The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has officially announced the NTPC Undergraduate Recruitment 2025 under CEN 07/2025, offering 3,058 vacancies for 12th-pass candidates across various zones of Indian Railways. Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the clerical posts mentioned below. Applications complete in all respects must be submitted online only. The details of the essential qualification, number of vacancies, posts, age limit, paper pattern and fee structure are given below: –
Important Dates: –
| Opening Date for submission of online applications | 28-10-2025 |
| Last Date for submission of online applications | 27-11-2025 |
Minimum Essential Qualification: –
12th (+2 stage) or its equivalent with not less than 50% marks as on or before the cut-off date i.e., 27-11-2025. Typing proficiency for relevant posts.
Age Limit: –
The age of the candidate must be 18-30 years as on 01-01-2026 (i.e., candidates born not before 02-01-1996 and not later than 01-01-2008).
Selection Procedure: –
The recruitment process shall comprise of the following stages:
(i) Computer Based Test (CBT)
(ii) Computer Based Test (CBT)
(iii) Computer Based Typing Skill Test (CBTST)
(iv) Document Verification (DV) and Medical Examination (ME)
Paper Pattern: –
(i) Computer-based Test (CBT-1)
| Sr. No. | Subject | No. of questions | Marks | Negative Marks | Duration |
| 1 | General Intelligence & Reasoning | 30 | 30 | 0.33 for each wrong answer | 90 minutes |
| 2 | Mathematics | 30 | 30 | ||
| 3 | General Awareness | 40 | 40 | ||
| TOTAL | 100 | 100 | |||
(ii) Computer-based Test (CBT-2)
| Sr. No. | Subject | No. of questions | Marks | Negative Marks | Duration |
| 1 | General Intelligence & Reasoning | 35 | 35 | 0.33 for each wrong answer | 90 minutes |
| 2 | Mathematics | 35 | 35 | ||
| 3 | General Awareness | 50 | 50 | ||
| TOTAL | 120 | 120 | |||
(iii) Computer Based Typing Skill Test (CBTST)
For the posts of Junior Clerk cum Typist & Accounts Clerk cum Typist. Computer-Based Typing Skill Test (CBTST) of qualifying nature shall be conducted. The candidates should be able to type 30 words per minute (WPM) in English or 25 WPM in Hindi on Personal Computer only without editing tools and spell check facility.
Posts Details: –
Total Posts- 3058
- COMMERCIAL CUM TICKET CLERK
- ACCOUNTS CLERK CUM TYPIST
- JUNIOR CLERK CUM TYPIST
TRAINS CLERK
Fee Structure: –
| Category of Applicant | Application Fee |
| Women/SC/ST/ESM/PwBD/EBC/Transgender | 250/- |
| Others | 500/- |
*The refundable portion of the examination fee shall be refunded, duly deducting bank charges as applicable.*
