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RRB NTPC (Graduate) Exam Syllabus

RRB NTPC 2016 examination is due in a few months, after a gap of three years and at a
scale not seen for a long time. Any preparation for a competitive exam starts from an
understanding of the syllabus to prepare from. However, in this case, the RRB recruitment
notification does not mention any details about the syllabus or the contents of topic areas
from which questions could be asked, apart from a general mention of subjects or areas
from which the exam paper of CBT (or Computer Based Test) will be set. These
include : Arithmetic, General Awareness and General Intelligence & Reasoning. These areas are
just too broad to really start preparing from. And the high amount of competition for the
exam and a short notice calls for a really targeted study to do well at this first stage of
Railway Recruitment Boards Non Technical Popular Category recruitment drive.

An analysis of previous year papers has led to the development of the below mentioned
syllabus in detail. The syllabus includes all the areas from which questions have been
asked in the past. The organization has also been made to make the preparation easier.
The detailed syllabus is as follows:
General Awareness Syllabus for RRB NTPC exam
Unit

Chapter

Topic

Current
Affairs

Awards & Honors in

India

Academics, Arts, Defence, Literature, Science & Technology,

Films & Music

Domestic Economy

Demand & Supply, Foreign Direct Investment, Income Statistics

Domestic Policies

Annual Budget, Commissions, Committee, Economic Policies

Games & Sports

Heads of Indian Sport Organizations, Important Sporting

Performances, Major Sporting Events, Major Sporting
Institutions, National Awards, Rules & Terminologies, Stadiums
& Locations

International Awards Beauty Contests, International Film Awards, Major ranking lists,
& Honours
Nobel Prizes
Major International
Organizations
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Formation & History, Heads, Location, Members, Summits &

Conferences
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Unit

General
Awareness

Geography

Indian
Geography

Chapter

Topic

National Affairs

Census Report, Constitutional Amendments, Industry News,

Joint Military Excercises, Major Cases & Rulings of Supreme
Court, Natural Tragedies, Terrorism and its impacts

National Personalities

Authors

National Politics

Elections & Formation of Government, Political Parties

New Developments in
Science &
Technology

Energy, Health & Medicine, Social Technology, Space

World Affairs

Heads of the Countries

Health &
Environment

Causes of Pollution, Major Diseases, Types of Pollution

Indian Railways

History

Indian Railways

Manufacturing Units, Operations, Railway Training Institutes,

Railway Zones of India, Recent Developments in Railways

International
Awareness

Currencies of countries, International Days, Major Languages of

the world

National Awareness

Archeologists of Indian History, Introduction of new

Technologies, Major Research Institutes, National Days or
Celebration, National Symbols, Official Languages, RBI

Terminologies

Computer and internet, Different Fields of Studies, Finance &

Economics

Who's Who

First of Indians, Founders of Important Organizations, Major

Contributions of Indians, Nobel Prize Winners

Atmosphere

Composition of Atmosphere, Elements of weather & climate

Earth movements &

Major land forms

Interiors of the Earth, Soil Erosion

Globe

Geographic Coordinate System, Rotation & Revolution

Agriculture &
Lifestock

Major Producers, Type of cultivation, Types of Crop

Art & Culture

Dance Forms, Festivals, Tribes or people

Flora & Fauna

Grassland, Parks, Sanctuaries

Indian States &

Union Territories

Capitals, Population, Size, Symbols

Physical Geography

Climate, Delta, Glaciers, Mangrove, Mines, Mountain Ranges,

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Unit

Chapter

Topic
Hills and Peaks, Oil Fields, Rivers, Soil, Types of Plains, Canals,
Dams, National Highways, Ports

Ancient

Harappan Civilization, Indus Valley Civilization

Major Battles & Wars

Post - Independence, Pre-Independence

Major Dynasties &

Religions

Administrative Structure, Founders & Famous Personalities,

Period

Modern India

British Rule, Formation of Administrative Bodies, Formation of

the Indian State, Indian Freedom Struggle, Indian National
(Political) Movement, Social Reformation Movements

Personalities

Army Commanders, Authors, British Officials, Close Relatives

of Historical Figures, Devotional Saints, Freedom fighters,
Nation Builders, titles given, Kings, Philosophers, Poets,
Travellers and Ambassdors to Indian Kingdoms

Structures

Caves, Forts, Gates, Inscriptions, Minar, Pillars, Temples, Tombs

Works of Science &

Art

Books on War, Legal books, Literatures, Paintings: Era, Patrons,

Painters, Vedic Literature

Bodies and Functions

Economic Survey, Executive, Judiciary

Constitution of India

Distribution of Power (State, Union, Concurrent), History of

Making the constitution, Important Ammendments, Important
Articles, Preamble, Schedules, Special Features

Duties, Functions &

Appointments

Administrative Officers, Cabinet of Ministers, Chief Election

Commissioner, Chief Justice, Elections, Governor, President,
Prime Minister

Parliament

Formation & Composition, Functions of Parliament, Operations :

