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    RBI Grade B 2025 - Phase 2 Result (Soon), Cutoff, Answer key

    RBI Grade B 2025 - Phase 2 Result (Soon), Cutoff, Answer key

    Meghana Mohana KrishnanUpdated on 19 Jan 2026, 02:12 PM IST

    RBI Grade B 2025 - Reserve Bank of India has released the RBI Grade B Phase 2 result 2025 on January 19, 2026 on the official website, rbi.org.in. The RBI Grade B 2025 exam of Phase 2 was successfully conducted on December 6 & 7, 2025. Candidates were able to access the RBI Grade B Phase 2 admit card on November 28, 2025 The authority declared the RBI Grade B Phase 1 result 2025 on November 11, 2025.

    This Story also Contains

    1. RBI Grade B 2025 - Important Dates
    2. RBI Grade B 2025 - Eligibility Criteria
    3. RBI Grade B 2025 - Application Form
    4. RBI Grade B 2025 - Syllabus
    5. RBI Grade B 2025 - Exam Pattern
    6. RBI Grade B 2025 - Admit Card
    7. RBI Grade B 2025 - Answer Key
    8. RBI Grade B 2025 - Result
    9. RBI Grade B 2025 Cut off
    10. RBI Grade B 2025 Vacancy
    11. RBI Grade B 2025 - Salary
    RBI Grade B 2025 -  Phase 2 Result (Soon), Cutoff, Answer key
    RBI Grade B 2025

    The RBI Grade B 2025 exam for Phase 1 was successfully conducted on October 18 (General) and October 19, 2025 (DEPR/DSIM). Candidates were able to download their RBI Grade B admit card on October 12, 2025. The RBI Grade B application form 2025 was activated from September 10 to 30, 2025. The RBI Grade B notification 2025 was released on the same date as the application form. The RBI Grade B 2025 is held to recruit eligible graduates for various posts as Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR) - General, Department of Economic and Policy Research (DEPR) and Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM). The RBI Grade B exam will be conducted in online mode at 3 different levels.

    The RBI Grade B selection process 2025 includes Phase I, Phase II and an interview. Only the candidates who submit the application form will be issued the RBI Grade B 2025 admit card. Those who clear all the three levels of recruitment with RBI Grade B 2025 will be appointed as Officers. For more details regarding RBI Grade B 2025, candidates are advised to check the article given below.

    RBI Grade B 2025 - Overview

    Exam Name

    RBI Grade B officer Exam

    Conducting Body

    Reserve Bank of India

    Frequency of Conduct

    Vacancy times a year

    Level of Exam

    National Level Exam

    Medium

    Hindi and English

    Mode of Application

    Online

    Application Fee

    Rs. 850 + GST

    Mode of Exam

    Online

    Stages of Exam

    • Prelims (Paper - I)

    • Main (Paper I, II, III)

    • Interview

    Duration of Exam

    • Prelims (2 hrs)

    • Mains (4 hr 30 minutes)

    RBI Grade B vacancy

    120

    Official Website

    rbi.org.in

    RBI Grade B 2025 - Important Dates

    All the important dates regarding RBI Grade B are mentioned in the official notification. Candidates can refer to the table below to be updated on RBI Grade B exam dates 2025.

    RBI Grade B Exam Dates 2025

    Events

    Dates

    RBI Grade B notification

    September 10, 2025

    RBI Grade B application form date

    September 10, 2025

    Last date to fill the RBI Grade B application form

    September 30, 2025

    RBI Grade B 2025 admit card date

    October 12, 2025

    November 28, 2025 (Phase 2)

    RBI Grade B exam date 2025 for Phase 1

    Grade B General - October 18, 2025

    DEPR (Paper 1 & 2) /DSIM (Paper 1) - October 19, 2025

    RBI Grade B 2025 result

    November 11, 2025

    RBI Grade B exam date for Phase 2

    Grade B General - December 6, 2025

    DEPR (Paper 1 & 2) /DSIM (Paper 1) - December 7, 2025

    RBI Grade B Phase 2 result 2025General - January 19, 2026

    RBI Grade B 2025 interview call letter

    TBA

    RBI Grade B interview date 2025

    TBA

    RBI Grade B 2025 - Notification

    The RBI Grade B 2025 notification was released on September 10, 2025 on the official website, rbi.org.in, to fill various vacancies under General, DEPR and DISM posts. The RBI Grade B notification 2025 is released by the Reserve Bank of India in online mode. The RBI Grade B notification contains all the information related to the exam. Candidates can download the RBI Grade B notification 2025 in PDF format.

