SCRA Exam Pattern

Hi Vaishali, I’m sharing the exam pattern of SPECIALCLASS RAILWAY APPRENTICES EXAMINATION (SCRA EXAM)
Scheme of Examination

1. The examination is conducted according to the following plan.

Part I Written SCRA examination carrying a maximum of 600 marks in the subjects as shown below-

Part II In SCRA examination personality test carrying a maximum of 200 marks in respect of only those candidates World Health Organization are declared qualified on the results of written examination.

2. the subjects of the written SCRA examination under part I, the time allowed and the most marks allotted to each subject/paper are as below:


Subjects Time Allowed Maximum Marks

Paper-I General Ability test (English, general knowledge and Psychological Test) is of 2 Hours having 200 questions

Paper-II Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) is of 2 Hours having 200 questions

Paper-III Mathematics is of 2 Hours having 200 questions

Total Marks 600




3. The papers of SCRA examination in all the subjects will consist of Objective (multiple choice answer) kind questions only. The Question Papers (Test Booklets) will be set in English only.

4. There will be negative marking for wrong answers marked by a candidate.
5. In the question papers, wherever required, SI units will be used.

6. Question Papers of SCRA exam will be approximately of the Intermediate standard.

7. Candidates must write the answers in their own hand. In no circumstances, will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write the answers for them.

8. The Commission has discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the SCRA examination.

9. Candidates are not permitted to use calculators for answering objective type of SCRA exam papers (Test Booklets). They should not, therefore, bring the same inside the SCRA Examination Hall.