Recruitment for Various Posts of Ministerial and Isolated Categories (Centralised Employment Notice)
The Railway Recruitment Boards recruit ministerial and isolated-category staff such as Junior Translator (Hindi), Chief Law Assistant, Public Prosecutor, Senior Publicity Inspector, Staff and Welfare Inspector and laboratory posts through centralised employment notices. CEN 07/2024 (Ministerial & Isolated, 1,036 vacancies) had its CBT on 10-12 September 2025, and CEN 08/2025 (Isolated Categories, 312 vacancies) on 14-15 July 2026. Selection is a single-stage CBT, then a translation, performance or teaching skill test where the post requires one, and document verification.
Eligibility (summary)
100 objective questions including a post-specific professional ability section; earlier cycles used OMR written tests
Post-specific test where applicable, such as the translation test for Junior Translator (Hindi)
Verification of certificates and medical fitness test for shortlisted candidates
Summarised from the official notification. Patterns change; confirm in the latest notice.
| Stage | Pattern |
|---|---|
| Single Stage CBT (written test) | For all posts except Junior Translator/Hindi: 100 questions in 90 minutes, 1 mark each: Professional Ability 50, General Awareness 15, General Intelligence and Reasoning 15, Mathematics 10, General Science 10 (distribution indicative); 1/3 mark deducted per wrong answer. Junior Translator/Hindi has a separate scheme not summarised hereCEN No. 08/2025 (Isolated Categories); same table in CEN No. 07/2024 · source |
PYQSathi lists 8 RRB Ministerial & Isolated papers from 2014 to 2014, each linked to its official source. Open the paper library above and pick a year.
RRB Ministerial & Isolated is conducted by the Railway Recruitment Boards (Ministry of Railways). Notifications, dates and results are published on its official website.
No. PYQSathi is independent. We summarise official documents and link to them, last checked 4 Oct 2026. Always confirm on the official website before applying.
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