[PDF] RRB JE CBT-2: Detailed Syllabus

[PDF] RRB JE CBT-2: Detailed Syllabus

2nd Stage CBT Syllabus for all posts

No of Questions: 150 

Marks: 150

Duration: 120 minutes (160 Minutes for eligible PwBD candidates accompanied with Scribe)

Shortlisting of Candidates for the 2nd Stage CBT exam shall be based on the normalized marks obtained by them in the 1st Stage CBT Exam. The total number of candidates to be shortlisted for 2nd Stage shall be 15 times the community wise total vacancy of Posts notified against the RRB as per their merit in 1st Stage CBT. However, Railways reserve the right to increase/decrease this limit in total or for any specific category(s) as required to ensure the availability of adequate candidates for all the notified posts.

Syllabus: The Questions will be of objective type with multiple choices and are likely to include questions pertaining to General Awareness, Physics and Chemistry, Basics of Computers and Applications, Basics of Environment and Pollution Control and Technical abilities for the post. The syllabus for General Awareness, Physics and Chemistry, Basics of Computers and Applications, Basics of Environment and Pollution Control is common for all notified posts under this CEN as detailed below:- 

a) General Awareness: 

• 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. 

b) Physics and Chemistry: Up to 10th standard CBSE syllabus. 

c) Basics of Computers and Applications: 

• Architecture of Computers; 
• input and Output devices; 
• Storage devices, 
• Networking, 
• Operating System like Windows, Unix, Linux; 
• MS Office; 
• Various data representation; 
• Internet and Email; 
• Websites & Web Browsers; 
• Computer Virus. 

d) Basics of Environment and Pollution Control: 

• Basics of Environment; 
• Adverse effect of environmental pollution and control strategies; 
• Air, water and Noise pollution, their effect and control; 
• Waste Management, 
• Global warming; 
• Acid rain; 
• Ozone depletion.

e) Technical Abilities: The educational qualifications mentioned against each post shown in Annexure-A, have been grouped into different exam groups. Questions on the Technical abilities will be framed in the syllabus defined for various Exam Groups.

 The section-wise Number of questions and marks are as below:

The section-wise distribution given in the above table is only indicative and there may be some variations in the actual question papers. 

Minimum percentage of marks for eligibility in various categories: UR -40%, OBC-30%, SC-30%, ST -25%. This percentage of marks for eligibility may be relaxed by 2% for PwBD candidates, in case of shortage of PwBD candidates against vacancies reserved for them. 

A virtual calculator will be made available on the Computer Monitor during 2nd Stage CBT.

Download: Technical Syllabus [PDF]