- On request of some readers, after looking at the syllabus and Some past papers of RBI Officer’s Exam Phase-II (Mains).
Of course there are many books and material available in the market. - But you should know their (Cheap) marketing strategy:
Today they publish a book for Uttar Pradesh/Haryana Public Service Commission exam, Next month same ‘content’ is copy pasted and book is circulated on as “RBI Officer’s exam” after changing the front cover - and It has been brought to my notice, some chopshop swinging dudes are even selling material for Rs.6600 rupees!
So, Here goes the Paperwise- Studyplan. (Entire Study material is absolutely FREE yes no hidden conditions here)
Paper II – Economic and Social Issues:
The notification and Syllabus of RBI itself says:
The syllabus is only indicative and not exhaustive. Keeping in view that candidates from different faculty backgrounds apply for the post, the questions in Papers II and III will be basic in nature.
- and yet people are opting for academic heavy books such as Dutt Sundaram for Economy, infact that book isn’t much relevent for IAS exams nowadays.
- Remember, you don’t have to read the books, you have to read the topics. So always keep syllabus in front of you and Preparation should be topic wise, and not book-wise.The study plan is prepared with
- 1. Requires no expenditure (everything is free for download legally- no pircacy here!)
- 2. The material is “Standard” (NCERT, IGNOU) hence high probability of getting good marks for your answers. I mean you can get everything from google/wiki but those webpages would go in unnecessary depth. This material is to-the-point and exam oriented.
- 3. This Study-Material doesn’t go in too depth. (Any candidate from any graduation stream can easily understand and master it in short time).
- 4. Part of Same material is available in Hindi pdfs as well on the same from NCERT/ IGNOU Egyankosh site.
- Because I have given plenty of download-links, this ‘study-plan’ would appear extremely lengthy and huge but it is not really lengthy. If you’re really desperate to get the job, you can do cover this all up in 15-20 days of continuous daily 8-10 hours study.
- Infact it’ll take more time to cover Dutt Sundaram’s book on Economy than covering Entire syllabus for all three papers of RBI Officer’s Phase-2 exam, with this–
Paper II : Economy
First get the basic foundations clear:
- Basic understanding: sectors of economy, concept of money and development
PS can download these NCERTs in Hindi medium too. - To get the Basic idea about GDP, GNP, Public Debt, IIP, FII etc. you can
read 80+ articles on “Economy for Newcomers” by Mrunal Patel on following link http://mrunal-exam.blogspot.in/2012/02/economy-list-of-all-articles-published.html - NCERT Class-11 (understanding economic development)
http://www.neerajagarwal.info/ncert-books-for-class-10-Understanding-Economic-Development-Social-Science.zip - Now Understand: Socialism, Communism, Capitalism, LPG (liberalisation, globalisation, privatisation), Green Revolution etc
NCERT: Class-11 (Indian economic development) - http://www.neerajagarwal.info/ncert-books-for-class-11-Indian-Economic-Development-Economics.zip
- Finally: microeconomic concepts of supply and demand, elasticity etc (without going to in mathematical details)
- http://www.neerajagarwal.info/ncert-books-for-class-12-Introductory-Microeconomics.zip
- Class-12 : Macro Economy : money and banking, role of RBI etc. (without going to in mathematical details)
- http://www.neerajagarwal.info/ncert-books-for-class-12-Macroeconomics.zip
- You can also read Class 11,12 Sociology books for time pass; for getting fodder material to write in the topics Urbanisation and Migration – Gender Issues – Social Justice etc
- All NCERT textbooks are (legally) free to download from following linkhttp://www.jobsnresults.com/tag/download-ncert-books-for-free/
selective topic wise study from IGNOU booklets
- After you’re done with basic foundation, time for doing selective topic wise study from IGNOU B.A. booklets (legally) freely available on
http://www.egyankosh.ac.in
- You’ll have to register a free account before downloading the PDF file.
Don’t worry, they don’t go in “that” depth, they are written very lucid and structured language, of course prepare some extremely brief revision notes out of it containing “keywords”. - After all, this is a descriptive paper, you understand a topic that is good but you must be able to reproduce your understanding on a piece of paper.
