RRB JE 2025 Exam Pattern - Check Subject-wise Pattern for CBT 1 & 2

Railway Recruitment Boards Junior Engineer 2025 ( RRB JE )

Shikha Goyal
Updated on May 21, 2025 16:32 IST

By Shikha Goyal, Assistant Manager

RRB JE 2025 Exam Pattern: The Railway Recruitment Board released the RRB JE notification 2025 on July 27, 2024 for CEN 03/2024. The RRBs mentioned the RRB JE 2025 exam pattern in the official notification. The RRBs mention the exam pattern for each stage of examinations separately. The candidates are suggested to internalise the RRB JE exam pattern and RRB JE syllabus to score maximum marks in the exam and ensure their selection. 

The candidates should note that there will be two stages in the RRB JE 2025 exam. The candidates will be required to clear all the stages and clear the document verification stage to get selected in the exam.

Q:   Is RRB JE Exam held every year?
A: 

The RRB JE (Railway Recruitment Board Junior Engineer) is not held every year. The scheduling of the exam depends on the availability of vacancies within the Indian Railways. For instance, the last RRB JE exam was conducted in 2019, and the next recruitment notification was released for 2024, indicating a gap of several years between the exams.

Q:   What are the RRB JE 2025 CBT 2 exam dates for Shift 2?
A: 

The rescheduled RRB JE CBT 2 exam dates was June 4, 2025. The Railway Recruitment Board cancelled the RRB JE 2025 CBT 2 Shift 2 exam for CEN 03/2024. The CBT 2 exam was conducted on April 22, 2025 (Shift 2). As per the official release, due to a technical error in the software system, some questions were repeated from shift 1 to shift 2, which impacted the RRB JE CBT 2 exam conducted in the 2nd shift. Due to this, the shift 2 RRB JE CBT 2 exam was cancelled. 

Q:   What is the selection process of the RRB JE exam?
A: 

The RRB JE selection process consists of four stages namely CBT 1, CBT 2, medical test and document verification. Candidates who want to secure a position as a Junior Engineer within RRB, they need to successfully clear all these stages.

Q:   What is the exam pattern of RRB JE CBT 1 2025?
A: 

Candidates can check below the RRB JE 2025 CBT 1 exam pattern.

Subject

Number of Questions

Marks

Mathematics

30

30

General Intelligence & Reasoning

25

25

General Awareness

15

15

General Science

30

30

Total

100

100

Time

90 Minutes

Table of content
  • RRB JE Exam Pattern 2025
  • RRB JE Exam Pattern For CBT 1 2025
  • RRB JE Exam Pattern CBT 2 2025
  • RRB JE Minimum Qualifying Marks 2025
  • RRB JE Exam Pattern FAQs 2025
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RRB JE Exam Pattern 2025

Railway Recruitment Boards will conduct the RRB JE exam to recruit candidates for Junior Engineer posts across its various departments. RRB JE exam takes over one year to complete for various reasons. The candidates have to wait for the results and prepare for the next phase of the exam. The candidates should keep in mind the pattern of each phase of the RRB JE exam as explained below.

RRB JE exam is conducted in the following phases

  • 1st Stage CBT - Computer Based Test (CBT-1)
  • 2nd Stage CBT - (CBT 2)
  • Document Verification
  • Medical Examination
  • Final Result

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RRB JE Exam Pattern For CBT 1 2025

1st Stage CBT is the screen exam only. The RRBs will refund the major part of the candidate's application fee after they appear in the CBT-1. The marks secured in the CBT 1 will not be considered in preparing the final result. 

It is the out in the most important stage of RRB JE exam because some well-deserving candidates are screened out in the CBT 1 only due to one or two marks. CBT 1 is an aptitude test which works as a filter for most of the candidates. The RRB JE CBT 1 exam pattern is as follows

Subject

Number of Questions

Marks

Mathematics

30

30

General Intelligence & Reasoning

25

25

General Awareness

15

15

General Science

30

30

Total

100

100

Time

90 Minutes

There can be variations in the number of questions as given in the above table because the table is indicative in nature. For eligible Person with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) the time limit will be 120 minutes.

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RRB JE Exam Pattern CBT 2 2025

The RRB JE CBT 2 stage of the exam is the main exam because the marks secured by the candidates are considered for the final merit. We can say that the CBT 2 is the final stage for the RRB JE exam because if the candidate is medically fit and conforms to all the eligibility criteria of RRB JE exam, then he will be selected if he scores above the cutoff in the CBT 2. The total number of candidates to be shortlisted for the 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.

The candidates should understand the CBT 2 exam pattern to ensure their selection in the RRB JE exam. The exam pattern of CBT 2 is as follows

Subject

No. of Questions

Marks

General Awareness

15

15

Physics & Chemistry

15

15

Basics of Computers and Applications

10

10

Basics of Environment and Pollution Control

10

10

Technical Abilities

100

100

Total

150

150

Time

120 Minutes

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

There will be minimum qualifying marks for each category. Each candidate must secure the qualifying marks to remain in the competition. RRB JE exam authority will decide the cut-off and the candidates who have secured equal to or more than the prescribed cut-off will be called for document verification and medical examination.

