The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has conducted the first day of the RRB JE CBT 1 Exam and today is the 2nd day of the exam. The candidates who appeared in today’s shift reported that the overall RRB JE CBT 1 exam 2026 of both days can be reviewed as “Moderate level”. The Mathematics and General Science section was moderate, while the Reasoning and General Awareness sections were easy to moderate. Read the complete article to understand the difficulty level, sectional review, important topics asked, and good attempts for the RRB JE CBT 1 Exam of 19th & 20th February 2026.
RRB JE Exam Analysis 2026 (19 & 20 Feb)
The CBT 1 Exam has been scheduled for 19th, 20th, and 25th February 2026. The candidates who have their exam in the upcoming shifts must go through the detailed RRB JE Exam Analysis 2026 of 19th and 20th February (all shifts) to clearly understand the pattern of questions asked and the difficulty level of the exam. Also, the faculty has prepared the expected number of good attempts based on the difficulty level of the exam.
RRB JE CBT 1 Exam Difficulty Level
Candidates reviewed that some questions were tricky and of moderate level, while some were of a very easy level. The difficulty level as reviewed by the candidates who attempted in the 1st shift of the RRB JE Exam, has been discussed section-wise in the table below.
| RRB JE 20 February Difficulty Level |
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| Subjects | Shift 1 Difficulty Level | Shift 2 Difficulty Level | Shift 3 Difficulty Level |
| Mathematics | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| Reasoning & Intelligence | Easy to Moderate | Easy to Moderate | Easy to Moderate |
| General Science | Easy to Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| General Awareness | Easy to Moderate | Easy to Moderate | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | Easy to Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| RRB JE 19 February Difficulty Level |
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| Subjects | Shift 1 Difficulty Level | Shift 2 Difficulty Level | Shift 3 Difficulty Level |
| Mathematics | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| Reasoning & Intelligence | Easy to Moderate | Easy to Moderate | Easy to Moderate |
| General Science | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| General Awareness | Easy to Moderate | Easy to Moderate | Easy to Moderate |
| Overall | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
RRB JE Exam Analysis 2026: Good Attempts
A good attempt means a number of questions you could attempt with high accuracy. Overall, good attempts around 67 to 77 usually indicate a strong performance in RRB JE CBT-1 if accuracy is high. Check section-wise good attempts from here.
| RRB JE 20 Feb Good Attempts |
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| Subjects | No. of Questions | Shift 1 | Shift 2 | Shift 3 |
| Mathematics | 30 | 18-20 | 19-21 | 20-22 |
| Reasoning & Intelligence | 25 | 21-23 | 20-22 | 19-21 |
| General Science | 30 | 18-20 | 19-21 | 20-22 |
| General Awareness | 15 | 10-12 | 10-12 | 11-13 |
| Overall | 100 | 67-75 | 68-76 | 67-75 |
| RRB JE 19 Feb Good Attempts |
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| Subjects | No. of Questions | Shift 1 | Shift 2 | Shift 3 |
| Mathematics | 30 | 19-21 | 18-20 | 19-21 |
| Reasoning & Intelligence | 25 | 20-22 | 21-23 | 20-22 |
| General Science | 30 | 19-21 | 18-20 | 19-21 |
| General Awareness | 15 | 11-13 | 10-12 | 10-12 |
| Overall | 100 | 69-77 | 67-75 | 68-76 |
RRB JE CBT 1 Exam Analysis 2026 Sectional Review
The CBT 1 Exam for RRB JE was divided into 4 sections, namely- Mathematics, Reasoning & Intelligence, General Science, and General Awareness. There were in total 100 questions asked for which we have shared section-wise RRB JE Exam Analysis in this article.
RRB JE Exam Analysis 2026: Mathematics
There were 30 questions asked form Mathematics subjects and as per the candidates who appeared in the 1st and 2nd shift the questions asked from the following topics in the mathematical sections.
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Mensuration | 1 |
| Simple Interest | 1 |
| Mean, Median, Mode | 1 |
| Partnership | 2 |
| Grouped Data | 2 |
| Circle | 2 |
| Parallelogram | 1 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Identities | 2 |
| SI & CI | 1 |
| Average | 1 |
| Divisibility | 1 |
| LCM | 1 |
| Discount | 1 |
| Profit and Loss | 1 |
| Simplification | 3 |
| Boat and River | 1 |
| Speed Time Distance | 1 |
| Time and Work | 2 |
| Trigonometry | 1 |
RRB JE Exam Analysis 2026: Reasoning
As per the feedback of the candidates, the questions from the reasoning section were of Easy to Moderate level, with the puzzle being time-consuming. There were 25 questions in this section and the topic-wise distribution was as follows-
| Topics | No. of Questions |
| Number Series | 2–3 |
| Puzzle (Scheduling – Week Based) | 1 |
| Data Sufficiency (Seating Arrangement) | 1 |
| Coding-Decoding (Fictitious Language) | 3 |
| Arrangement and Pattern | 1 |
| Letter-Based Analogy | 1 |
| Number-Based Analogy | 2 |
| Linear Seating Arrangement | 2 |
| Classification (Odd One Out) | 1 |
| Syllogism | 2 |
| BODMAS (Sign Interchange) | 2 |
| Mixed Series (Preceding & Succeeding) | 1 |
| Statement and Assumption | 1 |
| Direction and Distance | 2 |
| Coded Blood Relation | 2 |
RRB JE CBT 1 Exam Analysis 2026: General Awareness
Most of the questions were asked from Current Affairs (of past 6 months) and other topics asked were as mentioned below.
- Poona Pact
- UPSC Chairman Appointment
- State Boundary
- Government Scheme 1
- Current Affairs
- Article 3
- Border District (Uttarakhand & Himachal Pradesh)
- Census
RRB JE Exam Analysis 2026: General Science
As per the exam analysis conducted, the candidates shared that “this section was of Moderate level” and the questions asked were as follows-
- Physics fundamentals (motion, force, energy basics)
- Chemistry basics (acids-bases, elements)
- Biology basics (plant/animal systems, human body)
- Concave Lens 1
- Refractive Index 1
- CH₄ Combustion 1
- NaOH Anion 1
- Ohm’s Law
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RRB JE CBT 1 Exam Timings
| Shifts | Exam Timings |
| Shift 1 | 9 am to 10:30 am |
| Shift 2 | 12:45 pm to 2:15 pm |
| Shift 3 | 4:30 pm to 6 pm |
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