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RRB exam day checklist covering the e-call letter, matching photo ID and travel plan, with a gate-closing timeline and CBT attempt maths.
This checklist covers what an RRB candidate must carry and plan for a railway computer-based test: the printed e-call letter, the original photo ID whose number was entered in the application, matching photographs, and the travel plan an out-of-town centre demands. The timeline works backwards from the gate-closing time printed on the e-call letter, and the attempt calculator uses the RRB NTPC CBT-1 pattern — 100 questions, 100 marks, 90 minutes, with one-third of a question's marks deducted per wrong answer.
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Highlights that RRBs verify the ID against the application — a different ID, even original, can mean refusal.
Wake-up, departure and arrival times are derived from the gate-closing time on your own call letter.
Attempt projections use the 100-mark, one-third-penalty scheme with its 25% break-even accuracy.
Two things are entry-critical: the e-call letter printed from the RRB website and the original photo ID whose number you entered in the online application — RRBs match the ID against the application data, so a different ID or a photocopy is not accepted. Carry recent passport photographs matching the uploaded one as the call letter directs, and Aadhaar helps because centres run Aadhaar-linked biometric verification.
Yes. RRBs deduct one-third of the marks assigned to a question for each wrong answer in their CBTs. On the 100-question, 100-mark NTPC CBT-1 that is roughly 0.33 marks per wrong answer, making the break-even accuracy on a blind guess 25%.
No — in RRB CBTs, writing material and rough sheets are issued at the desk and must be returned before you leave. Phones, calculators, watches of every kind, bags, notes and metallic items are all barred, and most centres have no safe-keeping facility, so travel light.
Yes. SC and ST candidates are issued a free second-class railway travel authority along with the call letter, valid for the journey to the exam centre and back — but it works only when presented with the original caste certificate. Other candidates bear their own travel cost.