Best Books for RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM) 2026
7 hand-picked, subject-wise books for RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM), aligned to the current Reserve Bank of India Services Board syllabus. Read one book per subject, then test yourself with a free RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM) mock below — practice beats re-reading.
- Phase I (General DR) — RS Aggarwal Quantitative Aptitude; RS Aggarwal Reasoning; SP Bakshi Objective English; Adda247 monthly Banking Capsule; Lucent General Knowledge
- Paper I (ESI, General DR) — Ramesh Singh Indian Economy (McGraw Hill); NCERT Class 11-12 Macroeconomics and Indian Economic Development; latest Economic Survey (free PDF from indiabudget.gov.in); RBI Annual Report
- Paper II (English, General DR) — Wren & Martin High School English Grammar; AAA's Word Power Made Easy; daily editorial reading from Indian Express and The Hindu
- Paper III (F&M, General DR) — IIBF JAIIB textbooks (Principles & Practices of Banking, Accounting & Finance for Bankers, Legal & Regulatory Aspects of Banking); IIBF CAIIB textbooks (Advanced Bank Management, Bank Financial Management); BASEL III/IV PDFs from BIS
- DEPR — Hal Varian Intermediate Microeconomics; H L Ahuja Advanced Economic Theory; N Gregory Mankiw Macroeconomics; Olivier Blanchard Macroeconomics; Krugman-Obstfeld International Economics; Atkinson-Stiglitz Lectures on Public Economics; Frederic Mishkin Money, Banking and Financial Markets; David Romer Advanced Macroeconomics; William Greene Econometric Analysis
- DSIM — Casella and Berger Statistical Inference; S C Gupta and V K Kapoor Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics and Fundamentals of Applied Statistics; Hogg-McKean-Craig Introduction to Mathematical Statistics; T W Anderson Multivariate Statistical Analysis; James Hamilton Time Series Analysis; Jeffrey Wooldridge Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data; W N Venables and B D Ripley Modern Applied Statistics with S (R reference)
- Cross-stream awareness — RBI Bulletin (monthly), RBI Monetary Policy Report (half-yearly), RBI Financial Stability Report (half-yearly), RBI Governor and Deputy Governor speeches (free PDFs from rbi.org.in)
What these books cover
Together these titles cover every section of the RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM) syllabus:
RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM) books — FAQs
What are the best books for RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM) 2026?
Our RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM) booklist has 7 expert-recommended, subject-wise titles aligned to the current Reserve Bank of India Services Board syllabus — covering each section the exam actually tests.
Do I need to buy all of these RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM) books?
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