Exam Pattern
IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Exam Pattern
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection: Regional Rural Banks, Officer Scale I (PO)
The IBPS RRB Officer Scale I exam pattern below is checked stage by stage, so one stage cannot inherit another stage's scoring rules.
Prelims
Review pendingTiming behaviour is unresolved: whether the 45 minutes runs as one composite window across both sections, or as separate per-section windows, is not established. This site has not read the CRP RRBs XV notification (published 1 September 2026) or its Information Handout directly, and the CRP RRBs XIV notice behind the figures above does not settle the point. Neither reading is published here until a primary document settles it.
Mains
Review pendingThere is no separate descriptive test for this post, unlike the non-RRB IBPS PO exam. Timing behaviour is unresolved: whether the 120 minutes runs as one composite window across all five sections, or as separate per-section windows, is not established. This site has not read the CRP RRBs XV notification (published 1 September 2026) or its Information Handout directly, and the CRP RRBs XIV notice behind the figures above does not settle the point. Neither reading is published here until a primary document settles it. On the rest: confirmed via multiple independent current secondary sources, Mains is 200 objective questions for 200 marks in 2 hours, across Reasoning (40Q/50 marks, 1.25 marks/question), Quantitative Aptitude (40Q/50 marks, 1.25 marks/question), General Awareness (40Q/40 marks, 1 mark/question), Computer Knowledge (40Q/20 marks, 0.5 marks/question), and English Language (40Q/40 marks, 1 mark/question). Marks per question genuinely differ by section, the same shape as IBPS RRB Office Assistant's own Mains. This site's Mains content covers Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, Computer Knowledge, and English Language only (160 of the 200 objective questions), reproducing the official per-section marks weighting exactly; General Awareness is not built, since it needs current, fact-checked content rather than internally-verifiable calculation or language skill.