SCRA Exam SC category Age Limit Relaxation
 

I want to know about required age limit ands eligibility to apply for Special Class Railway Apprentice Examination of UPSC ?

Re: SCRA Exam SC category Age Limit Relaxation
 

Here I am giving required eligibility to apply for Special Class Railway Apprentice Examination of UPSC .

Age limit :
17-21 years on 1st August of the year of examination

upper age limit for SCRA Exam 2014 is relaxable as follows :
Upto a maximum of five years for Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe.
Upto a maximum of three years for Other Backward Classes
Upto a maximum of 10 years in the case of Orthopaedically Handicapped persons, OA & OL subcategories only

Educational Qualification
You have to passed 12th grade examination with Mathematics and atleast one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the examination from a well recognized board of education and you must pass 12th with minimum first or second division

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