RBI JE Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern for Junior Engineer Posts

Reserve Bank of India has announced the recruitment notification for 11 Junior Engineer (Civil/Electrical) posts. Candidates planning to apply must understand the RBI JE syllabus and exam pattern thoroughly. The syllabus and exam pattern act as guiding tools for the candidates highlighting a clear road map for preparation. This article provides topic-wise details of RBI JE Syllabus 2025, giving candidates a clear overview for effective preparation.

RBI JE Syllabus 2025 & Exam Pattern

RBI JE Syllabus and Exam Pattern are the essential parameters required to excel in the RBI JE Online Examination to be held on 08th February 2025. An online examination followed by Language Proficiency Test will be conducted for recruitment of candidates for the post of Junior Engineer. (Civil/Electrical). Through the RBI JE exam pattern, candidates will be updated about the number of questions asked, maximum marks and time duration of the paper.

RBI JE Syllabus: Overview

In the table given here, we have provided an overview of RBI Junior Engineer Syllabus 2025.

RBI JE Exam Pattern 2025

RBI JE online exam will be conducted for 4 sections and a candidate will have to qualify for each part of the objective test separately. A total of 180 questions will be asked for a maximum of 300 marks and candidates will be allotted 150 minutes to solve them. 1/4 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates can check the RBI JE exam pattern in the table given below.

RBI JE Syllabus 2025 for Junior Engineer (Civil/Electrical)

RBI Junior Engineer Syllabus 2025 for Civil/Electrical includes the following subjects: English Language, Engineering Discipline Paper I, Engineering Discipline Paper II, and General Intelligence & Reasoning. The topics of each section covered under RBI JE Syllabus 2025 are discussed below.

RBI JE Syllabus for English Language

The topics covered in RBI Junior Engineer Syllabus 2025 for English Language include the following topics.

• grammar
• vocabulary
• synonyms and antonyms
• sentence completion
• reading comprehension
• fillers
• cloze test
• error detection
• period
• Adjective
• adverb
• preposition
• jumbled paragraph

RBI JE Syllabus for Junior Engineer (Civil): Paper I

Candidates should be familiar with the following topics for Paper 1 RBI JE Syllabus for Junior Engineer (Civil).

• Construction Materials: Physical and chemical properties, classification, standard testing, uses, and manufacture/quarrying of materials such as building stones, silicate-based materials, cement (Portland), asbestos products, wood and wood-based products, laminates, bituminous materials, paints, Varnish.
• Estimates, Costs and Valuation: Estimating, Glossary of Technical Terms, Analysis of Rates, Methods and Units of Measurement, Items of Work- Earthen Work, Brick Work (Modular and Traditional Bricks), RCC Work, Shuttering, Wood Work, Painting, Flooring and Plastering. , Boundary wall, Brick construction, Water tank, Septic tank, Bar bending schedule, Center line method, Mid-section formula, Trapezoidal formula, Simpson’s rule. Cost estimation of septic tanks, flexible pavements, tube wells, isolates and combined footings, steel trusses, piles and pile caps. Valuation-Value and cost, Scrap value, Salvage value, Appraisal value, Sinking funds, Depreciation and obsolescence, Methods of valuation.
• Survey: Principles of surveying, measurement of distances, chain surveying, working of prismatic compass, compass traversing, bearings, local attractions, plane table surveying, theodolite traversing, adjustment of theodolite, leveling, definition of terms used in leveling, contouring, curvature and refraction correction. , Temporary and permanent adjustment of dumpy level, methods of contouring, use of contour maps, tachometric surveying, curve setting, earth work calculations, advanced surveying instruments.
• soil Mechanics: Origin of soil, phase diagram, definitions-void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, water content, specific gravity of soil grains, unit weight, density index and interrelation of various parameters, grain size distribution curves and their uses. Index properties of soils, Atterberg’s limits, ISI soil classification and plasticity charts. Permeability of soil, coefficient of permeability, determination of coefficient of permeability, unconfined and confined aquifers, effective stress, quick sand, consolidation of soil. Principles of consolidation, degree of consolidation, pre-consolidation pressure in normally consolidated soils, E-log P curve, calculation of final settlement. Shear strength of soil, direct shear test, vane shear test, triaxial test. Soil compaction, laboratory compaction test, maximum dry density and optimum moisture content, earth pressure theory, active and passive earth pressure, bearing capacity of soil, plate load test and standard penetration test.
• hydraulics: Fluid properties, hydrostatics, measurement of flow, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications, flow through pipes, flow in open channels, weirs, flumes, spillways, pumps and turbines.
• transportation Engineering: High Way Engineering-Cross sectional elements, geometric design, types of pavements, pavement materials – aggregates and bitumen, various tests, design of flexible and rigid pavements – Water Bound Macadam (WBM) and Wet Mix Macadam (WMM), Gravel Road, Bituminous Construction, rigid pavement joints, pavement maintenance, highway drainage.
• environmental Engineering: Quality of water, Source of water supply, Purification of water, Distribution of water, Need for sanitation, Sewerage systems, Circular sewers, Oval sewers, Sewer equipment, Sewage treatment. Surface drainage. Solid waste management-types, effects, engineered management systems. Air pollution pollutants, causes, effects, control. Noise pollution – causes, health effects, control.

