RRB Group D : Exam Pattern, Books to Study, How to Prepare?
Exam Pattern of RRB Group-D Posts 2018 , Preparation Tips and Tricks to Crack the Group-D Exam 2018, Best Books for RRB Group D Exam – List of Recommended Books.
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RRB Group D : Exam Pattern, Books to Study, How to Prepare?
This Article contains information on Exam Pattern of RRB Group-D Posts 2018 , Preparation Tips and Tricks to Crack the Group-D Exam 2018, Best Books for RRB Group D Exam – List of Recommended Books.
Exam Pattern of RRB Group-D Posts 2018
The exam will be an online Computer Based Test (CBT). The various stages of the Group “D” Recruitment 2018 are:
- CBT
- Physical Efficiency Test (PET) and
- Document Verification
Subjects Included– It includes mainly Mathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Science and General Awareness of the Current Affairs.
Total Number of Questions– 100 questions
Total Time Duration– 90 Minutes
Negative Marking– 1/3rd marks will be deducted for every wrong answer from your total marks obtained .
Preparation Tips and Tricks to Crack the Group-D Exam 2018
Mathematics:
Make your concepts strong and learn the formulas.Brush up the shortcuts and tricks for simplifying length calculations.
The most important topics for the Quantitative Section are:
General Intelligence and Reasoning:
General Science:
General Awareness of the Current Affairs:
Best Books for RRB Group D Exam – List of Recommended Books
The list of Recommended Books for Mathematics, Reasoning, General Science and General Awareness is as follows :
A. Mathematics Books
1. Quicker Maths M.Tyra, K.Kundan/ Magical Book Series
2. Quantitative aptitude by R.S Aggarwal / S.Chand Publisher
The book is more comprehensive than ever before with more than 5500 questions (supported with answers and solutions—a hallmark of Quantitative Aptitude).
3. Fast track objective Arithemetic book by Rajesh Varma/ Arihant Publishers
Apart from solved questions and illustrations, the book contains practice papers and model tests to enable the student to understand the upcoming paper pattern, solve the questions by oneself and to make a self-analysis about ones preparedness.
B. General Intelligence and Reasoning Books
1. Test of Reasoning by Edgar Thorpe/ Pearson
The book comes at a time when the importance of Test of Reasoning is increasing in various competitive examinations including the UPSC Civil Services and State PSCs. However, with varying levels of difficulty in questions, an aspirant must be equipped with an understanding of a wide range of topics and question levels. The revision has therefore been done to bring in this ease of use for all students.
2. A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by R S Aggrawal
The book carefully guides the candidates through faster, shorter and intelligent paths to take up the study both
parts of the book, namely, Verbal and Non-Verbal:
(a) By suitably arranging the questions based on the latest examination patterns.
(b) By providing a huge number of questions for practice, with solutions that can teach one the right approach towards solving them.
(c) By providing solved examples with full explanation to bring out the essence of each topic.
C. General Science Books
1. Lucent Publications
The book presents brief but comprehensive enough information about the subject under a given topic, in a easy to understand language with a logical flow that is easy to remember and recall at critical moments.Important names, places and dates have been duly highlighted, facts are placed in bullet points and the graphic illustrations make remembering the information presented easy to grasp.
D. General Awareness & Current Affairs Books
1. Pratiyogita Darpan
This book Analytically Covers National, International, Political, Cultural, Economics, Sports, Science and Technology Events and much more.
2. Manorama Yearbook 2017
It serves as an Up-to-date reference database covering varied topics like Science and Medicine, Space, Environment, Literature, History, 1000 Quiz, Sports,Policies and Schemes of government, Census reports, Election results, Religious Census report, Economic indicators, Art forms, National Days, new Appointments,list of Union Cabinet Ministers, GK, Awards, Books, Cinema, Sports, etc.The 2017 edition features more than 20 articles by people of eminence such as former RBI Governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan, MP Dr. Shashi Tharoor and many others.
These are the Top 3 Best Books for RRB Group D Exam 2018
1. RRB Group D Guide 2018 by Arihant Experts.
As per the test pattern the book provides complete coverage of all topics asked in the exam, and every topic in each section contains sufficient number of MCQs. All questions have their detailed solutions for students to self evaluate their preparation.
Solved Papers 2015 and 2014 given at the end of the book and 3 practice sets will allow students to prepare in the best possible manner for best definite results.
2. Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Group-D (CBT) 2018
The book is divided into four sections – Mathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Science & General Awareness. Every chapter in this book contains a brief theory followed by a set of practice questions to ensure revision of the concepts. The book also provides a practice paper which will help students to practice and self analyse their level of preparation.
3. Indian Railways: Group ‘D’ Recruitment Exam Guide (Popular Master Guide)
This comprehensive book is useful for Indian Railways—Group ‘D’ Recruitment Exam for the purpose of Study and practice of questions based on the latest pattern of the examination. This book included Study Material & Previous Paper (Solved). Detailed Answers have also been provided for the questions for Better Understanding of the Candidates.
For Complete Details Read: Railway New Group D Job Notifications 2018.
