32 Year's of Excellence

Railway Course

RAILWAY (NTPC) EXAMINATION

Examination Pattern

Stage - I : Computer Based Test (CBT)
Exam Duration in Minutes No. of Questions (each of 1 mark) from Total No. of Questions
General Awareness Mathematics General Intelligence and Reasoning
90 40 30 30 100

Stage - II : Computer Based Test (CBT)

Shortlisting of Candidates for the 2nd Stage CBT shall be based on the normalized marks obtained by them in 1st Stage CBT.

Total no. of candidates to be shortlisted shall be 15 times the community wise vacancies of posts notified against the RRB as per their merit in 1st Stage CBT. However, Railways reserve the right to increase/decrease this limit in total or for any specific category(s) as required to ensure availability of adequate candidates for all the notified posts.

Exam Duration in Minutes No. of Questions (each of 1 mark) from Total No. of Questions
General Awareness Mathematics General Intelligence and Reasoning
90 50 35 35 120


Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT) will be conducted after qualifying the 2nd State CBT (Only for candidates who have opted for Station Master).

Stage - III : Typing Skill Test (TST) Stage - IV : Document Verification (DV)

Based on the performance of candidates in the examination candidates equal to the number of vacancies will be called for Document Verification as per their merit and options.