IBPS RRB Recruitment 2018 Exam | Notifications & Complete Information

With the recently released IBPS RRB Notification & Exam Dates, the candidates can know how the RRB Recruitment will be done this year.

To make you aware of all the latest notifications & updates related to IBPS RRB Exam, we have come up with the IBPS RRB Exam Dates & Calendar. Please check it out & mark the Important dates to keep yourself updated.

The candidates must be curious to know what changes have been made in IBPS RRB Exam 2019. Check out the details below -

• Only 56 RRB's to take part in IBPS RRB Exam 2018
• Negative Marking of 0.25 deduction will be applicable on all the RRB IBPS Exams.
• Every year, IBPS RRB recruits more than 10,000 candidates for various vacancies.

IBPS RRB conducts 4 Separate Exams for Recruitment on the positions of Office Assistant (Multipurpose), Officer Scale I, Officer Scale II & Officer Scale III. The candidates who are seeking to appear in the exam may apply for two positions of Office Assistant & Officer Scale together, but they can’t apply for two positions among Officer Scale 1, 2 & 3.

You can understand the complete IBPS RRB 2019 Recruitment Procedure with the post-wise classification given below –

Officer Scale I - Prelims Exam -> Main Exam -> Interview -> Final Merit List

Office Assistant - Prelims Exam -> Main Exam -> Final Merit List

Officer Scale II & III - Main Exam -> Interview - > Final Merit List

IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

"IBPS RRB Office Assistant job" is an entry level job which comes under Group B post. The in-Hand Salary of Office Assistant is Rs. 15000-19000. The job roles of IBPS RRB assistant is: -

• Handling Receipts
• Handling Withdrawal
• Handling Emails and Delivery
• Managing Inquiry Counter
• Accounts Work
• Cash Collections
• Cheque Verification

IBPS RRB Officer Scale – I

The IBPS RRB Officers post comes under Group A Posts. The job profile of an IBPS RRB officer is not limited to work in the rural area. The role and duties of the IBPS RRB officer are much more than any other commercial bank officer.

The main and primary duty of RRB officer is to bring banking services in the rural areas of India. The RRB officer is trained to be multi-tasker and has qualities to handle a bundle of duties. The in-Hand Salary of Officer Scale-I is Rs. 29000-33000. The job roles of IBPS RRB officer is: -

• Banking Activities Regulation
• Loans and Credit Facility
• Credit Profile
• Repay of the Loan
• PUBLIC Communication
• Audit of the Report
• The Implementation of the Scheme

IBPS RRB Officer Scale – II & III

The in-Hand Salary of Officer Scale-II is Rs. 33000-39000 and for Officer Scale-III is 38000-44000. Officer Scale – II & III post comes under Group A. There are many posts are offered to IBPS RRB Officer Scale – II & III:

• General Banking Officer (GBO Scale 2)
• IT Officer
• Charted Accountant
• Law Officer
• Treasury Manager
• Marketing Officer
• Agriculture Officer

Note: For all the above exams, the selection will entirely depend on the cutoff marks (sectional + overall), so make sure your score meets the required IBPS RRB cut off.

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Before planning to appear in IBPS RRB Exam, make sure you have quintessential information about its Eligibility Criteria, Exam Pattern & Syllabus.

To provide you a quick glance about these 3 aspects, we have mentioned their brief description below –

IBPS RRB Eligibility Criteria

The candidates are declared eligible based on the two crucial factors –


1. Educational Qualification

• The Candidates must have a valid Graduation Degree in any discipline.


• To appear for Officer Scale – II & III positions, they must have the specialization in the concerned field.

2. Upper Age Limit Criteria

• For Officer Scale 1 - 18 to 30 Years


• For Officer Scale 2 - 21 to 32 Years


• For Officer Scale 3 - 21 to 40 Years


• For Office Assistant - 18 to 28 Years

For detailed eligibility criteria, please visit here - IBPS RRB Eligibility 2019.

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern

1. For Office Assistant & Officer Scale – I Prelims

2. For Office Assistant & Officer Scale – I (Mains) + Officer Scale – II & III (Single Paper)

Note – There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks deduction in each exam.

