RRB JE Exam Pattern Changed | Know the New Selection Process

This year, RRB JE Exam Pattern has changed. Read more about the new RRB Exam Pattern, Document Verification and Medical standards in details before applying for the RRB JE Exam 2018-19. Find all required information, given below.

RRB JE Exam Pattern 2019

RRB JE Exam Pattern 2019:- RRB JE exam pattern has been changed by the RRB, Railway Recruitment Board. Railway Recruitment Board released the latest exam pattern this year, before applying, go through the complete RRB JE exam pattern as per the latest notification here:

• RRB JE Tier 1 will consist of 100 Questions and Tier 2 will consist 200 Questions
• Duration for RRB JE Exam Tier 1- 90 minutes and Tier 2- 120 minutes
• In both the sections, a correct answer will fetch 1 mark.
• RRB JE Tier 3 will be offline Document verification and Medical fitness exam

 Changes and Latest News – RRB JE Exam Pattern

• RRB exam pattern 2019 for Junior Engineer post has been revised.
• Before exam was conducted in 4 Sections: CBT 1, CBT 2, Document Verification and Medical Fitness exam.
• Now the exam will be conducted in 3 Sections: CBT 1, CBT 2 and Document Verification & Medical Fitness Exam.

 RRB JE Exam Pattern 2019 Highlights

One must keep the changes in the mind before applying for RRB JE 2019. Go through the table below for the brief knowledge of RRB JE 2019;

Exam Name	Railway Recruitment Board Junior engineer 2019
Conducting	Railway Recruitment Board
Exam Date	April/ May 2019
Selection Process	3 Tier Exam
Duration	Tier 1: 90 Minutes
	Tier 2: 120 Minutes
Mode	Tier 1 and 2 Online
	Document Verification and Medical Fitness Exam Offline

RRB JE Exam Pattern for CBT 1

The very first step of the selection process for RRB JE is CBT 1 examination. Check Subject wise marking scheme for RRB JE CBT 1 in the table mentioned below as per latest RRB JE Exam Pattern;

Topics	No. of Questions	Marks	Time
General Intelligence and Reasoning	25	25	90 minutes
General Awareness	15	15
Mathematics	30	30
General Science	30	30
Total	100	100

• 1/3rd Negative marking is there in CBTs for each wrong answer
• Minimum Passing Marks as per different categories:

1. General- 40%
2. OBC- 30%
3. SC/ST- 30%
4. PwBD-2%

 RRB JE Exam Pattern for CBT 2

Candidates who will clear RRB JE CBT 1 will be eligible to write CBT 2 examination. Check Subject wise marking scheme for RRB JE CBT 2 in the table below as per latest RRB JE Exam Pattern;

Topics	No. of Questions	Marks	Time
General Intelligence and Reasoning	15	15	120 minutes
Physics & Chemistry	15	15
Basics of Computers and Application	10	10
Basics of Environmental & Pollution	10	10
Technical Abilities	100	100
Total	150	150

• 1/3rd Negative marking is there in CBTs for each wrong answer
• Minimum Passing Marks as per different categories:

1. General- 40%
2. OBC- 30%
3. SC/ST- 30%
4. PWD-2%

Important points to note:

1. Both the above mentioned CBT 1 & CBT 2 exams shall be of Objective type.
2. There will be negative marking for wrong answers. For each wrong answer, there will be a penalty of 1/3 marks from the secured marks.

Document Verification & Medical Fitness Test – RRB JE Exam Pattern

Candidates who will clear both CBT 1 & CBT 2 will have to go through Document Verification & medical Fitness Test in order to be eligible to be in the final merit list. RRB will release the date for Document Verification & Medical fitness test few days after the result of CBT 2 will be released.

Document Verification:

In this step of the selection process, candidates are required to submit documents as mentioned in the official notification for claiming their seat. Applicants claiming for relaxation also need to submit the relevant documentation to support their claims.

