RRB NTPC CBT 2

Railway Recruitment Board conducts the Railway Recruitment Board’s Non-Technical Popular Categories (RRB NTPC) exam to select candidates for Graduate and Undergraduate posts under Non-Technical Popular Categories in various zonal railways and production units. Candidates who have completed their graduation or have passed Class 12 can apply for the RRB NTPC posts.

The RRB NTPC 2022 exam comprises four stages: CBT 1, CBT 2, Typing Skill Test/Computer Based Aptitude Test (as applicable) and Document verification. The syllabus of the RRB NTPC is of Class 10, 12, and graduate levels, and the exam is conducted in 15 languages. Check out the article to know more about the RRB NTPC CBT 2 Exam 2022.

RRB NTPC CBT 2 Exam Summary

Let us have an overview of the RRB NTPC CBT 2 exam 2022 before getting into other details:

Particulars	Details
Name of the Exam	RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories
Commonly Known	RRB NTPC
Exam Conducting Body	Railway Recruitment Board (RRB)
Vacancy Released	35,208 Vacancies
Level of Exam	National
Mode of Application	Online
Stages of Exam	CBT-1 CBT-2 Typing Skill Test/ Computer Based Aptitude Test Document Verification

• The RRB Guwahati will conduct the RRB NTPC typing test on October 8, 2022.
• RRB NTPC admit card for document verification was released on September 16, 2022.
• The RRB released the NTPC CBAT scorecard on September 14, 2022.
• RRB NTPC CBAT result and cut off for Level 4 & 6 were released on September 7, 2022

The RRB NTPC notifications were released on the official websites of the Railway Recruitment Boards of the specific zones. The Board released the RRB NTPC Notification on February 28, 2019. A total of 35,281 vacancies will be filled for the post of Non-Technical Popular Categories through this recruitment process.

Candidates can check out the important dates related to the RRB NTPC exam from the table below:

Events	Exam Dates
RRB NTPC Notification	February 28, 2019
Application Start Date	March 01, 2019
Last Date to Apply Online	March 08, 2019
RRB NTPC Stage-1 Admit Card	February 11, 2021
RRB NTPC Exam Date Phase 1	December 28, 2020, to January 13, 2021
RRB NTPC 2nd Phase Exam Date	January 16 to 30, 2021
RRB NTPC Phase 3 Exam Date	January 31 to February 12, 2021
RRB NTPC Exam Date Phase 4	February 15, 16, 17, 27 and March 01, 02, 03, 2021.
RRB NTPC Phase 5 Exam Date	March 4 to 27, 2021
RRB NTPC Exam Date Phase 6	April 1 to 8, 2021
RRB NTPC 7th Phase Exam Date 2021	July 23, 34, 26, 31, 2021
RRB NTPC CBT 1 Answer Key	August 16, 2022
RRB NTPC CBT 1 Result (Revised)	March 30, 2022
RRB NTPC CBT 1 Scorecard Release Date	April 19, 2022
RRB NTPC CBT 2 Exam Date (Stage II)	May 9 & 10, 2022
RRB NTPC CBT-2 Exam City & Date Link	April 26, 2022
RRB NTPC CBT 2 Answer Key (Level 4 & 6)	May 13, 2022
RRB NTPC CBT-2 Admit Card for Levels 2, 3, 5	June 2022
RRB NTPC CBT 2 Exam Date for Level 2, 3, 5	June 12 to 17, 2022 RRB Guwahati – Postponed
RRB NTPC CBAT Date (Pay Level 4 and 6)	July 30, 2022
Computer-based Typing Skill Test (CBTST) for Pay Levels 5 and 2	August 12, 2022
Exam City & Date Intimation for CBTST (Shift 1)	August 19, 2022
CBTST (Shift 1) for Pay Levels 5 and 2	August 27, 2022
CBAT Result	September 07, 2022
CBT 2 result for RRB Guwahati	September 06, 2022
RRB NTPC DV Admit Card	September 16, 2022
RRB NTPC DV	September 26 to 30, 2022
CBTST for RRB Guwahati	October 08, 2022

