RBI Grade B Books & Mock Tests 2024

There is a famous quote by Adena Friedman, which goes as “Books are the foundation upon which we build knowledge. They are a stepping stone to our future success.” And there is certainly truth to the statement.  

Preparing for any exam requires you to not just be thorough with the syllabus but also attain a good conceptual knowledge, and the case for the RBI Grade B exam is no different! 

This reputed exam conducted by RBI witnesses lakhs of aspirants applying each year with a dream to get selected as Grade B officers.  

And so, the aspirants put in their best effort to cover the subjects given in the syllabus. 

But just like how a journey becomes more enjoyable when you have great companions by your side.   

Similiarly, in this case, your greatest companion to simplify your exam preparation comes in form of a reliable booklist. Well, why do I say so?

Referring to a good booklist for the exam will not just assist you in covering the syllabus but also help you get a comprehensive understanding of the topics within much less time.  

To help you access the reliable books that you can study from, I will be discussing the recommended booklist for RBI Grade B exam.  

Now, what is the next important step that aspirants must take after covering considerable portion of the syllabus? 

The answer to the question lies in doing practice. One of the most efficient ways to assess your preparation is by solving mock tests. 

That is because practicing these tests will familiarize you with the exam pattern, difficulty level of the questions and most importantly give you an idea of whether you are heading direction with your preparation. 

With that being said, along with the books I shall also be discussing all that is there to know about RBI Grade B mock tests to help you enhance your preparation. 

So, what are we waiting for? Let’s get started. 

RBI Grade B Books 2024

The selection of right books is the most essential step in the preparation for RBI Grade B exam.  

Since the syllabus of the exam contains different subjects, and so the books recommended for each subject are different.  

You see, having been an aspirant once, I understand while selecting reliable books is important, yet it can be a time- consuming process.  

To help you save a lot of your precious time, I have mentioned a detailed list of books that will you in comprehensive coverage of different subjects.  

But before that, if you haven’t gone through the syllabus yet, I would recommend you to check the latest RBI Grade B syllabus & exam pattern. 

Coming back to the topic, I have provided recommended booklist for both Phase I and Phase exam for RBI Grade B 2024. 

Since the booklist is extensive, you need not read them from cover to cover. In the video given below, I have mentioned the key topics that need to be covered from those books. 

RBI Grade B Books and Study Material for Phase 1:

1. General Awareness (helpful in all the 3 stages):

• Spotlight Monthly Magazine: Best source to cover Current affair
• Lucent’s General Knowledge Book (by Dr. Binay Karna and others) for Static Part – Best General Awareness book for RBI Grade B
• The Hindu/Livemint/Business standard/Scroll.in/The Indian Express – Online Blogs & newspapers for current affairs
• PIB 247

2. Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning & English

• Quant, Reasoning, English & Past Year Papers Book by Anuj Jindal
• I have used many CAT & banking books to try and cover the syllabus of the RBI Grade B Exam but none of them worked. There are certain topics that are being asked in both CAT and banking exams but not in RBI.

You must be thinking now, so what let’s leave those extra topics? Well, it’s not that simple. The level of questions in these exams is very different from RBI.

So as listed above, I made a book last year to cover the Phase 1 part of the syllabus. Check out the book below to know more about it.

There are a few other books that I would recommend for English. Since English is a common subject for both Phases, I have listed those books at the end of this section.

RBI Grade B Books and Study Material for Phase 2:

Economics And Social Issues:

• Indian Economic Development – NCERT Textbook for 11th Class
• Introductory Macroeconomics – NCERT Textbook in Economics for 12th Class
• Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
• Indian Economy (Performance and Policies) by Uma Kapila
• Indian Economy by V.K.Puri & S.K.Misra
• Social Problems in India by Ram Ahuja
• Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth
• Economic Survey for the Year
• Union Budget
• Pratiyogita Darpan Yearly Edition
• NITI Aayog Recent Reports – Selective

Finance:

• Indian Financial System by Bharati V. Pathak
• Indian Financial System by M.Y.Khan
• Fundamentals of Financial Management by R.P.Rustagi
• Fundamentals of Financial Management by Prasanna Chandra
• Analysis of Financial Statements by T.S.Grewal (only Ratios)
• RBI 247
• RBI Website
• CAIIB books for areas like Risk management

Management:

• Organization Behaviour by Stephen P. Robbins
• Organization Theory and Behaviour by T. N.Chhabra & B.P.Singh
• Principles & Practice of Management by T. N.Chhabra (certain topics overlap with the above books, study only selective topics)
• Human Resource Management by Aswathappa
• Human Resource Management by T.N.Chhabra
• Human Resource Management by C.B.Gupta
• You cannot use just one book for the whole syllabus of Phase 2, you have to use a combination of books.

