The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has announced the exam dates for the RRB NTPC Exam 2025 for approximately 5.84 million candidates who have applied for 8113 Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) graduate-level posts. The first stage of the computer-based test for CEN 05/2024 Graduate Level posts will be conducted for 16 days starting from tomorrow i.e. 5th June 2025 onwards, and the last exam is on 24th June 2025. Candidates who have received their hall tickets must download and plan to reach the exam centre on time.
RRB NTPC Exam Date 2025 Out
As per the schedule, the online examination will be conducted from 5th to 24th June 2025 across various exam centres. Before that, RRB has also released the RRB NTPC admit card 2025 on 1st June, 4 days before the exam and the Exam City Intimation Slip, 10 days before the exam date. The exam will be held in 3 shifts, which in total are 48 shifts to be held for the candidates who have applied. The duration of each shift will be 90 minutes, i.e. 1.5 hours.
RRB NTPC 2025 Exam Date- Overview
A total of 12167679 (1.21 crore) candidates have applied for the RRB NTPC Exam. Among them, 5840861 (58.4 lakh) candidates have applied for graduate-level positions, while 6326818 (63.26 lakh) candidates applied for 12th-level positions. The exam dates for the graduate-level posts have already been announced, and the dates for the undergraduate-level posts will be released later.
RRB NTPC 2025 Exam Details | |
Conducting Body | Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) |
No. of Vacancies | 11,558 |
Exam Name | Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) |
Posts | Graduate-level & Undergraduate Level |
Exam City Intimation Slip | 26th May 2025 onwards |
RRB NTPC Admit Card 2025 | 1st June 2025 onwards |
Graduate Level CBT 1 Exam Date | 5th to 24th June 2025 (16 days) |
Undergraduate Level CBT 1 Exam Date | July 2025 (expected) |
Candidates Applied | 1,21,67,679 |
Mode of Exam | Online |
Duration of Exam | 90 minutes |
Selection Process | CBT 1, CBT 2, Skill Tests, Document Verification, Medical Examination |
RRB NTPC 2025 CBT 1 Exam City and Admit Card Out
The Railway Recruitment Board (RRBs) has released the RRB NTPC Admit Card 2025 and city intimation slip on the official website at http://www.rrbcdg.gov.in/. The admit card for the RRB NTPC CBT 1 exam is released 4 days before the CBT exam along with the complete details, including exam date, and venue, etc.
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RRB NTPC Exam City Intimation Slip 2025 Out
RRB NTPC Exam Date 2025 [Official Notice]
The RRB NTPC 2025 Graduate level exam is to be conducted in two stages: CBT 1 and CBT 2. The CBT 1 exam for candidates who have applied for graduate-level posts has been scheduled from 5th June to 24th June 2025 and will be used to shortlist candidates for the CBT 2 exam. Candidates whose applications are accepted will be eligible to take the CBT 1 exam, and only those who pass will advance to the CBT 2. The official notice attached below informs about the exam schedule, city intimation dates, and admit card release dates.
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RRB NTPC 2025 Reporting Time and Exam Duration
The confirmed shift timings for the RRB NTPC 2025 Exam has been announced with the release of city intimation slips. The CBT 1 exam will be conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board, there shall be three shifts each day.
Shifts | Reporting Time | Exam Duration |
Shift 1 | 7:30 am | 9 am to 10:30 am |
Shift 2 | 11:15 am | 12:45 pm to 2:15 pm |
Shift 3 | 3 pm | 4:30 pm to 6 pm |
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RRB NTPC 2025 Vacancy
The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is going to fill a total of 11558 vacancies for both Graduate and undergraduate level posts. This year, the competition will be very high, as 12167679 candidates applied for this exam. Check zone-wise and post-wise from here.
Posts Under RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories
NTPC Graduate Level
8113 graduate-level vacancies are announced for the following posts.
- Goods Train Manager- 3144 vacancies
- Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor- 1736 vacancies
- Senior Clerk cum Typist- 732 vacancies
- Junior Account Assistant cum Typist- 1507 vacancies
- Station Master- 944 vacancies
NTPC Undergraduate Level
3445 undergraduate-level vacancies will be filled through RRB NTPC 2025 for the following posts.
