➥ The Railway Recruitment Board conducts the RRB NTPC Exam to fill up more than 35000+ vacant positions in the Indian Railways. The exam is held in the NonTechnical Popular categories for the Undergraduate and the Graduate positions in the Indian Railways.
➥ RRB will be released the dates for the Computer Based Test ( CBT ) Phase I for 2025. The Phase I exam is scheduled to be held from 28th December 2025 to 13th January 2025. Knowledge of the RRB NTPC Exam Pattern is necessary for the candidates to answer the questions properly and score the maximum marks in the exam.
➥ The RRB NTPC Exam Pattern describes the marking scheme of the exam and contains important details like the total number of questions, marks allotted to each question, the total number of sections, weightage of each section, negative marking, and the duration of the exam.
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RRB NTPC Exam Date |
The RRB NTPC Exam is conducted in the following Stages and in the given categories:
✍ Please Note- The CBAT Test is conducted for the post of Station Master and Traffic Assistant. The Typing Skill Test is conducted for Junior Timekeeper, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Senior Timekeeper. It is necessary for the candidates to clear each stage of the exam in order to move on to the next stage.
RRB NTPC Exam Pattern and marks distribution for Stage I and Stage II exams
S.No |
Categories |
Total number of questions |
Marks allotted |
1 |
General awareness |
40 |
40 |
2 |
Mathematics |
30 |
30 |
3 |
General Intelligence and Reasoning |
30 |
30 |
4 |
Total |
100 |
100 |
S.No |
Categories |
Total number of Questions |
Marks Allotted |
1 |
General awareness |
50 |
50 |
2 |
Mathematics |
35 |
35 |
3 |
General Intelligence and Reasoning |
35 |
35 |
4 |
Total |
120 |
120 |
There is no negative marking for this stage of the exam.
Candidates who have qualified the Stage II of RRB NTPC can appear for the Typing Skill Test.
30 words per minute( For the English language).
25 words per minute ( For the Hindi Language ).
S.No |
Categories |
Criteria for Merit |
1 |
Trains Clerk Goods Guard Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk Commercial cum Ticket Clerk Commercial Apprentice |
Marks secured by the candidate in Stage II Computer Based Test ( CBT ) |
2 |
Station Master Traffic Assistant |
Marks secured by the candidate in Stage II Computer Based Test ( CBT ) |
3 |
Junior Clerk cum Typist Junior Timekeeper Senior Clerk cum Typist Senior Timekeeper Junior Account Assistant cum Typist Junior Timekeeper |
Marks secured by the candidate in Stage II Computer Based Test ( CBT ) Candidates must either qualify or are exempted from the Typing Skill Test |
The candidates who qualify for the above-mentioned tests will have to undergo the Medical Fitness Test conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board authorities.
Given below is the Visual equity standard for the RRB NTPC Exams:
S.No |
RRB NTPC posts |
Visual Equity Standard |
1 |
Commercial Apprentice Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist Senior Timekeeper Senior Accounts Assistant cum Typist |
Qualify the following tests: Colour Vision Binocular Vision Field of Vision Night Vision Distance Vision- 6/9, 6/9 without glasses Near Vision-0.6, 0.6 without glasses |
2 |
Traffic Apprentice Goods Guard Traffic Assistant Assistant Station Master |
Distance vision- 6/12, 6/18 with or without glasses. Near vision- 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses |
The Railway Recruitment Board uses the Normalization method for calculating the marks obtained by the candidates in the exams. As the questions have different levels of difficulty, RRB uses a fair method of calculating the marks scored by the candidates. Normalization of the score is a statistical and scientific process that uses the raw marks of the candidate based on Mean and Standard Deviation for a particular exam session.
The revised Formula for Normalization is given below:
Given below is a simplified explanation for calculating the raw score of the candidate based on the normalization formula:
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