About SCRA Exam

I want to apply for the Special Class Railway Apprentices (SCRA) exam so can you please provide me the all details about this exam? When the application process for this exam will start? Also provide me the syllabus of the Special Class Railway Apprentices' (SCRA) exam?

Hii sir, I Wants to give the UPSC SCRA Examination Will you Please Provide me the Information About the UPSC SCRA Exam ?

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UPSC SCRA exam for getting railway jobs in India. SCRA 2016 exam will be directed for vacancies available in Railway, Special Class Railway Apprentices in Mechanical Department.

Eligibility Criteria
Age Limit:- 17-21 years.

Upper Age Relaxation:-
SC/ST - 5 years
OBC - 3 years

Educational Qualification:- Must have passed in the first or second division, the Intermediate or an equivalent examination of a university or board approved by the Government of India with Mathematics and atleast one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the examination.

Examination Pattern :

Paper I General Ability Test (English, General Knowledge and Psychological Test200
Paper IIPhysical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) 200
Paper III Mathematics 200
Total 600

Part II Personality Test:-

Personality Test carrying a maximum of 200 marks in respect of only those candidates who are declared qualified on the results of written examination.

I want to know about Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) exam so will you plz let me know as like its eligibility and exam pattern ??

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Union Public Service Commission conducts the Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination to select candidates for the Mechanical Department of Indian Railways

Eligibility
Applicants must have passed in the first or second division, the Intermediate or an equivalent examination of a university or board approved by the Government of India with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the examination.

Age Limit:-
17-21 years.

Upper Age Relaxation:-

SC/ST - 5 years
OBC - 3 years

Syllabus
General Knowledge: - The questions for this subject will be asked on general awareness and current affairs. The standard of answers to questions should be as expected of students of standard 12 or equivalent. Some of the important topics are Man & Environment, Evolution of Life, Plants & Animals, Solar System & the Earth, History, Politics & Society in India, Constitution of India and its feature, Money and Taxation Price.

Psychological test: - The test will judge the basic intelligence and mechanical aptitude of the students.

Physics:- Length measurements using venier , screw gauge and optical lever, Measurements of time and Mass, Newtons Law of Motion, Moment of a Force, Newtons LAW OF Gravitation, Principle of Archimedes, Wave Motion , Reflection and Refraction of Light, Electric Charge, Electric Field, Coulombs Law, Ohms Law, Magnetic effect of Current, Chemical effects of Current, Electromagnetic Induction, Cathode Rays, Discovery of the electron and many more.

Chemistry:- Physical Chemistry- Atomic Structure, Chemical Bonding, Electro-Valent, Covalent, Coordinate Covalent Bonds, Energy Changes in a Chemical Reaction, Chemical Equilibrium and rates of reactions, Solutions, Electro Chemistry, Oxidation, Natural & Artificial Radioactivity.

Inorganic Chemistry:- Hydrogen, Group I elements, Group II elements, Group III elements, Group IV elements, Group V elements, Group VI elements, Group VII elements, Group O and Metallurgical Process.

Organic Chemistry:- Tetrahedral Nature of Carbon, General methods of preparation, properties and reaction of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, Halogen derivatives, Hydroxy Compounds, Ethers, Aldehydes and ketones, Nitro compounds amines, Carboxylic acid, Ester, Polymers and Nonstructural treatment of Carbohydrates, Fats and Lipids, amino acids and proteins.

Mathematics:- Algebra, Trigonometry, Analytic Geometry (two dimensions), Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus & Different equations, Vectors & its application, Statistics & Probability.