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RRB Technician Grade III Syllabus 2026
The complete RRB Technician Grade III syllabus for 2026 — 6 sections and 55 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 Technician Grade III mock below.
Mathematics (both grades)13 topics
- Number system — natural, whole, integers, rational, irrational, real
- Simplification using BODMAS
- Percentage and applications
- Profit & loss, discount, marked price
- Simple interest and compound interest
- Ratio & proportion, partnership
- Average and weighted average
- Time & work, pipes & cisterns
- Time, speed & distance, trains, boats & streams
- Mensuration — perimeter, area, surface area, volume of standard shapes
- Elementary algebra (linear equations, basic identities)
- Basic geometry (triangles, circles, quadrilaterals — properties)
- Statistics — mean, median, mode, basic data interpretation
General Intelligence & Reasoning (both grades)12 topics
- Number / letter / alphanumeric series
- Coding-decoding (letter shift, number based)
- Analogies — word, number, symbol
- Classification / odd-one-out
- Blood relations (single + two-step)
- Direction sense and distance
- Mathematical / arithmetic operations on symbols
- Ranking and order arrangement
- Basic syllogism (2 statements, 2 conclusions)
- Venn diagrams (2-set, 3-set)
- Statement & assumptions / conclusions (basic)
- Non-verbal — mirror image, water image, paper folding
General Science (Grade III)4 topics
- Physics — motion (kinematics, Newton's laws), work-energy-power, heat, light (reflection, refraction, lenses), sound, electricity (current, voltage, Ohm's law), magnetism basics
- Chemistry — matter, atomic structure, periodic table basics, acids/bases/salts, common compounds and formulas, metals & non-metals
- Biology — cell structure, plant and animal tissues, human body systems (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, nervous), diseases and vitamins, ecology basics
- NCERT Class 10 level depth
General Awareness & Current Affairs (both grades)7 topics
- Indian History — Ancient, Medieval, Modern, freedom struggle highlights
- Indian Geography — physical features, rivers, climate, agriculture, mineral belts
- Indian Polity — Constitutional basics, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Parliament, Judiciary
- Indian Economy — basic concepts, RBI, budget, schemes
- Static GK — sports, awards, books and authors, important days, monuments
- Indian Railways general — zones, divisions, types of trains, gauge, Railway Board
- Current Affairs — last 6-12 months (national, international, sports, awards, science & tech)
Basic Science & Engineering (Grade I Signal)11 topics
- Engineering Drawing — views, projections, scale, symbols
- Units & Measurements — SI units, conversions, dimensions
- Mass, weight and density; specific gravity
- Work, power and energy — basic formulas and unit conversions
- Speed, velocity, acceleration — basic kinematics
- Heat and temperature — thermometers, expansion, calorimetry basics
- Basic electricity — current, voltage, resistance, Ohm's law, series/parallel circuits, power consumption
- Levers and simple machines — mechanical advantage, classes of levers
- Occupational safety and health — workshop and depot safety
- Environmental education — pollution, waste, conservation basics
- IT Literacy — computer fundamentals, MS Office basics, internet basics
Basics of Computers & Applications (Grade I Signal)8 topics
- Architecture of computers — CPU, memory, how a computer processes data
- Input and output devices
- Storage devices — primary and secondary memory, units of storage
- Operating systems — Windows, Unix, Linux basics
- MS Office — Word, Excel, PowerPoint basics and common shortcuts
- Data representation — number systems and codes
- Networking, internet and e-mail; websites and web browsers
- Computer viruses and basic security
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