In this post I am going to tell you about RRB NTPC Exam Pattern. RRB NTPC Exam is one of the most popular exams of the country and lacs of students appear in this big Exam.
This exam is conducted for recruitment of the various posts in Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC). The post for which exam is conducted are Junior Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Junior Time Keeper, Trains Clerk, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Traffic Assistant, Goods Guard, Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist, Senior Time Keeper, Commercial Apprentice and Station Master in various Zonal Railways and Production Units of Indian Railways.
Before explaining RRB NTPC Exam Pattern I would like to tell you that the recruitment process will involve 1st Stage Computer Based Test (CBT), 2nd Stage Computer Based Test (CBT), Typing Skill Test/Computer Based Aptitude Test (as applicable) and Document Verification/Medical Examination.
Now let us discuss about the exam pattern in details:-
1st Stage Computer Based Test will be as under:-
You can see that there will be three sections viz. General Awareness, Mathematics and General Intelligence and Reasoning. In General Awareness number of questions will be 40, in Mathematics number of questions will be 30 and in General Intelligence and Reasoning number of questions will be 30. The time limit will be 90 minutes and total number of questions will be 100. Please also note that the section wise distribution given in the above table is only indicative and there may be some variations in the actual question papers. There will be provision of negative marking and 1/3 mark shall be deducted for each wrong answer.
2nd Stage Computer Based Test will be as under:-
2nd stage exam is very much similar to the first stage itself. However number of questions in this stage will be 120. In General Awareness number of questions will be 50, in Mathematics number of questions will be 35 and in General Intelligence and Reasoning number of questions will be 35. The time limit will be only 90 minutes and total number of questions will be now 120. Please also note that the section wise distribution given in the above table is only indicative and there may be some variations in the actual question papers. There will be provision of negative marking and 1/3 mark shall be deducted for each wrong answer.
Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT): This is only for those candidates who have opted for Traffic Assistant and Station Master. This test is of qualifying nature and candidates need to secure a minimum T-Score of 42 marks in each of the test batteries to qualify.
Typing Skill Test (TST): Typing Skill Test is applicable for the posts of Senior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist, Senior Time Keeper, Junior Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist and Junior Time Keeper. This test is also of qualifying in nature. The candidates should be able to type 30 words per minute (WPM) in English. For Hindi WPM on Personal Computer. The test will be available without editing tools and spell check facility.
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