Exam Date for Upcoming SCRA

What is the Special Class Railway Apprentices (SCRA) exam date, will you please provide here???

[Arun Vats]

Special Class Railway Apprentices (SCRA) is administered and governed by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Dates:
Date of Notification:- 11.10.2014

Last date for receipt of applications:- 07.11.2014 (FRIDAY)

Date of commencement of Examination:- 18.01.2015 (SUNDAY)

Duration of the Exam:- 1 DAY

Eligibility Criteria
Age Limit:
The candidate should have completed 17 years and must not have attained the age of 21 years on 1 January 2014 (Age relaxations will be as per rules)

Qualification:
The Students must have passed with 1st or 2nd division in class 12th and have studied compulsory subjects like Mathematics and the Chemistry & Physics as in the qualifying exam.

The Candidates who have passed the 1st or 2nd yr of graduation with minimum 55%/60% marks in the said subjects above can also apply provided that the degree programme must be recognized from the University.

Syllabus

SCRA is a written exam that comprises of three papers;
Paper I tests English proficiency, General Knowledge and Psychological Test,
Paper II includes subjects like Physics and Chemistry and
Paper III is based on Mathematics.

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, Newton’s Law of Motion, Moment of a Force, Newton’s LAW OF Gravitation, Principle of Archimedes, Wave Motion , Reflection and Refraction of Light, Electric Charge, Electric Field, Coulomb’s Law, Ohm’s 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.