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RRB ALP Answer Key 2026: There is big news for lakhs of youth appearing in the Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) recruitment examination (CEN 01/2026) in Indian Railways. Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has officially released the provisional answer key, question paper and response sheet of the Computer Based Examination (CBT-1) held in three shifts on 3, 4 and 5 November 2026. It is noteworthy that a total of 8,40,944 candidates from across the country had given this examination for 14,627 revised ALP posts of Railways. Now all the candidates can visit the website of their respective Regional Railway Recruitment Board (like RRB Prayagraj, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Patna, Bhopal, Mumbai, Chandigarh and Ajmer) and rrb.digialm.com login portal to match their answers and calculate the probable marks.
Along with viewing the answer key, Railway Recruitment Board has also provided an opportunity to the candidates to register their objection on any doubtful question or answer. As per the official notification, the online objection window will be active till 11:59 pm on November 19, 2026. No objection will be accepted through any means after the expiry of the prescribed time limit. Candidates will have to make online payment of ₹50 per question (plus applicable bank service charges) to raise objection on each question as per Railway rules. It is a matter of relief that if the objection raised by a candidate is found to be correct in the investigation by the subject experts of Railways, then the entire amount of ₹ 50 will be refunded to the candidate’s account after deducting the bank charges.
Candidates can download their official response sheet and answer key PDF by following the easy steps given below while avoiding any unauthorized or third-party websites: First of all visit the official regional RRB website of your respective zone (like rrbcdg.gov.in, rrbpryj.gov.in, rrbbpl.nic.in or indianrailways.gov.in). Active link on homepage “CEN 01/2026 (ALP) – Viewing of Question Paper, Responses & Keys and Raising of Objections” Click on. Now when the candidate login page opens, enter your registration number and password or date of birth (DD-MM-YYYY) and submit by filling the security captcha code shown on the screen. As soon as you login, your name, roll number, exam shift, question ID and correct answers of Railways will open on your screen with the answers selected by you, which can be immediately saved and printed as PDF.
After downloading the response sheet, candidates will have to calculate as per the marking scheme of Railways to get an accurate estimate of their probable marks. In RRB ALP CBT-1 exam, 1 mark will be given for each correct answer, while negative marking of one-third (1/3 i.e. 0.33 marks) will be given for each wrong answer. For example, if you have got 60 questions correct and 12 questions wrong, then 4 marks (12 × 1/3) will be deducted from your 60 marks and your estimated raw score will be 56 marks. No marks will be deducted for the questions which you have not attempted. Since this examination was conducted over three days and nine different shifts, normalization process will be implemented by the Railways while releasing the final result.
Candidates are advised to download their response sheet today without waiting for the last date of 19th November, as this link will be permanently removed once the window is closed. While challenging any question, you must upload supporting proof from NCERT or any recognized standard book. After disposal of all the objections received, the final answer key will be prepared by the Railway Recruitment Board, on the basis of which the result of CBT-1 will be released and the successful candidates will be called for the next stage i.e. CBT-2 examination.