Dear Readers,
The Indian Railways has announced vacancies for 18,252 positions with excellent pay (up to Rs. 34,800 + GP) and perks. These positions are to be filled through an aptitude test (along similar lines as IBPS PO and SSC CGL tests). Thus, this is an excellent opportunity for all students who are already preparing for IBPS and/or SSC examinations.
Details of posts:
The Railway Recruitment Board, through its official notification no. CEN 03/2015, has released a list of 18,252 vacancies for non-technical positions such as Assistant Station Master (ASM), Traffic Assistant, Senior Time Keeper, Commercial Apprentice (CA), Traffic Apprentice (TA), Enquiry-Cum-Reservation Clerk (ECRC), Senior Clerk-Cum-Typist, Junior Accounts Assistant-Cum-Typist (JAA) and Goods Guard.
Remuneration:
Posts like Commercial Apprentice & Traffic Apprentice have a pay scale of Rs 9,300 – 34,800 + GP 4,200/-
All other posts have a decent pay scale of Rs 5,200 – 20,200 + GP 2,800/-.
States of examination:
a) There will be a common Computer Based Test (CBT) for all the posts mentioned above.
b) For posts like Junior Accounts Assistant-Cum-Typist (JAA), Sr. Clerk & Sr. Time Keeper, there will be typing skill test of qualifying nature.
c) There will be a separate aptitude test for posts like Assistant Station Master (ASM) & Traffic Assistant.
d) So, let us quickly go through the pattern of the computer based objective type exam.
Pattern of the exam:
This exam will be of multiple choice type. It will have 100 questions worth 100 marks – these questions are to be attempted within 90 minutes. This exam will have four sections which are as follows:
Sections
Arithmetic Ability
General Awareness
General Intelligence
Reasoning
All questions would carry one mark each for the correct answer, with a negative mark of 0.33 for every wrong answer.
Syllabus:
The topic wise syllabus for each of the above sections is as follows:
Arithmetic:
Data Interpretation
Profit & Loss
Simple & Compound Interest
Mensuration
HCM & LCM
Time, Distance & Work
Simplification
Algebra
Percentage
Number system
Decimal Fractions
General Intelligence & Reasoning:
Mental Ability questions
Arithmetic reasoning
Age calculation
Coding decoding
Direction based questions
Blood relations
Alphabet series
Decision making
Verbal reasoning
General Awareness:
Current Affairs
Book Authors
Science & Inventions
Awards & Honours
International & National Organisations
National Budget
So, as you can see, the syllabus for this exam is quite similar to that of IBPS and SSC exams. Hence, with proper preparation and daily practice, you can easily grab a decent post in Railway department.
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Best Of Luck!!!