You must be thinking, “how am I going to cover so many books?”

Well, you don’t have to.

As mentioned earlier, you just need to cover certain key topics from these books in order to effectively prepare for the examination.

For a long time now I had been thinking of publishing a book for Phase 2. Recently, I have launched that book as part of a kit containing a total of 3 books and a small set of goodies to aid you in your preparation for Phase 1 & Phase 2 Examinations.

To know more about these RBI Grade B Books, refer to this video.

To purchase this kit, you may reach out to us at +91 9999466225.

As communicated earlier, here I have listed books and study material for English – both Phases:

English:

The best way to score more in English is to read & write as much as possible. However, the books are given below can help to improve your English & contribute towards your preparation –

• The Country of First Boys by Amartya Sen
• An Uncertain Glory by Jean Dreze & Amartya Sen
• India Since Independence by Bipin Chandra (purely for leisure reading, will not contribute much to the course)
• Getting India Back on Track by Bibek Debroy
• Wren and Martin for Grammar
• Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis (for the understanding origin of words)

Now that you have gone through the list of books provided above, referring to these will help you attain a comprehensive knowledge of the syllabus.

Along with this, you can also keep a check on the important RBI Grade B 2024 exam dates. 

With that being said, it’s time to move on to the next section. 

RBI Grade B Mock Tests 2024

Solving mock tests is a great way to evaluate your preparation level as it greatly helps you to analysis your performance and in turn identify your strengths and weaknesses.  

An adequate practice of these tests in a timed environment will help to enhance your accuracy and boost your speed, making you confident before the real exam takes place.  

On that note, I have curated a set of RBI Grade B Mock Tests for your convenience. 

The tests are designed keeping in mind the latest exam pattern to match the level of questions asked in the real exam. 

You are also provided with a score, number of correct and incorrect answers as well as detailed solutions where required.  

This will evaluate your performance and the areas you need to work on accordingly to give you best for the exam.  

So, if you are targeting the RBI Grade B 2024 exam, then practicing maximum number of tests is a test to be fully prepared. 

Along with this, you must make sure to go through RBI Grade B previous year papers to get overall idea on the type of questions asked in the actual exam 

Why Mock Tests are so vital?

Practicing mock tests on a regular basis is beneficial at every stage of your preparation and can be effectively utilized as follows: 

• At the beginning of your preparation, you may use Mock Tests to analyse where you currently stand, i.e., identify areas you need to work on.  Additionally, you can also check my carefully curated RBI Grade B exam study plan . 
• During your preparation, you may use a test series to see how you are progressing with your preparation, note your strengths and weaknesses, and make changes to your strategy to enhance your preparation to next level.  
• Towards the end of your preparation, start giving comprehensive mock tests or join an RBI Grade B test series 1-2 months before the exam to improve your accuracy and increase your speed.  

Apart from this, it is important for you to note that the RBI Grade B exam is conducted online and there is a provision of negative marking in both Phase I and Phase II exam. 

Hence, if you are amongst the students not familiar with the online mode of exam, solving as any mock tests as possible shall help get familiar with online mode as well as negative marking in the exam. 

Anujjindal’s Mock Tests Free Analytics

I have also provided an analytics segment at the end of each test. The various modules available under the analytics segment are follows: 

1. Sectional Analysis

A section-wise breakup of your performance is provided in the test. On clicking the “Compare Sections”, these following sub-modules appear: 

• Score vs Section – score in each section.
• Accuracy vs Section – accuracy percentage in each section.
• Time vs Section – time-taken in each section.

2. How Did You Perform?

Overall time and score breakup for each correct, incorrect, and skipped answer. On clicking the “View Report”, the following sub-modules appear:

• Answer & Time Taken Plotting – time-taken for each correct, incorrect & skipped answer with various filters and a comparison with topper options.

3. Where Did You Stand?

This module is meant to provide you with an All Inda Rank, Leaderboard, and Score & Accuracy comparisons with Toppers & Average.

These analytics are provided to help you understand areas where you can improve further so as to be fully prepared on the day of the exam.

Conclusion

On this page, we have discussed everything you need to know about RBI Grade B 2024 booklist which can help you comprehensive prepare and cover the topics from the syllabus.

Along with this, I have talked about importance of RBI Grade B mock tests in your preparation which shall help boost your confidence for the real exam! 

All the best & Keep learning!!