Assistant Loco Pilot Aptitude Syllabus

Can you provide me the syllabus of Aptitude Test of Assistant Loco Pilot as I need it for my preparation?

[Kiran Chandar]

Railway Recruitment Board conducts a written exam for recruitment of Assistant Loco Pilot & Technician. Candidates who qualify in the written exam need to appear for ‘APTITUDE TEST’.

Pattern/ Scheme of Aptitude Test:- In the Aptitude Test candidates are provided a Test Battery, which consists of 5-6 tests, prescribed for the job one has applied for. The tests are administered in groups of 35-150 candidates. They are required to answer the questions given in test booklets and mark the responses on OMR Answer Sheets.

Test Battery will consists of following tests:-
Memory Test
Following Directions Test
Depth Perception Test
Concentration Test
Perceptual Speed Test

Contents/ Syllabus of Aptitude Test Battery:- Contents of the above given components of Test Battery is given below:-

Test for measuring Memory:- In this test you will be given a map to study and memorize buildings and other structures on it for some time, and then asked to indicate the location of these buildings on a test page. You have to carefully watch the map to answer correctly.

Test for measuring Memory:- In this test you will be asked to memorize Picture-Number combinations. After some time you will be asked to go to the test page, which shows the pictures in a different order. You will be asked to indicate the numbers that go with them. You may pick your answers out of the four options given for each picture.

Test for measuring Ability to Follow Directions:- In this test you will be given a pattern of letters to look at and will be asked questions about how certain directions will change that pattern. The answer to each question will be one of the letters in the pattern. You are to decide which letter shows the correct answer.

Test for measuring Depth Perception:- In this test you will see a pile of bricks with some bricks labelled A, B, C, etc. Your task is to count the number of bricks that are touching bricks of the pile that has a letter on it. All bricks are of same size and shape.

Test for measuring Concentration (I):- This is a test to find out how quickly you can compare two numbers and decide whether or not they are the same. If the numbers are the same, darken the circle ‘Y’ otherwise darken ‘N’ on your answer sheet. Do not make any marks on the booklet.

Test for measuring Concentration (II):- In this test you will find four groups (A, B, C & D) of digits. Your task is to find out the group of digits which contains a ‘6’. In case digit ‘6’ appears more than once, your answer will be ‘E’.

Test for measuring Perceptual Speed:- This is a test of how rapidly and accurately you can see objects in order to match them. Candidate need to observe effect of speed on Object. Which object is blurred/ Clear depends on the Speed relative to Object.