Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is expected to release the Computer Based Test (CBT 1) results of Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) in the last week of November, 2021. Candidates who took the RRB NTPC CBT-1 examination can check their results on the official website of RRB i.e. rrbcdg.gov.in. RRB NTPC CBT-1 was held in seven phases from December 28, 2020 to July 31, 2021.
Railway Recruitment Board had released the provisional answer keys on August 16, 2021. The candidates were allowed to raise objections till August 23, 2021. As per the reports, around 1.9 crore candidates had appeared for the RRB NTPC CBT-1 examination. Railway Recruitment is conducting RRB NTPC CBT-1 examination for 35, 277 vacant positions. Only the candidates who will clear the CBT-1 examination can appear for the CBT-2 examination for further selection process. The examination dates for RRB NTPC CBT-2 examination will be announced after the declaration of CBT-1 result.
RRB NTPC CBT-1 Expected Cut Off
RRB NTPC CBT-1 zone wise expected cut off has been released at Prepp.in. Since, there are around 350 candidates for every vacant position so the competition is quite tough this time, in comparison to previous recruitments.
RRB NTPC CBT-1 was conducted for 100 Marks. Here is the category wise expected Cut off for all zones.
|
Category |
Expected Cut- off (Out of 100 Marks) |
|---|---|
|
General |
83-85 |
|
OBC |
75-77 |
|
SC |
71-73 |
|
ST |
63-65 |
As per the Prepp expert analysis, the overall cut off for general category candidates is expected to be high and the cut off marks for all the reserved categories would remain below 60. The list of zone wise expected cut off for general category is given below:
|
Zone |
Expected Cut off Marks (Out of 100) |
|---|---|
|
Ahmedabad |
72.86 |
|
Ajmer |
77.39 |
|
Allahabad |
77.49 |
|
Banglore |
64.97 |
|
Bhubaneswar |
71.71 |
|
Chennai |
72.14 |
|
Kolkata |
79.50 |
|
Mumbai |
77.05 |
|
Patna |
63.03 |
|
Secunderabad |
77.72 |
|
Thiruvananthapuram |
79.75 |
RRB NTPC CBT-1 Phase Wise Exam Dates and Candidates Appeared
RRB NTPC CBT-1 examination was conducted in seven phases from Dec. 28, 2020 to July 31, 2021 and approximately 1.9 crore candidates had appeared for the examination. A total of 23 lakh candidates had appeared for the CBT-1 in the first phase from Dec 28, 2020 to Jan 13, 2021. Here is the tabular data of RRB NTPC exam dates and number of candidates appeared in each phase:
|
Phases |
Exam Dates |
No. of Candidates Appeared |
|---|---|---|
|
Phase -1 |
Dec. 28, 2020 to Jan, 13, 2021 |
23 Lakh |
|
Phase - 2 |
Jan 16, 2021 to Jan 30, 2021 |
27 Lakh |
|
Phase - 3 |
Jan 31, 2021 to Feb 12, 2021 |
28 Lakh |
|
Phase - 4 |
Feb 15, 2021 to March 3, 2021 |
15 Lakh |
|
Phase - 5 |
Mar 4, 2021 to Mar 27, 2021 |
19 Lakh |
|
Phase - 6 |
Apr 1, 3, 5 to 7, 2021 |
6 Lakh |
|
Phase - 7 |
July 23 to 26 and July 31, 2021 |
2.78 Lakh |
RRB NTPC Selection Process
Railway Recruitment Board conducts the RRB NTPC Exam for Non-Technical categories in various Railway Zones and Production Units. The various Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) posts includes Junior Clerk cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist Trains Clerk, Junior Time Keeper, Senior Time Keeper, Traffic Assistant, Goods Guard, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Commercial Apprentice and Station Masters.
RRB NTPC recruitment process includes five stages such as first stage Computer Based Test (CBT-1), second stage Computer Based Test (CBT-2), Skill Test (typing skill test/ Computer Based Aptitude Test), document verification and medical examination.
RRB NTPC CBT-1 is common for all posts. CBT- 1 is for screening of candidates and to select candidates for second stage CBT. The candidates who qualify the second stage CBT (CBT-2) are called for the skill tests based on the posts they have applied for. After CBT-2, NTPC conducts two skill tests i.e typing skill tests and Computer Based Skill Test (CBAT). CBAT is conducted for the post of Station Master and Traffic Assistant while the typing skill test is conducted for the other posts.
The candidates qualifying both CBT-2 and skill tests are called for the document verification round as per their merit. Further, the appointment of selected candidates is done after the medical examination. The applicants can also check the complete selection process of RRB NTPC exam at Prepp.in.