Shortlisting of Candidates for the DV shall be based on the normalized marks obtained by them in 2nd Stage CBT.

RRB JE- Document Verification and Medical Examination

The RRBs declare the RRB JE result for CBT 2 and the qualified candidates will be called for the Document Verification(DV) and Medical Examination at the respective centres as mentioned in their admit card.

After the document verification and medical test, the final result will be declared by the respective RRBs.

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RRB JE Minimum Qualifying Marks 2025

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) mentioned the minimum qualifying marks for each category separately in the official notification. The minimum qualifying marks are mentioned for the 2nd Stage CBT only because the 1st Stage CBT is a screening exam only. The candidates can see below the details of the RRB JE 2025 minimum qualifying marks:

Sl.No.  Category/Community Minimum Qualifying Marks Out of 150
1 Un-Reserved 40%
2 Economically Weaker Section 40%
3 Other- Backward Category(OBC) 30%
4 Scheduled Caste 30%
5 Scheduled Tribe 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.

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RRB JE Exam Pattern FAQs 2025

The candidates can see here the important questions related to RRB JE exam pattern.

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Q:   What is the exam pattern of RRB JE CBT 2?
A: 

The exam pattern of CBT 2 is as follows

Subject

No. of Questions

Marks

General Awareness

15

15

Physics & Chemistry

15

15

Basics of Computers and Applications

10

10

Basics of Environment and Pollution Control

10

10

Technical Abilities

100

100

Total

150

150

Time

120 Minutes

Q:   What are the minimum qualifying marks for RRB JE exam?
A: 

The candidates can see below the details of the RRB JE 2024 minimum qualifying marks:

Sl.No. Category/CommunityMinimum Qualifying Marks Out of 150
1Un-Reserved40%
2Economically Weaker Section40%
3Other- Backward Category (OBC)30%
4Scheduled Caste30%
5Scheduled Tribe25%

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.

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Answered 4 weeks ago

The RRB JE 2025 CBT 2 result will be released zone-wise in the form of a PDF. It will consist of the roll numbers of candidates shortlisted for document verification & medical examination.

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Gunjan Majumder

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 4 weeks ago

The authority conducted the RRB JE 2025 CBT 2 exam on April 22 and June 4 at several centres across the country. It is expected that the RRB JE 2025 CBT 2 result will be released in July 2025 for 7951 vacancies. The result comprises the merit list, cutoff marks, and scorecards of qualified candidate

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Virajita Shukla

Beginner-Level 5

Answered a month ago

The candidates can see below the details of the RRB JE 2024 minimum qualifying marks:

Sl.No. Category/CommunityMinimum Qualifying Marks Out of 150
1Un-Reserved40%
2Economically Weaker Section40%
3Other- Backward Category (OBC)30%
4Scheduled Caste30%
5Scheduled Tribe25%

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.

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Kritika Sharma

Beginner-Level 5

Answered a month ago

The exam pattern of CBT 2 is as follows

Subject

No. of Questions

Marks

General Awareness

15

15

Physics & Chemistry

15

15

Basics of Computers and Applications

10

10

Basics of Environment and Pollution Control

10

10

Technical Abilities

100

100

Total

150

150

Time

120 Minutes

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Jasleen Jain

Beginner-Level 5

Answered a month ago

Candidates can check below the RRB JE 2025 CBT 1 exam pattern.

Subject

Number of Questions

Marks

Mathematics

30

30

General Intelligence & Reasoning

25

25

General Awareness

15

15

General Science

30

30

Total

100

100

Time

90 Minutes

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Shikha Shukla

Beginner-Level 5

Answered a month ago

The RRB JE selection process consists of four stages namely CBT 1, CBT 2, medical test and document verification. Candidates who want to secure a position as a Junior Engineer within RRB, they need to successfully clear all these stages.

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Chanchal Shekhar

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 2 months ago

Yes, there is a negative marking in the RRB JE CBT 2 exam. One-third mark is deducted for every incorrect answer.

M

Manisha Singh

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 2 months ago

After the release of the RRB JE Answer Key, the Railway Recruitment Board will announce the result and cutoff score for all the positions.

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Chanchal Shekhar

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 2 months ago

The following steps shall be followed to download RRB CBT 2 Provisional Answer key 2025 for the session 2024: 

  • Visit the official website of your respective regional RRB
  • On the "the latest Announcements" or "Important Links", click on "Junior Engineer Answer Key" 
  • Enter the allotted Registration number

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Shikha Goyal

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 2 months ago

The last date to raise objection for RRB JE CBT 2 Shift 2 Answer key 2025 for 2024 session was June 12, 2025. The authority released the RRB JE CBT 2 Provisional Answer Key on June 7, 2025. The prescribed fee for raising objection is Rs.50/- plus applicable Bank Service Charges per question. In case

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Satyendra Garg

Beginner-Level 5

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