SCRA Exam Pattern, Question Papers & Books

SCRA Exam Pattern/format:
SCRA exam selection process consists of a written exam followed by an interview for those selected from the written test. Written test carries marks of 600 marks, while the interview carries 200 marks.

Written test of SCRA exam consists of following 3 Objective type question papers;
Paper-I: General Ability Test of duration 2 Hours for 200 marks
It contains English, General Knowledge and Psychological Test questions.

Paper-II: Physical Sciences of duration 2 Hours for 200 marks
It contains Physics and Chemistry questions.

Paper-III: Mathematics of duration 2 Hours for 200 marks.
SCRA exam pattern does not changes too often and hence future SCRA aspirants can use the same exam format as exam format/pattern of SCRA-2010/11 EXAM.

Syllabus for above three papers of SCRA exam can be found from my previous blog post: SCRA Exam 2010 syllabus: Physics, Chemistry, Maths

SCRA Exam Sample/Model/Previous Years Papers:
Courtesy Aryan Classes, you can download the following previous years actual question papers of SCRA-2009:
Click here to download SCRA Maths previous years paper
Click here to download SCRA Physics, Chemistry previous years paper
Click here to download SCRA General-ABility previous years paper


Books for preparation of SCRA exam:
I found following list of SCRA exam books available on the net. These books are available in most of the good book shops. You can also order them online by clicking the book name through credit card as well as by Cash-On-Delivery (i.e. you pay when you get the book) from books4u.in, which is giving a good discount of 20%:

Arihant SCRA Exma 2009 (Self Study Guide) by Dr. Sushil Verma,M. K. Dikshit & R. K. Agarwal
Cover Price: Rs. 550 Offer Price: Rs. 467 Discount:15%

Upkars Special Class Railway Apprentice Exam by Dr. Lal & Jain
Cover Price: Rs. 425 Offer Price: Rs. 340 Discount:20%

Oswaal Chapter-Wise Solutions U.P.S.C. SCRA (1998-2007) 10 Years Solved Papers
Cover Price: Rs. 269 Offer Price: Rs. 215 Discount:20%