RRB Railways Recruitment Examination 2016 will be held this year between the months of March to May, depending upon the zone. In our previous articles, we have discussed the following details of RRB NTPC Examination 2016.
- Total Number of Job Vacancies – 18252
- Eligibility Criteria, Educational Qualification and Selection Process of RRB NTPC Recruitment Examination 2016.
- Pay Scale of various RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories
- RRB NTPC Online Application Process
- How to Fill Post Preferences for RRB NTPC 2016
If any of the RRB aspirants wish to revisit these topics, they can refer to the links mentioned below.
- RRB Non-Technical Recruitment 2016 – Complete Information: Click Here
- RRB NTPC Examination 2016 – How to Apply: Click here
- RRB NTPC Examination 2016 – How to Fill Post Preferences: Click here
Now moving on to the central topic of this article, which is, Syllabus and Expected Exam Pattern of RRB Non-Technical Recruitment Examination 2016.
Gathering evidence from our previous articles, we have come to this conclusion that most RRB aspirants are confused about the exam syllabus and pattern. It is totally understandable!
The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has not pointed towards a clear indication of a structured syllabus for RRB NTPC Recruitment Examination 2016. But as an RRB aspirant, there is only so much time you can invest on waiting for a revert.
Hence, to help aspirants in their quest of cracking RRB NTPC Examination 2016, we have deduced the expected syllabus for the upcoming railways examination.
Keep in mind that this is not the official RRB Syllabus for Non-Technical Recruitment Examination. But we are quite certain that it covers all the essential topics which are central towards the non-technical recruitment exam. We will talk about the expected exam pattern first, followed by a detailed account on RRB Non-Technical Recruitment Exam Syllabus.
RRB NTPC 2016 Expected Exam Pattern
From our deduction of previous years’ RRB NTPC Examinations, RRB Non-Technical Recruitment Examination 2016 will comprise of 100 Questions. There will be 4 sections with variable number of questions. Those sections are as follows:
- Arithmetic Ability
- Reasoning & General Intelligence
- General Awareness
- General Science
The total exam duration has been set to 90 minutes. Refer to the table below to understand the number of questions allotted to each section and the corresponding marks they carry.
Name of the Section | Number of Questions asked | Marks allotted |
Arithmetic Ability | 20 | 20 |
Reasoning & General Intelligence | 25 | 25 |
General Awareness | 30 | 30 |
General Science | 25 | 25 |
From the table above, we can clearly see one thing – General Awareness is extremely crucial as the number of questions are highest from this section.
Marking Scheme: There are 2 particular norms which you need to look for in the upcoming RRB NTPC Recruitment Examination 2016.
- For every correct answer, +1 mark will be rewarded.
- For every incorrect answer, one-third mark will be deducted from the total score.
For sectional and overall cutoff marks, we will discuss later on.
RRB NTPC Examination 2016 Syllabus
As mentioned above, there are 4 sections in RRB Non-Technical Recruitment Exam. There are a number of topics from each section which a candidate needs to know about in order to solve questions. Here we go.
1. Arithmetic Ability
In RRB NTPC Exam, this section consist of questions based on Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation. You need to leverage both speed and accuracy to solve questions in time.
- Data Interpretation (Bar Graphs, Pie Charts, Line Graphs, tables etc.)
- Time & Work
- Time & Distance (Boats & Streams, Trains etc.)
- Pipe & Cistern
- Profit & Loss
- Margins & Discounts
- Simplification
- Speed Calculation
- Averages
- Problems on Age
- Linear/ Quadratic Equations
- Simple/ Compound Interest
- Area & Volume
2. Reasoning & General Intelligence
The exam syllabus is quite vast for Reasoning and General Intelligence Section. The best way to go about it would be to solve previous years papers to know the type of questions asked in RRB NTPC Recruitment Exam.
