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I am a student of 12th appearing this year i.e.2015 and my date of birth is 04 January,1997. Can I appear this year SCRA exam which to be held on this year?

Yes, you are eligible to appear in SCRA 2015 (Special Class Railway Apprentice's Examination 2015). The candidates must have attained the minimum age of 17 years and must not exceed 21 years as on 01st August of 2015. The detailed age criteria, required and more details are provided below.

>> Issue of SCRA 2015 Notification - February, 2015

>> Conduct of SCRA 2015 Examination - July, 2015

Age Criteria: (As on 01/08/2015)

Lower age: 17 years
Upper age: 21 years

As far as your Date Of Birth (04/01/1997) is concerned, you have already attained the age of 17 years by (01/08/2014) and presently 18th year is running. Since your present age (18th year running) is in the age limit of 17 to 21 years, I can say that you are absolutely eligible to appear in SCRA 2015 Examination.

For More Details - http://upsc.gov.in/general/scra.htm#PageTop

A candidate must have attained the age of 17 years but should not have attained the age of 21 years as on 1st of January 2015. i.e he/she should have been born not before 2nd January, 1994 and not later than 1st January, 1998.

(The upper age limit is relaxable in certain categories.)

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I am a student of 12th appearing this year i.e.2015 and my date of birth is 04 January,1997. Can I appear this year SCRA exam which to be held on this year?

Yes, you are eligible for SCRA exam in 2015.

Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination is conducted by Union Public Service Examination in the month of October or November. You can get the latest notification about the exam in the official website of UPSC as well as employment news paper.

Applicant should have completed 12th examination with physics, chemistry and mathematics as compulsory subjects from a recognized School or equivalent qualification and candidates who are doing final year of 12th can also apply for this examination.

Those who have completed Bachelor's degree with Physics and Mathematics may also apply for this examination and there is no percentage bar to apply for SCRA examination.

Your age should be 17 to 21 years old for SCRA exam.

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