RRB NTPC Stage-I & II Exam Pattern: A Preview of Examination

What do We have to Direct Towards a Brighten Score through RRB NTPC Exam Pattern?

If you are directing your hopes or ambitions towards joining Indian Railways in Non-Technical Popular Category Post, you are really aspiring and deserving of RRB NTPC. We love seeing the aspirants ranking on the top or leaving no stone unturned to rank on the top in our platform by their true dedication and continuous efforts. We help identify, improve and showcase their talent.

Railway Recruitment Board organizes NTPC Exam. So the RRB is responsible to decide or change the RRB NTPC Exam Pattern. RRB releases the detailed NTPC Exam Pattern included with the notification of application form filling.

The notification is published on the official site. The notification PDF is downloadable on the railways' site to the candidates to make clarity for every aspect of the examination.

We appreciate your ongoing journey on the right path because this RRB NTPC Exam Pattern Inclination will lead you towards "How can you perform your best in every subject to cross the overall cutoff?" 

Now we are going to familiarize you with each step of the exam conduction process as it feels in the examination hall.

We wish that your practical, visual, and comprehensive approach to the RRB NTPC Paper Pattern will definitely pioneer you for the written computer-based test preparation as well as scoring a bright amount of marks.

What does RRB NTPC Exam Pattern Require to Acquire more Marks than the Cutoff?

• RRB NTPC Stage-I Exam Pattern 
• RRB NTPC Stage-II Exam Pattern
• How to Perform Well in the RRB NTPC Stage-I and II Test
• What should we not do in the RRB NTPC Stage-I and II Test

A Brief Explanation of the RRB NTPC Exam Pattern

The Railway Recruitment Board organizes the NTPC Examination in the two stages of written computer-based tests (stage-I and stage-II) and a computer-based skill test to shortlist the candidates for non-technical popular category vacancies.

So the RRB NTPC Paper Pattern will be obviously separate for both stage-I and stage-II.

Let's pay a little attention to the below to understand the RRB NTPC Exam Pattern separately for stage-I and stage-II.

RRB NTPC Stage-I Exam Pattern

What does RRB NTPC Stage-I Exam Pattern Contain?

There will be 3 Sections- Mathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Awareness covering 30, 30, 40 Questions respectively in the RRB NTPC stage-I Exam. These total 100 questions are to be answered in 90 Minutes. Each question will carry 1 Mark.

Let's Understand the RRB NTPC Stage-I Exam Pattern through a Simple Tabular Representation

Essential Key points for RRB NTPC Stage-I Exam Pattern

• This Computer Based Test will be screening nature to shortlist the candidates for Stage-II Test
• The candidates will be shortlisted for the stage-II based on the normalized scored of the stage-I
• There will be negative marking for the wrong answers. 1/3 Mark will be deducted for each incorrect response of answers in the entire stage-I exam
• No mark will be deducted for the unattempted questions across the test
• Candidates can navigate the sections to answer the desired questions. There is no restriction to answer questions first from any given section
• The duration of the exam will be 2 Hours for PWD Candidates

• The minimum qualifying marks will be for this stage- UR/EWS-40%, OBC/SC-30%, ST-25%

• The candidates will be shortlisted from stage-I to stage-II in the ratio of 20:1

Let's focus on a Brief Explanation of Section-A Composition of RRB NTPC stage-I Exam Pattern

Section-A of the RRB NTPC Exam contains 30 Questions from Mathematics. The suggested time for this section is 30 Minutes to answer the questions within it.

The Section-A will look like the below table:

We hope you would understand the Section-A of the RRB NTPC Exam. 

Now we are moving towards the Types and Standard of the questions raised from Mathematics. The mathematics questions are picked out from the below chapters. These chapters are very interesting in learning because the topics it covers, make us excited to know "Which types of queries might be raised from them?"

How can we solve each type of query from mathematics?

The answer is simple that regular practice and continuous revision of concepts will help. The concepts, 'you lived and breathed with them' will emerge you out with shine and pride in the RRB NTPC stage-I Exam. That will also help to answer the questions with accuracy in less time consumption.

Check and practice the chapter wise questions of Mathematics by visiting the below links

Let's focus on a Brief Explanation of Section-B Composition of RRB NTPC stage-I Exam Pattern

Section-B of the RRB NTPC Exam contains 30 Questions from General Intelligence and Reasoning. The suggested time for this section is 30 Minutes to answer the questions within it.

The Section-B will look like the below table:

We hope you would understand the Section-B of the RRB NTPC Exam. 

Now we are moving towards the Types and Standard of the questions raised from General Intelligence and Reasoning. The General Intelligence and Reasoning questions are picked out from the below chapters. These chapters are very interesting in learning because the topics it covers, make us excited to know "Which types of queries might be raised from them?"