- Junior Clerk cum Typist- 990 vacancies
- Accounts Clerk cum Typist- 361 vacancies
- Trains Clerk- 72 vacancies
- Commercial cum Ticket Clerk- 2022 vacancies
RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam Pattern 2025
The RRB NTPC CBT 1 exam will consist of 100 objective-type multiple-choice questions. A total of 100 MCQ-type questions will be asked for a total of 100 marks. The time duration of the exam will be 90 minutes (1.5 hours). There will be a negative marking of 1/3rd mark for each incorrect answer.
Sections | No. of Questions | Marks |
General Awareness | 40 | 40 |
Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
General Intelligence and Reasoning | 30 | 30 |
Total | 100 | 100 |
RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam Centre List
The exam for RRB NTPC CBT 1 Graduate level posts will be conducted in the following exam cities. Candidates can check their RRB NTPC Exam City Intimation Admit Card to know the exam city they have been allotted to appear for.
States/UTs | Exam City/Districts |
Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair |
Andhra Pradesh | Amalapuram, Anantapur, Bhimavaram, Challapalli, Chirala, Chittoot, Eluru, Gooty, Gudivada, Gudur, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kanchikachera, Kavali, Kurnool, Nandyal, Narasapuram, Narasaraopet, Nellore, Ongole, Proddatur, Puttur, Rajahmundry, Rajam, Rajampet, Srikakulam, Surampalem, Tadepalligudem, Tekkali, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram |
Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar, Naharlagun |
Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar, Tezpur |
Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Bihar Sharif, Darbhanga, Gaya, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Siwan, |
Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur, Durg, Bhilai Nagar, Raipur, |
Delhi/NCR | Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, New Delhi, Noida |
Goa | Verma |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Dadra, Gandhinagar, Godhra, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Nadiad, Navsarim Rajkot, Silvassa, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara, Valsad, Vapi |
Haryana | Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mohindergarh, Panchkula, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar |
Himachal Pradesh | Baddi, Bilaspur, Dharamsala, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Palampur, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Sunder Nagarm Una. |
Jammu & Kashmir | Anantnag, Awantipora, Baramulla, Jammu, Kathua, Pulwama, Samba, Srinagar, Udhampur. |
Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
Karnataka | Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Bidar, Bijapur, Chikballapur, Chikmagaluru, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Kolar, Mangalore, Mysore, Puttur, Shimoga, Surathkal, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada. |
Kerala | Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Trivandrum. |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain. |
Maharashtra | Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Beed, Bhandara, Buldana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Madgaon, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Pandharpur, Parbhani, Pimpri, Chinchwad, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sangamner, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Sindhudurg, Thane, Wardha, Washim, Yavatmal |
Manipur | Imphal |
Meghalaya | Shillong, Ri-Bhoi |
Mizoram | Aizwal |
Nagaland | Dimapur, Kohima |
Odisha | Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Baripada, Berhampur-Ganjam, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jeypore, Jharsuguda, Khurda, Rayagada, Rourkela, Sambalpur, |
Puducherry | Puducherry |
Punjab | Abohar, Amritsar, Banur, Barnala, Bhatinda, Fatehgarh, Sahib, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Khanna, Ludhiana, Malout, Moga, Mohali, Muktsar, Nawanshahr, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Ropar, Sangrur, |
Rajasthan | Abu Road, Ajmer, Alwar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kota, Pali Marwar, Sikar, Sriganagnagar, Tonk, Udaipur |
Sikkim | Bardang, Gangtok |
Tamilnadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Kanyakumari, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Namakkal, Salem, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar |
Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kodad, Mahabubangar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Ranga, Reddy, Secunderabad, Siddipet, Warangal. |
Tripura | Agartala, Bisramganj, Khowai, Teliamura, Udaypur |
Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Amroha, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, Bijnor, Bulandshahr, Faizabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Kaushambi, Lucknow, Mathura, Sitapur, Sultanpur, Varanasi |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Nainital, Roorkee, Rudrapur, Udham Singh Nagar |
West Bengal | Asansol, Bankura, Berhampore, Bishnupur, Burdwan, Durgapur, Haldia, Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Kolkata, Kolkata/Greater Kolkata, Krishnanagar, Siliguri |