Reserve Bank of India conducted the mains examination for Assistants to be posted all over India in various RBI offices. This is the most prestigious banking sector examination in India, second only to RBI grade B officers direct recruitment examination. A number of candidates had appeared for the test and are awaiting results which are expected most probably this week.
RBI Assistant Mains Examination 2016: The Exam Pattern
Well, before that comes, in this article, we shall try to project the expected cut off and a detailed analysis for the RBI Assistant Mains Examination 2016.
| Sections | Number of Questions | Maximum marks | Time allotted |
| English Language | 40 | 40 | Composite Time of 120 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | 40 | 40 | |
| Reasoning Ability | 40 | 40 | |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | |
| Computer Awareness | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
English language: Analysis and Expected Sectional Cut off
This section has been the nemesis of the candidates in most of the examinations this year starting from SBI PO to IBPS Clerk. This section has maintained this trend even in this examination with a difficult paper to test the candidates to its best:
| Topics Asked | No of Questions (Total – 40) | Level of difficulty |
| Reading Comprehension | 20 | Moderate but slightly on the difficult side (One of the RCs was based on Japan’s National Bank and the vocabulary part was also very difficult in this part of the section) |
| Paragraph Correction | 5 | Difficult |
| Usage of words | 3 | Difficult |
| Sentence Fillers | 5 | Difficult |
| Para Jumbles | 2 | Difficult |
| Error Spotting | 5 | Difficult |
| Total | 40 | This section was the most difficult one in the paper |
Going by this level of the English section, the sectional cut off is expected to be as follows for various categories:
| Category | Expected Sectional Cut Off |
| General | 5-6 |
| SC/ST/OBC/PWD/ExS | 3-4 |
Numerical Ability: Analysis and Expected Sectional Cut Off
This section was as usual lengthy and calculative apart from being pretty time consuming. However, in terms of surprise, there was nothing unique in this section as can be seen in the topic wise break up of questions:
| Topics Asked | No of Questions (Total – 40) | Level of difficulty |
| Data Sufficiency (2 statements were given) | 5 | Moderate |
| Quadratic Equations | 5 | Easy |
| Data Interpretation (One each on pie chart and tabular graph) | 10 | Moderate |
| Number Series (Missing number) | 5 | Moderate |
| Miscellaneous (SI/CI, Speed and distance, pipe and cistern, profit and loss, proportion, age, ratio, mixture and alligation etc) | 15 | Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Moderate only |
Based on the level of the section, the cut off should be as usual in other clerical examinations but the number of seats is less as compared to other recruitment examinations and that is going to make a bit of difference in the sectional cut off:
| Category | Expected Sectional Cut Off |
| General | 14-16 |
| SC/ST/OBC/PWD/ExS | 12-13 |
Reasoning Ability: Analysis and Expected Sectional Cut Off
This section was not at all surprising for the candidates since the questions were commonly asked ones and most of you can score well in this section with continuous and meticulous practice before the examination:
| Topics Asked | No of Questions (Total – 40) | Level of difficulty |
| Data Sufficiency (2 statements were given) | 5 | Difficult |
| Syllogism | 5 | Easy |
| Sitting Arrangement and other puzzles | 15 (5*3 sets) | Moderate |
| Coding-decoding | 5 | Easy to moderate |
| Series | 2 | Moderate |
| Blood Relation | 3 | Moderate |
| Inequality | 5 | Easy |
| Total | 40 | Moderate only |
Based on the pattern of the questions in this section, the sectional cut off is certainly going to touch the double digits just like the numerical ability section:
| Category | Expected Sectional Cut Off |
| General | 17-20 |
| SC/ST/OBC/PWD/ExS | 14-16 |
General Awareness: Analysis and Expected Sectional Cut Off
This section was quite easy as the questions were from common topics. The section had the following questions:
- Current Affairs: 12 questions
- Banking Awareness: 15 questions
- Static GK: 13 questions
Based on the level of the section, the sectional cut off is expected to be in the following range:
| Category | Expected Sectional Cut Off |
| General | 15-18 |
| SC/ST/OBC/PWD/ExS | 13-14 |
Computer Awareness: Analysis and Expected Sectional Cut Off
This section had a lot of questions from topics which require in depth preparation and meticulous practice on the part of the aspirants. The paper implied that you need to be a jack of all the trades since the scoring sections also posed challenges in the examination. This section mainly focused on application based questions though common and oft asked questions were also there from basic terms and abbreviations etc. The sectional cut off is expected to as follows in this section:
| Category | Expected Sectional Cut Off |
| General | 12-14 |
| SC/ST/OBC/PWD/ExS | 10-11 |
RBI Assistant Mains Exam 2016: Expected Overall Cut Off
As we all know that RBI Assistant recruitment is carried out in state wise basis. We are hereby trying to give an idea regarding the cut off for securing a call to the interview based on the following criteria:
- Number of vacancies in the centre of recruitment as notified in the advertisement
- Difficulty level of the paper
- Previous year cut off for securing interview call in each center
Expected Cut-off marks in the online examination for calling candidates for interview- category-wise and Centre-wise is given below for the year 2016-2017:
| Centre | Gen | SC | ST | OBC | PWD | EXS |
| Ahmadabad | 156 | ---- | 116.25 | 145.5 | 87.75 | 116 |
| Bengaluru | 148.75 | 132 | 132.25 | 143 | 112.75 | 106.25 |
| Bhopal | 168.75 | 152 | 145.75 | 159.25 | 113 | 122.75 |
| Bhubaneswar | 168.25 | 153 | 135.25 | …… | 142 | 103 |
| Chandigarh | 171 | 148 | …… | 158 | 106 | 136.75 |
| Chennai | 164 | 149.5 | ….. | 159.5 | 114.25 | 127 |
| Guwahati | 159.75 | 142 | 135.25 | 151 | ……. | 126.75 |
| Hyderabad | 168.75 | 155.75 | 138.5 | 162.5 | 157.5 | 87.25 |
| Jaipur | 169.75 | 147.25 | 142.75 | 164.25 | 141 | 109.25 |
| Jammu | 163.25 | 158 | 118 | 135 | …… | 112 |
| Kanpur & Lucknow | 168 | 146.25 | 125 | 161 | 129.25 | 82 |
| Kolkata | 168.75 | 148.75 | …. | 157.5 | 84.25 | 131 |
| Mumbai | 151.25 | 141 | 115.75 | 145.75 | 118.75 | 121.75 |
| Nagpur | 162.25 | ---- | ---- | 154.25 | 109.25 | 87.5 |
| New Delhi | 170 | 146 | ---- | 157.25 | 120.25 | 116 |
| Patna | 171 | 145.75 | 135 | 162 | 125 | 136.5 |
| Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi | 169.75 | 147 | ---- | 160 | 128.5 | 130 |
‘….’ Indicates that there is no vacancy in that particular category in that office of the bank
Disclaimer: The above prediction of cut off is based on analysis of previous year cut off and also the number of vacancies this year. The actual cut off may vary and that is the sole discretion of the RBI and the exam conducting body. In any case, the official cut off released by RBI in its official website is final and binding on the candidates.
The result for the examination is surely going to come very soon. This is an effort on our part to give you an overall idea of the cut off in the examination and your selection for the next round i.e. the interview round. Hope all of you get what you deserve in the examination.
All the best!!
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