RRB NTPC Exam 2020 Official Dates Released: 35208 Vacancies – Complete Details

Dear Bankersdaily Aspirants,

RRB NTPC 2020 Exam dates were finally released after a long wait. RRB (Railway Recruitment Board) which conducts the RRB NTPC 2020 Exam (non – Technical Popular Categories) will conduct the exams starting from December 15, 2020, onwards.

The official notification for the RRB NTPC came at the start of 2019 and the application process started in the month of March, 2019.

RRB NTPC 2020 – Official Notification PDF

RRB NTPC 2020 – Syllabus

RRB NTPC 2020 – FREE TAMIL Videos

The Following is the official excerpt from the “Ministry of Railways” which was released during the official meeting that happened yesterday.

“ Indian Railways is going to start computer-based tests for notified vacancies from 15th December 2020.

Indian Railways had notified 3 types of vacancies. These were 35208 for NTPC (nontechnical popular categories like guards, office clerks, commercial clerks etc), 1663 for Isolated & Ministerial categories (Steno & Teaches etc) and 103769 for Level 1 vacancies (track maintainers, pointsman etc).

In all RRBs had notified a total of 1.40 lakh such vacancies for NTPC categories, Level-1 Posts, and isolated and miscellaneous categories. Against the above vacancies, RRBs had received more than 2.40 crore applications. The Computer Based Test (CBT) for the above vacancies had to be deferred due to the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown which was imposed throughout the country.

Scrutiny of the applications had been completed but the process of further examination had got delayed due to covid related restrictions.

RRBs of Railways is committed to holding the CBT for all the notified vacancies and have been actively assessing the ground situation imposed due to pandemic.

Now that experience of conduct examination for the JEE for IITs and NEET is there, it was felt that Railways too can start the process which had to be stopped due to COVID pandemic.

SOPs for the conduct of examination of this magnitude are being framed. Norms of social distancing and other protocols prescribed by the various Central and State authorities need to be followed which are essential in the interest of safety of candidates.

Railway now proposes to commence 1st stage online computer-based tests from 15 December, 2020 and necessary action has been initiated in this regard.

RRB NTPC Exam Dates 2020

RRB NTPC Events	Dates
NTPC Exam Date	15 December 2020
NTPC Exam (Stage II)	CBT (Computer Based Test) – To be Annouced
NTPC Admit Card	To be announced soon

Posts Available for RRB NTPC 2020Recruitment

Category No.	Name of the post
1	Commercial Apprentice
2	Station Master
3	Goods Guard
4	Junior Accounts Assistant Cum Typist
5	Senior Clerk Cum Typist
6	Senior Commercial Cum Ticket Clerk
7	Senior Time Keeper
8	Traffic Assistant
9	Commercial Cum Ticket Clerk
10	Accounts Clerk Cum Typist
11	Junior Clerk Cum Typist
12	Junior Time Keeper
13	Trains Clerk

RRB NTPC 2020– Post & Vacancy Details

Name of the Post Category: NTPC
Total No of Vacancies: 35,227

Under Graduate Posts:

Note: 12th/ HSC is the Minimum Educational Qualification for the Under Graduate Posts

Posts	Vacancies	Level in 7th CPC	Initial Pay
Junior Clerk Cum Typist	4319	2	Rs. 19900
Accounts Clerk cum typist	760	2	Rs. 19900
Junior Time Keeper	17	2	Rs. 19900
Trains Clerk	592	2	Rs. 19900
Commercial Cum Ticket Clerk	4940	3	Rs. 21700
Total	10628	–	–

Graduate Posts:

Note: Graduate / a University Degree holders are eligible to apply for Graduate Posts mentioned below.

