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RRB Paramedical CBT 2026: Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Negative Marking & Preparation Strategy

9 September 2026 min read
RRB Paramedical CBT 2026: Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Negative Marking & Preparation Strategy

Candidates preparing for the upcoming RRB Paramedical Recruitment 2026 under CEN 05/2026 should start CBT preparation now instead of waiting for the exam date.

The Railway Recruitment Boards released an indicative notice for CEN 05/2026 on 8 September 2026 with around 560 tentative paramedical vacancies. However, the detailed notification containing the final CBT pattern and post-wise syllabus is still awaited.

Therefore, candidates should understand an important distinction:

The CEN 05/2026 CBT Pattern Is Not Yet Officially Confirmed

The exam pattern explained below is based primarily on the latest completed official RRB Paramedical recruitment, CEN 03/2025.

Under that recruitment, candidates appeared for a single-stage CBT with:

  • 100 questions
  • 100 marks
  • 90 minutes
  • 1/3 negative marking
  • 70 questions from Professional Ability

The CEN 03/2025 CBT was actually conducted on 11, 12 and 13 March 2026, confirming that this was the operational pattern used in the latest Railway paramedical recruitment cycle.

Candidates can therefore use it as the strongest preparation reference until the detailed CEN 05/2026 notification is published.


RRB Paramedical CBT 2026 – Expected Overview

Particular| Details Recruitment| RRB Paramedical Recruitment 2026 CEN| 05/2026 Current Status| Indicative notice released Vacancies| 560 tentative Detailed CBT Pattern| Awaited Preparation Reference| Official CEN 03/2025 Exam Mode| Computer Based Test Expected Questions| 100 Expected Marks| 100 Expected Duration| 90 Minutes Professional Ability| 70 Questions General Awareness| 10 Questions Arithmetic + Reasoning| 10 Questions General Science| 10 Questions Negative Marking| 1/3 mark per wrong answer in previous cycle Exam Date| Not announced

The exact CEN 05/2026 rules will supersede the previous pattern if RRB makes any changes.


RRB Paramedical Exam Pattern 2026

Under the official CEN 03/2025 pattern, the CBT contained the following sections:

Subject| Questions| Marks Professional Ability| 70| 70 General Awareness| 10| 10 General Arithmetic, General Intelligence & Reasoning| 10| 10 General Science| 10| 10 Total| 100| 100

Exam Duration

90 minutes

Candidates eligible for the scribe facility were provided the applicable additional/compensatory time according to RRB rules.


Most Important Part of RRB Paramedical CBT

The biggest takeaway from the pattern is:

Professional Ability = 70% of the entire examination

Out of 100 questions:

70 questions come from your professional subject.

Only 30 questions together come from:

  • General Awareness
  • General Science
  • Mathematics
  • Reasoning

This means a Nursing Superintendent candidate should spend most of their preparation on Nursing, while a Pharmacist candidate should spend most of their time on Pharmacy.

Preparing for RRB Paramedical like SSC, Railway Group D or NTPC would be a mistake.

The professional subject is the main scoring area.


RRB Paramedical Negative Marking 2026

Under CEN 03/2025:

1/3 mark was deducted for every incorrect answer.

The marking system was therefore:

Correct answer

+1 mark

Wrong answer

−0.33 mark approximately

Unattempted question

0 mark


How Negative Marking Affects Your Score

Suppose a candidate attempts 90 questions.

Out of these:

  • Correct: 72
  • Wrong: 18
  • Unattempted: 10

Marks from correct answers:

72 × 1 = 72

Negative marks:

18 × 1/3 = 6

Final raw score:

72 − 6 = 66 marks

This is why attempting all 100 questions through blind guessing can reduce your score.


Should You Attempt Every Question?

Not necessarily.

Use this simple rule:

Definitely know the answer → Attempt

Can eliminate 2–3 options confidently → Consider attempting

Completely unsure → Usually skip

Because of 1/3 negative marking, accuracy matters.

