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Scale-I: how Mains + interview make merit
A mock error ledger and official stage map for the two-test prelims, five-test main examination and interview in CRP RRBs-XV.
Two officer exams many sit in the same year, compared from IBPS’s notifications: prelims and Main, the local-language rule, state-locked posting, dates — and what an RRB’s own disclosure says on pay.
The 1,279 Scale II and III posts in CRP RRBs-XV: seven streams and their experience rules, the 240-question specialist paper, the 25.09.2026 revision, where the posts are, past cut-offs.
Exact born-between dates for Scale I, II and III in CRP RRBs-XV (one year later than 2025), age relaxation by category, the one-officer-post rule, and the local language each of the 28 RRBs requires.
Scale I prelims and Main, the Scale II and III single exams, the one-quarter penalty rule and what it implies per test, and how the Main and interview combine 80:20 — with a calculator.
Reported state-wise prelims and Main cut-offs for RRB Officer Scale I, labelled unofficial, set against the official 2026 change in each state’s posts — and why old cut-offs mislead.
Every state’s Scale I, II, III and Office Assistant posts from IBPS’s 25.09.2026 Annexure I, set against 2025 — Andhra Pradesh 0 to 400, Kerala 250 to 55, and no Scale I post in Manipur or Tripura.
IBPS RRB Officer (Scale-I/II/III): the dates, the paper structure, what has actually been notified, with a source link on every claim.
