RRB Exams- Upcoming RRB NTPC, ALP, JE Exam

RRB Exams 2022 – The Railway Recruitment Board conducts the RRB Exams. RRB recruitment is a highly competitive annual process. The RRB Exams 2021 recruitment for different exams will be announced through the official notification.

The table below highlights the tentative dates for upcoming RRB Exams 2021-

RRB 2020 – Latest Updates

Candidates can get the latest RRB Notifications from the linked article.

Witnessing the massive outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19) many Government institutions and exam conducting bodies have either canceled or postponed the recruitment examinations.

The table given below will put some light on the main RRB exams scheduled to happen in 2020 but got postponed in the view of the emergent situation of Coronavirus in India.

This article will give you all the important information about the upcoming railway exams such as RRB exam dates, RRB Eligibility, RRB Notification, RRB Admit Card, etc.

Table of Contents:

1. RRB Recruitment
2. RRB Notification
3. RRB Exam Pattern
4. RRB Syllabus
5. RRB Eligibility
6. RRB Apply Online
7. RRB Admit Card
8. RRB Preparation

The Railway Board releases detailed RRB Exam Calendar on the official website. The RRB Exam Calendar 2021 will be updated here once the board will announce it. Candidates in the meantime can go through the dates of railway exams for previous recruitment i.e. 2020-

RRB Exam Calendar 2020-21 for the upcoming railway exams like RRB NTPC, ALP, JE and Group D Exam is given below:

RRB 2020 Exam Calendar

The RRB Recruitment details are published by the Railway Recruitment Board on the RRB official website. The Railway Recruitment Board was known as ‘Railway Service Commission’ but in January 1985 it was renamed.

The various details included in the RRB Recruitment notice are related to RRB posts, vacancies, and salaries.

The Railway entrance examinations are held for the selection of technical and non–technical cadres in the Indian Railways. Details regarding all the examinations conducted by the Railway Board are given in RRB official Website (http://www.rrbcdg.gov.in/).

Thousands of RRB Vacancies for different RRB Exams are announced every year to recruit eligible candidates to work in the Indian Railways. Know the detailed information on RRB Vacancy in the linked page.

Also, aspirants for Railways exam must visit the National Recruitment Agency page. NRA shall soon be responsible for conducting a Common Eligibility Test (CET) for posts under SSC, RRB and IBPS. This common test will help in appointing candidates at Non-Technical and Non-Gazetted positions in the three Organisations.

In this article, the following RRB Exams are discussed:

1. RRB NTPC
2. RRB ALP
3. RRB JE
4. RRB Group D

RRB Exam NTPC

The RRB exam updates for NTPC: The exam date for Railway NTPC is scheduled from December 28th 2020 onwards.

Candidates appearing for NTPC exam this December can take Free RRB NTPC Online Live Course to give a boost to their preparation. RRB official website will give detailed information related to RRB exam date of NTPC soon.

Earlier, the Railway Board has released a notice and invited open E-tenders for exam conducting agencies so that the computer-based tests of RRB NTPC 2019 exam is scheduled to be conducted in 2020.

The last RRB exam update on NTPC recruitment is regarding the addition of 66 vacancies for the visually impaired candidates, thereby increasing the total number of posts to 302. Check RRB NTPC Eligibility criteria for different category candidates.

The RRB Recruitment for the Non-Technical and Popular Category exam will fill a total number of vacancies close to 35208. Aspirants of RRB Exam NTPC can check RRB NTPC Previous Year Question Paper for better preparation.

The RRB NTPC Recruitment information for 2019 exam is given below:

For more details on the same, refer to the RRB NTPC Notification.

RRB Exam NTPC Related Links:

RRB ALP

The details of RRB exam for ALP recruitment 2021 is not yet released by the Railway Board. For further information refer to the RRB ALP Notification.

Since the last recruitment for ALP was conducted in 2018, aspirants can refer to the recruitment details for the 2018-19 exam to get an idea on the same.

As per the RRB, the number of vacancies indicated in the notification are provisional and may increase or decrease or even may become NIL in total or in specific communities/posts/units at a later stage depending upon the actual needs of the Railway Administration.

The RRB ALP Recruitment 2018-19 details are given below:

The RRB has kept an average pay of Rs 19,900/- after the 7th Pay Commission matrix.

You can also refer RRB result for various Railway Recruitment Board exam results.

RRB Exam ALP related Links:

RRB JE Recruitment

The Railway Recruitment Board Exam for Junior Engineer selects candidates for various technical posts in the Indian Railways.

The RRB has announced a total of 12487 vacancies for the RRB Exam Junior Engineer 2019.

For more details on RRB JE Recruitment, refer to the linked article.

RRB Exam JE related Links:

RRB Group D exam is conducted by RRB to recruit eligible candidates for various posts like Helper/Assistant Pointsman, Track Maintainer Grade-IV, in Level 1 of 7th CPC Pay Matrix in various departments of Indian Railways.
As per the official notification, the railway board released 103769 RRB Group D vacancy 2019-20 to recruit personnel for various posts.

