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The Railway Recruitment Board (RRBs) is going to fill 11558 vacancies for the posts of Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC), including undergraduate-level posts and graduate-level posts in various Zonal Railways and Production Units of Indian Railways. The Railway Recruitment Board (RRBs) has announced the Computer Based Test (CBT-I) for the posts of Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate) (CEN 05/2024) through the official notice. As per the official notice, the CBT 1 exam for undergraduate-level posts will be conducted from 7th August to 8th September 2025.
The Railway Recruitment Board conducts Railway NTPC and other railway examinations, giving candidates a golden opportunity to fulfil their dream of joining the prestigious Indian Railways. RRB NTPC 2025 Recruitment is especially for candidates who have a 12th pass certificate or a Graduate Degree from any recognized school board/ university. Through the recruitment candidates will be recruited for under-graduate level posts (Junior Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Trains Clerk, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk) and graduate level posts (Goods Train Manager, Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist, and Station Master) This article covers all details related to Exam Date, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Vacancies, Eligibility Criteria & NTPC Full Form.
The RRB NTPC 2025 Notification was released for 8113 graduate-level posts and 3445 undergraduate-level posts. This year, NTPC has announced 11558 Non-Technical Popular Categories vacancies in Indian Railways for graduate and non-graduate level posts. Candidates who have a minimum Educational Qualification of 12th (+2 Stage) or have completed their Graduation are eligible for the RRB NTPC exam. The notification PDFs are attached below.
RRB NTPC Notification Official PDF [Graduate Level]- Click to Download
RRB NTPC Notification Official PDF [Under Graduate Level]- Click to Download
This year, the Railway NTPC exam will be conducted to recruit 11558 vacancies for multiple posts. A total of 12167679 applications (1.2 crore) have been received for the RRB NTPC Exam 2025, out of which 5840861 are for graduate-level posts and 6326818 are for 12th-level posts. The important details have been released along with the RRB NTPC Notification PDF, which has been tabulated below. Have a look at a glimpse of the RRB NTPC Exam 2025 from the table below.
RRB NTPC Exam 2025 Summary | |
Name of the Organization | Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) |
Job Role | Graduate Posts- Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor, Station Master, Goods Train Manager, Junior Accountant Assistant cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist Under Graduate Posts- Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Junior Clerk Cum Typist, Trains Clerk |
Advt. No. | RRB/ADI/Advt./CEN 05 & CEN 06/2024 |
Job Location | Across India |
Total Vacancy | Graduate Level- 8113 Undergraduate Level- 3445 |
Exam Date | Graduate Level – 5th to 24th June 2025 Under Graduate Level – 7th August to 8th September 2025 |
Mode of Exam | Online |
Qualification | 12th (+2 Stage) / Any Graduates |
Age Limit | 18 to 33 Years / 18 to 36 Years |
Selection Process | CBT-1, CBT-2, Skill Test, Document Verification, Medical Test |
Official Website | http://www.rrbcdg.gov.in/ |
The exam for Non-Technical Popular Categories (Undergraduate) CBT 1 exam is scheduled from 7th August to 8th September 2025. The CBT 1 exam date for Undergraduate posts will be announced. Check important dates regarding the RRB NTPC Exam 2025 from the table below.
Railway NTPC 2025: Important Dates | ||
Events | For Graduates | For Under Graduates |
RRB NTPC Notification PDF | 13th September 2024 | 20th September 2024 |
RRB NTPC Apply Online Start Date | 14th September 2024 | 21st September 2024 |
Last Date To Apply Online | 20th October 2024 (11:59 pm) | 27th October 2024 (11:29 pm) |
Date for fees payment after closing date | 21st & 22nd October 2024 | 28th & 29th October 2024 |
Application Form Corrections | 23rd to 30th October 2024 | 30th October to 6th November 2024 |
Application Status | 14th May 2025 | — |
RRB NTPC City Intimation Slip 2025 | 26th May 2025 | 29th July 2025 |
RRB NTPC Admit Card 2025 | 1st June 2025 | 3rd August 2025 |
RRB NTPC Exam Date 2025 | 5th to 24th June 2025 | 7th August to 8th September 2025 |
RRB NTPC Answer Key 2025 | 1st July 2025 | |
RRB NTPC Result 2025 | August 2025 |
The officials of Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) have already notified that RRB NTPC Answer Key and Response Sheet has been released on 1st July 2025 for the candidates who appeared in the CBT 1 Exam held from 5th to 24th June 2025. Click on the link below to check details for the answer key.
