Preparation Guide for Railway Exam
Published on Dec 11, 2020
The Railway Board chairman has recently announced the exam dates for various railway examination. In 2019, RRB has released a notification for 35,000 non-technical posts and around 2 crores candidates apply for it. The candidates awaiting the RRB exam dates have now been given a timeline by the board. The candidates who have filled the RRB NTPC application form can check the preparation guide to ace the railway examination.
RRB NTPC Exam Pattern
The RRB NTPC examination will be held in the computer-based pattern in the online mode. The candidates whose application will be accepted will have to appear for this examination. The major takeaways of all the examination are given below:
- The examination will be held online.
- The maximum questions for the examination will be equal to 100.
- The duration of the examination will be 90 minutes.
- The candidates will get 1 mark for every correct answer while 0.33 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
Stage 1
Subject
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Maximum Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Duration
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General Intelligence and Reasoning
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30
|
30
|
90 Minutes
|
Mathematics
|
30
|
30
|
General Awareness
|
40
|
40
|
Total
|
100
|
100
|
|
Stage 2
Subject
|
Maximum Questions
|
Maximum Marks
|
Duration
|
General Intelligence and Reasoning
|
35
|
35
|
90 Minutes
|
Mathematics
|
35
|
35
|
General Awareness
|
50
|
50
|
Total
|
120
|
120
|
|
Important Books for RRB NTPC
The candidates preparing for the RRB NTPC examination have to ace each topic asked in the examination. There are a lot of books which are available in the market and the candidates can follow the books given below:
Subject
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Important Books
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Description of Book
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General Intelligence and Reasoning
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Verbal and Logical Reasoning by R S Aggarwal
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This book is very useful for preparing the basics of Reasoning.
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Logical Reasoning by Arihant Publications.
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This book contains a lot of questions for practice.
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Mathematics
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Quantitative Aptitude by RS Aggarwal
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This is one of the best sellers for developing the basic concepts of Maths
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Advance Maths by Rakesh Yadav
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A very good book to practice advance problems in mathematics.
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General Awareness
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Daily current affairs by Livolearn
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A good source to study current National and international news.
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Manorama Yearly GK
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A good book to brush up all the news related to different events.
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Preparation Guide for Railway Exam
The candidates preparing for the Railway NTPC 2020 examination can follow the basic preparation tips shared by the previous year's toppers:
- Go through the exam pattern thoroughly and prepare a timetable keeping all the subjects in mind. The time table should have ample and equal space for each subject.
- Follow the important books -The candidates should go through the important books which contain all the important topics as given in the official syllabus.
- Clear your basic concept- At first, the candidates should work on clearing the basic concept of each subject. The examination will have problems based on reasoning and mathematics. Hence, it is very important that candidates work on the basics first so that they are able to solve easy to moderate problems with ease.
- Previous year papers- This is one of the most important ways to strengthen your preparation. The previous year papers serve as the basic insight into the examination and the type of questions asked in the examination.