RRB NTPC 2025 Syllabus

From the official Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs), Ministry of Railways, Government of India documents · last checked 3 October 2026

CBT-1 and CBT-2 (Graduate and Undergraduate - same topics)

Mathematics

  • Number system
  • Decimals and fractions
  • LCM and HCF
  • Ratio and proportion
  • Percentage
  • Mensuration
  • Time and work
  • Time and distance
  • Simple and compound interest
  • Profit and loss
  • Elementary algebra
  • Geometry and trigonometry
  • Elementary statistics

General Intelligence and Reasoning

  • Analogies
  • Number and letter series
  • Coding and decoding
  • Mathematical operations
  • Similarities and differences
  • Relationships
  • Analytical reasoning
  • Syllogism
  • Jumbling
  • Venn diagrams
  • Puzzles
  • Data sufficiency
  • Statement and conclusion
  • Statement and courses of action
  • Decision making
  • Maps
  • Reading graphs

General Awareness

  • Current events of national and international importance
  • Games and sports
  • Art and culture of India
  • Indian literature
  • Monuments and places of India
  • General science and life science (up to Class 10 CBSE level)
  • History of India and the freedom struggle
  • Physical, social and economic geography of India and the world
  • Indian polity and governance (Constitution and political system)
  • Science and technology developments, including India's space and nuclear programmes
  • UN and other important world organisations
  • Environmental issues of India and the world
  • Basics of computers and computer applications
  • Common abbreviations
  • Transport systems in India
  • Indian economy
  • Famous personalities of India and the world
  • Flagship government programmes
  • Flora and fauna of India
  • Important government and public sector organisations of India

CBAT (Station Master and Traffic Assistant only)

Aptitude test batteries

  • Computer-based aptitude test batteries; you need a T-score of at least 42 in each battery to qualify
  • The CEN does not list topics; it asks candidates to see RDSO's Psycho Technical Directorate guidelines for the pattern

CBTST (typist posts only)

Typing on computer

  • 30 words per minute in English or 25 words per minute in Hindi
  • No editing tools or spell check
  • Kruti Dev or Mangal font for Hindi

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