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The RBI JE Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021 can be downloaded from the Reserve Bank of India's website. Candidates should always prepare each topic pertinent to the Junior Engineer test using the RBI JE Syllabus. The bank has also released the RBI JE Exam Pattern, which details the selection process as well as the marking structure. On this page, aspirants may find more information about the RBI JE Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021.

The candidates can check the direct link to download the RBI JE Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021 as released by the bank.
The syllabus for both the posts i.e.

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Civil Engineer and Electrical Engineer is available on the career page of RBI.
As per the exam pattern, the candidates will have to appear for the written exam followed by the Language Proficiency Test. The bank will only select those candidates who are successful in both rounds.
The candidates can additionally follow the important books and preparation tips relevant to the RBI Junior Engineer exam.

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RBI JE Syllabus
Syllabus for RBI JE Civil
Syllabus for RBI JE Electrical
RBI JE Exam Pattern
Language Proficiency Test
RBI JE Important Books

RBI JE Syllabus

The Reserve Bank of India conducts the written examination for the candidates who have filled the application forms for the RBI JE exam. According to the official notification, the written examination will have a total of four sections. Also, the candidates should follow the syllabus of the Junior Engineer as released by the bank. The syllabus consists of the important topics that are asked in the different sections of the exam.

Syllabus for RBI JE Civil

The candidates can check the syllabus and major topics asked in the RBI JE Examination in the table below:

Sections	Subjects
English Language	Reading Comprehension Fillers Cloze test Jumbled Paragraph Tenses Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions Sentence Completion Paragraph Completion Antonym and synonym Grammatical Error based question
General Intelligence and Reasoning	Data Interpretation Blood Relations Syllogism Coding-Decoding Directions Non-Verbal Series Clocks & Calendars Number Ranking Decision Making Analogy Statements & Arguments Arithmetical Reasoning Alphabet Series Sitting Arrangement Puzzles
Engineering Discipline Paper 1	Building Materials: Physical and chemical properties, classification, standard tests, uses and manufacture/quarrying of materials e.g. building stones, silicate-based materials, cement (Portland), asbestos products, timber and wood-based products, laminates, bituminous materials, paints, varnishes. Estimating, Costing and Valuation: estimate, a glossary of technical terms, analysis of rates, methods and unit of measurement, item of works-earthwork, Brickwork (Modular & Traditional bricks), RCC work, shuttering. Timber work, Painting, flooring and plastering, Boundary wall, brick building, Water tank, septic tank. Bar bending schedule, Centre line method. Mid-section formula. Trapezoidal formula, Simpson's rule. Cost estimate of Septic tank, flexible pavements. Tube well, isolate and combine footings, Steel Truss, Piles and Piles caps. Valuation-value and cost, scrap value, salvage value, assessed value, sinking fund, depreciation and obsolescence, methods of valuation. Surveying: Principles of surveying, measurement of distance, chain surveying, working of The prismatic compass, compass traversing, bearings, local attraction, plane table surveying, theodolite traversing, adjustment of the theodolite. Levelling, Definition of terms used in levelling, contouring, curvature and refraction corrections, temporary and permanent adjustments of dumpy level, methods of contouring, use of contour map, tachometric survey, curve setting, earthwork calculation, advanced surveying equipment. Soil Mechanics: Origin of soil, phase diagram, Definitions-void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, water content, the specific gravity of soil grains, unit weights, density index and interrelationship of different parameters, Grain size distribution curves and their uses. Index properties of soils, Atterberg's limits, ISI soil classification and plasticity chart. Permeability of soil, coefficient of permeability, determination of coefficient of permeability, Unconfined and confined aquifers, effective stress, quicksand, consolidation of soils. Principles of consolidation, degree of consolidation, pre-consolidation pressure normally consolidated soil, e-log p curve, computation of ultimate settlement. Shear strength of soils, direct shear test, Vane shear test, Triaxial test. Soil compaction, Laboratory compaction test, Maximum dry density and optimum moisture content, earth pressure theories, active and passive earth pressures, Bearing capacity of soils, plate load test, standard penetration test. Hydraulics: Fluid properties, hydrostatics, measurements of flow, Bernoulli's theorem and its application, flow through pipes, flow in open channels, weirs, flumes, spillways, pumps and turbines. Transportation Engineering: Highway Engineering-cross sectional elements, geometric design, types of pavements, pavement materials -aggregates and bitumen, different tests. Design of flexible and rigid pavements -Water Bound Macadam (WBM) and Wet Mix Macadam (WMM), Gravel Road, Bituminous construction. Rigid pavement joint, pavement maintenance. Highway drainage. Environmental Engineering: Quality of water, source of water supply, purification of water, distribution of water, need of sanitation, sewerage systems, circular sewer, oval sewer, sewer appurtenances, sewage treatments. Surface water drainage. Solid waste management -types, effects, engineered management system. Air pollution pollutants, causes, effects, control. Noise pollution -cause, health effects, control.
Engineering Discipline Paper 2	Theory of structures: Elasticity constants, types of beams-determinate and indeterminate, bending moment and shear force diagrams of simply supported, cantilever and overhanging beams. Moment of area and moment of inertia for rectangular and circular sections, bending moment and shear stress for tee, channel and compound sections, chimneys, dams and retaining walls, eccentric loads, slope deflection of simply supported and cantilever beams, critical load and columns, Torsion of circular section. Concrete Technology: Properties, Advantages and uses of concrete, cement aggregates, the importance of water quality, water-cement ratio, workability, mix design storage, batching, mixing, placement, compaction, finishing and curing of concrete, quality control of concrete, hot weather and cold weather concreting, repair and maintenance of concrete structures. RCC Design: RCC beams-flexural strength, shear strength, bond strength, design of singly reinforced and doubly reinforced beams, cantilever beams. T-beams, lintels. One way and two-way slabs, isolated footings. Reinforced brick works, columns, staircases, retaining wall, water tanks (RCC design questions may be based on both Limit State and Working Stress methods). Steel Design: Steel design and construction of steel columns, beams roof trusses plate girders.