Below are the documents need to be submitted in this step of the selection process;

• Educational Qualifications
• Date of Birth
• Identity
• Reservation Status

Documents submitted for document verification will prove certain eligibility as per the standards set by Indian Railways. Below are the mentioned documents and the proof of eligibility for various requirements during RRB JE Documents Verification process as per latest RRB JE Exam Pattern 2019;

Document	Proof
10th/ Matriculation Marksheet	Verifies the Date of Birth/Age
Graduation Degree	Proves the Completion of Graduation
Caste Certificate for SC/ST category	Proves the caste category claim of a candidate
Self-declaration for Ex-Serviceman	Proves the candidate served in the army for the required period and is discharged now
OBC NCL Certificate	Proves that the candidate belongs to the Non-Creamy Layer of the OBC category
Income Certificate for Examination Fee Waiver	Proves the candidate belongs to a low-income setup
Minority Community Declaration on non-judicial stamp paper	Proves the candidate belongs to a Minority Community
NOC from serving employees	Proves the candidate has the freedom to get employment under the RRB JE recruitment
NOC from serving Defence Personnel stating the date of discharge	Proves the candidate has been allowed to get employment under the RRB JE recruitment
Gazetted document showcasing the name change, in case of a name change	Proves the candidate has officially changed the name
Receipt of payment in case of an SBI Challan or Post Office payment	Proves the candidate has paid the fee offline
Self-certification by Transgender	Proves that the candidate identifies as a transgender
J & K Domicile Certificate	Proves that the candidate belongs to the state of Jammu and Kashmir
Decree of divorce or judicial separation and Affidavit mentioning the candidate has not remarried	Proves that the candidate is divorced and has not remarried after the divorce.
Death Certificate and Affidavit mentioning the candidate has not remarried	Proves that the candidate is a widow and has not remarried after the death of her husband,

Instructions for Uploading Documents Online – RRB JE Exam Pattern

• If any certificate is not in Hindi or English, one must bring its translated version.
• The certificate must specify the date of issue.
• One must upload all the required documents before the given deadline.
• Single page documents should be in JPEG/JPG format.
• Documents having multiple pages must be uploaded in PDF format.
• For single page document, image size should remain between 50-300 kb.
• For multiple page document, image size should remain between 50-500 kb.
• Documents such as Matric Certificate, Intermediate/PUC Certificate, Caste Certificate, Income Certificate are single page documents
• Documents such as all Semester mark sheets saved as one page, Discharge certificate saved as one document are multiple page documents

Medical Fitness Test:

In medical Fitness Test, one must fulfill the medical standard as per their post and department requirement. candidates will be notified to come to a specified location which will be chosen as the center for document verification by RRB.

Medical Standards:-

⇒A-3

• Physically it in all respect
• Visual Standards-Distance vision – 6/9, 6/9 with or without glasses (Power of lenses should not exceed 2D)
• Near Vision – Sn: 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses and one must pass the color test, Binocular Vision, Field of Vision, and Night Vision.

⇒B-1

• Physically it in all respect
• Visual Standards-Distance vision – 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (Power of lenses should not exceed 4D)
• Near Vision – Sn: 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or while doing close work and must pass color Vision Test, Binocular Vision, Field of Vision, and Night Vision.

⇒B-2

• Physically it in all respect
• Visual Standards-Distance vision – 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (Power of lenses should not exceed 4D)
• Near Vision – Sn: 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or while doing close work and must pass Field of Vision Test.

⇒C-1

• Physically it in all respect
• Visual Standards-Distance vision – 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (Power of lenses should not exceed 4D)
• Near Vision – Sn: 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or while doing close work is required.

In the table below, We have mentioned the complete list of the medical standard as per latest RRB JE Pattern for various posts of RRB JE.

