RRB JE 2024: Short Notifice (Out), Exam Date, Registration, Syllabus & 7934 Vacancy

RRB JE recruitment is a recruitment exercise meant to recruit the Junior Engineer (JE), Junior Engineer (Information Technology) Depot Material Superintendent (DMS) and Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant (CMA) in various Departments of Railways. The pay level of the RRB JE is Pay Level 6 and the basic salary of the candidates will be INR 35,400.

Railway Recruitment Boards were created initially with the name of service commissions and were created at different dates. Later in 1985, the Railway Services Commissions were renamed and restructured as the Railway Recruitment Boards. In the year 1998, all the RRBs came under the umbrella organisation Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB), which directly works under the Ministry of Railway (Railway Board).
RRBs are responsible for recruiting personnel for various positions. They coordinate, recruit through a centralised recruitment advertisement and conduct online computer-based tests (CBT) nationwide.

The candidates can see here the RRB JE 2024 highlights:

The candidates can see above all the important information regarding the exam.

The Railway Recruitment Boards activated the RRB JE 2024 online application link at the centralised application website. We suggest the candidates to read the official notification before applying for the RRB JE exam 2024. The last date for the RRB JE 2024 application form was August 29, 2024 till 23.59 PM. The RRBs provided the facility for the RRB JE 2024 application modification from August 30 to September 8, 2024. 

RRB JE application is the first step to enter the recruitment process of the exam. The RRBs issue centralised notifications and invite applications from the candidates for the nearest RRB. Later the RRBs also issue the RRB JE application status of the candidates.

The Railway Recruitment Boards released the RRB JE 2024 notification (CEN - 03/2024) on its official websites. The official notification mentioned all the important information related to exam such as the vacancies, eligibility, important dates, application process, examination process and the rules and regulations that will govern the exam. The RRB JE notification also mentioned the relaxation in the application fee and the age for the candidates belonging to certain reserved categories. The candidates can download here the official RRB JE 2024 notification.

Download Here RRB JE 2024 notification pdf

The Railway Recruitment Boards mentioned the RRB JE 2024 eligibility criteria in the official notification. The candidates can check the RRB JE 2024 eligibility criteria below for the exam. The eligibility criteria for the RRB JE recruitment is defined based on Nationality, Age and Educational Qualification. The candidates who fulfil all the eligibility conditions are supposed to fill out the application form because, in the absence of that, the candidature will be liable to be cancelled at the advanced stage of the examination. All the original documents will be verified at the stage of document verification and in the absence of any required document, the candidate will lose his candidature. Candidates waiting for the final results of the prescribed educational qualifications should not apply.

Nationality

(i) A candidate must be either:
a. a citizen of India, or
b. a subject of Nepal, or
c. a subject of Bhutan, or
d. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
e. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. The person may be selected and recommended but the appointment letter will be issued to him only after he gets such a certificate from the Government of India.

Age Limit for RRB JE 2024

The lower age limit for the RRB JE exam is 18 and the upper age limit is 36 years. The candidates should note that the age will be calculated from January 1, 2025. The revised age limit will be applicable to this year (2025) only. The age relaxation is provided to the reserved categories as follows:

The candidates should note that the cutoff date for the claim of SC / ST / OBC / EWS / EBC status or any other benefit viz. fee concession, reservation, age relaxation, etc., where not specified otherwise, will be the closing date for submission of ONLINE applications.

To provide relief to many candidates who may have exceeded the age limit and missed the opportunity to participate in railway recruitment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been decided to grant one- time age relaxation of 3 years beyond the prescribed upper age limit for these notified posts.

Educational Qualification for RRB JE 2024

The candidates need to fulfil the educational criteria given in the official notification to appear in the RRB JE recruitment exam. The RRB JE exam is divided into 5 sub-groups to define the educational criteria, syllabus and other events. The subgroups and their educational qualification is defined as follows:

Candidates should ensure that they possess/fulfil all eligibility conditions prescribed for the post(s) as of the closing date of online registration. Candidates waiting for the final results of the prescribed educational qualifications should not apply. 

See Here: RRB JE exam pattern

The candidates should note that the official notification mentioned the RRB JE syllabus 2024 for the 1st Stage CBT and 2nd Stage CBT separately. The RRB mentioned the name of the topics only. The candidates need to practice the questions of every difficulty level because the exam can ask the questions of any complexity. The candidates can see below the RRB JE syllabus for 1st Stage CBT below.

