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IBPS RRB Group B Clerk Selection Process

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IBPS RRB Group B Clerk Selection Process

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The IBPS RRB Group B Selection Process involves two phases: Preliminary Examination and Main Examination. Preliminary Examination would be held on September/ October 2020. Candidates who will clear the Prelims Exam will proceed to the IBPS RRB Group B Main exam to be held on October/ November 2020. Candidates will have to qualify for the Main Exam to proceed to the final stage of the selection procedure.

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The different Phases of the IBPS RRB Group B Clerk Selection Process are as described below:
Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 80 marks will be conducted online. This test would be of 45 minutes duration consisting of 2 Sections for the post i.e. Office Assistant (Multipurpose). There is no separate timing for each section.
SL Name of test Medium of Exam Number of questions Marks Duration
1 Reasoning Hindi/English 40 40 Composite time of 45 minutes
2 Numerical Ability Hindi/English 40 40
Total 80 80


Candidates who will qualify the preliminary exam will be allowed to appear in IBPS RRB Office Assistant (Multi-purpose) 2019 mains exam. The Office Assistants (Multi-purpose) sets will be allotted on the basis of the marks obtained by them in the IBPS RRB 2019 mains examination.
Mains Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks. The total time will be 2 Hours (120 minutes).
S.No. (Objective) Test Name Medium of Exam Questions Marks Duration
1 Reasoning Ability Hindi/English 40 50 2 hours
2 General Awareness Hindi/English 40 40
3 Numerical Ability Hindi/English 40 50
4 a* English Language English 40 40
4 b* Hindi Language(हिंदी) Hindi 40 40
5 Computer Knowledge Hindi/English 40 20
Total 200 200
* Candidates can opt either 4 a or 4 b
On completion of the interview process / main examination, depending on the vacancies to be filled in as per the business needs of the RRBs and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the RRBs, based on merit-cum-preference keeping in view the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, various guidelines issued by Govt. of India/Others from time to time, administrative exigency, etc. No change in the data already registered by the candidate in the online application form is possible.

A candidate belonging to reserved category, selected on the basis of norms as applicable to General Category will be treated at par with a General category candidate. Such own merit candidates belonging to reserved categories who are provisionally allotted under unreserved (General) category will not be adjusted against a reserved post. However their original category as registered in the online registration will remain unchanged.

A candidate who is provisionally allotted will forfeit his/her candidature/ chance for the process if he/she does not avail the offer of appointment from the RRBs.
Issuance of offer of appointment including terms and conditions, formalities for verification, joining etc. is solely the decision of the RRBs and shall be final and binding. IBPS shall have no role therein. Any queries in this regard shall be directed to the RRBs only.
A reserve list to the extent of vacancies as per extant provision will be drawn in each category subject to exigencies and availability of candidates. This does not guarantee provisional allotment to/recruitment by the RRBs. In the event of RRBs providing further vacancies, provisional allotment will be carried out for the candidates in the reserve list subject to vacancies being provided within one year after the date of provisional allotment. However if no vacancy is furnished by the RRBs owing to exigencies or otherwise during the validity period the candidates under the reserve list will not be considered for provisional allotment. The reserve list will expire automatically on the day which is one year after the date of Provisional Allotment or until a fresh provisional allotment is made, whichever is earlier, with or without any notice. Candidates who are not provisionally allotted or not in the reserve list will not be considered for any further process under CRP RRBs- VII.
IBPS is not responsible in case the RRBs do not notify sufficient vacancies to exhaust the reserve list. Similarly, neither the RRBs nor IBPS is bound to notify every vacancy that may arise in any RRB during the pendency of reserve list. IBPS is not responsible for the recruitment of candidates, and will only act upon the vacancies notified by the RRBs in that regard within the specified period.
The decision of IBPS in provisional allotment of RRBs shall be final and binding upon the selected candidates. However, IBPS reserves the right to cancel, re allot Organisation-wise allocation/ change the process depending upon exigencies or otherwise.
Provisionally allotted candidates (subject to fulfilling all required criteria) may be posted anywhere.

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