Earlier, RRB had released 35,277 vacancies for Railway Recruitment Board NTPC. However, officials have revised the vacancies to 35,281. RRB has deducted the number of DLW vacancies from the RRB Allahabad zone from 4,099 to 4,030. Candidates can check the detailed information below:

Vacancies for Undergraduate Posts

Name of the Post	Total Vacancies
Junior Clerk cum Typist	4300
Accounts Clerk cum Typist	760
Junior Time Keeper	11
Trains Clerk	592
Commercial cum Ticket Clerk	4940
Total	10603

Vacancies for Graduate Posts

Name of the Post	Total Vacancies
Traffic Assistant	88
Goods Guard	5748
Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk	5638
Senior Clerk cum Typist	2854
Junior Account Assistant cum Typist	3147
Senior Time Keeper	6
Commercial Apprentice	259
Station Master	6865
Total	24,605

It is essential for the candidates to check out the basic details of the RRB NTPC salary and job profile. The Railway Recruitment Board conducts the RRB NTPC exam to recruit for the post of Goods Guard, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Traffic Appraise, Assistant Clerk cum Typist, etc.

Candidates hired through RRB NTPC are eligible for all of the benefits available to all central government employees. Employees are given perks and allowances in addition to their salary.

RRB NTPC Under Graduate Level Posts

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

Railway Recruitment Board NTPC Graduate Level Posts

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

Salary Structure

Find the salary structure of different posts available in NTPC below:

Name of the Posts	Salary
Junior Clerk cum Typist	Rs. 19,900
Accounts Clerk cum Typist	Rs. 19,900
Junior Time Keeper	Rs. 19,900
Trains Clerk	Rs. 19,900
Commercial cum Ticket Clerk	Rs. 21,700
Traffic Assistant	Rs. 25,000
Goods Guard	Rs. 29,200
Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk	Rs. 29,200
Senior Clerk cum Typist	Rs. 29,200
Junior Account Assistant cum Typist	Rs. 29,200
Senior Time Keeper	Rs. 29,200
Commercial Apprentice	Rs 35,400
Station Master	Rs 35,400

Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has released the necessary eligibility criteria for RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories along with the awaited notification. Candidates are advised to go through the eligibility criteria thoroughly in order to fill out the application form and avoid rejection at later stages. The eligibility criteria will be based on the following requirements– Nationality, Educational Qualification and Age.

Age Criteria

• Candidates applying for Under Graduate Level posts must be between 18 to 30 years of age. 
• Those applying for Graduate level posts must be between 18 to 33 years of age. 

Also, candidates belonging to the reserved category will be given reservations as per the Government’s norm. They can check below the detailed information in the table –

Category	Upper Age Relaxation
OBC-Non Creamy Layer (NCL)	Three years
SC/ST	Five years
PwBD UR	Ten years
PwBD OBC-NCL	Thirteen years
PwBD SC/ST	Fifteen years

Nationality

A candidate must be either:

• A legal citizen of India, or
• A subject of Nepal, or
• A subject of Bhutan, or
• A refugee from Tibet who came over to India before January 1, 1962, intending to settle in India permanently, or
• A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zaire, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, and Vietnam to settle in India permanently.
• Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (2), (3), (4) and (5) above shall be a person in whose favour an eligibility certificate has been issued by the Government of India. A candidate for whom a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination, but the offer of appointment may be given only after the required eligibility certificate has been duly issued to him by the Government of India.

A candidate for whom a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment will be given only after the required eligibility certificate has been duly issued to her/him by the Government of India.

Education Qualification

Candidates who have passed class 12th or an undergraduate examination in any stream are eligible to apply for the exam.

Number of Attempts

There is no restriction on the number of attempts for the examination. A candidate can compete for any number of times as long as the age limit permits.

Language Proficiency

Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Manipuri, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu will be used in the RRB NTPC Computer Based Tests.

The RRB NTPC online application has been closed. The RRB NTPC Application Window was open from March 1 to March 31, 2019. The steps to fill out the RRB NTPC application form are given below:

• Visit the official website.
• Click on the ‘Apply Online for RRB NTPC’ link
• Enter the details to register
• Click on the submit button to receive registration details.
• Now, log in with the details.
• Fill out the application form as per official documents.
• Click on the submit button.
• Pay the application fee.

