The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has released the tentative RRB ALP Exam 2024 exam schedule for all stages of CBT 1, CBT 2, CBAT, and Document Verification. Knowing the exam schedule is beneficial for the candidates who are preparing for the RRB ALP exam as they can plan their preparation accordingly before time. the RRB ALP CBT 1 Exam is tentatively scheduled to be conducted in August 2024, and the RRB ALP CBT 2 Exam will be held in September 2024. The exact exam date will be released shortly on the official website All the registered candidates must begin with their preparation and stay tuned to get the latest updates about exam dates.
RRB ALP Exam Date 2024
The RRB ALP is a national-level exam conducted by the RRB to recruit 18799 candidates for Assistant Loco Pilots posts for different railway zones across the country. The selection process for the RRB ALP exam involves CBT 1, CBT 2, CBAT, and Document Verification. The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has announced the RRB ALP 2024 tentative exam month for 18799 Assistant Loco Pilot posts through an official notice.
The RRB ALP 2024 CBT 1 exam will take place in August 2024, followed by the CBT 2 exam in September 2024 the CBAT round will be held in November 2024 and the document verification shortlist will be announced in November or December 2024. As soon as the exact RRB ALP Exam Dates 2024 are announced, the same shall be updated in the below table too.
| Events | Dates |
| RRB ALP CBT 1 Exam Date 2024 | August/ September 2024 |
| RRB ALP CBT 2 Exam Date 2024 | September 2024 |
| RRB ALP CBAT Exam Date 2024 | November 2024 |
| RRB ALP Document Verification | November/December 2024 |
RRB ALP 2024 Exam Date Official Notice
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has uploaded an official notice at regarding the tentative exam schedule for RRB ALP Recruitment 2024 which indicates the months when RRB ALP CBT 1, CBT 2, CBAT, and Document Verification could be conducted. Below we have attached the RRB ALP Exam Date 2024 Official Notice for your reference. 
RRB ALP Exam Pattern 2024
The RRB ALP 2024 exam will go through multiple rounds of exams which are (1) CBT Stage- 1, (2) CBT Stage- 2 ( Part A and Part B), (3) CBAT (Computer Based Aptitude Test) and (4) Document Verification.
CBT 1:
The RRB ALP CBT 1 exam will be based on 75 questions for 75 marks on Mathematics, Mental Ability, General Science, and General Awareness and the total time allotted for this exam is 60 minutes.
| RRB ALP Exam Pattern 2024 (CBT Stage I) | |||
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| Mathematics | 75 | 75 | 60 minutes |
| Mental Ability | |||
| General Science | |||
| General Awareness | |||
CBT 2:
The 2nd Stage of RRB ALP CBT exams will consist of two parts which are Part A and Part B. Part A will have questions on Mathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Science, Basic Science and Engineering. There will be a total of 100 questions to be asked with a time duration of 90 minutes for Part A whereas Part B will consist of questions on Relevant Discipline/Trade and will have 75 questions to be solved in 60 minutes. Part B will be qualifying only whereas the marks of Part A will decide the qualification to the next stages of the selection process and it will be also counted in the final selection.
| RRB ALP Exam Pattern 2024 (CBT Stage 2) | ||||
| Part | Subjects | Total Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
| Part A | Mathematics | 100 | 100 | 90 minutes |
| General Intelligence and Reasoning | ||||
| General Science | ||||
| Basic Science and Engineering | ||||
| Part B | Relevant Trade | 75 | 75 | 60 minutes |
| Total | 175 | 175 | 150 minutes | |
CBAT:
Candidates equal to 8 times ALP vacancies for each category will be shortlisted for the CBAT round based on their marks in Part A of the CBT 2 exam. The CBAT round will be only in English and Hindi and there will be no negative marking in this round. The marks for the final selection will be calculated in the ratio of 70:30, where 70% of marks will be calculated from Part A of the CBT 2 exam and 30% of marks will be calculated from the CBAT exam.
| RRB ALP CBAT | |
| Language of Exam | English and Hindi |
| Negative Marking | No |
| Weightage | Part A CBT II marks count for 70%, while CBAT marks count for 30% in the merit list |
| Merit List | Only CBAT-passing candidates are considered for the RRB ALP merit list |
RRB ALP 2024: Qualifying Marks
To qualify for the exam candidates have to score minimum qualifying marks as fixed by the exam authority. In the CBAT exam candidates have to score a minimum of 42 marks to clear the exam. The minimum pass percentage for the CBT 1 and CBT 2 Exam is as follows:
- UR- 40 %
- OBC- 30 %
- SC- 30 %
- ST- 25 %