RRB Exam Group D related Links:

RRB Group D Result

RRB Group D Admit Card

RRB Group D Salary

The RRB Notification gives information related to the exam like important exam dates, events, etc.

In this section, the relevant exam dates of different examinations conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board is highlighted.

RRB NTPC Exam dates – 2021

The Railway Recruitment Board has not yet announced the notification for 2021 NTPC exam. The tentative dates for NTPC 2021 are as follows-

RRB NTPC 2019

The official RRB Notification for the NTPC 2019 exam has been published by the railway board. The important RRB exam dates for the NTPC 2019 are as follows:

Candidates can check detailed information on RRB NTPC Exam Date in the linked page.

RRB NTPC Notification 2019:-Download PDF Here

RRB ALP Exam dates

The 2021 RRB ALP official notification is yet to be released by the Railway Recruitment Board. The tentative dates for ALP 2021 are as follows-

Since the last recruitment conducted for the ALP exam was in 2018, the RRB ALP Exam dates for 2018-19 are given as a reference:

Know more on RRB ALP Exam Dates in the link provided.

RRB JE Exam dates

The Railway Recruitment Board has not yet announced the notification for 2021 Railway JE exam. The tentative dates for 2021 are as follows-

For details on RRB Junior Engineer exam dates and other aspects related to the JE exam, refer to the RRB JE notification.

The RRB JE Exam dates for 2019 are given below:

For further details on RRB JE Exam Dates check the linked article.

RRB Group D Exam Dates

The RRB Group D 2021 notification is not yet released, given below is the tentative dates for 2021 Railway Group D recruitment-

Currently, the recruitment of 2019 is under the process, notification for RRB Group D released on 23rd February 2019. Check the table below for RRB Group D exam dates 2019-2020.

In this section, a brief idea about the RRB Exam pattern for various exams is discussed. The Railway Recruitment Board sets the exam pattern and syllabus of all the examinations held by it.

The RRB exam pattern for various exams is given below.

RRB NTPC Exam Pattern

The RRB Exam Pattern for NTPC is as follows:

The RRB exam NTPC CBT – 1 Exam Pattern 2021 is as follows:

The RRB NTPC CBT – 2 Exam Pattern 2021 is as follows:

RRB ALP Exam Pattern

The RRB Exam Pattern for ALP 2021 is as follows:

RRB JE Exam Pattern

The RRB JE Exam pattern is given in brief below:

The exam pattern of CBT Stage – II is given in the table below:

Candidates should regularly visit the official website of RRB for any changes related update on RRB JE exam.

RRB Group D Exam Pattern

The selection process of RRB Group D exam comprises four stages excluding the RRB Group D Apply Online process and issuance of RRB Group D Admit Card.

The four stages of RRB Group D Exam pattern are:

1. Computer-Based Examination is conducted for 90 minutes. A total of 100 questions are asked on four different sections (English, Maths, GK & GS) and there is a negative marking of ⅓ marks for each wrong attempt in the CBT.
2. Physical Efficiency Test is qualifying in nature.
3. Document Verification
4. Medical Examination

The detailed exam pattern of RRB Group D exam is given in the syllabus page, the link for the same is given below.

The Syllabus for RRB exams gives the complete idea about the important topics covered for various exams conducted by the RRB.

RRB NTPC Syllabus

The RRB NTPC syllabus has the following topics:

1. General Awareness
2. Mathematics
3. General Intelligence and Reasoning.

Candidates can refer Static GK page for general awareness preparation, the link for the same is given above.

The RRB Exam NTPC Syllabus is given below:

For detailed RRB NTPC Syllabus, refer to the linked article.

RRB ALP Syllabus

The RRB Exam ALP syllabus contains various topics related to different concepts.

The RRB ALP syllabus is given below:

RRB Exam ALP CBT 1 Syllabus:

RRB Exams ALP CBT 2 Syllabus:

For detailed RRB ALP Syllabus, refer to the linked article.

RRB JE Syllabus

The RRB Exam JE syllabus is given below in brief:

CBT 1 RRB JE syllabus

CBT 2 RRB JE syllabus

For more topic related details with regard to the RRB JE Syllabus, refer to the linked article.

To know more about RRB Syllabus, refer to the linked article.

RRB Group D Syllabus

The RRB Group D Syllabus as prescribed by the Railway Board is as given below:

For detailed RRB Group D Syllabus and exam pattern check the linked page.

The RRB Exams Eligibility determines the number of candidates who can write the RRB Exams.

The RRB Eligibility criteria are different for various RRB examinations.

RRB Exam NTPC Eligibility

The RRB NTPC Eligibility Criteria, which is set by the Railways Recruitment Board, is as follows:

1. Nationality
2. Age Limit
3. Educational Qualification

The table gives a brief idea about the RRB NTPC Eligibility:

For more details on the RRB NTPC Eligibility and age relaxation, refer to the linked article.

RRB Exam ALP Eligibility

The table gives a brief idea about the RRB ALP Eligibility:

For more details on the RRB ALP Eligibility and age relaxation, refer to the linked article.

