RRB NTPC 2025: Check Dates, CBTST Result, DV Schedule
RRB NTPC 2025: The Railway Recruitment Board NTPC exam for the current year 2025 is provisionally planned for the month of March to April 2025, as per the announcement from the Railway Recruitment Board. The examination will be conducted in online mode, with admit cards, which are expected to be released a minimum of four days prior to the exam date.
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The RRB portal (www.indianrailways.gov.in) will have the most accurate and timely updates on the RRB NTPC 2025 exam dates, application status, and admit card releases. Important Dates: Keep an eye on important notifications regarding exam dates, exam centres, and admit card releases.After successfully submitting the application form and fulfilling all qualification requirements, candidates will have to wait for the release of their RRB NTPC Admit Card 2025. The admit card will contain important details like your exam centre, timing, and other instructions.
What is RRB NTPC?
The Railway Recruitment Board conducts RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories to recruit candidates who have passed Class 12th or completed their graduation. Candidates qualifying in all the four stages of the selection procedure will be recruited to different posts notified under the RRB NTPC notification.
Some of the posts under Non-Technical popular categories are – Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Junior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Junior Time Keeper, Trains Clerk, Traffic Assistant, Goods Guard, Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Senior Time Keeper, Commercial Apprentice and Station Master in various zonal and production units of Indian Railways.
RRB NTPC Exam Overview 2025
Check out the table below for all of the relevant details about the RRB NTPC 2025 exam:
Particulars
Details
Name of the exam
RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories
Commonly known
RRB NTPC
Exam conducting body
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB)
Vacancy released
To be announced
Level of exam
National
Mode of application
Online
Stages of exam
CBT-1 CBT-2 Typing Skill Test/Computer-Based Aptitude Test Document verification
Railway Recruitment Board NTPC Dates 2025
Candidates can check below the exam and other important dates of Railway Recruitment Board NTPC from the table:
Dates to raise objections against the answer key (pay levels 2, 3 & 5)
To be announced
RRB NTPC CBT 2 result for Pay level 4 & 6
To be announced
RRB NTPC CBT 2 result for Levels 2 & 5
To be announced
Railway NTPC CBT 2 marks for Levels 2 & 5
To be announced
Railway NTPC CBT 2 cut-off for Levels 2 & 5
To be announced
Deadline to choose a language for CBTST for Pay Level 2 and 5
To be announced
RRB NTPC CBAT date for Pay levels 4 & 6
To be announced
CBTST Test for Pay Level 2 and 5
To be announced
CBTST Exam City Intimation Slip for Pay Level 2 and 5
To be announced
CBTST Re-exam Admit Card
To be announced
RRB NTPC CBTST Re-test for Shift-1
To be announced
RRB NTPC final result for Pay Level 6
To be announced
CBTST for RRB Guwahati for Pay Levels 5 & 2
To be announced
Document Verification for Pay level-6 posts
To be announced
Computer-based Typing Skill Test (CBTST) Result
To be announced
2nd Document Verification for Pay level-6 posts
To be announced
RRB NTPC final result
To be announced
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Railway Recruitment Board NTPC Vacancies 2025
Railway Recruitment Board NTPC Vacancies are yet to be announced. Candidates can check the expected detailed information below:
Name of the posts
Vacancies from all the RRBs( Expected)
Junior Clerk cum Typist
4,300
Junior Time Keeper
11
Accounts Clerk cum Typist
760
Commercial cum Ticket Clerk
4,940
Trains Clerk
592
Traffic Assistant
88
Goods Guard
5,748
Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk
5,638
Commercial Apprentice
259
Senior Clerk cum Typist
2,854
Senior Time Keeper
6
Junior Account Assistant cum Typist
3,147
Station Master
6,865
Rajasthan PTET
35,208
RRB NTPC Under Graduate Level Posts
Check out the list of RRB NTPC undergraduate-level posts:
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has released the eligibility criteria for RRB Non-technical popular categories along with the notification. Candidates are advised to go through the eligibility criteria in order to fill out the application form and avoid rejection at any later stage. The eligibility criteria will be based on the following requirements – Nationality, Age, and Educational Qualification.
