Railway Recruitment 2019 | Syllabus | Strategy

27/01/2019

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Railway Recruitment 2019 | Syllabus | Strategy

RRB job 2019 | 4 lac Vacancies to be announced in 2019 by Railway

Railway Minister, Piyush Goyal has put an end to all your worries by promising to give jobs with the announcement of 2.25-2.50 lakh additional vacancies, the recruitment process for which will be completed by 2021. The recruitment process for 1.50 lakh vacancies that were announced previous year is already underway. Hence, as per Railways, they will be providing jobs to a total of approx 4 lakh people. This news comes ahead of General Elections 2019 and after the centre recently announced 10% Reservation quota for Economically poor people.

Also, the 10% reservation quota will be applicable in all these jobs giving a chance to the people who are economically poor and are not able to cope up with the high competition for government jobs. As mentioned in the esteemed newspapers such as Amar Ujala and The Indian Express, the Railway Board will advertise for the first phase of the recruitment in February 2019 and the second likely in May 2020. It also stated that apart from the benefits credited to the reserve category candidates, the economically poor candidates will also get benefits according to 10 per cent reservation.

First Stage: For 131428 posts, the process for which will begin in February-March 2019 and final allotment will be made by April-May 2020.

Second Stage: For 99000 posts, the process for which will begin by May-June 2020 and final selection will be made by July-August 2021.

The final category wise number of vacancies as per the reservation system is as follows-OBC- 62485

Hence, aspirants who were not able to make it through the previous years need not lose hope as more than 2 lakh vacancies are on its way. You just need to focus and maintain consistency in your studies working hard towards your goal. A great opportunity is knocking at your door, try not to let it go.

Just remember: Scheduled caste- 34715
Scheduled tribe- 17357
Economically Poor section (10% reservation)- 23042

Strategy

Smart Work- Smart work has become new a trend to get through any competitive exams. Smart work includes hard work along with time management. Candidates should be aware of the weightage of every section and their capabilities to plan the preparation process.

Stay stress-free- Many of the students get anxious and take stress while they appear in the exam. You should stay calm and believe in yourself. Stay confident with your capabilities and preparation.

Time bound sessions- Practicing previous year question papers from Railway Study Material in time bound session will always give benefit to you to appear in the main examination. Practicing previous year question papers in time bound session creates an environment like the main exam.

General Knowledge- For G.K section we suggest you read previous year questions which asked in previous exams. Ambtiousbaba.com provides you topic wise video on You tube channel. On 20^th February we will publish all G.K study Material.

Arithmetic- For Quant section, we suggest you practice. Practice makes a man perfect, quant is difficult subject for maximum candidates, So keep practice, on the Ambitiousbaba.com website every topics pdfs are available.

Reasoning – For Reasoning Section we have provided the complete detail about reasoning section from where and which topic you have to cover for this section. We have also provided the daily quiz for your regular practice. So keep practice, on the Ambitiousbaba.com website every topics pdfs are available.

Syllabus

Non Technical Post

(i)Commercial Apprentice (Pre, Mains)

(ii) Traffic Apprentice (Pre, Mains)

(iii) Assistant Station Master (ASM) (Pre, Mains, Psycho)

(iv) Goods Guard (Pre, Mains)

(v) Sr. Clerk cum Typist (Pre, Mains, Typing Test)

(vi) Jr. Clerk cum Typist (Pre, Mains, Typing Test)

(vii) Enquiry Reservation cum Clerk (Pre, Mains, Typing Test)

…….. Etc.

Preliminary Examination (Stage 1)

