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I want to apply for - Special Class Railway Apprentices' Examination of UPSC so provide me all the details of this exam like eligibility, age criteria, admission process, selection process and the other details? Suggest me the best books of SCRA exam?

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

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Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for recruitment of SCRA (Special Class Railway Apprentices) in Indian Railways.

Eligibility Criteria

Education Qualification
Candidates should have passed their Intermediate/class 12th examination with Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry should be studied as one of their main subjects in the examination. Candidates must have secured first or second class in the exam. Or,
Candidates should have completed the graduation with Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry should be studied as one of their main subjects in the examination.

Age Limitation
Candidates, those are interested to appear in this examination should be aged between 17 to 21 years. Age relaxation will be completely based on the rules of UPSC.

Examination Pattern

Paper I: General Ability Test (GK, English & Psychological Test): The total marks will be 200.
Paper II: Physical Sciences (Physics & Chemistry): The total marks will be 200.
Paper III: Mathematics: The total marks will be 200.
Overall Marks: 600 Marks
The exam duration will be 2 Hours for each paper.

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.

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.