Understanding the Exam Pattern and Syllabus will help the candidates in devising effective preparation strategies. Speed/ Time management is vital in obtaining a good score in any competitive exam and hence, analysis of RBI JE Exam Pattern and Syllabus is very crucial to be able to complete the exams in the stipulated time.
The RBI JE Selection Process for Civil & Electrical Posts involves two phases: Online Examination followed by Language Proficiency Test (LPT).

1. RBI JE Exam Pattern - Online Examination

Online Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 300 marks will be conducted online. This would consist of 4 sections as follows:


Sr.No.	Name of Tests (Objective)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks (Total Weighted Score)	Total Time
1	English Language	50	50	150 mins (separate time for each section)
2	Engineering Discipline Paper I	40	100
3	Engineering Discipline Paper II	40	100
4	General Awareness	50	50
Total		180	300



• The above tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. in English and Hindi.


• A candidate has to qualify in each part of the Objective test separately.


Note: Penalty for Wrong Answers There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests.1/4th marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.

2. RBI JE Exam Syllabus - LPT

The candidates provisionally selected from the Online Examination will have to undergo a Language Proficiency Test (LPT). The language proficiency test will be conducted in the Official/ Local Language/s of the zone concerned as listed below:
The Zone wise local languages are as follows:


North Zone	Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Kashmiri
South Zone	Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam
East Zone	Oriya, Assamese, Bengali, Manipuri, Khasi, Nepali, Hindi, Maithili, Bodo, Mizo
West Zone	Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani
Central Zone	Hindi, Telugu, Marathi

Note: Candidate not proficient in the Official/ Local Language/s would be disqualified.


Note: Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the Admission Letter for examination from the RBI’s website.