Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) conducts examinations for Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) i.e., Junior Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Junior Time Keeper, Trains Clerk, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Traffic Assistant, Goods Guard, Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist, Senior Time Keeper, Commercial Apprentice and Station Master in various Zonal Railways and Production Units of Indian Railways.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Under Graduate Posts with Minimum Educational Qualification of 12th (+2 Stage) or its equivalent examination
Graduate Posts with Minimum Educational Qualification of a University Degree or its equivalent.
RRB NTPC EXAM PATTERN
The recruitment process will involve the following stages of examination:
- 1st Stage Computer Based Test (CBT)
- 2nd Stage Computer Based Test (CBT)
- Typing Skill Test/Computer Based Aptitude Test (as applicable)
- Document Verification/Medical Examination
TIER 1 EXAM PATTERN
| Subject | No. of questions | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 | 90 minutes |
| Mathematics | 30 | 30 | |
| General intelligence and reasoning | 30 | 30 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
- The exam duration for PWD candidates is 120 Minutes
- Negative marking of 1/3 is there.
- Stage 1 is of screening nature
- The candidates selected for stage 2 will be 20 times the number of vacancies for each post.
- Normalization of marks will be done
Tier 2 EXAM PATTERN
| Subject | No. of questions | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Awareness | 50 | 50 | 90 minutes |
| Mathematics | 35 | 35 | |
| General intelligence and reasoning | 35 | 35 | |
| Total | 120 | 120 |
- Separate 2nd Stage CBT shall be taken for each of the 7th CPC Level i.e. Level 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 with graded difficulty level.
- All posts falling within same level of 7th CPC shall have a common 2nd stage CBT (as mentioned in the above table
- The exam duration for PWD candidates is 120 Minutes
- Negative marking of 1/3 is there
- The level of questions will be different for different level of posts
- Normalization of marks will be done
RRB NTPC Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT)
(Only for candidates who have opted for Traffic Assistant and Station Master)
- Qualifying marks: The candidates need to secure a minimum T-Score of 42 marksin each of the test batteries to qualify
- This is applicable to all candidates irrespective of community or category and no relaxation in the minimum T- Score is permissible
- Candidates will have to qualify in each of the test batteries of CBAT for considering them for the post of SM/TA
- The CBAT shall have questions and answer options only in English and Hindi
- There shall be no negative marking in CBAT
- Merit list will be drawn only from amongst the candidates qualifying in the CBAT, with 70% weightage for the marks obtained in the 2nd Stage CBT and 30% weightage for the marks obtained in CBAT
Typing Skill Test (TST)
- Qualifying in nature
- Eight times the number of vacancies will be called for typing test
- The candidates should be able to type 30 words per minute (WPM) in English or 25 WPM in Hindi on Personal Computer only without editing tools and spell check facility.
Document Verification (DV)
Based on the performance of candidates in 2nd Stage CBT and based on the performance of candidates in both 2nd Stage CBT and CBAT/TST (as applicable), candidates equal to the number of vacancies will be called for Document Verification as per their merit and options.
SUMMARY OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
| Sl.no. | Name of the post | Level in 7th CPC | 1st stage CBT | 2nd stage CBT | Skill Test requirement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junior Clerk Cum Typist | 2 | Common for all posts | Common For all Level 2 Posts | Typing Skill Test |
| 2 | Accounts clerk cum typist | 2 | Typing Skill Test | ||
| 3 | Junior Time Keeper | 2 | Typing Skill Test | ||
| 4 | Trains Clerk | 2 | ------- | ||
| 5 | Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | 3 | Separate for Level 3 post | ------- | |
| 6 | Traffic Assistant | 4 | Separate for Level 4 post | Computer Based Aptitude | |
| 7 | Goods Guard | 5 | Common For all Level 5 posts | ------- | |
| 8 | Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | 5 | ------- | ||
| 9 | Senior Clerk cum Typist | 5 | Typing Skill Test | ||
| 10 | Junior Account Assistant cum Typist | 5 | Typing Skill Test | ||
| 11 | Senior Time Keeper | 5 | Typing Skill Test | ||
| 12 | Commercial Apprentice | 6 | Common For all Level 6 posts | ------- | |
| 13 | Station Master | 6 | Computer Based Aptitude Test |
RRB NTPC SYLLABUS (EXPECTED) – DETAILED SUBJECT WISE SYLLABUS
RRB NTPC Syllabus has not yet been published by RRB. Given below is the Expected RRB NTPC Syllabus distributed subject-wise: Quantitative Aptitude, General Intelligence & General Awareness
| QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE | GENERAL INTELLIGENCE | GENERAL AWARENESS |
| SIMPLIFICATION | CLASSIFICATION | HISTORY |
| NUMBER SERIES | ANALOGY | GEOGRAPHY |
| HCF & LCM | SERIES | ECONOMY |
| PERCENTAGE | CODING DECODING | POLITY |
| RATIO AND PROPORTION | BLOOD RELATIONS | PHYSICS |
| PROBLEMS ON AGES | ORDERING & RANKING | CHEMISTRY |
| AVERAGE | DIRECTIONS & DISTANCES | BIOLOGY |
| PROFIT AND LOSS | CLOCK AND CALENDAR | COMPUTER |
| SIMPLE INTEREST | ARRANGING WORDS IN MEANINGFUL ORDER | ASTRONOMY AND SPACE |
| COMPOUND INTEREST | WORD FORMATION | ENVIRONMENT |
| SPEED, TIME AND DISTANCE | MISSING NUMBER | AWARDS |
| TIME AND WORK | VENN DIAGRAM | LITERATURE |
| MIXTURE PROBLEMS | PUZZLE | SPORTS |
| ALGEBRA | NON-VERBAL REASONING | MISCELLANEOUS |
| MENSURATION | CURRENT AFFAIRS |
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