Self-study Sources for RBI examination
Offline / Books / Notes:
Maths and Reasoning, English-
1. R S Aggarwal - basics
2. CAT books - advanced
3. Banking practice books - for practicing - Quantity over Quality here
General awareness -
1. Monthly magazines - CSR is good for basic awareness
2. Manorama year book is decent for broad understanding
For targeted learning-
Spotlight, RBI 247 and PIB 247 (for RBI)
There is little point in spending hours daily on current. Instead, spend 2-3 days in a month.
read newspaper in the evening-
1. Financial express, OR
2. business standard, OR
3. Livemint
Any one will do
ESI-
1. 11th and 12th NCERT- Macroeconomics and Indian Economic development (Starters)
2. Ramesh singh / Nitin Singhania for Indian economy and Basics of banking
3. N Gregory Mankiv- if you wish to get into depths of Macroeconomics
4. Ram Ahuja- social issues in India - basics only
Finance-
1. Functions and workings of RBI - Summary book also available on amazon
2. FAQs of RBI - clear basics
3. Bharati V Pathak is an exhaustive but useful book
4. You will find IGNOU notes on finance, ESI and Management. very high quality but difficult to understand.
Management-
1. Book collections on Org behaviour, org theory, principles of management and HRM by
C B Gupta / T N Chhabra
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2. Corporate Governance- Go through ICSI material. enough for CG
3. Ethics- IGNOU material + D K Balaji on Ethics, integrity and aptitude.
Online / Youtube / Internet websites:
Maths / Reasoning:
Maths and reasoning - keep looking. I rely on TIME teachers more. Look for boring but effective people, not
entertaining but incorrect teaching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4icdz_NXXjY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGtbIp1KDOc
English - Engvid.com for basics of english
General awareness -
Online magazines and newspaper is enough.
If you want paper magazines, use CSR magazine
The summary of Economic Survey and Union Budget can be found here-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuPijcEbn-E&t=365s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEYvL_K_F7o&t=309s
RBI website and RBI oriented curent affairs are regularly covered here -https://youtube.com/playlist?
list=PL0oZLcCMn5NOItaKB8oxuJfgJD8gnT9uj&si=e0LJLGh7W5ywk-ap
Use this playlist for Government schemes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kSqrvhs-Cg&list=PL0oZLcCMn5NOY9w5rC5JkpgObyQa9oHcI
PIB website or Manish Sir live classes on Youtube-
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0oZLcCMn5NPfesGr0I80QoIvhvkWDCYu&si=o9IqpdR92S7w84Ni
RBI 247:
RBI 247 current affairs playlist-
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0oZLcCMn5NOItaKB8oxuJfgJD8gnT9uj&si=Q-Emy2XANo1iTuTH
Spotlight Current: https://currentaffairs.anujjindal.in/
ESI -
Not many good sources. stick to books
http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/he_document/nptel/IN__N__1_2
https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/WP/wp1707.ashx
Finance-
This website can be used for additional information and knowledge -
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https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/macroeconomics#:~:text=Macroeconomics%20focuses%20on%20the%20perform
https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/money-rates-policy.htm
https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/macroeconomics/macro-basic-economics-concepts
https://mru.org/
Management -
This website can be used for additional information and knowledge - https://managementstudyguide.com/all-
subjects.htm
Practising case studies-
You will find many case study based questions in Class 12 NCERT and other books. They can be used for practice.
https://www.torontomu.ca/tedrogersschool/trlc/resources/cases/minicases/
https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/QuestionBank/ClassXII/BusinessStudiesXII.pdf
https://edurev.in/chapter/8143_Chapter-wise-Case-Studies-Business-Studies--BST--Class-12
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