Short listing of Candidates for the Second Stage CBT exam shall be based on the normalized marks obtained by them in the First Stage CBT Exam.
Total number of candidates to be shortlisted for second stage shall be 15 times the community wise total vacancy of ALP and Technician Posts notified against the RRB as per their merit in First Stage CBT. However, Railways reserve the right to increase/decrease this limit in total or for any specific trade(s) as required to ensure availability of adequate candidates for all the notified posts.
The Second Stage CBT shall have two parts viz Part A and Part B as detailed below.
PART A
✦ Minimum percentage of marks for eligibility in various categories:
UR -40%, OBC-30%, SC-30%, ST -25%. These percentage of marks for eligibility may be relaxed by 2% for PWD candidates in case of shortage of PWD candidates against vacancies reserved for them.
✦ The marks scored in
Part A alone shall be used for short listing of candidates for further stages of recruitment process subject to the condition that the candidate is securing qualifying mark in
Part B.
S.No |
Sections |
No. of Questions |
Time allocated |
1 |
Mathematics |
100 |
90 minutes |
2 |
General Intelligence and Reasoning |
3 |
Basic Science and Engineering |
4 |
General Awareness on Current Affairs |
PART B:
✦ This part is qualifying in nature and shall have questions from the
Trade Syllabus [
Click Here] prescribed by
Director General of Employment & Training (DGET). Candidates with
ITI/Trade Apprenticeship qualification will be required to appear in the section having questions from the relevant trade. Candidates holding
Degree,
Diploma and HSC (10+2) having eligibility for the posts of ALP have to select relevant trade from the list of trades listed against their
engineering discipline/HSC (10+2). The trade syllabus can be obtained from the DGET Website [
Click Here]. The relevant trades for various
engineering discipline/HSC (10+2) for appearing in the qualifying test is as below:
✦
Qualifying Mark: 35 % (This is applicable to all candidates and no relaxation is permissible)
S.No |
Engineering Discipline
(Diploma/Degree) |
Relevant trade for PART B Qualifying
Test to be selected from |
No. of Questions |
Time allocated |
1 |
Electrical Engineering and combination of
various streams of Electrical Engineering |
Electrician / Instrument Mechanic / Wiremen
/Winder(Armature) / Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning Mechanic |
75 |
60 minutes |
2 |
Electronics Engineering and combination of
various streams of Electronics Engineering |
Electronics Mechanic / Mechanic Radio & TV |
3 |
Mechanical Engineering and combination of
various streams of Mechanical Engineering |
Fitter / Mechanic Motor Vehicle / Tractor
Mechanic / Mechanic Diesel / Turner /
Machinist / Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning Mechanic/ Heat Engine /
Millwright Maintenance Mechanic |
4 |
Automobile Engineering and combination of
various streams of Automobile Engineering |
Mechanic Motor Vehicle / Tractor Mechanic /
Mechanic Diesel / Heat Engine /
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic |
5 |
HSC(10+2) with Physics and Maths |
Electrician / Electronics Mechanic / Wireman |
Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – First Stage and Second Stage examination):
There shall be negative marking for incorrect answers in First and Second Stage CBT. 1/3rd of the marks allotted for each question shall be deducted for each wrong answer. There shall be no negative marking for Computer Based Aptitude Test.