RRB JE Cut off 2025: Learn all the details

RRB JE Cut-off 2025: The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) will release the RRB JE Cut-off for different regions along with the RRB JE Result after the completion of CBT 1. The purpose of the RRB JE Cut-off will be to select candidates for the CBT Stage 2 examination. Based on RRB JE Cut-off 2024 prelims, the RRB JE cut-off CBT 1 for this year will be approximately 15 times the total category-wise JE vacancy. Then the candidates will be selected for the next stage of the recruitment process i.e. CBT 2.

According to the previous year’s data, the RRB JE Cut-off for 2025 for General Category was 40% while 30% for OBC and 25% for SC and ST candidates. CBT 1 covers a total of 100 marks and CBT 2 covers a total of 150 marks. In this article, we have provided all the information related to the RRB JE cut-off. Candidates must go through this page to understand the previous year’s cut-off and predict the RRB JE cut-off.

RRB JE Cut-off 2025: Important Dates 

The RRB JE 2025 Cut-off is expected to be released along with the declaration of the result. The table below shows the dates related to the RRB JE Cut-off score.

Factors Affecting RRB JE Cut-off 2025

The RRB JE Cut-off score 2025 is to be determined based on the following factors:

1.   Number of test-takers
2.   Number of vacancies available
3.   The difficulty level of the exam

Different Stages of RRB JE Cut-off 2025

The Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB) will release the RRB JE Cut-off score in four stages on the official RRB website: rrbcdg.gov.in. There will be a separate zone wise cut-off score for each stage and will vary from the category as well as post wise. Check the below stage-wise RRB JE Cut-off score.

Category Wise & Region-wise Qualifying Marks for CBT 1

The RRB JE Cut-off score of CBT 1 is scheduled to be declared after the completion of the RRB JE CBT I exam. The cut-off 2025 for CBT 1 will be calculated out of total marks i.e. 100. As per the previous year data, the cut-off scores for CBT 1 for various categories are UR-40%, OBC-30%, SC-30%, ST -25%. The percentage of marks for eligibility may be relaxed by 2% for PwD candidates in case of a shortage against vacancies reserved for them.

The table below shows the category wise RRB JE Cut-off score of CBT 1.

RRB JE Chennai Cut-off 2021: CBT 1

RRB JE Ahmedabad Cut-off 2021: CBT 1

RRB JE Chandigarh Cut-off 2021: CBT 1

RRB JE Bhopal Cut-off 2021: CBT 1

RRB JE Bhubaneswar Cut-off 2021: CBT 1

RRB JE Thiruvananthapuram Cut-off 2021: CBT 1

RRB JE Bangalore Cut-off 2021: CBT 1

RRB JE Allahabad Cut-off 2021: CBT 1

RRB JE Ajmer Cut-off 2021: CBT 1

RRB JE Muzaffarpur Cut-off 2021: CBT 1

RRB JE Secunderabad Cut-off 2021: CBT 1

Category-Wise RRB JE Cut-off Score: CBT 1

The above-mentioned JE cut-off score is the minimum mark to qualify the CBT 1, which candidates must secure to become shortlisted for the merit list. Based on rank in the merit list, 15 times of total zone wise vacancies, candidates will be shortlisted for RRB JE CBT 2. The selection of candidates will be strictly made as per their rank in the merit list. Generally, candidates having top rank in merit list selected for appearing in next of the recruitment process. The RRB JE Cut-off 2019 prelims, and RRB JE cut-off 2019 zone wise scores were released a few days after the completion of the examination.

Each railway zone will release the zone wise cut-off, which will be determined based on zone wise vacancies, test takers and exam difficulty level of exam. While calculating RRB JE Cut-off, the process normalization will be adopted as the exam is conducted in multiple sessions. The examination authority will adopt a normalization process to adjust the difficulty level of questions asked in various examination slots of RRB JE 2024.

RRB JE Cut-off will be released for four stages: CBT 1 followed by CBT 2, Document Verification and Final selection for recruitment. At each stage of the examination, a certain number of candidates will be selected for appearing in the next level of the recruitment process. Candidates who will secure the cut-off score as per their category will be allowed to appear in the second stage based on their rank in the merit list. Cut-off is determined based on the factors like difficulty level, the number of vacancies and the number of candidates who appeared for the exam.

Expected RRB JE Cut-off: Based on Exam Analysis By Experts

The subject matter experts have suggested that the 2024 cut-off might be higher or lower compared to the previous year. According to experts, the cut-off might vary based on the exam’s difficulty level, type of questions, and the number of candidates appearing for the examination. Therefore RRB JE expected cut-off will be higher. Candidates can check below the RRB JE expected Cut-off 2025 of different branches.

RRB JE Expected Cut-off for Civil, Mechanical, Electrical

RRB JE Cut-off 2025: Category Wise Qualifying Marks for RRB JE CBT 2

The cut-off score of RRB JE CBT 2 will be declared after CBT 2 examination. Based on the cut-off score candidates will be selected for Document Verification and Medical fitness. The cut-off score of CBT 2 will be calculated out of a total of 150 marks in the general category candidates must secure 40%, OBC and SC 30% and ST 25% to qualify in the exam. The qualified candidates will be called for document verification as per their rank in the merit list. The table below shows the Expected category-wise cut-off score of CBT 2.

RRB JE Cut-off: Zone-Wise RRB JE Cut–off Score

Candidates can check below the cut-off score of the previous years from the table below.

Zone Wise RRB JE Cut-off 2015 Mechanical Engineering

RRB JE Cut-off 2012 For All Posts

RRB JE Cut-off and Normalization Process

As RRB JE exams will be conducted in multiple sessions for the same syllabus, the raw marks obtained by the candidates in different sessions will be converted to normalized marks. The raw marks for the single session RRB JE exam paper and normalized marks for the multi-session paper will be used for computing the Merit Index. The Merit Index will be used for calculating merit for candidates. The normalisation process is applied to adjust the variation in the difficulty levels of the question papers across different sessions.

To generate a common RRB JE 2025 merit list of candidates from different groups but eligible for a common post, a merit index is to be computed. But for the exam, which is conducted in one session, actual marks obtained by the candidates will be used for calculating Merit Index, while for papers in multi-session, normalized marks to be calculated corresponding to the raw marks obtained by a candidate and the merit index will be calculated based on the normalized marks.

RRB JE Cut-off 2025: Zone wise RRB JE Cut-off

The zone-wise Railway Junior Engineer Cut-off are tabulated below:

RRB JE Cut-off 2025: Frequently Asked Questions

You can take the bank mock test series of Embibe as certain sections of RRB JE CBT 2 are based on the same syllabus as that of bank exams, like IBPS PO. These mock tests are available for on Embibe. So, make the best use of these resources and crack RRB JE 2025 with a high score. We hope that our article on RRB JE Cut-off 2025 was useful for you. If you have any queries or feedback to share, please feel to drop a comment below. We will get back to you in a short time.

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