Upcoming Railway Exams 2022: Exam Date, Notification and Complete Details

Indian Railways is a government-own system under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways India. It is the world’s fourth-largest railway network and there are multiple job possibilities in the various branches of the Indian railway. With a staff of about 1.5 million, the Indian railway has one of the world’s largest populations employed. As a result, seeking a career in railways is an excellent choice for the people in the country. The Railway Recruitment Board is the conducting body of RRB Exams and another test for the railway sector. RRB recruitment is highly competitive and is an annual process.

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The establishment of the Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRB) was done in the year 1998. It comes under the Government of India that takes place in New Delhi’s Ministry of Railways. In total 21 RRB Boards are responsible for finding the best people to serve the Indian Railways. Every year, RRB recruited thousands of candidates for various RRB centers across India. For the year 2022, it is expected that there will be vacancies of around one lakh people and more, and thus, the level of competition will be very high as well. Therefore, candidates need to start preparing ahead of time to get through the process of examination. Thousands of applications take place each year. Therefore, individuals are chosen based on the RRB’s cut-off criteria and individual’s ability.

Railway Exams quick in shorts:-

• Conducting Board  RRB – Railway Recruitment Board and RRC – Railway Recruitment Cells
• Exam Level- National
• Purpose of Test-Recruit Candidates to serve for India railway
• Test Frequency- Once a year

Languages:-

• RRB NTPC & Group D: English, Manipuri, Hindi, Konkani, Gujarati, Assamese, Marathi, Manipuri, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and also Urdu
• ALP: Assamese, Tamil, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, English, Bengali, Urdu, Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Manipuri, as well as Konkani
• Mode of Application- Online

Application Fees:-

• UR – 500
• OBC – 500
• SC/ST/PwD – 250
• Mode of the Test- CBT/Online
• Time Allotted for the examination- 1 hour 30 minutes
• Official Website of Railways-    indianrailways.gov.in

Railway Exam 2022 Registration:

1. Candidates must have a valid email address and working mobile number to apply. Since this is where all the Necessary communications will take place.

2. Firstly the initial Process is the candidate’s basic information, including disability, educational and financial status must be provided.

3. Then the verification of email and phone numbers will take place in this stage. And the applicant will also get a registration number.

4. The Post Preference Stage is where you enter your preferences for jobs, test languages, scribe information, educational information, and address information.

5.  Upload Documents: It is necessary to upload scanned copies of pictures as well as a copy of the SC/ST caste certificate.

6.  Also, this stage includes the payment of the application.

Candidates who have passed 10^th standard, 12^th standard, Diploma, Graduation, or Post Graduation are eligible to apply for the different vacancies in the RRB. The age to apply for the post must be within 18-33 years only. The conducting body will release RRB E-Call letters around 4 days before the scheduled exam day. RRB Recruitment Exam consists of objective-type questions which are taken in online mode. For every correct answer, 1 mark will be awarded, whereas 1/3^rd marks will be deducted for every wrong answer selected by the candidates.

The upcoming RRB Exams are listed below:-

RRB NTPC:

Railway Recruitment Board (RRBs) has released the RRB NTPC CBT 2 exam date and CBT 1 result dates. The online test for RRB NTPC 2021 CBT 2 examination is scheduled to be conducted from 14^th to 18^th February 2022 to recruit 35,210 vacancies for the posts of Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) i.e. Junior Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Junior Time Keeper, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Traffic Assistant, Goods Guard, Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Senior Time Keeper, Commercial Apprentice and Station Master in various Zonal Railways and Production Units of Indian Railways and for several other posts.

RRB NTPC 2022 recruitment Process will be done by following steps:

· First Stage of CBT

· Second Stage of CBT

· Aptitude Test

· Document Verification

· Medical Examination

1.     Job Locations- Across India

2.     Exam Dates:-  

3.     CBT 1- 28^th December 2020 to 31^st July 2021

4.     CBT 2- 14^th to 18^th February 2022

5.     Total Vacancy - 35,210

6.     Qualification for RRB NTPC- 12^th / Any stream Graduates

7.     Age Limit-  18 to 33 Years

RRB ALP:

RRB Assistant Loco Pilot Exam, popularly known as the RRB ALP exam, is undertaken by students interested in the posts of Technicians and Assistant Loco pilots for Indian railways. It is administered by the Railway Recruitment Board and is taken in all the different railway zones throughout the country. Aspirants can take the exam in over 12 different languages.

Indian citizens aged 18-30 are eligible to take this exam. Candidates however must have a Degree or diploma in engineering. The degree must be prefixed by their mark sheet of SSCL. They can also present proof of apprentice training along with 10+2 completion in Physics and Maths.

The RRB ALP exam is conducted in three distinct phases: Paper 1, Paper 2, and Paper 3. The RRB ALP Paper 1 and Paper 2 are for the post of Technicians, whereas ALP aspirants are required to sit through all three major papers. Candidates clearing all the phases get selected for postings and serve anywhere across the country.

RRB ALP Notifications for 2022:

Each year, the exam conducting authority announces RRB ALP related notifications on its official website.

As per the previous trends, the notification is expected at the end of the first quarter of 2022. The RRB ALP application begins soon after the notification and continues for at least a 25 day.

RRB JE (CBT-1)

RRB JE (CBT-2)

RRB JE Notifications for 2022:

An RRB JE notification for 2022 has not been released yet. The Railway Recruitment Board, RRB conducts the JE exam 2022 to recruit candidates for various junior engineer vacancies in Indian Railways. Application forms are available from January 2022 to February 2022. On the official Railway Recruitment Board website – indianrailways.gov.in.The last date to apply online for the RRB JE exam will be in February 2022. It has various steps, where candidates need to apply online only by filling in basic details, uploading documents, certificates, paying the exam fee, and finally submitting a filled application form. JE selection process will involve two stages, where candidates should clear the exam in 2 stages of CBT and medical test and document verification.

· Post Name - Junior Engineer(JE)

· Vacancy - 13000+

· Job Location - 21 RRB Zones

· Application Mode - Online

· Exam Mode - Online

· Education Qualification -  Diploma/Degree in Engineering

· Age Limit -18 years to 33 years

· Application Fee - SC/ST/PWD – ₹250, General/OBC – ₹500

· RRB JE Exam Date – CBT 1 May 2022

· RRB JE Exam Date – CBT 2 Aug-Sep 2022

· Official website -  indianrailways.gov.in

RRB Group D:

Railway RRB Group D Level 1 Recruitment 2022 will be held to recruit 1,03,769 vacancies for the posts of Track Maintainer Grade-IV, Helper/Assistant in various technical departments (Electrical, Mechanical, and S&T departments), Assistant Pointsman, Level-I posts in other departments of Indian Railways. Railway Recruitment Board conducts RRB Group D Level 1, RRB NTPC, and other railway examinations giving candidates a golden opportunity to fulfill their dream of joining the prestigious Government Sector Indian railway.

RRB Group D Selection Process for the candidates:

The selection process for various Group D posts will include three stages :

1.  Computer-Based Test

2.  Physical Efficiency Test

3.  Medical test and Document Verification

RRB Group D Exam date 2022:

RRB has announced that the Group D Exam will be conducted on 26^th Feb 2022.  This test is being awaited by millions of youth for a long time now. RRB can make a major announcement soon regarding the news related to the exam dates admit card and results. After the recruitment notification was released some time ago, lakhs of youths had applied online for this examination. This examination will be conducted soon to fill 103769 vacant posts of Railway Group D. So we suggest you prepare for the exam through a mock test and solved practice papers.