IBPS RRB Scale I, II & III & Office Assistant Exam Pattern & Exam Procedure 2020

Dear Aspirants,

IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) has released the official notification for the IBPS RRB 2020 recruitment process (CRP IX).

Also for this IBPS RRB 2020 Recruitment Process, COVID – 19 Precaution Measures will be taken which is mentioned in the official notification of the IBPS RRB 2020.

We have separately posted the IBPS RRB 2020 Recruitment notification with sufficient breakdown in separate posts, the link of that

IBPS RRB 2020 – Official Notification 

IBPS RRB 2020 – Application Link 

IBPS RRB 2020 – Office Assistant – State Wise Vacancies 

IBPS RRB 20202 – Scale I, II & III Officers – State Wise Vacancies

IBPS RRB Scale I, II & III & Office Assistant Exam Pattern & Exam Procedure 2020

IBPS RRB 2020 – Documents 

IBSP RRB PO (Scale I Officer) 2020 – Application Link 

IBSP RRB CLERK (Office Assistant) 2020 – Application Link 

IBSP RRB Scale II & Scale III Officer 2020 – Application Link 

Here we are providing the Exam Pattern and the detailed exam procedure followed in the IBPS RRB Scale I, II, III & Office Assistant Recruitment Process 2020.

ONLINE EXAMINATION STRUCTURE– IBPS RRB 2020 Notification

 The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:

Preliminary Examination (objective)* Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

Officer Scale-I

• Candidates (for both posts) have to qualify in both the tests by securing minimum cut-off marks. Adequate number of candidates in each category, depending upon requirements, will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

Main Examination (objective) Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

Officer Scale-I

 Candidates can opt either 4 a or 4 b.

Other detailed information regarding the online examination will be given in an Information Handout, on authorised IBPS website which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letter.

List of Version of tests (Medium of examination) for CRP RRB IX for posts of Office Assistants (Multipurpose) and Officer Scale I

Single level Examination (objective) Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer)

Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre)

Officer Scale- III

 Candidates can opt either 4 a or 4 b.

Other detailed information regarding the online examination will be given in an Information Handout, on authorised IBPS website which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letter.

• Negative Marks – YES (1/4^th of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score.
• If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.

CUTOFF SCORE

• For Office Assistant (Multipurpose) – Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main examination to be considered to be shortlisted for provisional allotment. Depending on the number of vacancies available in each state, candidates will be shortlisted for provisional allotment.
• For Officers Scale I – Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main Examination to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, adequate number of candidates in each category not exceeding three times of the declared vacancies in each state shall be called for interview, subject to availability. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.
• For Officers Scale II and III – Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Single Examination to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, adequate number of candidates in each category not exceeding three times of the declared vacancies shall be called for interview, subject to availability. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.
• Mere passing in individual tests may not be sufficient as candidates should also score sufficiently high on Total score in order of merit to be called for Common Interview / Provisional Allotment. Decision of IBPS in short-listing and calling numbers of candidates for Common Interview / Provisional Allotment shall be Final.

SCORES OBTAINED IN THE ONLINE EXAMINATION (Preliminary / Main / Single)

• The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equipercentile method.
• Scores upto two decimal points shall be taken for the purpose of calculation.

• FOR THE POST OF OFFICE ASSISTANT (MULTIPURPOSE) – MARKS OBTAINED ONLY IN THE MAIN EXAMINATION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR FINAL MERIT LISTING.
• FOR THE POST OF OFFICERS SCALE I – MARKS OBTAINED ONLY IN THE MAIN EXAMINATION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR SHORTLISTING FOR INTERVIEW AND FINAL MERIT LISTING.
• FOR THE POST OF OFFICERS SCALE II (GENERALIST AND SPECIALIST) AND SCALE III – MARKS OBTAINED IN THE SINGLE LEVEL EXAMINATION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR SHORTLISTING FOR INTERVIEW AND FINAL MERIT LISTING.

PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING (PET)- (To be arranged by the RRBs)

Note- Due to COVID-19 pandemic, for the safety of the candidates, PET during this period may not be held.