RRB JE 1^st Stage CBT Syllabus 2024

The RRB JE 1st Stage CBT will be conducted online at the designated exam centres. The CBT-1 has the following subjects:

1. Mathematics
2. General Intelligence and Reasoning
3. General Awareness
4. General Science

The candidates can see below the RRB JE syllabus for 1st stage CBT. 

RRB JE Mathematics Syllabus

Number systems, BODMAS, Decimals, Fractions, LCM and HCF, Ratio and Proportion, Percentages, Mensuration, Time and Work, Time and Distance, Simple and Compound Interest, Profit and Loss, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Elementary Statistics, Square Root, Age Calculations, Calendar & Clock, Pipes & Cistern.

RRB JE General Intelligence and Reasoning Syllabus

Analogies, Alphabetical and Number Series, Coding and Decoding, Mathematical operations, Relationships, Syllogism, Jumbling, Venn Diagram, Data Interpretation and Sufficiency, Conclusions and Decision Making, Similarities and Differences, Analytical reasoning, Classification, Directions, Statement – Arguments and Assumptions etc.

RRB JE General Awareness Syllabus

Knowledge of Current affairs, Indian geography, culture and history of India including freedom struggle, Indian Polity and constitution, Indian Economy, Environmental issues concerning India and the World, Sports, General Scientific and technological developments etc.

RRB JE General Science

Physics, Chemistry and Life Sciences (up to 10th Standard CBSE syllabus). 

The Railway Recruitment Board mentioned the RRB JE exam pattern for each stage separately. The candidates should note that RRB JE is conducted as an online exam. As the name suggest the 1st Stage CBT and 2nd Stage CBT are the Computer-Based Test conducted online at the designated exam centres. The candidates can see below the exam pattern of both the stages:

RRB JE Exam Pattern of CBT 1

The candidates can see below the 1st Stage RRB JE (CBT -1) exam pattern:

The eligible candidates will get help as per the approval of the RRB.

RRB JE Exam Pattern for CBT-2

The candidates can see below the RRB JE 2nd Stage CBT exam pattern:

The section wise distribution given in the above table is only indicative and there may be some variations in the actual question papers. The candidates can see the details about RRB JE Exam Pattern 2024.

The Railway Recruitment Board released the post-wise vacancies for each RRB separately in the Annexure B of the official notification. The candidates can see the annexure to know the stream-wise vacancies in the RRBs. The total number of RRB JE vacancies are 

The above vacancies are tentative and can be changed anytime till the final result.

RRB JE exam is conducted in four stages starting from Stage I Computer Based Test( CBT) to the Medical test. The selection process has the following steps:

Filling up the Application Form

The RRB JE Recruitment applications are invited from the candidates after the notification. The candidates are given 30 days to fill out the application form online. For the RRB JE 2024, the application fee is INR 500 for the unreserved category and INR 250 for the SC / ST / Ex-Servicemen / PwBDs / Female / Transgender / Minorities / Economically backward class.

It was also mentioned that this examination fee will be refunded fully to the reserved category candidates when they appear in the CBT-1 exam. The unreserved category candidates will receive INR.400 back in their account on appearing in the CBT-1.

The candidates were allowed to modify their application form twice only. For each modification in the RRB JE application form, the candidates were required to pay a fee INR 100.

Issue of RRB JE CBT -1 Admit Card

The RRB JE admit card is released for each stage of the exam separately and the candidates are required to download the admit card and present it at the exam centre. The other government ID proofs are also required with the adit card and can be asked at the time of exam by the competent authority.

The RRB JE admit card is released to all the candidates whose applications were accepted by the respective RRBs. The admit card for the RRB JE CBT-1 will be issued 4 days before the CBT-1 exam. 

RRB JE CBT -1 Exam

RRB JE CBT-1 exam is the first stage of the selection process. It is a computer-based test conducted to filter out the candidates for CBT-2. The CBT-1 is an online objective type test and the duration of this test is 90 Minutes. There will be 100 questions in the CBT-1 and each question was of 1 mark. There will be a negative marking of 1/3 in the RRB JE CBT-1. The score of CBT-1 will be decided after the normalisation of marks done in the manner defined in the RRB JE Notification.

The Railway Recruitment Boards will release the RRB JE admit card 2024 around a week before the exam date of the candidates. The RRB JE 2024 exam dates will be released soon by the RRBs. All the RRB's will conduct the CBT-1 on same days. The exam will be conducted online.

The RRB JE result 2024 will be released online on the respective RRBs official website. The candidates will be required to check their result at their corresponding website. The RRB JE 2024 result will mention the Serial Number, Rank, Roll Number, Candidate's Name, Father's Name, date of birth, Community and Merit index.

The candidates can see below the important questions related to the RRB JE 2024.