RRB NTPC Answer Key 2025 Out- Click to Check
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Indian Railways has announced RRB NTPC Vacancy 2025 for both Graduate and undergraduate-level posts. As per the RRB NTPC Notification, 3445 undergraduate-level vacancies and 8113 graduate-level vacancies were released this year. The post-wise and educational qualification-wise vacancies are tabulated below.
A. Graduate Posts with a Minimum Educational Qualification of a University Degree or its equivalent and Age between 18 to 36 years.
RRB NTPC 2025 Vacancy for Graduate Posts | ||
S. No. | Name of the posts | Total Vacancies(All RRBs) |
1 | Goods Train Manager | 3144 |
2 | Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor | 1736 |
3 | Senior Clerk cum Typist | 732 |
4 | Junior Account Assistant cum Typist | 1507 |
5 | Station Master | 994 |
Grand Total | 8113 |
In total, 8113 vacancies of graduate-level posts have been released and the maximum number of vacancies are released under the RRB Kolkata zone, which are 1382. The table below depicts zone-wise RRB NTPC Graduate Level Vacancy 2025 as mentioned in the notification pdf.
RRB NTPC Graduate Level Vacancy 2025 | ||||||
Zones | UR | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | Total |
RRB Ahmedabad | 202 | 79 | 37 | 137 | 61 | 516 |
RRB Ajmer | 56 | 20 | 07 | 35 | 14 | 132 |
RRB Bengaluru | 206 | 71 | 36 | 134 | 49 | 496 |
RRB Bhopal | 65 | 32 | 12 | 25 | 21 | 155 |
RRB Bhubaneswar | 328 | 108 | 55 | 199 | 68 | 758 |
RRB Bilaspur | 273 | 88 | 51 | 168 | 69 | 649 |
RRB Chandigarh | 228 | 59 | 29 | 65 | 29 | 410 |
RRB Chennai | 195 | 65 | 34 | 105 | 37 | 436 |
RRB Gorakhpur | 54 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 13 | 129 |
RRB Guwahati | 213 | 74 | 38 | 140 | 51 | 516 |
RRB Jammu-Srinagar | 60 | 20 | 13 | 38 | 14 | 145 |
RRB Kolkata | 628 | 188 | 121 | 329 | 116 | 1382 |
RRB Malda | 83 | 28 | 16 | 50 | 21 | 198 |
RRB Mumbai | 319 | 126 | 66 | 217 | 99 | 827 |
RRB Muzaffarpur | 04 | 02 | 01 | 04 | 01 | 12 |
RRB Prayagraj | 103 | 34 | 13 | 56 | 21 | 227 |
RRB Patna | 48 | 16 | 09 | 28 | 10 | 111 |
RRB Ranchi | 133 | 49 | 22 | 87 | 31 | 322 |
RRB Secunderabad | 212 | 66 | 39 | 101 | 60 | 478 |
RRB Siliguri | 17 | 06 | 03 | 10 | 04 | 40 |
RRB Thiruvananthapuram | 67 | 30 | 23 | 33 | 21 | 174 |
Total Vacancies | 3494 | 1180 | 635 | 1994 | 810 | 8113 |
B. Undergraduate Posts with Minimum Educational Qualification of 12th (+2 Stage) or its equivalent examination and Age between 18 to 33 Years.
