RRB JE syllabus

Recruitment for Junior Engineer and Depot Material Superintendent posts: a common 100-question CBT 1 in 90 minutes, then a 150-question CBT 2 with a technical paper for the candidate's engineering group.

CBT 1 (common screening test)

Mathematics

30 questions, 30 marks · Shared 90 minutes

1 mark a question; one third of a mark taken off for a wrong answer. The notice calls the 30-question split indicative.

  • Number systems, BODMAS, decimals, fractions, LCM and HCF, square roots
  • Ratio and proportion, percentages, profit and loss, simple and compound interest
  • Time and work, pipes and cisterns, time and distance
  • Mensuration, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, elementary statistics, ages, calendar and clock

General Intelligence and Reasoning

25 questions, 25 marks · Shared 90 minutes

1 mark a question; one third of a mark taken off for a wrong answer. The notice calls the 25-question split indicative.

  • Analogies, classification, similarities and differences
  • Alphabetical and number series, coding and decoding, jumbling
  • Relationships, directions, syllogism, mathematical operations
  • Venn diagrams, data interpretation and sufficiency, conclusions, arguments and assumptions

General Awareness

15 questions, 15 marks · Shared 90 minutes

1 mark a question; one third of a mark taken off for a wrong answer. The notice calls the 15-question split indicative.

  • Current affairs
  • Indian geography, culture and history, including the freedom struggle
  • Indian polity and the Constitution, Indian economy
  • Environmental issues, sports, and general scientific and technological developments

General Science

30 questions, 30 marks · Shared 90 minutes

1 mark a question; one third of a mark taken off for a wrong answer. The notice calls the 30-question split indicative.

  • Physics up to class 10 (CBSE)
  • Chemistry up to class 10 (CBSE)
  • Life sciences up to class 10 (CBSE)

CBT 2 (common subjects and technical abilities)

General Awareness

15 questions, 15 marks · Shared 120 minutes

1 mark a question; one third of a mark taken off for a wrong answer. The split is indicative.

  • Current affairs, Indian geography, culture and history including the freedom struggle
  • Indian polity and the Constitution, Indian economy
  • Environmental issues, sports, and general scientific and technological developments

Physics and Chemistry

15 questions, 15 marks · Shared 120 minutes

1 mark a question; one third of a mark taken off for a wrong answer.

  • Physics and chemistry up to class 10 (CBSE)

Basics of Computers and Applications

10 questions, 10 marks · Shared 120 minutes

1 mark a question; one third of a mark taken off for a wrong answer.

  • Architecture, input and output, storage, networking
  • Operating systems such as Windows, Unix and Linux; MS Office; data representation
  • Internet and email, websites and browsers, computer viruses

Basics of Environment and Pollution Control

10 questions, 10 marks · Shared 120 minutes

1 mark a question; one third of a mark taken off for a wrong answer.

  • Basics of the environment and pollution-control strategies
  • Air, water and noise pollution
  • Waste management, global warming, acid rain and ozone depletion

Technical Abilities

100 questions, 100 marks · Shared 120 minutes

1 mark a question; one third of a mark taken off for a wrong answer. A Depot Material Superintendent candidate whose diploma is not in the mapping table chooses one of these four exam groups when applying.

  • The candidate's own exam group only, at the level of the prescribed diploma or degree
  • Civil and Allied: engineering mechanics, building construction and materials, surveying, concrete technology, geotechnical engineering, hydraulics, irrigation, theory of structures, design of concrete and steel structures, transportation and environmental engineering, estimating and contracts (Annexure VIII-A)
  • Electrical and Allied: circuit laws, magnetic circuits, AC fundamentals, measurements, electrical machines, synchronous machines, generation, transmission and distribution, estimation, utilisation and basic electronics (Annexure VIII-B)
  • Electronics and Allied: components, devices and circuits, digital electronics, integrated circuits, microprocessors and microcontrollers, measurements, communication, networks and basic electrical engineering (Annexure VIII-C)
  • Mechanical and Allied: engineering mechanics, material science, strength of materials, machining, welding, grinding, metrology, fluid mechanics, thermal engineering, industrial engineering and manufacturing processes named in Annexure VIII-D