Date:27/10/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/10/27/stories/2006102713690200.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

RRB conducts online exam

The Railway Recruitment Board conducted online examinations for 573 candidates on October 14 and 15 on the Easwari Engineering College premises.

The selection was for 18 posts of Section Engineers (Civil). All the candidates were graduates in Civil Engineering.

This is the third online examination by any railway recruitment board using the online method.

The question paper was set minutes before the commencement of the examination for each batch of candidates, and using the intranet the questions appeared. The candidates had to answer 100 questions, and their responses were automatically logged into the RRB server. The RRB Chennai intends to conduct more such online exams in the coming months.