Railway GDCE (General Departmental Competitive Examination)
General Departmental Competitive Examination for serving railway employees to fill a share of Group C posts through the Railway Recruitment Boards. Covers general awareness, arithmetic, reasoning and railway working.
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Railway GDCE — Mathematics (CBT pattern)
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Railway GDCE — General Intelligence and Reasoning (CBT pattern)
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Railway GDCE vs RRB Recruitment: Same Syllabus? What Actually Differs
NCR says GDCE follows the RRB direct-recruitment syllabus and second-stage pattern, ALP excepted. Who sits it and who runs it differ; age, reservation, posting and preference follow each GDCE notice.
Railway GDCE Study Plan for Working Employees: 4 to 6 Weeks to the CBT
A shift-friendly GDCE plan for ALP, Technician, JE and the 120-question paper: hours set by each section’s official weight, a weekly routine, a planner, and the exam-day paperwork employees forget.
Railway GDCE Negative Marking: −1/3 Score Calculator and Minimum Marks
Every wrong answer in the GDCE CBT costs one-third of its marks. Work out your raw score, the minimum marks for your community, when a guess pays, and how normalisation and the merit index work.
Railway GDCE 2026 Syllabus by Post: ALP, Technician, JE and NTPC Paper
The official GDCE syllabus for ALP, Technician Gr-I and Gr-III, Junior Engineer and the 120-question paper for GTM, SM and clerks, mapped section by section, with ALP trade and JE group tables.
Railway GDCE 2026 Eligibility: Who Can Apply, Age Limit, Same-Grade Rule
Regular employees of the zone, no minimum service in NCR and CR, age 18–42 (UR), 45 (OBC), 47 (SC/ST), reckoned on different dates by NCR, CR and ECoR. Who is barred; the same-grade rule.
Railway GDCE 2026 Exam Pattern by Post: Questions, Time, Negative Marks
One CBT per group of posts since RBE 28/2026: ALP 100 questions in 120 min, Technician 100 in 90, JE 150 in 120, GTM/SM/clerks 120 in 90; a third of a question’s marks off per wrong answer.
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- 21 min
Practise: Free sample
- 6 min
Review what you missed. Write down the reason behind each correction.
- 3 min
Close your notes and recall the main ideas in your own words.
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