RRB (Railway Recruitment Board) is conducting exam for total 18,252 available seats in the organization.

Examination Pattern (RRB- 2016)

The examination for RRB will comprise of four major parts (Technical and Non Technical Examinations)

1) General Awareness

2) Mathematics/ Arithmetic

3) General Intelligence

4) Reasoning

The examination will be of 100 marks in total.

The categorization of marks section wise is as follows-

1) General Awareness – 20 marks

2) Mathematics / Arithmetic – 25 marks

3) General Intelligence – 25 marks

4) Reasoning – 50 marks

The examination will be “Online Exam Computer Based Test (CBT)” and total 90 minutes will be given to the applicants to solve it.

Syllabus of RRB exam

1) General Awareness – The section of General knowledge comprises of Current Affairs, Book Authors, Abbreviations, Science & Inventions- Discoveries, Awards & Honors, International & National Organizations, National Budget etc.

2) Arithmetic – Data Interpretation/ Profit & Loss/ Simple Interest/ Mensuration/ HCF & LCM/ Time and Work/ Time and Distance/ Simplification/ Algebra/ Percentage/ Number System/ Decimal Fractions/ Unitary Method/ Compound Interest etc.

3) General Intelligence – General Reasoning and Mental Ability based questions

4) Reasoning – Age Calculations/ Direction Test/ Arithmetic Reasoning/ Problem of Age Calculations/ Number Ranking/ Coding Decoding/ Alphabet Series/ Decision Making/ Blood Relations/ Verbal Reasoning etc.