RBI JE Syllabus 2025 for Junior Engineer (Civil): Paper II

The topics of Paper 2 covered under RBI Junior Engineer (Civil) Syllabus 2025 are discussed below.

• Theory of Structures: Elastic constants, types of beams – determinate and indeterminate, bending moment and shear force diagrams of simply supported, cantilever and over-hanging beams. Moment of area and moment of inertia for rectangular and circular sections, bending moment and shear stress for T, channel and compound sections, chimneys, dams and retaining walls, eccentric loads, slope deflection of simply supported and cantilever beams, Critical loads and torsion of columns, circular sections.
• Concrete Technology: Properties, benefits and uses of concrete, cement aggregates, 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 Concreting, repair and maintenance of concrete structures in cold weather.
• RCC Design: Design of RCC beams-flexural strength, shear strength, bond strength, single reinforced and double reinforced beams, cantilever beams. T-beams, lintels. One-way and two-way slabs, isolated footings. Reinforced bricks, columns, stairs, retaining walls and water tanks (RCC design questions can be based on both limit state and working stress methods).
• Steel Design: Steel design and fabrication of steel columns, beams, roof trusses and plate girders.

RBI JE Syllabus 2025 for Junior Engineer (Electrical) : Paper I

Here, we have described subject-wise Paper 1 RBI JE Syllabus for Junior Engineer (Electrical).

• Basics of Electrical Engineering
• lighting design of office areas
• Transformer, Working Principle, Protection Types, Preventive Maintenance
• Pumping system.
• Different types of motors, different methods of starting different types of motors
• Substation design and layout including DG set installation.
• Type of earthing, testing, lightning arrester etc.

RBI JE Syllabus for JE (Electrical): Paper II

Paper 2 of RBI JE (Electrical) Syllabus 2025 consists of the following topics listed below.

• Basic ‘Knowledge’ of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
• Inverter, Rectifier, UPS System
• energy conservation technology
• LT Distribution System, Cabling/Internal Wiring System, Panel Design and Fault Detection, Preventive Maintenance, etc.
• electrical installation testing
• Lift basics, design, electrical safety, safety controllers, etc.
• Basics of CCTV System. Fire and smoke alarm system, UPS.
• Knowledge of Indian Electrical Rules
• Switchgear and protection are used in HT/LT installations.

RBI JE Syllabus for General Intelligence and Reasoning

The topics asked in General Intelligence & Reasoning Syllabus for RBI JE are as follows.

• blood related
• coding-decoding
• syllogism
• clock and calendar
• guidance
• non-verbal chain
• Equality
• number ranking
• decision making
• statement and argument
• data interpretation
• puzzle
• seating arrangement
• alphabetical series
• arithmetic logic