- For Economic Reforms in India – Industrial and Labour Policy – Monetary and Fiscal Policy – Privatisation – Role of Economic Planning. Globalization – Opening up of the Indian Economy- Balance of Payments, Export-Import Policy
B.A. (Economics) Booklets: - http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/15360
- They will help you cover various topics such as SEBI, Indian Economy- Balance of Payments, Export-Import Policy
- For International Economic Institutions – IMF and World Bank -WTO etc. read following PDFs from B.A. (Political Science)
- http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/26229
- Whatever miscellaneous topics remain in the syllabus, use Wikipedia etc
Paper III – Finance and Management:
- ^ In above sources you’ll find plenty of material overlapping with Finance,
moving on directly to the “management” portion. - Again same authentic IGNOU source (Free)About the management portion, it’s kind of ‘story-book’ like stuff.
IGNOU booklets are written in a very lucid manner for self-study purpose.
Doesn’t require much the brain application, very easy to understand , you’ll be able to remember 5-5 points for everything , even on first reading. - Leadership theories
- http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/25601
- Formal and informal communicationhttp://www.egyankosh.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/25597
- Theories of motivationhttp://www.egyankosh.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/1130
- Motivation and morale
http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/25313 - For HR topics and recruitment, training, performance appraisal, rewards and incentive management etc. download the necessary PDFS from following Module M.A. (Public Administration) course- human resource managementhttp://www.egyankosh.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/932
- I might have missed some topics, you can search around on egyankosh site and get the required PDFs.
(i) Paper I- English:
Essay, Precis writing, Comprehension, Business/Office Correspondence.
I mean really, do I need to suggest something here too? :)
But if you’re really weak here, you may buy
Compulsory English for Civil and Judicial service by A. P. Bhardwaj from Flipkart.com
Conclusion
- I might have missed a few topics but you can google, and always keep the syllabus in front of you and keep a track of your progress.
- don’t try to do Ph.D on any topic, just note down 5-6 easy to remember points.
- Have some writing practice.
- All the best.
TERRIFIC EFFORT FROM UR SIDE SIR…
HATS OFF TO U..
THANX A LOT ..
thank you very much sir..
CLASSIC EFFORT SIR….HATS OFF. I GAIN SO MUCH FROM THIS VERY BLOG OF URS. THX AGAIN
Thanks for all the guidance. Are phase 2 papers available anywhere? Or any book you suggest for phase 2 question papers
thanks
dear mrunal, thanks for your guidance for phase ii ive cleared the same. kindly publish previous rbi grade b officers interviews and questions for our reference and guidance. regards. manish
Can U please provide us Phase 2 paper of previous paper bcoz it will help to analyze which sort of question & key problem area of exam
thanks & regards
Shubham Gupta
Will you be kind enough to point out any book having previous years papers of phase 2?
Gr8 to see all info in one place ,that too topic wise;thanx a lot sir,really torch bearer.
I feel like my own Brother or a mentor of mine suggesting all this good stuff to me.
Great yar….
Some donate money , some give free tuition n some ppl give free medical treatment..But mrunal.org is a new way of helping people .. God bless u man…. And please please don’t stop posting.. Many ppl give up after few months of starting a web-site of this nature.
If u need help as a aspirant I can also help you to keep the valuable posting going.
Regards:
S.Mahesh
Awesome is an understatement..
In South India none even gives coaching for RBI Grade ‘B’ Mains exam, Your guidance and the links and the way you made the approach is simple and easy to understand.
First time I felt an enormous joy browsing online ! You have links for everything .. PD, Yojana, NCERT , IGNOU , what not !!
You’re magnificient.. Thankyou so much !!
sir,
Good evening i want to know the brief about monetary policy
thanks sir u r great
sir I want to kno dat whether marks obtained by a candidate in phase one dat is in objective is considered for final selectn or its jus to appear in phase 2 exam..
Sir Please can you tell me that when will be the prelims for rbi grade b exam this year as I’m not getting any information from anywhere
can any one tell me when the form of RBI officer will come
thanx
sir , what topic from math portion should be prepared fro cpf exam….