Posts	Vacancies	Level in 7th CPC	Initial Pay
Traffic Assistant	88	4	Rs. 25500
Goods Guard	5748	5	Rs. 29200
Ticket Clerk	5638	5	Rs. 29200
Senior Clerk cum Typist	2873	5	Rs. 29200
Junior Accountant Assistant Cum Typist	3164	5	Rs. 29200
Senior Time Keeper	14	5	Rs. 29200
Commercial Apprentice	259	6	Rs. 35400
Station Master	6865	6	Rs. 35400
Total	24649	–	–

RRB NTPC 2020- Selection Process

Aspirants opting for RRB NTPC should know the Selection Procedure of the recruitment. Students will be selected based on the marks scored in the first & second stage whereas other stages will be qualifying in nature.

There will be two-stage Computer Based Test (CBT) followed by Skill Test (Computer based Aptitude Test for Station Master and Traffic Assistant, Typing Skill Test 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).

Lastly, there will be document verification and medical examination.

For Trains Clerk, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Goods Guard, Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Commercial Apprentice, there shall be two-stage CBT followed by document verification and medical examination.

Also Normalization will also play an important factor in this RRB NTPC Recruitment 2020.

RRB NTPC 2020: CBT-1 Exam Pattern

Subject	Questions	Duration
General Awareness	40	90 Minutes
Mathematics	30
General Intelligence and Reasoning	30
Total Marks	100

Each question will carry one mark, and there is a negative marking of 1/3 marks for the wrong answer.

RRB NTPC 2020: CBT-2 Exam Pattern

Subject	Questions	Duration
General Awareness	50	90 Minutes
Mathematics	35
General Intelligence and Reasoning	35
Total Marks	120

Short Listing for Various Stages:

RRB wise short listing of candidates for 2nd Stage CBT shall be done at the rate of 20 times the vacancies (may increase or decrease as per the requirement of Railway Administration). The short listing for 2nd Stage CBT will be based on the merit of the candidates in 1st Stage CBT.

The short listing for Skill Tests such as Computer based Aptitude Test and Typing Skill Test shall be to the extent of 8 times the vacancies (may increase or decrease as per the requirement of Railway Administration) based on the merit of the candidates in 2nd Stage CBT.

RRB NTPC 2020 Admit Cards

RRB NTPC 2020 Admit Cards will be released two weeks before the exam dates at its Zonal Websites:

RRB	Website
Ahmedabad	www.rrbahmedabad.gov.in
Ajmer	www.rrbajmer.gov.in
Allahabad	www.rrbald.gov.in
Bangalore	www.rrbbnc.gov.in
Bhopal	www.rrbbpl.nic.in
Bhubaneswar	www.rrbbbs.gov.in
Bilaspur	www.rrbbilaspur.gov.in
Chandigarh	www.rrbcdg.gov.in
Chennai	www.rrbchennai.gov.in
Gorakhpur	www.rrbgkp.gov.in
Guwahati	www.rrbguwahati.gov.in
Jammu – Srinagar	www.rrbjammu.nic.in
Kolkata	www.rrbkolkata.gov.in
Malda	www.rrbmalda.gov.in
Mumbai	www.rrbmumbai.gov.in
Muzaffarpur	www.rrbmuzaffarpur.gov.in
Patna	www.rrbpatna.gov.in
Ranchi	www.rrbranchi.gov.in
Secunderabad	www.rrbsecunderabad.nic.in
Siliguri	www.rrbsiliguri.org
Thiruvananthapuram	www.rrbthiruvananthapuram.gov.in

RRB NTPC Syllabus 2020

RRB NTPC CBT Stage 1 Exam Syllabus has been provided for your reference below.

General Awareness

Current Events of National and International Importance
Games and Sports
Indian Polity and Governance- constitution and political system
General Scientific and Technological
Developments including Space and Nuclear Program of India, UN and Other
important World Organizations, Art and
Culture of India
Indian Literature
Monuments and Places of India
General Science and Life Science (up to 10th CBSE)
History of India and Freedom Struggle
Physical
Social and Economic Geography of India and World
Environmental Issues Concerning India and World at Large, Basics of Computers and Computer Applications, Common Abbreviations
Transport Systems in India
Indian Economy
Famous Personalities of India and World
Flagship Government Programs
Flora and Fauna of India
Important
Government and Public Sector Organizations of India etc.