RRB NTPC Exam Pattern

1. RRB NTPC Exam Pattern For CBT 1 & CBT 2

If you are an aspirant looking to excel in the  RRB NTPS Exam, then it is vital to understand the RRB NTPC 2023 exam pattern for CBT 1 and CBT 2. In this blog, you find all the answers related to the RRB NTPC Exam Selection Process. Exam pattern for CBT 1 and CBT 2, RRB NTPC Computer Based Aptitude Test ( CBAT) and Typing Skill Test.

The RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories notification for 2023  is yet to be announced by the RRB recruitment board. We can expect a huge number of openings for posts related to RRB NTPC.  According to qualifications, candidates can apply for posts in various railway zones and production units in India  Railways.

2. RRB NTPC Exam Pattern 2023: Selection Process

The Railway Recruitment Board of India follows distinct forms of exam patterns in its selection process. In which, the  RRB NTPC recruitment involves 3 different stages.

1. Stage 1 Computer-Based Test
2. Stage 2 Computer-Based Test
3. Typing Skill Test or Computer-Based Aptitude Test & 
4. Final Document Verification.

The selection process for RRB NTPC strictly follows the merit list procedure. Where it will be created based on the performance of the candidates.He/She should go through each stage of the exam and get qualified to the next level of exam with distinction. As there are different posts in RRB NTPC, the exams for each post are also different. Below is the summary of the selection process for RRB NTPC.

2.1 Selection Process For RRB NTPC 

Candidates can choose any English language or any other local language for attending the exams. While submitting the application process students can select their desired language from the drop-down menu. Languages listed in the menu are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

3. RRB NTPC Stage-1 Exam Pattern

• The Stage 1  exam of the RRB NTPC exam is a Computer-Based Exam (CBT) and is conducted in objective type.

• There will be  3 subjects in  Stage-1 RRB NTPC Exam
• IThe stage 1 RRB NTPS is conducted for 100 marks.
• Candidates should answer  100 questions in 90 minutes ie 1 hour 30 minutes.
• There will be a penalty of ⅓ mark for each wrong answer.
• For PWD candidates the exam duration is 120 minutes 
• The Stage- 1 Exam is taken into consideration for screen purposes. 
• The level of questions will be in standard form.

4. RRB NTPC Stage-2 Exam Pattern

• Candidates qualified in Stage 1 will only to able to attend Stage-2  RRB NTPC exam.
•  The RRB NTPC Stage-2 exam is also conducted in CBT format for 120 marks.
• Candidates should answer 120 questions in 90 minutes.
• For every wrong answer, ⅓ of the mark is deducted.
• There will be an increase in the level of questions.
• Different exams are conducted for different posts.

5. RRB NTPC Computer-Based Aptitude Test (CBAT)

RRB NTPC Computer-Based Aptitude is  Stage- 3 of the selection procedure. It is conducted for candidates who opted for Station Master and Traffic Assistant posts. 

• The minimum score required for qualifying for the RRB Computer-Based Exam is 42 marks.
• There will be no relaxation while considering the minimum number of marks in the T-Score. It is applicable to every candidate irrespective of their community.
• It is important that the candidate who applied for posts SM/ST should qualify in each and every  CBAT test.
• There will be no Negative marking for the Stage 3 CBAT test.
• Candidates having 70% of marks in CBAT will only be considered for the merit list.
• In addition, 30% of  Computer Test Marks of Stages -1 & 2 will also be taken into consideration.

6. Typing Skill Test (TST)

The minimum requirement for qualification in Typing skills is 

• 30 WPM ( words per minute)  in English or 25 WPM  for Hindi Typing.
• This will be the final round for qualifying nature for  RRB NTPC posts.

7. Document Verification (DV)

Depending on the candidate’s performance in the 2nd Stage of the exam Test and  Computer-Based Aptitude Test or Typic Skills students are selected as per the merit list and called for Document Verification.