Deccan Grameena Bank (DGB) conducts an examination for the recruitment of officers and office assistants to its 200 branches spread over in the 5 districts of Andhra Pradesh. DCB, the regional rural bank (RRB) is sponsored by State Bank of Hyderabad & is jointly owned by Government of India & Goverment of Andhra Pradesh. The candidates will be selected purely on merit basis. DGB is looking forward for the applications from interested ones.

Structure of Deccan Grameena Bank Officers Exam

The exam consists of a written test and an interview. The written test is of objective type multiple choices pattern with five different options. It will have 4 sections each consisting of 50 questions. 2 marks will be rewarded for each correct answer and one third marks will be reduced for each wrong ones. The exam duration is 150mins.

For Officer Junior Management Scale-I and Office Assistants

• Reasoning
• Numerical Ability
• General Knowledge
• General English

For Officer Middle Management Scale-II

• Reasoning
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Data Interpretation
• Financial Awareness
• General English

Syllabus for Deccan Grameena Bank Officers Exam

Reasoning

• Verbal Reasoning
• Analog
• Classification
• Series Completion
• Logical Deduction – Reading Passage
• Chart Logic
• Non Verbal Reasoning
• Pattern Perception
• Figure Formation and Analysis
• Paper Cutting
• Figure Matrix
• Rule Detection

Numerical Ability-Syllabus

• Decimal fractions
• Simplifications
• Averages
• Simple interest
• Percentages
• Profit and loss
• Number series
• Data sufficiency

General English

Grammar

• Agreement
• Time and Tense
• Parallel construction
• Relative pronouns
• Determiners
• Prepositions
• Modals
• Adjectives
• Voice
• Transformation
• Question tags
• Phrasal verbs

Vocabulary

• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Odd Word
• One Word
• Jumbled letters
• Homophones
• Spelling
• Contextual meaning
• Analogy

Reading Comprehension

• Content/ideas
• Vocabulary
• Referents
• Idioms/Phrases
• Reconstruction (rewording)

Composition

• Rearrangement
• Paragraph Unity
• Linkers / Connectives

Eligibility Criteria

The minimum educational qualification required is a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from any recognized university. Proficiency in Tamil language and basic knowledge certificates in computer will be beneficiary to the candidates. For office assistant post, the applicant should be a resident of A.P. For Officer MMG Scale-II, age limit should be in between 21-32yrs and that for Officer JMG Scale-I, it should be in between 18-28yrs.

How to Apply?

The applicant should pay an amount of Rs.250 (Gen/OBC) or Rs.50 (SC/ST) for Office assistant and Rs.450 (Gen/OBC) or Rs.50 (SC/ST) for Officer posts at any branch of State bank of Hyderabad on or before the second week of September. The challan for fee payment is available in the advertisement file at the bottom of the official website www.dgb.com. After payment online registration has to be done.

How to fill the Form?

The candidate must download the fee payment challan first, from the Bank’s official website and pay the fees at any of the branches of State Bank of Hyderabad from third week of August to second week of September. The applicants should have a valid personal email id to which the notifications of the exam has to be sent. The candidate should have a scanned copy of his/her recent photograph along with the signature before filling up the application form. Before filling the online application read the instruction given in the official website www.dgb.com. . Care should be given while filling the Branch Transaction Journal Number given in the challan form. The bank also provides a facility to modify the submitted application. The modification facility will be available till second week of September. While going for the exam the candidates should carry the challan form and their recent photograph along with them otherwise they won’t be allowed to attend the examination.

Important Dates (Tentative)

Last date for receipt of application form: Second week of September, 2012

Last date for modifying the submitted application form: Second week of September, 2012

List of Deccan Grameena Bank Officers Exam centers

• Hyderabad
• Adilabad
• Karimnagar
• Nizaamabad

Contact Address for the Deccan Grameena Bank Officers Exam

Hyderabad  Deccan Grameena Bank, Head Office, # 2-1-520, 2nd Floor, Vijayasri Sai Celestia, Street No.9, Shankermutt Road, Nallakunta, Hyderabad, A.P. -500 044, Ph.No.040-2760 0849, 9491041909

Reference Books for Deccan Grameena Bank Officers Exam

• Verbal and nonverval reasoning by R.S.Agarwal
• Marksman Reasoning
• English Grammar by Wrein and Martin
• Essential of Grammar by Oxford Publication
• Quantitative Aptitude by O.P. Tandon
• Quantitative Aptitude by O.P. Agarwal
• Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal
• Quantitative Aptitude by N.C.E.R.T.Books
• Upkars Publications Bank Probationay Oficer by Khanna
• A Text book on Data Interpretation and Logical reasoning by Arun Sharma
• Ever Ltest General Knowledge by Verma and khanna

Coaching Centers for Deccan Grameena Bank Officers Exam

• Pace Setter
• AAA Bright Academy
• Excelsior
• Miglani Tutorials
• City College
• Banking and Management Academy
• A.V Classes
• Mitochondria Tutorials
• Future Plus Edu Tech Pvt Ltd
• Test Bag Academy
• T.I.M.E
• S.N Das Gupta College
• Career Shapers
• Career Avanues
• Akhardham the Competitive exams Academy
• Tara Institute
• Sachdeva New P.T College
• Urban Prep Coaching Centre
• Paramount coaching centre
• Gour’s IAS
• Path Finder Educational Services Pvt Ltd
• M.P Career Institute for Bank PO

Study Plan

The examination questions are designed in such a way to test the aptitude skill of the aspirant. So, start preparing subjects like Numerical ability, Verbal as well as non verbal reasoning etc. Work out different type of questions from these areas regularly. This helps you to improve your speed of answering the questions. In spite of all these, the test includes General knowledge and General English sections too. For updating your general awareness, you have to start reading an international newspaper and also you can depend on a reliable general knowledge book. In order to improve your English proficiency, start focusing on tenses, verbs, question tags, summarizing of the given passages etc.

How and Where To Get the Results?

The results can be obtained from Deccan Banks’s official website at the time of publication of results. The website address is as given below.

http://www.dgbhyd.com

Score Validity

The score of Deccan Grameena Bank Officer and Assistants Recruitment Examination is valid until all the vacancies are satisfied.