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Anangsha Patra
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Updated on Jul 8, 2020 13:04 IST
RRB NTPC 2020 exam dates will be announced soon. Get here all RRB NTPC 2020 latest updates regarding exam dates, admit card, exam day guidelines, vacancies, etc.

RRB NTPC 2020 exam dates will be announced soon. Get here all RRB NTPC 2020 latest updates regarding exam dates, admit card, exam day guidelines, vacancies, etc. 

RRB NTPC

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) will conduct the exam for RRB NTPC for the posts of Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Time Keeper, Trains Clerk, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Traffic Assistant, Goods Guard, Commercial Apprentice, Station Master, etc. RRB NTPC exam dates 2020 for CBT 1 will be announced soon. The exam dates are expected to announced in July or August. The pre-bid conference for Exam Conducting Agency (ECA) will be done on July 3. Over 1.26 crore applications were received for the recruitment exam. For the ease of candidates, we have created RRB NTPC 2020 latest updates page. Here, candidates will get all the latest updates related to exam dates, admit card, vacancies, etc.

Table of contents
  • RRB NTPC 2020 Latest Updates
  • RRB NTPC 2020 Notification
  • RRB NTPC 2020 Exam Dates
  • RRB NTPC 2020 Vacancies
  • RRB NTPC 2020 Selection Process

RRB NTPC 2020 Latest Updates

July 8- Indian Railways will surrender 50%  non-safety category vacant posts so that new safety posts can be created. Read More

July 2 - RRB NTPC 2020 exam conducting agency is expected to be finalised this month. Once the exam conducting is finalised, RRBs will announce the exam dates.

June 30 - An official notice released by the Indian Railways reads, "The examination preparation process of RRB NTPC was at an advance stage when COVID-19 pandemic hit the country and a nation-wide lockdown was announced. Indian Railways is formulating a viable strategy to conduct a massive examination of 1.25 crore applicants and scheduling of all the processes, etc while observing all norms in COVID-19 scenario."

June 29 - RRB NTPC 2020 admit card will be released four days before the scheduled exam date. 

June 26 - RRB NTPC 2020 exam will be conducted in 15 languages. The exam will be held in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

June 25 - RRB NTPC 2020 exam dates will be announced in July or August because the pre-bid conference will be held on July 3.

June 24 – Once the exam dates are announced, registered candidates will be issued RRB NTPC admit card 2020 will be released online by the RRBs. Candidates can download the admit card by logging with the required details.

June 23-The Railway Recruitment Boards will conduct the pre-conference bid for ECA on July 3, 2020. The ECA is responsible for conducting the entire recruitment process.

June 23- A large number of candidates had applied for RRB NTPC recruitment. Indian Railways had received 1.26 crore application forms. As the number of applicants is large, the competition is going to be high.

June 19 – Indian Railways had published an official notice regarding RRB NTPC 2020 exam. In the statement, it was mentioned that the Railways will speed up the recruitment process once the lockdown is lifted.

June 19 - The authorities had published certain guidelines that will be followed on the exam day to control the spread of COVID-19. As per the guidelines, candidates will have to wear masks, sanitization of RRB NTPC exam centres will be done after each shift, social distancing norms will be followed.

RRB NTPC 2020 Notification

RRB NTPC 2020 notification was published on February 28. The online RRB NTPC application form was available from March 1 to 31. Initially, the exam was scheduled to be conducted between June and September. However, it was postponed due to the non-finalisation of exam conducting agency. Read More

RRB NTPC 2020 Exam Dates

The table below contains the exam dates of RRB NTPC.

RRB NTPC events RRB NTPC dates

Release of notification

28-Feb-2019 

Release of application form 

01-Mar-2019

Last date to apply 

31-Mar-2019

Fee payment 

5-Apr-2019

Final submission of applications

12-Apr-2019 

Exam dates CBT 1

August-September 2020

RRB NTPC 2020 Vacancies

A total of 35, 208 vacancies were announced for RRB NTPC recruitment. The post-wise vacancies for RRB NTPC is given below.