• Pre-Examination Training may be arranged by the Regional Rural Banks to a limited number of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/ Minority Communities/ Ex-Servicemen/ Persons With Benchmark Disabilities for the Post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose) and Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/ Minority Communities for the Post of Officer Scale-I at some centers viz. Warangal, Anantapur, Naharlagun (Papumpare), Guwahati, Ajmer, Raibareilly,
• Guntur, Raipur, Gandhinagar, Srinagar, Lucknow, Mandi, Jammu, Ranchi, Varanasi, Patna, Imphal, Jodhpur, Shillong, Aizawl, Kohima, Indore, Bhubaneshwar, Salem, Howrah, Moradabad, Puducherry, Ludhiana, Gorakhpur, Rohtak, Rajkot, Hyderabad, Agartala, Muzaffarpur, Dehradun, and Nagpur.
• All eligible candidates who wish to avail of Pre-Examination Training should fill in the relevant column in the ON-LINE APPLICATION. All expenses regarding traveling, boarding, lodging etc. will have to be borne by the Candidate for attending the Pre-Examination Training programme at the designated Centers. IBPS, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Pre- Examination Training Centers and/ or add some other Centers and/ or make alternate arrangements, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc.

• By merely attending the Pre-Examination Training no candidate acquires any right to be selected in any of the Regional Rural Banks mentioned.

INTERVIEW – applicable only for post of Officers (Scale I, II and III)

• Candidates who have been shortlisted in the main examination for the post of Officers Scale I and in the single level examination for the post of Officers Scale II and III under CRP- RRB- IX will subsequently be called for an Interview to be co-ordinated by the Nodal Regional Rural Bank with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with the appropriate authority. Interviews will be conducted at select centres. The centre, address of the venue, time & date of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter. Candidates are required to download their interview call letters from authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in. Please note that any request regarding change in date, centre etc. of interview will not be entertained. However the conducting agencies reserve the right to change the date/ venue/ time/ centre etc. of interview or hold supplementary process for particular date / session / venue / centre / set of candidates at its discretion, under unforeseen circumstances, if any.
• The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks / scores in interview for Officers Scale I, II and III will be as per extant guidelines. The relative weightage (ratio) of Online Examination and Interview will be 80:20 respectively for the Officers cadre. The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of scores obtained by the candidates in the Online Main Examination for the post of Officers Scale I and in the Single Level Examination for the post of Officers Scale II and III under CRP for RRBs- IX and Interview. Interview score of the candidates failing to secure minimum qualifying marks or otherwise barred from the interview or further process shall not be disclosed.
• A candidate should qualify both in the Online Examination (Main / Single) and Common Interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process, details of which will be made available subsequently on authorised IBPS website.
• While appearing for the Interview, the candidate should produce valid prescribed documents given below. In the absence of documents candidature of the candidates shall be cancelled. IBPS/ Nodal RRB/ RRBs take no responsibility to receive/ collect any certificate/remittance/ document sent separately.

List of Documents to be produced at the time of interview / joining (as applicable)

The following documents in original and self-attested photocopies in support of the candidate’s eligibility and identity are to be invariably submitted at the time of interview / joining failing which the candidate may not be permitted to appear for the interview. Non submission of requisite documents by the candidate at the time of interview/ joining will debar his candidature from further participation in the recruitment process.

• Printout of the valid Interview Call Letter
• Valid system generated printout of the online application form registered for CRP RRBs- IX
• Proof of Date of Birth (Birth Certificate issued by the Competent Authorities or SSLC/ Std. X Certificate with DOB)
• Photo Identity Proof as indicated in Point L of the advertisement
• Mark-sheets or certificates for Graduation or equivalent qualification Proper document from Board/ University for having declared the result on or before 21.07.2020 has to be submitted. Experience Certificates (as on 21.07.2020) if applicable.

• Caste Certificate issued by the competent authority in the prescribed format as stipulated by Government of India in the case of SC / ST / OBC category

Candidates belonging to OBC category but coming under creamy layer and/ or if their caste does not find place in the Central List are not entitled to OBC reservation. They should indicate their category as General in the online application form.

