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Can A Candidate Apply For Both IBPS RRB Office Assistant And Officer Scale-I Recruitment?

IBPS RRB 2020- Institute Of Banking Personnel & Selection has released the much-awaited notification for the recruitment of candidates in different posts in RRBs. A total of 10,000 vacancies have been released so far. IBPS has released vacancies for different posts like: Office Assistant, Officer Scale-1, Officer Scale-II , Officer Scale-III. Students are coming up with the query whether they can fill the form for both Office Assistant and Officer Scale-I or not. In this space, we will be discussing this query.

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Can A Candidate Apply For Both IBPS RRB Office Assistant And Officer Scale-I Recruitment?

As per the official notification of IBPS RRB, A candidate if wish to apply for more than one post then he/she has to fill the form separately and pay the respective fee. If you want to appear for IBPS RRB Office Assistant & Officer Scale-I then you are free to apply for both the recruitment process. The only thing one needs to remember is the eligibility criteria. For Office Assistant the minimum age is 18 years while for Officer Scale-I it is 21 years hence students who are 18 years cannot apply for Officer scale -I. Similarly the maximum age limit also differs. The maximum age limit for Officer Scale-I is 30 Years while for Office Assistant is 28 years and hence candidates whose age is more than 28 years cannot apply for Office Assistant.

Click here to Apply Online for IBPS RRB 2020 Recruitment for Office Assistants

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Click here to Apply Online for IBPS RRB 2020 Recruitment for Officer Scale-II and III

IBPS RRB 2020: Exam Pattern

The exam pattern is same for Officer Scale-I as well as for Office Assistant and is given below:

A) IBPS RRB Assistant 2019 Preliminary Exam Pattern:

Sr No. Name of the test Medium of Exam No. of questions Maximum Marks Duration
1. Reasoning Hindi/English/ Regional Language* 40 40 Composite time of 45 minutes
2. Numerical Ability Hindi/English/ Regional Language* 40 40
Total 80 80


B) IBPS RRB Assistant 2019 Mains Exam Pattern:

IBPS Mains exam will contain 200 questions and time allotted will be 120 minutes. The pattern of the Mains exam is given below:

S. No. Name of the Test Medium of the exam No. of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
1. Reasoning Ability Hindi/English 40 50 Composite time of 120 minutes
2. Numerical Ability Hindi/English 40 50
3. General Awareness Hindi/English 40 40
4.a English Language English 40 40
4.b Hindi Language Hindi 40 40
5. Computer Knowledge Hindi/English 40 20
Total 200 200

Any students who fill the eligibility criteria can apply for both Office Assistant as well as for Officer Scale-I. The minimum qualification require for both the posts is Graduation.

Can Office Assistant & Officer Scale-I Exam Happens At The Same Time?

This year Exam will be conducted by considering all the safety measures of the students and hence collision of two exams is the least we can accept in this case. We advised you to fill the form for both the posts if you fall in the eligibility criteria.

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