However, candidates should not become so afraid of negative marking that they leave many solvable questions unanswered.

The aim should be:

High attempts + controlled accuracy.


RRB Paramedical Minimum Qualifying Marks

Under CEN 03/2025, minimum qualifying marks were:

Category| Minimum Qualifying Percentage UR| 40% EWS| 40% OBC-NCL| 30% SC| 30% ST| 25%

RRB also provided for limited relaxation for PwBD candidates in specified circumstances where sufficient candidates were unavailable against reserved PwBD vacancies.

Important

These are only:

Minimum qualifying marks.

They are not the final cut-off.

Actual selection cut-offs can be considerably higher depending on:

  • Post
  • RRB
  • Category
  • Number of vacancies
  • Number of candidates
  • Difficulty level
  • Candidate performance
  • Normalisation, where applicable

RRB Paramedical Syllabus 2026

The syllabus can broadly be divided into:

Part A – Professional Ability

70 marks

and

Part B – Common Subjects

30 marks

The Professional Ability syllabus changes according to the post.

The common subjects remain broadly the same across paramedical categories.


RRB Nursing Superintendent Syllabus

Nursing candidates should prepare especially carefully because Nursing Superintendent has historically been one of the major RRB paramedical categories.

The official CEN 03/2025 professional syllabus for Nursing Superintendent included:

  • Anatomy
  • Physiology
  • Nutrition
  • Biochemistry
  • Nursing Foundations
  • Psychology
  • Microbiology
  • Sociology
  • Pharmacology
  • Pathology
  • Genetics
  • Medical-Surgical Nursing
  • Adult Nursing
  • Geriatric Nursing
  • Community Health Nursing
  • Child Health Nursing
  • Mental Health Nursing
  • Midwifery
  • Obstetrical Nursing
  • Nursing Research
  • Statistics
  • Management of Nursing Services
  • Nursing Education

Nursing Superintendent – Topic-Wise Preparation Priority

For nursing candidates, a practical priority order is:

Priority 1 – Medical-Surgical Nursing

Focus heavily on:

  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Respiratory disorders
  • Neurological disorders
  • Renal diseases
  • Gastrointestinal disorders
  • Endocrine disorders
  • Emergency nursing
  • Shock
  • Burns
  • Critical care
  • Fluid and electrolyte imbalance

Priority 2 – Nursing Foundation

Prepare:

  • Nursing process
  • Vital signs
  • Infection control
  • Sterilisation and disinfection
  • Bed making
  • Patient positioning
  • Oxygen therapy
  • Medication administration
  • IV therapy
  • Catheterisation
  • Admission/discharge procedures
  • Basic nursing procedures

Priority 3 – Pharmacology

Prepare:

  • Drug classifications
  • Drug actions
  • Important side effects
  • Contraindications
  • Antidotes
  • Emergency drugs
  • Antibiotics
  • Antihypertensives
  • Diuretics
  • Anticoagulants
  • Antidiabetic drugs
  • CNS drugs
  • Autonomic nervous system drugs

For nursing exams, do not try to memorise every medicine in pharmacology.

Focus on:

Drug class → common example → action → major side effect → important nursing implication.


Priority 4 – Obstetrics & Midwifery

Important topics include:

  • Pregnancy
  • Antenatal care
  • Stages of labour
  • Partograph
  • Normal delivery
  • PPH
  • Eclampsia
  • Placenta previa
  • Abruptio placentae
  • Foetal monitoring
  • Postnatal care
  • Newborn care
  • High-risk pregnancy

Priority 5 – Community Health Nursing

Focus on:

  • Epidemiology
  • Levels of prevention
  • Immunisation
  • National health programmes
  • Maternal and child health
  • Family planning
  • Communicable diseases
  • Community assessment
  • Health education
  • Primary healthcare

Priority 6 – Child Health Nursing

Prepare:

