Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) is conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) on behalf of Indian Railways for four years of apprenticeship. On successfully completing the same, SCRA are absorbed as a Class-1 officers in Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME).

 

Eligibility

• Candidates should have passed their Intermediate/class 12th examination with Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry should be studied as one of their main subject in the examination. Candidates must have secured first or second class as their respective result. Or,

• Candidates should have completed their graduation with Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry should be studied as one of their main subject in the examination.

 

Age Limitation

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

 

Exam Pattern

Subject 

Time Allowed 

Maxumum Marks

1. General Ability Test (English, General Knowledge and Psychological Test)

2 hours

200 marks

 

 2. Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry)

2 hours

200 marks

 

 3. Mathematics

2 hours

200 marks

      

Total;  600 marks

 

Vacancies and Selection

The approximate number of vacancies to be filled on the results of this examination will be as under :-

National Defence : 320 [208 for Academy Army, 42 for Navy and 70 Air Force]

Naval Academy [10+2] Cadet Entry Scheme : 55

Total : 375

Vacancies are provisional and may be changed depending on the availability of training capacity of National Defence Academy and Indian Naval Academy

 

SCRA 2015 Application Fee:

The examination fee of Rs. 100 can be paid either online (using credit or debit card or net banking) OR offline by paying in cash at the branch of any of the State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Patiala, State Bank of India, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Hyderabad or State Bank of Travancore branch.

 

Candidates are required to apply Online by using the website http://www. upsconline.nic.in Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the abovementioned website.

 

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, 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. 

 

Exam Centers

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