RRB Exam Date and Syllabus

What is the Examination date of Railway Recruitment Board Exam? What is the syllabus of the Exam?

Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Railway Recruitment Board as RRB conducts recruitment almost every month in railway department for filling up various vacancies. Railway Recruitment Board is going to conduct the Assistant Loco Pilot Exam.

Date of Written Examination: 15th June, 2014

Eligibility:

=== 10th Pass and have ITI certificate
=== Age should be between 18 years to 33 years.

Selection Procedure:

Selection procedure is based on written examination, after clearing written exam there is physical competence test and application verification along with medical tests and reports.

Syllabus:

General Awareness,
Arithmetic
General Intelligence and reasoning
General Science and Relevant Technical ability

General Awareness : This part of question paper gauges the candidates is up to date with surrounding and includes the following:
Current Affairs (National and International)
Major Financial/Economic News
Budget and Five Year Plans
Who is Who
Sports
Books and Authors
Awards and Honours
Science - Inventions and Discoveries
Abbreviations
Important Days
International and National Organisations

Arithmetic Ability : This part of exam is usually checks the quantitative and mathematical skills of the candidates and following is the topics from which the questions asked:
Number System
HCF, LCM
Simplification
Decimal Fractions
Ratio and Proportions
Unitary Method
Percentage
Time and Distance
Time and Work
Profit and Loss
Average
Simple and Compound Interest
Mensuration (2D and 3D)
Algebra
Data Interpretation

Technical Ability - This is generally the questions that includes the knowledge of the candidates about the profession and some technical questions which may be tricky.

Test of Reasoning/Mental Ability/Aptitude: This part usually tries to test the reasoning abilities and Gauges aptitude of the person. It includes the following:

VERBAL
Number Series
Alphabet Series
Test of Direction Sense
Coding-Decoding
Number Ranking
Arithmetical Reasoning
Problem on Age Calculation
Blood Relations
Analogy
Decision Making etc.

NON-VERBAL
Non Verbal Series
Mirror Images
Cubes and Dice
Grouping Identical Figures
Embedded Figures etc

General Intelligence

Mechanical : Dimensions, heat, engine, Thermo dynamics, energy, material, energy conservation, Management, Applied Mechanics, Turbo machinery, production engineering, automation engineering, kinetic theory, the strength of the material, Metallurgical, Metal Handling, refrigerators and air conditioned, Transformation of heat, etc.

Automobile: machine design, system theory, IC engines, heat transfer, Thermo Dynamics, Materials Applying motion, the power plant turbines and boilers, and Metallurgical Production Technology , etc.

Electrical : Electrical India, rolls, cables, transfers, proved to be the fundamental electrical system, an alternative system Single phase motor, three phase motor system, light, magnetism, motors, etc. directed

Electronics and Communication : the transistor, Dias, digital electronics, networking and industrial electronics, electronic tube, semi-conductor physics, robotic radio communications systems and satellite matters, computer and micro processor, etc.

Plain English : About 10 questions will be asked from this section . Questions such as articles, prepositions, voices, tenses, synonyms, antonyms, etc., from the basic grammar of the

Reasoning : such as encoding, after decoding, blood ties, arrangements, calendar and Topics - dates, weeks, classification, analogy, verbal and non-verbal questions are important. Digital section , as candidates, such as time and distance factors, ratios, averages, interest in methods, pictogram-based problems, etc.

Exam Pattern:

There is single paper in the examination
Time duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
RRB Exam paper contains 100 to 120 objective type Questions. Each correct answer carries one mark. Each wrong answer deduct 1/3 mark.

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