RRB ALP 2018 stage 2 Exam Analysis: 22nd January
Railway recruitment ALP exams will be held to recruit candidates for the post of Assistant Loco Pilots and Technicians (ALP). RRB conducts this exam every year to give the candidates a golden opportunity to achieve their dream of joining the Government sector. The notification for RRB ALP was released by RRB on February 03, 2018. A total of 26,502 vacancies were declared as per the notification by the Railway Recruitment Board.
The admit for RRB ALP was released on January 17, 2019. This year the RRB ALP exam is held for 3 days from 21-23 January 2019. It will be held in 3 shifts for all the three days.
Following is the exam pattern for RRB ALP stage 2 exam:
RRB APL stage 2 exam will have the exam in 2 parts. Both the parts are mentioned below:
Part-A
| Sections | Number of questions | Marks | Time Duration |
| Mathematics | 25 | 25 |
90 minutes |
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | 25 | 25 | |
| Basic Science & Engineering | 40 | 40 | |
| General Awareness & current Affairs | 10 | 10 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
Part-B
| Section | Number of questions | Time duration |
| Relevant Trade | 75 | 60 minutes |
RRB ALP stage 2 will be Computer-based test in which the exam will be Bilingual i.e. the questions will be available in both English & Hindi. The questions will be in objective type. The stage 2 exam is conducted for short listing the candidates for the recruitment.
RRB ALP Stage 2 Exam Timings for 2018-19:
| Particulars | Shift-1 | Shift-2 | Shift-3 |
| Reporting Time | 7.15 AM | 10.45 AM | 2.15 PM |
| End of reporting time | 8.15 AM | 11.45 AM | 3.15 PM |
| The beginning of the exam | 9.00 AM | 12.00 PM | 4.00 PM |
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RRB ALP Stage 2 Shift-1 Review:
Mathematics:
The Mathematics section in RRB ALP Stage 2 on January 22, 2019 Shift-1 was of Easy-Moderate level. The questions asked were based directly on formulas and also some problems were a calculative type.
| Topics | Number of questions |
| Simple & Compound interest | 3-4 |
| Pipe & cistern | – |
| Number system | 1 |
| Geometry | 3-4 |
| Average & percentage | 2 |
| Percentage | – |
| Simplification | 5-6 |
| Mean, median & mode | 3 |
| Ratio & proportion | 1 |
| Time & work | 2-3 |
| Time, speed & distance | 3-4 |
| LCM & HCF | 1 |
| DI (Pie chart) | – |
| Mensuration | 4-5 |
| Total | 25 |
General Intelligence & Reasoning:
The questions asked in this section were from easy-moderate level questions.
| Topics | Number of questions |
| Syllogism | – |
| Mathematical calculation | 1 |
| Odd one out | – |
| Analogy | 2 |
| Blood relation | 2 |
| Counting figure | – |
| Seating arrangement(adjacent seating) | 1 |
| Direction | 3 |
| Non-verbal ( mirror image) | 3-4 |
| Coding-decoding | 2 |
| Series | 2 |
| Statement & conclusion | 2 |
| Calendar | – |
| Miscellaneous | 8-9 |
| Total | 25 |
Basic Science & Engineering:
| Topics | Number of questions |
| Units & measurements | 1 |
| Engineering drawing ( projections, views, drawing instruments, lines, symbolic representation, geometric figures) | 10-11 |
| Heat & temperature | 2 |
| Levers & simple machines | 2-3 |
| Environment education | 1 |
| Mass weight & density | – |
| Work power & energy | 4 |
| Speed & velocity | 2-3 |
| Basic electricity | 4 |
| Occupational safety & health | 1 |
| IT literacy | 2 |
| Total | 40 |
General Awareness & Current Affairs:
| Topics | Number of questions |
| Current affairs | 10 |
| Total | 10 |
Part – B
| Related subjects | Number of questions |
| Physics | 38 |
| Mathematics | 37 |
RRB ALP stage 2 Review January 22, 2019, 1st Shift:
| Subjects | 1st shift
Difficulty Level |
1st shift
Good Attempt |
| Mathematics | Easy | 15-18 |
| General Intelligence & Reasoning | Easy to Moderate | 16-19 |
| General Science | Moderate | 25-28 |
| General Awareness & Current Affairs | Easy | 7-8 |
| Overall Total | Moderate | 62-65 |