Railway Recruitment Boards are organizations under the Government of India that manage the appointment of new employees to work in Indian railways. There are 21 boards situated in different parts of the country. The Railway Recruitment Board has released the 1.3 lakhs vacancies this year for the post of NTPC, Para-Medical Staff, Material & Isolated Category and Level 1 post in Indian Railways. Also RRB NTPC Admit Card notification is expected to be released soon.
Which posts in Railways does one get a job in through this exam?
The best and preferred post comparatively from all the posts of Railway is RRB Commercial Apprentice. It is the supervisor post whose work is multi-skilled in different branches. So, the eligible candidates must try for this as the priority as a post-preference.
What are the vacancies, job type and salary offered?
The RRB has been revised the vacancy to 35,208 from 35,277 on April 20, 2019. Out of 1.3 Lakhs total Vacancy for various RRB Recruitments in the year 2019, NTPC released 10628 Undergraduate and 24649 Graduate Posts.
Railway has released different job-profiles with the offered salary for the RRB NTPC for both graduates and under graduate candidates, which are mentioned below in the table-
Job Type | Qualification | Salary |
Junior Clerk cum Typist | Under-Graduate | 19,900 |
Accounts Clerk cum Typist | Under-Graduate | 19,900 |
Junior Time Keeper | Under-Graduate | 19,900 |
Trains Clerk | Under-Graduate | 19,900 |
Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | Under-Graduate | 21,700 |
Traffic Assistant | Graduate | 25,500 |
Goods Guard | Graduate | 29,200 |
Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | Graduate | 29,200 |
Senior Clerk cum Typist | Graduate | 29,200 |
Junior Account Assistant cum Typist | Graduate | 29,200 |
Senior Time Keeper | Graduate | 29,200 |
Commercial Apprentice | Graduate | 35,400 |
Station Master | Graduate | 35,400 |
Total Vacancy = 35,208 |
Pattern for RRB NTPC
The recruitment process involves CBT (Prelims) Stage 1, CBT (Mains) Stage 2, Typing Skill Test/Computer-Based Aptitude Test (as applicable) and Document Verification/Medical Examination.
Prelims Exam | Mains Exam | Typing Skill Test (Computer Based) | Document Verification |
Each Question carry 1 Marks | Each Question carry 1 Marks | Come in both English and Hindi language | Carry all the original documents along with the Xerox copy |
90 min to complete the exam | 90 min to complete the exam | 10 min to complete the skill test | |
0.25 negative marking | 0.25 negative marking | 30 WPM in English/25 WPM in Hindi | |
Objective Type | Objective Type | No negative Marking |
Syllabus for RRB NTPC
RRB NTPC Syllabus for Prelims & Mains exam is the same but the difficulty level will increase in the Mains exam. Here candidates can check the few important topics of each of the sections from most of the questions are expectedly come-
Quantitative Aptitude | Reasoning Ability | General Science | General Awareness |
Number System | Analogies | History of India | Current Affairs of Last Six Months |
Percentage | Syllogism | Physical, Social and Economic Geography of India and World | |
Time & Work | Analytical Reasoning | Indian Polity and Governance constitution and political system | |
Profit & Loss | Venn Diagram | Indian Economy | |
Statistics | Data Sufficiency-Puzzle | General Science & Life Science (up to 10th CBSE) | |
Ratio & Proportions | Statement | Monuments and Places of India | |
SI & CI | Coding-Decoding | Indian Literature |