RRB Group D: Answer Key, Result and PET Status

CEN 09/2025: answer key and objections

According to news reports (September 2026), the provisional answer key and your response sheet (your own marked answers) were released on 7 September 2026 on rrb.digialm.com. Candidates could challenge any answer they believed was wrong.

• Objection fee: Rs 50 per question challenged, plus bank charges.
• Refund: if your objection is accepted, the fee is refunded to the account you paid from, minus bank charges. Rejected objections get no refund.
• Last date: sources conflict. Two reports say 15 September 2026; another says the official notice gave 17 September 2026, 11:55 pm. Either way, the window closed in mid-September.

The window is now closed. RRB reviews objections and then publishes the result based on the final key. For a general explanation of how keys and challenges work, see our answer key objection guide.

How to calculate your expected score

Use your response sheet and the provisional key. According to news reports, the CEN 09/2025 paper had 100 questions in 90 minutes, with one third of a mark deducted for each wrong answer.

1. Count your correct answers (C) and wrong answers (W). Leave unattempted questions out.
2. Raw score = C minus W divided by 3.
3. Example: 70 correct and 15 wrong gives 70 minus 5 = 65 out of 100.
4. Compare with the minimum qualifying marks: 40% for UR and EWS, 30% for OBC-NCL, SC and ST, as reported.

Remember that the CBT ran in many shifts, and RRB normalises marks across shifts, so your final normalised score can differ from this raw figure. Qualifying marks only make you eligible; the PET shortlist depends on category-wise cut-offs.

RRB Group D result: when will it come?

The CEN 09/2025 result has not been declared as of 15 October 2026. A news report (October 2026) says it is expected in October or November 2026. RRB has not announced a date.

When it comes, regional RRB websites usually publish the result as a PDF list of roll numbers shortlisted for the PET, with cut-off marks. For CEN 08/2024 the pattern was: CBT ended 10 February, answer key out by 17 February, and the result came on 1 July 2026, according to news reports. That gap was long, so do not expect the CEN 09/2025 result immediately. Ignore any site that claims a "result link" before RRB announces it; our fake job alert guide explains why.

CEN 08/2024: PET and what comes next

For the older cycle (32,438 posts), the CBT result was declared on 1 July 2026, according to news reports. Candidates were shortlisted for the PET at 3 times the community-wise vacancies, using normalised marks.

The PET was held zone by zone from 25 July 2026, as reported:

PET results are also coming out zone by zone; for example, Mumbai's came on 16 September 2026. Document verification and medical dates had not been announced in the reports we found, and no final panel has been seen. Check the website of the RRB you applied to.

Eligibility, fee and pay for CEN 09/2025

• Qualification: 10th pass, or ITI, or equivalent, or National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) granted by NCVT. The official corrigendum dated 7 February 2026 means 10th alone is enough.
• Age: 18 to 33 years (official corrigendum), reported as on 1 January 2026.
• Fee: Rs 500 for General, OBC and EWS, with Rs 400 refunded after appearing in the CBT; Rs 250 for SC, ST, EBC, female and transgender candidates, fully refunded after appearing (less bank charges), as reported.
• Pay: Level 1 of the 7th Pay Commission, basic pay Rs 18,000.
• Selection: CBT, then PET, then document verification, then medical.

Some websites still show 18 to 36 years, but that figure belonged to CEN 08/2024. Group D is one of the largest 10th pass government jobs. If you also took SSC GD, track both separately.

Answer key or scorecard login: common problems

• Wrong site: the key opens on rrb.digialm.com through the link on official RRB websites. Do not use links from social media; RRB's own notice board warns candidates to rely only on official RRB websites.
• Login: RRB logins usually ask for your registration number and date of birth or password. Keep your application printout handy.
• Lost registration number: check the confirmation email and SMS from when you applied.

For more help with logins and call letters, see our admit card download guide. If you are preparing for the next railway form, our photo and signature resizer lists the RRB upload sizes reported by guides.