Phase I: Online Screening
English Language:
Grammar,
vocabulary,
reading comprehension,
passage making,
error spotting,
jumble words,
sentence framing,
fill in the blanks.

Reasoning:
Puzzles,
seating arrangement (circular, square & linear),
data sufficiency,
directions and distance,
coding-decoding,
blood relations,
inequality,
syllogism,
machine input and output,
verbal reasoning,
ordering and ranking,
arrangement and pattern,
scheduling,
distance and direction,
ranking.

Quantitative Aptitude:
Simplification and approximation,
number series,
quadratic equation,
number system / HCF & LCM,
ratio and proportion,
average,
partnership,
ages,
percentage,
profit & loss,
time, speed & distance,
problems on trains,
boat and stream,
time & work / pipes and cisterns,
simple and compound interest,
mixture & allegations,
permutation and combination,
probability,
data interpretation (DI),
caselet DI,
data sufficiency.

Computer Knowledge:
Computer fundamentals,
introduction to software,
data structure,
file structure,
programming basics,
systems analysis and design,
data communication and networks,
computer architecture,
operating systems,
database management systems.

General Awareness (With special reference to Banking and Financial Sector and Economic and Social Issues):
Monetary policies,
banking and financial awareness,
economic terms,
current affairs,
static GK,
financial and economic news,
government schemes,
agreement & deals,
banking terms- rates & processes,
national institutions.

MSMEs: Policy, Regulatory and Legal Framework; Finance and Management (with focus on MSME):
MSME financing (Due Diligence/ KYC, Financial ratios, Assessment of Term Loan / Working Capital, Documentary credit etc.),
NPA and recovery including IRAC norms,
NBFC Financing,
Credit risk assessment.

Stream Specific Test (For General Stream):
MSME financing (Due Diligence/KYC, Financial ratios, Assessment of Term Loan/Working Capital, Documentary credit, etc.),
NPA and recovery including IRAC norms,
NBFC Financing,
Credit risk assessment,
questions related to Investment Banking,
Merchant Banking,
Equity,
Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs),
Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs),
Promotion and development of MSMEs in India.

Phase I Exam Pattern: 200 marks, 120 minutes, MCQs, Common for All Streams (with stream-specific section). Negative marking of 1/4 for wrong answers.