  • Growth and development
  • Neonatal care
  • Breastfeeding
  • Immunisation
  • Childhood diseases
  • Dehydration
  • Malnutrition
  • Paediatric emergencies

Priority 7 – Mental Health Nursing

Important topics:

  • Schizophrenia
  • Depression
  • Mania
  • Anxiety
  • Psychiatric emergencies
  • Therapeutic communication
  • Antipsychotic drugs
  • Antidepressants
  • ECT
  • Substance-use disorders

Priority 8 – Anatomy & Physiology

Revise:

  • Cardiovascular system
  • Respiratory system
  • Nervous system
  • Endocrine system
  • Renal system
  • Digestive system
  • Reproductive system
  • Blood
  • Important hormones

Priority 9 – Microbiology & Pathology

Focus on:

  • Bacteria
  • Viruses
  • Immunity
  • Infection
  • Sterilisation
  • Inflammation
  • Anaemia
  • Blood disorders
  • Common pathological processes

Priority 10 – Nursing Management & Research

Prepare:

  • Leadership
  • Supervision
  • Delegation
  • Nursing audit
  • Records and reports
  • Sampling
  • Variables
  • Research design
  • Mean, median and mode
  • Basic statistics

RRB Pharmacist Syllabus

The official CEN 03/2025 Pharmacist syllabus was broad and covered subjects from D.Pharm/B.Pharm-level pharmacy education.

Important areas included:

  • Human Anatomy & Physiology
  • Pharmaceutical Analysis
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Pathophysiology
  • Pharmaceutical Microbiology
  • Physical Pharmaceutics
  • Pharmaceutical Engineering
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacognosy
  • Phytochemistry
  • Industrial Pharmacy
  • Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence
  • Herbal Drug Technology
  • Biopharmaceutics
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
  • Quality Assurance
  • Instrumental Methods of Analysis
  • Pharmacy Practice
  • Novel Drug Delivery Systems
  • Biostatistics
  • Research Methodology
  • Social & Preventive Pharmacy
  • Pharmacovigilance
  • Pharmaceutical Regulatory Science
  • Cosmetic Science
  • Experimental Pharmacology
  • Nutraceuticals

RRB Health & Malaria Inspector Syllabus

The official professional syllabus included areas such as:

  • Food and Nutrition
  • Environmental Sanitation
  • Sanitary Engineering
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Non-Communicable Diseases
  • Prevention and Control of Diseases
  • Health Statistics
  • Death Statistics

Candidates should particularly focus on public health, disease prevention, sanitation and epidemiology-related areas.


RRB Dialysis Technician Syllabus

The previous official syllabus included:

  • Anatomy
  • Physiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Pharmacology
  • Kidney diseases
  • Principles of dialysis
  • Practice of dialysis

Candidates should have particularly strong knowledge of:

  • Renal physiology
  • AKI
  • CKD
  • Electrolytes
  • Haemodialysis
  • Dialysis complications
  • Infection control

Radiographer / X-Ray Technician Syllabus

Professional areas under the previous notification included:

  • Human Anatomy & Physiology
  • Radiology Physics
  • General Physics
  • Radiation Physics
  • Diagnostic Radiology Physics
  • X-Ray Machines
  • X-Ray Accessories
  • Image Processing
  • Dark Room Techniques
  • Clinical Radiography
  • Patient Positioning
  • Medical Ethics
  • Patient Care
  • Medical Emergencies
  • Modern Imaging Modalities
  • Contrast Procedures
  • Special Radiography
  • Quality Control
  • Radiation Safety

ECG Technician Syllabus

The previous professional syllabus included:

  • Anatomy
  • Physiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Pharmacology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Basic Cardiovascular Investigations
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Investigations

Important preparation topics should include:

  • ECG leads
  • Normal ECG
  • P wave
  • QRS complex
  • T wave
  • Heart blocks
  • Arrhythmias
  • MI-related ECG changes
  • Tachycardia
  • Bradycardia

Laboratory Assistant Grade-II Syllabus

The previous official professional syllabus included:

  • Anatomy
  • Physiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Fundamentals of Medical Laboratory Technology
  • Microbiology
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Pathology
  • Histopathology
  • Haematology
  • Blood Bank

Common Syllabus for All RRB Paramedical Posts

The remaining 30 questions are common competitive-exam subjects.


