RRB JE CBT 1 cut off, CBT 2 cut off and zone wise trends

What decides the RRB JE CBT 1 cut off

For CBT 1, the RRBs do not pick a pass mark in advance. They line up every candidate's normalised score within a board, then call a set multiple of the community wise vacancies to CBT 2. Past notices have used 15 times the vacancies for this step. The score of the last candidate called becomes the cut off for that category and post group.

Because candidates sit different shifts with different question sets, raw marks are converted into normalised marks first. That is why official tables show figures like 72.98245 rather than whole numbers.

RRB JE cut off from an official notice: CEN 03/2024, CBT 1

RRB Secunderabad published its CBT 1 result for JE, DMS, CMA and allied posts under CEN 03/2024 on 5 March 2025. The cut offs were given as normalised marks out of 100 for numbered post categories. A sample of rows:

Across the post categories in that notice, the UR figures ranged from about 61 up to about 83. The category numbers match the post list in the CEN, so look up which number your post had. You can read the full table in the official RRB Secunderabad cut off notice.

RRB JE cut off zone wise: why boards differ

People often search for a zone wise RRB JE cut off, but the table is really board wise. The boards include Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Jammu, Kolkata, Malda, Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Prayagraj, Ranchi, Secunderabad and Thiruvananthapuram. Each one has its own vacancies and its own applicant pool.

Boards with many applicants and few posts in a category tend to have higher cut offs. Boards with large vacancy counts for track or works posts can see lower ones. For the CEN 05/2025 cycle, CBT 1 was held over three days in February, results came out on 13 May, and every board posted its own cut off PDF.

If you are looking for the RRB JE Kolkata cut off, or the figure for any other board, open that board's own website and find the CBT 1 result notice for your CEN. Some boards publish the table as a scanned image, so you may need to zoom in.

Qualifying percentage versus the real cut off

The notice also sets a minimum percentage you must reach in each CBT just to be considered: 40% for UR and EWS, 30% for SC and for non creamy layer OBC, and 25% for ST. A small relaxation may be given to PwBD candidates if seats would otherwise stay empty.

In practice, the CBT 1 cut off has been far above these minimums. In the Secunderabad table above, even ST cut offs were above 60. So think of 40% as the minimum entry ticket and plan well beyond it.

RRB JE CBT 2 cut off and final selection

The CBT 2 cut off is the score used to call candidates for document verification. It is normalised out of 150, and it is set separately for each post, category and board, based on the number of vacancies. CBT 1 marks play no role at this point.

Since 100 of the 150 questions are technical, the CBT 2 cut off depends heavily on how hard the paper for your exam group was. A group with only a handful of posts on your board can swing a lot between cycles. Boards publish CBT 2 cut offs with the list of candidates shortlisted for document verification, and we have not seen a single reliable national figure, so check your own board's notice.

Factors that shift the line each cycle

• Vacancies per board and category: more posts in your category means a lower cut off.
• Applicants: a sharp rise in applications pushes the line up.
• Paper difficulty: normalisation evens out shifts, but a tough overall paper still lowers scores.
• Negative marking: careless guessing drags down the whole field.
• Shortlisting multiple: a larger multiple brings more people to CBT 2 and a lower CBT 1 line.

We do not give expected cut offs as fact. If you want a working target, take the highest figure for your post and category from the last official table of your board and aim a few marks above it.

Finding your board's official cut off table

1. Go to the website of the RRB you applied to.
2. Open the results section and find the CBT 1 or CBT 2 result notice for your CEN number.
3. Download the cut off PDF and find your post category number from the CEN post list.
4. Read the column for your community. Your own normalised score is shown in the scorecard link the board opens after the result.

To understand what CBT 1 and CBT 2 test before you set a target, read the RRB JE syllabus page, and time yourself on old RRB JE papers. For more railway figures, see the RRB NTPC cut off and railway exams pages.