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How much percentage is required in Intermediate for applying for jobs in Railways?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

How much percentage is required in Intermediate for applying for jobs in Railways?

Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination is conducted by Union Public Service Examination in the month of October or November.

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

SCRA exam doesn't require any percentage marks in 12th standard.

Your age should be in between 17 to 21 years old.

To join Indian Railways after intermediate one has to clear the SCRA examination.

SCRA stands for Special Class Railway Apprentice and the SCRA examinations are held by Union Public Service Commission once every year.

The qualifications required for appearing in the same examination are as here under :-

* You must hold the nationality of India.

* Your age must lie within 17 years to 21 years.

* You must have a higher secondary school degree with Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics as your main subjects or any equivalent degree with at least 45% aggregate from a recognized institute.

Also the examination is held in two stages which are :- Stage I) General Ability test ( written examination ) & Stage II) Personality Assessment test ( interview ).

For more details regarding the notifications about the upcoming SCRA exams, syllabus and question pattern of the same you can refer to the link www.upsc.gov.in.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

How much percentage is required in Intermediate for applying for jobs in Railways?

There is no separate percentage is required in 12th standard. There are vacancies in Railways for the post of Ticket Collector, Junior Clerk cum Typist and Commercial Clerk. The aspirant can check the details on the RRB website also.

Official website - www.indianrailways.gov.in

Originally Posted by Unregistered

How much percentage is required in Intermediate for applying for jobs in Railways?

SCRA - Special Class Railway Apprentices.

This exam is being conducted by UPSC and you can apply for this exam to join in Railways after having completed 12th. There are eligibility conditions which you need to satisfy in order to apply and they are:

• Nationality
• Age limit
• Educational qualification

-> The nationality standard states that candidate should have citizenship in India

-> Age limit needed is 17-21 years for general category candidates.

-> There are relaxation for other category candidates such as for SC/ST it is 5 years extra and for OBC it is 3 years extra

-> Regarding the educational qualification, candidate need to have completed +2 from a recognized university and there is no specific percentage which is needed to be obtained.

If you satisfy all the above criteria's framed for the exam then you can apply for SCRA exam.