- Analogy
- Equality/Inequality
- Classification of Odd pair
- Syllogism
- Alphanumeric Series
- Decision Making
- Blood Relation
- Direction Sense
- Visual Reasoning (Pattern Detection, Hidden Images, Embedded Images, Mirror Images, Figure Matrix etc.)
- Statement Argument
- Statement Conclusion
- Statement Interference
- Problem Solving
- Eligibility Test
- Verbal & Visual Analysis
- Arithmetical Reasoning
- Sitting /Circular Arrangements
- Puzzles/Complex Arrangement
3. General Awareness
The General Awareness section in RRB NTPC Exam contains a mixed bag questions on Static GK and Current Affairs. This section acts as a major marks booster as the difficulty level of questions is easy to moderate. The main focus topics in General Awareness are the following.
- Indian Economy
- Indian History
- Indian Geography
- Indian Railways (Facts & Figures, History)
- Indian Polity
- Indian Culture & Heritage
- Current Affairs (National, International. Organizations, Person in News, Deaths & Demises, Awards, Science & Technology, Sports, Government Policies etc.)
- Static Affairs (National, International, Organizations, Awards & Honours, Science & Technology, Yearbook, Days, Dates etc.)
Note: If you haven’t paid attention to current affairs section, it is advisable to read about the national and international news and other related stories from source materials dated atleast 3 months before the day of examination.
4. General Science
Time to hit those old NCERT books. They will serve as the best resource material for the preparation of General Science section in RRB Non-Technical Recruitment Examination.
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Environmental Studies
Try and cover all these topics for the upcoming RRB NTPC 2016 Examination. If there are any further queries or doubts, please mention in the comments section below.
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Is there not any “ENGLISH” section?
There will be no separate section for English & as per the previous RRB Non-tech recruitment syllabus, English will not be there
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Will there be a sectional cut off or it will be overall cutoff?
It would be too early to say anything about the expected cut-off but attempting 65-70 Questions with full accuracy will be considered as a good attempt.
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In general science section ncert book of 12th 11th 10th and 9ths class
have to be preferred or only 12th and 11th class books are sufficient?
The General Science Syllabus will include syllabus up to 10th standard only as the recruitment is not branched specific. Any graduate can apply for this recruitment.
So only 9th,10th NCERT books are enough or class 6th to 10th books
Syllabus upto 10th standard for general science and general awareness will be enough for RRB NTPC Examination 2016
I have lucent publication book is it suffient for ga and gs part or i should go through NCERT only
english syllabus???
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sir i just want to know where should i start for history ,geography etc for GA will NCERT books are enough for it and from which class i should prefer for NCERT??
Syllabus upto 10th standard will be sufficient for the RRB NTPC Examination 2016
Sir could u pls give d detailed syllabus for physics chemistry biology. Whther I need to study the state board books or cbsc
Thnx for these information. How many correct answers are sufficient for CA & GG? Plz
You are most welcome Kuldeep.
We will be publishing a separate article on exam information and cutoff next week.
Stay tuned for more updates.
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Sir can you tell me exam date
Hi Sir,
Hi.
I want to know whether the data interpretation(charts,graphs,etc) and data sufficiency need to be practiced?I have a book,these topics are included in the arithmetic part.But i’ve gone through some previous qn papers,couldn’t find those topics.Your immediate reply would be highly appreciated,because i am running through a short span of time
Has RRB NTPC 2016 got sectional cut-offs to be cleared or just overall?
Hello,how many question will be from english
Sir RRb Syllabus where they get question from general science syllabus ..The syllabus is based on School books central govt syllabus or state board. .Kindly plz refer the general science syllabus
General Science up to 10th will be sufficient to cover the RRB syllabus. NCERT books will be helpful
hello sir/mam,in ntpc rrb exam,will questions be from trigometry and geometry? kindly reply
SIR/MAM. WILL THERE BE QUESTIONS FROM TRIGNOMETRY IN RRB NTPC. KINDLY REPLY
Is there any good book for railway ntpc exam?
sir, in some news papers thr is an article about changed syllabus of gk section to ga? If you knw anything about this plz clear my doubt…
I want to know that there will be questions from general english topics in rrb exam
hello sir , my question is how obvious is dis tht general science will b there ,is there an official announcement from railway because i have given papers before there were no science questions .
