RRB NTPC Exam 2022
Railway Recruitment Board conducts an array of entrance exams for recruitment against Technical as well as Non-Technical posts, check out this blog for deep insight on RRB NTPC Exam.
March 23, 2022
In the list of choicest government jobs in India, RRB is one of the prominent names. Railway Recruitment Board conducts an array of entrance exams for recruitment against Technical as well as Non-Technical posts. For the upcoming RRB NTPC Exam 2022 close of crore applications were received by the authorities.
RRB Preparation
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:
- Understand the exam; whether it is NTPC, ALP or JE.
- Practice previous years question papers.
- RRB books and study materials required for the respective exams and
- practice free Online Quiz.
- 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 –
- RRB Group D preparation
- RRB NTPC preparation
- 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.
The official website of Railway Recruitment Board is www.rrbcdg.gov.in/
RRB NTPC Recruitment Posts
Under Graduate Posts with Minimum Educational Qualification of 12th
- Junior Clerk cum Typist
- Accounts Clerk cum Typist
- Junior Time Keeper
- Trains Clerk
- Commercial cum Ticket Clerk
Graduate Posts with Minimum Educational Qualification of a University Degree
- Traffic Assistant
- Goods Guard
- Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk
- Senior Clerk cum Typist
- Junior Account Assistant cum Typist
- Senior Time Keeper
- Commercial Apprentice
- Station Master
Eligibility Criteria
Before starting the application process you should check if you are meeting all the set conditions. Enlisted below is the eligibility criteria for RRB NTPC 2022:
- The candidates who are applying for the exam must have XIIth or equivalent exams from a recognized board, can also apply for certain posts.
- The students who have completed their graduation from a recognised university.
- Candidates applying for the Undergraduate Level Posts must be between years of age 18 to 30 as of July 1, 2022.
- Applicants of Graduate Level Posts must be between 18 to 33 years of age as of July 1, 2022.
Exam Pattern
The RRB NTPC exam is divided into Test -1 and Computer Based Test-2. Given below is the pattern for both of them:
RRB NTPC Exam Pattern for Computer Based Test -1
Sections |
Marks |
General Awareness |
40 |
General Intelligence and Reasoning |
30 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
30 |
RRB NTPC Exam Pattern for Computer Based Test -2
Sections |
Marks |
General Awareness |
50 |
Mathematics |
35 |
General Intelligence and Reasoning |
35 |
Selection Process for RRB NTPC 2021
The students who have applied for RRB NTPC Exam has to go through the following stages, in order to get recruited to non-technical posts:
- CBT Stage – 1
- CBT Stage – 2
- Skill / Aptitude Test
- Document Verification
- Medical Examination
Syllabus for RRB NTPC 2021
The syllabus for RRB exam is given below:
General Awareness Section
Given below are the important topics, from which the questions are framed in the RRB NTPC Exam:
- Games and Sports
- Monuments and Places of India
- Physical, Social and Economic Geography of India and World
- Indian Polity and Governance- Constitution and Political Systems
- Basics of Computers and Computer Applications
- General Scientific and Technological Developments including Space and Nuclear Program of India
- Current Events of National and International Importance
- Art and Culture of India
- Indian Economy
Mathematics Section:
The questions asked in the exam in the Mathematics Section of the RRB NTPC Exam is to examine the student’s conceptual understanding. Topics from which questions are framed are:
- Number system
- LCM, HCF
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Ratios and Proportions
- Profit and Loss
- Mensuration
- Fractions
- Geometry and Trigonometry
- Time and Distance
- Elementary Algebra
- Percentage
- Elementary Statistics
General Intelligence and Reasoning Section:
This section of the RRB NTPC Exam includes the following topics:
- Analogies
- Mathematical Operations
- Completion of number and alphabetical series
- Similarities and Differences
- Syllogism
- Analytical Reasoning
- Statement-Conclusion
- Venn Diagrams
- Maps, Interpretation of Graphs
- Data Sufficiency
- Coding and Decoding
- Relationships
RRB NTPC Salary
The estimated salary of the posts will range around-
Components |
Grade Pay 2800 |
Grade Pay 4200 |
Pay |
INR 8560 |
INR 9300 |
Grade Pay |
INR 2800 |
INR 4200 |
Pay + GP |
INR 11360 |
INR 13500 |
DA (72% of C) |
INR 9088 |
INR 10800 |
Total |
INR 20448 |
INR 24300 |
New Pension Scheme(10% of C) |
INR 1136 |
INR 1350 |
Others |
INR 400 |
INR 400 |
Total Deductions(H + I) |
INR 1536 |
INR 1750 |
Net Pay (G-I) |
INR 18912 |
INR 22550 |
RRB NTPC Books
Here are the important books for the exam 2022-
- RRB NTPC Study Package by Arihant Publication (in English)
- Popular Master Guide RRB Non-Technical Categories by R. Gupta (in English)
- RRB NTPC Preliminary 2021 by V V K Subburaj (in English)
- RRB NTPC Preliminary 2021 by V V K Subburaj (in Telugu)
- RRB NTPC Preliminary Exam Goalpost by Wiley (in English)
- Sampurn Guide RRB NTPC by Disha Publication (in Hindi)