The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) published a notification on January 23, 2019, in which it was stated that the CBT Stage 2 for RRB ALP and Technician Recruitment has been rescheduled. The exam has been rescheduled for the aspirants whose test was on January 22 and 23, 2019 at test cities, Satna, Indore, and Bhopal. Due to the technical problems faced by the candidates in the RRB ALP Stage 2 CBT, the test has been rescheduled. The Board will soon release the revised dates of the exam.
The new dates of the examination are going to be intimidated to the candidates through SMS & E-mail. Also, free travel pass will also be provided to the candidates to appear at the allotted test center. Candidates must note that no information has been received regarding the re-issuing of the admit card.
As per the official notification, the exam has been rescheduled for those candidates who were at the test center but could not give the test on January 22, 2019, for Third Shift at Vindhya Institute of Technology and Science, Satna. Others whose exam has been rescheduled are those candidates who could not give the test on January 23, 2019, for First Shift at iON Digital Zone iDZ Plexus IT system Mangal Compound Dewas Naka, Indore.
Those could not give the test on January 23, 2019 (First Shift) at iON Digital Zone iDZ Village Adampur Raisen Road, Bhopal, has also been rescheduled. Lastly, students who appeared for January 23, 2019 Shift 1 exam at iON Digital Zone iDZ Trinity 2 Headway 2 Kokta Bypass Road, Bhopal has also been rescheduled/
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has released a total of 64,371 posts for both ALP and technicians. The selection of the candidates will be based on the 2 staged process. Candidates who will clear both the rounds will be eligible to appear for Computer-Based Aptitude Test (AT) – only for the ALP aspirants.
Let us look at the RRB ALP CBT 2 Exam Pattern to be familiar with the pattern of examination. CBT stage 2 consist of 2 parts, Part A and Part B. The number of questions is going to be 100 and 75 in Part A and B respectively. The examination will be of 2 Hours 30 Minutes. In Part A, questions are going to be asked from Mathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Science, General Awareness and Current Affairs. The question in Part B will be pertaining to trade syllabus prescribed by the Director General of Employment & Training (DGET).
In order to clear the exam candidates also have to obtain the qualifying marks to be eligible for the Computer-Based aptitude test. Candidates belonging to different categories are required to qualify Part A by securing minimum eligibility percentage like UR-40%, OBC-30%, SC-30%, ST-25%. In Part B, candidates belonging to both reserved and unreserved category have to obtain 35% marks. It is mandatory for the candidates to qualify Part B, CBT stage 2 exam in order to be eligible for the further round of recruitment.
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