RBI Assistant Exam Centres 2024: Check State-wise Prelims & Mains Test Cities

Updated on May 16, 2024 17:22 IST

By Anangsha Patra, Deputy Manager – Editorial

RBI Assistant Exam Centres 2024: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) releases RBI Assistant exam centres along with the notification. The exam centres are the cities where the prelims and mains exams will be conducted. In a particular city, there are multiple exam centres for RBI Assistant exam. The prelims exam of RBI Assistant is conducted at more than 160 cities while the mains exam is held across 100 cities. Candidates can choose two cities while filling the RBI Assistant application form.

RBI Assistant exam centre is allotted as per the preferences given by candidates. However, the examination authority reserves the right to allot RBI Assistant exam centres to candidates. The exam centres allotted to candidates cannot be changed after the final submission of the application form. Read below for more details on RBI Assistant exam centre.

Q: In how many cities RBI Assistant prelims exam will be conducted?

The list of test cities for RBI Assistant prelims exam is given below.

State/UT/NCR	RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Centres
Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh	Chirala, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun
Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur
Bihar	Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzafarpur, Patna, Purnea,
Chandigarh	Chandigarh- Mohali
Chattisgarh	Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur
Delhi	Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon
Goa	Panaji
Gujarat	Ahmedabad - Gandhinagar, Anand, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
Haryana	Ambala, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Yamuna Nagar
Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Samba
Jharkhand	Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Karnataka	Belagavi, Bengaluru, Kalaburgi, Hubli, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Udipi
Kerala	Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain
Maharashtra	Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Satara
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizwal
Nagaland	Kohima
Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur
Puducherry	Puducherry
Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Sangrur
Rajasthan	Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur
Sikkim	Gangtok
Tamilnadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Namakkal, Salem, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Vellore
Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal,
Tripura	Agartala
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi
Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee
West Bengal	Asansol, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri

Q: In how many cities RBI Assistant Mains exam be held?

RBI Assistant Mains exam is conducted for the qualified candidates of the prelims exam. The exam is conducted in few selected cities. The list of test cities for RBI Assistant Mains exam is given below: Port Blair, Kakinada, Kurnool, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Naharlagun, Guwahati, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Chandigarh- Mohali, Bhilai, Raipur, Delhi NCR, Panaji, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Hisar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Hamirpur, Jammu, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Bengaluru, Hubli, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Udipi, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur, Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Amravati, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Imphal, Shillong, Aizwal, Kohima, Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Puducherry, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sikar, Udaipur, Gangtok, Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Hyderabad, Agartala, Agra, Aligarh, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi, Dehradun, Haldwani, Asansol, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kolkata, Siliguri.

Table of content

RBI Assistant Exam Centres 2024
RBI Assistant Dates 2025
RBI Assistant Exam Centres 2024: Important Points
RBI Assistant Exam Centres 2024 FAQs

RBI Assistant Exam Centres 2024

The prelims and mains exams of RBI Assistant are conducted in the following cities.

RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Centres 2024

State/UT/NCR	RBI Assistant Prelims Exam Centres
Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh	Chirala, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun
Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur
Bihar	Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzafarpur, Patna, Purnea,
Chandigarh	Chandigarh- Mohali
Chattisgarh	Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur
Delhi	Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon
Goa	Panaji
Gujarat	Ahmedabad - Gandhinagar, Anand, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
Haryana	Ambala, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Yamuna Nagar
Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Samba
Jharkhand	Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Karnataka	Belagavi, Bengaluru, Kalaburgi, Hubli, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Udipi
Kerala	Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain
Maharashtra	Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Satara
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizwal
Nagaland	Kohima
Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur
Puducherry	Puducherry
Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Sangrur
Rajasthan	Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur
Sikkim	Gangtok
Tamilnadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Namakkal, Salem, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Vellore
Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal,
Tripura	Agartala
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi
Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee
West Bengal	Asansol, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri

RBI Assistant Mains Exam Centres 2024

State/UT/NCR	RBI Assistant Mains Exam Centres
Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh	Kakinada, Kurnool, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun
Assam	Guwahati
Bihar	Darbhanga, Muzzafarpur, Patna
Chandigarh	Chandigarh- Mohali
Chattisgarh	Bhilai, Raipur
Delhi	Delhi NCR
Goa	Panaji
Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
Haryana	Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra
Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu
Jharkhand	Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Karnataka	Bengaluru, Hubli, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Udipi
Kerala	Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur,
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Ujjain
Maharashtra	Amravati, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizwal
Nagaland	Kohima
Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Rourkela
Puducherry	Puducherry
Punjab	Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala
Rajasthan	Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sikar, Udaipur
Sikkim	Gangtok
Tamilnadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Vellore
Telangana	Hyderabad
Tripura	Agartala
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi
Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani
West Bengal	Asansol, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kolkata, Siliguri

Commonly asked questions

Q: How many test cities can I choose for RBI Assistant exam?

The exam city for RBI Assistant exam can be selected while filling the application form. Candidates have the facility to choose one exam centre each for prelims and Mains exams. Candidates can only select the exam city, however, the details regarding the exam centres are mentioned on the admit card. The following steps will guide candidates to choose the RBI Assistant exam centres:

Visit the official website of RBI
Register for the exam by entering the required details
Upload the scanned photograph and signature
Enter the basic details, personal details, communication details and choose the exam city for prelims and Mains exams
Upload the left thumb impression and handwritten declaration
Preview the application form
Pay the application fee and submit the application form

Q: How to choose RBI Assistant exam centers?

