S.C.R.A Special Class Railway Apprentice Exam

I have completed studies and planning to apply for the UPSC SCRA (Special Class Railway Apprentice) Exam. Can you please provide me S.C.R.A Special Class Railway Apprentice Exam eligibility and pattern so I can prepare well also provide important dates to apply for this exam?

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UPSC every year conduct SCRA examination to recruit talented candidates and a huge number of candidates appears in this examination every year.

Eligibility:

You should have passed their Intermediate/class 12th examination with Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry should be studied as one of their main subject in the examination.

You must have secured first or second class as their respective result. Or,

You should have completed your graduation with Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry should be studied as one of their main subject in the examination.

Age Limitation

Candidates, those are interested to appear in this examination should be aged in between 17 to 21 years

UPSC SCRA 2017 Selection Process:

Selection of candidates based on performance in SCRA written Exam and Personal Interview.

UPSC SCRA 2017 Important Date:

Starting Date of SCRA 2017 Online Application Form – November 2016 (Expected)
Closing Date of SCRA 2017 Online Application Form – December 2016 (Expected)
UPSC SCRA 2017 Exam Date – January 2017 (Tentative)

Books for preparation:

General Knowledge Digest 2016 by Darpan P
Manorama Yearbook by Mammen Mathew
Objective General English by R. S. Aggarwal
Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
IES General Ability by G K P
Algebra by S.K Goyal
Abstract Algebra by David S. Dummit and Richard M. Foote
Vector Algebra by Shanti Narayan
Introduction to Algorithms, Third Edition by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson and Ronald L. Rivest
Plane Trigonometry by S. L. Loney