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RRB NTPC (Non-Technical Popular Categories)

Evidence status: 🟢 official. The facts below were verified against the official CEN 06/2025 notification on 2026-10-24.

RRB NTPC recruits for Indian Railways' non-technical posts at graduate level, such as Station Master, Goods Train Manager, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk and Junior Clerk cum Typist.

At a glance
Conducted by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs)
Stages CBT 1 (screening) → CBT 2 → typing test or CBAT, depending on the post → document verification and medical examination
Levels Graduate posts (CEN 06/2025)

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Exam pattern

Both CBTs use −1/3 per wrong answer.

Stage Questions Time General Awareness Mathematics General Intelligence and Reasoning
CBT 1 (screening) 100 90 min 40 30 30
CBT 2 (merit) 120 90 min 50 35 35

Posts such as Station Master and Traffic Assistant add a computer-based aptitude test (CBAT). Clerk and typist posts add a qualifying typing skill test. The CEN lists which stages apply to which post.

Syllabus

  • General Awareness: current affairs, Indian history, geography, polity, economy, general science, Indian Railways, sports, culture, computer basics.
  • Mathematics: number system, percentages, ratio, averages, interest, profit and loss, time and work, time-speed-distance, mensuration, elementary algebra, geometry, trigonometry, statistics.
  • Reasoning: analogies, series, coding-decoding, syllogism, puzzles, Venn diagrams, data sufficiency, statement–conclusion.

How to prepare (free, in order)

  1. General awareness carries the most questions. Build it daily from NCERT and PIB.
  2. Arithmetic and reasoning are shared with SSC and Group D: prepare them once.
  3. Practise typing early if your target post needs it.

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