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RRB Group D study plan

RRB Group D · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Mathematics & General Science

  • Solve 150 arithmetic questions on percentages, ratio and proportion, and averages, showing full working for every question you get wrong.

  • Memorise the 20 most-used fraction-to-percentage conversions and recite them from memory in under three minutes.

  • Draft a one-page formula sheet covering percentage, average, ratio, and simple interest, then use it to redo five previously wrong questions.

  • Summarise basic biology (cell structure, human digestive system, respiration) into 20 single-line facts written from memory.

Your checkpoint

A dated notes file containing the one-page formula sheet, 150 solved questions, and an error log of at least 30 corrected mistakes; score at least 65% on a 20-question self-test on these topics.

Week 2

Mathematics & General Science

  • Solve 60 time-and-work and 60 speed-distance-time problems, timing each 20-question set at under 15 minutes.

  • Compute simple and compound interest for 30 varied cases without a calculator.

  • List and memorise the SI units and symbols for 40 physical quantities, plus the chemical symbols of the first 30 elements.

  • Explain work, power, energy, and force in your own words in one paragraph each, using one daily-life example per concept.

Your checkpoint

Two timed 25-question mathematics sets scored at 70% or higher, and a 50-item one-line science fact sheet recalled from memory in under 15 minutes.

Week 3

Mathematics & General Intelligence and Reasoning

  • Solve 80 mensuration and 60 number-system questions (LCM, HCF, divisibility, remainders) with step-by-step working.

  • Practise 40 analogies, 40 coding-decoding, and 40 number and alphabet series questions, and state the rule used for each answer.

  • Draw and solve 20 blood-relation family trees and 20 direction-sense paths on paper.

  • Convert every wrong answer from this week into a one-line rule written in your own words.

Your checkpoint

A 30-question mixed test (15 mathematics, 15 reasoning) finished in 30 minutes at 70% or higher, with every wrong question reworked and logged.

Week 4

General Science & General Intelligence and Reasoning

  • Summarise plant nutrition, human diseases and their causes, and basic light and electricity concepts into 25 single-line facts.

  • Solve 30 syllogism and 30 seating-arrangement questions using a fixed, repeatable diagramming method.

  • Complete 40 ranking-and-order and 40 clock-and-calendar questions under a 20-minute timer.

  • Review the error logs from weeks 1 to 3 and re-solve 40 of the logged questions cold.

Your checkpoint

A 50-question test (25 science, 25 reasoning) scored at 70% or higher, plus a 60-term science glossary typed from memory without notes.

Week 5

General Intelligence and Reasoning & Mathematics

  • Solve 30 non-verbal reasoning items covering mirror and water images, embedded figures, and paper folding.

  • Complete 20 sorting-and-arrangement puzzles by writing the final arrangement before checking the answer options.

  • Read tables, bar graphs, and line graphs and answer 40 data-interpretation questions, capping each graph at four minutes.

  • Solve 40 mixture-and-alligation and partnership problems using shortcut ratios.

Your checkpoint

A 40-question sectional test (20 reasoning, 20 mathematics and data interpretation) completed in 40 minutes at 75% or higher.

Week 6

General Science & General Awareness and Current Affairs

  • Recite the Preamble, list ten fundamental rights and duties, and name the three organs of government with one function each.

  • Memorise the capitals of all Indian states, ten major rivers with their origins, and the states they flow through.

  • Re-attempt the 30 science questions you have missed most often and confirm each answer against a standard textbook.

  • Write 60 one-line static GK facts covering national symbols, important days, and major awards.

Your checkpoint

A 100-row flashcard file (one fact per row) spanning science and static GK, plus a 25-question GA-and-science test scored at 75% or higher.

Week 7

General Awareness and Current Affairs & General Intelligence and Reasoning

  • Build a timeline of 25 key events of the Indian freedom movement with year and leader for each.

  • Define 30 basic economy terms (budget, fiscal deficit, GDP, repo rate, inflation) in one line each.

  • Compile 150 one-line current affairs entries from the last six months, grouped by month.

  • Complete 30 reasoning questions from puzzles and 30 from statement-conclusion, both under strict timing.

Your checkpoint

A six-month current affairs digest of 150 one-line entries and a four-section mock test (25 questions per domain) scored at 72% or higher.

Week 8

Mathematics & General Awareness and Current Affairs

  • Write three full-length mock tests under exam conditions and analyse every error within 24 hours of each attempt.

  • Re-solve the 60 mathematics questions you have missed most often and confirm each one now takes under 90 seconds.

  • Revise the entire current affairs digest and all flashcard rows, marking anything you cannot recall in one pass.

  • Rehearse the exam-day sequence: section order, per-question time cap, and skip-and-return rule.

Your checkpoint

Three completed full-length mocks with written error analyses, and a final one-page weak-area list containing no more than ten items still needing revision.

Milestones

Week 2: Score 70% or higher on both timed 25-question mathematics sets and recall the 50-item science fact sheet from memory in under 15 minutes.

Week 4: Score 70% or higher on the 50-question science-plus-reasoning test, and show that at least 80% of week 1-3 logged errors have been re-solved correctly.

Week 6: Hold a 100-row flashcard file you can self-test against, and score 75% or higher on the combined GA-and-science test.

Week 8: Complete three full-length mocks, with the latest attempt at 75% or higher overall and no single domain below 65%.