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RRB Section Controller Syllabus 2026

The complete RRB Section Controller syllabus for 2026 — 3 sections and 32 topics in all, organised exactly as the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) prescribes. Use it as your revision checklist, then test yourself with a free RRB Section Controller mock below.

Analytical & Mathematical Capability (60 questions)16 topics

Number system, LCM and HCF, divisibility, simplification (BODMAS, surds, indices)
Percentages
Profit, loss and discount (single and successive)
Simple and compound interest
Ratio, proportion and partnership
Average and ages
Time, work and wages
Time, speed and distance (trains, boats and streams, relative speed)
Pipes and cisterns
Mixtures and alligation
Basic Algebra (linear, quadratic equations, identities)
Geometry (triangles, circles, polygons — basic properties)
Mensuration 2D and 3D (perimeter, area, volume of standard shapes)
Trigonometry basics (ratios, identities, complementary angles)
Data Interpretation (tables, bar charts, pie charts, line graphs)
Statistics (mean, median, mode) and basic probability

Logical Capability (20 questions)8 topics

Number / letter / alphanumeric series (next, missing, wrong term)
Coding-decoding (letter shift, mathematical, fictitious language, conditional)
Analogies (semantic, symbolic, numeric, word-pair relations)
Classification and odd-one-out (numbers, letters, words, figures)
Syllogisms (2-3 statement, possibility cases)
Statement-conclusion and statement-assumption
Venn diagrams (2-3 set logic)
Decision making and data sufficiency

Mental Reasoning (20 questions)8 topics

Blood relations (descriptive and symbol-based)
Direction sense (multi-step paths)
Ranking and order
Seating arrangement (linear and circular — basic)
Calendar (day from date, odd days, leap year)
Clock (angle between hands)
Mathematical operations (symbol substitution, BODMAS)
Analogy and pattern-based mental reasoning

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