General Awareness Syllabus

Expected weightage based on the previous cycle:

10 Questions

The official syllabus included:

  • Current Affairs
  • Indian History
  • Freedom Struggle
  • Indian Geography
  • Indian Culture
  • Indian Polity
  • Indian Constitution
  • Indian Economy
  • Environmental Issues
  • Sports
  • General Scientific Developments
  • Technology Developments

Current Affairs Preparation

Candidates should focus on approximately the recent 6–12 months before the exam, while giving greater attention to the months closest to the CBT.

Important areas include:

  • National news
  • International news
  • Government schemes
  • Healthcare developments
  • Appointments
  • Awards
  • Sports
  • Important reports
  • Science and technology
  • Important days
  • Railway-related developments

Do not spend hours reading newspapers from beginning to end.

Use concise current-affairs notes and MCQ revision.


General Arithmetic Syllabus

The official common syllabus included:

  • Number System
  • BODMAS
  • Decimals
  • Fractions
  • LCM & HCF
  • Ratio and Proportion
  • Percentage
  • Mensuration
  • Time and Work
  • Time and Distance
  • Simple Interest
  • Compound Interest
  • Profit and Loss
  • Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Trigonometry
  • Elementary Statistics
  • Square Root
  • Age Problems
  • Calendar
  • Clock
  • Pipes and Cisterns

Reasoning Syllabus

Important topics include:

  • Analogy
  • Alphabet Series
  • Number Series
  • Coding-Decoding
  • Mathematical Operations
  • Relationships
  • Syllogism
  • Jumbling
  • Venn Diagram
  • Data Interpretation
  • Data Sufficiency
  • Conclusions
  • Decision Making
  • Similarities and Differences
  • Analytical Reasoning
  • Classification
  • Directions
  • Statement and Arguments
  • Statement and Assumptions

General Science Syllabus

General Science covers:

Physics + Chemistry + Life Science

up to approximately:

Class 10 CBSE level.

This is good news for nursing and pharmacy candidates.

You do not need NEET-level Physics and Chemistry for this section.

Focus on fundamentals and MCQs.


Important General Science Topics

Physics

  • Units and Measurements
  • Motion
  • Force
  • Work and Energy
  • Gravitation
  • Heat
  • Sound
  • Light
  • Electricity
  • Magnetism

Chemistry

  • Atom
  • Molecule
  • Periodic Table
  • Acids, Bases and Salts
  • Metals and Non-Metals
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Carbon Compounds
  • Everyday Chemistry

Biology

  • Cell
  • Tissue
  • Human Body
  • Nutrition
  • Respiration
  • Circulation
  • Excretion
  • Reproduction
  • Disease
  • Immunity
  • Environment

Nursing candidates should be able to cover much of the Biology component easily because of overlap with their professional syllabus.


RRB Paramedical Selection Process

Under CEN 03/2025, the broad process was:

Computer Based Test

Document Verification

Medical Examination

Empanelment / Appointment

Official RRB records show that after the March 2026 CBT, results and cut-offs were released in May, followed by Document Verification and Medical Examination in June/July and provisional panels later in 2026.

RRB stated in the previous notification that it could conduct additional CBTs if considered necessary, so candidates should always follow the exact CEN rather than assuming there can never be another examination stage.


How Should You Divide Your Study Time?

Because Professional Ability represents 70% of the paper, a sensible preparation split is:

Area| Recommended Study Share Professional Subject| 65–70% General Awareness| 10% General Science| 8–10% Mathematics| 5–8% Reasoning| 8–10%

This is much better than spending equal time on all four areas.


