RRB Group D Syllabus

General Science

Physics, chemistry and life sciences at approximately class 10 level. Physics covers motion, force, work and energy, light, sound, electricity and magnetism. Chemistry covers matter and its states, atoms and molecules, the periodic classification of elements, chemical reactions, acids, bases and salts, metals and non-metals, and carbon compounds. Life sciences cover cell structure, life processes, control and coordination, reproduction, heredity, and the environment. A quarter of the paper, and the most systematically coverable section in it.

Mathematics

Number system, BODMAS, decimals and fractions, LCM and HCF, ratio and proportion, percentage, mensuration, time and work, time and distance, simple and compound interest, profit and loss, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, elementary statistics, and square roots, age calculations, calendar and clock, and pipes and cisterns.

General Intelligence and Reasoning

Analogies, alphabetical and number series, coding and decoding, mathematical operations, relationships, syllogism, jumbling, Venn diagrams, data interpretation and sufficiency, conclusions and decision making, similarities and differences, analytical reasoning, classification, directions, and statement and argument and assumption. The largest section in the paper.

General Awareness and Current Affairs

Current affairs in science and technology, sports, culture, personalities, economics, politics and other subjects of importance. The smallest section, and largely a matter of consistent daily contact rather than study.

The general science section deserves particular attention because it is finite. Class 10 physics, chemistry and biology is a bounded body of content — a few textbooks’ worth — which can be covered completely rather than sampled. That makes it the most predictable quarter of the paper, and the place where systematic preparation converts most reliably into marks.

The strategic consequence is worth stating plainly, because it differs from almost every other examination on this site: the right question here is not what to leave out but how completely you can cover a small syllabus. A candidate on their second full pass through class 10 science, with a chapter checklist marked off, is in a materially stronger position than one who has sampled the same material more broadly.