SCRA Railway Exam Syllabus

I am doing preparation for the UPSC Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination 2015? So I am searching for the UPSC Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination 2015 syllabus? Can you please tell me from where I can download its syllabus?

I completed my studies and wants to apply for Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) Entrance exam searching for syllabus. Will you provide Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) Railway exam syllabus so I get to know topics to study and prepare well for exam?

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The Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) is the joint entrance exam conducted for the qualification of eligible candidates in the special post of SCRAs.

The entrance exam is organized every year by the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) in the months of January /February for all the applicants

SCRA Railway Exam 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.

Exam pattern:

Paper Subject Code Number Time Allowed Maxumum Marks
Paper I General Ability Test (English, General Knowledge and Psychological Test) 01 2 hours 200
Paper II Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) 2 2 hours 200
Paper III Mathematics 3 2 hours 200
Total 600