Sir is it the official syllabus for math..are you sure that there won’t be any question on Trigonometry,permutation or geometry?
when will be
exam get started???
Can u know the exam dates for RRB ntpc
Qualify in all section like bank exam is need or not in railway exam ??
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thanx for the information sir could you please tell me expected cutoff and one more information i want to give in aug i gave rrb sse and je exam there marks will be declare with not the marks rather with the percentile so those friends who going to appear please solve those question which u know its increase your chances to crack if there will also take percentile basis marks
Sir general science syllabus 6th to 10th its enough or not?
Which one of these had been full marks in previous RRB NTPC grad level exam…100 or 120….??
Sir please provide expected cut off marks for Rrb ntpc. ..
Last date to apply for this post
Thank u sir
sir I dont know anything about General Science,
Please provide me some information regarding that
I have lusent pub book is sufficient for RRB exam????
For GA and GS part, it is sufficient.
Do i Need to prepare for current affairs
Yes, try to cover important topics related to Economics, Business Affairs and Railway Updates from the past 3 months.
Can u say me important topics regarding Biology, Physical sceicen ?
Syllabus upto 10th will do the needful or
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Expected sectional cuttoff ?
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Sir, are sure that The Total Marks of Exam is 100?
Coz when I applied for this RRBs,the Person who filled the form, He gave me a Pamplet which shows total 120 Marks, as follow,
GA & GS – 50
MATHS -35
Reasoning – 35
Weightage of sections is authentic? math section will consist only 20 question? please tell @onlinetyari
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Sir, I am from guwahati region. My first preference for NTPC is Senior clerk cum typist, second is Enquiry cum reservation clerk. As per latest notifications there will be a common Computer Based Test for all and after qualification there’ll be typing test only with respect to my preferences and a separate Aptitude test for “Assistant station master” post so now I am really puzzled if there’ll be any “aptitude” questions for my preference. So I request you to give some advice on my confusion.
Thank you for your information. Where to get the details of general awareness
I am appearing for this exam for first time. Could you please tell me, whether question paper type will be same for all posts or it will be different?
I am appearing for this exam first time. Could you please let me know whether all post will be having same question paper or not? I have applied for the post of commercial apprentice.
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G general science only 10std or all std
can you please tell me as per the previous record of this Exam was there any sectional cut off…??
Sir this syllabus enough sir
Sir, Which 3 months current affairs is valuable for RRB NTPC ?
how about the cut off and allotment for a physically challenged person?
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How to apply for RRb ASM
Is there any individual section cutoff ???
In rrb ntpc exam is there will be a sectional cutoff will be considered or only overall cutoff will be considered?
Sir is there any sectional cut off marks or they calculate only overall cut off marks?!
sir i hve done my graduation from PTU its distance education…agr exam nikl jata h to bad me result ko lekr distence or regular k liye koi problem to nai hogi
is there sectional cutoff for dis exam?
is it sufficient to cover a rankfile related to rrbexams
sir English and Hindi typing exam in same day & both typing are compulsory
SIR/MADAM CAN I GET PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPERS OF NTPC??????…….hash3192@gmail.com
Plz mention from which class we have to read the NCERT books ??
Hi Sudeepta,
First of all, you need to specify the subject you wish to read from NCERT. In most cases, Class 7th to 10th NCERT Books are sufficient for competitive examinations.
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Sir can i change my exam date.is there is options like that.please help
Can l change my exam date .is there is option like that.
As per previous record of this exam , will there be any cut off marks this time?
