The Union Public Service Commission organize the Special Class Railway Apprentices’ Examination . The examination is conducted for the recruitment of the candidates into the Special Class Apprentices in the Mechanical Department of Indian Railways. The exam will be conducted at various places across the country.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
• The age of the candidate should not be less than 17 years and must not be greater than 21 years.
• The candidate must have passed 10+2 level Examination from the recognized University or board.
• The candidate must have studied Mathematics as compulsory subject with at least one of the subjects like Physics or Chemistry.
• The candidate should also be physically fit according to the regulations given in Appendix-II of the rules for the Special Class Railway Apprentices’ Examination.
Contact Address :
Secretary,
Union Public Service Commission,
Dholpur House,
Shahjahan Road,
New Delhi – 110069
CONTACT DETAILS:
UPSC’s Facilitation Counter near Gate ‘C’ of the campus
Tel No.: 011-23385271/ 23381125/23098543
Website: www.upsc.gov.in
1:Preliminary Examinations: The prelims consists of Paper-1 and Paper-2 .The first paper deals with an optional subject listed for 300 marks and the second paper deals with general studies. Optional subjects to be chosen from the list are, Administration, Sociology Electrical Engineering, , Law, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Botany, Geography Geology, Indian History Chemistry, , Statistics, Zoology. Civil Engineering, Commerce, Economics, , Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Medical Science. The medium of instruction is either Hindi or English with the duration of each paper being restricted to two hrs.
2: Main Examination: The mains comprises of two optional subjects consisting of two papers each valued at 300 marks and an essay carrying 200 marks with the total marks being 2000.Apart from these two more papers regarding Indian language and General English are set to test the candidates linguistic abilities each carrying 300 marks and these have to be cleared compulsorily. The subjects are: Chemistry, Veterinary Science, Botany, and Accountancy, Economics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Science, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Public Administration, Civil Engineering, Commerce Geology, History, Law, Management, Mathematics Sociology, Statistics, Zoology. Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Electrical Engineering, Geography Political Science and International Relations
There is a plethora of subjects to choose from, since students belong to varied streams of education, the subjects on offer include Science subjects that expands over Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology; Humanities subjects that expands over History, Political Science, Public Administration, Geography and Sociology and languages such as Hindi, English, Urdu and Pali. UPSC also offers subjects such as Anthropology, Psychology and Philosophy. Additionally, the more number of subjects make it more difficult for students to make choices in optionals.
Optional subjects are chosen on the basis of a number of parameters, on one hand there are optionals that are considered to be scoring where as there are others that are favored for their relevance to either General Studies papers or Current Affairs and essay questions whereas there are many who choose subjects for their defined set of topics asked and comparatively short type answers. Students feel that this bit of planning makes their choice of subject a success as there are combinations that have common IAS syllabus which reduces their workloads and improves their chances of scoring in civil services examination.
]]>The Indian railways are broadly divided and sub-divided into zones, divisions and departments, each controlling a particular function. Each department has staff at various levels. The highest are the Group A officers, while the lowest in rank are the Group D staff members.
Group A
UPSC – Group A officers are recruited by UPSC
Civil Service Examination – Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) and the Indian Railways Accounts Service (IRAS)
Combined Engineering Service – Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE), Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE), Indian Railway Services of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) and Indian Railway Store Service (IRSS)
Group B
Group B officers are directly promoted from Group C.
Group C
Group C officers are recruited through the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB). The 19 Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have been functioning as prime recruiting agencies for all Zonal Railways, Production Units and other extra Zonal units of the Indian Railways. Each Railway Recruitment Board is catering to the recruitment needs of the specified jurisdiction on the Railways.