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RRB NTPC 2019 CBT 1 Question Paper with Answer Key - All 133 Shifts PDF

CEN 01/2019 · Graduate + Undergraduate posts · CBT 1 held 28 Dec 2020 – 31 Jul 2021 · English & Hindi · free download

🗇 133 Shifts 🌐 2 Languages 🎯 100 Qs / paper 📚 Full Paper + Official Key 📗 Subject-wise + GA Topic-wise ✅ With Answer Key
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On this page Official Answer Key (Response-Sheet Format)  ·  Complete Question Paper (Curated)  ·  Subject-wise Books  ·  GA Topic-wise Book  ·  Exam Pattern  ·  All NTPC Papers  ·  FAQs

📄 Official Answer Key (Response-Sheet Format)

Every shift re-set from the original RRB question paper in the response-sheet layout, one file per language with a clickable shift index, the correct option marked as per the official answer key.

English130 shifts · 12999 questions · 2383 pages · 208.7 MB Hindiहिन्दी133 shifts · 13300 questions · 2684 pages · 246.2 MB

English has 130 of the 133 shifts: The English paper of the 3 PM shifts of 23, 24 and 31 Jul 2021 was not saved anywhere. The Hindi book has all 133. 78 questions that RRB dropped (“discrepancy … ignored for all candidates”) are printed as asked with RRB’s note and no answer.

📚 Complete Question Paper (Curated)

All 13,300 questions of the 133 shifts in one clean file per language, grouped by section inside every shift, with the correct option marked as per the official answer key. The question and option images are the original RRB images.

English133 shifts · 13300 questions · 3868 pages · 254.2 MB Hindiहिन्दी133 shifts · 13300 questions · 4100 pages · 285.9 MB

The English paper of the 3 PM shifts of 23, 24 and 31 Jul 2021 was not saved anywhere, so in the English book those 3 shifts are printed in Hindi and marked HINDI. 78 questions that RRB dropped (“discrepancy … ignored for all candidates”) are printed as asked with RRB’s note and no answer. Nothing is machine translated.

📗 Subject-wise Books – All 133 Shifts with Answers

One book per subject with every question of that subject from all 133 shifts (Mathematics 30, Reasoning 30, General Awareness 40 per shift), the correct option marked.

Mathematics

English133 shifts · 3990 questions · 1132 pages · 64.6 MB Hindiहिन्दी133 shifts · 3990 questions · 1204 pages · 72.4 MB

General Intelligence & Reasoning

English133 shifts · 3990 questions · 1451 pages · 108.4 MB Hindiहिन्दी133 shifts · 3990 questions · 1537 pages · 118.8 MB

General Awareness

English133 shifts · 5320 questions · 1346 pages · 87.8 MB Hindiहिन्दी133 shifts · 5320 questions · 1487 pages · 101.6 MB

🗂️ Topic-wise Book – General Awareness

Every General Awareness question of the 133 shifts sorted into 62 chapters, so you can revise one topic at a time. A question repeated word for word in another shift is printed once.

General Awareness

English133 shifts · 5318 questions · 1357 pages · 87.9 MB Hindiहिन्दी133 shifts · 5318 questions · 1437 pages · 101.4 MB
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RRB NTPC CBT 1 Exam Pattern (CEN 01/2019)

SectionQuestionsMarks
General Awareness4040
Mathematics3030
General Intelligence & Reasoning3030
Total100100
Duration 90 minutes (120 minutes for PwBD candidates eligible for a scribe) · +1 for a correct answer, -1/3 for a wrong one · CBT 1 was common to the Graduate and Undergraduate posts and shortlisted candidates for CBT 2.

About these RRB NTPC 2019 CBT 1 papers

RRB NTPC CEN 01/2019 (Graduate and Undergraduate posts) CBT 1 was held in 133 shifts from 28 Dec 2020 to 31 Jul 2021, and RRB opened the question papers with the answer key on 16 Aug 2021. Every shift on this page is re-set from the original RRB question paper: the question and option images are RRB’s own, and the correct option is the official green tick. No candidate details appear anywhere.

RRB dropped 78 questions after the objections (“discrepancy … ignored for all candidates”). They are printed as asked, with RRB’s note and no answer.

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All RRB NTPC Previous Year Question Papers (Graduate & UG)

Every RRB NTPC paper set on QMaths, shift-wise with the official answer key, compiled language-wise from the official response sheets.

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RRB NTPC 2019 CBT 1 Question Paper - FAQs

Where can I download the RRB NTPC 2019 CBT 1 question paper PDF?
On this page, free and without login: the official answer key books, the complete paper, subject-wise books (Mathematics, Reasoning, General Awareness) and a General Awareness topic-wise book, in English and Hindi, for all 133 shifts of CEN 01/2019 CBT 1 (28 Dec 2020 to 31 Jul 2021).
Is the answer key included?
Yes. The correct option is marked on every question, taken from the official answer key that RRB published with the question papers on 16 Aug 2021. The 78 questions RRB dropped are printed with RRB's note and no answer.
How many shifts are covered?
All 133 shifts: 7 phases from 28 Dec 2020 to 31 Jul 2021. The Hindi books have all 133. The English official answer key book has 130, because the English paper of the 3 PM shifts of 23, 24 and 31 Jul 2021 was not saved anywhere; the English complete and subject-wise books print those 3 shifts in Hindi.
What was the RRB NTPC 2019 CBT 1 exam pattern?
100 questions in 90 minutes: General Awareness 40, Mathematics 30, General Intelligence and Reasoning 30. +1 for a correct answer and -1/3 for a wrong one. CBT 1 was common to the Graduate and Undergraduate posts.
Are these memory-based papers?
No. Every question is RRB's own question image from the original paper, with the official answer. Nothing is retyped or machine translated.
Is the RRB NTPC 2019 paper useful for RRB NTPC 2026?
Yes. RRB NTPC CBT 1 keeps the same three sections and marking, so 13,300 previous year questions from 133 shifts are an excellent practice bank, especially the General Awareness topic-wise book.
Where are the other RRB NTPC previous year papers?
All NTPC sets are linked in the table on this page: Graduate 2025 and 2024 (CBT 1 and CBT 2), Undergraduate 2025 and 2024 (CBT 1 and CBT 2) and NTPC 2019 CBT 1.
Disclaimer: The papers hosted on this page are compiled from the official question papers and response sheets released by the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB) to candidates after the examination. QMaths collates and merges them for free revision use only; we do not alter the questions or the marked answers. For the final official answer key and result, always refer to the concerned RRB website.