Undergraduate Posts

Name of the post Total vacancies

Junior Clerk cum Typist

4,300

Accounts Clerk cum Typist

760

Junior Time Keeper

11

Trains Clerk

592

Commercial cum Ticket Clerk

4,940

Total

10,603

Graduate Posts

Name of the post Total vacancies

Traffic Assistant

88

Goods Guard

5,748

Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk

5,638

Senior Clerk cum Typist

2,854

Junior Account Assistant cum Typist

3,147

Senior Time Keeper

6

Commercial Apprentice

259

Station Master

6,865

Total

24,605

RRB NTPC 2020 Selection Process

The recruitment process includes CBT 1, CBT 2, Typing Skill Test/Computer Based Aptitude Test (as applicable), and Document Verification/Medical Examination. On the basis of merit, candidates will be selected for an appointment. The stages of recruitment for various stages are given below.

Station Master and Traffic Assistant – First stage CBT, second stage CBT and Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT). There will be document verification and medical examination.

Junior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Time Keeper, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist and Senior Time Keeper - First stage CBT, Second stage CBT and Typing Skill Test is conducted. After clearing these stages, candidates will have to appear for document verification and medical exam.

Trains Clerk, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Goods Guard, Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Commercial Apprentice – There will be two-stage CBT followed by document verification and medical exam.

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Answered a month ago

Candidates will be able to download the RRB NTPC admit card from the methods as mentioned below:

  • Visit the RRB NTPC websites
  • On the home page, you will find RRB NTPC admit card download link
  • Enter the user ID (registration number) and password (date of birth)
  • RRB NTPC admit card appears on the screen
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Manisha Singh

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a month ago

The RRB NTPC admit card for the Graduate posts released on the regional official websites. The exam was conducted from March 16 to March 27, 2026.

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Chanchal Shekhar

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a month ago

The minimum qualifying marks for the RRB NTPC CBT 1 graduate posts are for UR & EWS 40%, for OBC & SC 30% and for ST it is 25%. 

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Satyendra Garg

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a month ago

After qualifying the RRB NTPC exam CBT 1 for the Graduate posts, candidates will give the CBT 2 exam which is the second stage of an exam and consists of 120 questions.

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Ishita Kaur

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a month ago

The candidates who appeared in the exam will be able to check the RRB NTPC Result for the Graduate posts online by visiting the official regional RRBs websites. It will be released in the form of PDF and contains the roll numbers of the qualified candidates.

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Shikha Goyal

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

The RRB NTPC exam of the Graduate posts is mainly considered tough because of the large number of candidates that give an exam every year. The difficulty level of the questions depends upon the preparation level, types of questions asked and the format of an exam.

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Virajita Shukla

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a month ago

The RRB NTPC 2026 Graduate posts difficulty level in general is considered a Moderate. The CBT 1 is basically Easy to Moderate where as CBT 2 is Moderate to Tough due to the level of the questions asked which are advanced and analytical.

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Kritika Sharma

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a month ago

Check can check below the process to download the RRB NTPC 2026 answer key for the graduate posts:

  • Visit 21 RRB websites
  • Click RRB NTPC answer key link
  • Enter required credentials
  • The answer key appears on screen
  • Download and save it

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Gunjan Majumder

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a month ago

The authority will release the RRB NTPC 2026 Graduate posts answer key for CEN No. 06/2025 within a few days after the conduction of an exam. The Graduate posts exam was conducted from March 16 to 27. 

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Nitesh Pruthi

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a month ago

Generally, the RRB NTPC exam for the Graduate posts is considered to be Easy to Moderate in difficulty level mainly for the CBT 1 and for CBT 2, it can be considered as Moderate to Tough.

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Shikha Shukla

Contributor-Level 6