Rahul Joshi

I want to be in Railway Services. I heard about SCRA through which I can get into Railway Services. Could you please guide me on what is SCRA and how to prepare for the same?


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RE: I want to be in Railway Services. I heard about SCRA through which I can get into Railway Services. Could you please guide me on what is SCRA and how to prepare for the same?

Avadhut Desai
Avadhut Desai
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Career Counselor / President at Foresight Foundation
  • Kolhapur

Hi,

Yes, you can appear for SCRA recruitment and be a part of one of the reliable and ever-growing sector in India. The Indian Railway is one such public sector enterprise which is the single largest revenue generating enterprise for the government of India.

 

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Working in Railway has become one of the career aspirations of the youth in India thanks to the various facilities to the railway employees offered by Indian Railway.

The SCRA recruitment is being done by the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) and the notification for it comes in the National Daily Newspapers and on The Website of the UPSC itself.

Qualification Required:

  • Applicants need to have passed intermediate, i.e. 10+2 education Level or equivalent. At this qualifying level of examination, applicants need to have 1st or 2nd division with mathematics compulsory and Physics and Chemistry as one of the subjects.
  • Aspirants should have passed the first-year exam under three year degree course of University.  If the candidate has passed first exam of three year diploma course in Rural Service of National Council for Rural Higher Education or III year can also look upon for exam.
  • The competitors must have passed the graduation with mathematics where Physics and Chemistry have been studied for the exam as one of the subjects.

Application Fee:

  • There is 100 Rs. Payable as fee for the exam and can be paid by net banking through VISA/Master Card etc. or can be paid at SBI and associate banks branches.
  • There is full concession in Fee and the Female/SC/ST/PWD candidates are no more liable to pay the fee for exam.

Age Limit:

  • Candidates must fulfill the Age criteria as age at the time of filling up of application must not be less than 17 years and more than 21 year

Selection Procedure:

  • The final list for recruitment will be made on the basis of Written Examination and the Face to face personal Interview.

SCRA Exam Pattern:

The Examination will be conducted in two parts:

Part 1: Written Examination

  1. General Ability Test – 2 Hours – 200 Marks
  2. Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) – 2 Hours – 200 Marks
  3. Mathematics - 2 Hours - 200 Marks

Part 2: Personality Test

Personality Test will be for 200 Marks and the candidates who get qualified after passing the written exam will be called for the personality Test.

 

UPSC SCRA Syllabus:

  1. General Ability
  • General Awareness
  • Current Affairs
  • Geography
  • History
  • Civics
  • Economics
  • Basic Biology                                               
  1. Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry)

Syllabus for the Physical Sciences is similar to the academic level syllabus for the Class 12th Level

  1. Mathematics
  • Algebra
  • Trigonometry
  • Analytic Geometry
  • Differential Calculus
  • Integral Calculus
  • Differential Equations
  • Vectors
  • Statistics
  • Probability

Dear Aspirant, its quiet a good decision going for Railway Services. Every year many candidates apply for the Railway exam and whoever among them have the right approach and persistent study, clear the exam and get into the Railway Employment easily. The Professional Experts at CareerGuide will help you have that right approach toward the exam and they will be guiding you throughout the process of your preparation. For further information about the SCRA Exam you have the option to contact to the Experts at CareerGuide. Feel free and ask every query related to your exam and the preparation for it. I hope you would find this helpful!

 

 

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RE: I want to be in Railway Services. I heard about SCRA through which I can get into Railway Services. Could you please guide me on what is SCRA and how to prepare for the same?

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