The Railway recruitment board has scheduled the 2020 examination for the Non-Technical Popular Category to December 15 this year. It is expected around 2 crore candidates may sit for the exam. The admit for the same exam will be available 3-7 days before the examination date, that means in the second week of December. A total of 35,208 vacant posts in Non-Technical Popular Category (NTPC) is going to be filled with the RRB NTPC 2020 examination.
The last date to submit the exam form has already been completed on September 30, 2020. Now, it is expected RRB may release the admit card for Tier 1 examination in December second week.
RRB conducts its NTPC exam in 15 languages and candidates have to clear a total of 4 stages in order to get the job in Non-Technical Popular Category in Indian Railway. These four stages are CBT Stage 1, CBT Stage 2, Typing Skill Test/CBAT, and Document Verification/Medical Exam.
There are a total of 12 posts for which a candidate can apply in the RRB NTPC exam. These posts are Junior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Time Keeper, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Goods Guard, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Senior Time Keeper, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Trains Clerk, Traffic Assistant, Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist, and Commercial Apprentice and Station Master.
Both the Graduate as well as 12th board passed candidates can apply for the RRB NTPC exam but can apply for different posts. For example, 12th passed candidates are allowed only to apply for the post of Commercial Cum Ticket Clerk, Accounts Clerk Cum Typist, Junior Clerk Cum Typist, Junior Time Keeper, and Trains Clerk, however, the Graduated Candidates are allowed to apply for Commercial Apprentice (CA), Station Master, Goods Guard, Senior Commercial Cum Ticket Clerk, Junior Accounts Assistant Cum Typist, Senior Clerk-Cum-typist, Senior Time Keeper, and Traffic Assistant.
Back on February 28 last year, RRB released the RRB NTPC exam notification and asked the candidates to apply for the exam online till March 31, 2019. Now, almost after reaching a year RRB is conducting the RRB NTPC exam.