Best books for RBI Assistant 2021 Section-wise

Best books for RBI Assistant 2021: The role of books becomes critical when you don’t have hands-on coaching experience. Although, online and ed-tech have made quite a progress to accommodate learning avenues for all the aspirants. Here are some books you can order online for your RBI Assistant’s preparation.  

RBI Assistant Exam Pattern 2021

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 

Serial Number Subject No. of Questions Maximum Marks
1. English Language 30 30
2. Reasoning 35 35
3. Quantitative Aptitude 35 35
Total 100 100

Duration – 60 minutes 

MAINS EXAMINATION 

Serial Number Subject No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
1. English Language 40 40 30 minutes
2. Reasoning 40 40 30 minutes
3. Quantitative Aptitude 40 40 30 minutes
4. General Awareness 40 40 25 minutes
5. Computer Knowledge 40 40 20 minutes
Total 200 200

Syllabus for RBI Assistant 2021

English Quant Reasoning General Awareness
Reading Comprehension, Double Fillers/multiple sentence fillers/ sentence, Cloze Test, Vocabulary Based Questions, Sentence Improvement/ Correction, Paragraph Based Questions (Paragraph Fillers, Paragraph/ Sentences Restatement, Paragraph 1,2,3 and Paragraph Conclusion), Odd One Out cum Paragraph Jumbles. Data Interpretation (Line Chart, Caselet, Pie chart, Bar Graph, Tabular, Web/ Radar) Approximation and Simplification, Miscellaneous Mathematical Problems ( Profit and Loss, Problems on Ages, HCF/ LCM, SI/CI, Work and Time, Probability, Permutation and Combination, Speed, Distance and Time, Mensuration, Ratio and Proportion, Problems on Streams and Boats, Mixtures and Allegations, Partnership, Pipes and Cistern, Problems on Trains, Average) Number Series, Data Sufficiency, Inequalities (Quantity 2, Quantity 1 and Quadratic Equations). Direction Sense, Puzzles, and Seating Arrangements, Blood Relation, Order and Ranking, Machine Input-Output, Syllogism, Coding-Decoding, Alpha-Numeric Symbol, Data Sufficiency, Inequalities, Series, Logical Reasoning (Statement and Assumption, Argument, Passage Inference, Conclusion) Banking GK   Economics GK   Funds allotted   State news   Appointments (Special designations of banks and Government of India)   Schemes   Books and Authors – You can easily cover them because hardly 4-5 books are released every month. Don’t miss out on this topic.   Awards    Committees – Bank related   Rankings and reports

Best books for RBI Assistant 2021 – Prelims

English Language Quantitative Aptitude Reasoning Ability
General English by – SP Bakshi/Arihant  Objective General English by –  RS Agarwal/S Chand Objective Arithmetic by RS Aggarwal/S Chand  Numerical ability and Mathematical Aptitude by – Dr AB Rao  Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by – Rajesh Varma/Arihant A modern approach to verbal and non-verbal reasoning by – RS Aggarwal/S Chand   A New Approach to Reasoning by – BS Sijwali/Arihant

Best books for RBI Assistant 2021 – Mains

English Language

Name of the Book Author/Publisher
Objective General English SP Bakshi/Arihant
Objective English for Competitive exams Hari Mohan Prasad/MacGraw Hill
Objective English Thorpe/Pearson

Reasoning Ability

Reasoning Ability for Competitive Exam Nikshit N Sinha/Pearson
Analytical Reasoning MK Pandey/MK Pandey

General Awareness

Banking Awareness Arihant Experts/Arihant
General Awareness Arihant Experts/Arihant

Quantitative Aptitude

A New Approach to Numerical Ability Navaratan Singh, Manpreet Cheema/Chelan
Objective Airthmatics RS Aggarwal/S Chand

Computer Knowledge

Computer Fundamental Pradeep K Sinha/BPB Publication
Fundamental of Computer E Balaguruswamy/E Balaguruswamy

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