Written
Examination:
(a) The Written
Examination will consist of 120 multiple-choice objective type questions of one
mark each and shall be of 90 minutes duration. The questions paper will be of matriculation
standard with 120 as maximum marks. The question paper will consist of 35
questions on General Intelligence & Reasoning, 35 questions on Arithmetic
and50 questions on General Awareness. Candidates will be required to answer all
the questions. Each correct answer will be awarded 1(one) mark and 1 (one) mark
will be deducted for 4 (four) incorrect answers. No mark shall be awarded or
deducted for questions not attempted
(b) Candidates must bring
the Call Letter at the time of written test. Call letter will be sent by post.
No one will be allowed to appear in the written examination without a call letter.
(c) Question Paper will
be set in the languages shown in the third column of the table given below. The
corresponding Nodal Chief Security Commissioner to whom the application should
be sent is also shown in the table. Applicants who wish to have the question
paper in a particular language may indicate so in the Application Form.
Language, once chosen cannot be changed under any circumstance.
Group
|
Nodal
Chief Security Commissioner
|
Languages
|
1
|
North
Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur, UP
|
Hindi, English, Urdu,
Punjabi, Gujarati.
|
2
|
Eastern
Railway, Kolkata.
|
Hindi, English, Urdu,
Assamese, Manipuri, Bengali, Oriya.
|
3
|
East
Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar
|
Hindi, English, Urdu,
Oriya,Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati
|
4
|
Southern
Railway, Chennai.
|
Hindi, English, Urdu,
Tamil,Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada,Konkani, Marath
|
(d)The call
letter will contain the date, place, venue and time of the examination and
other instructions, if any on this subject.
(e) A
candidate must obtain at least 35% Marks (30% in the case of SC and ST
candidates)in the Written Examination for being considered for other Test/Tests
B. Physical efficiency test (pet) and physical measurement:
a) PET will
consist of three events namely, 1600mts/800mts run, High Jump and Long Jump .A
candidate has to qualify in all the three events as shown in the table given below.
No marks shall be awarded to any of the events. The minimum qualifying standard
for each event is as specified under:
Event
Male
|
Male
|
Female
|
Number
of chances
|
1600 meters
|
5 min 45 sec
|
Not applicable
|
One
|
800 meters
|
Not applicable
|
3 min 40 sec
|
One
|
High Jump
|
3 feet 9 inches
|
3 feet
|
Two
|
Long Jump
|
14 feet
|
9 feet
|
Two
|
Only those
applicants who qualify in the Written Examination shall be called for PE Tand
Physical Measurement. The manner in which the candidates are to be called and the
number of candidates to be called for PET and Physical Measurement will be decided
in such a way that candidates, to the extent of three times the number of notified
vacancies in each category, are selected purely on the basis of merit to appear
for viva-voce and documents verification.
b)
For the sake of convenience, 1600meters/800 meters run will be held
first. Applicants qualifying in this event will take part in the remaining
events of PET. Height and chest of those who qualify in the PET will be
measured next. Applicants, who fail in any of the events of the PET or in
physical measurement, either of height or chest, will be declared ‘fail’ and
shall be escorted out of the venue after putting an indelible in k mark on the
index finger of the left hand. Their call letters will not be returned
c)
PET will be held at a place and on a date decided by the respective Nodal
Chief Security Commissioner. The applicants will be informed of the same in
advance
d) There
will be no PET for Ex-Servicemen.
e) The call
letter for PET will give further instructions, if any, on this subject.
C.VIVA-VOCE AND
DOCUMENTSVERIFICATION:
(a)Candidates
who qualify in the PET and Physical Measurement will be called for a Viva-Voce
Test and Documents Verification. However, the number of candidates4called for
Viva-Voce and Documents Verification shall not exceed three times the number of
notified vacancies in each category. The candidates must produce all original
documents in support of their educational qualification, age, SC/ST/OBC status,
where applicable (on the format prescribed in the advertisement), domicile and any
other extracurricular activities including NCC at the time of Viva-Voce and documents
verification. Request for production of the original documents on a later day
will not be entertained under any circumstance. Failure to produce the document
may lead to disqualification of the candidate.
(b) The purpose
of the Viva-Voce Test is to determine the general intelligence, awareness,
alertness and soldierly traits and to assess the overall suitability of the
applicant for employment in the Railway Protection Force. Personal appearance
in the Viva-Voce Test is compulsory. Those who fail to do so will not be
considered in the final selection irrespective of their performance in the
Written Examination.
(c) Maximum
mark for the Viva-Voce Test is 5.
(d) Bonus
marks (Maximum5):
i) NCC:-B
Certificate of NCC–01 mark C Certificate of NCC–02 mark Maximum mark for NCC
certificates is 02.Benefit is available only on production of Original
Certificate. This benefit is not available to Ex-Servicemen.
ii)
SPORTS:-Represented University at inter-university sports-01 mark Represented
State at inter-state sports-02 marks Represented India at international sports
meet-03 marks. Medal winner at national level sports meet-03 marks
iii)
HEIGHT:-A male applicant whose height is 178 cms or more and a female applicant
whose height is more than165 cms will be given 03 marks as bonus.
iv) Total
Bonus Marks for all categories put together shall not exceed 5.
(e) The
call letter for the Viva-Voce test will contain further instructions, if any,
on this subject.
Medical examination:
The
applicants who are finally selected will be sent for a medical examination at
aRailway Hospital. They will have to qualify in medical category ‘B-1’ as per
the IndianRailway Medical Manual. Those wearing glasses or having flat foot,
knock-knee, squinteye, colour blindness and other bodily defects are not
eligible for appointment.