Railway Recruitment Exam: How to crack Loco Pilot and Technician exam

Railway Recruitment 2018 will be held to recruit candidates to the post of Assistant Loco Pilots and Technicians in the month of April and May. Railway Recruitment Board conducts this examination every year giving candidates a golden opportunity to fulfill their dreams of joining the prestigious Government Sector.

A total of 26,502 posts are to be filled through Railway Recruitment 2018. Around 17,673vacancies are declared for the post of Loco Pilot (ALP) and around 8,829 vacancies are declared for the post of Technicians. Detailed vacancy for Railway Recruitment 2018 is mentioned below.

The Exam Pattern for Railway Recruitment 2018 constitutes of two stages of CBT or Computer Based Test followed by Computer Based Aptitude Test and Document Verification.

Let's have a look at both these stages of CBT in detail.

First stage of CBT

•  Minimum percentage of marks for eligibility in various categories : UR -40%, OBC-30%, SC-30%, ST -25%.

•  Will consist of multiple-choice objective type questions: in 15 languages (Hindi, English, Urdu, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu)

•  There will be negative Marking as for every wrong answer 1/3 marks will be deducted.

Total number of candidates to be shortlisted for second stage shall be 15 times the community wise total vacancy of ALP and Technician Posts notified against the RRB as per their merit in First Stage CBT.

Second Stage of CBT

PART-A

•  Minimum percentage of marks for eligibility in various categories : UR -40%, OBC-30%, SC-30%, ST -25%.

•  Will consist of multiple-choice objective type questions: bilingual (Hindi/English)

•  There will be negative Marking as for every wrong answer 1/3 marks will be deducted.

PART-B

•  Qualifying Mark: 35 % (This is applicable to all candidates and no relaxation is permissible)

•  This part is qualifying in nature and shall have questions from the trade syllabus prescribed by Director General of Employment & Training (DGET)

Computer Based Aptitiude Test (for Candidates who have opted for ALP)

•  The candidate needs to secure a minimum score of 42 marks in each of the test batteries to qualify. This is applicable to all candidates and no relaxation is permissible.

•  There shall be no negative marking in Computer Based AT.

•  The ALP merit list will be drawn only from amongst the candidates qualifying in the Aptitude Test, with 70% weightage for the marks obtained in the Part A of Second Stage CBT and 30% weightage for the marks obtained in Computer Based AT

Based on the performance of candidates in Part Aof the Second Stage CBT subject to their qualifying the Part B of Second Stage CBT

How to crack ? (Preparation tips)

You need to plan your study in a systematic way and try to first find out what are your strengths and weaknesses. For this you need to carefully understand the syllabus and then first study indepth topic wise books for railway recruitment examinations. Subsequently focus on  practicing what you have learnt. There are a lot of practice set books for railway recruitment examinations.

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