Example: 5-Hour Daily Study Plan

For candidates studying full-time:

Time| Subject 2 Hours| Core Professional Subject 1 Hour| Second Professional Subject 45 Minutes| Professional MCQs/PYQs 30 Minutes| General Awareness 25 Minutes| Maths/Reasoning 20 Minutes| General Science

The exact schedule can be adjusted according to weaknesses.


Example: 3-Hour Daily Study Plan

For working nurses/pharmacists:

90 minutes

Professional theory

45 minutes

Professional MCQs

20 minutes

Current Affairs

15 minutes

Reasoning/Maths

10 minutes

General Science revision

Consistency is more important than trying to study eight hours for two days and then stopping.


Best Preparation Strategy for RRB Paramedical CBT 2026

Step 1 – Complete the Professional Syllabus First

Do not begin with Current Affairs.

Your professional subject is:

70 marks.

Build your strongest score there.


Step 2 – Study Topic + MCQs Together

Do not follow this pattern:

Complete entire book → Then start MCQs.

Instead:

Study topic → Solve 30–50 questions → Analyse mistakes → Revise topic.

This reveals weak concepts much faster.


Step 3 – Make Short Revision Notes

For nursing, your notes should contain:

  • Important values
  • Drug antidotes
  • Disease signs
  • Emergency priorities
  • Lab values
  • Nursing procedures
  • Vaccines
  • Obstetric facts
  • Important complications

Do not rewrite your whole textbook.

Your revision notes should be something you can review rapidly before the exam.


Step 4 – Use Previous RRB Paramedical Questions

Previous Railway questions help you understand:

  • Difficulty level
  • Question wording
  • Repeated concepts
  • Speed requirements
  • Professional/general-section balance

Also practise questions from comparable nursing/pharmacy examinations where the syllabus overlaps.

For Nursing Superintendent candidates, useful practice can include:

  • RRB nursing previous questions
  • AIIMS Nursing Officer MCQs
  • ESIC Nursing Officer questions
  • State Staff Nurse questions
  • NORCET-level basic and moderate questions

But remember that different examinations may have different difficulty levels.


Step 5 – Start Full Mock Tests Before Finishing 100% of the Syllabus

Many candidates wait until every chapter is complete.

That is unnecessary.

Once around 60–70% of the syllabus is reasonably prepared, start full mocks.

Mocks train:

  • Time management
  • Accuracy
  • Question selection
  • Concentration
  • Negative-marking control

Step 6 – Maintain a Mistake Notebook

Every mock-test mistake should be classified as:

Concept mistake

You did not know the concept.

Memory mistake

You knew it but forgot.

Calculation mistake

You understood but calculated incorrectly.

Reading mistake

You misread words such as:

  • NOT
  • EXCEPT
  • MOST
  • LEAST
  • FIRST
  • BEST

Guessing mistake

You attempted without enough confidence.

Your preparation improves rapidly when you stop repeating the same type of error.


RRB Paramedical Time Management Strategy

If the previous 100-question/90-minute structure continues:

You have an average of:

54 seconds per question.

But you should not divide time equally.

A better approach is:

Professional Ability

50–55 minutes

General Awareness + General Science

10–12 minutes

Maths + Reasoning

12–15 minutes

Review

8–10 minutes

The exact strategy depends on your strength.


Recommended Attempt Order

For many candidates:

Round 1

Answer all easy Professional Ability questions.

Round 2

Complete General Awareness and General Science.

Round 3

Complete easy Reasoning and Mathematics.

Round 4

Return to moderate professional questions.

Round 5

Review marked questions.

This prevents one difficult calculation or professional question from wasting several minutes.


