RRB - Railway Recruitment Board Exam is conducted by the various RRBs in India for providing jobs at these posts offered.

Railway Recruitment Posts Description
Gazetted (Group 'A' and 'B') and Non-gazetted (Group 'C' and 'D'). C. 19 RRBs to recruit Group C and D posts.

Group 'A' Posts - Group A posts is carried out by UPSC - appointed through Civil Service Exam, Engineering Service Exam, and Combined Medical Service Examination.

Group 'B' Posts - The Group B posts link Section Officers Grade - upgraded posts from Group 'C' railway employees on deputation basis.

Group 'C' Posts - Technical and Non-Technical cadre posts like Clerk, Station Masterm Ticket Collector, Commercial Apprentice, Traffic Apprentice, Engineering posts (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Signal & Telecommunication) etc.

Group 'D' Posts - These posts in various disciplines include Trackman, Helper, Assistant Points Man, Safaiwala, Ganman, Peon etc.

Railway Recruitment Board Exam Syllabus for Exam of all posts
1. General Awareness
2. Arithmetic
3.Technical Ability
4. Reasoning Ability
5. General Intelligence
1. General Awareness : This part of question paper gauges the candidates is up to date with surrounding and includes the following:

Current Affairs (National and International Importance)
Major Financial/Economic News
Budget and Five Year Plans
Who is Who
Sports
Books and Authors
Awards and Honours
Science - Inventions and Discoveries
Abbreviations
Important Days
International and National Organizations
2. Arithmetic Ability: This part of exam is usually checks the quantitative and mathematical skills of the candidates and following is the topics from which the questions asked:

Number System
HCF, LCM
Simplification
Decimal Fractions
Ratio and Proportions
Unitary Method
Percentage
Time and Distance
Time and Work
Profit and Loss
Average
Simple and Compound Interest
Mensuration (2D and 3D)
Algebra
Data Interpretation
3. Technical Ability - This is generally the questions that includes the knowledge of the candidates about the profession and some technical questions which may be tricky.

4. Test of Reasoning/Mental Ability/Aptitude: This part usually tries to test the reasoning abilities and Gauges aptitude of the person. It includes the following:

VERBAL

Number Series
Alphabet Series
Test of Direction Sense
Coding-Decoding
Number Ranking
Arithmetical Reasoning
Problem on Age Calculation
Blood Relations
Analogy
Decision Making etc.
NON-VERBAL

Non Verbal Series
Mirror Images
Cubes and Dice
Grouping Identical Figures
Embedded Figures etc
5. General Intelligence

Syllabus for RRB Centralized Notification 03/2014

The questions will be of Objective type with multiple choices and are likly to include questions pertaining to the fallowing topics :

1. General Awareness

2. Airthmetic

3. General Intelligence & Reasonig

4. General Science

Total Questions will be : 100-120

Total Time : 90 Minuts

Negative Marking : 1/3