Syllabus
RRB ALP Syllabus: Sections and Topics Covered
Railway Recruitment Board: Assistant Loco Pilot
The coverage spans two papers that ask for different things. CBT 1 is general: mathematics, mental ability, general science and general awareness, and its marks are never carried into the final panel. CBT 2 Part A then puts 50 of its 100 questions into Basic Science and Engineering, which is where the topic list starts to earn its keep, because that content appears nowhere in the first paper and is the part a candidate is most likely to leave until too late.
Sections official, topics ours. The section names and counts below are from the official pattern. The topics under them are what this site's own tests cover, not a list the exam body publishes.
CBT 1 (Recruitment of Assistant Loco Pilots CEN 01/2025 pattern)
Mathematics
20 questions · 20 marks- • LCM and HCF
- • Mensuration
- • Age Calculations
- • Algebra
- • BODMAS
- • Calendar and Clock
- • Elementary Statistics
- • Fractions and Decimals
- • Geometry
- • Number System
- • Percentages
- • Pipes and Cisterns
- • Profit and Loss
- • Ratio and Proportion
- • Simple and Compound Interest
- • Square Root
- • Time and Distance
- • Time and Work
18 topic labels across 40 questions built here.
Mental Ability
25 questions · 25 marks- • Alphabetical Series
- • Classification
- • Coding-Decoding
- • Number Series
- • Relationships
- • Analogies
- • Analogy
- • Analytical Reasoning
- • Blood Relations
- • Conclusions and Decision Making
- • Data Interpretation and Sufficiency
- • Direction Sense
- • Directions
- • Jumbling
- • Mathematical Operations
- • Ranking and Order
- • Similarities and Differences
- • Statement - Arguments and Assumptions
Showing 18 of 20 topic labels, the ones carrying the most of the 50 questions built here.
General Science
20 questions · 20 marks- • Physics
- • Chemistry
- • Life Sciences
3 topic labels across 40 questions built here.
General Awareness
10 questions · 10 marks- • Culture
- • Current Affairs
- • Economics
- • Geography
- • History
- • Indian Railways
- • Personalities
- • Polity
- • Science and Technology
- • Sports
10 topic labels across 20 questions built here.
Section pattern source: the official notice, checked 7 August 2026.
CBT 2 (Recruitment of Assistant Loco Pilots CEN 01/2025 pattern)
Mathematics
25 questions · 25 marks- • LCM and HCF
- • Mensuration
- • Number System
- • Profit and Loss
- • Ratio and Proportion
- • Time and Work
- • Age Calculations
- • Algebra
- • BODMAS
- • Calendar and Clock
- • Elementary Statistics
- • Fractions and Decimals
- • Geometry
- • Percentages
- • Pipes and Cisterns
- • Simple and Compound Interest
- • Square Root
- • Time and Distance
Showing 18 of 19 topic labels, the ones carrying the most of the 50 questions built here.
General Intelligence and Reasoning
25 questions · 25 marks- • Coding-Decoding
- • Number Series
- • Blood Relations
- • Classification
- • Syllogism
- • Analogy
- • Direction Sense
- • Alphabet Series
- • Alphabetical Series
- • Arithmetical Reasoning
- • Ranking
- • Relationships
- • Analogies
- • Analytical Reasoning
- • Conclusions and Decision Making
- • Data Interpretation and Sufficiency
- • Directions
- • Inequality
Showing 18 of 24 topic labels, the ones carrying the most of the 100 questions built here.
Basic Science and Engineering
50 questions · 50 marks- • Basic Electricity
- • Engineering Drawing
- • Heat and Temperature
- • Levers and Simple Machines
- • Units and Measurements
- • Work Power and Energy
- • Mass Weight and Density
- • Occupational Safety and Health
- • Speed and Velocity
- • Environment Education
- • IT Literacy
11 topic labels across 100 questions built here.
Section pattern source: the official notice, checked 7 August 2026.
Frequently asked questions
What sections does the RRB ALP syllabus cover?
There are 6 sections: Mathematics, Mental Ability, General Science, General Awareness, General Intelligence and Reasoning and Basic Science and Engineering. Those names, and the question counts and marks beside them, come from the official pattern, checked 7 August 2026. What sits under each of them on this page is a different thing: 105 topic labels drawn from the 400 questions built here for this exam, which is a map of what you can practise rather than a list the exam body published.
Is this the official RRB ALP syllabus?
No, and the page says so rather than leaving you to work it out. The section pattern is official and linked to the notice it came from; the topics beneath it are the ones this site's own tests cover. They are useful for two things: seeing what you can practise here, and checking a syllabus you already have for gaps. For the syllabus itself, read the exam body's own document, because a topic list assembled from a question bank can be narrower than the syllabus and never wider in a way you should trust.
How many questions are there in the RRB ALP paper, and how long is it?
The CBT 1 stage is 75 questions for 75 marks in 60 minutes. Wrong answers are penalised 0.333 per question. Knowing that alongside the syllabus is what turns a topic list into a plan: it tells you how many marks each section is actually worth and how many minutes you can afford per question.
How do I practise the RRB ALP syllabus?
Sit a full mock before working down any topic list. A list tells you what can be asked; it does not tell you which parts are costing you marks, and that is rarely where a candidate expects. There are 18 free tests for RRB ALP here, and the sectional ones let you rebuild a single section once the full paper has shown you which one needs it.