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How many seats are available for general category candidates in SCRA exam? Is it easy to get seats? Can someone provide me the complete information about the exam? I wanted to apply for it and get selected as well. Looking forward to get some reply soon.

SCRA stands forSpecial Class Railway Apprentices.

UPSC conducts SCRA exam for recruitment in Indian Railways.

The eligibility criteria for the SCRA exam are as under:-

-The candidate must be an Indian.

-The candidate must have passed 12th class with Physics and Mathematics.Appearing candidate can also apply for the exam.

-The candidate who have completed graduation with mathematics as a subject is also eligible for the exam.

-The candidate age limit to apply for the exam is from 17 years to 21 years. There is no age relaxation for the reserved categories.

-The exam process involves of written exam followed by the personal interview.

-The no. of seats available for general category candidates in SCRA exam is 42.

Special Class Railway apprentice examination is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission examination.

10+2 passed or appearing candidates from PCM subjects group from a recognized board can apply for the exam.

The age limit is 17-21 years on the first August of the year of examination.

The notification is generally released in October of every year and examination is conducted in the month of January of every year. 2015 SCRA exams are over now.

For more details about SCRA, lclick here.

No, its not too easy to crack this exam as vacancies are very less and number of candidates are very large but nothing is impossible in this world if you do preparation with hard labour and good will power.

Number of seats are changed every year for general candidates. For example in 2015 there were total 42 seats in SCRA exam and for general category it was 22. So you should wait for the notification of 2016.

Special Class Railway Apprenctices' Examination

Agelimits:

you must be 17-21 years in age on 1st August of the year of examination

Educational Qualification:

You must have passed Intermediate or an equivalent examination of a university or board approved by the Government of India with Mathematics and atleast one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the examination.

Scheme of Examination

Part I : Written Examination carrying a maximum of 600 marks in the subjects as shown below :

Paper Subject Code Number Time Allowed Maximum Marks

Paper-I General Ability Test (English, General Knowledge and Psychological Test) 01 2 hours 200
Paper-II Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) 02 2 hours 200
Paper-III Mathematics 03 2 hours 200
Total 600

Part II
Personality Test carrying a maximum of 200 marks.

Total number of seats:

A total of 42 seats are allotted altogether for all categories that includes general,schedule caste (SC), Schedule Tribe (ST), Other Backward Classes(OBC), Physically Handicapped (PH) etc .

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How many seats are available for general category candidates in SCRA exam? Is it easy to get seats? Can someone provide me the complete information about the exam? I wanted to apply for it and get selected as well. Looking forward to get some reply soon.

Special Class Railway Apprentices Exam 2015 Vacancy:-

Total no of posts: 42

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 in between 17 to 21 years.