Nationality
The candidate must be a citizen of India or from Nepal or Bhutan or a Tibetan refugee who came to India, before January 1, 1962, to permanently settle in India, or a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Burma, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, East African Countries of Uganda, Kenya, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zaire and Vietnam willing to settle permanently in India.
Age Limit
Candidates applying for undergraduate-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 categories will be given reservations as per the government’s norm. They can check the table below for detailed information:
Category
Upper Age Relaxation
OBC-Non Creamy Layer (NCL)
3 years
SC/ST
5 years
PwBD UR
10 years
PwBD OBC-NCL
13 years
PwBD SC/ST
15 years
Educational Qualification
Candidates who have passed class 12th or an undergraduate examination in any stream are eligible to apply for the exam.
RRB NTPC Application Process 2025
Railway Recruitment Board releases the NTPC application form online on the official website. Before filling out the online application form, candidates must check the eligibility criteria to avoid rejection. Also, they must keep the following documents ready while filling in the application form:
Scanned images of photograph and signature in the prescribed size
Marksheets of class 10th, 12th, and graduation
Caste certificate (if required)
Personal email ID and mobile number
In order to fill in the application form, candidates will have to follow these steps:
Uploading of scanned images of photographs and signature
Final submission of application form
RRB Application Fees
Category
Application Fee
General and OBC
Rs. 500
SC/ ST/ Women/ Minority/ Transgenders/ PWD
Rs. 250
RRB NTPC Admit Card 2025
The RRB will release the admit card for NTPC CBTST, on their official website. The authorities will release the admit cards separately for all four stages. Candidates can download the RRB NTPC admit card by using the required credentials in the login window till the date of the exam.
The admit card will contain information about the exam venue, date and time of the exam, the exam centre’s address, the candidate’s personal information, the candidate’s signature, and exam day instructions.
RRB NTPC Exam Pattern 2025
Railway Recruitment Board has released the exam pattern for Railway Recruitment Board NTPC for all candidates. The NTPC exam patternwill have all the information about the nature of questions, mode of exam, number of questions, time duration, marking scheme, number of sections, etc. Candidates can check below the exam pattern of RRB Non-technical popular categories:
Paper Pattern of RRB NTPC CBT Stage 1
Section
Marks
Number of questions
General Awareness
40
40
Mathematics
30
30
General Intelligence and Reasoning
30
30
Total
100
100
Candidates will have to complete the paper within 1.5 hours (90 minutes).
Paper Pattern of RRBNTPC CBT Stage 2
Section
Marks
Number of questions
Mathematics
35
35
General Intelligence and General Awareness
50
50
Reasoning
35
35
Total
120
120
Computer-based Aptitude Test (CBAT) – Only those candidates who have opted for Traffic Assistant and Station Master will have to appear for CBAT.
Typing Skill Test – Candidates who have applied for Junior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Time Keeper, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist, and Senior Time Keeper will have to appear for this test.
RRB NTPC 2025 Exam Syllabus
Railway NTPC syllabus contains the topics and sub-topics from where the questions will be asked in the exam. By following the syllabus, candidates can prepare well for the exam. The RRB NTPC Syllabus will help candidates in preparing for the exam. The Railway Recruitment Board NTPC exam includes General Intelligence and Reasoning, Mathematics, and General Awareness sections. Check the below list to know the topics.
Out of all the venues across the country, candidates will have to opt for any five exam centres at their convenience (where they want to take CBT 1 and CBT 2) while filling out the RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories exam application form. Candidates can check below for the list of exam centres.
The Railway Recruitment Board has the complete authority to add or remove the exam centre depending on the situation. Once the Railway NTPC Admit Card is released, there will be no option to change it.