60-Day RRB Paramedical Preparation Plan

Days 1–20: Foundation

Focus on:

  • Major professional subjects
  • Basic General Science
  • Basic Maths and Reasoning
  • Daily Current Affairs

Daily target:

80–100 professional MCQs


Days 21–40: Syllabus Completion + Testing

Focus on:

  • Remaining professional topics
  • Topic-wise tests
  • Previous questions
  • Current Affairs revision

Start:

2–3 full mock tests per week.


Days 41–50: Mock Phase

Focus on:

  • Full-length CBT tests
  • Weak subjects
  • Important professional chapters
  • Previous mistakes

Target:

4–5 mocks per week.


Days 51–60: Final Revision

Avoid large new topics.

Focus on:

  • Short notes
  • Important facts
  • Frequently incorrect questions
  • Previous-year questions
  • Current Affairs revision
  • Full mocks

30-Day Preparation Strategy

If only one month remains:

Days 1–10

High-weight professional subjects

Days 11–18

Remaining professional topics + MCQs

Days 19–24

PYQs + mixed tests

Days 25–30

Full mocks + revision

Spend approximately:

70% of available time on Professional Ability.


Nursing Candidates – High-Yield Revision Checklist

Before the exam, make sure you can confidently answer questions on:

  • Normal vital signs
  • Normal laboratory values
  • Electrolytes
  • Glasgow Coma Scale
  • Burns
  • Shock
  • CPR
  • Oxygen therapy
  • Blood transfusion
  • IV fluids
  • Insulin
  • Emergency drugs
  • Drug antidotes
  • ECG basics
  • MI
  • Heart failure
  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Pneumonia
  • Tuberculosis
  • Diabetes
  • Renal failure
  • Liver disease
  • Stroke
  • Epilepsy
  • Infection control
  • Immunisation
  • Pregnancy
  • Labour
  • PPH
  • Eclampsia
  • Newborn care
  • Childhood growth and development
  • Mental-health disorders
  • National health programmes
  • Nursing procedures

How Many MCQs Should You Solve?

There is no magical number.

A strong target over the preparation period would be:

Professional Ability

3,000–5,000 quality questions

rather than 15,000 repetitive low-quality questions.

For every wrong question:

Understand why the correct option is correct and why your option was wrong.

That analysis is more valuable than simply increasing question count.


Accuracy Target for Mock Tests

Rather than chasing 100 attempts, aim to improve both score and accuracy.

A useful target during preparation is:

Accuracy above 85%

while gradually increasing attempts.

Because of negative marking, a candidate attempting 90 questions accurately can outperform someone attempting all 100 recklessly.


Common Preparation Mistakes

Mistake 1: Ignoring Professional Ability

This is the biggest error.

It carried:

70 out of 100 marks

in the previous official CBT.


Mistake 2: Spending Too Much Time on Current Affairs

Current Affairs matters, but the entire General Awareness section was only 10 questions in the previous pattern.

Do not spend two hours every day on GK while ignoring Nursing or Pharmacy.


Mistake 3: Preparing General Science at an Advanced Level

RRB's previous common syllabus placed General Science around Class 10 level.

Keep it simple and objective.


Mistake 4: Avoiding Mock Tests

Knowing nursing theory and performing in a 90-minute CBT are different skills.

You need both.


Mistake 5: Blind Guessing

Remember:

3 wrong answers can erase the mark from 1 correct answer.


Mistake 6: Studying Without Revision

If you study a topic only once, you will forget a large part before the examination.

Use repeated short revisions.


Mistake 7: Waiting for the Exam Date

The CEN 05/2026 exam date has not yet been announced.

That is an advantage.

Candidates who start now can complete the professional syllabus before the exam schedule creates pressure.


Is RRB Paramedical CBT Difficult?

The examination is not difficult merely because it contains 100 questions.

The main challenge is:

Wide professional syllabus + speed + negative marking + competition.

Professional candidates already know many concepts from their course.

The task is to convert that academic knowledge into:

fast MCQ-solving ability.


