Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is all set for the recruitment of Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) for 35,208 vacancies. It is a great opportunity knocking at the door of all the government job aspirants awaiting to be a railway employee. RRB NTPC has been one of the most popular railway career options for the people with a non-technical background. Many of you must be curious to know the previous years RRB NTPC exam analysis and the questions asked in the same. RRB NTPC recruitment exam was previously held in 2016. To get you an insight into the pattern of questions asked, here is the RRB NTPC previous year exam analysis.
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RRB NTPC 2020 Exam Date
As per the official notice released by RRB, it is yet to finalize the exam conducting agency. The process has been delayed further due to the COVID-19 outbreak. We will be providing the exam dates as soon as the railway recruitment board releases the exam dates.
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RRB NTPC 2020 Selection Procedure
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.
Here is a summary of the recruitment process:
| Sl. No. |
Name of the post | Level in 7th CPC |
1st stage CBT |
2nd stage CBT |
Skill Test requirement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junior Clerk cum Typist |
2 | Common for all posts |
Common For all Level 2 Posts |
Typing Skill Test |
| 2 | Accounts Clerk cum Typist |
2 | Typing Skill Test | ||
| 3 | Junior Time Keeper | 2 | Typing Skill Test | ||
| 4 | Trains Clerk | 2 | —————— | ||
| 5 | Commercial cum Ticket Clerk |
3 | Separate for Level 3 post |
—————— | |
| 6 | Traffic Assistant | 4 | Separate for Level 4 post |
Computer Based Aptitude Test |
|
| 7 | Goods Guard | 5 | Common For all Level 5 posts |
—————— | |
| 8 | Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk |
5 | —————— | ||
| 9 | Senior Clerk cum Typist |
5 | Typing Skill Test | ||
| 10 | Junior Account Assistant cum Typist |
5 | Typing Skill Test | ||
| 11 | Senior Time Keeper | 5 | Typing Skill Test | ||
| 12 | Commercial Apprentice |
6 | Common For all Level 6 posts |
—————— | |
| 13 | Station Master | 6 | Computer Based Aptitude Test |
- English is the default language.
- In case the candidate wishes to choose any other language, then the same can be selected from the drop down list of languages. The languages listed are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
- In case of any difference/ discrepancy/dispute in the Questions between English and the opted language, the content of English version shall prevail.
RRB NTPC Stage-1 Exam Pattern
| Subjects | No. Of Questions | Marks | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Awareness | 40 | 40 | 90 Minutes |
| 2 | Mathematics | 30 | 30 | |
| 3 | General Intelligence & Reasoning | 30 | 30 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
- The exam duration for PWD candidates is 120 Minutes.
- Negative marking of 1/3 is there.
- Stage 1 is of screening nature.
- The candidates selected for stage 2 will be 20 times the number of vacancies for each post.
- Normalization of marks will be done
RRB NTPC Stage-1 Previous year Exam AnalysisGeneral Awareness for RRB NTPC Stage-1
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| History | 7 | Moderate |
| Geography | 1 | Easy |
| Polity | 2 | Easy |
| Static | 2 | Moderate |
| Biology | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Chemistry | 2 | Easy |
| Physics | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Computers | 4 | Easy |
| Current Affairs | 11 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Easy-Moderate |
Mathematics for RRB NTPC Stage-1
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| SI/ CI | 2 | Moderate |
| Mensuration | 2 | Easy |
| Ratio & Proportion | 3 | Easy |
| Height & Distance | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Profit/Loss | 3 | Easy |
| Geometry | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Number System | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Simplification | 3 | Easy |
| Time and Work | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Statistics | 1 | Easy |
| Time, Speed and Distance | 2 | Easy |
| Average | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| DI (Tabular) | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
General Intelligence & Reasoning for RRB NTPC Stage-1
General Intelligence & Reasoning is taken lightly by many aspirants which should not be the case. Some topics may dominate over others as seen from the previous analysis. Most number of questions were asked from Coding-Decoding and blood relation. This section is scoring, all you just need is accuracy and speed to attempt. Take a look at the topic wise distribution of questions in RRB NTPC exam analysis:
| Topic | No of Questions | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Coding-Decoding | 4 | Easy |
| Sentence arrangement | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Venn Diagram | 3 | Moderate |
| Puzzle (Linear) | 3 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 4 | Moderate |
| Statement & Assumptions | 2 | Moderate |
| Statement & Conclusion | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Analogy | 3 | Easy |
| Mathematical Operations | 4 | Moderate |
| Odd one out | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
Hope you have got an idea about the number of questions asked with the given RRB NTPC exam analysis and we wish you all the best for RRB NTPC 2020.
