RRB NTPC Graduate Syllabus 2026 and Exam Pattern

CEN No. 06/2026 sets out two computer-based tests for RRB NTPC Graduate recruitment: CBT 1 has 100 questions for 100 marks and CBT 2 has 120 questions for 120 marks. Both normally last 90 minutes and cover General Awareness, Mathematics, and General Intelligence and Reasoning. Each wrong answer attracts a deduction of one-third of a mark. The notice removes the recruitment-stage typing test for Junior Accounts Assistant and Senior Clerk; document verification and the prescribed medical examination follow the CBT stages.

Source: the 54-page CEN No. 06/2026 PDF supplied by the site owner, reviewed on 8 October 2026. The official RRB Chandigarh site lists a CEN 06/2026 Notification dated 7 October 2026; the matching hosted PDF, later corrigenda and live application status were not independently retrieved. The dates and rules below describe the supplied PDF and should be checked against any later official notice.

Which posts does this syllabus cover?

CEN 06/2026 lists four graduate-level posts: Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor, Goods Train Manager, Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist, and Senior Clerk cum Typist. The first-stage CBT is common to all posts notified in this CEN.

Station Master and Traffic Assistant are absent from this notice. Selection rules for those posts from another recruitment cycle should not be carried into this guide.

Posts listed in CEN 06/2026

• Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor
• Goods Train Manager
• Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist
• Senior Clerk cum Typist

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 4, 19, 30; section(s) Post overview, 13.1, Annexure A.

RRB NTPC Graduate selection process for CEN 06/2026

The notified route is CBT 1, followed by CBT 2, followed by document verification and the prescribed medical examination. RRB reserves the right to conduct additional CBTs if necessary for all candidates or a limited group.

Under section 13.0(c), the typing skill test for Senior Clerk (Level 5) and Junior Accounts Assistant (Level 5) has been dispensed with for this CEN. Candidates are still expected to have basic computer proficiency, including adequate typing proficiency. The notice says this will be assessed after joining; unsatisfactory performance may affect or delay confirmation or promotion.

Passing a CBT does not by itself establish entitlement to appointment. Selection remains subject to merit, document checks, the prescribed medical standards and the other conditions in the notice.

Notified recruitment stages

1. CBT 1: common screening examination.
2. CBT 2: examination for candidates shortlisted from CBT 1.
3. Document verification and medical examination: required before eligible candidates can be empanelled and appointed under the notice conditions.

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 19, 20, 21; section(s) 13.0(b)–(d), 13.1, 13.2.3, 13.3.

CBT 1 and CBT 2 exam pattern

Both CBTs contain objective questions with multiple choices. Each question carries one mark. The section distributions below are indicative: the notice expressly allows some variation in actual question papers.

General Awareness has the largest indicative allocation in both stages. That is a statement about the published question distribution; it does not establish that this section will be the easiest or most scoring for every candidate.

Overall exam pattern

Indicative section-wise questions and marks

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 19, 20; section(s) 13.1, 13.2.1, 13.2.3.

When is the examination duration 120 minutes?

The standard duration is 90 minutes. The notice gives a separate 120-minute provision for eligible candidates, with different wording in the two stage-specific footnotes. Eligibility must not be reduced to a blanket statement that every PwBD candidate receives 120 minutes.

Candidates seeking scribe support should read section 11.7 for the applicable eligibility, certificate, application and registered-scribe requirements. The CBT 1 footnote refers to eligibility for a scribe; it does not say that merely belonging to a disability category is sufficient.

Conditions attached to the 120-minute duration

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 17, 18, 19, 20; section(s) 11.7, 13.1 duration footnote, 13.2.1 duration footnote.

Subject-wise syllabus for CBT 1 and CBT 2

Sections 13.1 and 13.2.1 list the same subject topics for CBT 1 and CBT 2. The two stages differ in total questions and the indicative allocation by section. The notice does not state that CBT 2 difficulty has been revised or that it is significantly higher than CBT 1.

The topic lists below preserve all topics named in CEN No. 06/2026. They are grouped for easier revision; the group labels are editorial. The notice describes questions as likely to include these topics and uses an open-ended list, so these are not guaranteed chapter-wise question quotas.

The specific up-to-Class-10 CBSE reference applies to General Science and Life Science. Do not apply it to the entire syllabus. Section 13.1 describes CBT 1 questions as generally conforming to the educational standards prescribed for the posts.

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 19, 20; section(s) 13.1, 13.2.1.

Mathematics syllabus

The Mathematics syllabus covers number operations, arithmetic applications, measurement, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and elementary statistics.

All Mathematics topics named in the notice, grouped for revision

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 19, 20; section(s) 13.1(a), 13.2.1(a).

General Intelligence and Reasoning syllabus

Revise the reasoning topics below for both stages. The notice names puzzles, maps and interpretation of graphs; an editorial practice resource should not label extra subtopics as separately notified syllabus requirements.

