules and concept-driven
study notes.
3. Financial Awareness Quiz: Take these quizzes to test yourself.
4. Static GK: These capsules are important to keep you up to date on trivia and events and
to boost your General Awareness.
5. GK Quiz: Boost your General Awareness with these short quizzes.
6. Current Affairs Capsules: If you don't have an Android app, read daily capsules for
the past 3 months.
7. Current Affairs Quiz: Make sure to take these quizzes daily.
English Books For RBI Grade B Exams
You will need to deal with English in both Phases I and II. You will have to deal with
objective questions in Phase I. In Phase II, you will need to write a Descriptive paper.
Name of
Author Publisher
Book
Objective English Edgar Thorpe Pearson (2013).
Objective R.S. Aggarwal,
S.Chand (2011).
General English Vikas Aggarwal
Word Power Made Easy Norman Lewis Penguin.
High School English
Wren & Martin S. Chand.
Grammar & Composition
1. Testbook English: Learn memory techniques for vocabulary, grammar lessons, tips,
tricks and more.
2. English for Competitive Exams Modules: The best technique for contextual usage,
grammar and practice for RCs.
3. Testbook English Quiz: Practice questions in tiny quizzes and see where you stand
among your peers.
4. Grammarly: Type in your grammar-related query on Google and click on the links
from Grammarly.
5. English Stack Exchange: Type in your grammar-related query on Google and click on
links from English Stack Exchange. Or visit the forum to learn English in an
unstructured format, one doubt at a time.
6. Thesaurus: Learn synonyms and antonyms for different words.
7. The Hindu: Read the Editorial page to improve your English.
8. Essay Writing Tips, Letter Writing Tips, Sample Essays, Sample Letters
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Quant Books for RBI Grade B
Name of
Author Publisher
Book
Quantitative Upkar
N. K. Singh
Aptitude Test Prakashan (2010).
Quantitative Aptitude
for Competitive
R. S. Aggarwal S.Chand (2012).
Examinations
(17th Edition)
Fast Track Objective
Arithmetic
Rajesh Verma Arihant.
(Completely
Revised Edition)
Quicker Mathematics M. Tyra BSC Publications.
1. Testbook Quant: Go through all the shortcuts, concepts and tips carefully.
2. Testbook Quant Quiz: Get tiny quizzes with solutions to fix your mistakes on the spot.
3. Careerbless: Get practice on an online calculator so you can do some quick maths.
Also, try questions for speed math.
4. Math Shortcut Tricks: Try shortcut tricks for Quantitative Aptitude.
Name of
Author Publisher
Book
Test of Reasoning Edgar Thorpe Pearson.
A Modern Approach
to Verbal R. S. Aggarwal S. Chand (2012).
& Non-Verbal Reasoning
(Revised Edition)
A New Approach
to Reasoning:
B. S. Sijwali Arihant (2014).
Verbal, Non-Verbal
& Analytical
Analytical Reasoning M. K. Pandey BSC Publications.
Logical and Analytical
A. K. Gupta R. Gupta.
Reasoning (1st Edition)
1. Testbook Reasoning: Clear your concepts so you can easily solve any Reasoning
question.
2. Testbook Reasoning Quiz: Practice is key to performing well in the reasoning
section. Makes sure to take them all!
3. Indiabix: Try Reasoning questions here, but don't rely on the answers and explanations
too much.
The paper will test your economic and social awareness. While preparing from the
following study material, make sure you pay attention to the basic concepts first and
then move on to topics that are more complex.
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Recommended Books for RBI Grade B Phase II Paper-I:
1. The Hindu
2. Economic Times
3. Business Standard
Weekly/Monthly Magazines/Bulletins/Reports:
This paper is the Board's way to test your writing skills. Consequently, the questions will
be framed in a way to judge your expression and understanding.
Recommended Books for RBI Grade B Phase II Paper-II:
1. RBI Grade-B Officer's Exam Phase 2 Descriptive Type Test Practice Work Book
(Including Solved Paper) by Kiran Prakashan
Since this English descriptive paper will take place online, try to practice as much as you
can by typing on a computer.
The Paper III of the RBI Grade B Exam is an Optional Paper, where you will have to
select 1 subject out of the 3 options provided to you.
These options are to be selected according to the post preference (i.e. either General,
DEPR or DSIM)
The optional papers are:
1. Finance & Management
2. Economics
3. Statistics
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(b) Financial Markets
Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions,
instruments and recent developments.
(a) Microeconomics
1. Consumers behaviour and firms; value of resources like land, labour and capital
2. Markets-monopoly, perfect and imperfect competition
3. General Equilibrium of price and activity, economic welfare and case for regulatory /
policy interventions
(b) Macroeconomics
1. Measuring national income and its components; basic macro identities and idea of
macro-balance; Goods and Financial Market Equilibrium (IS-LM Framework)
2. Major macro-economic school of thoughts; Classical, Keynesian and Monetarist.
3. Consumption and Investment demand; demand management policies and their
effectiveness.
4. Money demand and supply; monetary and fiscal policies.
(a) Probability
Simple and Stratified random sampling, ratio and regression methods of estimation,
Double sampling, Systematic, Cluster, two stage and PPS sampling. Sampling and Non-
sampling errors. Principles of Design of Experiments, Completely Randomized Design,
Randomized Block Design, Latin Square Design,missing plot technique, 22 and
23 factorial designs, Split-Plot Design and Balanced Incomplete Block Design,
Fractional factorial experiments
(h) Applied Economic Statistics
Time Series vs. cross sectional data,Multiplicative and additive models, Auto-
correlation, Partial auto correlation, Smoothing techniques, Seasonal and cyclical
adjustment.Price and Quantity Index numbers, Types of index numbers and
their properties. Chain and Fixed base index numbers, Cost of Living Index numbers,
Wholesale Price Index, Consumer Price Index, Index of Industrial Production, Gini’s
coefficient, Lorenz curves, Application of Pareto and Log normal as income distributions
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Networking,Internet Technologies, Web and HTML, Distributed systems,Programming
using C, MINITAB and FORTRAN.
In addition to the books recommended here you can take our Financial Awareness
Quizzes:
If you find this post on study material and recommended books for RBI Grade B exam
helpful, then do let us know in the comments section. Also, let us know if you need more
help. Happy studying!
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