How to Prepare for General Intelligence & Reasoning? The General Intelligence & Reasoning section of RRB NTPC 2025 assesses a candidate's ability to think logically. Candidates can prepare this section by practising the previous years' RRB NTPC question papers and mock tests. Scroll down to read more details on how to prepare for RRB NTPC General Intelligence and Reasoning.
- How to prepare for RRB NTPC General Intelligence and Reasoning?
- Topic-wise preparation tips for General Intelligence and Reasoning
- General Intelligence and Reasoning: Distribution of questions
- Books for General Intelligence and Reasoning
How to prepare for RRB NTPC General Intelligence and Reasoning?
This section is considered to be one of the scoring sections. Questions in this section might be tricky, therefore, candidates must prepare this section well. RRB NTPC General Intelligence and Reasoning section carries 30 marks. All questions will be objective type, comprising Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). Here are a few tips and tricks to prepare the General Intelligence & Reasoning section of RRB NTPC exam:
- To solve questions in this section, candidates must sharpen their logical and analytical skills.
- Candidates must focus on both verbal and non-verbal Reasoning.
- Practice as much previous years’ question paper as you can. This will help you in understanding the level of questions and their difficulty level.
- Candidates must follow a proper strategy and time-table for all topics.
- Candidates must attempt sectional and full-length mock tests. This will help them improve their speed and accuracy.
- Mock tests will also help candidates assess their performance in the exam.
- Devise a proper strategy to solve questions from RRB NTPC General Intelligence and Reasoning.
Topic-wise preparation tips for General Intelligence and Reasoning
Coding-Decoding: Coding-Decoding questions assess a candidate’s ability to decode the coding languages. Questions will be framed such as NAME is written as GFDN then MEAN is written as. Students are required to decode the logic behind this code to answer the question.
Arrangement: Questions are based on Seating Arrangements such as linear arrangement, circular arrangement, graphical arrangement, tabular arrangement, etc. The questions cover topics such as Blood relations, Ranking, Puzzles, and Direction Sense.
Logic-based: This is syllogism questions. Candidates need to draw Venn Diagrams to answer those questions.
Non-verbal: This section covers topics such as Pictorial Analogies, Symbol series, symbolic operations, numeric patterns, spatial relations, space visualizations, Spatial Reasoning, mirror image, and space image.
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General Intelligence and Reasoning: Distribution of questions
The distribution of questions in General Intelligence and Reasoning are given below:
Topics |
Number of questions |
---|---|
Analogies |
2-3 |
Completion of Number |
1-2 |
Alphabetical Series |
1 |
Coding and Decoding |
3-4 |
Mathematical Operations |
2-4 |
Similarities and Differences |
1 |
Relationship Concepts |
2-3 |
Analytical Reasoning |
3 |
Syllogism |
2-3 |
Jumbling |
1-2 |
Venn Diagrams |
3-4 |
Inserting Missing Term |
1-3 |
Data Sufficiency |
0-2 |
Statement- Conclusion |
1-2 |
Statement- Courses of Action |
1-2 |
Decision Making |
1 |
Maps and Interpretation of Graphs |
1-2 |
Books for General Intelligence and Reasoning
Candidates can refer to the following RRB NTPC books for General Intelligence and Reasoning.
- Verbal Reasoning by R S Agarwal
- Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey.
- A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning (S Chand) by R S Agarwal
- A new approach Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning (Arihant) by BS Sijwali

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