Bank of Baroda Office Assistant (Peon) Syllabus 2025 and Exam Pattern

Bank of Baroda has announced that 500 Office Assistant (Peon) posts will be filled nationwide. Applicants for this notification must prepare for the upcoming Online exam with the help of the Exam Pattern and syllabus provided on this page. 

Bank of Baroda Office Assistant (Peon) Selection Process

The selection process may comprise an online test followed by a Local Vernacular Language Test (Language Proficiency Test) for candidates who qualify/pass the online test. However, if the number of eligible applications received is large/small, then the Bank reserves the right to change the shortlisting criteria. Bank may, at its discretion, consider conducting Multiple Choice/Descriptive/ Psychometric Test / Group Discussion or any other selection/shortlisting methodologies for the above position.

Structure of Online Test

The tentative structure of the online examination will be as follows:

Section Name of the Tests No. of Questions Total Marks Medium of test Duration
1 Knowledge of English Language 25 25 English 20 minutes
2 General Awareness 25 25
English/ Hindi/ Official Language of State/ UT
20 minutes
3 Elementary Arithmetic 25 25 20 minutes
4 Psychometric Test (Reasoning) 25 25 20 minutes
  Total 100 100   80 minutes

There will be penalty for wrong answers in all the sections. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is given by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.

Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score (cut-off) in each section of written (online) test as well as a minimum score (cut-Off) in the total score of 100 for participation in further selection process and drawing the rank list. However, the Bank reserves the right to change the minimum/ waive off qualifying criteria at its sole discretion.

Bank reserves the right to modify the examination structure, including addition/substitution, by way of a descriptive test/case study, which will be intimated through its website.

The date of online test shall be advised shortly. Other detailed information, if any, regarding the examination will be given in an information hand-out,

which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters from the Bank’s official website.

List of Version of tests (Medium of examination) and Local Language for Office Assistant (Peon) on regular basis in subordinate cadre according to State Applied for:

Sn Name of State Medium of Examination Local Language
1 Andhra Pradesh English, Hindi and Telugu Telugu, Urdu
2 Assam English, Hindi and Assamese
Assamese, Bengali, Bodo
3 Bihar English and Hindi Hindi, Urdu
4 Chandigarh English & Hindi Hindi, Punjabi
5 Chhattisgarh English and Hindi Hindi
6 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu English. Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and Konkani
Gujarati, Marathi and Konkani
7 Delhi (NCT) English and Hindi Hindi
8 Goa English, Hindi and Konkani Konkani
9 Gujarat English, Hindi and Gujarati Gujarati
10 Haryana English and Hindi Hindi, Punjabi
11 Himachal Pradesh English and Hindi Hindi
12 Jammu & Kashmir English, Hindi and Urdu Urdu, Hindi
13 Jharkhand English and Hindi Hindi, Santhali
14 Karnataka English, Hindi, Kannada and Konkani Kannada
15 Kerala English, Hindi and Malayalam Malayalam
16 Madhya Pradesh English and Hindi Hindi
17 Maharashtra English, Hindi, Marathi and Konkani Marathi
18 Manipur English, Hindi and Manipuri Manipuri, English
19 Nagaland English and Hindi English
20 Odisha English, Hindi and Odia Odia
21 Punjab English, Hindi and Punjabi Punjabi, Hindi
22 Rajasthan English and Hindi Hindi
23 Tamil Nadu English, Hindi and Tamil Tamil
24 Telangana English, Hindi, Telugu and Urdu Telugu, Urdu
25 Uttar Pradesh English, Hindi and Urdu Hindi, Urdu
26 Uttarakhand English and Hindi Hindi
27 West Bengal English, Hindi and Bengali Bengali, Nepali

Cut-Off Scores

Candidates are required to obtain a minimum score in each section and also a minimum total score in the online test. Candidates will be shortlisted depending on the number of vacancies in State/ UT applied for, marks secured by him/her in online test and cut-off in each section and total marks as decided by the Bank. State wise and Category wise merit list will be prepared for final selection. The marks obtained in the online test will be considered for the final merit list.

In case more than one candidate scores the cut off marks (common mark at cut off point), such candidates will be ranked according to their age in descending order.

Decision of the Bank in shortlisting and provisional selection shall be final.

Bank of Baroda Office Assistant (Peon) Syllabus

Section Name of the Tests  
1 Knowledge of English Language Parts of Speech
Tenses (Present, Past, Future)
Subject-Verb Agreement
Active and Passive Voice
Direct and Indirect Speech
Synonyms and Antonyms
One Word Substitution
Sentence Correction
Reading Comprehension
Fill in the Blanks
Spelling Correction
2 General Awareness Current Affairs (National & International)
Indian History and Freedom Movement
Indian Geography
Indian Constitution & Polity
Culture and Heritage
Everyday Science
Sports and Games
Important Days and Dates
Awards and Honors
Books and Authors
Banking & Financial Awareness (basic)
Government Schemes and Initiatives
3 Elementary Arithmetic Number System
Simplification
HCF and LCM
Average
Percentage
Ratio and Proportion
Time, Speed and Distance
Time and Work
Simple and Compound Interest
Profit and Loss
Mensuration (Area, Volume, Perimeter)
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Table, Chart)
4 Psychometric Test (Reasoning) Analogies
Classification
Series (Number, Alphabet, Figure)
Coding-Decoding
Blood Relations
Direction Sense
Puzzles
Basic Syllogism
Statement and Conclusion
Mirror and Water Images
Paper Folding (Non-verbal Reasoning)

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