The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has released the official provisional answer key for the Graduate Level CBT-I exam under CEN 05/2024.

Candidates who appeared for the test, conducted in multiple shifts between 5 June and 24 June 2025, can now access their individual response sheets and question papers to assess their performance.

Key Dates & Details

  • Answer Key Release Date: 1 July 2025
  • Objection Window: 1 July 2025, 6:00 PM – 6 July 2025, 11:55 PM
  • Objection Fee: ₹50 per question (refundable if accepted)
  • Total Vacancies: 8,113 graduate-level positions (NTPC posts)

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  1. Visit your regional RRB website or the official portal ( rrbcdg.gov.in) or from the direct link given below.
  2. Click on the link for “CBT 1 Graduate Level Answer Key & Response Sheet”.
  3. Log in with your Registration Number and Date of Birth (use Captcha if required).
  4. View or download the answer key, question paper, and your responses.
  5. Save and print them for future reference.

Objection Process – Raise Queries, Get Refund

If you find any incorrect answers in the answer key:

  1. Access the Objection Tracker via the same portal
  2. Select the question(s) you wish to challenge.
  3. Provide justification or documentary proof.
  4. Pay ₹50 per question from online means of payments.
  5. Submit your objections before 11:55 PM on 6 July 2025

If your objection is accepted, the ₹50 fee will be refunded (minus bank charges)

Score Estimation & Next Steps

To estimate your score:

  • +1 mark for each correct answer
  • -1/3 mark for each incorrect answer

Calculate as:

Expected Score = (Correct Answers × 1) – (Incorrect Answers × 0.33)


Candidates who qualify the CBT-I will be shortlisted for CBT-II, followed by Typing Skill Test (where applicable) and Document Verification. Final selection depends on normalised marks across stages.

Why It Matters

This answer key release offers candidates a fair chance to evaluate their performance and raise legitimate objections. Final results are expected after the verification of raised issues.

Railway Recruitment Board (RRB)

RRB NTPC Graduate Level CBT-I 2025

Important Links

Interested & Eligible Candidates can go through some important links which are given below

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Answer Key

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Objection Link

Direct Link

Answer Key Notice (in Hindi)

Hindi PDF

Answer Key Notice (in English)

English PDF

Official Website

RRB Kolkata Official Website

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