rrb ntpc exam date

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RRB NTPC 2020 exam dates have been announced by the Chairman of the Railway Board. The first stage CBT exam will commence from December 28 onwards and will continue till the last week of March 2021. Earlier, the exam was scheduled to be conducted from December 15 onwards.

The exam will be conducted while observing the COVID-19 guidelines. RRB NTPC exam will be conducted for 1.25 crore applicants. Indian Railways had released RRB NTPC 2020 notification under Centralised Employment notice no. CEN 01/2019. The exam is conducted to select candidates for Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) graduate and undergraduate posts in various Zonal Railways and Production Units of Indian Railways.

A total of 35,208 vacancies will be filled through RRB NTPC 2020 exam. The notification was released in 2019 and the exam was scheduled to be conducted between June and September. However, the process is delayed due to the non-finalisation of the exam conducting agency and COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The exam will be conducted in 15 languages.

The posts included under RRB NTPC are given below

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

With the approval for setting up of National Recruitment Agency or NRA by the Union Cabinet, going forward the preliminary exams of Railways will be conducted by the agency. A Common Eligibility Test (CET) will be conducted to appoint candidates for Group B and C posts. However, the stages for the further selection of candidates will be done by the RRBs.

RRB NTPC 2020 Exam Updates

Dec 23: RRB NTPC 2020 admit card for first stage has been released. Read More

Dec 18: The link to check RRB NTPC 2020 exam city, date, mock test and downloading of admit card has been activated. Read More

Dec 18: RRB NTPC 2020 exam city, date and other details today. Read More

Dec 17: RRB NTPC will be conducted in a phase-wise manner. The first phase of the exam will be conducted from December 28, 2020 to January 1, 2021. Approximately, 23 lakh candidates will appear for the first phase of the exam. The exam for the remaining candidates will be scheduled in the subsequent phases. The link to check exam city, date and downloading of admit card will be made available soon for candidates appearing in the first phase of exam. However, information regarding exam date, city and downloading of admit card has been sent to candidate's registered email ID. Read More

Dec 16: RRBs have released information regarding RRB NTPC exam date, city and downloading of admit card.

Dec 15: RRBs have revised the normalisation process of RRB NTPC.

Dec 9: RRB NTPC admit card 2020 for the first stage CBT is expected to be released next week.

Dec 1: RRB NTPC 2020 exam dates have been postponed. The exam will now commence from December 28. Earlier, it was scheduled to be conducted from December 15.

RRB NTPC exam pattern 2020

RRB NTPC exam pattern 2020 is divided into First Stage CBT, Second stage CBT, CBAT and Typing Skill Test. Check the exam pattern for different stages.

Exam stage :- 1st stage CBT

Overall Pattern :- Conducted online for 90 minutes . 100 objective type multiple choice questions asked from General Awareness, Mathematics, and General Intelligence and Reasoning
Total marks are 100 Negative marks applied

2nd stage CBT
Comprises three sections: General Questions Awareness, Mathematics, and General Intelligence and Reasoning
Duration of test 90 minutes
Total number of questions 120
There is negative marking

CBAT
Comprises six test batteries
No negative marking

Typing skill test
Candidates should be able to type 30 words per minute (WPM) in English or 25 WPM in Hindi
Computer-Based test is conducted for this test