UPSC announces SCRA 2015 examination

Recently UPSC announced SCRA 2015 examination, (special class railway apprentices examination).

SCRA 2015 examination is scheduled to be held on January 18, 2015. The exam will be conducted at various centres across the country. Cetres will be allotted on first-apply-first-allot basis, and once the capacity of particular centre is attained, the same will be frozen. So to get centre of your choice all candidates are requested to fill form as soon as possible.

SCRA 2015 eligibility

• Candidates must be the citizen of India.
• Those who have immigrated with an intention to permanently stay in India can appear only if they have been issued a certificate of eligibility in their name.
• He/she must have passed in the first or second division the Intermediate or an equivalent examination of a university or board approved by the government of India with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the examination.

Age limit – Candidates must be minimum 17 years or maximum 21 years of age as on January 1, 2015. The age is relaxed up to a maximum of five years for candidates belonging to SC/ST classes, and three years for those belonging to OBC class.

Application procedure

All eligible candidate can apply for SCRA 2015 examination online

Fees: All the candidates (except Females/SC/ST/PH candidates) are required to pay a fee of Rs 100; either by depositing the money in any branch of SBI by cash or by using net banking facility of SBI, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/State Bank of Hyderabad/ State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala/State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit card.

SCRA 2015 – Important Dates

Exam date – 18 Jan 2015

Last date for submission of applications is November 7, 2014 till 11:59 pm.