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RRB Group D Previous Papers

Group D papers are the clearest illustration of a general principle: when a syllabus is finite, past papers show you exactly which parts of it get asked.

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RRB Group D · checked 19 September 2026

RRB Group D at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

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19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

RRB Group D: the facts that matter now

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    CBT held 3–25 August 2026 in 16 sittings; result awaited, then PET for three times the vacancies

    Current stage

  2. 02

    Railway Recruitment Boards for the zonal railways — CEN 09/2025, Level 1 of the 7th CPC pay matrix

    Conducted by

  3. 03

    Track Maintainer Grade IV, Pointsman-B, Assistant (S&T), Assistant TRD, Assistant Operations and Assistant TL&AC (Electrical), Assistant Loco…

    Posts

  4. 04

    22,195 across the railway zones; 52.4 lakh applications received

    Vacancies

Past papers

RRB Group D — Reading previous papers properly

The general science section draws from class 10 content, and past papers show it drawing repeatedly from the same areas — basic mechanics, electricity, the periodic table, acids and bases, human physiology and life processes. Tagging several years of science questions against a class 10 syllabus produces a prioritised revision list within an evening.

Working the papers

  1. Sort science questions by chapter. Against a standard class 10 syllabus. The uneven distribution is the useful finding.
  2. Solve mathematics without a calculator, untimed at first. The generous time limit means accuracy is worth more than speed here.
  3. Do reasoning sections in full. It is the largest section and improves quickly with volume.
  4. Build a current affairs theme list from the awareness questions. A small section, but easy marks once you know what themes recur.

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What the science tagging exercise reveals

  • A short list of chapters carries most of the section — motion and force, work and energy, light, electricity and magnetism in physics; acids bases and salts, metals and non-metals, and carbon compounds in chemistry; life processes and control in biology.
  • Questions are direct rather than applied — definitions, standard relationships, units and simple recall dominate. Multi-step numerical reasoning is rare, which suits a candidate revising from school notes.
  • The same facts recur across cycles — not identical questions, but the same units, the same standard values and the same relationships, asked in slightly different words.
  • Life sciences are asked more than candidates expect — and are often the weakest area for candidates who studied science streams weighted towards physics and chemistry.

Sorting past science questions by chapter takes an afternoon and converts a school syllabus into a prioritised revision order. Because the section is finite, the goal is complete coverage — but complete coverage in the right order means that if you run short of time, what remains uncovered is the material least likely to be asked rather than whatever happened to come last in the textbook.

Solve the mathematics sections untimed at first, on paper and without a calculator. The level is not the constraint here; accuracy is. Working untimed initially lets you see whether your errors come from method or from carelessness, and that distinction is much harder to read once you have added time pressure to a paper that does not, in fact, apply much of it.

Annotate reasoning figures rather than solving them mentally

Much of the reasoning section is visual — mirror and water images, embedded figures, paper folding, completion of figures — and these are substantially easier when you can draw a fold line or mark a corner. Build the habit on paper first, then move to screen practice so the interface is familiar without losing the annotation instinct.

Exam resources

Everything for RRB Group D

Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.

RRB Group D SyllabusRRB Group D syllabus — general science, mathematics, reasoning and general awareness at class 10 level for the single computer-based test.RRB Group D Exam PatternRRB Group D exam pattern 2026 — the 100-question Level 1 CBT with section-wise marks and time, one-third negative marking, qualifying marks and PET standards.RRB Group D Previous PapersRRB Group D previous year papers — using past CBTs to cover the general science section systematically and build reasoning speed.RRB Group D Mock TestsRRB Group D mock tests — full CBT practice with one-third negative marking and section-wise analysis.RRB Group D PreparationRRB Group D preparation — covering class 10 science systematically, building reasoning volume and training for the physical test.RRB Group D Study MaterialRRB Group D study material — class 10 science, mathematics, reasoning and general awareness notes for the single CBT.

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