RRB NTPC Examination 2016: Syllabus and Expected Exam Pattern

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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:

  1. Arithmetic Ability
  2. Reasoning & General Intelligence
  3. General Awareness
  4. 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
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Must Attempt: RRB NTPC Mock Test Series 2016 (English)
 
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Must Attempt: RRB NTPC Mock Test Series 2016 (Hindi)
 

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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  2. Regarding Sir I really thankful to you because I am attempting ,
    First time the railway exam. So, this information really beneficial to me.

    • There will be no separate section for English & as per the previous RRB Non-tech recruitment syllabus, English will not be there

  5. I’ʍ CRPF ɛʍքʟօʏɛɛ aռɖ ɖɛքʟօʏɛɖ ɨռ J&K. Sօ քʟʐ քʀօʋɨɖɛ ʍɛ a քʀօքɛʀ ɮօօҡ աɦɨċɦ ċօʋɛʀɛɖ tɦɛ RRB ռօռ tɛċɦ. sʏʟʟaɮʊs as sօօռ as քօssɨɮʟɛ…

    • 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.

  8. 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?

  12. 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??

    • You are most welcome Kuldeep.
      We will be publishing a separate article on exam information and cutoff next week.
      Stay tuned for more updates.

  20. 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

  23. 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

  25. 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…

  27. 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 .

  34. 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

    • Yes, try to cover important topics related to Economics, Business Affairs and Railway Updates from the past 3 months.

  46. 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

  49. 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.

  51. 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?

  52. 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.

  60. with online study i think we can passsed the exam htere is more data about the indian rrb ntpc on wikipedia also u must chek it out…

  61. appreciated for providing such relevant information. good going team. It would be great for us if you provide some upcoming exam or important dates link in your page which will be very helpful for us

    thank you team!!!

  66. 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

    • 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.

  91. 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.

  93. 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.

  94. dear sir/madam, i’m so happy to see u guys helping us out for this upcoming exam. thank u all to the onlinetyari.com team

  95. 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??

    • 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.

  102. 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

  109. 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.

  110. for those who are preparing, attempt as many question as possible, Lucent’s objective general knowledge is a superb book, covers questions topic wise.

  114. 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

  115. Sir whether RRB NTPC online exam 2016 result be based on Percentile method or Cut offf method please confirm……

  116. Sir
    What will be result criteria used by RRB NTPC online exam whether they will use percentile method or cut off method

  119. 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

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