RBI Assistant English Language Syllabus( prelims)
The questions in the English section will be asked from the below topics. The candidate must have the proper knowledge of tenses to score good marks in this section. 

• Reading Comprehension
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Sentence Correction
• Word Meanings
• Cloze Test
• One Word Substitution
• Sentence Rearrangement
• Sentence Completion
• Phrases
• Active & Passive Voice etc.

RBI Assistant English Language Syllabus( Mains)

• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Reading Comprehension
• Passage Making
• Error Spotting
• Jumble Words
• Sentence Framing
• Fill in the Blanks
• Cloze Test
• Sentence Rearrangement
• Idioms & Phrases
• Word Replacement
• Match the column etc.

Best Books for RBI Assistant English
This subject needs strong command on the rules of grammar and vocabulary. Candidates can refer to the following books:

• Objective General English by SP Bakshi
• Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
• High School English Grammar and Comprehension by Wren & Martin
• English Language Question Bank by GK Publications

The syllabus for the English Language is divided into 4 parts - Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary, and Verbal Ability. Let's have a look at each of these topics in detail.

• Reading Comprehension: This topic is the most time-consuming topic among all, you need to have high accuracy to score well on this topic. It can be asked for a maximum of 10 marks. You can expect topics from Banking & Economy, Finance, Business, Monetary Policies like demonetization, Financial Policies, Socio-Financial Issues like poverty & education, Types of Banks in the economy, Globalization, etc.
• Grammar: Error Spotting and Phrase Replacement are usually asked on this topic. They also carry a maximum of 10 marks combined. Questions can be asked on Articles, Tenses, Prepositions, Parallelism, Subject-Verb Agreement, Degrees of Comparison, Sentence Correction, Adverbs, Phrasal Verbs, Pronouns, Non-Finite Verbs, and Common Errors, etc. in this topic.
• Vocabulary: You can expect a maximum of 10 Qs from this topic based on Phrase Replacement, Fill in the Blanks, and Fillers type of questions. These questions can be quickly solved and are usually based on contextual usage.
• Verbal Ability: You can expect 5 Qs on this topic based on Para Jumbles. They are easy to solve and less time-consuming.
• Cloze test: You can expect 5-10 Qs on the Cloze Test depending on the Qs asked in RC. If RC is asked for 10 marks then Cloze Test will be asked for 5-10 Qs and if RC is asked for 7 marks then Cloze Test will be asked for 8 marks. You have to look carefully at the prepositions given in the option before/after the blank before answering the question as all the options have a meaning close to each other.