RBI Grade B Online Coaching 2025, Check Affordable Ways of Preparation

RBI Grade B is one of the topmost exams, or you can say one of the most coveted opportunities, for aspirants who want to build a career in India’s central banking system. Because of the lucrative gross salary of approximately ₹1,50,000 per month and a big role in shaping the monetary policies for the country, and hence the kind of competition that one will face is quite fierce. The preparation requires strategy, or you can say the exam will filter out those candidates who are masters in making a strategy that actually works in clearing the exam. This year RBI Grade B Phase 1 exam is going to be conducted on the 18th of October. So, less than a month is left. In such a scenario, you need to focus on your studies and to help you with all other stuff, like which resources to use that are reliable and the online coaching or telegram group, it is all mentioned in this blog. But before all this, let’s take a glance at the exam pattern and the list of important topics so that you can prepare for them only from the mentioned reliable resources. 

RBI Grade B Online Coaching: Exam Pattern

Here is a table showing the exam pattern in which RBI Grade B exam is conducted. Why are we focusing on taking a quick look at the exam pattern? The exam is going to continue for 3-4 months, and how you need to prepare yourself for these 4 months can be figured out. The resources that we are suggesting are based on these timelines only, and some static concepts can be used later as well.  

Phase	Nature of Exam	Subjects / Components	No. of Questions	Total Marks	Time Duration	Mode of Exam	Marking Scheme	Cut-off / Weightage
Phase 1	Objective	English Language, Numerical Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, General Awareness	200	200	120 minutes (2 hours)	Online (CBT)	+1 for correct answer, -0.25 for incorrect	Sectional & overall cut-off required
Phase 2	Objective & Descriptive	Paper I: Economic & Social Issues (ESI) Paper II: Descriptive English Paper III: Finance & Management (FM)	Varies by paper	300	330 minutes (5 hrs 30 mins)	Online	Objective + Descriptive evaluation	Overall performance matters
Interview	Personal Interaction	Questions on personal background, education, RBI, and current affairs	—	75	Approx. 20–30 minutes	In-person / Online	Subjective assessment by panel	20% weightage in final selection

List of important topics for RBI Grade B Phase 1

In this section, we are providing the list of important topics for the RBI Grade B exam. There are three separate tables for numerical aptitude, reasoning and the English section. For general awareness, there is no such list, as it is purely based on current events.  

Important topics for Numerical Aptitude

The table contains three columns because this section requires a lot of practice and is time-consuming so we have distributed the topics in three categories: most scoring, moderate and less important. 

Most Important	Moderately Important	Least Important
Number Series	Simple Interest	Average
Quadratic Equation	Compound Interest	Permutation and Combination
Percentage, Ratio & Proportion	Time and Work	Probability
Data Interpretation	Pipes and Cistern	Mensuration 2D
Partnership	Time, Speed, and Distance	Mensuration 3D
Ages	Boats and Stream
Profit and Loss	Alligation and Mixture

Reasoning Important topics

Here you’ve fewer topics to cover as compared to the numerical section. The topics are listed below. 

Reasoning Topics

Seating Arrangement

Input-Output

Coding & Decoding

Syllogism

Direction Sense

Inequality

Ranking & Order

Blood Relation

Important topics of English

 The English section is divided into three parts- reading and comprehension, vocabulary and grammar and structure. 

Reading & Comprehension	Vocabulary	Grammar & Structure
Reading Comprehension	Cloze Test	Error Spotting
Sentence Rearrangement	Fill in the Blanks	Sentence Framing
Idioms & Phrases	Match the Columns	Tenses
		Grammar Rules

RBI Grade B Free Online Resources

In the table below, we have provided RBI Grade B Free online resources, so that you can use them to better your preparation, and they are reliable and tailor-made according to the level of the exam.

Free RBI Grade B Resources
RBI Grade B Phase 1 Mock Test	RBI Study Notes
RBI Grade B Phase 2 Mock Test	RBI Grade B Notes Test
RBI Revision Notes	Sampoorna Current Affairs Magazine

Affordable ways to prepare for RBI Grade B

In this section, we are providing the strategy and affordable ways to prepare for RBI Grade B phase 1 and phase 2. We have formulated the plan every week. If you’re someone who is working and cannot devote time to finding a reliable resource, then this can help you with that. 

Week 1: Build Conceptual clarity and find your pain points

Here we suggest taking a free mock test and see whether you’re able to solve the exam-level questions within the given time limit or not. Here, two cases are possible: either you’ll be able to solve questions and meet the last year’s cut-offs, or you’ll be someone who will not be able to solve up to the required standards. In either way, you’ve to check what your weaknesses are and note those topics because in the coming 2 weeks we are going to focus on the same. If you’ve taken the free mock and have gone through the analysis part, then you can get guidance on how to prepare each day for the upcoming exams. Then, consider taking online coaching from a reliable source.

Use RBI Study notes for concept building

At PracticeMock, we provide worksheets for Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, English Language, and General Awareness, particularly the phase 1 PDF Course. Use these notes especially for the above-listed important topics and the ones that you’ve picked out after attempting the free mock. 

Start reading the Current Affairs for phase 2

You need to prepare the current affairs by revising them at least 6-7 times before the actual examination. To read all the current affairs, a week is not going to be fruitful, as the level of the exam is quite high. But worry not, as all the information is not important from the exam point of view. To help you in learning and revising the current affairs, we have Sampoorna magazines, especially curated for the phase 2 current affairs. 

Week 2: Take the sectional Mock test and speed up your preparation

This is the time when you’ll be able to get the basics, and now what you need to do is start taking sectional tests of each section of phase 1. Our sectional test comes with a detailed analysis. This will save your time on the analysis part, and you’ll get a clear picture of your weak areas and strong points, along with the time you’ve invested in each question.

Start phase 2 preparation in parallel

Phase 2 includes critical topics such as ESI & FM. To complete such a vast syllabus is not a cakewalk but if you’ve concise and relatable notes that are made after analysing the previous year’s exams, it becomes easier to do so. Use our revision notes and try to attempt 2 mini mocks of Phase 2 per week. Use RBI study notes to prepare for the new concepts of phase 2.

Week 3: Take a full-length Mock test and Practice Descriptive Writing

This is the time to take a full-length mock test every alternate day and analyse the mistakes so that they will not recur in the upcoming practice sessions. This will also improve the accuracy in the exam, and from this week, start taking the descriptive test as well. What you can do is try to take 2 descriptive tests per week. Also, review feedback for the answers that you’ve written for the descriptive test. Revise Sampoorna and the revision notes for better retention. 

Week 4: Final Revision for phase 1

This is the final week before the phase 1 exam. What you need to do is revise from the revision notes and use the test based on our notes for better retention and to clear the cutoff in phase 1. If you want, you can give a pause to descriptive writing and phase 2 specific subjects for this week. Try to completely focus on phase 1. 

Phase 2 Preparation Tips

 After giving the phase 1 exam, it’s time to focus fully on phase 2 preparation, as multiple verticals are there. Start taking the phase 2 mock test and descriptive test on alternate days, along with revision and analysis. Use our RBI Grade B Mock tests, as they are made after analysing the previous year’s exam pattern and are quite affordable. For better guidance, you can take our RBI Grade B Foundation and non-video courses. 

Conclusion

In this article,  we have shared an important topics list, along with the affordable ways to prepare for the exam. We know you can prepare it on your own, but as the time is very less and the syllabus is quite huge to cover. We suggest that you take an online coaching as they are designed in a structured manner, keeping in mind the rigorous demands of the RBI Grade B exam. 

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