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RRB Technician Exam Pattern

Each stage is checked separately so one stage cannot inherit another stage's scoring rules.

Grade I Signal CBT

Official Recruitment of Technician Grade I Signal and Grade III CEN 02/2025 pattern
Questions100
Total marks100
Duration90 minutes
Negative marking0.333 per wrong answer
SectionsGeneral Awareness, General Intelligence and Reasoning, Basics of Computers and Applications, Mathematics, Basic Science and Engineering
TestQsMarksMin
General Awareness10109
General Intelligence and Reasoning151513
Basics of Computers and Applications202018
Mathematics202018
Basic Science and Engineering353532

Timing: Single 90-minute timer for all five sections combined (no sectional lock)..

There is only one CBT for this pay level: it directly decides shortlisting for Document Verification, which is limited to the number of notified vacancies. Minimum pass percentage: UR and EWS 40%, OBC (NCL) and SC 30%, ST 25%. The official notification labels this subject-wise question split as indicative; the question papers may vary.

Official source · checked 7 August 2026

Grade III CBT

Official Recruitment of Technician Grade I Signal and Grade III CEN 02/2025 pattern
Questions100
Total marks100
Duration90 minutes
Negative marking0.333 per wrong answer
SectionsMathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Science, General Awareness
TestQsMarksMin
Mathematics252523
General Intelligence and Reasoning252522
General Science404036
General Awareness10109

Timing: Single 90-minute timer for all four sections combined (no sectional lock)..

There is only one CBT for this pay level: it directly decides shortlisting for Document Verification, which is limited to the number of notified vacancies. Minimum pass percentage: UR and EWS 40%, OBC (NCL) and SC 30%, ST 25%. The official notification labels this subject-wise question split as indicative; the question papers may vary.

Official source · checked 7 August 2026