    RBI Grade B 2025 - Eligibility Criteria

    The Reserve Bank of India provided the RBI Grade B 2025 eligibility criteria in the official notification. Candidates must meet the RBI Grade B eligibility criteria 2025 in order to appear for the exam. Following list will give a brief information regarding the RBI Grade B eligibility criteria.

    RBI Grade B Eligibility Criteria

    Nationality: Candidates must be a citizen of India

    Age: Candidates must belong to an age group of 21 to 30 years with an age relaxation to the reserved category.

    Educational Qualification:

    Name of the Post

    Eligibility details

    RBI Officer Grade B (DR) General

    A bachelors degree with 55% marks in any field of study

    RBI Officer Grade B (DR) DEPR

    A Masters Degree in Economics/Finance/MBA/PGDM with 55% aggregate marks

    RBI Officer Grade B (DR) DSIM

    Masters Degree in Statistics/Economics/Informatics with 55% marks as an aggregate

    RBI Grade B 2025 - Application Form

    The RBI Grade B 2025 application form was released in online mode on September 10, 2025 on the official website along with the notification. The RBI Grade B application last date was September 30, 2025. Candidates can check and fill the RBI Grade B application form 2025 at rbi.org.in. The steps to fill the RBI Grade B application form is as follows.

    Steps to fill the RBI Grade B 2025 application form

    • Registration

    • Uploading of Documents

    • Filling up of personal and educational information

    • Preview of RBI Grade B application form

    • Payment of application fee

    • Submission of application form

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    RBI Grade B 2025 - Application Fee

    The category wise RBI Grade B application fee 2025 is given in the table below.

    Category

    Details

    General/OBC/EWS

    Rs. 850+GST

    SC/ST/PwBD

    Rs. 100+GST

    RBI Staff

    Nil

    RBI Grade B 2025 - Syllabus

    The RBI Grade B syllabus 2025 has been mentioned in the official notification. Candidates can check and download the RBI Grade B syllabus pdf at rbi.org.in. The RBI Grade B 2025 syllabus contains important topics to be covered for the exam. A topic wise distribution of RBI Grade B syllabus is listed in the table below.

    RBI Grade B Syllabus 2025

    Paper

    Syllabus

    Paper 1 (Economics and Social Issues)

    Growth and Development:

    • Measurement of growth - National and per capita income

    • Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India

    • Sustainable Development and Environmental Issues

    Economic Reforms in India:

    • Industrial and Labour Policy

    • Monetary and Fiscal Policy

    • Privatization

    • Role of Economic Planning

    Social Structure in India:

    • Multiculturalism

    • Demographic Trends

    • Urbanisation and Migration

    • Gender Issues

    • Social justice

    • Social Movements

    • Indian Political System

    • Human Developement

    • Social sectors in India, Health and Education

    Globalization:

    • Opening up of Indian Economy

    • Balance of Payments, Export and Import Policy

    • International Economic Institutions like IMF, World Bank and WTO.

    • Regional Economic Co-operation

    Paper 2 (English Writing Skills)

    To Test the candidate’s writing skills with expression and understanding of topics

    Paper 3 (Finance and Management)

    Finance:

    1. Financial System

    • Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions

    • Reserve Bank of India - Functions and conduct of monetary policy

    • Banking system in India

    • Financial Institutions - SIDBI, EXIM, NABARD, NHB etc

    1. General Topics

    • Risk Management in Banking Sector

    • Reserve Bank of India Services Board

    • Basics of derivatives, forward, futures and swap

    • Changing Landscape of Banking Sector

    • Recent developments in Financial sector, portfolio investment, public sector reforms, disinvestments

