The RRB NTPC UG CBT 2 admit card 2026 is out. The Railway Recruitment Boards opened the e-call letter link for CEN 07/2025 on 13.09.2026. The second-stage computer based test for the four undergraduate posts is on one day only, 17.09.2026, and you log in with your registration number and date of birth.
Nineteen of the 21 zones have published a shortlist count. Between them they called 39,605 candidates for 2,633 posts, and every one of them called close to 15 candidates per vacancy, the ratio the notification sets. So about one candidate in fifteen sitting CBT-2 on Thursday will get a post. Your CBT-1 marks only got you shortlisted. Merit now depends on CBT-2.
CBT-2 exam date and admit card timeline
The schedule notice of 24.08.2026 set how many days before the exam each link would open. Each release so far has come on the day the notice set.
| Release | Date, from the official notices |
|---|---|
| CBT-1 result and cut-off | 24.08.2026, published separately by each zone |
| CBT-1 score card link | 26.08.2026 |
| Exam city slip for CBT-2 | 07.09.2026, ten days before the exam, as promised |
| E-call letter download | 13.09.2026, four days before the exam |
| CBT-2 exam date | 17.09.2026, one day for all four posts |
| Travel authority for SC and ST candidates | Comes through the exam city and date link. Carry the original caste certificate while travelling |
Important Links
| What you need | Link and its status on 15.09.2026 |
|---|---|
| Download CBT-2 admit card | E-call letter login. Live. Your registration number is the user ID and your date of birth in DDMMYYYY is the password |
| CBT-2 schedule notice PDF, 24.08.2026 | English PDF, live |
| Zone-wise result and shortlist PDFs | CEN 07/2025 result section. Live. It opens on Ahmedabad, so pick your zone from the menu |
| Aadhaar verification before exam day | rrbapply.gov.in candidate login, live |
| Detailed notification CEN 07/2025 | English PDF, 56 pages, live |
| CBT-2 answer key and result | Not released as on 15.09.2026. No date has been announced |
CBT-2 paper pattern and qualifying marks
CBT-2 has 20 more questions than CBT-1 and the same 90 minutes. Half of the extra questions are General Awareness.
| Paper detail | CBT-2, per para 13.2 of the notification |
|---|---|
| Questions and time | 120 questions in 90 minutes, or 120 minutes if you are eligible for a scribe |
| Section split | General Awareness 50, Mathematics 35, General Intelligence and Reasoning 35. The notice says the split is indicative |
| Change from CBT-1 | CBT-1 was 100 questions: 40 General Awareness, 30 Mathematics, 30 Reasoning. General Awareness goes up by 10 and the other two by 5 each |
| Negative marking | One third of a mark per wrong answer |
| Minimum marks to qualify | 40% for UR and EWS, 30% for OBC (NCL) and SC, 25% for ST. PwBD candidates may get up to 2 marks relaxation if there are not enough candidates for their reserved posts |
| Reserved-category shortlisting | If you were shortlisted with an OBC, SC, ST, EWS, PwBD or ExSM relaxation, you stay limited to those vacancies at every later stage |
| Typing test after CBT-2 | Only for Accounts Clerk cum Typist and Junior Clerk cum Typist. Eight candidates are called per vacancy. The speed needed is 30 wpm in English or 25 in Hindi, and the test is qualifying only |
| No typing test | Commercial cum Ticket Clerk (Level 3, Rs.21,700) and Trains Clerk (Level 2, Rs.19,900) go straight to document verification on their CBT-2 marks |
Candidates called per zone against vacancies
Each board publishes its own shortlist, and no notice gives a combined figure. We took the “total number of candidates shortlisted” line from each zone’s result PDF and put it next to that zone’s vacancies from Annexure B of the notification.
| Railway Recruitment Board | Vacancies, then candidates called for CBT-2 |
|---|---|
| Kolkata | 499 posts, 7,508 called (15.05 per post) |
| Mumbai | 494 posts, 7,437 called (15.05) |
| Prayagraj | 303 posts, 4,555 called (15.03) |
| Secunderabad | 272 posts. Its result section shows no shortlist count as on 15.09.2026 |
| Malda | 196 posts, 2,945 called (15.03) |
| Gorakhpur | 173 posts, 2,600 called (15.03) |
| Ahmedabad | 153 posts. Only the cut-off sheet is up, without a shortlist count |
| Jammu-Srinagar | 137 posts, 2,060 called (15.04) |
| Guwahati | 135 posts, 2,029 called (15.03) |
| Bhopal | 123 posts, 1,850 called (15.04) |
| Ajmer | 116 posts, 1,753 called (15.11) |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 86 posts, 1,292 called (15.02) |
| Chennai | 80 posts, 1,202 called (15.03) |
| Bilaspur | 69 posts, 1,038 called (15.04) |
| Ranchi | 56 posts, 840 called (15.00) |
| Bengaluru | 54 posts, 812 called (15.04) |
| Muzaffarpur | 39 posts, 586 called (15.03) |
| Chandigarh and Patna | 24 posts each, 360 called each (15.00) |
| Bhubaneswar | 18 posts, 270 called (15.00) |
| Siliguri | 7 posts, 108 called (15.43, the highest ratio) |
| All 21 boards | 3,058 posts in total. The 19 zones with a published count called 39,605 candidates for 2,633 posts |
Ratios slightly above 15.00 most likely come from candidates tied on the cut-off score, because shortlisting is done community by community. For comparison, RRB Ahmedabad’s CBT-1 cut-off for Commercial cum Ticket Clerk was 75.75 for UR, 71.55 for OBC, 71.00 for EWS, 67.66 for SC and 60.52 for ST, out of 100 normalised marks.
Exam day checklist for 17 September
- Log in to the e-call letter link with your registration number and date of birth, then download and print the CBT-2 admit card. Your reporting time and centre are on it.
- If your Aadhaar is not verified yet, verify it on rrbapply.gov.in before exam day. There is an Aadhaar-linked biometric check at the centre.
- Make sure your Aadhaar is unlocked in the UIDAI system. The notice asks for this even if you verified Aadhaar while applying.
- Take your original Aadhaar card, or an e-verified Aadhaar printout, along with the printed e-call letter.
- Check that the name, date of birth and photo on your Aadhaar match your Class 10 certificate. A mismatch can hold you up at registration.
Last updated: 15.09.2026, after reading the CBT-2 schedule notice, 19 zone result PDFs and Annexure B of CEN 07/2025, and checking the e-call letter login.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When is the RRB NTPC UG CBT 2 exam in 2026?
On 17.09.2026, a single day for all four posts under CEN 07/2025, according to the boards' schedule notice of 24.08.2026.
How do I download the RRB NTPC UG CBT 2 admit card?
Log in to the e-call letter link on rrb.digialm.com with your registration number as user ID and your date of birth in DDMMYYYY as the password. The link went live on 13.09.2026.
How many questions are there in NTPC UG CBT 2?
120 questions in 90 minutes: 50 General Awareness, 35 Mathematics and 35 Reasoning, with one third of a mark deducted for each wrong answer.
How many candidates were called for NTPC UG CBT 2?
About 15 per vacancy in every zone. The 19 zones that published a count called 39,605 candidates for 2,633 posts. All 21 boards together have 3,058 posts.
Is there a typing test after NTPC UG CBT 2?
Only for Accounts Clerk cum Typist and Junior Clerk cum Typist. Eight candidates per vacancy are called and need 30 wpm in English or 25 wpm in Hindi. The test is qualifying only.