IBPS RRB GBO case studies
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The IBPS RRB General Banking Officer exam - formally Officer Scale-I (General Banking Officer) under the Common Recruitment Process for Regional Rural Banks, or CRP-RRBs - is the entry route through which candidates are shortlisted for generalist officer posts in India's Regional Rural Banks. IBPS describes itself as an autonomous body created to assist organisations in the selection of personnel at various levels, and it lists CRP-RRBs on its homepage alongside its Clerks, PO/MTs and Specialist Officer streams; the RRB cycle is administered as one of those CRP families rather than as a standalone bank test. The IBPS RRB GBO case studies are 5 cases and about 3,424 words.
1Building a defensible exam timetable from five constraints
The regional office of a rural bank must hold six recruitment-related tests - Reasoning (R), Quantitative Aptitude (Q), English (E), Computer Knowledge (C), Banking Awareness (B) and Hindi (H) - on six consecutive days, Monday to Saturday, one test per day. Five constraints were circulated to the exam committee: (i) H must be on Saturday; (ii) Q must be held on the day immediately before H; (iii) B must be held on the day immediately after R; (iv) C cannot be held on Monday or Wednesday; (v) E must be held before R.
664 words, about 3 min2Branch profitability and a dairy loan versus a G-sec placement
Branch X of a regional rural bank reports the following for the year (amounts in rupees crore): deposits 60.00 at an average cost of 6.00 per cent; advances 52.00 at an average yield of 10.50 per cent; investments 8.00 at an average yield of 7.00 per cent; other income 0.90; operating expenses 2.10; provisions 0.50. Gross NPAs stand at 3.12 and the branch holds no cash surplus.
678 words, about 3 min3A customer service point with missing deposits and a conflict of interest
The sarpanch of a village complains that 11 customers of a Customer Service Point run by Mr K cannot withdraw balances they have deposited. Records show 38 accounts opened or operated through the CSP in the last quarter.
766 words, about 4 min4Replying to a Kisan Credit Card grievance within 48 hours
A Kisan Credit Card customer, Ms Rekha Yadav, applied on 3 June for renewal of her 1.80 lakh limit. Renewal was delayed because the branch awaited land-record verification from the tehsil office, and it was finally renewed on 22 June.
567 words, about 3 min5Three simultaneous IT incidents in a live branch
A branch faces three incidents on Monday morning. First, an email from '[email protected]' with the subject 'Urgent IFSC data verification' and an attachment 'RBI IFSC Verification.html' has reached all six staff; two clicked the link, and one entered her user ID on the page but stopped before the password.
749 words, about 4 min