Post	Section	Sub Department	Medical Standard
J.E/ Bridge	Engineering	BRIDGE	A3
J.E/ Civil/ Design Drawing and Estimation	Engineering	DESIGN and DRAWING	C1
J.E/ P Way	Engineering	P WAY	A3
JE/ Civil/ Design Drawing and Estimation	Engineering	PRODUCTION UNIT	C1
J.E./ P Way	Engineering	PRODUCTION UNIT	A3
J.E/ Works	Engineering	PRODUCTION UNIT	C1
J.E/ Design and Civil	Engineering	R & D	B2
J.E/ Civil	Engineering	R & D	B1
J.E/ Works	Engineering	R & D	C1
J.E/ (Research)/ Civil	Engineering	R & D	B1
J.E/ Works	Engineering	WORKS	B1
J.E/ Civil/ Workshop	Engineering	WORKSHOP	C1
J.E/ Track Machine	Engineering	TRACK MACHINE	A3
J.E/ Carriage and Wagon	Mechanical	CARRIAGE AND WAGON	B1
J.E/ Mechanical/ Design Drawing and Estimation	Mechanical	DESIGN AND DRAWING	C1
J.E/ Diesel Mechanical	Mechanical	DIESEL SHED	B1
J.E/ Mechanical/ Power	Mechanical	POWER	A3
J.E./ Design/ Mechanical	Mechanical	PRODUCTION UNIT	C1
J.E/ Mechanical	Mechanical	PRODUCTION UNIT	C1
J.E/ Mechanical/ Design Drawing and Estimation	Mechanical	PRODUCTION UNIT	C1
J.E/ Design/ C and W	Mechanical	R & D	C1
J.E/ Design/ ED	Mechanical	R & D	C1
J.E/ Design/ MP	Mechanical	R & D	B2
J.E/ Design/ Testing	Mechanical	R & D	C1
J.E/ Mechanical	Mechanical	R & D	C1
J.E/ Mechanical/ Carriage	Mechanical	R & D	C1
J.E/ Mechanical/ ED	Mechanical	R & D	B1
J.E/ Mechanical/ MP	Mechanical	R & D	B1
J.E/ Mechanical/ Testing	Mechanical	R & D	B1
J.E/ Workshop/ ED	Mechanical	R & D	C1
J.E (Research)/ Mechanical/ Testing	Mechanical	R & D	C1
J.E/ Diesel Mechanical (Workshop)	Mechanical	WORKSHOP	C1
J.E/ JIG and TOOL	Mechanical	WORKSHOP	C1
J.E/ Mechanical (Workshop)	Mechanical	WORKSHOP	C1
J.E/ Millwright	Mechanical	WORKSHOP	C1
J.E/ Diesel Electrical	Mechanical	DIESEL SHED	B1
J.E/ Diesel Electrical (Workshop)	Mechanical	WORKSHOP	C1
J.E/ Electrical/ Design Drawing & Estimation	Electrical	DESIGN AND DRAWING	C1
J.E/ Electrical/ EMU	Electrical	EMU	A3
J.E/ Electrical/ General Services	Electrical	GENERAL SERVICES	B1
J.E/ Design/ Electrical	Electrical	PRODUCTION UNIT	C1
J.E/ Design/ TI	Electrical	PRODUCTION UNIT	C1
J.E/ Electrical/ Design Drawing and Estimation	Electrical	PRODUCTION UNI	C1
J.E/ Design/ Electrical	Electrical	R & D	C1
J.E/ Design/ TI	Electrical	R & D	B2
J.E/ Electrical	Electrical	R & DThe candidates should bring the follow documents to complete the verification:	C1
J.E/ Research/ TI	Electrical	R & D	C1
J.E/ Electrical/ TRD	Electrical	TRD	A3
J.E/ Electrical/ TRS	Electrical	TRS	A3
J.E/ Electrical (Workshop)	Electrical	WORKSOP	C1
J.E/ S & T/ Design Drawing and Estimation	S & T	DESIGN AND DRAWING	C1
J.E/ S & T/ Telecommunication	S & T	PRODUCTION UNIT	C1
J.E/ Design/ S & T	S & T	R & D	C1
J.E/ Research/ Instrumentation	S & T	R & D	C1
J.E/ S & T/ Telecommunication	S & T	R & D	C1
J.E/ S & T/ Signal	S & T	SIGNAL	A3
J.E/ S & T/ Telecommunication	S & T	TELECOMMUNICATION	A3
J.E/ S & T (Workshop)	S & T	WORKSHOP	C1
J.E/ Printing Press	STORES	PRINTING PRESS	B2
DMS	STORES	STORES DEPOT	C1
J.E/ IT	ACCOUNTS	ACCOUNTS	C1
CMA	Mechanical	CMT	B1