Being a doctor, am i eligible for IFoS exam.Is it true that optionals for upsc mains exam 2013 have b een dropped .i mean i have been prepring for ias 2013 so i need to know it as soon as possible.please reply me as soon as possible.
The discussion is still going on whether optionals should be droppped or not in UPSC Mains. Till now there is no firm news on dropping optionals in mains.
good morning sir . i know about year book. where i purchases these book. sir iam hindi background student so i request you rbi material in hindi language
thanking for this
thank u so much sir, i really gained a lots of knowledge from your blog sir…from strategy to study plan and information every thing is awesome…thanks for your guidance sir
Sir do u have any idea when will RBI grade B exam will be conducted this year?
Can color blindness be a reason for rejection in rbi b grade officer?, as i m suffering from cp 2 level.
I have been following your website form over an year now, and I have become a big fan of you Sir. I have searched so many websites for understanding the terms used in economics, but was not satisfied. You are doing a really great work. Your articles are very lively,witty and lucid. You are great Sirji.
dear Mr Mrunal.
can you help me in how to know result of UPPSC pre 2012, as i have lost my roll number & not able to know the result.
please tell the way to the result.
thanks
Ashok
sir thank you so so much..
i was searching for study material from a long time.. n found it here.. thank you so much
i got selected in sbi as a clerk but wanted to prepare for rbi.. but was badly confused about books n syllabus.. once again thanks for doing such a great effort for student like me…
mrunal bhai any idea about rbi notification
i wanna know mif they will take the 60% cut off marks based on honours marks or take the average of the general subjects as well
hi sir heard and read more about you want to know regarding the RBI exam as i am new for this exam does every year they conduct or it is depends on the vacancy? and the study plan for it?
please reply shantanu
HELLO MRUNAL JI
I WANT TO ASK ONE THING, ITS ALWAYS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH DESCRIPTIVE PAPER, “WRITE ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY.”….. WHAT IS DIS ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY MEANS… I HAVE TO WRITE EITHER IN FOR OR AGANIST MANNER OR I HAVE TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE IT…. PLS ANSWER
Thank u very much.I m working in S.B.I as Asst. manager,searching for right materials from long time.
please tell me work profile and workload on bank po???
hello sir,
i am preparing for banks exams, also looking for rbi grade ‘b’ officer exam.
by your suggestion i already purchased ramesh singh’s economy book which is really lucid and help full.
for rbi second phase exam
1- paper (economic and social issues) for this can i stick with news papers, ncert syllbus and ramesh singh economy book.
2-sir can you help me for second one which is finance and management, because i am not belongs to bba or mba side i have no idea for this portion
so sir pls suggest me perfect books on this as you done before.
thanking you
sir please tell me study plan for rbi assistant exam
Dear Mrunal,
Thank you for sharing your immense knowledge! It really mean to us.
Kindly also advice which book should we refer for “Finance & Management”, your suggestion really bother to aspirants.
Thank you for your continous support and guidance.
Waiting for your reply…
sir the links of egyankosh are sayin requested resource not avaliable.
can u provide us with alternate links it wil be very helpful sir….
Sir, None of the egyankosh links that you have provided are not working. Always says, tomcat error. Please look into it, i tried to search in ignou website, it is having lot of options on economics, I DONT know what to choose, so please help me with it.
Great Work. I can not express in words for your hard work. After searching lot of sites finally my searching for rbi material is killed. Thanks
sir please elaborate more on egyankosh part…..i m not able to access….. plz tell navigation…….
tx sir nw i believe i can n i will do it..
thank you sir,the links you provided are really great.sir please suggest some basic books for
1.economic and social issues
2.finance and management
your advice is invaluable for me.thank you sir.
Mrunal Bhai..
The link which you have given for RBI Grade B officers 2013 in the top-right side is not redirecting to proper site. Here is correct link.
http://ibpsreg.sifyitest.com/rbioffjun13/
Thank you.
Except for the HR link,other links are not working in the paper 3 section.please atleast write their exact subject names so they can be found
so we don’t need to study ramesh singh’s indian economy?
Hi Mrunal,
Plz update the links. The links arent working
just remove the “jspui/” portion from the link, it’ll work fine.
For example, go to the link “http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/25313″ in place of given as “http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/25313″
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