Candidates who are going to appear for RRB Group D Exam 2026 must practice with RRB Group D previous year papers to level up their preparation. These papers help analyse your preparation, improve your speed, and build confidence.
RRB Group D Previous Year Question Papers
The Railway Recruitment Board has announced 22,195 Level-1 vacancies across 21 RRB regions, covering posts like Track Maintainer, Pointsman, Assistant (various technical departments), Assistant Loco Shed, and Assistant Operations. The CBT exam is scheduled from 3rd to 21st August 2026. With the exam just weeks away, this is the right time to work through previous year papers to understand the pattern, difficulty level, and high-weightage topics before the real test.
| RRB Group D 2026 Quick Facts | |
| CEN No. | CEN 09/2025 |
| Vacancies | 22195 |
| CBT Exam Dates | 3rd to 21st August 2026 |
| Mode of Exam | Computer-Based Test (CBT), Objective Type |
| Papers Available in this article | 2013, 2018, 2022, and 2025 shift-wise papers with answer keys (English & Hindi) |
RRB Group D Previous Year Question Papers PDF
The previous year's paper PDFs for RRB Group D Exams conducted so far would be a great step toward putting your preparation in the right direction, as they are the best way to understand the RRB Group D Exam pattern. Download the RRB Group D Previous Year Question Paper PDFs, sit back, and solve all the RRB Group D Previous Year Papers one by one to keep track of the time you spend solving each paper. This would help you boost up your efficiency level, which is an enormous advantage for the real examination.
This articles includes sets of papers along with solutions for the RRB Group D Exam 2018, 2022, and 2025 for your reference. Download Group D Previous Year Paper PDFs and analyse your preparation and strengthen your weak points before RRB Group D 2026 Exam.
RRB Group D Level 1 2025 Question Paper PDFs
Download the latest RRB Group CEN 08/2024 Exams to have a better understanding of the updated pattern of paper and questions. Also check which section is given more weight and which less.
RRB Group D 2025 Papers (English)
- RRB Group D 27 Nov 2025 Shift 1 Paper
- RRB Group D 27 Nov 2025 Shift 2 Paper
- RRB Group D 27 Nov 2025 Shift 3 Paper
- RRB Group D 28 Nov 2025 Shift 1 Paper
- RRB Group D 28 Nov 2025 Shift 2 Paper
- RRB Group D 28 Nov 2025 Shift 3 Paper
- RRB Group D 1 Dec 2025 Shift 1 Paper
- RRB Group D 1 Dec 2025 Shift 2 Paper
- RRB Group D 1 Dec 2025 Shift 3 Paper
- RRB Group D 2 Dec 2025 Shift 1 Paper
- RRB Group D 2 Dec 2025 Shift 2 Paper
- RRB Group D 2 Dec 2025 Shift 3 Paper
- RRB Group D 3 Dec 2025 Shift 1 Paper
- RRB Group D 3 Dec 2025 Shift 2 Paper
- RRB Group D 3 Dec 2025 Shift 3 Paper
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RRB Group D 2025 Question Paper PDFs (Hindi)
Also the paper pdfs in Hindi language are shared for the candidates who are planning to appear in Hindi Language.
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RRB Group D 2022 Question Paper
Below are the PDF links for RRB Group D Previous Year Question Papers for Level-1 Posts CEN-02/2018. Download and practice as many questions as you can to boost up your preparation for an upcoming exam.
RRB Group D 2022 Question Paper PDFs (English)
| RRB Group D Previous Question Paper PDF in English | ||
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| 18th August 2022 | Shift 1 | Download PDF |
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RRB Group D 2022 Question Paper PDF (Hindi)
| RRB Group D Previous Question Paper PDF in Hindi | ||
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RRB Group D 2018 Question Paper
| Exam Dates | Question Paper PDFs |
| 24th September 2018 | Download PDF |
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How to Efficiently Use RRB Group D PYQs to Score Good Marks?
As is already known, Previous Year Questions (PYQs) are the most trustworthy resource for qualifying the RRB Group D exam because they show the actual exam pattern, difficulty level, and frequently asked concepts. But the point is how you perfectly use them.
- Start with understanding the Exam Pattern via PYQs: as this help you understand what the Railway Recruitment Board actually asks—not just what books suggest.
- Identify High-Weightage Topics: Go through at least 5–10 years of PYQs and note down: Repeated topics in Maths (Percentage, Ratio, Simplification), Reasoning (Puzzles, Coding-Decoding), and GK (Current Affairs and Static GK).
- Solve PYQs Topic-Wise First: Don’t start with full papers immediately. Start Step-by-step: Pick one topic (e.g., Percentage), then Solve all PYQs from that topic and Understand patterns and shortcuts/
- Shift to Full-Length PYQ Practice: Once concepts are clear, solve complete papers in timed mode (90 minutes) to simulate real exam conditions. This improves Time management and Accuracy under pressure.
- Focus on Repeated Questions & Concepts: RRB exams often repeat: Concepts, Question formats, and sometimes even similar questions
RRB Group D Exam Structure & Marking Scheme
- The CBT will be of the Multiple-Choice Questions type.
- There will be 100 questions carrying 1 mark for each correct answer.
- The cumulative time duration for CBT is 90 minutes.
- A negative marking of ⅓ mark for each incorrect answer is also included.
- Subjects- Mathematics, General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Science, General Awareness & Current Affairs
- Your raw CBT score is converted to a normalised mark if the exam is conducted across multiple shifts, since difficulty can vary slightly shift to shift. RRB uses a standard percentile-based normalisation formula, so your final merit score may differ slightly from your raw marks — this is normal and applies equally to all candidates in a shift.
RRB Group D Selection Process 2026
Solving previous year papers only prepares you for the first stage. The complete selection process for RRB Group D 2026 (CEN 09/2025) has four stages:
- Computer Based Test (CBT): Objective-type, 100 questions, 90 minutes, ⅓ negative marking — this is what the papers in this article help you practice for.
- Physical Efficiency Test (PET): Qualifying in nature; candidates shortlisted from the CBT must clear post-specific running, and in some cases weight-carrying, standards. There is no PET score used in final merit — it is purely qualify/disqualify.
- Document Verification (DV): Original certificates, category proof, and identity documents are checked against your application.
- Medical Examination: Candidates must meet the medical fitness standards (vision, general fitness) prescribed for the specific post category (A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2, C-1, C-2).