    • Financial Inclusion and use of technology

    • Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, public-private partnership

    • Corporate governance in banking sector, role of e-governance in addressing the issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government sector

    • The Union Budget - Direct and Indirect taxes, Non-tax sources of revenue, GST, 13th finance commission and GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM)

    • Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, remedies, WPI, CPI

    (c) Financial Markets

    • Primary and Secondary Markets, functions, instruments, recent developments


    Management:

    • Management its nature and scope

    • The Management processes

    • Planning, Organisation, Staffing, Directing, and Controlling

    • The role of Manager in the organisation

    • Leadership: The tasks of a leader, leadership styles

    • Leadership Theories

    • A successful leader versus an effective leader

    • Human Resource Development its Concept and Goals

    • Performance Appraisal

    • Potential appraisal and development

    • Feedback and performance counselling

    • Career Planning

    • Training and development

    • Rewards

    • Employee welfare

    • Motivation, Morale, Incentives

    • How managers motivate

    • Concept of Morale

    • Factors determining morale

    • Role of incentives in building up morale

    • Communication steps, channels, oral vs written communication, verbal versus nonverbal communication, upward, downward and lateral communication, barriers to communication

    • Role of Information technology

    • Corporate governance, factors affecting corporate governance, mechanism of corporate governance

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    RBI Grade B 2025 - Exam Pattern

    The exam conducting authorities have specified the RBI Grade B exam pattern 2025 in the official notification. RBI Grade B exam is held in three phases, Phase 1, Phase 2 and final Interview. The following table shows the stage wise distribution of RBI Grade B exam pattern.

    RBI Grade B Prelims Exam Pattern

    Name of Subjects

    • General Awareness

    • Quantitative Aptitude

    • English Language

    • Reasoning

    Number of questions

    200

    Total Marks

    200

    Duration of Exam

    2 hours

    RBI Grade B Mains Exam Pattern

    Subject Name

    Minimum Marks

    Exam Duration

    Paper 1: Economics and Social Issues

    100

    120 minutes

    Paper 2: Descriptive

    100

    90 minutes

    Paper 3: Finance and Management

    100

    120 minutes

    RBI Grade B 2025 - Admit Card

    The Reserve Bank of India issued the RBI Grade B admit card 2025 Phase 1 on October 12, 2025 in online mode. Candidates can access the RBI Grade B 2025 admit card at least one week before the exam day. The RBI Grade B hall ticket download link is available on the official website. The RBI Grade B hall ticket 2025 contains details of candidates like name and date of birth along with roll number, exam day guidelines, exam timings, address of exam center and more.

    It is advised to the candidates to carry a copy of RBI Grade B admit card 2025 align with a valid ID proof to the exam hall without fail. In case of any discrepancy in the RBI Grade B exam 2025 admit card, candidates can report to the officials through their contact details.

    RBI Grade B 2025 - Answer Key

    The RBI Grade B answer key 2025 will be released online after the conclusion of the exam. Candidates can download the RBI Grade B 2025 answer key pdf which will be given on this page after the official release. The RBI Grade B answer key will contain all the correct answers to the questions asked in exam which can be referred by the candidates to calculate the probable score. The RBI Grade B question paper 2025 is also made available along with the answer keys.

    RBI Grade B 2025 - Result

    The bank has declared the RBI Grade B Phase 2 result on January 19, 2026 on the official website. The RBI Grade B 2025 result is declared in three different stages, Phase 1 (Prelims), Phase 2 (Mains) and Interview rounds. The RBI Grade B result is released after completion of each phase of the exam. Candidates qualifying in Phase 1 and Phase 2 exam are called to the interview round.

    The RBI Grade B result 2025 for Phase 1 was declared on November 11, 2025. A final RBI Grade B 2025 merit list is prepared based on the result. The candidates whose names are listed in the RBI Grade B merit list are considered to be finally selected as Officers.

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    RBI Grade B 2025 Cut off

    The RBI Grade B cut off 2025 are the marks to be secured by the candidates in the examination to be qualified in each stage. The RBI will release the RBI Grade B cutoff 2025 marks for prelims, mains and interview stages of exam separately. The stage wise BRI Grade B cutoff marks of previous years has been mentioned in the table below.

