Every Railways exam on one page: what is open today, which exams you can apply for, how they compare, and free practice with previous year papers.
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Pick your qualification and age. Exams you can apply for stay highlighted, with the standard age relaxation for your category added.
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Where each exam stands today, who can apply and what it pays.
Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate and Undergraduate)
Graduate CBT-II was held on 10 Jul 2026 and its result published on 27 Aug 2026
Recruitment for Various Posts in Level 1 (7th CPC Pay Matrix)
CBT was held on 16 days between 3 and 25 Aug 2026
Assistant Loco Pilot
Applications closed 14 Jun 2026; CBT-1 date not announced yet
Junior Engineer, Depot Material Superintendent and Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant
Applications closed 13 Sep 2026; CBT date to be notified
Technician Grade-I Signal and Technician Grade-III
CBT from 6 Oct
Exam dates from the RRB schedule notices. RRBs call these schedules tentative and can change them; the exam city and date link opens about 10 days before each exam.
Which parts each exam tests, from the scheme in its latest notice. Mathematics and Reasoning are in every RRB exam, so one preparation serves several notices. "Some posts only" means only some posts or one grade of the exam have that part.
| Part of the exam | NTPC | Group D | ALP | JE | Technician |
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| Mathematics | |||||
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | |||||
| General Awareness | |||||
| General Science section (10th level) | |||||
| Basic Science & Engineering section | |||||
| Trade or engineering-branch paper | |||||
| Typing test or aptitude test (CBAT) | |||||
| Physical efficiency test |
Tested Some posts only Not tested
If you prepare for RRB NTPC
These exams test the same written subjects, so most of your preparation carries over:
RRB Group D · plus a physical test3 of 4 subjectsRRB JE · mainly engineering3 of 4 subjectsRRB Technician3 of 4 subjectsRRB ALP · mainly engineering2 of 4 subjectsOpen the Exam Map7th Pay Commission pay levels of the posts in each notice. Figures are the basic pay range of the level; allowances are extra.
Source: 7th CPC pay rules, Department of ExpenditureAll-India vacancies in each Centralised Employment Notice (CEN), newest highlighted. RRBs split these by board and zone, and can revise them.
The latest official cut-off of each exam’s first CBT, once it is added from the RRB result notice. RRBs publish cut-offs board by board. Enter a mock score to see where you stand.
Official cut-offs appear here as soon as they are added from the Railways result notices. Predict your rank from a mock score →
Notifications, admit cards, answer keys and results, each linked to the official notice.
Railways notifications, admit cards, answer keys and results appear here as soon as they are posted. See all govt job updates →
The path most Railways exams follow. The notice of each exam has its own dates and stages.
RRBs publish a Centralised Employment Notice (CEN) for each post group, with an indicative notice in Employment News first. Source
Create an account on an RRB website with your own mobile number and email, then apply to one RRB only. Accounts from earlier RRB notices can be reused. Source
₹500, or ₹250 for SC, ST, ex-servicemen, PwBD, women, transgender, minorities and EBC. Most of it is refunded if you appear in the first CBT. Source
One or two CBTs, then a physical test (Group D), a typing test or aptitude test (some NTPC posts, ALP) where the post needs it. Source
Candidates equal to the vacancies are called for document verification and a railway medical exam. Zones and posts are allotted by merit and your preferences. Source
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Answers from the Railway Recruitment Boards’ own notices, with the source linked.
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The main RRB notices are NTPC (Graduate and Undergraduate posts), Level 1 posts (known as Group D), Assistant Loco Pilot, Technician, and Junior Engineer with Depot Material Superintendent and Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant. Each has its own Centralised Employment Notice (CEN), published on all RRB websites.
Yes, for Group D (Level 1): 10th pass, ITI or a National Apprenticeship Certificate is enough. Assistant Loco Pilot and Technician Grade-III need an ITI or apprenticeship in a listed trade after 10th. NTPC undergraduate posts need 12th pass.
In the latest notices: NTPC 18–30 for 12th-level posts and 18–33 for graduate posts, and Group D 18–33, all as on 1 January 2026; ALP 18–30 and Technician 18–30 (Grade III) or 18–33 (Grade I Signal) as on 1 July 2026; JE 18–33 as on 1 January 2027. OBC candidates get 3 more years, SC and ST 5.
No. You choose one RRB per notice (per pay level in the Technician notice). Applying to more than one RRB, or more than once to the same RRB, leads to rejection of all your applications and can lead to debarment.
₹500 for General, OBC and EWS men, of which ₹400 is refunded if you appear in the first CBT. SC, ST, ex-servicemen, PwBD, women, transgender, minority and EBC candidates pay ₹250, refunded on appearing. Bank charges are deducted, and refunds go only to an Aadhaar-seeded bank account.
Yes. Every RRB CBT deducts one third of a mark for each wrong answer. The computer based aptitude test (CBAT) for ALP, Station Master and Traffic Assistant has no negative marking.
Group D (Level 1). Men carry 35 kg for 100 metres in 2 minutes and run 1,000 metres in 4 minutes 15 seconds; women carry 20 kg for 100 metres in 2 minutes and run 1,000 metres in 5 minutes 40 seconds. PwBD candidates, ex-servicemen and course-completed Act Apprentices are exempt.
Yes. CBT questions are available in English, Hindi and 13 regional languages: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. The ALP aptitude test is only in English and Hindi.
Pay Level 6 (₹35,400 – ₹1,12,400 basic pay) is the highest in these notices: Junior Engineer, Depot Material Superintendent and Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant in the JE notice, and Station Master and Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor in NTPC.
Not for Assistant Loco Pilot, and not for the NTPC posts with medical standard A-2 (Station Master, Goods Train Manager, Traffic Assistant). The NTPC notice allows it for posts with standards B-2 and C-2, subject to the Railway Board’s conditions.
NTPC undergraduate CBT-2 on 17 September 2026; the NTPC graduate typing test on 24 September and aptitude test on 30 September 2026; Technician CBT from 6 to 9 October 2026. ALP and JE CBT dates had not been announced on 14 September 2026.
Eligibility, pay, fees, patterns, vacancies and dates on this page come from these official documents, last checked on 14 Sept 2026. Stages, cut-offs and updates come from our records of RRB notices. Always confirm in the official notice on rrb.indianrailways.gov.in or your RRB’s website before applying. Sarkari Parcha is not affiliated with the Railway Recruitment Boards or the Ministry of Railways.