Check the RBI JE Eligibility Criteria here.

Syllabus for RBI JE Electrical

The syllabus of all the sections asked in the examination of the Electrical Engineer as released by the bank are given in the table below:

Sections	Subjects
English Language	Reading Comprehension Fillers Cloze test Jumbled Paragraph Tenses Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions Sentence Completion Paragraph Completion Antonym and synonym Grammatical Error based question
General Intelligence and Reasoning	Data Interpretation Blood Relations Syllogism Coding-Decoding Directions Non-Verbal Series Clocks & Calendars Number Ranking Decision Making Analogy Statements & Arguments Arithmetical Reasoning Alphabet Series Sitting Arrangement Puzzles
Engineering Discipline Paper 1	Basics of Electrical Engineering Lighting design of office areas Transformers, Working principles, protection types, preventive maintenance Pumping systems. Various type of motors, various starting methods of various types of motors Substation design and layout in including DG set installations. Type of earthing, testing, lightning arrestor, etc.
Engineering Discipline Paper 2	Basic 'knowledge of' air conditioning & refrigeration. Inverters, rectifiers, UPS systems, Energy conservation techniques The LT distribution system, cabling/ internal wiring system, panel design and fault finding, preventive maintenance, etc. Testing of electrical installation. Basics of elevators, design, electrical safeties, protections controllers, etc. Basics of CCTV system. Fire and Smoke Alarm system, UPS. Knowledge of Indian Electricity Rules Switchgears & protection used in HT/LT installations.

RBI JE Exam Pattern

The RBI JE Exam Pattern consists of the selection process that the bank follows to select the candidates for the post of Junior Engineer. As per the official notification, there will be two stages in the selection process i.e. online written exam and Language Proficiency Test. The candidates can check the key points related to the exam pattern in the space below:

Written Exam

The computer-based written examination is the first stage of the RBI JE Selection Process. The examination will be held online for the candidates of both the Civil as well as Electrical domain. The major highlights of the written examination are given in the section below:

There will be four sections in the written test of both the Civil and Electrical stream. However, the General English and Reasoning paper will be the same but the questions of the Engineering Discipline Paper 1 and 2 will be completely based on their syllabus.
The questions of the CBT will be bilingual for each section except for English.
The questions asked in the written exam will be objective.
The candidates will get 150 minutes to complete the examination. However, there will be sectional timings for each section that will be notified later.
The candidates will get 1 mark for each correct question answered in the General English and Reasoning section. While 2.50 marks will be awarded for each question of the Engineering Discipline. Additionally, a deduction of ¼ marks of the total marks will be done for the wrong answers.
There will be normalisation in the marks if the examination is held in multiple sessions or shifts.

Subject	Maximum Question	Maximum Marks
General English	50	50
General Intelligence and Reasoning	50	50
Engineering Discipline Paper 1	40	100
Engineering Discipline Paper 2	40	100
Total	180	300

Language Proficiency Test

The candidates who secure the RBI JE Cut Off of the written exam as decided by the bank will be called to appear in the second stage of the selection process i.e. LPT. The Language Proficiency Test checks if the candidate is well versed with the official language of the state he has applied from. In this stage, the candidates are given printed matter in the official language that they are required to speak, translate and understand. The LPT is qualifying in nature. However, if the candidates fail in this round he will be considered disqualified. The candidates can check the zone wise languages in the space below:

Zones	Official Languages
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,

Check out the RBI JE Cut Off here.

RBI JE Important Books

The candidates who are aspiring for the Junior Engineer exam should always follow the RBI JE 2021 Books relevant to the exam. Since the bank has released the notification for two different streams thus, the candidates need to follow the RBI JE Books relevant for the specific subjects asked in the JE exam.

