RRB NTPC Answer Key 2021 PDF link is out on 16th August, and today is the last day to raise the objection! RRB has released the answer key for the RRB NTPC exam for CBT 1 exam for all regions. You can download the RRB NTPC 2021 answer key for CBT 1 from 16th August to 23rd August 2021. Further, you can also raise an objection from 18th August by paying Rs. 50 for each question. The last date to raise objections is 23rd August 2021. The direct link to download the answer key for the RRB NTPC exam has been provided to you here. You can also check the list of Questions that can be challenged:
RRB NTPC Exam 2021 for 7th Phase CBT 1 has been concluded on 31st July 2021 for approx. 2.78 lakh Railway NTPC applicants. You can check the paper review for CBT 1 exam date for the 7th Phase. Now the board has released the RRB NTPC Answer Key 2021 on their regional sites. We will post the direct link to download the Railway NTPC answer key pdf as soon as it is out. Also, RRB has released the direct link regarding the Refund of the RRB NTPC Exam Fee. You can refund the fees through the direct link given below:
In the latest RRB NTPC 2021 recruitment update, the Railway Recruitment Board has rolled out a notification on the Region-wise number of valid applications of candidates for RRB NTPC Posts from each category. According to the notification, RRB has received 12808544 number of valid applications combining all regions for RRB NTPC Posts.
RRB NTPC Phase 6 exam 2021 has been concluded! Around 6 lakh candidates have appeared for the RRB NTPC 2021 CBT-1 Exam in Phase 6 which took place on April 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8, 2021. The RRB NTPC Phase 6 admit card has been rolled out on 28th March 2021. A total of 1.18 crore (approx) candidates had appeared for the exam while a total of 1.26 crore applications have been received for the Railway NTPC recruitment. The 7th Phase of Railway NTPC exam 2021 is still awaited, and the exam authority has not yet confirmed the exam date and admit card release date.
The RRB NTPC exam is taking place in multiple phases starting from 28th December 2020. The Railway NTPC exam 2020 is taking place in various shifts for the Non-Technical Popular Categories such as Junior Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Junior Time Keeper, Trains Clerk, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Traffic Assistant, Goods Guard, Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Account, Assistant cum Typist Senior Time Keeper. You can read the latest information regarding the RRB NTPC 2020-2021 exam below:
| Note: This is the RRB NTPC notification of the year 2019 i.e RRB NTPC 2019, but the RRB NTPC CBT 1 exam will be held in the year 2020-2021.** |
Union Cabinet has given the go-ahead to set up National Recruitment Agency (NRA) which will be responsible to conduct CET as the preliminary test for the Railway Recruitment Board i.e. RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam. Candidates can apply for CET RRB and the CET score will be valid for 3 years. After the CET exam, applicants must take the RRB NTPC CET 2 exam. Candidates are advised to read all the details about the RRB CET.
Latest RRB NTPC Updates:
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The RRB NTPC CBT 1 exam will take place in various shifts. The RRB NTPC Exam Date for Phase 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 has been declared. You can check out the latest Railway NTPC exam date schedule and other important dates of RRB NTPC recruitment below:
| Event | Date |
| RRB NTPC Admit Card Download 2020 | Out on 24th December 2020 |
| RRB NTPC Exam Date 2020-21 | December 28, 2020, to January 13, 2021 (1st Phase) |
| RRB NTPC 2nd Phase Exam Date 2021 | January 16, 2021, to January 30, 2021 (2nd Phase) |
| RRB NTPC 3rd Phase Exam Date 2021 | January 31, 2021, to February 12, 2021 (3rd Phase) |
| RRB NTPC 4th Phase Exam Date 2021 | February 15, 2021, to March 3, 2021 (4th Phase) |
| RRB NTPC 5th Phase Exam Date 2021 | March 4, 2021, to March 27, 2021 (5th Phase) |
| RRB NTPC 6th Phase Exam Date 2021 | April 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8, 2021 (6th Phase) |
| RRB NTPC 7th Phase Exam Date 2021 | 23rd, 24th, 26th, and 31st July 2021 |
| Exam Events | Important Dates |
| RRB NTPC Online Application 2019 | 01 March 2019 |
| Last Date to Apply for RRB NTPC 2019 | 31 March 2019 (23.59 hr) |
| Last Date to Pay RRB NTPC Application Fees | 05 April 2019 |
| Final Submission of RRB NTPC Application Form | 12 April 2019 |
| RRB NTPC Application Status 2020 | 21st to 30th Sept. 2020 |
| RRB NTPC Exam City 2020 | 10 days before the exam |
| RRB NTPC Answer Key | 16th August 2021, 8 PM onwards |
| Date to raise objections for RRB NTPC | 18th August to 23rd August 2021 |
| RRB NTPC Result Date 2020 | to be announced |
RRB NTPC notification 2020 has already been released by the official authority of Railways. Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has released the RRB NTPC recruitment 2020 notification on 28th Feb 2019. There is a total of 35208 vacancies are released for Station Master, Ticket Clerk, Goods Guard, Junior Clerk, Train Clerk, Jr Accountant, Typist, and various other posts.