RB JE Syllabus 2019:

Before starting preparation for RRB JE examination, one must look at the syllabus for RRB JE in order to have a clear vision of the examination and the topics to be covered for each section. Let’s have a look at the important topics to be covered in different stages of RRB JE in the table below;

Stages	Subjects	Important Topics
CBT 1	Mathematics	Simple and Compound Interest, Profit and Loss, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Elementary Statistics etc.
	General Intelligence and Reasoning	Analogies, Alphabetical and Number Series, Coding and Decoding, Mathematical operations, Relationships, Syllogism etc.
	General Awareness	Knowledge of Current affairs, Indian geography, culture, and history of India including freedom struggle, Indian Polity, and constitution etc.
	General Science	Physics, Chemistry and Life Sciences (up to 10th Standard CBSE syllabus)
CBT 2 (General Exams)	General Awareness	Knowledge of Current affairs, Indian geography, culture, and history of India including freedom struggle, Indian Polity, and constitution etc.
	Physics and Chemistry	Up to 10th standard CBSE syllabus and relevant basics.
	Basics of Computer and Application	The architecture of Computers; input and Output devices; Storage devices, Networking, Operating System like Windows, Unix, Linux etc.
CBT 2 (Technical Ability)	Mechanical & Allied Engineering	Engineering Mechanics, Material Science, Strength of Materials, Machining etc.
	Computer Science and Information Technology	PC software, Computer Fundamentals, C language, Information Systems etc.
	Civil & Allied Engineering	Building Construction, Building materials, Construction of Superstructure, Building Drawing, Building Finishes, Concrete technology, surveying etc. etc.
	Electrical & Allied Engineering	Basic Concepts, AC Fundamentals, Magnetic Circuit, Circuit law etc.
	Electronics & Allied Engineering	Electronic Components and Materials, Electronic devices and circuits, Digital Electronics, Linear integrated circuit etc.
	Printing Technology	Printing Systems, image processing Types of originals, Paper and Ink manufacturing, Printer’s accounting and Estimation etc.
	CMA	Basics, Light, Heat, Sound, Mechanics, Magnetism, Modern Physics, Matter, Chemical reactions etc.

RRB JE Preparation Tips – RRB JE Exam Pattern

If you are about to start your preparation for RRB JE or you are yet to start your exam preparation, you need to follow a specific strategy in order to prepare for the exam efficiently.  Well, there is no specific framework to be followed to achieve the target but in order to smoothen your exam preparation, you need to set few things straight and need to follow the same according to your own requirement. Below are the few of the most important steps one need to follow to get the optimum of one’s potential;

Prepare a plan

Once you are clear about the Syllabus and exam pattern, you must create a pathway to prepare the same. The most important thing to do is to know your strengths and weaknesses. Once you are aware of what you need, prepare a plan accordingly with keeping time limit in your head as an important bar.

Strategize your plan

Once you have planned your preparation for RRB JE, strategize it with respect to the time you have for the exam preparation. Start with easier topics as it will help you build confidence and later you can work on more difficult topics. Plan your short term and long term goals in order to achieve targets in bits and believe me it makes the process much easier.

Find the best exam resources

Well, this is one of the most important things to do in order to make the most of your strategized plan. Look for best books, previous year questions, Previous year exam analysis, and anything regarded as a preparation resource for RRB JE.

Manage Time Efficiently

If you manage your time well, things will automatically start turning easier for you. Look for tricks or a better way to solve a problem which can save you some time. Keep up this process until you are able to finish everything in time.

Well, Most importantly you need to practice regularly in order get the optimum result of your potential. While its universally known that practice makes it perfect, it has to be regularised in a way that you don’t lose your grasp of any specific topic.

Therefore, now you are aware of the exam procedure and paper pattern for the upcoming RRB JE exam 2018-19. As notified, the 1st online exam is most probably to be held on April or May 2019. Hence, you have a good time to prepare yourself.