RRB Paramedical CBT vs Nursing Exams

For Nursing Superintendent candidates, RRB preparation overlaps significantly with:

  • AIIMS NORCET
  • ESIC Nursing Officer
  • WBHRB Staff Nurse
  • State Nursing Officer exams
  • Other Railway nursing recruitments

Therefore, building strong professional nursing preparation has value beyond one RRB examination.


What Happens After RRB Paramedical CBT?

Based on the latest completed cycle:

CBT

Result & Cut-Off

Document Verification

Railway Medical Examination

Empanelment

Official RRB pages show that the CEN 03/2025 CBT was conducted in March 2026, results and cut-offs were published at the end of May, and DV/medical activity followed in June and July.


Is There a Physical Test in RRB Paramedical?

In the previous RRB Paramedical recruitment, there was no Group-D-style Physical Efficiency Test for these paramedical categories.

Candidates proceeded from CBT to the applicable Document Verification and Railway Medical Examination stages.


Is There an Interview?

The previous RRB paramedical selection process did not use a regular interview as a selection stage.

This differs from recruitments such as the latest WBHRB Staff Nurse cycle, where interview marks formed part of final selection.


Frequently Asked Questions

What is the RRB Paramedical CBT pattern for 2026?

The detailed CEN 05/2026 pattern has not yet been released. In the previous official CEN 03/2025 recruitment, the CBT contained 100 questions for 100 marks in 90 minutes.


How many Professional Ability questions are asked?

The previous official pattern had:

70 questions for 70 marks.


How many General Awareness questions are asked?

Previous pattern:

10 questions.


How many Maths and Reasoning questions are asked?

General Arithmetic + General Intelligence & Reasoning together carried:

10 questions.


How many General Science questions are asked?

Previous pattern:

10 questions.


What is the total number of questions?

Previous pattern:

100 questions.


What is the exam duration?

Previous pattern:

90 minutes.


Is there negative marking?

Yes, under CEN 03/2025:

1/3 mark was deducted for each incorrect answer.

Candidates should confirm whether CEN 05/2026 retains the same rule once the detailed notice is released.


What are the minimum qualifying marks?

Under CEN 03/2025:

  • UR/EWS – 40%
  • OBC-NCL – 30%
  • SC – 30%
  • ST – 25%

These are minimum qualifying percentages, not final cut-offs.


What is the Nursing Superintendent syllabus?

It includes major GNM/B.Sc. Nursing subjects such as Anatomy, Physiology, Nursing Foundation, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Pharmacology, Community Health, Child Health, Mental Health, Obstetrics, Nursing Research and Nursing Management.


Does the syllabus differ by post?

Yes.

The Professional Ability section is post-specific.

A Nursing Superintendent receives nursing-based professional questions, while Pharmacist, Radiographer, ECG Technician and other candidates prepare their own professional syllabus.


Is General Science difficult?

The previous official syllabus prescribed:

Physics, Chemistry and Life Science up to Class 10 CBSE level.


What should I study first?

Start with:

Professional Ability.

It carried 70% of the previous CBT.


When is RRB Paramedical CEN 05/2026 exam?

The exam date has not yet been announced as of 9 September 2026. The current CEN 05/2026 update is an indicative recruitment notice.


Final Preparation Recommendation

Candidates preparing for RRB Paramedical CBT 2026 should not wait for the detailed notification to begin studying.

Use the previous official structure as your current preparation framework:

70% Professional Ability

10% General Awareness

10% Arithmetic + Reasoning

10% General Science

with careful attention to the previous 1/3 negative-marking rule.

Your priority should be:

Professional concepts → Professional MCQs → PYQs → Mock Tests → Mistake Analysis → Revision.

For nursing candidates specifically, start with:

Medical-Surgical Nursing + Nursing Foundation + Pharmacology + Obstetrics + Community Health

before spending large amounts of study time on general subjects.

Once RRB releases the detailed CEN 05/2026, candidates should compare the new syllabus and exam pattern with CEN 03/2025 and immediately adjust if any rule has changed.


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