Please note that the RRB NTPC CBT 1 is taking 15 languages. These are English, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
Refer to RRB NTPC official notification PDF 2020-21 to get complete details about the upcoming RRB NTPC 2019-20 Stage I exam.
The official notification is now out, the RRB has released 35208 vacancies. We have mentioned below the RRB NTPC vacancy list as per the latest RRB NTPC notification 2020-21 released. With the help of the below-shared RRB NTPC vacancies list, you will be easily able to distinguish to pick your desired post and prepare for the same.
Name of the post | Total Vacancies (All RRBs) |
Junior Clerk cum Typist | 4300 (REVISED) |
Junior Time Keeper | 11 (REVISED) |
Senior Clerk cum Typist | 2854 (REVISED) |
Junior Account Assistant cum Typist | 3147 (REVISED) |
Senior Time Keeper | 6 (REVISED) |
Accounts Clerk cum Typist | 760 |
Trains Clerk | 592 |
Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | 4940 |
Traffic Assistant | 160 |
Goods Guard | 5748 |
Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | 5638 |
Commercial Apprentice | 259 |
Station Master | 6865 |
Total | 35280 (REVISED) |
RRB NTPC Zone-wise Vacancies
| Railway Zones | RRB NTPC Vacancies |
| Ahemdabad | 1024 |
| Ajmer | 1773 |
| Allahabad | 4030 |
| Banglore | 2470 |
| Bhopal | 997 |
| Bhubaneshwar | 498 |
| Bilaspur | 1207 |
| Chandigarh | 2483 |
| Chennai | 2694 |
| Gorakhpur | 1298 |
| Guwahati | 851 |
| Jammu | 898 |
| Kolkata | 2949 |
| Malda | 1043 |
| Mumbai | 3665 |
| Muzaffarpur | 329 |
| Patna | 1039 |
| Ranchi | 1386 |
| Secunderabad | 3234 |
| Siliguri | 443 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 897 |
| Total | 35,208 |
The RRB NTPC Post Preference is given below:
| Post | Preference |
| Commercial Apprentice | 1 |
| Junior Clerk Cum Typist | 6 |
| Account Clerk Cum Typist | 7 |
| Traffic Assistant | 13 |
| Junior Time Keeper | 12 |
| Trains Clerk | 10 |
| Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | 5 |
| Goods Guard | 9 |
| Junior Account Assistant cum Typist | 2 |
| Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | 3 |
| Senior Clerk cum Typist | 4 |
| Station Master | 8 |
| Senior Time Keeper | 11 |
RRB NTPC Educational Qualification 2021: RRB recruits every year for various technical as well as non-technical posts. We have mentioned the detailed RRB NTPC eligibility criteria below. Aspirants can go through the educational eligibility requirement for the desirable post:
| Posts | Educational Qualification |
| Junior Clerk Cum Typist | Under Graduate Posts with Minimum Educational Qualification of 12th (+2 Stage) or its equivalent exam |
| Accounts Clerk cum typist | |
| Junior Time Keeper | |
| Trains Clerk | |
| Commercial Cum Ticket Clerk |
| Posts | Educational Qualification |
| Traffic Assistant | Graduate Posts with Minimum Educational Qualification of a University Degree or its equivalent |
| Goods Guard | |
| Ticket Clerk | |
| Senior Clerk cum Typist | |
| Junior Accountant Assistant Cum Typist | |
| Senior Time Keeper | |
| Commercial Apprentice | |
| Station Master |
Age-Based Eligibility
| Posts | Minimum Age Limit | Max Age Limit |
| Junior Clerk Cum Typist | 18 Years | 30 Years |
| Accounts Clerk cum typist | ||
| Junior Time Keeper | ||
| Trains Clerk | ||
| Commercial Cum Ticket Clerk |
| Posts | Minimum Age Limit | Max Age Limit |
| Traffic Assistant | 18 Years | 33 Years |
| Goods Guard | ||
| Ticket Clerk | ||
| Senior Clerk cum Typist | ||
| Junior Accountant Assistant Cum Typist | ||
| Senior Time Keeper | ||
| Commercial Apprentice | ||
| Station Master |
Category | Age Relaxation |
General | No relaxation |
OBC | 3 years |
SC/ST | 5 years |
Person With Disability (PWD – Unreserved) | 10 Years |
Person With Disability (PWD – OBC) | 13 years |
Person With Disability (PWD – SC/ST) | 15 years |
Widows, divorced women & women judicially separated but not remarried (UR) | 3 years |
