GDCE PROCESS for 2nd GROUP VACANCIES- JUNIOR ENGINEER OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
Only single application (common to all the notified posts – Junior Engineer (JE)} has to be
submitted by the candidate through the link provided on the official website of RRC. The
entire recruitment process shall involve Computer Based Test (CBT) and document
verification/medical examination as applicable. Selection is made strictly as per merit, on
the basis of CBT.
C) COMPUTER BASED TEST (CBT):
Duration : 120 minutes (160 Minutes for eligible PwBD candidates accompanied with Scribe)
No of Questions : 150
Minimum percentage of marks for eligibility in various categories: UR-40%, OBC-30%, SC-
30%, ST-25%. This percentage of marks for eligibility may be relaxed by 2% for PwBD
candidates, in case of shortage of PwBD candidates against vacancies reserved for them.
Virtual calculator will be made available on the Computer Monitor during CBT.
Syllabus: The Questions will be of objective type with multiple choices and are likely to
include questions pertaining to General Awareness, Physics and Chemistry, Basics of
Computers and Applications, Basics of Environment and Pollution Control and Technical
abilities for the post.
The syllabus for General Awareness, Physics and Chemistry, Basics of Computers and
Applications, Basics of Environment and Pollution Control is common for all notified posts
under this GDCE notification as detailed below:-
a) General Awareness:
Knowledge of Current affairs, Indian geography, culture and history of India including
freedom struggle, Indian Polity and constitution, Indian Economy, Environmental issues
concerning India and the World, Sports, General scientific and technological developments,
etc.
b) Physics and Chemistry: Up to 10th standard CBSE syllabus .
c) Basics of Computers and Applications:
Architecture of Computers; input and Output devices; Storage devices, Networking,
Operating System like Windows, Unix, Linux; MS Office; Various data representation;
Internet and Email; Websites & Web Browsers; Computer Virus.
d) Basics of Environment and Pollution Control:
Basics of Environment; Adverse effect of environmental pollution and control strategies; Air,
water and Noise pollution, their effect and control; Waste Management, Global warming;
Acid rain; Ozone depletion.
e) Technical Abilities:
Questions on the Technical abilities will be framed in the syllabus defined for various Exam
Groups given at Para E.
The section wise Number of questions and marks are as below:
Subjects No. of Questions Marks for each Section
General Awareness 15 15
Physics & Chemistry 15 15
Basics of Computers and Applications 10 10
Basics of Environment and Pollution Control 10 10
Technical Abilities 100 100
Total 150 150
Time in Minutes 120
The section wise distribution given in the above table is only indicative and there
may be some variations in the actual question papers.