Group B preparation. Subject practice sets use 100 questions / 100 marks and are not a replica of an official examination scheme. Consult the current notification for the applicable quota, syllabus and marking.
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AOM — Group B preparation: source-based practice syllabus (October 2026)
Reviewed syllabus
01Operating organisation and control · 10%+
Operating hierarchy; control offices, train ordering, crew and power control; abnormal working, records and performance reporting
02Freight operations · 10%+
Crew and locomotive planning; yards, marshalling and congestion; freight stock allocation, restrictions, loading schemes and special consignments; FOIS and associated IT systems
03Rolling stock and operating statistics · 10%+
Examination and maintenance coordination, interchange, weighment, axle loads and utilisation; operating indices, statistics and efficiency
04Passenger operations · 10%+
Timetables, terminal occupancy, punctuality, maintenance blocks, rake and crew links; special services, suburban operations and high-speed trains
05Train working and G&SR · 10%+
Duties of train and station staff; working systems, signalling, interlocking, station working and block working; crossings, line capacity, marshalling and brakes
06Accident response and prevention · 10%+
Accident classification, reporting, relief, inquiries and disaster management; SPAD, fog working, protection systems, aptitude and safety training
07Railway planning · 10%+
Corporate and annual planning, traffic surveys, capacity, station redevelopment, terminals, logistics and infrastructure proposals
08Establishment rules · 15%+
Personnel organisation, recruitment and training; service conditions, manpower planning, conduct and discipline, retirement, welfare, industrial relations and personnel IT
09Financial 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