Widows, divorced women & women judicially separated but not remarried (OBC) | 5 years |
Widows, divorced women & women judicially separated but not remarried (SC/ST) | 8 years |
Serving Group “C” and former Group “D” Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes (UR) | 8 years |
Serving Group “C” and former Group “D” Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes (OBC) | 11 years |
Serving Group “C” and former Group “D” Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes (SC/ST) | 13 years |
Working in Quasi – Administrative Offices such as Railway Canteens, Co-operative Societies and Institutes | Relaxation upto length of service rendered, subject to a maximum relaxation of upto 5 years. |
Persons ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 | 5 years |
Ex-Servicemen, provided you put in more than 6 months service after attestation. | (02.01.1981 minus extent of service rendered in Defense) to 01.01.1998 |
The RRB NTPC application status link is now live on its regional site. RRB NTPC Application Status is released zone-wise. Applicants who had successfully applied for the RRB NTPC Recruitment 01/2019 exam may now visit the official website to check the application status. Direct link to check the status is mentioned below.
Application status link will be active from the 21 September 2020 to 30 September 2020.
Follow the steps below to check the RRB NTPC application status.
There is also an option of "Forgot Registration Number". In case, you forgot the Registration Number, Enter the Registered email id, mobile number and DOB to get details.
The online application for RRB NTPC 2020 for Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) has been closed. The last date to apply online for Railway NTPC was 31st March 2019. However, Railway hasn't released The application status for RRB NTPC 2020 application form will also be available from 21st September 2020 onwards. Keep visiting respective RRB zonal website for the latest news.
RRB NTPC application fee will be accepted in an online mode through Credit/ Debit cards or Net Banking
| Category | Fees |
| General | Rs 500/- |
| SC/ST/OBC/Females/Ex-Serviceman/Transgender/Minorities | Rs 250/- |
Railway Recruitment Board will recruit this year 35277 vacancies. Below are the pay band & grade pay for various posts mentioned by RRB. For more details, you can go through the RRB NTPC Salary and Perks here.
Posts | Level in 7th CPC | Initial Pay |
Junior Clerk Cum Typist | 2 | 19900 |
Accounts Clerk cum typist | 2 | 19900 |
Junior Time Keeper | 2 | 19900 |
Trains Clerk | 2 | 19900 |
Commercial Cum Ticket Clerk | 3 | 21700 |
Traffic Assistant | 4 | 25500 |
Goods Guard | 5 | 29200 |
Ticket Clerk | 5 | 29200 |
Senior Clerk cum Typist | 5 | 29200 |
Junior Accountant Assistant Cum Typist | 5 | 29200 |
Senior Time Keeper | 5 | 29200 |
Commercial Apprentice | 6 | 35400 |
Station Master | 6 | 35400 |
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) recruits suitable candidates every year for different posts which are mentioned below, Students can also go through the RRB NTPC Job Profile 2021 to acknowledge details about different posts.
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Aspirants opting for RRB NTPC should know the Selection Procedure of the recruitment. Students will be selected on the basis of the marks scored in the first & second stages whereas other stages will be qualifying in nature.
To start the preparation of the NTPC exam, one should go through the RRB NTPC syllabus and exam pattern for better command in the subject and topic-wise preparation. As per the latest update, the union cabinet has announced the setting up of NRA to conduct a Common Eligibility Test (CET) for all non-gazetted posts (Group B and C) under RRB. RRB NTPC is conducted in two stages: CBT 1 and CBT 2. RRB CBT 1 will now be conducted as RRB CET and the remaining selection procedure shall remain the same.
