The Railway Recruitment Board conducts a lot of examinations as it is one of the largest recruiters in the country. One of the most popular examinations conducted by the board is the RRB JE exams for the post of Junior Engineers. The official recruitment advertisement for 2022 will be released soon by the RRB in the coming weeks.

• This exam is conducted in examination centers all over the country, however, the candidates are entitled to select the preference for the desired Railways unit. 
• For the previous cycle, as many as 13,000+ vacancies were on offer, a similar count can be expected for the upcoming cycle. 
• This is a great job opportunity for candidates with Diploma/Engineering background to work for an organization like Indian Railways.
• The selection for this recruitment will be done on the basis of two computer-based tests. Interested students can apply by registering themselves on the RRB official online website.

RRB JE Recruitment Notification 2019 Download PDF

This article will focus on this process of application and many other details with respect to the RRB JE Recruitment. The main features of the RRB Junior Engineering examination are as given below in the table.

RRB JE Vacancy 2022

The total zone-wise vacancies for the RRB JE recruitment 2022 cycle will be soon released. The candidates can have an idea regarding the vacancies to be released by looking at the vacancy count for the previous recruitment cycle. The total number of RRB Junior Engineering vacancies for the year 2019 across all the zones is as follows.

Here given below is the vacancy list published for the recruitment of the RRB Junior Engineer job for several posts in 2019. Such as Junior Engineering, Junior Engineering in IT, Depot Material Superintendent, Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant, etc. Candidates who are eligible for any of the following posts can apply for the same as mentioned in their official notification.

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RRB JE Registration Process 2022

The registration process for the RRB Junior Engineering post will start from the date as mentioned in the official notification and will end on a specific date as fixed by the RRB exam conducting body. Candidates can check the following registration process to apply once the application process starts:

• Visit their official website.
• Select and open the district from where you belong or are willing to apply against the same.
• Register yourself by inserting your Name, Email ID, and mobile number for separate RRB account generation.
• After that, you are required to log in with the registration number and password generated while registering.
• Fill in all the essential details like personal, educational, etc details as mentioned in the application form.
• Hence your registration procedure will be completed after payment is done.

RRB JE Apply Online 2022

The candidates will have to register first on the RRB online portal and then proceed towards the application. The steps to Apply Online for RRB JE are as follows.

Step 1: Visit the RRB Official Online Website. Candidates need to register themselves first.

Step 2: Enter all the personal details to complete the registration process.

Step 3: Verify your email ID and phone number through OTP.

Step 4: After successful registration, the candidates can click on "Already Registered" on the home page and begin with the application process.

Step 5: Candidates can log in using the registration number and start filling the educational details.

Step 6: Select post preferences.

Step 7: Pay the RRB JE application fee and enter your bank account details in order to receive the refunds.

Step 8: Upload the required documents according to the prescribed format.

Step 9: Confirm the declaration and make the final submission.

RRB JE Application Fee

The application fee will be Rs. 500 for the unreserved category. An amount equal to Rs. 400 will be refunded after appearing for the CBT 1. The other categories mentioned below are completely exempted since the fees paid by them will be refunded completely after CBT 1. The payment can be done by both online and offline means of transaction.

RRB JE Selection Process 2022

The selection for Junior Engineers will be done by the RRB on the basis of three stages. The first stage will be the Computer Based Test 1 and those who will clear this test will appear for Computer Based Test 2. The examination pattern for these tests is expounded further. The candidates clearing both the tests will be called for Document Verification. A test for medical fitness will also be conducted at the same time. Hence the overall stages of the RRB JE selection process as per the previous notice are as follows.

• Computer Based Test 1
• Computer Based Test 2
• Document Verification & Medical Test

RRB JE Eligibility Criteria 2022

All applicants need to fulfill the RRB JE Eligibility Criteria before filling the application form as their application can be rejected if they fail to satisfy any of the eligibility conditions. Given below are the eligibility criteria as prescribed by the Railway Recruitment Board in the previous year's RRB JE Recruitment Notification:

A. RRB JE Nationality

The candidates aspiring for the RRB JE examination should compulsorily be a citizen of India.

• a subject of Bhutan, or
• a subject of Nepal, or
• a Tibetan refugee in India (migrated before 1st January 1962) with permanent settlement intentions.
• an Indian-origin person with the intention of the permanent settlement who has migrated from the following countries
  • Burma,
  • Sri Lanka,
  • Pakistan,
  • Vietnam
  • East African Countries (Uganda, Malawi, the United Republic of Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zaire,etc.)

B. RRB JE Age Limit

The age limit for the RRB JE is as given below.

• Minimum Age - 18 years.
• Maximum Age - 33 years.

The age relaxations will be applicable as per the government rules but will be subjected to the submission of requisite certificates.