RRB NTPC 2025 Vacancy for Under Graduate Posts | ||
S. No. | Name of the posts | Total Vacancies(All RRBs) |
1 | Junior Clerk cum Typist | 990 |
2 | Accounts Clerk cum Typist | 361 |
3 | Trains Clerk | 72 |
4 | Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | 2022 |
Grand Total | 3445 |
RRB NTPC Undergraduate Level Vacancy 2025 | ||||||
Zones | UR | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | Total |
RRB Ahmedabad | 91 | 32 | 16 | 48 | 23 | 210 |
RRB Ajmer | 38 | 07 | 05 | 14 | 07 | 71 |
RRB Bengaluru | 25 | 10 | 04 | 16 | 05 | 60 |
RRB Bhopal | 30 | 06 | 05 | 12 | 05 | 58 |
RRB Bhubaneswar | 22 | 09 | 07 | 13 | 05 | 56 |
RRB Bilaspur | 59 | 22 | 13 | 44 | 14 | 152 |
RRB Chandigarh | 97 | 36 | 23 | 65 | 26 | 247 |
RRB Chennai | 99 | 27 | 21 | 31 | 16 | 194 |
RRB Gorakhpur | 54 | 18 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 120 |
RRB Guwahati | 69 | 26 | 13 | 47 | 20 | 175 |
RRB Jammu-Srinagar | 65 | 23 | 11 | 37 | 11 | 147 |
RRB Kolkata | 200 | 68 | 55 | 95 | 34 | 452 |
RRB Malda | 07 | 02 | — | 03 | — | 12 |
RRB Mumbai | 290 | 103 | 55 | 182 | 69 | 699 |
RRB Muzaffarpur | 28 | 10 | 05 | 18 | 07 | 68 |
RRB Prayagraj | 254 | 51 | 31 | 35 | 18 | 389 |
RRB Patna | 05 | 03 | 03 | 03 | 02 | 16 |
RRB Ranchi | 29 | 12 | 07 | 20 | 08 | 76 |
RRB Secunderabad | 42 | 16 | 07 | 17 | 07 | 89 |
RRB Siliguri | 17 | 06 | 03 | 12 | 04 | 42 |
RRB Thiruvananthapuram | 42 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 112 |
Total Vacancies | 1563 | 504 | 311 | 762 | 305 | 3445 |
Those willing to apply to the RRB NTPC Recruitment 2025 must be eligible as per the minimum eligibility requirements set by the board. The education qualification and age limit for candidates willing to apply for the RRB NTPC 2025 Exam are as mentioned below.
Candidates must hold the minimum educational qualification to be eligible to apply for the RRB NTPC 2025 Exam.
Posts | Educational Qualification | |
Graduate Level | Goods Train Manager, Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist, and Station Master | Graduate Degree from recognized university and equivalent |
Undergraduate Level | Junior Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Trains Clerk, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | 12th pass from a recognized school and equivalent Typing proficiency in Hindi/English on computer |
The minimum age of the candidates must be 18 years and the maximum age limit is 36 years to be eligible for the upcoming RRB NTPC 2025 Exam.