For detailed Exam Pattern, please visit – IBPS RRB Exam Pattern 2019.

The Exam will be conducted with 5 Subjects.

At the following blog, you can get the detailed syllabus along with the Important Topics for each section - IBPS RRB Exam Syllabus 2019.

The Online application registration process for IBPS RRB 2019 will start in the month of June 2019.

The candidates who want to apply for this Exam must be well-aware of all the instructions about IBPS RRB Online Application Form 2019 .

To get every single information about the exam, right from its online application fee to the detailed instructions, please visit the link mentioned above.

During the Online Application Submission, candidates often get confused about what Exam Center to choose and which Bank to opt as job preference. To quench their queries, Eduncle is presenting the List of IBPS RRB Exam Centers & Participating Banks along with their Vacancy List. Please check below –

List of IBPS RRB Exam Centers – See Which Exam City is Nearby to You!

IBPS RRB Participating Institutes along with their Vacancies [Post-Wise Classification]

The list of RRBs for the IBPS RRB 2019 Exam has not been released yet. In 2018, there were total 56 Regional Rural Banks in India participated in exam.

To help you in choosing the better Bank as your preferences while filling up the IBPS RRB Online Form, we have come up with the Post-Wise Vacancy List of all the Participating Banks.

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IBPS RRB is the toughest amongst all the IBPS Exams, so it requires a great deal of dedication & determination to crack the exam.

However, if you follow the right approach, then you can easily achieve its qualification. To make it easier for you to plan up an effective study strategy, we are providing you some handpicked tips below. Please have a look -


• In Prelims Exam, you only need to cover the IBPS Reasoning & Quantitative Aptitude for Office Assistant and Officer Scale I post.


• Start your studies from the basic topics of Reasoning Ability & Quantitative Aptitude.


• The total time limit is 45 minutes. You should try to solve 25-30 questions in reasoning & 30-35 questions in Quantitative aptitude section with 90 % accuracy.


• The cut off is increasing year by year in IBPS RRB. So, target high scores and don't guess randomly as there will be negative marking for each question of 0.25 marks.


• The Prelims Exam is comparatively easier in IBPS RRB Exam, so if you practice well with the short tricks and formulas, you can easily score in this exam.


• For Mains, you should have an adequate skill & knowledge for the Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, English, General Awareness (Most Importantly Banking Current Affairs) & Computer Knowledge (in some cases).


• Practice with Previous Years’ Papers & Mock Test Papers. This will help you in getting a fair idea about the exam nature & past’ years difficulty level.

For Daily Study Plan & Experts Designed Time Schedule, you may visit to – IBPS RRB Study Plan & Tips [Sure-Shot Success Mantras]

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1. It helps candidates in getting a fair idea about the difficulty level of questions in the Past Years’ Exams.

2. They can easily understand what topics have higher marking weightage by analyzing the IBPS RRB Previous Years Papers & Mock Test Papers.

3. It helps candidates in self-assessing their Performance Level & to improve it as well.

The official website of IBPS releases the separate IBPS RRB Admit Cards & IBPS RRB Call Letters for those candidates who wish to appear in Pre-Exam Training, Prelims, Main Exams & Interviews.

To appear in any of these stages, candidates must have their IBPS RRB Admit Card/Call Letter otherwise they won’t be permitted to enter the examination hall.

The official website will release the IBPS RRB Admit Card 10-15 days before conducting the exam. You can check the download procedure with complete details here - IBPS RRB Admit Card.

As you know that the IBPS RRB Exam is conducted in various phases. For each phase, the official website releases the RRB Results & Cut Off Scores. The candidates who qualify the first stage are preceded to the next recruitment stage.

To make the candidates better understand the selection criteria for each stage under IBPS RRB Recruitment, Eduncle has come up with the detailed procedure of IBPS RRB Result & Cut Off declaration.

Please visit the blog & see which scores should be obtained to qualify the IBPS RRB Exam.

After completing the entire Recruitment processes, Banks conduct the Provisional Allotment session in which candidates are selected based on their combined scores of Mains & Interviews (only where applicable).

Please check out the IBPS RRB Final Cutoff of Provisional Allotment to know about the final score of qualified candidates.

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