• Income and Asset Certificate issued by any one of the Authorities as notified by the Government of India in the prescribed format in the case of EWS category
• Disability certificate in prescribed format issued by the District Medical Board in case of Persons With Disability category

If the candidate has used the services of a Scribe at the time of online exam the duly filled in details of the scribe in the prescribed format

• For Officers– An Ex-serviceman candidate has to produce a copy of the Service or Discharge book alongwith pension payment order and documentary proof of rank last / presently held (substantive as well as acting) at the time of
• Those who are still in defence service should submit a certificate from a competent authority that they will be relieved from defence services, on or before 20.07.2021. Please note that failure to provide this certificate will result in immediate disqualification. The RRB’s will not be in any position to waive this condition. The Candidates falling in this category are well advised to apply for this certificate at the earliest to avoid disqualification.

For Office Assistant (Multipurpose)- Ex-Servicemen candidates: (i) Candidates who are released/ retired from Armed Forces are required to submit a certificate as per Proforma A. Such Ex-servicemen candidates have to produce a copy of the discharge Certificate / pension payment order and documentary proof of rank last / presently held (substantive as well as acting) at the time of joining.

(ii) Candidates who are still in the Armed Forces and desirous of applying under Ex-Servicemen category should submit Proforma B from the Competent Authority showing his/her date of completion of specific period of engagement (SPE) along with the declaration in Proforma C. Such candidates whose SPE is completed on or before 20.07.2021 are eligible to apply. Such candidates have to submit a release letter and a self-declaration from the candidate that he/ she is entitled to benefits admissible to Ex-Servicemen as per Govt. of India rules (iii) Those candidates who have completed their initial period of assignment and who are on extended assignment are required to submit the certificate as per Proforma D. (iv) Dependents of Servicemen killed in action or those who have been severely disabled have to produce satisfactory documentary proof showing that they are Dependents of Servicemen killed in action or severely disabled and an affidavit stating that the relaxation is availed by one dependent of Ex-Servicemen or not availed by any Dependent of Servicemen killed in action or severely disabled

• Candidates serving in Government / quasi govt. offices/ Public Sector Undertakings (including Nationalised Banks and Financial Institutions) are required to produce a “No Objection Certificate” from their employer, in the absence of which their candidature will not be considered and travelling expenses, if any, otherwise admissible, will not be paid. The No Objection Certificate should not be issued for appearing in interview for selection to any particular Regional Rural Bank as the Common Recruitment Process is for all Production of such conditional NOCs at the time of interview will not be considered and such candidates will not be permitted to participate in interview/will not be considered for further selection process.
• Persons eligible for age relaxation under II (6) must produce a certificate from the District Magistrate to the effect that they are eligible for relief in terms of the Rehabilitation Package for 1984 Riot Affected Persons sanctioned by the Government and communicated vide Ministry of Finance, of Financial Services communication No.F.No.9/21/2006-IR dated 27.07.2007.
• Persons falling in categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) of Point B (I) should produce a certificate of eligibility issued by the Govt. Of India
• Any other relevant documents in support of eligibility

PROVISIONAL ALLOTMENT

•  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.
• For Officers in Scale I and Office Assistant (Multipurpose), the provisional allotment shall be restricted within the RRBs of the State opted for.
• 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.
• In the event of two or more candidates having obtained the same score, merit order is decided as per date of birth (the candidate senior in age is placed before/ above the candidate junior in age), as per the prevailing practice
• The provisional allotment is subject to the candidate fulfilling the criteria for RRBs and identity verification to the satisfaction of the allotted RRB. This does not constitute an offer of employment. In case it is detected at any stage of the recruitment process that, the candidate does not satisfy the eligibility criteria his/her candidature/ chance in the process shall stand forfeited.
• 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- IX.

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 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.

Aspirants can find the Official Notification and the Application link from the link that is provided below. 

IBPS RRB 2020 – Official Notification

IBSP RRB PO (Scale I Officer) 2020 – Application Link 

IBSP RRB CLERK (Office Assistant) 2020 – Application Link 

IBSP RRB Scale II & Scale III Officer 2020 – Application Link 

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