All General Intelligence and Reasoning topics named in the notice, grouped for revision

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 19, 20; section(s) 13.1(b), 13.2.1(b).

General Awareness syllabus

General Awareness spans current events and static subjects. Use the full topic list; the larger indicative question allocation does not justify omitting Mathematics or Reasoning.

All General Awareness topics named in the notice, grouped for revision

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 19, 20; section(s) 13.1(c), 13.2.1(c).

Minimum qualifying marks are different from selection cut-offs

The following minimum qualifying percentages apply in both CBT stages. Ex-Servicemen and PwBD candidates follow the qualifying percentage for their community; they do not have a separate universal qualifying percentage.

Meeting the minimum percentage establishes eligibility for consideration under the stage rules. It does not guarantee shortlisting. Merit, normalized marks, community-wise vacancies and the applicable shortlist limit still matter.

The notice permits a relaxation of up to 2 marks in the relevant community minimum for PwBD candidates when enough candidates are not available to fill vacancies reserved for them. This is conditional, concerns PwBD reserved vacancies and is expressed in marks. Do not rewrite it as a blanket 2% relaxation or assume it applies automatically to every candidate.

Minimum qualifying percentages for CBT 1 and CBT 2

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 16, 20, 21; section(s) 11.6, 13.1 qualifying-marks paragraph, 13.2.2, 13.3(a).

How CBT marks are used for shortlisting

CBT 1 is a screening stage. Candidates are shortlisted for CBT 2 using normalized CBT 1 marks and merit. The stated shortlist is 15 times the community-wise notified vacancies against the RRB, but Railways may increase or decrease this limit overall or for a specific category to secure enough candidates.

Normalized CBT 2 marks are used for document-verification shortlisting. The notice provides for calling candidates equal to the number of vacancies for document verification, a 1:1 ratio, subject to the stated eligibility and merit conditions.

Where the same-syllabus CBT is held in multiple sessions, the notice says shortlisting uses normalized marks. A simple raw-score calculation or a previous recruitment cut-off should not be presented as a guaranteed normalized score or selection threshold.

Empanelment also requires successful document verification and the prescribed medical examination. Appointment remains subject to the checks and conditions in section 13.3.

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 19, 20, 21; section(s) 13.1, 13.2, 13.2.3, 13.2.4, 13.3.

How one-third negative marking works

The notified marking rule gives one mark for each correct answer and deducts one-third of a mark for each wrong answer.

Worked example: 60 correct answers earn 60 marks; 15 wrong answers deduct 5 marks. The resulting raw score from those answers is 55. This illustration explains the marking rule only; it is not an official normalized-score calculation or a predicted cut-off.

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 19, 20; section(s) 13.1, 13.2.1.

Exam-day and schedule points to check

CEN No. 06/2026 does not give CBT examination dates. It says dates, times and venues for CBTs, document verification, medical examination and other applicable activities will be communicated through the official RRB channels.

Calculators and electronic gadgets are prohibited under the notice instructions. Read the e-call letter when issued for the exact exam-day requirements.

The notice says mock or practice tests will be made available through the official RRB website to familiarise candidates with the online examination. Do not advertise an official mock-test link as available until the actual resource is live and checked.

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 4, 19; section(s) Important dates: Note 2, 13.0(d), 13.0 Notes I–III.

Preparation suggestions from GovtJobsNet

The suggestions in this section are editorial study advice, not additional syllabus requirements or claims about how difficult a future paper will be.

A practical preparation sequence

1. Build a checklist from the complete official topic lists above. Mark the topics you have covered and the ones where your accuracy needs improvement.
2. Practise both exam formats: 100 questions for CBT 1 and 120 for CBT 2, using the standard 90-minute duration or the duration officially applicable to you. Use practice to choose a workable order of sections.
3. Track mistakes by subject and cause, such as a missing concept, a calculation error or a rushed reading. Revisit weak concepts before repeating full-length practice.
4. Prepare General Awareness across the full list, including science, history, polity, geography, computers, institutions and current events. The notice does not prescribe a fixed number of months of current affairs.
5. Review the effect of wrong answers under the one-third deduction rule. Use timed practice to improve the balance between speed and accuracy rather than treating every attempted question as a benefit.
6. If using older papers, check their provenance and compare their stage and format with this CEN. Older CBTST or CBAT instructions are not the selection process for the four posts in this notice.
7. Candidates choosing Junior Accounts Assistant or Senior Clerk should continue improving basic computer and typing proficiency for the post-joining assessment described in the notice, while following the two-CBT recruitment route for this CEN.

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 19, 20; section(s) 13.0(c), 13.1, 13.2.1.

Questions candidates may have

Short answers for CEN 06/2026

Source: CEN No. 06/2026 supplied PDF, page(s) 4, 16, 17, 19, 20, 30; section(s) Post overview, 11.6, 11.7, 13.0, 13.1, 13.2.1, 13.2.2, Annexure A.