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I want to apply for Special Class Railway Apprentices SCRA exam so can you please tell me the dates of online application form of this exam?

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

SCRA exam dates-

Date of Notification 3rd October 2015
Last Date to Apply UPSC SCRA Exam 2015 30th October 2015
Date of Written Exam 10th January 2016

SCRA Eligibility Criteria

Intermediate or an equivalent examination from any recognised board with Mathematics and one of the subject Physics and Chemistry

Graduates (Mathematics) and at least one of the subject Chemistry and Physics may also apply.

Age limit:

Candidate should not be more than 21 years and not less than 17 years.

Nationality

Candidates, who are citizen of India or Nepal or Bhutan or Tibetan refugee

SCRA Syllabus:-

SCRA 2015 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. Eduvidya provides you syllabus for each subject.


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.