# RPF Sub-Inspector (Executive) — Railway Protection Force recruitment by the RRBs (RPF SI) — Shishya exam context

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## Exam pattern
- Category: GOVT_JOBS · national
- Questions: 120 · Total marks: 120 · Marks per question: 1
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Negative marking: −0.33 per wrong answer
- Languages offered: EN, HI, BN, GU, KN, ML, MR, PA, TA, TE

## Eligibility & vacancies
- Age: 20–25 years; relaxation: SC/ST +5 years, OBC-NCL +3 years, ex-servicemen as per rules. CEN RPF 01/2024 allowed up to 28 years (one-time relaxation).
- Education: A bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognised university.
- Note: Indian citizens only. Physical efficiency and measurement standards apply; not open to persons with disabilities (as printed in the CEN).
- Official portal: https://rrb.indianrailways.gov.in/ (Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB))

## Syllabus outline
### Arithmetic (weight 0.2916666666666667)
Tables and graphs · Simple and compound interest · Mensuration · Number system and simplification · Percentage, profit and loss, discount · Ratio, proportion and averages · Time and distance, time and work

### General Intelligence & Reasoning (weight 0.2916666666666667)
Analogy and classification · Arithmetical reasoning and ranking · Coding-decoding · Blood relations and directions · Number and letter series · Syllogism and statement-conclusion

### General Awareness (weight 0.4166666666666667)
Economy · Environment · Geography · History, art and culture · Polity and the Constitution · General science · Sports and static GK

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