Railway engineering entrance exam

[Amit Chauhan Member Points: 0Rank: Amateur]

I am in 11th Standard, Science stream and want to know what are the ways one can join the railways as an engineer. I want to appear for such exams next year.

[Siddharth Jaiswal Member Points: 62Rank: Rookie]

Hi Shaurya,

You can join the Railways in the following ways as an engineer-
1. Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Exam
2. IES exam conducted by UPSC

The jobs offered after clearing RRB are-
Section Research Engineer
Depot Material Superintendent
Junior Research Engineer

The jobs offered after clearing IES are as follows-
Indian Railway Service of Engineers
Indian Railway Stores Services

To check the eligibility do check their websites on a regular basis.

Hope this helped!

[Supreet Kaur Member Points: 11Rank: Amateur]

hello,

If you want to join the railway’s engineering departments, then you need to complete your B.Tech. from any one of the following branches:

1. Electrical engineering
2. Mechanical engineering
3. Civil engineering
4. Electronics and Communication engineering
5. IT engineering

after completing you degree you can apply for SSE or Senior Section Engineer post.

You also have another option i.e. Diploma course in any of the above mentioned branches and then you can apply for the JE Junior Engineers post.

you can get the study material, books and RRB previous years question papers .

First finish of with class XII exams as it is the base for anything you do in future.

Good Luck !!

thank you …!!

[priya arrora Member Points: 46Rank: Rookie]

Railway engineering entrance exam details :

Eligibility: Candidates age minimum 17 years and not more than 21 years

Candidate should have passed 10+2 class with first or second division in mathematics, physics or chemistry.

You want to know syllabus and dates of UPSC SCRA exam so unfortunately this exam is already over in month of January. Following is exam dates:

Date of Notification: 13 Oct 2012
Last Date for Receipt of Applications: 12 Nov 2012
Date/Day of Commencement of SCRA 2013 Exam: 20th Jan 2013

UPSC SCRA Paper Pattern:

Paper I
Subjects: General Ability Test (English, General Knowledge and Psychological Test)
Code No. 01
Duration: 2 hours
Maximum Marks: 200

Paper II
Subjects: Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry)
Code No. 02
Duration: 2 hours
Maximum Marks: 200

Paper III
Subjects: Mathematics
Code No. 03
Duration: 2 hours
Maximum Marks: 200

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