RRB NTPC Exam 2025 Analysis OUT AUG 20: Check CBT 1 UG Overall and Section-Wise Difficulty Levels

The overall difficulty level of RRB NTPC CBT 1 exam was moderate to difficult. Maximum questions in the General Awareness section were asked from Computers. The General Awareness section carried questions from topics such as Women premiere league, Percentage of GDP on research and development, the Relation of Geographical features, etc. The GK section was difficult compared to other sections.

The distribution of questions in the General Awareness section of RRB NTPC CBT 1 exam are given below:

Topics	Number of Questions
Static GK	2
History	5 to 6
Economics	1 to 2
Current Affairs	10

The distribution of questions in the Reasoning section of RRB NTPC CBT 1 exam are given below.

Topics	No. of Questions
Puzzles & Seating Arrangement	3 to 4
Blood Relation	2
Syllogism	1 to 2
Analogy & Classification	3 to 4
Number Series	2 ro 3
Coding & Decoding	3
Direction Sense	1

For General Knowledge section of RRB NTPC you need to cover Current Events of National and International Importance, Indian Literature, History, Polity, Geography, Economics, etc. The weightage given to this section in CBT 1 is 40 and in CBT 2 is 50. For RRB NTPC General Science and General Awareness, you can refer to the Lucent General Science and Lucent GK books. For General Science, you can also clear your concepts from high school Science books. RRB NTPC syllabus for General Knowledge is given below:

• Current Events of National and International Importance
• Games and Sports
• Art and Culture of India
• Indian Literature
• Monuments and Places of India
• General Science and Life Science (up to 10th CBSE) General Science and Life Science (up to 10th CBSE)
• History of India and Freedom Struggle
• Physical, Social and Economic Geography of India and World
• Indian Polity and Governance- constitution and political system
• General Scientific and Technological Developments including Space and Nuclear Program of India
• UN and Other important World Organizations
• Environmental Issues Concerning India and World at Large
• Basics of Computers and Computer Applications
• Common Abbreviations
• Transport Systems in India
• Indian Economy
• Famous Personalities of India and World
• Flagship Government Programs
• Flora and Fauna of India
• Important Government and Public Sector Organizations of India etc

The important topics for RRB NTPC Mathematics section are Number System Fractions, Percentage, Time and Work, Simple and Compound Interest, etc. This section carries 30 questions in CBT 1 and 35 in CBT 2. Check below the important topics for Maths:

Number System: Number system questions comprise of topics such as LCM and HCF of numbers, divisibility, fractions, decimals, integers etc. 

Profit & Loss: This is one of the popular topic asked in the Mathematics section of RRB NTPC exam. Candidates can expect 3-4 questions on the various topics of profit and loss, discount, successive discount, cost price, selling price and marked price, etc.

Simple Interest & Compound Interest: It is also one of the most popular topics from which candidates can expect a good number of questions in RRB NTPC exam. 

Mensuration: Mensuration consists of various topics such as finding area and length of polygon, square, rectangle, cuboids, cone, sphere etc.

Data Interpretation: Data Interpretation or DI is an important topic in the RRB NTPC exam and it can be said that there will be around 3-4 questions from DI. The expected questions that should be covered by candidates include bar graph, pie chart etc.

Yes, RRB NTPC answer keys and question papers are released by RRBs a few days after the completion of the test. Along with the answer key, the candidate response sheet is also made available. To download the question paper and answer key, candidates need to enter the required login credentials. Candidates can also raise objections against the question papers and answer keys.

The topics included under General Intelligence and Reasoning are of basic level. The topics assess the candidates ability to think logically.

RRB NTPC syllabus for Reasoning include questions from verbal and non-verbal Reasoning. The board prescribes RRB NTPC syllabus to evaluate the analytical, critical and logical reasoning skills of candidates applying for various non-technical posts. It also helps in evaluating the problem-solving ability and decision-making skills of candidates. Candidates who are well-versed in Reasoning inorder to score high marks in this section. For RRB NTPC General Intelligence and Reasoning section, candidates need to prepare Coding and Decoding, Analytical Reasoning, Data Sufficiency, Decision Making, Puzzle, etc. This section carries 30 questions in CBT 1 and 35 in CBT 2. Candidates should practice mock tests and previous years’ question papers to ace this section.