C. RRB JE Educational Qualification

Different notified posts demand different educational qualifications. The required qualification will be either one of those given below. The qualification should be from a recognized university or board of education.

• Three-year Diploma in relevant stream.
• B.E/B.Tech/B.Sc degree in relevant stream.

RRB JE Syllabus 2022

The overview of the RRB JE syllabus for both the computer-based tests as curated based on previous year’s RRB JE Recruitment notice will be as follows. Usually, the syllabus remains the same, however, in case of any minute changes, we will update it here.

RRB JE CBT 1 Syllabus 

The questions from the Mathematics section will be framed around concepts like Number systems, BODMAS, Decimals, Fractions, LCM, and HCF, etc. Whereas in the General Intelligence and Reasoning sections topics like Coding and Decoding, Mathematical operations, Relationships, Syllogism, etc will be covered. Indian Geography, Economics, History, Polity, etc will form the basis of the General Awareness section. The questions in General Science will be as per the 10th Standard CBSE syllabus.

RRB JE CBT 2 Syllabus

The syllabus for General Awareness and Physics/Chemistry will be the same per the CBT 1. The maximum questions will be from technical abilities. The questions from the core subjects of graduations will be asked in this section.

RRB JE Exam Pattern 2022

The selection process will include two Computer Based Tests. The pattern for each of them is discussed below.

RRB JE CBT 1 Exam Pattern

CBT 1 will consist of questions from four topics namely Mathematics, General Awareness, General Science, and General Intelligence & Reasoning. Out of these topics, maximum weightage will be given to Mathematics and General Science. The test will consist of objective-type multiple-choice questions. The total duration of the test will be 90 minutes. There will be 100 questions, each carrying one mark. Wrong answers will result in the reduction of 1/3rd marks.

RRB JE CBT 2 Exam Pattern

The second CBT will consist of a total of five topics i.e. General Awareness, Physics & Chemistry, Computer application basics, basics of Environmental & Pollution, and Technical Abilities. But this test will focus mainly on Technical Abilities consisting of 100 questions out of 150. The marking scheme for this test will be the same as that of CBT 1. The duration of this test will be 2 hours.

RRB JE Exam Date 2022

The official recruitment notification for the RRB Recruitment 2022 for Junior Engineers is about to be released. The related dates will be mentioned in that notification. Candidates must make the correct note of the deadlines and must not default any. The RRB JE exam dates will be updated soon.

RRB JE Admit Card 2022

An e-Call Letter will be released by the RRB on its online portal before the examination. The candidates will receive the update regarding the admit card release on their registered email ID/contact number. The candidates can follow these steps to download their RRB JE Admit Card.

Step 1: Visit the RRB Official website and click on the RRB JE 2022 Admit card download link from the recent notification section on the Homepage.

Step 2: Enter credentials like registration number and password.

Step 3: Download the appeared to admit card.

Step 4: Candidates must take a print of this hall ticket on white paper. For safety, always print multiple copies.

RRB JE Cut Off 2022

The candidates who have scored marks more than the cut-off marks decided by the RRB are selected to appear for the advanced stages of selection. The cut-off differs slightly every year, but the candidates need to score the minimum qualifying marks first in order to appear on the merit list. These RRB JE Cut off marks as per the previous RRB Notice of Junior Engineer Recruitment are as follows.

RRB JE Answer Key 2022

The RRB will release an answer key before the result. The students can check the correct options for the questions asked in the Computer Based Test in this answer key or the response key. The candidates can also raise objections by challenging doubtful responses. This process should be done within a given deadline and by paying Rs. 50/- per objection. The instructions for this phase will be out along with the RRB JE Answer key itself.

RRB JE Result 2022

The final result will appear on the official website of RRB. The result will be in the form of a merit list of the candidates who will be eligible to appear for the next stages or those who have been selected. The following steps can be used to check the RRB JE result.

Step 1: Reach the RRB JE official website online.

Step 2: The login credentials must be entered by the candidate.

Step 3: The list of all registration numbers/roll numbers/names of all the successfully cleared candidates will appear.

Step 4: If the candidate finds his/her name number in it, he/she has qualified.

RRB JE Exam Centres

Following are the RRB JE exam centers where written exams will be conducted for all the candidates nationwide as per the previous year’s notification. These same exam centres are expected for the RRB JE 2022 Exam as well. Candidates are said to check the exam centres before appearing in the RRB JE exam. Given below are the exam centers divided into zones. Kindly go through them carefully.

Hopefully, all the aspirants, as well as common readers, have understood all the details regarding the RRB JE examination. The notification for the upcoming recruitment cycle will be released soon by the RRB. The candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as the application window turns out and start preparing immediately. Candidates can find appropriate study material and practice sets on the Testbook App.