Railway Recruitment Boards Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate and Under Graduate) Examination
RRB NTPC fills non-technical Group C posts across Indian Railways through two parallel Centralised Employment Notices: a Graduate-level notice (CEN 06/2025, 5,810 vacancies for posts such as Station Master, Goods Train Manager, Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor, Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist and Traffic Assistant, Pay Levels 4-6) and an Under-Graduate notice (CEN 07/2025, 3,058 vacancies for Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Junior Clerk cum Typist and Trains Clerk, Pay Levels 2-3). Both use the same two-stage CBT built around general awareness, mathematics and reasoning, with an aptitude test or typing test added only for certain posts. Candidates apply to a single RRB and rank their preferred zones and posts within it.
Eligibility (summary)
Online objective screening test common to all posts; normalised score used only to shortlist about 15 times the vacancies for CBT-2
Online objective test common to all posts; its normalised marks decide merit
Psychometric aptitude test only for Station Master and Traffic Assistant (Graduate posts); no negative marking, minimum T-score 42 in each test battery
Qualifying typing test only for typist/clerk posts: 30 wpm in English or 25 wpm in Hindi on a PC
Shortlisting at 1:1 of vacancies, followed by medical fitness as per the post's medical standard
Summarised from the official notification. Patterns change; confirm in the latest notice.
| Stage | Pattern |
|---|---|
| 1st Stage CBT | 100 MCQs of 1 mark each (General Awareness 40, Mathematics 30, General Intelligence and Reasoning 30), 90 minutes (120 for scribe-eligible candidates), negative marking of 1/3 mark per wrong answer; same pattern for Graduate and Under-Graduate noticesCEN 06/2025 (Graduate) and CEN 07/2025 (Under Graduate) · source |
| 2nd Stage CBT | 120 MCQs of 1 mark each (General Awareness 50, Mathematics 35, General Intelligence and Reasoning 35), 90 minutes (120 for scribe-eligible candidates), negative marking of 1/3 mark per wrong answer; minimum qualifying marks UR/EWS 40%, OBC-NCL and SC 30%, ST 25%CEN 06/2025 (Graduate) and CEN 07/2025 (Under Graduate) · source |
| Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT) | For Station Master/Traffic Assistant only: 8 times vacancies called; minimum T-score 42 in every test battery; final merit weights CBT-2 at 70% and CBAT at 30%; no negative markingCEN 06/2025 (Graduate) · source |
| Computer Based Typing Skill Test (CBTST) | Qualifying only (marks not added to merit); 8 times vacancies called; 30 wpm English or 25 wpm Hindi; applies to Senior Clerk cum Typist and Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist (Graduate) and Junior Clerk cum Typist and Accounts Clerk cum Typist (Under Graduate)CEN 06/2025 and CEN 07/2025 · source |
We have not published RRB NTPC papers yet. Check the official website (rrbapply.gov.in) for any papers the authority has released.
RRB NTPC is conducted by the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs), Ministry of Railways, Government of India. Notifications, dates and results are published on its official website.
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