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Age Limit:


The minimum age of the candidates must be 18 years and the maximum age limit is 33 years.


For Age Group 18-30


Age Relaxation


Category
Relaxation in Upper Limit
OBC-Non Creamy Layer (NCL)
3 years
SC/ST
5 years
Ex-Servicemen (UR)
30 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years
Ex-Servicemen (OBC-Non Creamy)
33 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years
Ex-Servicemen (SC/ST)
35 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years.
PwBD (UR)
10 years
PwBD (OBC-NCL)
13 years
PwBD (SC/ST)
15 years
Candidates have ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989. (UR)
35 years
Candidates have ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989. (OBC)
38 years
Candidates have ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989. (SC/ST)
40 years
Candidates who are serving Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D' Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes and put in minimum of 3 years service (UR)
40 years
Candidates who are serving Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D' Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes and put in minimum of 3 years service (OBC)
43 years
Candidates who are serving Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D' Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes and put in minimum of 3 years service (SC/ST)
45 years
Candidates who are working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the Railway organization (UR)
30 years plus the length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower
Candidates who are working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the Railway organization (OBC)
33 Years plus the length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower
Candidates who are working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the Railway organization (SC/ST)
35 years plus the length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower
Women candidates, who are widowed, divorced or judicially separated from husband but not remarried. (UR)
35 years
Women candidates, who are widowed, divorced or judicially separated from husband but not remarried. (OBC)
38 years
Women candidates, who are widowed, divorced or judicially separated from husband but not remarried. (SC/ST)
40 years


For Age Group 18-33


Age Relaxation


Category 
Relaxation in Upper Limit
OBC-Non Creamy Layer (NCL)
3 years
SC/ST
5 years
Ex-Servicemen (UR)
33 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years
Ex-Servicemen (OBC-Non Creamy)
36 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years
Ex-Servicemen (SC/ST)
38 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years.
PwBD (UR)
10 years
PwBD (OBC-NCL)
13 years
PwBD (SC/ST)
15 years
Candidates ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989. (UR)
38 years
Candidates ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989. (OBC)
41 years
Candidates ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989. (SC/ST)
43 years
Candidates who are serving Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D' Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes and put in minimum of 3 years service (UR)
40 years
Candidates who are serving Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D' Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes and put in minimum of 3 years service (OBC)
43 years
Candidates who are serving Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D' Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes and put in minimum of 3 years service (SC/ST)
45 years
Candidates who are working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the Railway organization (UR)
33 Years plus length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower
Candidates who are working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the Railway organization (OBC)
36 Years plus length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower
Candidates who are working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the Railway organization (SC/ST)
38 Years plus length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower
Women candidates, who are widowed, divorced or judicially separated from husband but not remarried. (UR)
35 years
Women candidates, who are widowed, divorced or judicially separated from husband but not remarried. (OBC)
38 years
Women candidates, who are widowed, divorced or judicially separated from husband but not remarried. (SC/ST)
40 years


Educational Qualification:


Posts
Educational Qualification
Commercial Apprentice (CA)
Degree from recognized university and equivalent
Senior Clerk-Cum-typist
Degree from recognized university and equivalent Typing proficiency in Hindi/English on computer
Traffic Apprentice (TA)
Degree from recognized university and equivalent
Enquiry-Cum-Reservation-Clerk
Degree from recognized university and equivalent
Assistant Station Master (ASM)
Degree from recognized university and equivalent
Junior Accounts Assistant Cum Typist
Degree from recognized university and equivalent
Typing proficiency in Hindi/English on computer

Goods Guard Selection
Degree from recognized university and equivalent
Traffic Assistant
Degree from recognized university and equivalent
Senior Time Keeper
Degree from recognized university and equivalent Typing proficiency in Hindi/English on computer


Railway 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


Based on the performance of candidates in the Stage-1 and Stage-2 exams, they would be required to go for the Skill Test/Aptitude Test/Document Verification. There are different tests for candidates appearing for posts such as:


Name of the post

Level
in 7th
CPC

1st stage
CBT

2nd stage
CBT

Skill Test
requirement

Junior Clerk cum
Typist

2

Common for all posts

Common For all Level 2
Posts

Typing Skill Test

Accounts Clerk cum
Typist

2

Typing Skill Test

Junior Time Keeper

2

Typing Skill Test

Trains Clerk

2

——————

Commercial cum
Ticket Clerk

3

Separate for Level 3 post

——————

Traffic Assistant

4

Separate for Level 4 post

Computer-Based Aptitude Test

Goods Guard

5

Common For all Level 5 posts

——————

Senior Commercial
cum Ticket Clerk

5

——————

Senior Clerk cum
Typist

5

Typing Skill Test

Junior Account
Assistant cum Typist

5

Typing Skill Test

Senior Time Keeper

5

Typing Skill Test

Commercial
Apprentice

6

Common
For
all Level 6
posts

——————

Station Master

6

Computer-Based Aptitude Test



RRB NTPC Stage-1 Exam Pattern


Sections

No. of Questions

Total Marks

Duration

Mathematics

30

30

90 minutes

(120 minutes for PWD candidates)

General Intelligence and Reasoning

30

30

General Awareness

40

40

Total

100

100


There will be negative marking and a 1/3 mark shall be deducted for each wrong answer.• The First Stage of CBT is of screening nature.

RRB NTPC Stage-2 Exam Pattern

Sections

No. of Questions

Total Marks

Duration

Mathematics

30

30

90 minutes

(120 minutes for PWD candidates)

General Intelligence and Reasoning

30

30

General Awareness

40

40

Total

100

100


The exam duration for PWD candidates is 120 Minutes.

Negative marking of 1/3 is there.



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 marks in 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.


RRB NTPC Syllabus 


General Intelligence and Reasoning 


The reasoning section is an important part of RRB. One of the most essential aspects of the Reasoning Syllabus is divided into two parts verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning questions. Check details about verbal reasoning & logical reasoning.

Verbal Reasoning Topics 


Number series, Letter & symbol series, Statement, and argument, Logical Reasoning problems, Alphabet test, Passage, and conclusions, Blood relations, Direction sense test, Input-output, Coding-decoding, Number Ranking, Making judgments, etc.


Non-Verbal Reasoning Topics 


Making series/analogy, Classification, Series test, Odd figures, miscellaneous test, etc.

Arithmetic 

Percentages, Time & Distance, Interest,  Simplification,  Time & Work,  Pipes & Cisterns, Profit and Loss,  Averages,  Problems on Ages,  Data Interpretation  Boats & Streams etc.

General Awareness 

The General Awareness section of the RRB Exam contains various topics such as current affairs questions, Indian Railway history questions and common general knowledge questions. Major topics are:

Current Affairs of last three months 
Indian Railway History 
General Knowledge Questions from various subjects 
Science 
Geography 
Polity 
Economics 
Miscellaneous

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