RRB: Railway Recruitment Board Exam 2016 Syllabus and Exam Pattern

Railway Recruitment Board — of all regions conducts several recruitment examinations. Here you can check syllabus of the common sections like — General Awareness / General Knowledge, General Science, Reasoning etc.

Railway Recruitment Board exams of all posts have basically questions from following sections.

General Ability

General Intelligence and Reasoning
General Awareness
Arithmetic
General Science
Technical ability

RRB General Awareness Syllabus

Current Affairs of National and International Importance
Indian History, Geography, Constitution, Polity, Culture & Heritage, Finance & Economy
Abbreviations / full forms
Important Days / dates in a year
Union Budget
Books and Authors
Awards and Honours
Five Year Plans
Question based on Who is ...
Sports
Heads / CEO / Important person of International and National Organisations

RRB Arithmetic Ability Syllabus

Simplification
Number System
HCF, LCM based
Decimal Fractions
Average
Algebra
Simple and Compound Interest
Ratio and Proportions
Percentage
Profit and Loss
Ratio and proportion
2D/3D Mensuration
Time and Distance
Calendar and Topics – Dates, Weeks
Time and Work
Data Interpretation (DI)
Unitary Method

RRB English Syllabus

Question in this section are asked from following sections.
Basics of English Grammar
Articles
Prepositions
Voices
Tenses
Synonyms and Antonyms

RRB Technical Ability / General Science Syllabus

Technical AbilityThis part is designed to test candidate's technical knowledge and refers to the subject of the candidate / post applied.
General Science
Biodiversity
Greenhouse Effect
Natural Resources
Ozone Layer
Metals and Non - Metals
Sound
Structure of Atom
Health
Force
Work and Motion
Diseases
Gas, Solid, Liquid
Pollution
Acid Rain
Chemical Reactions
Plant and Animal Tissues
Organic Farming
Electricity
Fertilizers
Animal & Plant Breeding

RRB General Intelligence and Reasoning Ability Syllabus

Number Series
Alphabet Series
Non Verbal Series
Coding-Decoding
Judgement
Observation
Analogies
Similarities
Mirror Images
Cubes and Dice
Blood Relations
Analogy
Directions
Number Ranking
Arithmetical Reasoning
Age problems
Visual Memory
Discrimination
Identical Figures grouping
Embedded Figures etc
Decision Making etc.