RBI Assistant exam centres are the cities where prelims and Mains exams are conducted. During application, candidates can only select the test cities. The details related to the RBI Assistant exam centres are mentioned on the admit card. The steps to select RBI Assistant exam centres are given below: Candidates need to visit the official website They need to register for the exam by entering the required details Registration ID and password are generated Candidates need to upload their scanned photograph and signature Candidates need to fill the detailed application form. It is this part candidates need to select one exam city each for the prelims and Mains exams Candidates need to upload the left thumb impression and handwritten declaration Candidates need to preview the application form Pay the required application fees and submit it.

RBI Assistant Dates 2025

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of RBI Assistant 2024 exam

Dates	Past Exam Dates
To Be Notified	RBI Assistant 2025 Notification
31 Dec ' 23	RBI Assistant mains exam 2023
18 Nov ' 23 - 19 Nov ' 23	RBI Assistant prelims exam 2023
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RBI Assistant Exam Centres 2024: Important Points

Few important points related to RBI Assistant exam centres are given below:

RBI reserves the right to cancel any of the exam centres (preliminary as well as mains) and/or add some other centres depending upon the response, administrative feasibility etc.
Details regarding RBI Assistant exam centres are mentioned on the admit card
RBI reserves the right to allot candidates to any centre other than the one they have opted for
Candidates need to appear for the exam at the RBI Assistant exam centre chosen by them
The examination authority does not entertain any request for any in RBI Assistant 2023 exam centre

Commonly asked questions

Q: In how many shifts RBI Assistant prelims and Mains exams are conducted?

RBI Assistant prelims exam is conducted in four shifts while the Mains exam is held in two shifts. The shift 1 of prelims exam is held from 09:00 am-10:00 am while shift 2 is held from 11:30 am-12:30 pm. The Shift 3 exam is held from 02:00 pm-03:00 pm while Shift 4 is held from 04:30 pm-05:30 pm. The shift 1 of Mains exam is held from 10:00 am to 12:15 pm while shift 2 is held from 2:30 pm-4:45 pm. The shift-wise exam timings for RBI Assistant prelims and mains exams are given below.

RBI Assistant Prelims Shift Timings

Shift	Timings
Shift 1	09:00 am – 10:00 am
Shift 2	11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Shift 3	02:00 pm – 03:00 pm
Shift 4	04:30 pm – 05:30 pm

RBI Assistant Mains Shift Timings

Shift	Timings
Shift 1	10:00 am to 12:15 pm
Shift 2	2:30 pm – 4:45 pm

Q: Is there any sectional timings in the RBI Assistant exam?

The total duration of the preliminary exam is 60 minutes. Each section of the prelims exam is conducted for 20 minutes. Candidates need to complete the paper within 135 minutes. The duration of the test of Reasoning is 30 minutes, Test of English Language is 30 minutes, Test of Numerical Ability is 30 minutes, Test of General Awareness is 25 minutes and Test of Computer Knowledge is 20 minutes. The section-wise RBI Assistant exam timings are given below. Prelims Exam English Language-20 minutes Quantitative Aptitude-20 minutes Reasoning Ability-20 minutes Mains Exam Test of Reasoning-30 minutes Test of English Language-30 minutes Test of Numerical Ability-30 minutes Test of General Awareness-25 minutes Test of Computer Knowledge-20 minutes.

Q: What are RBI Assistant exam day guidelines?

RBI Grade B exam day guidelines are released by the examination authority along with the admit card. Candidates need to follow the exam day guidelines given below while appearing for the exam: Candidates must not forget to take their admit card with ID proof and 2 recent colored photographs. No use of electronic items, books, watch allowed inside the examination hall. Candidates should reach the examination center 1 hour prior to the commencement of exam. Candidates need to bring a blue ball point pen. Rough sheet will be provided at the examination hall. Candidates cannot leave the examination center without the conclusion of RBI Assistant 2023 exam. Candidates need to follow all the instructions given by invigilator. Candidates found with debarred item will be disqualified from the exam.

RBI Assistant Exam Centres 2024 FAQs

Candidates can check below the FAQs related to RBI Assistant exam centres.

Commonly asked questions

Q: Which are the items not allowed inside RBI Assistant exam centre?

Use of books, notebooks, calculators, watch calculators, pagers, mobile phones etc. Is not permitted in this examination.

Q: How are the scores of RBI Assistant calculated?

RBI Assistant scores are calculated by following the steps given below: The Scores of Online Examination will be obtained by adopting the following procedure : Number of questions answered correctly by a candidate in each test is considered for arriving at the Corrected Score after applying penalty for wrong answers The Corrected Scores so obtained by a candidate are made equivalent to take care of the minor difference in difficulty level, if any, in each of the objective tests held in different sessions to arrive at the Equated Scores obtained by candidates on any test are equated to the base form by considering the distribution of scores of all the forms Testwise scores and scores on total is reported with decimal points upto two digits The cutoffs are applied in two stages on individual tests and total score.

Q: Which are the items allowed inside RBI Assistant exam centre?

Candidates must bring a ball point pen with them. A sheet of paper is provided which can be used for rough work or taking down the question number candidates would like to review at the end of the test before submitting your answers. After the test is over they must drop this sheet of paper along with the admit card and photocopy of photo identity proof in the designated drop-box. Photograph is captured at the examination venue. The photo captured is matched with the photo uploaded by the candidate in the application. Candidates must not change their appearance from the photo uploaded by them.

Q: How to answer questions in RBI Assistant exam?

RBI Assistant exam is conducted online. All tests except English is in English and Hindi. The test carries multiple choices. Out of five answers only one is the correct answer. Candidates can select the correct answer and click that alternative which they feels is correct. Answer to any question will be considered for final evaluation, only when candidates have submitted the answers by clicking on Save & Next or Mark for Review & Next. The clock is set at the server and the countdown timer at the top right corner of their screen displays the time remaining for them to complete the exam. Click on the question number on the question palette at the right of your screen to go to that numbered question directly.

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