RRB NTPC CBT Application Fee 2022

Candidates can check out the application fee for the RRB NTPC CBT from the table given below:

Category	Application Fee
General and OBC	Rs. 500
SC/ ST/ Women/ Minority/ Transgenders/ PWD	Rs. 250

• Payment can be made online using internet banking, UPI or debit/credit cards.
  Candidates can also pay the fee using the SBI challan or the post office challan payment method.
• Candidates belonging to minority communities like Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Zoroastrians (Parsis) etc., who wish to avail a waiver of examination fee will be required to furnish a Minority Community Declaration affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper at the time of document verification mentioning that they belong to any of the above minority communities. Otherwise, their application will not be considered.
• Economically Backward Class (EBC) candidates must produce a valid income certificate on the date of application in the format prescribed or on the letterhead of the issuing authority to this effect before filling in the application and submitting the same at the time of document verification.
• The examination fee, once paid, will not be refunded even if the application remains incomplete or is rejected.

Candidates must choose any five exam centres at their convenience (where they wish to take the CBT-1 and CBT-2) when filling out the RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories exam application form out of all the venues across the country. Candidates can find a list of exam centres below:

State/UT	RRB NTPC Exam Centre
Andhra Pradesh	Amalapuram, Anantapur, Bhimavaram, Challapalli, Chirala, Chittoot, Eluru, Gooty, Gudivada, Gudur, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kanchikachera, Kavali, Kurnool, Nandyal, Narasapuram, Narasaraopet, Nellore, Ongole, Proddatur, Puttur, Rajahmundry, Rajam, Rajampet, Srikakulam, Surampalem, Tadepalligudem, Tekkali, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar, Naharlagun
Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar, Tezpur
Bihar	Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Bihar Sharif, Darbhanga, Gaya, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Siwan,
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur, Durg, Bhilai Nagar, Raipur,
Delhi/NCR	Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, New Delhi, Noida
Goa	Verma
Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Dadra, Gandhinagar, Godhra, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Nadiad, Navsari Rajkot, Silvassa, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara, Valsad, Vapi
Haryana	Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mohindergarh, Panchkula, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar
Himachal Pradesh	Baddi, Bilaspur, Dharamsala, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Palampur, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Sunder Nagar Una.
Jammu & Kashmir	Anantnag, Awantipora, Baramulla, Jammu, Kathua, Pulwama, Samba, Srinagar, Udhampur.
Jharkhand	Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Karnataka	Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Bidar, Bijapur, Chikballapur, Chikmagalur, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Kolar, Mangalore, Mysore, Puttur, Shimoga, Surathkal, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada.
Kerala	Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Trivandrum.
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain.
Maharashtra	Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Beed, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Madgaon, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Pandharpur, Parbhani, Pimpri, Chinchwad, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sangamner, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Sindhudurg, Thane, Wardha, Washim, Yavatmal
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong, Ri-Bhoi
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Dimapur, Kohima
Odisha	Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Baripada, Berhampur-Ganjam, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jeypore, Jharsuguda, Khurda, Rayagada, Rourkela, Sambalpur,
Puducherry	Puducherry
Punjab	Abohar, Amritsar, Banur, Barnala, Bhatinda, Fatehgarh, Sahib, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Khanna, Ludhiana, Malout, Moga, Mohali, Muktsar, Nawanshahr, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Ropar, Sangrur,
Rajasthan	Abu Road, Ajmer, Alwar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kota, Pali Marwar, Sikar, Sriganagnagar, Tonk, Udaipur
Sikkim	Bardang, Gangtok
Tamilnadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Kanyakumari, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Namakkal, Salem, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar
Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kodad, Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Ranga, Reddy, Secunderabad, Siddipet, Warangal.
Tripura	Agartala, Bisramganj, Khowai, Teliamura, Udaipur.
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Amroha, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, Bijnor, Bulandshahr, Faizabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Kaushambi, Lucknow, Mathura, Sitapur, Sultanpur, Varanasi
Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Nainital, Roorkee, Rudrapur, Udham Singh Nagar
West Bengal	Asansol, Bankura, Berhampore, Bishnupur, Burdwan, Durgapur, Haldia, Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Kolkata, Kolkata/ Greater Kolkata, Krishnanagar, Siliguri

Depending on the scenario, the Railway Recruitment Board has complete authority to add or eliminate exam centres. There will be no way to modify the RRB NTPC admit card after it is released.

