The Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) are soon expected to release the RRB Group D 2024 notification officially, check selection process, eligibility, syllabus and more
Saloni | Aug 8, 2024 |
RRB Group D 2024: Notification Soon, Check Exam Date, Selection Process, Syllabus and Eligibility
RRB Group D 2024: The Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) are soon expected to release the RRB Group D 2024 notification in October/December. The recruitment will open to fill up the posts of Track Maintainer Grade-IV, Helper/Assistant in various technical departments (Electrical, Mechanical and S&T departments), Assistant Pointsman, and Level-1 posts in other departments of Indian Railways. Candidates who fulfil all the eligibility criteria mentioned in the official notification will need to fill out the application forms online in order to apply for the RRB Group D 2024 recruitment.
In accordance with the RRB Group D 2024 eligibility, candidates must have an age between 18 to 33 years old to fill in the application forms. Candidates who are willing to apply for the technical departments should have passed Class 10 (High School) and have a National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) granted by the National Council for Vocational Training. Candidates who have passed Class 10 and ITI will be considered eligible to appear in the exam. The selection process of the RRB Group D 2024 will include a Computer Test, Physical Efficiency Test (PET)/Physical Standard Test (PST), Document Verification and Medical Exam. For more details regarding the RRB Group D 2024 refer to the below sections.
The RRB Group D 2024 official notification has not released yet, however it is expected to be released in October-December 2024. The notification will be made available in online mode in PDF format that will include essential details related to the RRB Group D 2024 recruitment such as exam dates, eligibility criteria, selection process, posts names, number of vacancies, age limit and other details. Candidates are advised to go through the notice briefly before applying.
The key highlights related to the RRB Group D 2024 are as follows:
| Parameters | Details |
| Exam name | RRB Group D |
| Conducting authority | Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) on behalf of Railway Recruitment Cells (RRCs) |
| Exam level | National |
| Selection stages | CBT, Physical Efficiency Test (PET), Document Verification, and Medical Examination |
| Educational qualification | Class 10 pass |
| Age limit | 18 to 33 years |
| Exam subjects | General Science, Mathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, and General Awareness and Current Affairs |
| Exam time | 90 minutes |
| Exam mode | Online |
| Exam purpose | To select candidates for various posts in Level-1 of the seventh CPC pay matrix |
| Official website | http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/ |
Candidates who want to apply for the RRB Group D 2024 must possess the age limit as per the below criteria:
Candidates who want to apply for Level 1 post must have an age limit between 18 to 33 years. Relaxation in the age limit is being provided to the candidates belonging to reserved category as per government rule:
| Age Group | Upper limit of Date of Birth (Not earlier than) | Lower limit of Date of Birth (Not later than) | ||
| 18 to 33 years | UR | OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) | SC/ST | For all communities/ categories |
| July 2, 1986 | July 2, 1983 | July 2, 1981 | 01.07.2001 | |
In order to apply for the RRB Group D 2024 recruitmentl, candidates must have passed Class 10 (High School) and have National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) granted by National Council for Vocational Training. Candidates who have passed Class 10 and ITI will be considered eligible to appear in the exam.
In exams related to railways, medical standards pays becomes a essential component. At the point of medical examination, physical fitness of candidate is tested. The medical standards required for the RRB Group D 2024 are as follows:
| Medical Standard | Visual Acuity |
| A-2 | Distant vision: 6/9, 6/9 without glasses (No fogging test) |
| Near vision: Sn. 0.6, 0.6 without glasses and must pass tests for colour vision, binocular vision, night vision, mesopic vision, etc | |
| A-3 | Distant vision: 6/9, 6/9 with or without glasses (power of lenses not to exceed 2D) |
| Near vision: Sn: 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses and must pass the test for colour vision, binocular vision, night vision, myopic vision, etc. | |
| B-1 | Distant vision: 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (power of lenses not to exceed 4D) |
| Near vision: Sn. 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required and must pass the test for colour vision, binocular vision, night vision, mesopic vision, etc. | |
| B-2 | Distant vision: 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (power of lenses not to exceed 4D) |
| Near vision: Sn. 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required and must pass the test for binocular vision, etc | |
| C-1 | Distant vision: 6/12, 6/18 with or without glasses |
| Near vision: Sn. 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required | |
| C-2 | Distant vision: 6/12 with or without glasses |
| Near vision: Sn. 0.6 combined with or without glasses where reading or close work is required |
Below is the RRB Group D 2024 Exam patterns for CBT and PET/PST:
Questions from General Science, Mathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, and General Awareness and Current Affairs are included in the RRB Group D CBT exam schedule. The exam lasts for 90 minutes. The exam has a total of 100 marks. Candidates receive one mark in the CBT for each right answers. For incorrect answers, one-third of the mark is lost. The CBT exam has qualifying marks. The exam’s structure is listed below.
| Sections | No. of Questions |
| General Science | 25 |
| Mathematics | 25 |
| General Intelligence and Reasoning | 30 |
| General Awareness and Current Affairs | 20 |
| Total | 100 |
The PET/PST is conducted for the shortlisted candidates in CBT exam. Below is the exam pattern for PET/PST:
| Male candidates | Female candidates/Transgender candidates |
| Candidates should be able to lift and carry 35 kg of weight for a distance of 100 meters in two minutes without putting down the weight | Female candidates should be able to lift and carry 20 kgs of weight for a distance of 100 meters in two minutes without putting down the weight |
| Candidates should be able to run for a distance of 1000 meters in four minutes and 15 seconds in one chance | Candidates should be able to run for a distance of 1000 meters in five minutes and 40 seconds in one chance |
Below is the detailed syllabus include under the RRB Group D 2024 exam. The syllabus include subjects such as General Science, Mathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, and General Awareness and Current Affairs.
| Subjects | Topics |
| Mathematics | Number System, Percentage, BODMAS, LCM-HCF, Simple and Compound Interest, Algebra, Profit and Loss, etc. |
| General Intelligence and Reasoning | Analogies, Data Sufficiency, Syllogism, Coding-Decoding, Relationships, etc |
| General Science | Physics, Chemistry, and Life Sciences of CBSE Class 10 level |
| General Awareness | Current Affairs Science & Technology, Sports, Culture, Personalities, Economics, Politics |
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