Is there any computer knowledge in syllabus of rrb ntpc?
I want to syllabus for mathematics and which book is more helpful to crack the rrb ntpc exam..tell me fast
no probability in quad..?
Hi is their any sectional cutoff
Will be sectional cutoff or overall cutoff
Dear sir.
I have purchased online e book for one liner gk but unable to find in my a/c.
Awesome informations.. Till i have found on any website…
Is there any sectional cut off in railway ntpc exam ?
will there be a sectional cutoff or over all cutoff?
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I tried soo many times to download my admit card but it is not opening please help me
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sir,is there any sectional cut off?
Sir plz reply Rrb ntpc me sectional cutoff hota h ya fir only overall cutoff
Recepeted sir
Will there be a sectional cut off or it will be overall cutoff?
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Dear Sir,
I have two questions.1 Does applying for central railway or any other center means only eligible for that much vacancy or application will be consider for all 18000 posts?
2. How many marks will be sufficient to crack exam? Central railway have more than 2000 vacancies and what cut of we can guess?
Plz answer. Am waiting for reply . thank you.
There is sectional cut off in RRB exam
I attempt ntpc mock test on rrb site. That pattern not carrying general science 25 marks. But your Patten carrying 25 marks on general science. Which is best Patten? And maths carrying reasoning and arithmetic carrying 60 marks also.
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In previous year in rrb exam GA n GS section questions were memory base….while when I appear for JE n SSE of rrb computer based test ….the questions from GA n GS are conceptual based….. So I am asking whether it will be same for rrb ntpc exam or will be like previous year ntpc pattern??
What is the no. Of questions from CA compared to GA out of 30?
No. Of questions from CA out of 30?
How to take up the mock test?
Thanks sir
What was the cutoff of bhopal region in previous year of exam.?
Sir
Will Mensuration and geometry be asked in rrb NPC exam??
its a big problem for me
Plz reply
There will be 1-2 Questions from Geometry and basic Volume area and surfaces. Don’t worry much about any particular topic. Try to cover those which you can attempt with full accuracy and score higher.
sir,aaj 28th mar hai to aaj se rrb ntpc ka exam start hua…to plzzzz se aaj aap bta dijiyega na ki exact pattern kya hai..i mean no. of question asked in the differnent sections…plzz sir…its a humble reqst…thank you
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Kindly suggest me a book for General Awareness please. Will be very thankful.
Kindly suggest me a book for General Awareness preparation. Will be very thankful.
do you provide study material like old ncert books etc online OnlineTyari Team???
Nice information
Thankyou so much sir/mam for helping us.
Pls specify time limit for this exam
Dear Sir,
I tried many time but not get the information about my apply post in RRB ajmer, because sir i forgot which post i’ll apply.
for those who are preparing, attempt as many question as possible, Lucent’s objective general knowledge is a superb book, covers questions topic wise.
sir what sgould be done for prepareing general awareness ?
thank you so much
Is there any second phase in rrb this time ??
Should i prepare ncert maths of class 12th for RRB exam?or upto 10th maths is sufficient..
And how to prepare reasoning portion? plzz suggest m any book
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Sir whether RRB NTPC online exam 2016 result be based on Percentile method or Cut offf method please confirm……
Sir
What will be result criteria used by RRB NTPC online exam whether they will use percentile method or cut off method
What will be selection criteria whether percentile method or cut off method for RRB online non technical exam
In admit card signature coloum wrong signature put there that is not mine. Please suggest what i do?
Contact RRB helpdesk they might resolve your issue
what about technical rrb ntpc examination? is there any provision for written test for graduates and post graduate passed out students? what type of jobs are provided after qualifying this non-technical exam?? thanku for information
Sir Any News about Upcoming
NTPC Exam 2016-17
Sir is there any exam in NTPC in 2017
Dear sir, I had completed diploma in electrical engg.so plz tell me about upcoming competitive exam for me