RRB Nursing Superintendent
Railway Recruitment Board · Paramedical category · Facts from official CEN notices only
Nursing Superintendent is a paramedical post recruited through Railway Recruitment Boards under Centralised Employment Notifications (CEN). Selection is via a single-stage Computer Based Test (CBT) followed by document verification. This page summarises the latest detailed CEN we verified (CEN 03/2025). Vacancies and dates for any future CEN are shown as “to be announced” until an official notice is published.
| Age (as on 01-01-2026) | 20–40 years (community relaxations as per CEN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum qualification | Certificate as Registered Nurse and Midwife after a 3-year GNM course from an INC-recognised school/institution, OR B.Sc Nursing. INC concessions for ANM/Midwives/B-grade nurses (reduced course period) also accepted per Annexure A. Qualification must be held on or before the application closing date — awaiting final results is not eligible. |
| Vacancies in CEN 03/2025 | 272 (All RRBs, provisional; zone-wise in Annexure B). Any newer CEN vacancy count: to be announced. |
| Medical standard | C1 |
| Pay | Level 7 · Initial pay ₹44,900 (7th CPC) |
Single-stage CBT: 100 objective MCQs in 90 minutes (120 minutes for eligible PwBD candidates with scribe). Negative marking: 1/3 mark for each wrong answer. Minimum qualifying marks: UR/EWS 40%, OBC & SC 30%, ST 25% (PwBD relaxation as in CEN).
| Section | Questions / Marks |
|---|---|
| Professional ability | 70 / 70 |
| General Awareness | 10 / 10 |
| General Arithmetic, Intelligence & Reasoning | 10 / 10 |
| General Science | 10 / 10 |
| Total | 100 / 100 |
Topics listed for Nursing Superintendent in CEN 03/2025 Annexure-C:
CEN 03/2025 indicative notice: 26.07.2025 · Online applications opened 09.08.2025 (closing extended by corrigendum). CBT for that CEN was conducted around March 2026 per RRB Chandigarh board notices. Next Nursing Superintendent CEN / exam date: to be announced — re-check official RRB sites before publishing countdowns.
Always verify on official RRB websites / PDFs. Unofficial prep only.
- RRB Chandigarh — CEN 03/2025 Paramedical hubrrbcdg.gov.in/2025-03-pmed.php
- Detailed CEN No. 03/2025 (Paramedical) PDFrrbcdg.gov.in — Nursing Superintendent Cat.1, vacancies, CBT, Annexures A–C
- Corrigendum-1 to CEN 03/2025Timeline extensions for applications / modification / scribe
- Prior CEN 04/2024 Paramedical PDFEarlier cycle reference (713 NS vacancies) — not a current open notice
- RRB Chandigarh official portalrrbcdg.gov.in — notices & links to regional RRB sites