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RRB NTPC (Undergraduate) Syllabus 2026
The complete RRB NTPC (Undergraduate) syllabus for 2026 — 3 sections and 54 topics in all, organised exactly as the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) prescribes. Use it as your revision checklist, then test yourself with a free RRB NTPC (Undergraduate) mock below.
General Awareness16 topics
- Indian History (freedom struggle, major leaders — Gandhi, Nehru, Bose, Bhagat Singh; key dates 1857, 1947, 1950)
- Indian Geography (states and capitals, major rivers — Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra, Godavari, Krishna; mountain ranges; climate)
- Indian Polity (Fundamental Rights — Articles 14/19/21, President, Prime Minister, Parliament, Election Commission basics)
- Indian Economy (RBI basics, Indian currency, major government schemes — PMJDY, PMAY, MGNREGA, Ayushman Bharat)
- General Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology — NCERT Class 9-10 fundamentals)
- Static GK (national symbols, famous monuments, classical dance forms, sports, books and authors)
- Current Affairs (last 6-12 months — schemes, ISRO missions, sports events, key appointments, awards)
- Indian Railways general facts (zones, headquarters, Rail Bhavan, major terminals, Railway Budget basics)
- Sports (cricket, hockey, Olympics medallists, Asian Games)
- Awards and honours (Padma awards, Bharat Ratna, Nobel laureates of Indian origin)
- Basics of computers and applications — hardware, software, MS Office, internet and email terms, common abbreviations
- Environment and ecology — biosphere reserves, national parks and sanctuaries, pollution, climate-change agreements
- Art and culture of India — classical and folk dances, music, festivals, UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Important days and themes, international organisations (UN, WHO, IMF, World Bank, SAARC, BRICS, G20)
- Indian Railways in depth — history, zones and headquarters, production units, Vande Bharat and dedicated freight corridors, recent rail initiatives
- Common abbreviations, famous books and authors, monuments and their builders
Mathematics19 topics
- Number system (LCM, HCF, divisibility rules, prime / composite)
- Percentages (basic conversions, 5-25% range problems)
- Profit, loss and discount (single-step problems)
- Simple Interest (1-3 year cases)
- Compound Interest (basic 2-year cases)
- Ratio, proportion and partnership (unitary method)
- Average and ages
- Time and work (basic 2-person, pipes and cisterns intro)
- Time, speed and distance (basic train and boat & stream)
- Basic Algebra (linear equations, simple quadratics)
- Geometry (triangles, circles — basic properties and theorems)
- Mensuration (perimeter, area of square, rectangle, triangle, circle, trapezium)
- Basic Trigonometry (ratios, basic identities, complementary angles)
- Data Interpretation (tables, bar charts, pie charts — basic level)
- Decimals and fractions (conversion, comparison, operations)
- Simplification and approximation using BODMAS, square and cube roots
- Elementary statistics — mean, median, mode, range of simple data sets
- Unitary method and problems on ages
- Mixtures and alligation (basic level)
General Intelligence & Reasoning19 topics
- Number, letter and alphanumeric series (find next / missing term)
- Simple coding-decoding (letter shift, mathematical, conditional)
- Analogies (word relations, number pairs)
- Classification and odd-one-out (basic)
- Blood relations (single-step descriptive)
- Direction sense (2-step simple problems)
- Basic syllogisms (2-statement direct, no possibility cases)
- Mathematical operations (BODMAS, symbol substitution)
- Calendar (day from date, leap-year basics)
- Clock (basic angle calculation, time-in-mirror)
- Ranking and order (linear arrangement)
- Seating arrangement (basic linear, circular intro)
- Venn diagrams (2-set basic problems)
- Statement and conclusion / assumption (basic verbal reasoning)
- Puzzles — simple scheduling, floor and box arrangements (3-5 items)
- Decision making and analytical reasoning (rule-based selection problems)
- Non-verbal reasoning — mirror and water images, paper folding, figure series, embedded figures
- Similarities and differences, jumbled words and word formation
- Data sufficiency (basic two-statement format)
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