Sessions & Bills

Public Administration

Panchayat System, Supreme Court & Its Functions

Physical Geography

Continent, Flaura & Fauna, Islands, Lakes, Ocean Current,

Rivers, Straits, Tribes or people, Canal, Cities, Country

Change of Names

Cities, Country, Kingdoms

Eras

Ancient World, Medieval World, Modern World

Firsts in History

Art & Architecture, Discoveries, Inventions, Records

Personalities

Famous Scientists, Famous Traveller, Kings

Physics

Units & Dimensions, Motion, Force & Laws of Motion,

Gravitation, Work & Energy, Sound, Light & Human Eye,
Electricity, Magnetic Effects of Electric Current, Sources of

Indian
History

Indian
Polity

World
Geography
World
History
General
Science

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Unit

Chapter

Topic
Energy, Atomic & Nuclear Physics, Electronics, Scientific
Instruments

Chemistry

Atomic Structure, Periodic Classifications of Elements,

Chemical Bonding, Oxidation & Reduction, Acids, Bases &
Salts, Behaviour of Gases, Electrolysis, Carbon & its
Compounds, Fuels, Metallurgy, Metals & Non-Metals

Biology

Fundamental Unit of Life, Tissues, Diversity in Living

Organisms, Food Resources, Life Processes, Control &
Coordination, Organisms, Heredity & Evolution, Natural
Resources

Computer Science

Computers & Communication Technology (CCT), Components

of CCT, Word Processing Tool, Electronic Spreadsheet ,
Electronic Presentation Tool, Convergence of CCT, The Internet

Arithmetic Syllabus for RRB NTPC exam

Unit
Number System
Numerical
Aptitude

Chapter

Topic

Types of Numbers

Natural Whole, Even Odd, Rational Irrational, Integers,

Decimals, Fractions, Real & Imaginary Numbers

Counting, Reading and

Writing of Numbers

Place Value, Face Value, Indian Numeration System

Operations on Numbers

Operations on Integers, Operations on Decimals,

Operations on Fractions, VBODMAS, Approximations,
Factorial

Operations on Integers

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplications, Division

Operations on Decimals

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplications, Division,

Conversion into Fractions, Conversions into Percentage

Operations on Fractions

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplications, Division,

Conversion from Mixed to Proper, Conversion into
Decimals, Conversions into Percentage

Factors & Multiples

Factors & HCF, Multiples & LCM, HCF*LCM, Primes,

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Unit

Chapter

Topic
Composites, Co-primes, Divisibility Rules

Ratios &
Percentage

Measurement &
Rates

Algebra

Mensuration

Data
Interpretation

Powers and Roots

Squares & Cubes, Square Roots & Cube Roots,

Logarithms, Laws of exponents, Cyclicity

Averages

Average of Numbers or Groups, Added or Excluded,

Average of Speed

Percentage & its

applications

Percentage, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Inflation,

Profit & Loss, Discounts

Ratio, Proportion &

Partnership

Ratios, Proportions, Mixtures, Simple Partnership,

Compound Partnership

Units

Time, Length, Weight, Money

Time

Ages, Work, Work & Wages

Speed & Travel

Time, Distance & Speed, Trains, Boats & Streams, Pipes

& Cisterns

Basic Concepts

Formulating equations, Formulas, Binomial Theorem

Solving Equations

Degree of equations, Roots, Linear Equations, Graph of

Linear Equations, Quadratic Equations, Inequalities

Progressions

Arithmetic Progression, Geometric Progressions

Units

Area, Volume

2D

Triangle, Parallelogram, Rectangle, Square, Rhombus,

Trapezium, Circle, Semi- Circle, Inside/Outside Path,
Polygon

Tables

Table, Form Tables

Graphs

Pie Graph, Bar Graph, Line Graph

General Intelligence & Reasoning Syllabus for RRB NTPC exam

Unit

Chapter

Topic

General
Mental

Analogy

Number Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Word Analogy, Image

Analogy

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Chapter

Topic

Classification

Letter Based, Meaningful Word Based, Digit Based, G.K Based

Series

Complete the Series, Find Missing Number, Find Wrong

Number, Number Series, Alphabet Series, Mixed Series,
Repetition Patterns

Coding-Decoding

Rule Coding, Direct Letter Coding, Message Coding, Jumbled

Codes

Blood Relations

Jumbled Descriptions, Relation Puzzle, Family Members

Direction &
Distance

Directions, Degrees, Distance, Pythagoras Theorem

Ability

Sequences

Time Sequences, Number Sequences, Alphabet Sequences,

Mixed Sequences, Logical Sequences, Dictionary Type, Make
the Correct Word, Match Address, Ranking

Puzzles

Number Puzzles, Matrix Based Reasoning, Seating Arrangement,

Increasing/Decreasing Order, Jumbled Puzzle, Comparison

Clock & Calendar

Units of Time, Clocks, Calendars

Venn Diagrams

Relationships to Venn, Analyze Venn Diagrams

Mathematical
Operations

Comprehensive, Interchanging of Operators

Statements

Conclusions, Cause & Effects, Data Sufficiency, Arguments,

Assumptions

Logical
Reasoning

This syllabus provides the areas that you need to prepare for to crack this exam. But
even this is too vast and it is not easy to prepare the entire set of above mentioned topic
areas. If you are starting your preparations, the better strategy is to start with taking a
practice test and then analyzing your performance to assess a few chapters that you need
to concentrate on to improve your performance the most and take another practice test to
ascertain improvement and a new set of chapters to study. We follow the same principle
in providing you with your performance analysis after you have taken a test through our
website. Thus, you can study step by step and maximize your improvement. To help you
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