RRB NTPC Exam Pattern helps you to know the exact number of questions asked from each subject. However, the RRB NTPC exam pattern varies for CBT 1 and CBT 2 exam. Therefore, you can start your preparation with the help of the below-given detailed RRB NTPC exam pattern 2021:
The complete pattern for the RRB NTPC 2020 is mentioned below for your reference.
Subject | Questions | Time |
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.
The exam pattern of 2nd Stage of CBT is given below in detail:
Subject | Questions | Time |
General Awareness | 50 | 90 Minutes |
Mathematics | 35 | |
General Intelligence and Reasoning | 35 | |
Total Marks | 120 |
RRB NTPC syllabus is shared by the officials of railways. With the help of RRB NTPC syllabus, you can cover each and every topic in order to grab marks from every topic. RRB NTPC Syllabus for Stage 1 exam is given below. We would suggest you prepare for the RRB NTPC 2020-21 exam through the syllabus mentioned below:
Subject | Syllabus |
General Awareness |
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Mathematics |
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General Intelligence and Reasoning |
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The RRB NTPC Syllabus 2020 in Hindi is given below in details. You can refer to the syllabus (in Hindi) for the RRB NTPC exam preparation 2020.
Subject | Syllabus |
| गणित |
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| सामान्य बुद्धिमत्ता एवं रिजनिंग |
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| सामान्य जागरूकता |
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RRB releases RRB NTPC cut off for all the posts to select the candidates for various posts under Indian Railways. The official hasn't announced the RRB NTPC Cut off 2020 date yet. However, we will share the RRB NTPC cut off once it is out.
| Category | Expected Cut Off |
| General | 82-84% |
| SC | 70-72% |
| ST | 64–66% |
| OBC | 76-78% |
The list of best books for RRB NTPC 2021 exam is given below. You can refer to these books while preparing for the NTPC exam.
| Subjects | List of Books with Authors |
| Mathematics | Arithmetic for General Competition by Neetu Singh |
| Class notes of Maths by Rakesh Yadav | |
| BYJU'S Exam Prep quizzes and Mock tests | |
| General Knowledge | Lucent G.K by Dr Binay Karna and Manwendra Mukul |
Arihant General Knowledge 2019 by Manohar Pandey | |
| BYJU'S Exam Prep Current Affairs PDF | |
| Quizzes | |
| Reasoning | Lucent Reasoning by Lucent Publication |
| Reasoning Quizzes |
Check out the Region-Wise Total Number of Valid Application for RRB NTPC:
Region | Candidates Belonging to Different Categories | Ex-Servicemen | PwBD | Total Number of Candidates |
Ahmedabad | 461677 | 2297 | 5343 | 469317 |
Ajmer | 857690 | 6620 | 9351 | 873661 |
Allahabad | 1808136 | 10734 | 25979 | 1844849 |
Bengaluru | 835288 | 2440 | 15620 | 853348 |
Bhopal | 561535 | 2127 | 6465 | 570127 |
Bhubaneswar | 208974 | 1517 | 2372 | 212863 |
Bilaspur | 380246 | 1320 | 3869 | 385435 |
Chandigarh | 1173523 | 8546 | 11435 | 1193504 |
Chennai | 932028 | 3941 | 9747 | 945716 |
Gorakhpur | 381520 | 1516 | 4762 | 387798 |
Guwahati | 219933 | 409 | 1860 | 222202 |
Jammu Srinagar | 180272 | 508 | 1562 | 182342 |
Kolkata | 815121 | 3488 | 10710 | 829319 |
Malda | 237437 | 495 | 1556 | 239488 |
Mumbai | 1144836 | 5446 | 15833 | 1166115 |
Muzaffarpur | 74933 | 304 | 1018 | 76255 |
Patna | 359846 | 1989 | 5307 | 367142 |
Ranchi | 470267 | 1448 | 5240 | 476955 |
Secunderabad | 1135658 | 5597 | 15616 | 1156871 |
Siliguri | 72559 | 206 | 677 | 73442 |
Thiruvananthapuram | 277045 | 2250 | 2500 | 281795 |
Grand Total | 12588524 | 63198 | 156822 | 12808544 |
RRB NTPC Exam City, Date & Time, and RRB NTPC Admit Card for Phase 7 have been released on 19th July 2021. However, the Railway Board has revealed the Phase 7 Exam Date and Admit Card download details.