RRB Exam JE Eligibility

For more details on RRB JE Eligibility, refer to the linked article.

RRB Group D Eligibility

The RRB Online application process is almost the same for all the exams. The application process varies only during the selection of the desired RRB Exam.

Steps for RRB Exam online application is given below:

1. Click on the ONLINE application link for the recruitment of the desired exam on the official website.
2. Enter your name, Date of Birth and Father’s Name, Mother’s Name, Aadhaar number, State, Community, SSLC/Matric Roll number, year of passing SSLC/Matric, mobile number and email-id and then submit for registration.
3. Before submitting for registration, ensure and confirm that all the information furnished above are correct as the details furnished for registration cannot be changed later.
4. On submitting the registration form, the registration number and password shall be displayed to the candidate. Also, OTPs (One Time Password) shall be sent to the registered mobile number and email along with the registration details.
5. In Part 1 of the application page, provide the details of Educational qualification, Community, Gender, Religion, Ex-SM, PWD, Minority, Economically backward class, Age relaxation eligibility category as applicable and other details.
6. On completion of application details as above, the candidate will be directed to the payment page to choose payment mode i.e Bank (online->net banking/credit card/debit card & offline->Other Modes->Bank Branch for challan) or Post Office Challan and complete the payment process.
7. In case of online payment, you will be automatically directed to Part II of application for filling up additional details.
8. In the Part II application page, fill in the details of Scribe (Applicable to eligible PWD Candidates only), Detailed Educational Qualification, Choice of Exam Language for First and Second stage CBT
9. Select the Upload Photo tab and upload your colour photograph of the dimensions mentioned.
10. Candidates are advised to keep at least 12 (Twelve) copies of the same photograph for further use as and when required during the recruitment process.
11. Candidates belonging to SC/ST have to upload a scanned copy of their SC/ST certificates (JPG/JPEG format, 50kb – 100kb) also for availing the facility of free travel authority (Second Class Railway Pass).
12. Candidates have to confirm the declaration of terms and conditions in the application.
13. The entire application shall be displayed and the candidate may take the print of the application and preserve it for reference and record.

Further details can be checked on the RRB Apply Online page.

Aspirants of different Railway exams can go through the following links for assistance –

1. RRB NTPC Apply Online
2. RRB Group D Apply Online
3. RRB JE Apply Online

The RRB Exams Admit Card usually releases one month before the exam.

The RRB Admit Card details for the various exams conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board is as follows:

• RRB NTPC Admit Card
• RRB ALP Admit Card
• RRB Group D Admit Card
• RRB JE Admit Card

RRB NTPC Admit Card

For the RRB NTPC Stage I 2020, the exam is scheduled to take place from December 28th 2020 to March 2021.

The important RRB NTPC Admit Card details are as follows:

For details on downloading RRB NTPC Admit Card, refer to the given link.

RRB ALP Admit Card

The RRB ALP Admit card details for the 2021 exam has not yet been released.

The RRB ALP Admit Card for the exam 2018-19 was released for CBT 2 Exam on January 2019.

The important RRB ALP Admit Card details for 2018-19 are as follows:

For details on downloading RRB ALP Admit Card, refer to the linked article.

RRB Group D Admit Card

The RRB Group D Admit Card details and notification for the 2021 exam has not yet been released, therefore, the admit card dates for the latest recruitment process of Group D exams are given for reference.

RRB JE Admit Card

The Railway Recruitment Board has announced a total of 13487 vacancies for the Junior Engineer category.

It is to be noted that the RRB JE CBT Stage I exam was scheduled to take place in April – May 2019.

Candidates can check important dates of the RRB JE Admit Card in the table given below:

For more details on the RRB JE Admit Card, refer to the linked article.

The RRB Exam is one of the most sought-after exams conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board.

Candidates trying for various posts under the Indian railways can appear this exam. The RRB Exams need a lot of preparation to score well.

The top 5 RRB Preparation tips are given below:

1. Understand the exam to be applied in every possible manner whether it is NTPC, ALP or JE.
2. Understand the topics and concepts required for each exam.
3. Practice previous years question papers for an overall idea about the exam pattern, marking scheme, etc.
4. Be calm and stress-free before the exam and during the RRB Preparation.
5. Have proper RRB books and study materials required for the respective exams and practice free Online Quiz.
6. Practice RRB Mock Tests on a regular basis.

Candidates preparing for different examinations by the Railway Recruitment Board can check the following links for preparation –

1. RRB Group D preparation
2. RRB NTPC preparation
3. RRB JE preparation

RRB

The full form of RRB is Railway Recruitment Board. The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) conducts exams for various posts like Junior Engineer (JE), Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC), Paramedical, Ministerial and Isolated Categories (MI) and Level 1 Group D Posts.

Candidates trying to get into these posts can appear for the various RRB Exams like RRB NTPC, RRB ALP, RRB Group D and RRB JE.

The official website of Railway Recruitment Board is www.rrbcdg.gov.in/