Candidates who pass all four phases of the screening process will be considered for various positions advertised in the Railway Recruitment Board NTPC 2022 announcement. The selection process will consist of four phases:

• RRB NTPC CBT-1 exam
• RRB NTPC CBT-2 exam
• Typing skill test/Computer-based aptitude test
• Document verification and medical test

Computer-based Aptitude Test (CBAT) for RRB NTPC CBT 2

Candidates must get a minimum score of 42 on each of the tests to be considered qualified. This applies to all candidates, regardless of community or category, and no exceptions to the minimum T-Score are allowed. Candidates must pass each of the CBAT test batteries in order to be considered for the position of SM/TA. Only English and Hindi will be available for questions and answers on the CBAT. In CBAT, there will be no negative marking. Only applicants who pass the CBAT will be placed on a merit list, with the marks earned in the 2nd stage CBT receiving 70% of the weightage and the marks received in the CBAT receiving 30% of the weightage.

Section	Number of Questions	Marks for each Question	Total marks
Mathematics	35	1	35
General Intelligence and General Awareness	50	1	50
Reasoning	35	1	35
Total	120		120

Each correct answer will earn the candidate a +1 mark, each unattempted question will carry a 0 mark, and each incorrect answer attempted by a candidate will have a -⅓(negative) mark. Candidates will have 1.5 hours to complete the paper (90 minutes). PWD candidates will have 120 minutes to complete the exam.

As discussed earlier, the RRB NTPC CBT 2 Exam will be held on the following three subjects: Mathematics, General Intelligence and General Awareness Reasoning. The RRB NTPC CBT 2 Syllabus General Awareness are mentioned below:

1	Current Events of National and International Importance
2	Games and Sports
3	Art and Culture of India
4	Indian Literature
5	Monuments and Places of India
6	General Science and Life Science (up to 10th CBSE)
7	History of India anddom Struggle
8	Physical, Social and Economic Geography of India and the World
9	Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution and Political System
10	General Scientific and Technological Developments including the Space and Nuclear Program of India
11	UN and Other Important World Organisations
12	Environmental Issues Concerning India and World at Large
13	Basics of Computers and Computer Applications
14	Common Abbreviations
15	Transport Systems in India
16	Indian Economy
17	Famous Personalities of India and the World
18	Flagship Government Programs
19	Flora and Fauna of India
20	Important Government and Public Sector Organisations of India, etc.

The RRB NTPC CBT-2 Syllabus for General Intelligence and Reasoning is mentioned below:

1	Analogies
2	Completion of Number and Alphabetical Series
3	Coding and Decoding
4	Mathematical Operations
5	Similarities and Differences
6	Relationships
7	Analytical Reasoning
8	Syllogism
9	Jumbling
10	Venn Diagrams
11	Puzzle
12	Data Sufficiency
13	Statement – Conclusion
14	Statement – Courses of Action
15	Decision Making
16	Maps
17	Interpretation of Graphs, etc

The RRB NTPC CBT-2 Syllabus for Mathematics is mentioned below :

1	Number System
2	Decimals
3	Fractions
4	LCM
5	HCF
6	Ratio and Proportions
7	Percentage
8	Mensuration
9	Time and Work
10	Time and Distance
11	Simple and Compound Interest
12	Profit and Loss
13	Elementary Algebra
14	Geometry and Trigonometry
15	Elementary Statistics, etc

To qualify and get the job, candidates have to score and achieve more than the cut-off marks at every stage. For this reason, they must learn how to prepare for the RRB NTPC CBT-2 exam. They must have a definite study plan and smart road map to succeed in the exam. Candidates must prepare for the examination in such a way that not a single topic remains untouched. Given below are a few tips for preparing for the RRB NTPC CBT-2 examination: 

• Create a Timetable: Plan your schedule very well. Divide the time covering the entire syllabus into account and focus on all the important topics. Mark the important points and revise them whenever you get the time.

