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what will be the age for the exam for the upsc railway apprentices?

You should be at least 17 years to attend this exam. The upper age limit should not be above 21 years. You should have completed the minimum qualification of 12th class. You should have studied mathematics as the main subject. But you also need to have studied Physics /chemistry any one of the subject as main one. You should have taken the educational qualifications from a recognized university.

For Railway Apprentices, one has to crack SCRA (Special Class Railway Apprentices) Exam which is going to be conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) every year.

The competition for this exam is too high. Because the number of positions will be less. There will be 10000 applicants for one post. Every year UPSC conduct this exam to recruit 10 positions or little more than that.

Here is the age criteria in order to be eligible for this SCRA Exam.
-One should be in the age group of 17-21 years by the 1st August of the year in which the exam is going to be conducted.

Academic Qualification :
-One must have to complete 10+2 from a recognized board or university in order to be eligible for this exam.
-The candidate must have gone through Mathematics and with at least one of the subject between Chemistry and Physics in 10+2.

If you fulfill this criteria and if you are interested to appear for the exam, then you can attempt the exam.

For this academic year, the SCRA Exam was over and you can appear for upcoming SCRA Exam which is going to be conducted in the next academic year on 29-01-2012.

For more information on this SCRA Exam, you can visit
http://upsc.gov.in/

You have to appear for SCRA(SPECIAL CLASS RAILWAY APPRENTICES) exam for railway apprentices job conducted by UPSC every year.

The age criteria for this exam are:-

Age should be from 17 years to 21 years by 1st August of the year of examination.

Educational Qualification:

1.) To take admission in this examination, candidates must have passed Intermediate or an equivalent examination in first or in second division.
2.) University or board is of government approved.
3.) Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the examination.
4.) Mathematics graduate or students with at least one of the subjects Physics or Chemistry as their degree level may apply also.

SCRA (Special Class Railway Apprentice) examination is conducted by UPSC every year once.

Eligibility criteria for SCRA examination:
Education qualification:
Candidate should have complete 12th class with PCM stream from any recognized university.
Age limit:
Age should be between 17 to 21 years.

SCRA examination notification for this year:
Issue of application form from 15th Oct 2011 to 14th Nov 2011.
Exam will held on 29th Jan 2012.

Procedure to apply the application form:
To apply the application form online then click here between the notification date as mentioned above.

For more details,then click here

hello dear,
for this exam
Candidates must have attained lower age limit of 17 years of age & must have completed upper age limit of 21 on 1st august of year of examination..

ok, good luck

hi dear
SCRA (Special Class Railway Apprentice) examination is conducted by UPSC every year once.
Eligibility criteria for SCRA examination:
Education qualification:
Candidate should have complete 12th class with PCM stream from any recognized university.
Age limit:
Age should be between 17 to 21 years.

SCRA examination notification for this year:
Issue of application form from 15th Oct 2011 to 14th Nov 2011.
Exam will held on 29th Jan 2012.

Procedure to apply the application form:
To apply the application form online then click here between the notification date as mentioned above.

For more details,then click here

hi i got 44.48% in 12th now i am in ty.bsc (mathematics).. can i apply for scra exam