RRB JE/ SSE examination- A definitive Success Guide
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) invited applications for 2786 Junior and Senior section Engineer, Depot Material Superintendent, Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant posts under various Railway sections. For more details about the nature of Posts and Pay details visit the RRB JE/ SSE Recruitment Notification 2015
Educational Qualification
Generally speaking, for Senior Section Engineer and Chief Depot Material Superintend jobs the candidate should be a Four years Bachelor’s Degree in Concerned Engineering Discipline like Civil / Mechanical / Electrical / Electronics / Instrumentation & Control / IT / Communication etc.
Three years Diploma in concerned Engineering Discipline (Civil / Mechanical / Electrical / Electronics etc.) is the basic qualification for Junior Engineering Disciplines For more details about the posts and respective eligible disciplines visit the RRB Jr. and Sr. Engieer Recruitment Notification 2015
Selection Procedure of RRB Sr. and Jr. Engineer posts
Candidates will be short-listed according to their performance in the written examination conducted for this purpose by RRB’s followed by medical verification and interview and certificate verification. For more details about the expected cut-off of RRB Engineer examination 2014, read on..
Syllabus of RRB JE and SSE examination
There are 5 main topics of the examination.
- General Awareness
- Arithmetic
- General intelligence and Reasoning
- General Science
- Technical Ability
For the Junior Engineer Examination expect the questions for General Awareness, Arithmetic and General intelligence and Reasoning in the standard of a Bank Clerk examination. For Senior Engineer exam, the expected standard of these papers are that of a Bank PO exam. For a detailed understanding download the RRB Engineer examination syllabus from here
Examination Pattern
The exam will have 150 objective type questions, and the total time allowed is 2 hrs. For negative marking 1/3 rd mark will be deducted for every wrong answer. The expected break off of questions from each topic will be like
General Awareness – 25 Marks
Arithmetic- 25 Marks
General intelligence- 05 Marks
Reasoning- 05 Marks
Technical Ability- 90 Marks
RRB JE Previous Year Question papers
Download previous year question papers of RRB JE Examination held in various years from the links below. Most of the question papers are solved and with an answer key. These previous year RRB JE Question papers will be useful as model papers for the upcoming JE examination.
RRB JE Previous year question paper 2014 – RED, GREEN and YELLOW sets with answer key
RRB JE Last 10 year solved question papers from 2005-2014
RRB JE SSE exam Model question papers
For General Awareness, Arithmetic and General intelligence papers practice with Bank Clerk/ Bank PO question papers.
- General Awareness, Arithmetic and General intelligence model papers for RRB Junior Engineers
- General Science MCQ question collection for RRB JE and SSE Exam
Technical Ability Model papers for RRB JE Examination
Books and Study Materials
Follow the links below for the books and study materials for preparing for RRB Junior and Senior Engineering Examination. Books, study materials and notes are available for Arithmetic, Reasoning, and Technical Ability sections of the examination.
- Computer Science books and study materials for technical ability paper
- General Science Model questions and study materials for RRB JE
RRB Junior Engineer Free Mock tests
The following online mock tests will be useful for your preparation for RRB Junior Engineer examination
RRB JE/SE Examination Electronics online model exam
RRB JE Mechanical live model exam
RRB JE Electrical Engineer free live mock test
RRB JE Civil Engineer free live mock test
General Awareness free online mock test paper
General Science – Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Arithmetic Ability mock test paper