IBPS RRB Office Assistant (RRB Clerk) Syllabus 2026

The complete IBPS RRB Office Assistant (RRB Clerk) syllabus for 2026 — 6 sections and 58 topics in all, organised exactly as the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) prescribes. Use it as your revision checklist, then test yourself with a free IBPS RRB Office Assistant (RRB Clerk) mock below.

Reasoning Ability (Prelims + Mains)10 topics

Puzzles — Linear seating (single row, two rows facing), Circular seating, Floor-based, Box-based, Day/Month scheduling
Syllogism (statement-conclusion, possibility)
Inequalities (direct and coded)
Coding-Decoding (alphabetic, numeric, symbol-based)
Blood Relations (direct + coded + family tree)
Direction Sense with distance
Order and Ranking
Alphanumeric Series
Statement-Assumption, Cause-Effect (Mains)
Data Sufficiency in reasoning context

Numerical Ability (Prelims + Mains)12 topics

Simplification and Approximation (BODMAS, decimals, fractions)
Number Series (missing/wrong)
Quadratic Equations comparison
Percentages, Profit-Loss-Discount
Simple Interest and Compound Interest
Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Ages
Time and Work, Pipes and Cisterns
Time, Speed and Distance — Boats and Streams, Trains
Averages, Mixtures and Alligation
Mensuration 2D (squares, rectangles, triangles, circles) and basic 3D (cuboid, cylinder)
Data Interpretation — Tabular DI, Bar graph, Line graph, Pie chart, Caselet
Data Sufficiency (Mains)

English Language (Mains — if opted)8 topics

Reading Comprehension (banking, rural-finance, social themes)
Cloze Test (single/double blank)
Para Jumbles (sentence rearrangement)
Sentence Improvement / Error Spotting
Fill in the Blanks (single, double)
Vocabulary in context (synonyms, antonyms)
Idioms and Phrases
Common grammar — tenses, prepositions, articles, subject-verb agreement

Hindi Language (Mains — if opted)8 topics

Apathit Gadyansh (Hindi Reading Comprehension)
Vakya Sudhar (Sentence Correction in Hindi)
Vakya Krama Vyavasthapan (Para Jumbles in Hindi)
Rikt Sthan Bharo (Hindi Cloze Test / Fillers)
Paryayvaachi Shabd, Vilom Shabd (synonyms, antonyms)
Muhavare aur Lokoktiyaan (idioms and proverbs)
Sandhi-Vichchhed, Samaas, Alankar, Ras, Chhand (grammar fundamentals)
Hindi vocabulary in banking and rural-finance context

General Awareness with Rural Banking emphasis (Mains)12 topics

RRB Act 1976, RRB Amendment Act 2015, 50/35/15 shareholding pattern
RRB amalgamation history (Phase I to III) and current 43-RRB structure
Sponsor Bank role, RRB-NABARD relationship, capital adequacy norms
Priority Sector Lending — 75% PSL target for RRBs, sub-targets for small/marginal farmers, weaker sections
Agricultural finance — Kisan Credit Card (KCC), crop loans, KCC interest subvention
NABARD — establishment 1982, refinance role, RIDF, schemes (LTRCF, STRCF, Tribal Development Fund)
Rural development schemes — DAY-NRLM, MGNREGA, PMAY-G, PM-KISAN, PMFBY, eNAM, PMKSY
Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Joint Liability Groups (JLGs), Bank Sakhi, BC (Business Correspondent) model
Financial Inclusion — PMJDY, MUDRA, Stand-Up India, PMSBY, PMJJBY, APY, BC/CSP network in rural India
Microfinance basics, NBFC-MFI regulation, RBI Master Direction on Microfinance Loans 2022
RBI monetary policy basics, banking products and services, digital payments (UPI, AePS, BHIM, Bharat QR)
Static GK and current affairs — awards, sports, books, persons in news, defence, science

Computer Knowledge (Mains)8 topics

Computer fundamentals — generations, hardware components, I/O devices
Operating systems — Windows, Linux basics, file management
Networking basics — LAN/WAN/MAN, internet, intranet
MS Office — Word, Excel (basic formulas, shortcuts), PowerPoint
Database basics — DBMS, primary key, table operations
Internet and Email — protocols, browsers, search engines
Cyber security — phishing, malware, antivirus, OTP, two-factor authentication, banking fraud awareness
Common computer abbreviations (RAM, ROM, CPU, ALU, DBMS, SQL, HTTP, HTTPS, URL, IP)

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