Progressive ClassesRRB NTPC – “Railway Recruitment Board (RRBs) Non-Technical Popular Categories” Exam
RRB NTPC 2021: Answer Key 2021 OutThe Railway Recruitment Board has activated the direct link to check RRB NTPC CBT-1 Answer Key on www.rrbcdg.gov.in. on 16th August 2021 at 7:45 PM. The candidates can raise objections to the questions/options/keys if any on or before 23rd August 2021. The final answer key will be released once the objections are assessed. Download answer key pdf from by clicking on the below link.
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Notification 2021
Railway Recruitment Board conducts Railway NTPC and other railway examinations giving candidates a golden opportunity to fulfil their dream of joining the prestigious Government Sector (Indian Railways) in India. RRB NTPC 2021 Recruitment is especially for the candidates who are having Graduate Degree from any recognised university. At 1Dayers we provide proper guidance and classes to qualify for RRB NTPC. We are covering Railway RRB NTPC Exam Date, Application Status, Admit Card, Notification, Answer Key, Fee, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Vacancies, Eligibility Criteria & NTPC Full Form.
Exam Date 2021
Railway Recruitment Board (RRBs) had conducted RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam in 7 phases from 28th December 2020 to 31st July 2021 for lakhs of candidates
RRB NTPC 2021: Important Dates
Railway Recruitment Board (RRBs) has released the RRB NTPC Answer key for CBT 1 exam conducted from 28th December 2020 to 31st July 2021. Railway Board had notified 35,208 vacancies for RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) recruitment before the pre-COVID-19. As many as 1.26 crore candidates had applied for this examination. Check the important dates from here.
| RRB NTPC 2021: Important Dates | |
|---|---|
| Events | Dates |
| RRB NTPC Notification | 28th February 2019 |
| Start Date To Apply Online | 01st March 2019 |
| Last Date To Apply Online | 31st March 2019 |
| Closing Date & Time for Payment of Application Fee | 05.04.2019 at 23.59 hrs |
| Final submission of Applications | 12.04.2019 at 23.59 hrs. |
| RRB NTPC Application Status | September 21, 2020 |
| RRB NTPC Exam City & Mock Test | February 5, 2021 (4th Phase) |
| RRB NTPC Stage-1 Admit Card | February 11, 2021 (4th Phase) |
| RRB NTPC Exam Dates | December 28, 2020 to January 13, 2021 (1st Phase)January 16 to 30, 2021 (2nd Phase)January 31 to February 12, 2021 (3rd Phase)February 15 to March 3, 2021 (4th Phase)March 4 to 27, 2021 (5th Phase)April 1 to 8, 2021 (6th Phase)July 23 to 31, 2021 (7th Phase) |
| Update Bank Details for Application Fee Refund | August 11, to August 31, 2021 |
| RRB NTPC CBT 1 Answer Key | August 16, 2021 (OUT) |
| Window for Raising Objection | August 18 to August 23, 2021 |
| RRB NTPC CBT 1 Result | September |
| RRB NTPC CBT 2 Exam Date | Notified Soon |
RRB NTPC 2021: Fee Details
| S.No | Category | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | For GEN/OBC | Rs. 500/- Out of this fee of Rs 500 an amount of Rs 400 shall be refunded duly deducting bank charges, on appearing in 1st Stage CBT. |
| 2 | For SC/ST/PWD/Women/Ex-Sm/Transgender/Minorities/Economically Backward | Rs. 250/- This fee of Rs 250 shall be refunded duly deducting bank charges as applicable on appearing in 1st Stage CBT. |
Online Application
The Online Registration for Railway NTPC Exam was started on 1st March 2019. The last date to apply online for RRB NTPC 2019-2020 Exam was 31st March 2019.
RRB NTPC 2021 Selection Process
RRB NTPC 2021 Recruitment Process will be done by following steps:
First Stage of CBT
Second Stage of CBT
Typing Test (Skill Test) / Aptitude Test
Document Verification
Medical Examination
Exam Pattern
The recruitment process shall involve 1st Stage Computer Based Test (CBT), 2nd Stage Computer Based Test (CBT), Typing Skill Test/Computer Based Aptitude Test (as applicable) and Document Verification/Medical Examination. Selection is made strictly as per merit, on the basis of above-mentioned recruitment stages.
Eligibility Criteria 2021
Age Limit:
The minimum age of the candidates must be 18 years and the maximum age limit is 33 years as of 1st January 2019, to be eligible for the upcoming RRB NTPC 2021 Exam.
For Age Group 18-30
| Age group | UR Category | OBC-Non Creamy Layer Category | SC/ST Category | For All Community or Categories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-30 | 02.07.1989 | 02.07.1986 | 02.07.1984 | 01.07.2001 |
The minimum age of the candidates must be 18 years and the maximum age limit is 33 years as of 1st January 2019, to be eligible for the upcoming RRB NTPC 2021 Exam.
