RRB NTPC · CEN 06/2025 and 07/2025 reference schemes

RRB NTPC Syllabus — Graduate and Under Graduate CBTs

Use the notice for your qualification and post: CEN 06/2025 covers Graduate NTPC posts and CEN 07/2025 covers Under Graduate posts. Both specify General Awareness, Mathematics, and General Intelligence and Reasoning for the CBTs. CBT 1 is screening; CBT 2 and the applicable post-specific stages determine further selection. This is a published-scheme reference, not a claim that applications are open or that a new examination date has been announced.

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Railway Recruitment Boards — Centralised Employment Notice (CEN) No. 06/2025, Recruitment for the various posts of Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate), detailed notice published 21.10.2025 (para 13: recruitment process, 1st and 2nd Stage CBT pattern and syllabus, CBAT, Typing Skill Test, document verification; Annexure A: post parameters)Published official reference, previously checked for the existing NTPC course. Open from the RRB portal if the direct PDF refuses requests; read matching corrigenda and later stage notices.Railway Recruitment Boards — Centralised Employment Notice (CEN) No. 07/2025, Recruitment for the various posts of Non-Technical Popular Categories (Under Graduate), detailed notice published 28.10.2025 (para 13: recruitment process, 1st and 2nd Stage CBT pattern and syllabus, Typing Skill Test, document verification; Annexure A: post-wise parameters)Published official reference, previously checked for the existing NTPC course. Open from the RRB portal if the direct PDF refuses requests; read matching corrigenda and later stage notices.Railway Recruitment Board, Chandigarh — page of the RRB portal listing the CEN 06/2025 and CEN 07/2025 notices, corrigenda, FAQs, mock test links and later stage noticesPublished official reference, previously checked for the existing NTPC course. Open from the RRB portal if the direct PDF refuses requests; read matching corrigenda and later stage notices.

CBT 1 — screening: 100 questions / 90 minutes

General Awareness: 40 questions; Mathematics: 30; General Intelligence and Reasoning: 30. Section distributions are indicative under the notices.

One-third mark is deducted for a wrong answer. Check the applicable CEN for compensatory time and other conditions.

CBT 2 — 120 questions / 90 minutes

General Awareness: 50 questions; Mathematics: 35; General Intelligence and Reasoning: 35. Section distributions are indicative.

One-third mark is deducted for a wrong answer. Subsequent selection and merit depend on the advertised post.

Mathematics — topics in both CBT stages

number systems/decimals/fractions, LCM/HCF, ratio/proportion, percentages, mensuration, time/work, time/distance, simple/compound interest, profit/loss, elementary algebra/geometry/trigonometry/statistics.

General Intelligence and Reasoning — topics in both CBT stages

analogies, number/alphabet series, coding/decoding, mathematical operations, similarities/differences, relationships, analytical reasoning, syllogisms, jumbling, Venn diagrams, puzzles, data sufficiency, statement/conclusion, courses of action, decision making, maps and graph interpretation.

General Awareness — topics in both CBT stages

current national/international events, sports, Indian art/culture/literature, monuments/places, General Science/Life Science to10thCBSE, Indian history/freedom struggle, geography, polity/governance/Constitution, scientific/technological developments, UN/world organisations, environment, computers, abbreviations, transport, economy, personalities, government schemes, flora/fauna and public-sector organisations.

Post-specific skill stages

The qualifying Typing Skill Test applies to the specified clerk/account typist posts: 30 words per minute in English or 25 in Hindi. Check the notice’s test conditions.

For the Graduate Station Master and Traffic Assistant posts, the specified CBAT is separate from the CBT subject papers. The cited scheme requires a T-score of 42 in every battery.

Do not assign CBAT to every Under Graduate candidate. Read the applicable CEN, post parameters and later notices for the actual selection chain.

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RRB NTPC Syllabus — Graduate and Under Graduate CBTs FAQ

Do Graduate and Under Graduate NTPC use the same notice?

No. The cited schemes are Graduate CEN 06/2025 and Under Graduate CEN 07/2025. Match your exact post and qualification before using the scheme or skill-test conditions.

What are the CBT question totals and penalty?

The published CBT 1 has 100 questions in 90 minutes; CBT 2 has 120 questions in 90 minutes. Both deduct one-third mark for a wrong answer. Check the notice for applicable compensatory-time conditions.

Does every NTPC candidate take CBAT or typing?

No. Typing applies to specified typist posts. The Graduate Station Master and Traffic Assistant CBAT is a separate post-specific stage; do not assign it to all NTPC or Under Graduate applicants.