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AME / AWM — Mechanical & Workshop Group B
Group B promotion preparation: 70% selection / 30% LDCE, subject to the applicable notification. Source-backed subject practice is supplementary; current syllabus, eligibility, amendments and examination scheme require verification. Unapproved questions remain unpublished.
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AME — 70% Selection preparation: source-based practice syllabus (October 2026)
Reviewed syllabus01Stores and workshop administration · 11.67%+
- Stores classification, indenting, procurement, delegated powers, receipt inspection and scrap disposal
02Divisional working and emergencies · 11.67%+
- Timetables, control working, passenger grievances, accident management, investigation and relief cranes
03Diesel traction · 11.67%+
- Locomotive features, maintenance, troubleshooting, fuel, cooling, lubrication, braking, electrical equipment and safety; distributed-power stock
04Carriage and wagon · 11.67%+
- Coach and wagon maintenance, bogies, bodies, corrosion, couplers, brakes, passenger amenities, fire prevention, examination policies and new designs
05Workshops and production units · 11.66%+
- Labour accountal, incentives, machine tools, welding, heat treatment, bearings, materials handling, production layouts and plant maintenance
06Official language revision · 11.66%+
- Official language questions are optional in the cited syllabus; confirm the current notification and chosen technical stream before a model paper is published
07Establishment rules · 15%+
- Personnel organisation, recruitment and training; service conditions, manpower planning, conduct and discipline, retirement, welfare, industrial relations and personnel IT
08Financial rules · 15%+
- Financial propriety, budgets, allocation and control; works justification, stores finance, costing, tenders, audit, powers, losses, GFR, GeM, revenue, taxation and government audit organisation
Syllabus
Reviewed syllabus01Establishment Rules+
- Organization of the Personnel Department in Railways, objectives, functions, and policies of the Personnel Department
- Recruitment and Training, Classification of Services, Recruitment in Different services, Railway Recruitment Boards & Railway Recruitment Cells
- Compassionate Ground Appointments, Initial & In Service Training, Refresher Courses, Central Training Institutes, Training Centers in Zones, Divisions & Workshops, Training Modules for different posts, Training under Apprentices Act, Online Training, APARS
- General conditions of service in Railways, Seniority, Lien, Inter Railway & Inter Division transfers, Deputation, Promotion Policy & methods
- Selection, Suitability, Trade Tests, Leave Rules, Pass Rules, Joining Time, Reservation policy, HOER, Overtime, Payment of wages, current CPC Pay Rules, Advances in Railways
- Manpower planning, Rightsizing & Benchmarking, creation, extension and surrender of posts, creation of posts against new assets, different types of posts including workcharged posts
- The Railway Servants (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1968 and related instructions
- The Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966 and related instructions
- Retirement benefits, qualifying service, pension, family pension, commutation, gratuity, new pension scheme
- Staff welfare, SBF, Railway institutes, Railway schools, Ex-gratia payment, Incentive Bonus Scheme, Staff Grievances Redressal Mechanisms
- Industrial relations in Railways, recognized trade unions, industrial disputes
- The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, The Trade Unions Act, 1926, PNM, PREM, JCM, Various Associations & Informal Meetings
- The Factories Act, 1948, The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, Functions of Labour Enforcement Officers, Right to Information Act
- The scope of Information Technology in Railway office: HRMS, IPAS, LIMBS, ARPAN, CPGRAMS, ANUBHAV etc.
02Financial Rules+
- Parliamentary Control over Railway Finance, Public Accountability, Cannons of Financial Propriety
- Railway Budget: Budgetary terms, Types of Budgets, Budget cycle, Demand of Grants, Budgetary and Financial Reviews
- Rules of Allocation, Classification of expenditure, Control of expenditure, Responsibility Accounting, Performance Budgeting, Exchequer Control, Financial Results of Working lines
- Works Programme, Financial justification of Works, Surveys, Preparation of Estimates, Capital Budget, Control over Capital Expenditure, Reappropriation of Funds
- Financial control over Stores Expenditure, Purchase and Stores Keeping Procedure, Inventory Control and ABC Analysis
- Financial & Cost Control in Railway Workshops/Sheds/Units
- Rules and procedure relating to Tenders and contracts for execution of works and Procurement of Stores, M&P Programme and RSP
- Procedure for Possessing and finalizing Audit Objections and Draft Paras
- Delegation of Powers
- Losses, Frauds and Embezzlements
- General Financial Rules
- Government e-Market (GeM)
- Classification of Railway Revenue (Earnings)
- Information Technology in general with specific reference to Railway's IT Applications
- Taxation matters with special focus on GST & Income Tax
- Organization of CGA and C&AG
- Any other topic felt necessary from time to time
03Section A: General Knowledge & Quantitative Aptitude+
- General Knowledge: Questions of general interest and importance acquired by general observation and reading without specific textbook study (Matrix standard), including subjects of national importance and railway achievements
- Quantitative Aptitude: Arithmetic & Statistical Operations, Graphs, Fractions, Percentage, Sampling & Averages
- Geometry (Area & volume up to Higher Secondary/Class 12 Standard)
- Algebra, simultaneous equations, etc. (up to Higher Secondary/Class 12 Standard)
- General quantitative aptitude
04Section A: Applied Mechanics & General Science+
- Applied Mechanics: Various Engineering materials and their properties, Bearings, Stress & Strain, Fatigue, Hardness, Corrosion & Surface finish
- Mechanics: Newton's Laws of Motion, Velocity & Acceleration, work, energy, power, Archimedes' Principle, etc. (with velocity, acceleration, work done & horse power up to Class 12 standard)
- Temperature & its measurement, Heat & Work, Expansion of Solids, Liquids & Gases
- IC Engines, Gas Turbines, Heat Recovery & Thermal Efficiency, Supercharging & Intercooling
- Ohm's Law, Coulomb's Law, Faraday's Laws, Voltage, Current & Resistance, wet & dry batteries, power factor
- Simple Motors & Dynamos (Principle & working), transformer, relay, fuse, circuit breakers
- Power Supply (AC & DC, Rectification)
05Section A: Information Technology & EnHM+
- Familiarity with Personal Computer Specs (Processor, RAM, Hard Disk, CD, Multimedia, etc.)
