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The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) completed the application process for 11558 vacancies, and around 1.2 crore applications have been received. Now the candidates are waiting for the announcement of the RRB NTPC 2025 CBT 1 exam date. RRB NTPC Exam 2025 will be conducted online to recruit candidates for graduate-level posts (Levels 5 and 6) and undergraduate-level posts (Levels 2 and 3).
RRB NTPC Exam Date 2025 Soon
A complete schedule for the RRB NTPC Computer-Based Exam 2025 will be published on the official website in April 2025. Although no official notice has been released yet, we expect the CBT 1 exam to be conducted in May-June 2025. The RRB NTPC CBT 1 exam will be conducted after completing the RRB Paramedical exam. The paramedical exam was scheduled from 28th to 30th April 2025.
A total of 5840861 candidates have applied for graduate-level posts and 6326818 candidates for 12th-level posts. This year, the Railway has announced 8113 graduate-level and 3445 undergraduate-level vacancies for the posts of Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC).
Parameters | Details |
Conducting Body | Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) |
No. of Vacancies | 11,558 |
RRB NTPC City Intimation 2025 | 10 days before the exam |
RRB NTPC Admit Card 2025 | 4 days before the exam date |
RRB NTPC Exam Date 2025 | May/June 2025 (Tentative) |
Candidates Applied | 12167679 |
Mode of Exam | Online |
Duration of Exam | 90 minutes |
Selection Process | CBTs, Skill Tests, Document Verification |
Railway RRB NTPC Exam Schedule 2025
The CBT 1 will be conducted across various cities in the country for more than 1 crore candidates. The complete schedule for the RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam will be released shortly for the candidates whose applications have been accepted this year. The shift timings, exact exam dates, city intimation dates, and admit card release dates will be officially released along with the RRB NTPC Exam Date 2025 Official Notice. Candidates preparing for the exam should focus on their studies using the updated syllabus and exam pattern.
RRB NTPC CBT 1 Shift Timings
Though the confirmed shift timings will be announced with the release of city intimation slips, below we have discussed the expected shift timings for the RRB NTPC 2025 Exam.
Shifts | Reporting Time | Exam Timings |
Shift 1 | 7:30 am | 9 am to 10:30 am |
Shift 2 | 11:15 am | 12:45 pm to 2:15 pm |
Shift 2 | 3 pm | 4:30 pm to 6 pm |
RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam Pattern 2025
The RRB NTPC CBT 1 exam will consist of 100 objective-type multiple-choice questions. A total of 100 MCQ-type questions will be asked for a total of 100 marks. The time duration of the exam will be 90 minutes (1.5 hours). There will be a negative marking of 1/3rd mark for each incorrect answer.
Sections | No. of Questions | Marks |
General Awareness | 40 | 40 |
Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
General Intelligence and Reasoning | 30 | 30 |
Total | 100 | 100 |
RRB NTPC 2025 Admit Card
The RRB NTPC Admit Card 205 will be released by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRBs) on the official website at http://www.rrbcdg.gov.in/. The admit cards for the RRB NTPC 2025 CBT 1 exam will be released 4 days before the CBT exam along with the complete details, including exam date, exam timing, venue, etc.
RRB NTPC Vacancy 2025
The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is going to fill a total of 11558 vacancies for both Graduate and undergraduate level posts. Check zone-wise and category-wise from here.
Zones | Graduate | Undergraduate |
RRB Ahmedabad | 516 | 210 |
RRB Ajmer | 132 | 71 |
RRB Bengaluru | 496 | 60 |
RRB Bhopal | 155 | 58 |
RRB Bhubaneswar | 758 | 56 |
RRB Bilaspur | 649 | 152 |
RRB Chandigarh | 410 | 247 |
RRB Chennai | 436 | 194 |
RRB Gorakhpur | 129 | 120 |
RRB Guwahati | 516 | 175 |
RRB Jammu-Srinagar | 145 | 147 |
RRB Kolkata | 1382 | 452 |
RRB Malda | 198 | 12 |
RRB Mumbai | 827 | 699 |
RRB Muzaffarpur | 12 | 68 |
RRB Prayagraj | 227 | 389 |
RRB Patna | 111 | 16 |
RRB Ranchi | 322 | 76 |
RRB Secunderabad | 478 | 89 |
RRB Siliguri | 40 | 42 |
RRB Thiruvananthapuram | 174 | 112 |
Total Vacancies | 8113 | 3445 |