Levels | Age Limit |
Graduate Level | 18 to 36 years |
Undergraduate Level (12th Pass) | 18 to 33 years |
RRB NTPC Age Limit for Graduate Level Posts | ||||
Age Group | Upper Limit of D.O.B (Not earlier than) |
Lower Limit of D.O.B (Not later than) |
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UR & EWS | OBC-Non Creamy Layer | SC/ST | For all Community categories | |
18 to 36 years | 02.01.1989 | 02.01.1986 | 02.01.1984 | 01.01.2007 |
RRB NTPC Age Limit for Undergraduate Level Posts | ||||
Age Group | Upper Limit of D.O.B (Not earlier than) |
Lower Limit of D.O.B (Not later than) |
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UR & EWS | OBC-Non Creamy Layer | SC/ST | For all Community categories | |
18 to 33 years | 02.01.1992 | 02.01.1989 | 02.01.1987 | 01.01.2007 |
RRB NTPC Eligibility Criteria 2025- Click to Check
RRB NTPC 2025 Recruitment Process will be done by following steps:
RRB NTPC 2025 Selection Process for Graduate Level Posts | |
Posts | Selection Process |
Goods Train Manager | CBT 1, CBT 2 |
Senior Clerk cum Typist | CBT 1, CBT 2, Typing Skill Test |
Junior Account Assistant cum Typist | CBT 1, CBT 2, Typing Skill Test |
Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor | CBT 1, CBT 2 |
Station Master | CBT 1, CBT 2, CBAT |
RRB NTPC 2025 Selection Process for Under graduate Level Posts | |
Posts | Selection Process |
Junior Clerk cum Typist | CBT 1, CBT 2, Typing Skill Test |
Accounts Clerk cum Typis | CBT 1, CBT 2, Typing Skill Test |
Trains Clerk | CBT 1, CBT 2 |
Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | CBT 1, CBT 2 |
The recruitment process shall involve 1st Stage Computer Based Test (CBT), 2nd Stage Computer Based Test (CBT), Typing Skill Test/Computer Based Aptitude Test (as applicable) and Document Verification/Medical Examination. Selection is made strictly as per merit, based on the above-mentioned recruitment stages.
The languages listed are English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu
RRB NTPC 2025 CBT 1 Exam Pattern | |||
Sections | No. of Questions | Marks | Duraton |
General Awareness | 40 | 40 | 90 minutes |
Mathematics | 30 | 30 | |
General Intelligence and Reasoning | 30 | 30 | |
Total | 100 | 100 |
RRB NTPC 2025 CBT 2 Exam Pattern | |||
Sections | No. of Questions | Marks | Duraton |
General Awareness | 50 | 50 | 90 minutes |
Mathematics | 35 | 35 | |
General Intelligence and Reasoning | 35 | 35 | |
Total | 120 | 120 |
Note- There will be a negative marking of ⅓rd mark for each incorrect answer.
Click Here to View the RRB NTPC Exam Pattern 2025
Candidates preparing for the exam must go through RRB NTPC Syllabus 2025 to score good marks in the examination. The below table depicts the CBT 1 Syllabus for RB NTPC Exam.
Mathematics | Reasoning | General Awareness |
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Click Here to View the RRB NTPC Syllabus 2025
For these multisession papers, a suitable normalization is applied to take into account any variation in the difficulty levels of the question papers across different sessions. The formula for calculating the normalized marks for the multi-session papers is detailed below:
RRB NTPC posts are categorized into two categories, namely Graduate Posts and Undergraduate Posts. Let us now look into the name of the posts under each category and their initial pay (initial monthly RRB NTPC salary as per the 7th CPC):
The allowances and perks for all RRB NTPC Graduate and Undergraduate posts are listed below:
Check RRB NTPC Salary Structure, Job Profile & Job Responsibility
Read the mentioned below-summarised exam analysis of the last RRB NTPC Exam conducted. If you are going to prepare for the upcoming RRB NTPC Exam, then this analysis would be of great help. Let’s have a look at the section-wise & topic-wise exam analysis of RRB NTPC.
