RRB NTPC Exam 2021

In the list of choicest government jobs in India, RRB is one of the prominent names. Railway Recruitment Board conducts an array of entrance exams for recruitment against Technical as well as Non-Technical posts. For the upcoming RRB NTPC Exam 2021 close of 1.3 crore applications were received by the authorities. Through this blog, let us explore everything that entails to this exam!

Exam Highlights and Dates

Online Application for Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC)	March 01, 2019
Online Application for Para-Medical Staff	March 04, 2019
Online Application for Level-1 Posts	March 12, 2019
Last Date to Apply Online	March 31, 2019
Closing Date & Time for Payment of Application Fee	April 04, 2019
Applications Status	September 21 to 31, 2020
RRB NTPC Exam Date (Stage I) Phase 1	December 28, 2020, to January 13 2021
RRB NTPC Exam Date (Stage I) Phase 2	January 16 to 30 2021
RRB NTPC Exam Date (Stage I) Phase 3	January 31 to February 12, 2021
RRB NTPC Exam Date (Stage I) Phase 4	February 15, 16, 17, 27 and March 01, 02, 03, 2021.
RRB NTPC Exam Date (Stage I) Phase	March 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, and 27 2021.
RRB NTPC Exam Date (Stage II)	TBA

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RRB NTPC Recruitment Posts

Under Graduate Posts with Minimum Educational Qualification of 12th

• Junior Clerk cum Typist 
• Accounts Clerk cum Typist 
• Junior Time Keeper 
• Trains Clerk 
• Commercial cum Ticket Clerk

Graduate Posts with Minimum Educational Qualification of a University Degree

• Traffic Assistant 
• Goods Guard 
• Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk 
• Senior Clerk cum Typist 
• Junior Account Assistant cum Typist 
• Senior Time Keeper 
• Commercial Apprentice 
• Station Master

Important Dates

The RRB NTPC Exam 2019-20 is likely to happen in the upcoming months. The exam was scheduled between June 2019 and September 2019 but due to some reason, the exam was postponed by the Railway Recruitment Board. Given below are the important dates for the same. 

Events	Dates
RRB NTPC Exam Notification Dates	28th February 2019
Application Begins	01st March 2019
Last Date to Apply	12th Apr 2019
Last Date for Payment of Online Fees	5th April 2019
Last date for Final Submission of Application	12th April 2019
Admit Card for RRB NTPC Exam (CBT-1)	24th March  2020
RRB NTPC Exam Dates (Tentative)* CBT-1	March-April 2020

Eligibility Criteria 

Before starting the application process you should check if you are meeting all the set conditions. Enlisted below is the eligibility criteria for RRB NTPC 2021:

• The candidates who are applying for the exam must have XIIth or equivalent exams from a recognized board, can also apply for certain posts.
• The students who have completed their graduation from a recognised university.
• Candidates applying for the Undergraduate Level Posts must be between years of age 18 to 30  as of July 1, 2019. 
• Applicants of Graduate Level Posts must be between 18 to 33 years of age as of July 1, 2019.

Exam Pattern

The RRB NTPC exam is divided into Test -1 and Computer Based Test-2. Given below is the pattern for both of them:

RRB NTPC Exam Pattern for Computer Based Test -1

Sections	Marks
General Awareness	40
General Intelligence and Reasoning	30
Quantitative Aptitude	30

RRB NTPC Exam Pattern for Computer Based Test -2

Sections	Marks
General Awareness	50
Mathematics	35
General Intelligence and Reasoning	35

Selection Process for RRB NTPC 2021

The students who have applied for RRB NTPC Exam has to go through the following stages, in order to get recruited to non-technical posts:

1. CBT Stage – 1
2. CBT Stage – 2
3. Skill / Aptitude Test
4. Document Verification
5. Medical Examination

Syllabus for RRB NTPC 2021

The syllabus for RRB exam is given below:

General Awareness Section
Given below are the important topics, from which the questions are framed in the RRB NTPC Exam:

• Games and Sports
• Monuments and Places of India
• Physical, Social and Economic Geography of India and World
• Indian Polity and Governance- Constitution and Political Systems
• Basics of Computers and Computer Applications
• General Scientific and Technological Developments including Space and Nuclear Program of India
• Current Events of National and International Importance
• Art and Culture of India
• Indian Economy

Mathematics Section:
The questions asked in the exam in the Mathematics Section of the RRB NTPC Exam is to examine the student’s conceptual understanding. Topics from which questions are framed are:

• Number system
• LCM, HCF
• Simple and Compound Interest
• Ratios and Proportions
• Profit and Loss
• Mensuration
• Fractions
• Geometry and Trigonometry
• Time and Distance
• Elementary Algebra
• Percentage
• Elementary Statistics

General Intelligence and Reasoning Section:
This section of the RRB NTPC Exam includes the following topics:

• Analogies
• Mathematical Operations
• Completion of number and alphabetical series
• Similarities and Differences
• Syllogism
• Analytical Reasoning
• Statement-Conclusion
• Venn Diagrams
• Maps, Interpretation of Graphs
• Data Sufficiency
• Coding and Decoding
• Relationships

Cut Off List 

Candidates can get an idea about the upcoming cut of list by the table stated below-

Allahabad	75-85
Mumbai	75-85
Ajmer	75-80
Secunderabad	75-80
Kolkata	74-82
Ahmedabad	73-78
Bhopal	75-80
Chennai	70-75
Bhubaneswar	73-78
Patna	75-80
Bangalore	73-78
Ranchi	70-75
Thiruvananthapuram	68-73
Muzaffarpur	70-75
Guwahati	70-75
Chandigarh	75-80
Bilaspur	70-75
Gorakhpur	75-80
Siliguri	68-73
Malda	73-78
Jammu	68-73

RRB NTPC Salary 

The estimated salary of the posts will range around-

Components	Grade Pay 2800	Grade Pay 4200
Pay	INR 8560	INR 9300
Grade Pay	INR 2800	INR 4200
Pay + GP	INR 11360	INR 13500
DA (72% of C)	INR 9088	INR 10800
Total	INR 20448	INR 24300
New Pension Scheme(10% of C)	INR 1136	INR 1350
Others	INR 400	INR 400
Total Deductions(H + I)	INR 1536	INR 1750
Net Pay (G-I)	INR 18912	INR 22550

RRB NTPC Books 

Here are the important books for the exam 2021-

• RRB NTPC Study Package by Arihant Publication (in English)
• Popular Master Guide RRB Non-Technical Categories by R. Gupta (in English)
• RRB NTPC Preliminary 2021 by V V K Subburaj (in English)
• RRB NTPC Preliminary 2021 by V V K Subburaj (in Telugu)
• RRB NTPC Preliminary Exam Goalpost by Wiley (in English)
• Sampurn Guide RRB NTPC by Disha Publication (in Hindi)

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