RPF Constable and SI 2026 Notification, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, PET/PMT and Free Mock Tests

What the process assesses

• The computer-based test — general awareness, arithmetic, and general intelligence and reasoning, with general awareness the largest section.
• The physical efficiency test — timed running over prescribed distances, plus long jump and high jump, with standards differing by post and gender.
• The physical measurement test — height and, for male candidates, chest measurement with expansion, against standards that vary by category and region.
• Document verification — qualification, category, age and identity.

Other conditions

• Fee — The examination fee is ₹500 for general candidates, of which ₹400 is refunded (less bank charges) to those who appear in the first CBT; SC, ST, ex-servicemen, PwBD, female, transgender, minority and Economically Backward Class candidates pay ₹250, refunded in full on appearing. The refund goes only to the bank account seeded with the candidate’s Aadhaar, so the account has to be linked before the application is submitted.
• Medical — Standard B-1 — distant vision 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (power not above 4D), near vision Sn 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses, and the colour, binocular, night and mesopic vision tests — examined after the physical tests.
• Ex-servicemen — Exempt from the PET but must pass the PMT; 10 per cent of vacancies are reserved for them.

The RPF process, from account to appointment

1. Create an account on rrbapply.gov.in One account serves every RRB notification: mobile number, e-mail, name, parents’ names and date of birth exactly as on the matriculation certificate, and Aadhaar verification. Details in the account form — and the RRB chosen — cannot be changed later, even in the paid modification window, so they must be right at this step.
2. Choose one RRB and rank the posts You apply to one Railway Recruitment Board only, and are examined and considered against that RRB’s vacancies; a second application to any RRB cancels all of them. Inside the chosen RRB you rank every post and zone you are eligible for and willing to join — posts left without a preference are treated as declined, and preferences are final.
3. Fill the form with a live photograph The form asks for qualification, category and the certificates you will produce at verification, captures a live photograph through the webcam or phone camera at the time of application, and takes uploads of the photograph, signature and any category certificates to the CEN’s specification.
4. Pay the fee The examination fee is ₹500 for general candidates, of which ₹400 is refunded (less bank charges) to those who appear in the first CBT; SC, ST, ex-servicemen, PwBD, female, transgender, minority and Economically Backward Class candidates pay ₹250, refunded in full on appearing. The refund goes only to the bank account seeded with the candidate’s Aadhaar, so the account has to be linked before the application is submitted.
5. Use the modification window if you must A ten-day window opens after applications close in which any field other than the account details and the chosen RRB can be corrected on payment of ₹250 per occasion, which is not refunded.
6. Application status, city intimation, then the e-call letter The RRBs publish a notice for checking whether your application was accepted. About ten days before your date the exam city and date, and the travel authority for SC and ST candidates, become visible in the login; the e-call letter itself is released about four days before the examination. Aadhaar-linked biometric authentication is done at the centre, so carry the original Aadhaar card and the same photo identity document named in the application, and keep Aadhaar biometrics unlocked.
7. The computer-based test Objective questions in the language chosen at application, with a separate scribe-eligible duration. There is no sectional timing; the whole paper is one clock. Mock tests to familiarise candidates with the interface are put on the RRB website before the examination.
8. Results, scores and the objection tracker After each CBT the question paper, responses and provisional answer key are opened in the login with an objection window; results are published RRB by RRB as PDF lists of roll numbers with category-wise normalised cut-offs, and individual scores can be viewed in the login for a limited period.
9. CBT result and the ten-times shortlist Each RRB publishes normalised cut-offs scaled to 100 and the roll numbers shortlisted for PET/PMT and document verification — ten times the vacancies in each category for men, women and ex-servicemen. If the shortlisted candidates do not fill the vacancies after the physical tests, a second round is called for ten times the shortfall; there are at most two rounds.
10. PET and PMT The 1,600-metre or 800-metre run is one chance; long jump and high jump allow two chances each. Candidates who pass the run are measured for height and, for men, chest. Both tests are qualifying with no marks, and a grievance cell sits at the venue.
11. Document verification, medical, panel and zone allotment Originals are verified at the same event, the medical examination follows to standard B-1, and the RRBs publish the panel on CBT merit — 4,205 constables on 16 February 2026 — with zone allotment and medical notices afterwards. The RPF issues the appointment and training follows.

A four-month plan

1. Month 1: awareness spine and the run History, geography, polity, economy, science, sports, culture, the railways and RPF, and daily current affairs; arithmetic basics. Start running three times a week towards 1,600 metres in under six minutes, and practise long and high jump technique.
2. Month 2: arithmetic and reasoning to speed Number system, percentages, ratio, averages, interest, profit and loss, discount, tables and graphs, mensuration, time and distance; analogies, series, coding, spatial visualisation, syllogism, statement and conclusion.
3. Month 3: full mocks A 120-question, 90-minute mock every second day scored with a third off per error, an error log, and a timed run and jumps every week.
4. Month 4: revision and the examination Revise from notes and the error log, keep current affairs to the CBT date, and be inside the physical standards with a margin.

What the pattern means for the attempt

• Awareness first — Fifty recall questions in the first 25 minutes, skipping the unknown, leaves an hour for the 70 calculating questions.
• A third off per error — Guess only between two options; three wrong answers cancel a right one.
• The PET is pass or fail with one chance on the run — A candidate who clears the CBT and fails the run is out; train the run harder than the paper.

Official documents

CEN RPF 02/2024 — Constable (Executive) detailed notification (15 April 2024) CEN RPF 01/2024 — Sub-Inspector (Executive) detailed notification (15 April 2024) SI CBT normalised cut-off marks scaled to 100 (3 March 2025) Constable ex-servicemen cut-off marks (20 August 2025) Constable PET/PMT/DV schedule (10 December 2025) Constable panel and cut-off marks (16 February 2026) Constable zone allotment and medical examination notice (23 February 2026) RRB portal — notices, results and e-call letters RRB application portal