The General Awareness section is one of the important and less time-consuming sections of any railway exams. This section has the highest number of questions & marks i.e. 40. Most of the questions are asked from current affairs, General Science and then history will comprise of more than 12 questions. The detailed exam analysis of the General Awareness section is given below:
Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
History | 6-7 | Easy |
Geography | 5 | Easy |
Chemistry | 1-2 | Easy |
Biology | 3-4 | Easy |
Physics | 2-3 | Easy |
Computer | 4 | Easy |
Polity | 1-2 | Easy-Moderate |
Static GK | 8-9 | Easy |
Current Affairs | 11-12 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 40 | Easy- Moderate |
The questions were asked in a balanced form from all the topics, therefore, prepare every topic well and attempt the RRB NTPC Mock Test regularly to crack the exam. So practice well of Arithmetic & Data Interpretation. The distribution of questions & topics is given below:
Topic | No. of Questions | Level |
Percentage | 1 | Easy |
Number System | 3 | Easy |
LCM & HCF | 2-3 | Easy |
Time & Work | 2-3 | Easy |
CI & SI | 2-3 | Easy |
Time & Distance | 3 | Easy |
Profit & Loss | 2 | Easy |
Mensuration | 1 | Easy |
Trigonometry | 2-3 | Easy |
Average | 1-2 | Easy |
Square- Root | 2 | Easy |
Ratio | 1-2 | Easy |
Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
The total number of questions asked in this exam is 30. The topic-wise distribution of the General Intelligence and Reasoning Section of last year’s exam is given below:
Topics | No. of Questions | Level |
Puzzles | 3 | Easy |
Syllogism | 3 | Easy |
Venn Diagram | 3 | Moderate |
Sentence arrangement | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Statement & Assumptions | 1 | Moderate |
Statement & Conclusion | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
Alpha-Nemuric Series | 1 | Easy |
Analogy | 1 | Easy |
Mathematical Operations | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
Direction Sense | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
Blood Relation | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Odd one out | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
Seating Arrangement | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Coding-Decoding | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
The online application process is over now. The RRB NTPC online application fee for General / OBC categories was Rs. 500/. Out of this fee of Rs 500, an amount of Rs 400 shall be refunded, duly deducting bank charges, on appearing in 1st Stage CBT.
S.No | Category | Fee |
1 | For GEN/OBC | Rs. 500/- |
2 | For SC/ST/PWD/Women/Ex-Sm/Transgender/Minorities/Economically Backward | Rs. 250/- This fee of Rs 250 shall be refunded duly deducting bank charges as applicable on appearing in 1st Stage CBT. |
Here, we are providing RRB NTPC Previous Year Cut-Off. the total number of vacancies selected for the stage 2 round was 18252. Let’s have a look at the region-wise cut-off for the RRB NTPC 2015 exam.
S.No. | Zone | General | OBC | SC | ST |
1 | Ahmedabad | 72.86 | 64.91 | 57.23 | 48.1 |
2 | Ajmer | 77.39 | 70.93 | 62.13 | 59.74 |
3 | Allahabad | 77.49 | 70.47 | 62.85 | 47.02 |
4 | Bangalore | 64.97 | 57.28 | 30.1 | 29 |
5 | Bhopal | 72.9 | 66.31 | 58.61 | 51.16 |
6 | Bhubaneshwar | 71.91 | 65.76 | 53.09 | 48.79 |
7 | Bilaspur | 68.79 | 60.7 | 51.49 | 50.07 |
8 | Chandigarh | 82.27 | 71.47 | 71.87 | 46.71 |
9 | Chennai | 72.14 | 69.11 | 57.67 | 46.84 |
10 | Gorakhpur | 77.43 | 69.01 | 56.63 | 47.67 |
11 | Guwahati | 66.44 | 57.11 | 52.53 | 52.91 |
12 | Jammu | 68.72 | 50.88 | 52.27 | 38.05 |
13 | Kolkata | 79.5 | 71.53 | 67.07 | 52.92 |
14 | Malda | 61.87 | 48.42 | 43.11 | 31.89 |
15 | Mumbai | 77.05 | 70.21 | 63.6 | 54.95 |
16 | Muzaffarpur | 57.97 | 45.57 | 30.06 | 25 |
17 | Patna | 63.03 | 53.57 | 38.55 | 26.69 |
18 | Ranchi | 63.75 | 57.29 | 45.48 | 48.58 |
19 | Secunderabad | 77.72 | 72.87 | 63.73 | 59.13 |
20 | Siliguri | 67.52 | 56.26 | 54.31 | 45.9 |
21 | Thiruvananthapuram | 79.75 | 75.1 | 56.14 | 36.45 |
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