RRB NTPC 2026: Complete Guide
Railway Recruitment Board – Non-Technical Popular Categories. Recruitment for clerks, station masters, goods guards and more in Indian Railways.
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- Frequency
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Current cycle & official dates
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Official reference to check ↗NTPC graduate and undergraduate recruitment use separate CEN notices. A new 2026 application window and vacancy total were not verified against an official NTPC notification for this guide. Follow the exact CEN number on your regional RRB website; do not mix notices from different cycles.
Dates from an annual calendar may change. Check the cycle-specific notification, corrigenda and admit card before applying or travelling.
Official notice history
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Publication dates above are separate from exam dates. A new notice is not necessarily a revised schedule; read its instructions before acting.
Eligibility
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Official reference to check ↗The overview below is not a substitute for the current notification. Age cut-off dates, category relaxations and post-specific qualifications apply.
- 12th pass or Graduate (post-wise)
- Age limits and cut-off dates vary by CEN and post; category relaxations may apply
Exam pattern
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Official reference to check ↗Syllabus
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Official reference to check ↗RRB NTPC previous year question papers
Official places to look for past papers. We do not host copies, and availability varies by year — check the page itself.
More past papers & answer keys for all exams →
How to use previous papers
- Download papers only from Railway Recruitment Boards or another official page; unofficial copies can be incomplete or wrong.
- Solve a full paper under the real time limit before reading any solutions.
- Mark each question by syllabus topic to see which areas repeat across years.
- Match the paper against the current exam pattern above — older papers may follow a different pattern.
- Re-attempt the questions you got wrong a week later.
RRB NTPC: search interest over time
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Preparation tips
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- General Awareness carries the most weight — revise it daily
- Solve previous years' papers
Official sources
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