UPSC SCRA Scheme of Examination Syllabus Exam Pattern

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (UPSC)

UPSC Special Class Railway Apprentices (SCRA) Examination 

APPENDIX-I

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

Section - I

The examination shall be conducted according to the following plan. Part I Written examination carrying a maximum of 600 marks in the subjects as shown below.

Part II Personality Test carrying a maximum of 200 marks in respect of only those candidates who are declared qualified on the results of written examination.

2. The subjects of the written examination under Part I, the time allowed and the maximum marks allotted to each subject/paper shall be as follows:

Subjects:

Paper-I

General Ability Test

(English, General Knowledge and Psychological Test)

Code No. 01

Time Allowed 2 hours

Maximum Marks: 200

Paper-II

Physical Sciences

(Physics and Chemistry)

Code No. 02

Time Allowed 2 hours

Maximum Marks: 200

Paper-III 

Mathematics

Code No. 02

Time Allowed 2 hours

Maximum Marks: 200

Total Marks 600

3. The papers in all the subjects will

consist of Objective (multiple

choice answer) Type questions

only. The Question Papers (Test

Booklets) will be set in English only.

4. In the question papers, wherever required, SI units will be used.

5. Question Papers will be approximately of the Intermediate standard.

6. Candidates must write the answers in their own hand. In no circumstances, will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write the answers for them.

7. The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination.

8. Candidates are not permitted to use calculators for answering objective type papers (Test Booklets). They should not, therefore, bring the same inside the Examination Hall.


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About Special Class Railway Apprentice exam

Special Class Railway Apprentice exam was started being conducted in 1927 by British Government, to select officers to who could help them in railway affairs. Nowadays Special Class Railway Apprentice includes those few candidates who get selected by Union Service Public Commission through a very rigorous selection process. Applicants apply for this exam to undergraduate program in Mech. Engineering at Indian Railway Institution of Medical and Electrical Engineering.  As this test is being conducted since 1927, it is one of the oldest examinations in India. The SCRA written exam is conducted for 600 marks in following subjects: -

Mathematics

General Ability test (Which includes English, General Knowledge and Psychology Test)

Physical Science (Chemistry and Physics)

This is the one part of examination. In next part, personality test is carried out. It carries 200 marks and only those candidates appear for this exam that clears their written test successfully. Basically personality test is nothing but an interview which is conducted at its main office in New Delhi. A panel consisting about 6 to 8 officers questions candidate on science and general knowledge. The selection rate for this exam is less than 1 in per 10,000. The few candidates, who are selected, get training in Mechanical Engineering. They get trained by both methods, practical and theoretical.

Selected candidates get free education and also get a monthly stipend. The selected students stay at Jamalpur gymkhana and get their training at IRIMEE. Candidates get rigorous training for four years in Mechanical Engineering. IRIMEE has signed a memorandum with BIT, Ranchi, and BIT, Mesra. It follows semester system of BIT, Mesra. In holidays, workshop training session is kept at BIT, Mesra. In old days, selected candidates were sent to UK, but this is no more condition in current days; so there is a common misconception that they will get training in UK, which is NOT TRUE.

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