- Basic MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Basic Local Area Networks: Servers, Hubs, Switches, Structured Cabling, Nodes, Network applications
- Using Internet: Email, Browsing, Searching
- General Information on various portals used in Indian Railways including GeM, UDM, IREPS, FMM, E-Office, etc.
- Environment, Quality Management Systems (ISO 9000 & ISO 14000), Environment management system (ISO 14001)
- Solid waste management rules
- CTE (Consent to Establish), CTO (Consent to Operate)
- Water Act, Air Act, Hazardous Waste Management Act
- Water policy of Indian Railways
06Section B: Part-A: Stores Rules+
- Classification of Stores
- Procedure of drawal of Stores & Indenting Procedures
- Procurement methods (Local purchase, Spot purchase, Bulletin tender, Advertised tender, Limited tender, Tender Committee, Direct Purchasing)
- Schedule of Powers
- Incoming inspection requirements & Scrap disposal
07Section B: Part-B: Divisional Working & Operations Management+
- Working Time Table
- Working in Control Office including Passenger grievance redressal portals e.g., Rail Madad
- Accident Classification, definitions, ART Ordering, Role of Supervisors & officers at accident site management, Accident investigation including proforma for measurement
- 140-ton Crane Construction & safety in operations
08Section B: Part-B: Diesel Locomotives+
- Basic Features and troubleshooting of HHP locomotives
- Preventive maintenance schedules & Latest design improvements in diesel locomotives to reduce failures on line
- Features of GE Locomotives & Design improvements in bogies for high-speed operation
- Air Brake system of diesel locos including working of compressors and vigilance control devices and their maintenance
- Cooling water system, fuel oil system, and control of lubricating oil consumption of diesel engines
- Safety devices used on diesel engines/locomotives, Trouble shooting on running locomotives, Fuel Economy, and Thermal loading of engine components
- Under gear maintenance, suspension bearings, wheels, and Electric Systems of Diesel Locomotive
- Load Box Testing
- MEMU, DEMUs (types, systems & troubleshooting)
- Basics of DPRS (Distributed Power Rolling Stock) & Introduction to GM Locomotives and its systems
09Section B: Part-B: Carriage & Wagon+
- Coaching stock preventive maintenance schedules in Coaching Depots including IOH, POH, SS2, SS3 Schedules in shops
- Wagon stock preventive maintenance including ROH in depots and POH Schedule in shops, Ride Index, Anti-Telescopic features
- IRCA Rules for rejectable defects
- ICF & LHB Coach Bodies and their maintenance in sick line/shops
- Generic details of train set, Casnub Bogie & its modifications for high speed
- Corrosion repairs to coaching and goods stock
- Couplers & Draw gear, Train Parting, Brake Binding & measures to avoid the same
- Water availability in coaches & Fire prevention on trains
- Air Brake System (Twin Pipe & single pipe, Underframe & bogie-mounted brake system, Test rig, Checking timings, troubleshooting, DV defects, slack adjustment methods, WSP system, FIBA, Air spring suspension in LHB coaches)
- Passenger amenity items, OBHS, CTS, and other coach cleaning systems
- Maintenance Pattern of freight trains including CC Rakes & Coaching stock maintenance including Revised Policy Circular-4
- Neutral Train Examination & Maintenance of components like DV, SAB, PEASD
- Latest design improvements of Carriage & Wagons to improve performance and speed potential (LHB Coaches & BLC Wagons)
- Construction, Design & Maintenance of special purpose Wagons
10Section B: Part-B: Workshops and Production Units+
- System of labour accountal, GA Cards for time keeping documents, tally sheets, Job/Route Cards, inspection & rate fixing
- Rules & Calculations under incentive scheme
- Paints & painting systems
- Different types of machine tools (lathes, milling machines, shapers, planers, cutting tools & cutting speeds) & CNC machines
- CLW Pattern of Incentive Scheme, Group Incentive Scheme
- Different types of welding processes, welding defects
- Wheels, tyres & axles and their ultrasonic testing
- Heat treatment of ferrous items (surface hardening, annealing, normalizing, etc.)
- Roller Bearing & Cartridge Bearings
- Injury-free features in coaches & Material handling
- Design of coaches and wagons
- Basic concepts of casting and Heat treatment methods
- Manufacturing and Heat treatment process of wheels and axles
- Factory Layout & Process flow chart of Production Units
- Machinery and Plant maintenance
11Rajbhasha (Official Language Policy)+
- Optional questions of 15 marks