RRB Group D | 2025
RRB Group D CBT 2025: topic weightage and difficulty analysis
100 questions across 4 sections. Overall difficulty: easy.
RRB Group D runs its single Computer Based Test over many days and shifts because of the number of applicants, with a different paper in each and normalisation applied across them. The section structure below (30 General Intelligence and Reasoning, 25 Mathematics, 25 General Science and 20 General Awareness and Current Affairs for 100 marks in 90 minutes, on a composite clock) is from the official notice and is the same in every shift. The topic-level counts are our own compilation from candidate reports across shifts, not official data, so read them as the typical shape of the paper rather than a record of one sitting. No question text is reproduced anywhere on this page.
Where the questions came from
Sorted by weightage, so the topics worth the most preparation time are at the top of each section.
General Intelligence and Reasoning
General Intelligence & Reasoning
A realistic target for a strong candidate: 24 to 27 attempts. This is our own guidance, not an official figure.
| Topic | Questions | Share of the section |
|---|---|---|
| Analogies and classification | 20%6 Easy | |
| Series: number, alphabet and figure | 17%5 Easy | |
| Mathematical operations and Venn diagrams | 17%5 Easy | |
| Puzzles, seating and blood relations Much simpler than the banking equivalents, with two or three variables at most. | 17%5 Moderate | |
| Directions, statement and conclusion | 17%5 Moderate | |
| Coding and decoding | 13%4 Easy |
Mathematics
Mathematics
A realistic target for a strong candidate: 18 to 22 attempts. This is our own guidance, not an official figure.
| Topic | Questions | Share of the section |
|---|---|---|
| Arithmetic: percentage, ratio, average, profit and loss The most predictable block in the section and the one to secure first. | 32%8 Easy | |
| Time, speed, distance and time and work | 20%5 Moderate | |
| Number system, LCM and HCF | 16%4 Easy | |
| Simple and compound interest | 12%3 Easy | |
| Mensuration | 12%3 Moderate | |
| Algebra, geometry and trigonometry Class ten level, usually a basic identity or a simple geometry fact. | 8%2 Moderate |
General Science
General Science
A realistic target for a strong candidate: 18 to 22 attempts. This is our own guidance, not an official figure.
| Topic | Questions | Share of the section |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry Matter, atoms and molecules, acids, bases and salts, metals and non-metals. The most direct and rewarding block to revise. | 36%9 Easy | |
| Physics Motion, force, work and energy, light, sound, electricity and magnetism at class ten level. | 32%8 Easy | |
| Biology and life sciences Cell structure, human body systems, nutrition, reproduction and heredity. | 32%8 Easy |
General Awareness and Current Affairs
Current Affairs
A realistic target for a strong candidate: 12 to 15 attempts. This is our own guidance, not an official figure.
| Topic | Questions | Share of the section |
|---|---|---|
| Current affairs Sports, awards, appointments, schemes and science-and-technology news from the previous six to twelve months. | 40%8 Moderate | |
| Static: history, polity and geography | 35%7 Moderate | |
| Economy, schemes and miscellaneous | 25%5 Moderate |
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What this means for your preparation
General Science is a quarter of the paper and is entirely class ten level. Working through the NCERT science books for classes 9 and 10 is the highest-return preparation in the whole exam.
Chemistry inside that section is the most direct block: definitions, reactions and properties that reward revision rather than reasoning.
Reasoning is thirty marks, the largest section, and it is scoring for almost everyone. Give it proportionate practice, since it is the most improvable part of the paper.
The penalty is one third of a mark, heavier than the banking quarter, and cut-offs are decided by fractions after normalisation. Disciplined skipping beats broad guessing; only guess with two options eliminated.
The clock is composite over 90 minutes with no sectional limit, so time can go wherever it earns most. Current affairs, the hardest section for many, need not eat time that science and reasoning use better.
This single CBT decides the merit position, subject to qualifying the physical test afterwards. Marks are normalised across shifts, so there is no advantage in guessing which shift is easier.
See the real paper, officially
- RRB centralised application portal
Your question paper, recorded responses and the provisional answer key are published here after the CBT, along with the objection window. Objections carry a small per-question fee that is refunded if upheld.
- Indian Railways official website
Links to every regional Railway Recruitment Board, which publish the normalised results and cut-offs for their own region.
Common questions
- Can I download the RRB Group D Computer Based Test 2025 question paper?
- Not from this site. In India an exam question paper is a copyright work owned by the conducting body, and reproducing it commercially is infringement. What you can do is view your own paper and responses through the official portal during the objection window after the exam, and the links to do that are on this page.
- Are these topic counts exact?
- No, and we would rather say so. The exam runs across multiple shifts with a different paper in each, and the conducting body does not publish a topic-wise breakdown. The section structure, marks and timing are official. The topic counts are our compilation from candidate reports and describe the typical shape of the paper.
- How should I use a weightage analysis?
- To decide what to study next and what to skip. If one block is a third of a section, practising it has several times the payoff of a topic that carries two questions. It also tells you which questions to leave in the exam itself, which matters more than most candidates think.