RBSE SS Voc Banking study materials
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RBSE SS Voc Banking study plan

RBSE SS Voc Banking · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Introduction to Banking and Financial Institutions

  • Define the roles of the RBI, scheduled commercial banks, cooperative banks, RRBs and NBFCs, and state two differences between each pair

  • Distinguish the functions of a central bank from those of a commercial bank and give one concrete example of each function

  • Classify bank liabilities and assets into deposits, borrowings, loans, investments and reserves, and label a simple balance-sheet sketch

  • Explain the meaning of CRR, SLR, repo rate and bank rate and note which body sets each

Your checkpoint

A one-page labelled diagram mapping India's banking structure with a 10-term glossary of regulators and institution types

Week 2

Banking Operations and Types of Accounts

  • Compare savings, current, fixed deposit and recurring deposit accounts on interest, withdrawal rules and minimum balance

  • Compute simple and compound interest on a fixed deposit for a given principal, rate and tenure

  • Describe the steps to open an account, including KYC documents and the purpose of each document

  • Explain the operations of a bank branch: cash handling, clearing, passbook updating and nomination

Your checkpoint

A worked account-comparison table plus three solved interest problems showing every step

Week 3

Banking Operations and Types of Accounts & Credit and Lending Operations

  • List the principles a banker applies before sanctioning a loan: safety, liquidity, profitability and purpose

  • Differentiate the 5 Cs of credit and apply them to a short case of a small trader seeking a loan

  • Compare term loans, cash credit, overdraft and bill discounting by repayment pattern and security

  • Identify the documents used to create a charge on security, such as hypothecation and mortgage

Your checkpoint

A one-page credit appraisal note for a hypothetical small business covering the 5 Cs and a recommended loan type

Week 4

Credit and Lending Operations & Risk Management, Ethics and Regulatory Compliance

  • Explain the purpose of NPA classification, provisioning and recovery mechanisms including SARFAESI and DRT

  • Describe the Basel capital adequacy idea and why banks must hold capital against risk

  • Outline the banker's duty of secrecy, the exceptions to it and the KYC and AML obligations that follow

  • Match common banking frauds to the control that prevents them

Your checkpoint

A 300-word risk-and-ethics briefing that names three fraud scenarios and one control for each

Week 5

Negotiable Instruments and Payment Systems

  • Identify the essential features and parties of a cheque, bill of exchange and promissory note

  • Determine when a cheque is crossed, endorsed or dishonoured, and state the consequence of each

  • Explain the difference between RTGS, NEFT, IMPS and UPI by timing, limit and use case

  • Describe the recourse available to a holder when an instrument is dishonoured

Your checkpoint

A specimen cheque annotated with every field, plus a comparison table of the four payment systems

Week 6

Basic Accounting and Book-keeping in Banking & Customer Services and Relationship Management

  • Record a set of branch transactions in journal, ledger and trial balance form

  • Reconcile a bank statement against a cash book and explain three causes of difference

  • Describe service quality standards in customer grievance redressal, including the banking ombudsman route

  • Explain the difference between a customer and a consumer, and list the banker's duties to each

Your checkpoint

A complete book-keeping exercise from ten transactions to trial balance, with a bank reconciliation statement

Week 7

Digital Banking and Financial Technology & Financial Inclusion and Government Schemes

  • Describe how mobile banking, internet banking, wallets and UPI differ in authentication and settlement

  • Explain the risks of phishing, SIM swap and OTP fraud, and state the safe-practice rule for each

  • Summarise the objectives and eligibility of PMJDY, Atal Pension Yojana and Mudra loans

  • Explain the role of business correspondents and BC-led banking in reaching unbanked areas

Your checkpoint

A two-column digital-safety and scheme fact sheet covering at least six schemes and six fraud types

Week 8

Vocational Practical, Project Work and Employability Skills & Introduction to Banking and Financial Institutions & Negotiable Instruments and Payment Systems

  • Draft a short project report on a chosen banking topic with objective, method and findings

  • Practise a mock interview answer explaining why you want a banking vocational role

  • Revise the highest-weight domains through timed practice questions and record error patterns

  • Prepare a one-page revision sheet of formulas, limits and scheme names

Your checkpoint

A submitted mini-project report plus a scored mock test with a written list of weak areas

Milestones

Week 2: Can compute fixed deposit interest and list KYC documents without notes

Week 4: Scores at least 70% on a mixed set covering domains 1, 2, 5 and 9

Week 6: Completes a trial balance and bank reconciliation with no arithmetic error

Week 8: Finishes a full-length timed mock and identifies the three weakest domains for final revision