IBPS RRB Officer Scale I, II & III Exam Pattern

IBPS RRB Officer Scale I, II & III Exam Pattern: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts Online Common Written Examination (CWE) for recruitment in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). The structure of common written examination for Officer Scale I, II & III positions is mentioned below….

IBPS RRB CWE Pattern Details: CWE comprises of 5 tests with 200 questions and 200 marks. The marks alotted for each test and related details have been given below…
Common Written Examination:

I: Group: I For ‘A & B ’ category States (under Official Languages Act)

Officer Scale-I:

Sr No.Name of Test (Objective)Medium of ExamNo.of QuestionsMaximum MarksTotal Time
1ReasoningHindi/English4050Composite Time of 2 hours and 30 minutes
2Quantitative AptitudeHindi/English4050
3General AwarenessHindi/English4040
4 aEnglish LanguageEnglish4040
4 bHindi LanguageHindi4040
5Computer KnowledgeHindi/English4020
Total200200

Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer):

Sr No.Name of TestMedium of ExamNo.of QuestionsMaximum MarksTotal Time
1ReasoningHindi/English4050Composite Time of 2 hours and 30 minutes
2Quantitative Aptitude & Data InterpretationHindi/English4050
3Financial AwarenessHindi/English4040
4 aEnglish LanguageEnglish4040
4 bHindi LanguageHindi4040
5Computer KnowledgeHindi/English4020
Total200200

Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre):

Sr No.Name of Test (Objective)Medium of ExamNo.of QuestionsMaximum MarksTotal Time
1ReasoningHindi/English4040Composite Time of 3 hours
2Quantitative Aptitude & Data InterpretationHindi/English4040
3Financial AwarenessHindi/English4040
4 aEnglish LanguageEnglish4020
4 bHindi LanguageHindi4020
5Computer KnowledgeHindi/English4020
6Professional KnowledgeHindi/English4040
Total240200

Officer Scale- III:

Sr No.Name of Test (Objective)Medium of ExamNo.of QuestionsMaximum MarksTotal Time
1ReasoningHindi/English4050Composite Time of 2 hours and 30 minutes
2Quantitative Aptitude & Data InterpretationHindi/English4050
3Financial AwarenessHindi/English4040
4 aEnglish LanguageEnglish4040
4 bHindi LanguageHindi4040
5Computer KnowledgeHindi/English4020
Total200200

II: Group: II For ‘C’ category States (under Official Languages Act) 

Officer Scale-I:

Sr No.Name of Test (Objective)Medium of ExamNo.of QuestionsMaximum MarksTotal Time
1ReasoningEnglish4050Composite Time of 2 hours and 30 minutes
2Quantitative AptitudeEnglish4050
3General AwarenessEnglish4040
4English LanguageEnglish4040
5Computer KnowledgeEnglish4020
Total200200

Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer):

Sr No.Name of TestMedium of ExamNo.of QuestionsMaximum MarksTotal Time
1ReasoningEnglish4050Composite Time of 2 hours and 30 minutes
2Quantitative Aptitude & Data InterpretationEnglish4050
3Financial AwarenessEnglish4040
4English LanguageEnglish4040
5Computer KnowledgeEnglish4020
Total200200

Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre):

Sr No.Name of Test (Objective)Medium of ExamNo.of QuestionsMaximum MarksTotal Time
1ReasoningEnglish4040Composite Time of 3 hours
2Quantitative Aptitude & Data InterpretationEnglish4040
3Financial AwarenessEnglish4040
4English LanguageEnglish4020
5Computer KnowledgeEnglish4020
6Professional KnowledgeEnglish4040
Total240200

Officer Scale- III:

Sr No.Name of Test (Objective)Medium of ExamNo.of QuestionsMaximum MarksTotal Time
1ReasoningHindi/English4050Composite Time of 2 hours and 30 minutes
2Quantitative Aptitude & Data InterpretationHindi/English4050
3Financial AwarenessHindi/English4040
4English LanguageEnglish4040
5Computer KnowledgeHindi/English4020
Total200200

Note: 

1. There will be common paper for both Generalist and Specialist cadre for the Post of Officer Scale-I
2.(a) Group I: For States categorised as “A” and “B” under Official Languages Act , candidate may answer questions either from English language test or Hindi language test.
(b) Group II: For States categorised as “C’’ under Official Languages Act, candidate to appear for English language test.

Region States/ Union Territories falling in the Region
ABihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand States and Andaman & Nicobar Islands,
National Capital Territory of Delhi Union Territories
BGujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab States and Chandigarh Union Territory
CAll other States and Union Territories not included in the A and B Regions
3. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks from the marks allotted for that particular question
4. Cutoff marks will be decided on the basis of Average
5. CWE Score will be available on IBPS Website.
6. Score card will be valid for one year from the date of issuing it.
7. CWE would be conducted at many centres as given in the notification.
8. Pre examination training will be provided for limited number of candidates for which online application has to be made.
9. Final selection would be based on RRBs’ own Selection Process i.e., Interview etc.