Steps to Download RRB NTPC 2025 CBTST City Intimation Slip
Candidates can obtain the Railway NTPC 2025 CBTST test city intimation slip by following the processes outlined below:
Visit the RRB regional website.
On the home page, click the link to download the exam city intimation slip for the NTPC CBTST (pay levels 2 and 5).
Log in with your registration number and birth date.
The RRB NTPC 2025 exam city Intimation slip will appear on the screen.
Download and save for future use.
RRB NTPC Answer Key
The Railway NTPC (CEN 01/2019) CBT 2 exam is yet to ba announced for Pay Levels 2, 3, and 5. To find out which questions they got wrong, candidates must download the region-wise RRB NTPC Answer Key for CBT 2, question papers, and response sheet.
RRB NTPC Result 2025
The RRB will announce the NTPC Result for CBT 2 for Pay Levels 2 & 5 on the official website. The CBT 2 Result will be declared online, and candidates can check their results on the regional RRB website. The NTPC CBT 2 Result is available in PDF format and comprises the list of roll numbers of candidates who have qualified for CBAT.
Along with the RRB NTPC Result, the category-wise and post-wisecut-off will also be released. Candidates can download their individual scorecards by entering their Application Number and Date of Birth in the official portal. They can check the Railway NTPC 2025 result from the link mentioned below:
RRB will release the NTPC cut-off along with the result and scorecard for the CBT 2 Exam on the official website. The RRB NTPC CBT 2 cut-off marks for pay levels 2 & 5 are made available on various regional websites. Candidates who score higher than the cut-off marks will be invited to the CBT-2 round.
The minimum passing percentage of marks for each category is provided below:
Category
Minimum Passing Marks
UR
40%
OBC
30%
SC
30%
ST
25%
RRB NTPC Scorecard 2025
The RRB will release the scorecard for the CBT 2 exam on the official website. Along with the scorecard, the RRB has also released the level-wise eligibility list for candidates who have successfully cleared CBT 2 Exam for Pay Levels 2 & 5.
Steps to Download RRB NTPC Scorecard 2025
Candidates can follow the steps given below to download their Railway NTPC Scorecard:
Click on the link ‘CEN-01/2019 (NTPC): Updated weblink to view the score-card of Computer Based Examination-II’.
Candidates will be redirected to the login page. Fill in credentials, such as Registration No. and Date of Birth in the space provided.
The Railway NTPC 2025 scorecard will be displayed on the screen. Check the scores for CBT 2.
Download the Railway NTPC Scorecard onto the computer for future reference.
Railway Recruitment Board NTPC Salary
RRBs provide a competitive salary package as well as other benefits. For undergraduate and graduate positions, salaries are set in accordance with the Seventh Pay Commission. The salary structure for Railway NTPC is shown below:
Here are some of the most commonly asked questions about the Railway NTPC exam and their answers:
Q: When will the RRB release the CBT 2 result for pay levels 2 and 5?
Ans: RRB will release the CBT 2 result for pay levels 2 and 5 on the official website.
Q.2: When will the admit card of the Railway Recruitment Board NTPC for CBT 2 be released?
Ans: The CBT stage 2 admit card for pay levels 5, 3, and 2 will released soon. Read this article for more information.
Q: Will there be any negative marking in the second stage of CBT?
Ans: Yes, there will be negative markings for incorrect answers in NTPC CBT 2. One-third of the marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.
Q: When will the Railway Recruitment Board Non-Technical Popular Categories exam CBT 2 be held?
Ans: The RRB CBT-2 exam for Pay Levels 4 and 6 dates is yet to be announced.
Q: Do I need to submit a COVID-19 self-declaration form at the RRB NTPC exam centre?
Ans: Yes, candidates need to submit a COVID-19 self-declaration at the Railway NTPC exam centre.
Q: Will there be any screening of candidates at the RRB NTPC exam centre?
Ans: Yes, at the entry, screening of the candidates is done using hand-held metal detector devices. Candidates must sanitise their hands before and after signing the attendance sheet, left thumb impression and biometric capture.
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