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    Whether SCRA exam is conducted by the Railway Board or UPSC? Who can Apply and Tips to crack this exam?

    Whether SCRA exam is conducted by the Railway Board or UPSC? Who can Apply and Tips to crack this exam?

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    Re: Whether SCRA exam is conducted by the Railway Board or UPSC? Who can Apply and Tips to crack this exam?

    SCRA is conducted by UPSC not railway board.
    ELIGIBILITY:
    Age: above 21 years , SC/ST relaxation of 5 years , OBC relaxation of 3 years
    Education: passed +2 with maths and physics or chemistry with it

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    Re: Whether SCRA exam is conducted by the Railway Board or UPSC? Who can Apply and Tips to crack this exam?

    Hello,

    SCRA exam is conducted by UPSC. You can download and print Previous Years Question Papers at www.upsc.gov.in

    Age limit Your age should be between of 17 years and 21 years on 1st January, 2012, i.e. you must have been born not earlier than 2nd January, 1991 and not later than 1st January, 1995.

    The educational qualification is You should pass in the first or second
    division, the Intermediate


    Wish you all the best,
    HOMI KOHLI
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    Re: Whether SCRA exam is conducted by the Railway Board or UPSC? Who can Apply and Tips to crack this exam?

    SCRA exam means Special Class Railway Apprentice examination .
    This exam is conducted by Union Public Services Commission(U.P.S.C) to recruit candidates in Indian railway.

    ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS:-

    -- CANDIDATE MUST BE INDIAN CITIZEN.

    -- CANDIDATE MUST HAVE PASSED INTERMEDIATE EXAM WITH FIRST/SECOND CLASS FROM RECOGNIZED BOARD.

    -- CANDIDATE MUST HAVE STUDIED MATHEMATICS & AT LEAST ONE SUBJECT FORM PHYSICS/CHEMISTRY IN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

    -- MINIMUM AGE REQUIRED IS 17 YEARS TO APPEAR IN THE EXAM.

    -- A CANDIDATE MUST NOT ATTAIN THE AGE OF 21 YEARS.

    -- UPPER AGE LIMIT IS RELAXED FOR SC/ST , OBC CANDIDATES.

    -- SC/ST- 5 YEARS, OBC- 3 YEARS RELAXED UPPER AGE LIMIT.

    -- CANDIDATE MUST BE PHYSICALLY FIT.


    EXAM PATTERN:-

    EXAM GOES ON TWO STAGES.

    1)Written test
    2)Personal interview

    Written test consists of 3 objective papers.
    Each paper having 200 marks.

    Total mark in personality test is 200 marks.
    Candidates who are qualified in written test are called for personality test.

    Objective / Multiple choice types of questions are asked.
    All questions are of +2/equivalent standard.

    TIPS:-

    - Practice previous year question paper.
    - As all questions are asked in English, try to improve your English knowledge.
    - Concentrate more on studies.
    - Practice all +2 standard problems.
    - Try to solve all the problems using tricks.
    - Manage your time.
    - Make your own study schedule.
    - Be confident to achieve success.

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    SCRA stands for special class railway apprentices examination.This examination is conducted by union public service commission for every year.This examination main purpose is to recruit candidate for indian railway.

    Eligibility criteria:
    >>The applicant should be indian
    >>The applicant should be passed in first or second division,The intermediate
    >>The applicant must be studied in maths,physics,chemistry in intermediate level
    >>The applicant age should be above 17yrs.
    >>The applicant should be medically fit.

    selection process:
    >>written test
    >>personal interview

    Important Notification:

    S.No. NAME OF EXAMINATION DATE OF NOTIFICATION LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF EXAM DURATION OF EXAM.
    1 SCRA Exam, 2012 22.10.2011 21.11.2011
    (MONDAY)
    29.01.2012
    (SUNDAY)
    1 DAY



    Tips to crack this examination:-
    >>
    practice previous year question papers
    >>In this question paper all question are asked in english so try to improve your english knowledge.
    >>concentrate more on studies
    >>make your own study schedule

    all the best

    More details visit on official website:-http://upsc.gov.in

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    Re: Whether SCRA exam is conducted by the Railway Board or UPSC? Who can Apply and Tips to crack this exam?

    scra is organised by upsc.
    any one who is from science background in 10+2 can apply for it provided his age is not less than 17 years and more than 21 years.
    various materials are available in market but despite of all these i suggest every serious aspirant to prefer his /her school texbooks or that of ncert.

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    Re: Whether SCRA exam is conducted by the Railway Board or UPSC? Who can Apply and Tips to crack this exam?

    SCRA exam is conducting by UPSC only.
    qualification 12th pass in 10+2 pattern with physics/chemistry/maths as one main subjects.
    age limit 17-21 yrs

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    Re: Whether SCRA exam is conducted by the Railway Board or UPSC? Who can Apply and Tips to crack this exam?

    Dear candidate,
    The SCRA Exams are conducted by the UPSC.
    The eligibility criteria lies as below ;
    -THE CANDIDATE MUST BE A CITIZEN OF INDIA.
    -HE MUST BE OF 17-21 YEARS OF AGE.
    IT IS RELAXABLE BY A 5YRS FOR SC/ST AND A 3YRS FOR OBC/PH.
    -HE MUST HAVE PASSED HIS INTERMEDIATE,OR BE A FINAL YEAR STUDENT IN THE SAME,FROM A RECOGNIZED BOARD WITH PHYSICS-MATHS-CHEMISTRY COMBINATION.

    Tips to do well :
    -Be severe with your intermediate subjects of maths,chemistry and physics.
    -Avoid any sorts of selective study and practice a lots of MCQs.
    -Read newspaper such as THE HINDU,so as to increase your current affairs knowledge and also English comprehension.
    -Learn as much as social studies and general knowledge as possible.
    -Solve loads of model test papers.

    These will do you a world of good.
    Wish you luck.

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    Re: Whether SCRA exam is conducted by the Railway Board or UPSC? Who can Apply and Tips to crack this exam?

    hi

    SCRA i.e special class railway apprentice exam is conducted by UPSC

    age required=minimum is 17 years and maximum is 21 years

    educational qualification=1st or 2nd division in intermediates or 12th

    subjects=mathematics and one of the subjects physics and chemistry as a subjects of examination

    EXAM PATTERN=

    it consists of written test in mathematics,physics,chemistry,english,general knowledge ,psychological test followed by interview,then medical examination

    tips=

    should be aware of problems regarding mathematics,physics and be thorough with formulas

    solves as many problems and practice the previous old question papers

    should be aware of current affairs

    should be good in english vocabulary

    should be good in general knowledge

    good luck

    thank you

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    Re: Whether SCRA exam is conducted by the Railway Board or UPSC? Who can Apply and Tips to crack this exam?

    SCRA(special class railway apprentice )
    is conducted by UPSC,

    eligibility for SCRA is

    candidate must have passed intermediates with above 50 %.
    age of the candidate must lie between 17 to 21 years.
    OBC and SC/ST candidates gets the age relaxation of 3 years and 5 years respectively.

    tips
    dear you can prepare well ,
    just manage you time for studies,
    select a time in which you will study only for the preparation of exam,
    then make a time table for that time period and include every subjects in it and give appropriate time to each subjects ,
    solve more and more practice papers .

    to apply online for the upsc exams just go to website,
    www.upsconline.nic.in

    for more details regarding upsc exams you can go to official website of upsc ,
    www.upsc.gov.in

    all the best

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