Candidates can prepare for the exam in the following manner:

Read the entire RRB NTPC syllabus 
Make a list of topics prescribed in the syllabus 
Divide time between sections

The topic-wise difficulty level of RRB NTPC Reasoning syllabus is given below.

Topics	Weightage	Difficulty Level
Coding-Decoding	4	Easy
Sentence arrangement	1	Easy-Moderate
Venn Diagram	3	Moderate
Puzzle (Linear)	3	Easy
Blood Relation	4	Moderate
Statement & Assumptions	2	Moderate
Statement & Conclusion	2	Easy-Moderate
Syllogism	3	Easy-Moderate
Analogy	3	Easy
Mathematical Operations	4	Moderate
Odd one out	1	Easy-Moderate

The General Awareness section aims to assess a candidate’s knowledge regarding current affairs. A total of 40 questions are asked from this section in CBT 1 exam. The topics that candidates need to study in the General Awareness section are given below.

Current Events of National and International Importance	Games and Sports
Art and Culture of India	Indian Literature
Monuments and Places of India	General Science and Life Science (up to 10th CBSE) General Science and Life Science (up to 10th CBSE)
History of India and Freedom Struggle	Physical, Social and Economic Geography of India and World
Indian Polity and Governance- constitution and political system	General Scientific and Technological Developments including Space and Nuclear Program of India
UN and Other important World Organizations	Environmental Issues Concerning India and World at Large
Basics of Computers and Computer Applications	Common Abbreviations
Transport Systems in India	Indian Economy
Famous Personalities of India and World	Flagship Government Programs
Flora and Fauna of India	Important Government and Public Sector Organizations of India etc.

The topic-wise difficulty level of RRB NTPC General Awareness syllabus is given below.

Topics	Weightage	Difficulty Level
History	7	Moderate
Geography	1	Easy
Polity	2	Easy
Static	2	Easy
Biology	7	Easy
Chemistry	2	Easy
Physics	4	Easy-Moderate
Computers	4	Easy
Current Affairs	11	Easy-Moderate

The important topics in RRB NTPC syllabus are those from where maximum number of questions are asked in the exam. Focusing on these topics can help candidates to score good marks in the exam. While preparing according to RRB NTPC syllabus, candidates must be thorough with the following given below:

• Mathematics: Data Interpretation, Profit, Loss & Discount, Speed, Time & Distance, Simple and Compound Interest, Geometry, Time and Work, Percentage, etc.
• Reasoning: Alphabet series, Number series, Coding-Decoding, Venn Diagram, Syllogism, etc.
• General Awareness: Current affairs, Static GK, Polity and Constitution, History, Geography, Art and Culture, etc.

The difficulty level of the Maths topics is given below.

Topics	Weightage	Difficulty Level
SI/ CI	2	Moderate
Mensuration	2	Easy
Ratio & Proportion	3	Easy
Height & Distance	2	Easy-Moderate
Profit/Loss	3	Easy
Geometry	2	Easy-Moderate
Number System	4	Easy-Moderate
Simplification	3	Easy
Time and Work	2	Easy-Moderate
Statistics	1	Easy
Time, Speed and Distance	2	Easy
Average	1	Easy-Moderate
DI (Tabular)	1	Easy-Moderate
Total	30	Easy-Moderate

The total duration of the test is 10 minutes. Candidates are required to type 30 word per minute in English and 25 word per minute in Hindi. 

RRB NTPC syllabus for CBT 1 and 2 is more or less same. The CBT 1 and 2 comprises the same subjects. However, there is a difference in the difficulty level of the exam. The subjects included in the CBT 1 and 2 exams are General Awareness, Mathematics, and General Intelligence and Reasoning.