    RBI Grade B Cutoff - Previous Years

    RBI Grade B Prelims Cutoff 2023

    Section

    Category

    General

    EWS

    OBC

    SC

    ST

    PwD

    General Awareness (80 marks)

    12

    12

    8

    6.2

    6.2

    6.25

    Reasoning (60 marks)

    9

    9

    6

    4.7

    4.7

    4.75

    English (30 marks)

    4.5

    4.5

    3.0

    2.2

    2.2

    2.25

    Quantitative aptitude (30 marks)

    4.5

    4.5

    3.0

    2.2

    2.2

    2.25


    RBI Grade B Mains Cutoff 2023

    Section

    Category

    General

    EWS

    OBC

    SC

    ST

    PwD

    Paper 1, 2 and 3 (400 marks)

    169

    169

    156

    148

    169

    148


    RBI Grade B Final Cutoff 2023

    Section

    Category

    General

    EWS

    OBC

    SC

    ST

    PwD

    Paper 1, 2 and 3 with Interview (475 marks)

    229

    221

    213

    203

    194

    167-202

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    RBI Grade B 2025 Vacancy

    The Reserve Bank of India released the RBI Grade B vacancy 2025 list on the official website. Candidates can check the RBI Grade B 2025 vacancy details at rbi.org.in. Given below is a table describing the post wise distribution of RBI Grade B vacancy.

    RBI Grade B Vacancy 2025

    Name of the Post

    Vacancies

    RBI Grade ‘B’ (DR) General

    83

    RBI Grade ‘B’ (DR) DEPR

    17

    RBI Grade ‘B’ (DR) DSIM

    20

    Total120

    RBI Grade B 2025 - Salary

    The RBI Grade B salary 2025 consists of basic pay along with dearness allowance, house rent allowance, family insurance, and conveyance allowance. The RBI Grade B 2025 salary details are given in the table below.

    RBI Grade B Salary 2025

    Name of the Post

    Salary

    Basic pay

    Rs. 78,450

    Increment per year

    Rs 4050

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: What is RBI Grade B eligibility required to appear for the exam?
    A:

    Candidates with an age group of 21 to 30 years, a degree in a basic field of study with 60% marks and belonging to Indian nationality will be eligible for RBI Grade B exam.

    Q: Is RBI Grade B exam difficult to crack?
    A:

    The RBI Grade B exam is considered to be tougher due to its competition level and difficulty level of exam.

    Q: What is the expected RBI Grade B salary 2025?
    A:

    The RBI Grade B salary is Rs. 78,450.

    Q: What is the highest post in RBI Grade B 2025?
    A:

    The last post to which the candidates will get promoted in RBI Grade B is President level.

    Q: How many seats are available in RBI Grade B 2025?
    A:

    The Reserve Bank of India announced a total of 120 RBI Grade B vacancies.

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    Hello aspirant,

    There will be two phases to RBI Grade B 2024 phase I. There will be two written rounds, Phase I and Phase II, and then an interview round. Applicants will be able to be hired if they clear all three stages and meet the RBI Grade B Cut

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India's central banking institution, responsible for regulating monetary policy and managing currency. To appear for the RBI exams, candidates typically need a background in economics, banking, finance, and general awareness.

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    Yes you are eligible.

    The eligibility criteria, educational qualifications is that candidate should have passed graduation in any discipline /Equivalent technical or professional qualification with minimum 60% marks (50% for SC/ST/PwBD applicants).

    Hope this helps.

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    Hello,

    The eligibility for RBI Grade B Officer General is simply passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized University securing 60% aggregate, there is relaxation of 5% for reserved categories, or passed postgraduation from a recognized University securing 55% aggregate,

    in case of RBI Grade B Offficer DEPR the

    Hi,

    The Rbi grade b officer duty is that

    Handing the currency issues and its circulation ,

    ensuring the nation's  financial stability

    handling government  and central bank account

    To become ana rbi grade b officer there will be aexam conducted which is a country wide examination in three phases

    Preliminary