• Practice Question Papers: Practice previous papers as much as possible to have a proper and thorough understanding of the topics of the syllabus. Check RRB NTPC question papers of previous years to find out chapters from which more questions are typically asked in the examination. Set daily and weekly targets for study and monitor the progress.

• Mock Tests: Mock tests are one of the best ways to check how your preparation level is going on. Besides, it helps candidates understand their strong and weak points on the subject. You can easily find your strengths and weaknesses and afterwards can work on them to bring in improvement. Practising mock tests every day helps a lot in improving the speed and accuracy of the candidate. You get a glimpse of a real online test experience to familiarise yourself with the actual online RRB NTPC CBT 2 exam.
• Preparation Strategy: Candidates need to work out their own strategy that works better for them. Regular evaluation of their performance can help them to identify the gaps in preparation and plug in those gaps. It boosts their confidence in keeping a high spirit and positive thoughts that will ease the exam pressure.

The RRB NTPC admit card for the 2019-22 session exam was released on the RRB’s official website. Candidates can download their admit card by using their user ID and password. The following details will be mentioned in the RRB NTPC CBT 2 admit card:

• Name
• Date of Birth
• Photograph and Signature
• Registration number
• Name of Exam Centre
• Date of Exam
• Reporting Time
• Exam Day Instructions

How To Download RRB NTPC Admit Card?

Candidates can follow the below-mentioned steps to download the RRB NTPC admit card:

• Visit the official websites.
• Click the admit card link available on the home page
• Enter the user ID and password to download RRB NTPC admit card.
• Take a printout of the RRB NTPC admit card for future reference.

The Railway Recruitment Board released the RRB NTPC answer key along with the CBT 2 question paper on June 22, 2022. The answer key for CBT 2 Exam (Pay Levels 2, 3, and 5) has been made available on the official website. RRB release the final answer key on the official website after reviewing the candidates’ objections. Candidates can visit the official website and download the final answer key by entering their login credentials.

The Board released the RRB NTPC CBAT scorecard on September 14, 2022. Along with the scorecard, the conducting authority released an important notice related to the document verification process. Candidates who have appeared for the exam held on July 30, 2022, can check their results by logging into their official website. Check the RRB NTPC region-wise merit list pdf.

The Board released the RRB NTPC cut off along with the result on the official website. The cut off is the minimum qualifying marks that candidates need to score to qualify in the exam and become eligible for the next stage of the selection process. The RRB NTPC cut-off has been released for different zones and categories.

Expected Cut-off

The cut-off for RRB NTPC CBT 2 has been released along with the results. The RRB NTPC cut-off CBT 2 exam 2022 is shown in the table below. The 1st stage examination is worth 120 points. The cut-offs for General, OBC, and SC/ST categories are listed below:

Category	RRB NTPC Bangalore Cut-off	RRB NTPC Chennai Cut-off
General	71.33	64.0678
OBC	63.33	56.61017
SC	53.33	49.15254
ST	51	48.47458

Following are the frequently asked questions and their answers related to RRB NTPC CBT 2:

Q.1: What is RRB NTPC?

Ans: The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) conducts the RRB NTPC exam to recruit candidates for various non-technical positions in the Indian Railways.

Q.2: When was the RRB NTPC CBT 2 exam held?

Ans: The RRB NTPC CBT 2 was conducted from May 9 and 10, 2022.

Q.3: Is there any negative marking in the RRB NTPC CBT 2?

Ans: Yes, ⅓ rd of the marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.

Q.4: Do I need to submit a COVID-19 self-declaration form at the RRB NTPC exam centre?

Ans: Yes, it is mandatory to submit a COVID-19 self-declaration at the RRB NTPC exam centre.

Q.5: What is the RRB NTPC CBT 2 Syllabus?

Ans: Candidates will find the detailed syllabus for RRB NTPC CBT 2 in this article.