For Age Group 18-30
Age Relaxation
| Category | Relaxation in Upper Limit |
|---|---|
| OBC-Non Creamy Layer (NCL) | 3 years |
| SC/ST | 5 years |
| Ex-Servicemen (UR) | 30 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years |
| Ex-Servicemen (OBC-Non Creamy) | 33 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years |
| Ex-Servicemen (SC/ST) | 35 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years. |
| PwBD (UR) | 10 years |
| PwBD (OBC-NCL) | 13 years |
| PwBD (SC/ST) | 15 years |
| Candidates ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989. (UR) | 35 years |
| Candidates ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989. (OBC) | 38 years |
| Candidates ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989. (SC/ST) | 40 years |
| Candidates who are serving Group ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’ Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes and put in minimum of 3 years service (UR) | 40 years |
| Candidates who are serving Group ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’ Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes and put in minimum of 3 years service (OBC) | 43 years |
| Candidates who are serving Group ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’ Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes and put in minimum of 3 years service (SC/ST) | 45 years |
| Candidates who are working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the Railway organization (UR) | 30 Years plus length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower |
| Candidates who are working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the Railway organization (OBC) | 33 Years plus length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower |
| Candidates who are working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the Railway organization (SC/ST) | 35 Years plus length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower |
| Women candidates, who are widowed, divorced or judicially separated from their husband but not remarried. (UR) | 35 years |
| Women candidates, who are widowed, divorced or judicially separated from their husband but not remarried. (OBC) | 38 years |
| Women candidates, who are widowed, divorced or judicially separated from their husband but not remarried. (SC/ST) | 40 years |
For Age Group 18-33
| Age group | UR | OBC-Non Creamy Layer | SC/ST | For All Community or Categories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-33 | 02.07.1986 | 02.07.1983 | 02.07.1981 | 01.07.2001 |
RRB NTPC Exam Analysis
Before preparing to RRB NTPC 2021 exam, you need to know about the RRB NTPC previous year questions papers, exam analysis and what type of questions and topics asked in the exam. Read the mentioned below exam analysis of RRB NTPC 2015 exam which will help you to know the level of the exam. Let’s have look at the previous year section-wise & topic-wise exam analysis of RRB NTPC.
RRB NTPC Stage-1: General Awareness Section
General Awareness section is one of the important and less time taking section an any railway exams. This section has the highest nomber of questions & marks i.e. 40. Most of the questions are asked from current affairs, General Science and then history will comprise of more than 12 questions. The detailed exam analysis of General Awareness section is given below:
| Topic Names | No of Questions | Level of questions |
| History | 7 | Moderate |
| Geography | 1 | Easy |
| Polity | 2 | Easy |
| Static | 2 | Moderate |
| Biology | 7 | Easy-Moderate |
| Chemistry | 2 | Easy |
| Physics | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Computers | 4 | Easy |
| Current Affairs | 11 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 40 | Easy-Moderate |
RRB NTPC Stage-1: Mathematics Section
The questions were asked in a balanced form from all the topics, therefore, prepare each and every topic well. So practice well of Arithmetic & Data Interpretation. The distribution of questions & topics are given below:
| Name of the Topic | No of Questions | Level of the questions |
| SI/ CI | 2 | Moderate |
| Mensuration | 2 | Easy |
| Ratio & Proportion | 3 | Easy |
| Height & Distance | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Profit/Loss | 3 | Easy |
| Geometry | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Number System | 4 | Easy-Moderate |
| Simplification | 3 | Easy |
| Time and Work | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Statistics | 1 | Easy |
| Time, Speed and Distance | 2 | Easy |
| Average | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| DI (Tabular) | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
RRB NTPC Stage-1: General Intelligence & Reasoning Section
The total number of questions asked in this exam is 30. The topic-wise distribution of the General Intelligence and Reasoning Section of last year exam is given below:
| Name of the Topic | No of Questions | Level of questions |
| Coding-Decoding | 4 | Easy |
| Sentence arrangement | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Venn Diagram | 3 | Moderate |
| Puzzle (Linear) | 3 | Easy |
| Blood Relation | 4 | Moderate |
| Statement & Assumptions | 2 | Moderate |
| Statement & Conclusion | 2 | Easy-Moderate |
| Syllogism | 3 | Easy-Moderate |
| Analogy | 3 | Easy |
| Mathematical Operations | 4 | Moderate |
| Odd one out | 1 | Easy-Moderate |
| Total | 30 | Easy-Moderate |
This analysis will surely give you an appropriate idea about the RRB NTPC exam and level of questions.
Admit Card & Call Letter 2021
Admit Card of RRB NTPC can be downloaded once the link has been activated on the official website of RRB. The admit card / hall ticket will be available zone-wise on the Regional Recruitment Boards. The admit card release date has not been announced yet.
How to Prepare
Preparation must be done in a systematic manner, with latest exam pattern in mind. Since the syllabus covers a lot of topics, it is important to choose the right study material so that you can understand the concepts and practice a wide variety of questions as well.
Previous years exam left everyone startled with the unexpected pattern. This is the reason we have decided to provide you with the relevant new pattern questions that were asked in the last year banking exams. New pattern questions are simply the application of concepts in a new form. You just need to practice them a lot so that you don’t face issue in RRB NTPC 2021.
Candidates should go through previous year RRB NTPC questions, so that they have an idea of what to expect in RRB NTPC 2021. We are providing you all study notes, quizzes and Video lectures for RRB NTPC Exam with latest Pattern. Follow 1Dayers to get all Study Materials with a latest Pattern. Apart from self study you can join 1dayers coaching Coaching and Online/offline Test Series for better exam preparation.
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