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RRB ALP Answer Key 2026: There is big and relief news for lakhs of candidates who are dreaming of becoming Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) in Indian Railways. Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has officially released the provisional answer key, question paper and candidate’s response sheet of the Assistant Loco Pilot Recruitment Examination (CBT) held at various examination centers across the country. All the candidates who appeared in the examination can now visit the official website of their respective regional RRB (like RRB Prayagraj, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Patna, Bhopal, Mumbai, Ajmer and Chandigarh) and login to match their answers. With the release of the answer key, candidates will now be able to accurately assess how many marks they are getting in the examination and how strong is their claim for the next stage i.e. CBT-2 or Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT).
To maintain transparency, Railway Recruitment Board has also provided an opportunity to the candidates to register their objection on the provisional answer key. If any candidate feels that any question has been answered wrongly in the answer key released by Railways or there is any technical error in the question, he/she can challenge it through online within the prescribed time limit. As per board rules, candidates will have to make online payment of ₹50 per question (plus applicable bank service charges) to raise objection on each question. This payment can be done through debit card, credit card, net banking or UPI. Most importantly, if the objection raised by the candidate is found correct by the subject experts of Railways, then the fee of ₹ 50 will be refunded to the concerned bank account, whereas if the objection is invalid, the fee will not be refunded.
Candidates can download their answer key and response sheet by following the simple steps given below through their mobile or computer without any hassle: First of all visit the official website of your respective Regional Railway Recruitment Board (like rrbpryj.gov.in, rrbbpl.nic.in, rrbpatna.gov.in or rrbcdg.gov.in). Click on the active link related to ‘CEN Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) – Provisional Answer Key, Response Sheet & Objection Tracker’ on the homepage. Now a new login portal will open on your screen, where you will have to enter your registration number and date of birth/password and fill the captcha code. After login, click on the ‘Candidate Response’ tab and download your complete response sheet as PDF through the link ‘Click here to generate it’.
It is very important for the candidates to understand the marking scheme of Railways to calculate their probable score after downloading the answer key. In the RRB ALP CBT exam, 1 mark is assigned for each correct answer, while negative marking of one-third (1/3 i.e. 0.33 marks) is applicable for each wrong answer. Neither any marks will be given nor any marks will be deducted for the questions which you have not attempted (Unattempted). In this way, you can calculate your raw score by subtracting one-third of the number of wrong questions from your total number of correct questions. Since the examination was conducted over multiple days and in different shifts, normalization process will also be adopted by the Railways while releasing the final result.
Candidates are advised to thoroughly verify the answers from NCERT or standard reference books before raising objection to any question and upload clear supporting documents in the objection form. To avoid heavy traffic on the website at the last moment, candidates should download their answer key in time and keep it safe, because this link will be deactivated after the objection window is closed. After reviewing all the objections received, the final answer key will be prepared by the Railway Recruitment Board, on the basis of which the official result and cut-off marks of RRB ALP CBT exam will be declared soon.