Mohit Dhulia
Railway Recruitment Board Assistant Loco Pilot is popularly known as the RRB ALP 2024 exam. The RRB (Railway Recruitment Board) is responsible for conducting the ALP exam. RRB conducts exams for ALP posts and Technician post to appoint the eligible candidates as Assistant Loco Pilot and Technician in different zones of the railway across the country.
There are a total of 21 Railway Recruitment Boards in our country. All these 21 RRBs conduct their regional exam to recruit eligible candidates for the posts of Technicians and Assistant Loco Pilot. The exam is conducted in around 12 languages (Hindi, English, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Assamese, Tamil, Marathi, Manipuri, Telugu, Konkani, Urdu) to make the examination process easy for the candidates to score well.
RRB ALP 2024 exam is a national level exam and will be completed in 3 stages:
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| Exam Name | Railway Recruitment Board Assistant Loco Pilot 2024 |
| Popular Name | RRB ALP 2024 |
| Conducting Authority | Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) |
| Mode of Application | Online |
| Mode of Exam | Online |
| Offered Posts | Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) and Technician Grade-III |
| Eligibility Criteria | 10th pass & ITI/Diploma in Engineering |
| Type of Questions | Objective Type (MCQs) |
| Total No. of Stages | 3 |
| Application Fee | Rs. 500/- (For General male category candidates) |
| Number of Vacancies | To be announced |
| Official Website | www.indianrailways.gov.in |
Candidates are required to check all the important events and dates regarding RRB ALP 2024. Here we have given the tentative dates for all the events.
| Events | Dates |
| Release date of Registration/ Application form | 2nd week of February 2024(Tentative) |
| Last Date of submission of the application form of RRB ALP | 2nd week of March 2024 (Tentative) |
| Prelims Admit Card Release Date of RRB ALP | 2nd week of April 2024 (Tentative) |
| Prelims Exam Date of RRB ALP | April 24, 2024(Tentative) |
| Prelims Result date of RRB ALP | 2nd week of May 2024 (Tentative) |
| Mains Admit Card Release Date of RRB ALP | To be announced |
| Mains Exam Date OF RRB ALP | To be announced |
| Mains Result date of RRB ALP | To be announced |
The expected vacancies for RRB ALP/Technician 2024 are supposed to be 19000+ and especially 9500+ vacancies for technician posts. Candidates are advised to check the official website of RRB for the latest updates about vacancies.
The salary details for RRB ALP/ Technician posts are given below in the table.
| Particular | Pay (in Rs.) |
|---|---|
| Payscale | Rs. 19,900/- |
| Grade pay | Rs. 1,900/- |
| Salary with allowances | Rs. 35,000/- (approx) |
The application form for the RRB ALP 2024 exam will be accepted via online mode only as no other mode will be applicable. Here we are providing the steps that how to apply for the RRB ALP 2024 exam. Eligible candidates can follow these steps to fill out the application form.
The application fee will vary from category to category. You can check the category-wise application fee from the table given below.
| Category | Application Fee |
| ST, General, SC/Ex-Serviceman/PWD (for Female/ Transgender candidates) | INR 250 |
| ST, SC/ Ex-Serviceman/PWD (for male candidates) | INR 250 |
| General/OBC (for male candidates) | INR 500 |
| Relevant Links | ||
|---|---|---|
| RRB Junior Translator | RRB NTPC | RPF SI |
| RPF Constable | RITES Recruitment | RRB JE |
In brief, we can say there are a total of three stages that RRB ALP aspirants have to clear to get this job. The pattern of all three stages is given below.
| Section | No. of questions | Total marks | Duration |
| General Awareness and Current Affairs | 10 | ||
| General Science | 20 | ||
| Mathematics | 20 | ||
| General Intelligence & Logical Reasoning | 25 | ||
| Total | 75 Questions | 75 Marks | 60 minutes |
| Section | No. of questions | Marks | Duration |
| General Awareness and Current Affairs | 10 | 10 | |
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | 25 | 25 | |
| Mathematics | 25 | 25 | |
| Basic Science and Engineering | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 100 Questions | 100 Marks | 90 minutes |
| Subject | No. of questions | Marks | Duration |
| Relevant Trade | 75 | 75 | 60 minutes |
Logical Reasoning and General Intelligence
General Awareness and Current Affairs
Mathematics
General Science
General Awareness
Logical Reasoning and General Intelligence
Mathematics
Basic Science & Engineering
The hall ticket/ entry ticket/ admit card of the RRB ALP 2024 exam will be available on the regional website of RRB. No posts service will be provided in order to avail of the admit card. Candidates have to download the admit card from the website.
While filling the application form for RRB ALP 2024 exam, candidates will be asked to fill the 3 desired preferences for the examination center. At that time, you have to fill in the preferences carefully. The allotment of the examination center will be based on your preferences only.
No request for the change of the examination center will be entertained under any circumstances.
The result/scorecard of the RRB ALP 2024 exam will be published online on the regional websites of RRB. The result will be declared for each stage separately. Candidates have to log in with their credentials in order to download the RRB ALP exam result of 2024 for each paper.
The result of the RRB ALP exam will be released in the pdf form which contains the list of all qualified candidates by showing their name and roll no.
To get an idea about the cut off trend and score requirement, we have provided stage- I cut off of the year 2018-19 of RRB ALP exam which is given below:
| Category | Minimum Required Percentage |
|---|---|
| ST | 25% |
| OBC | 30% |
| SC | 30% |
| General | 40% |
The official website of RRB is www.indianrailways.gov.in
The mode of application is online to apply for RRB ALP/ Technician exam.
The age of the candidates should lie between 18-30 years old.
There are total three stages in the exam that a candidate have to clear in order to get a job of ALP post.
The detail of the application fee for RRB ALP 2022 exam is given below-
| Category | Application Fee |
| ST, General, SC/Ex-Serviceman/PWD (for Female/ Transgender candidates) | INR 250 |
| ST, SC/ Ex-Serviceman/PWD (for male candidates) | INR 250 |
| General/OBC (for male candidates) | INR 500 |
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