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Railways has conducted four pan-India online examinations for about 1.14 crore candidates, saving some 310 crore A4 size sheets, which means a saving of about 4 lakh trees.
Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have embarked on the transformational leap of induction of IT-based (online) solutions. Since August 2015, all RRB examinations have been conducted online, an official release said.
For the latest exams, RRBs have received almost 2.4 crore applications, which are being scrutinised. To fill 26,502 vacancies of Asst Loco Pilots (ALPs) and technicians, there were about 47.56 lakh applications. For 62,907 vacancies of Level-1 (erstwhile Group ‘D’) posts, about 1.90 crore applications were received.
Multi-lingual tests
Computer-based examination gives the candidates the flexibility of toggling between the languages of questions and revisiting and revising their answers, if required. Provision of mock test before actual examination provides them the opportunity of familiarizing themselves with computer-based testing.
The release added, “To improve transparency, there won’t be any interviews. Computer-based test candidates are shown their question paper and answer booklets along with correct answer keys. They are also given an opportunity to raise objection regarding correctness of question and answer keys, if any.”
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