We have mentioned the direct link to check the Exam City, Date & Time of your respective zones. If you've applied for RRB NTPC recruitment 2021, you'll be able to download the Railway NTPC 2021 admit card for your respective RRB zones before 4 days before the exam. The exam center information is mentioned in the hall ticket.
We have updated the below-mentioned zone-wise RRB NTPC Admit Card 2021.
We have shared the RRB NTPC Previous Year Question Papers in Hindi & English both, of which will help you in your preparations accordingly & identify the actual level of the exam.
| RRB NTPC Question Papers | RRB NTPC Papers in English | RRB NTPC Papers in Hindi |
| 30th March 2016 Shift 3 | Download PDF | To be updated... |
| 29th March 2016 Shift 1 | Download PDF | To be updated... |
| 31st March 2016 Shift 2 | Download PDF (Solutions to be uploaded soon) | To be updated... |
| 30th March 2016 Shift 1 | Download PDF | Download PDF |
| 2nd April 2016 Shift 1 | Download PDF | Download PDF |
| 4th April 2016 Shift 1 | Download PDF | Download PDF |
| 5th April 2016 Shift 3 | Download PDF | Download PDF |
| 6th April 2016 Shift 3 | Download PDF | Download PDF |
Last year, the Railways Recruitment Board also conducted RRB Assistant Loco Pilot & RRB Group D Exam
The Railway Recruitment Board has released the RRB Normalization Process on its official site. You can check the details below to understand 'How to Analyze Normalized Marks in RRB NTPC Exam?'.
You can check the official notification PDF from the link given below. Make sure you read carefully the Normalization of Marks in RRB NTPC/RRB Group D/RRB MI 2020 Railway Exams.
A student must make the right strategy in order to crack the RRN NTPC exam in the first attempt & get the maximum benefit. To understand it better you can go through the preparation tips we have already shared for RRB NTPC Exam.
Students can check the RRB NTPC analysis to decide the strategy as per the level of difficulty and expected cutoff of the exam. Moreover, to understand the flow of the exam and pick the right stanza in order to ace the upcoming RRB NTPC 2020 exam without any difficulty.
The Railway Recruitment Board has released the RRB NTPC Answer Key for CBT 1 for all regions on 16th August 2021, at 8 PM. The last date to view the RRB NTPC Answer Key is 23rd August 2021, up to 11:59 PM. Further, you can also raise an objection from 18th August to 23rd August by paying Rs. 50 per question. If your objection is found to be correct, then the amount will be credited to your account.
We have provided you the RRB NTPC 2021 direct link to raise an objection here once it is released on 16th August 2021.
As RRB NTPC is an Online exam so one must attempt the RRB NTPC test series on a regular basis to boost your exam preparation. You can try out our RRB NTPC test series & get one free mock test. Subscribe full online test series for RRB NTPC in Hindi & English to get unrestricted access to all mock tests.
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RRB NTPC Result is usually listed out within 2-3 months. We will update the result of different stages whenever it is declared. To check the RRB NTPC result with ease make sure you have the registration details such as the registration number and password in order to login to the page.
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The full form of RRB NTPC is Railway Recruitment Board Non-Technical Popular Categories. The RRB NTPC exam is conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) to recruit as Commercial Apprentice, Goods Guard, Station Master, and for many other posts across India. The RRB NTPC 2021 exam has begun already and is in its last phase.
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The initial pay scale of Goods Guard is Rs 29200/-.
The initial pay of Station Master is Rs 35400/-.
The last date to apply online for RRB NTPC was 31st March 2019.
The following posts come under Railway NTPC Station- Master, Ticket Clerk, Goods Guard, Junior Clerk, Train Clerk, Jr Accountant, Typist and various other profiles.
Candidates applying for Assistant Station Master (ASM) and Traffic Assistant will have to appear for the RRB NTPC Aptitude test. You will be tested based on your aptitude skills.
Yes, for every wrong answer 1/3rd marks will get deducted.
It is a Group C NTPC post of RRB.
The initial pay of Railway Clerk is Rs 19900/-.
The exam date for RRB NTPC 2020 out, and it started from 28th December 2020 in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.
Yes, candidates with age limit 18-33 years can apply for the Goods Guard.
No, the minimum educational qualification for certain posts is 12th Pass or Undergraduate.
The best post to apply in RRB NTPC is the Station Master.
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