Books for RBI JE Civil

The important books to tackle all the subjects asked in the RBI JE Civil Engineer exam:

Subject	Important Books	Author	Description
Building Material	Building Materials	S K Duggal	This book serves as a guide to master all the basic concepts of the Building materials asked in the Civil Engineering exam.
Building Material	Building Constructions and Materials	Gurucharan Singh	This book helps to practise all kinds of question-related to the topics of Building Material.
Soil Mechanics	Soil Mechanics and Foundations	Bc Punmia	The candidates use this book to clear the basic concepts of different topics.
Soil Mechanics	Soil Mechanics and Foundations	K R Arora	Follow this book to have a fair idea of the concepts of the subjects.
Hydraulics	A Textbook of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines	R K Bansal	One of the best sellers for strengthening the major topics of Hydraulics.
Hydraulics	A Textbook of Hydraulics, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Mechanics	R S Khurmi	A very good book to ace the important practice questions on Hydraulics.
General Intelligence and Reasoning	Verbal and Non-verbal Reasoning	R S Aggrawal	This book helps in developing the basics of reasoning.
General Intelligence and Reasoning	Non-Verbal Reasoning	Arihant Publication	This book has a lot of practice questions to master the different topics.
English Langauge	English Grammar	Wren and Martin	A very good book for mastering the basic grammar rules.
English Langauge	Objective English	R S Aggarwal	This book is very good for practising objective based questions.
Transportation Engineering	A Textbook of Transportation Engineering	S P Chandola	One of the best books to master the basic idea behind Transportation Engineering.
Transportation Engineering	Transportation Engineering	A K Upadhyay	The book helps tackle the basic practice questions related to Transportation Engineering.
Theory of Structures	Theory of Structures	G Pandit	The book is very important for all the candidates who wish to brush up their knowledge regarding the theory of structure.
Theory of Structures	A Textbook of Theory of Structures	R S Khurmi	It is one of the most helpful guides to cover important aspects of the Theory of Structure.

Books for RBI JE Electrical

The major books that candidates applying for the RBI JE Electric Engineering must go through are given in the table below:

Subject	Important Books	Author	Description
Electrical Engineering	An Integrated Course in Electrical Engineering	J B Gupta	This book is designed keeping in mind the needs of the students who wish to brush up on their basics.
Electrical Engineering	Engineering Physics: Theory and Practical	A K Katiyar	A very good book to prepare for the theoretical and practical subjects.
Transformers	Design of Transformers	Indrajit Dasgupta	The books talk about the major techniques related to Transformers.
Transformers	Operations and Maintenance of Transformers	H N S Gowda	Follow this book to get an idea of how things work for a transformer.
Switchgear and Protection Books	Switchgear and Protection Books	J B Gupta	One of the best books to cover the topic of protection. The book extensively talks about major concepts in depth.
Switchgear and Protection Books	Power, System Protection and Switchgear Books	Bhuvnesh Ojha	Another important book to get insight into the basic idea of getting protected while dealing with electricity.
General Intelligence and Reasoning	Verbal and Non-verbal Reasoning	R S Aggrawal	This book helps in developing the basics of reasoning.
General Intelligence and Reasoning	Non-Verbal Reasoning	Arihant Publication	This book has a lot of practice questions to master the different topics.
English Language	English Grammar	Wren and Martin	A very good book for mastering the basic grammar rules.
English Language	Objective English	R S Aggarwal	This book is very good for practising objective based questions.
Basics of Inverters	Basic Electrical Engineering	Mehta V K	One of the best sources to clear each doubt related to the diverse topic of Inverters.
Basics of Inverters	Application Guide For Power Engineers Earthing and Grounding of Electrical Systems	K Rajmani	The candidates can follow this book to get more insight into the different ways of using Inverter and the basic concept behind it.
Basics of Electronic Devices	Basics of Electronic Devices	J B Gupta	Follow this book to gain more insight into an electronic device.
Basics of Electronic Devices	A Textbook on Electrical Technology	A K Theraja	This book loosely talks about how electrical technology is helping the modern world.

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RBI JE: Preparation Strategy

In addition to the RBI JE Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2021, the aspirants also need to work out a preparation strategy that is relevant to the Junior Engineer exam. Although the strategy of each student is different, the key points are usually the same. Hence, the candidates can follow the basic points as mentioned below and incorporate them into their studies:

Work on your weakness and strengths- Each candidate is different and so does their choice of topics. For some drawing would be easy while for some Hydraulics may be a tough subject. Thus, the students must decide their own strong and weak points and work accordingly.
Follow previous year question papers to get an insight into the important topics asked in the JE exam. It will also help the students in checking the level of the exams held previously.
Practising with Mock Tests relevant to the examination is also equally important for the candidates. The mock tests apart from providing a basic dashboard to practice also provide an insight into the preparation level of the candidates.

What is the marking scheme for the RBI Junior Engineer Exam Pattern?

The marking scheme of the written examination for the papers includes 1 mark for every correct answer of English and Reasoning while 2.5 marks for the papers of Engineering discipline. Additionally, there will be a provision of negative marking.

How many questions will be asked in the RBI Junior Engineer Online written examination? What is the duration of the written examination?

A total of 180 questions are asked in the objective paper of the RBI Junior Engineer Written examination. The number of questions is different for all the subjects is different but the duration of the written examination is 150 minutes.

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