RRB Technician Exam Pattern 2024: Check Marking Scheme and Negative Marking for Grade 1 and 3

RRB Technician Exam Pattern 2024: The RRB Technician exam will consist of a computer-based test (CBT), document verification (DV), and medical examination (ME). The CBT includes subjects like general awareness, reasoning, mathematics, and science. The exam has 100 questions, and there’s negative marking for wrong answers.

Oct 8, 2024, 19:28 IST
RRB Technician Exam Pattern 2024
RRB Technician Exam Pattern 2024

RRB Technician Exam Pattern 2024: The Raiway Recruitment Board (RRB) Technician Grade 1 and 3 is scheduled to be conducted from December 16 to December 26. To successfully pass the technician examination of Indian Railways, candidates must understand the technician syllabus and exam structure.

As per the official notification, the candidates will be selected on the basis of their performance in the computer based test (CBT), which is further followed by document verification (DV) and medical examination (ME). Let's look at the RRB NTPC Exam Pattern and Selection Process. 

RRB Technician Exam Pattern 2024

The RRB Technician CBT examination consists of three stage selection procedures, i.e., CBT, DV and ME. There will be separate CBT examinations for each pay level. The CBT examination for technician grade 1 signal CBT examination will consist of subjects such as general awareness, general intelligence and reasoning, basics of computers and applications, mathematics and basic science and engineering, while technician grade 3 signal CBT examination will consist of subjects such as mathematics, general intelligence and reasoning, general science and general awareness.

RRB Technician Exam Pattern for Technician Grade 1 Signal

The CBT examination for technical grade 1 signal will be conducted for the duration of 90 minutes and it will contain total of 100 marks. The questions will be asked from subjects such as general awareness, general intelligence and reasoning, basics of computers and applications, mathematics and basic science and engineering

  • Total Duration: 90 min & Total Questions: 100 
  • There shall be negative marking @1/3rd marks for each wrong answer. 
  • Normalisation of marks will be done for CBT held in multiple shifts. 
  • Minimum pass percentage for eligibility: UR & EWS: 40%, OBC (NCL): 30%, SC-30%, ST-25%. These percentages may be relaxed by 2% for PwBD candidates in case of shortage.
  • The marks scored in CBT shall be counted for shortlisting of candidates for further stages of this recruitment process.

Subjects

No. of Questions

Marks for each Section

General Awareness

10

10

General Intelligence and Reasoning

15

15

Basics of Computers and Applications

20

20

Mathematics

20

20

Basic Science and Engineering

35

35

Total

100

100

RRB Technician Exam Pattern for Technician Grade 3 Signal

The CBT examination for technical grade 3 signal will be conducted for the duration of 90 minutes and it will contain a total of 100 marks. The questions will be asked from subjects such as mathematics, general intelligence and reasoning, general science and general awareness

  • Total Duration: 90 minutes & Total Questions: 100 
  • There shall be negative marking @1/3rd marks for each wrong answer. 
  • Normalisation of marks will be done for CBT held in multiple shifts. 
  • Minimum pass percentage for eligibility: UR & EWS: 40%, OBC (NCL): 30%, SC-30%, ST-25%. These percentages may be relaxed by 2% for PwBD candidates in case of shortage. 
  • The marks scored in CBT shall be counted for shortlisting of candidates for further stages of this recruitment process.

Subjects

No. of Questions

Marks for each Section

Mathematics

25

25

General Intelligence & Reasoning

25

25

General Science

40

40

General Awareness

10

10

Total

100

100

RRB Technician Document Verification

Candidates will be shortlisted for Document Verification based on their marks and merit in the CBT for the respective Pay Levels. The number of shortlisted candidates will be equal to the number of vacancies. 

In case two or more candidates secure equal marks, their merit position shall be determined by age criteria, i.e., the older candidate shall be given higher merit than the younger candidate.

Also Check,

RRB Technician Salary 2024
RRB Technician Previous Year Paper
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FAQs

  • Is there any negative marking in the RRB Technician examination?
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    Yes, there is a negative marking of 1/3 marks in the RRB Technician examinations.
  • What is the exam pattern of the RRB Technician CBT examination?
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    In the RRB technician CBT examination, the questions will be asked from mathematics, general awareness and reasoning, and the duration of the examination will be 90 minutes. There will be separate CBT examinations for each pay level.

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