RRB NTPC & Group D 2019 exams likely to be conducted in December

Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB) will announce the RRB NTPC 2019 exam dates and release the admit cards for RRB Group D (RRC CEN 01/2019) and RRB NTPC (CEN 01/2019) in December.

Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is likely to conduct the RRB NTPC 2019 and Group D exam in December. The board will also release the admit card for the exams in the same month, according to noted media reports. However, the official notification for dates is yet to be released.

While the conduct of the RRB NTPC exam 2019 has been delayed as the board was busy finding exam conducting agency (ECA) to conduct the exam, some media sources suggested that the delay was due to the conduction of other examinations by the board. Read: Delay in RRB NTPC 2019 due to other exams; check details

According to the notice released by the Board in September, Indian Railways invited applications from ECAs to hold the RRB exams. Soon after the selection of this agency, the board will announce the RRB NTPC exam dates and RRB Group D exam dates on the official website. To cover up for the delay, it is expected that both - the release of NTPC admit card/ Group D admit card and the conduct of the exams – will take place in a span of one to two months i.e December/January.

Earlier, the RRB NTPC exam was scheduled to be held in June-September. Also, RRB Group D exam was scheduled to be conducted in September-October. This year, a total of 1,26,30,885 candidates have applied for NTPC examination.

RRB NTPC Exam Pattern 2019

The stage 1 of CBT of RRB NTPC is held for 90 minutes duration (120 minutes for PwBD candidates accompanied with scribe). The test paper comprises questions from General Awareness (50), Mathematics (35), and General Intelligence & Reasoning (35).

RRB NTPC 2019 exam pattern for stage 2 CBT also comprises the same three sections - General Awareness, Mathematics, and General Intelligence and Reasoning. The test will carry a total of 120 questions. The duration of the test is 90 minutes (120 minutes will be given to PwD candidates). For detailed exam pattern, candidates can click here.

Marking scheme of RRB NTPC

• For every correct answer, candidates will be awarded one mark
• Negative marking will be followed. Every incorrect attempt will attract a penalty of 1/3 marks
• The marks of each session of the test will be normalised since the exam is conducted in multiple sessions
• The normalisation of marks is done to adjust the difficulty of question papers