Section	Question	Mark	Duration	Topic
General Knowledge (Easy-Moderate)	50	50		History (इतिहास) (i)- Ancient History (प्राचीन इतिहास )- 2-3 Qus (ii)- Medieval History- 3-4 Qus (मध्यकालीन इतिहास) (iii)- Modern History (आधुनिक इतिहास )- 3-4 Qus Geography (भूगोल) (i)- World’s Geography- 2-3 Questions (ii)- India’s Geography – 3-4 Questions Science (विज्ञान) (i)- Physics – 7-8 Questions (ii)- Chemistry – 6-7 Questions (iii)- Biology -5-6 Questions Politics (राज–नीति )– 2-3 Questions Economics (अर्थशास्त्र) –1-2 Questions Current – 5-6 Questions Railway Special – 2-3 Questions miscellaneous (विविध)- 4-5 Questions
Arithmetic (अंकगणित) (Easy-Moderate)	25	25		Data Interpretation (आंकड़ा निर्वचन )– 4-5 Questions Profit & Loss (लाभ हानि)– 1 Question Simple Interest (साधारण ब्याज – 1 Question Mensuration (क्षेत्रमिति )– 2-3 Questions HCF & LCM- 1-2 Questions Time and Work (समय और काम) – 1 Qus Time and Distance (समय और दूरी )– 1 Qus Simplification(सरलीकरण )- 2-3 Questions Algebra (बीजगणित )- 1-2 Questions Percentage (प्रतिशत )- 1 Questions Number System (संख्या प्रणाली )– 2-3 Qus Decimal Fractions (दशमलव अंश )– 1-2 Qus Compound Interest (चक्रवृद्धि ब्याज )- 1-2 Q
General Intelligence/ Reasoning (Easy-Moderate)	25	25		Mathematical Operations (गणितीय संचालन )- 2-3 Questions Classification (वर्गीकरण )– 1-2 Questions General Reasoning (सामान्य तर्क )- 2-3 Qus Mental Ability (मानसिक क्षमता )- 1-2 Qus Age Calculations (आयु गणना )- 1-2 Qus Direction Test (दिशा परीक्षण )- 1 Questions Arithmetic Reasoning (अंकगणित तर्क )- 2-3 Questions Age-related Problems (आयु संबंधी समस्याएं )- 1-2 Questions Number Ranking (नंबर रैंकिंग)- 1-2 Qus Coding Decoding– 1-2 Questions Alphabet Series (वर्णमाला श्रृंखला )- 1-2 Qus Decision Making (निर्णयन )- 1-2 Questions Blood Relations- 1-2 Questions Verbal Reasoning (मौखिक तर्क )- 1-2 Qus
Total	100	100	90min	1/3 Negative Mark

Mains Examination (Stage 2)

Section	Question	Mark	Duration	Topic
General Knowledge (Moderate)	50	50		History (इतिहास) (i)- Ancient History (प्राचीन इतिहास )- 2-3 Qus (ii)- Medieval History- 3-4 Qus (मध्यकालीन इतिहास) (iii)- Modern History (आधुनिक इतिहास )- 3-4 Qus Geography (भूगोल) (i)- World’s Geography- 2-3 Questions (ii)- India’s Geography – 3-4 Questions Science (विज्ञान) (i)- Physics – 7-8 Questions (ii)- Chemistry – 6-7 Questions (iii)- Biology -5-6 Questions Politics (राज–नीति )– 2-3 Questions Economics (अर्थशास्त्र) –1-2 Questions Current – 5-6 Questions Railway Special – 2-3 Questions miscellaneous (विविध)- 4-5 Questions
Arithmetic (अंकगणित) (Moderate)	25	25		Data Interpretation (आंकड़ा निर्वचन )– 4-5 Questions Profit & Loss (लाभ हानि)– 1 Question Simple Interest (साधारण ब्याज – 1 Question Mensuration (क्षेत्रमिति )– 2-3 Questions HCF & LCM- 1-2 Questions Time and Work (समय और काम) – 1 Qus Time and Distance (समय और दूरी )– 1 Qus Simplification(सरलीकरण )- 2-3 Questions Algebra (बीजगणित )- 1-2 Questions Percentage (प्रतिशत )- 1 Questions Number System (संख्या प्रणाली )– 2-3 Qus Decimal Fractions (दशमलव अंश )– 1-2 Qus Compound Interest (चक्रवृद्धि ब्याज )- 1-2 Q
General Intelligence/ Reasoning (Moderate)	25	25		Mathematical Operations (गणितीय संचालन )- 2-3 Questions Classification (वर्गीकरण )– 1-2 Questions General Reasoning (सामान्य तर्क )- 2-3 Qus Mental Ability (मानसिक क्षमता )- 1-2 Qus Age Calculations (आयु गणना )- 1-2 Qus Direction Test (दिशा परीक्षण )- 1 Questions Arithmetic Reasoning (अंकगणित तर्क )- 2-3 Questions Age-related Problems (आयु संबंधी समस्याएं )- 1-2 Questions Number Ranking (नंबर रैंकिंग)- 1-2 Qus Coding Decoding– 1-2 Questions Alphabet Series (वर्णमाला श्रृंखला )- 1-2 Qus Decision Making (निर्णयन )- 1-2 Questions Blood Relations- 1-2 Questions Verbal Reasoning (मौखिक तर्क )- 1-2 Qus
Total	100	100	90min	1/3 Negative Mark