How can we solve each type of query from General Intelligence and Reasoning?

The answer is simple that regular practice and continuous revision of concepts will help. The concepts, 'you lived and breathed with them' will emerge you out with shine and pride in the RRB NTPC stage-I Exam. That will also help to answer the questions with accuracy in less time consumption.

Check and practice the chapter wise questions of General Intelligence and Reasoning by visiting the below links:

Let's focus on a Brief Explanation of Section-C Composition of RRB NTPC stage-I Exam Pattern

Section-C of the RRB NTPC Exam contains 40 Questions from the General Awareness. The suggested time for this section is 30 Minutes to answer the questions within it.

The Section-C will look like the below table:

We hope you would understand the Section-C of the RRB NTPC Exam. 

Now we are moving towards the Types and Standard of the questions raised from General Awareness. The General Awareness questions are picked out from the below chapters. These chapters are very interesting in learning because the topics it covers, make us excited to know "Which types of queries might be raised from them?"

How can we solve each type of query from General Awareness?

The answer is simple that regular practice and continuous revision of concepts will help. The concepts, 'you lived and breathed with them' will emerge you out with shine and pride in the RRB NTPC stage-I Exam. That will also help to answer the questions with accuracy in less time consumption.

Check and practice the chapter wise questions of General Awareness by visiting the below links:

RRB NTPC Stage-II Exam Pattern

What will RRB NTPC Stage-II Exam Pattern Cover?

There will be 3 Sections- Mathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Awareness covering 35, 35, 50 Questions respectively in the RRB NTPC stage-II Exam. These total 120 questions are to be answered in 90 Minutes. Each question will carry 1 Mark.

Let's Understand the RRB NTPC Stage-II Exam Pattern through a Simple Tabular Representation

Essential Key points for RRB NTPC Stage-II Exam Pattern

• The marks obtained in the RRB NTPC Stage-II play an important (deciding) role to be listed in the merit.
• The candidates who will qualify the Stage-II Exam will be called for the further recruitment process.
• The types of questions in the Stage-II Test will be as the stage-II table links. You can practice the chapter wise questions of relevant subjects in the stage-II test table and the standard (level of difficulty) will be slightly increased. Practice questions for the stage-II test.
• 1 Mark will be added for each right answer response and 1/3 Mark will be deducted for each wrong answer response in the RRB NTPC Stage-II Test.

RRB NTPC Typing Skill Test

The RRB will conduct a typing test to examine the typing skill of the candidates who have qualified the NTPC Stage-II Examination. The examinee should be able to type 30 Word Per Minute in English or 25 WPM in Hindi on a personal computer. The editing tools and spell checkers are not allowed in this test.

The typing skill test will be qualifying in nature. The eight-times of the total number of vacancies will be shortlisted for this test.

RRB NTPC Document Verification and Medical Examination

The RRB will call the candidates for Document verification and Medical examination. The candidates who will not attend the document verification will not be involved in the merit list to appoint them.

How to Perform Well in the RRB NTPC Stage-I and II Test: (Start Preparation According to the RRB NTPC Exam Pattern)

A good performance in the RRB NTPC Exam emphasizes that acquire more marks than the cutoff. Let's consider that the Stage-I cutoff will go 84 marks. It indicates that we need to answer minimum 84 questions out of 100 with a hundred percent accuracy in the Stage-I.

Is it possible to mark only 84 right answers in the stage-I?

Of course not or rarely possible! It is looking unnatural. A few answers may turn to the wrong answers.

To maintain the score above the cutoff, we need to focus on accuracy and solve more questions to acquire more marks than the cutoff.

It is clear for an assured selection, the candidates need to solve the entire paper approximately. Only it will help to secure them from the cutoff fluctuation and negative marking.

It is absolutely true that there are no equal marks scored from each subject but the variation in these marks is not very large. It mostly goes through average marks.

Let's understand the sectional division of required marks for stage-I through a table:

Now understand the required marks for stage-II through the below table:

What should we not do in the RRB NTPC Stage-I and II Test: (Suggestions according to the RRB NTPC Exam Pattern)

The above suggestion tables to score above cutoff specify that we should not mark guess based answers.

A few guess based answers may drive our score to the below cutoff marks.

Final Reminder: We should solve questions with accuracy because marking wrong answers is almost not allowed in order to get sure selection.

Start your practice now! It can be a great start.

Preparation Tips for RRB NTPC Exam:

• Go through the above exam pattern before starting your preparations.

• Keep your mind calm and yourself healthy. Take proper diet and have proper sleep.

• Practice along with time defined online mock tests provided by Youth4work for better revision.

• Don’t try to attempt every question if you are not sure about the answer, as there is a provision of negative marking.

• Don’t make your preparations tedious, by studying all day long. Give yourself short breaks to keep your mind active.

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