Aryan Classes: SCRA 2010 Apprentic Exam rules complete

No. 2010/E(GR)I/1/4.—The rules for a competitive examination to be held by the Union Public Service Commission in 2010 for selection of candidates for appointment as Special Class Apprentices in Mechanical Department of Indian Railways are published for general information.

2. The number of vacancies to be filled on the result of the examination will be finalised by the Govt. before declaration of results of examination Reservation will be made for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Physically disabled categories in respect of vacancies a may be fixed by the Government.

3. The examination will be conducted by the Commission in the manner prescribed in Appendix 1 to these rules.

4. The dates on which and the places at which the examination will be held shall be fixed by the Commission.

(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January 1962, with the intention of permanently setting in India, or

(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East Africa countries of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania or from Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently setting in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d), and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination but the offer of application may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.

5. (a) A candidate must have attained the age of 17 years and must not have attained the age of 21 years on 1st August, 2010 i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1989 and not later than 1st August, 1993.

(i) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe;.

(ii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates;

(iii) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989;

(iv) upto a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services personnel disable in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof;

(v) upto a maximum of five years in the case of Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August, 2010 and have been released (i) on completion of assignments including those whose assignments is due to be completed within one year from 1st August, 2010 otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge, on account of misconduct or inefficiency, or (ii) on account of Physical disability attributable to Ministry Service, or (iii) on invalidment;

(vi) upto q maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st August, 2010 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and they will be released on three months notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.

(vii) upto a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons.

Note 1-- Candidate belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribe and the Other Backward classes who are also covered under any other clauses of Rule (b) above, viz. to those coming under the category of Ex-servicemen, persons domiciled in the State of J & K , Physically handicapped etc. will be eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under both the categories.

Note II-- The term ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined a Ex-servicemen in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and posts) Rules, 1979 as amended from time to time.

Note III-- The age concession under Rule 5 (b) (v) and (vi) will not be admissible to Ex-servicemen and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/SSCOs, who are released on own request.

Note IV-- Notwithstanding the provisions of age relaxation under Rule 5(b) (vii) above, a physically handicapped candidate will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if he/she (after such physicaly examination as the Government or appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe) is found to satisfy the requirements of physically and medical standards for the concerned Services/Posts to be allocated to the physically handicapped candidates by the Government.

The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificate.

No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extract from Municipal Corporation, Service records and the like will be accepted.

The expression Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the instructions include the alternative certificates mentioned above.

Note 1-- Candidates should note that only the date of birth as recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate or an equivalent certificate on the date of submission of application will be accepted by the Commission and no subsequent requested for its change will be considered or granted.

Note 2--Candidates should also note that once a date of birth has been claimed by them and entered in the records of the Commission for the purpose of admission to an Examination, no change will be allowed subsequently (or at any other examination of the Commission) on any grounds whatsoever.

(a) 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

Graduates with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as their degree subjects may also apply, or

(b) must have passed in the first or second division the Higher Secondary (12 years) Examination under 10 plus 2 pattern of School Education with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subject of the examination, or

(c) must have passed the first year Examination under the three-year degree course of a University or the first examination of the three-year diploma course in Rural Service of the National Council for Rural Higher Education or the third year Examination for promotion to the 4th year of the four-year B.A./B. Sc. (Evening College) Course of the Madras University with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subject of the examination provided that before joining the degree/diploma course ha passed the Higher Secondary Examination or the Pre-university or equivalent examination in the first or second division. Candidates who have passed the first/second year examination under the three-year degree course in the first or second division with Mathematics and either Physics or Chemistry as subject of the examination may also apply, provided the first/second year Examination is conducted by a University, or

(d) must have passed in the first or second division the Pre-engineering Examination of a University, approved by the Government of India; or

(e) must have passed in the first or second division the Pre-Professional/Pre-Technological Examination of any Indian University or recognised Board with Mathematics and at least one of the subject Physics and Chemistry as subject of the Examination conducted one year after the Higher Secondary or Pre-University stage; or

(f) must have passed the fist year examination under the five year Engineering Degree Course of a University provided that before joining the Degree Course he passed the Higher Secondary Examination or Pre-University or equivalent examination in the first or second division.

Candidates who have passed the first year Examination of the five-years Engineering Degree Course in the first or second division may also apply provided the first year Examination is conducted by a University; or

(g) must have passed in the first or second division the Pre-Degree Examination of the Universities of Kerala and Calicut with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subject of the examination.

Note I-- Candidates who area not awarded any specific division by the University/Board either in the Intermediate or any other examination mentioned above will be considered educationally eligible provided their aggregate of marks falls within the range of marks for first or second division as prescribed by the University/Board concerned.

Note II-- Candidates who have appeared at an examination the passing of which would render them eligible to appear at the examination but have not been informed of the result may apply for admission to the examination. Candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination may also apply. Such candidates will be admitted to the examination, if otherwise eligible, but their admission would be deemed to be provisional and subject to cancellation, if they do not produce proof of having passed the requisite qualifying examination along with the detailed application which will be required to be submitted by the candidates who qualify on the results of the written part of the examination.

Note III-- In exceptional cases, the Commission may treat a candidate, who has not any of the qualifications prescribed in this rule, as educationally qualified provided that he possesses qualifications the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission, justifies his admission to the examination.

Note IV-- Diplomas in Engineering awarded by the State Board of Technical Education are not acceptable for admission to the Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination.

8. All candidates in Government service, whether in a permanent or in temporary capacity or as Work-charged employees, other than casual or daily-rated employees or those serving under Public Enterprises will be required to submit an undertaking that they informed in writing their Head of Office/Department that they have applied for the examination.

Candidates should note that in case a communication is received from their employer by the Commission withholding permission to the candidates applying for/appearing at the examination, their application will be liable to be rejected/candidature will be liable to be cancelled.

9. The decision of the Commission with regard to the acceptance of the application of a candidate and his eligibility or otherwise for admission to the examination shall be final.

The candidates applying for examination should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission at all the stages of examination for which they are admitted by the Commission viz. Written Examination, and Interview Test will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If on verification at any time before or after the written Examination and Interview Test, it is found that they do not fulfil any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature for the examination will be cancelled by the Commission.

10. No candidate will be admitted to the examination unless he holds a certificate of admission from the Commission.

11. A candidate who is or has been declared by the Commission to be guilty of; --

(iv) submitting fabricated document or document which have been tampered with; or

(v) making statements which are incorrect or false, or suppressing material information; or

(vi) resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for the examination; or

(viii) writing irrelevant matter including obscene language or pornographic matter, in the Script(s); or

(x) harassing or doing bodily harm to the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of their examination; or

(xi) being in possession of or using mobile phone, pager or any electronic equipment or device or any other equipment capable of being used as a communication device during the examination; or

(xii) violating any of the instructions issued to candidate alongwith their Admission Certificate permitting them to take the examination; or

(xiii) attempting to commit or as the case may be abetting the Commission of all or any of the acts specified in the foregoing clauses

may, in addition to rendering himself liable to criminal prosecution, be liable ---

(a) to be disqualified by the Commission from the examination for which he is a candidate; and/or

(i) giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation in writing as he may wish to make in that behalf; and

(ii) taking the representation, if any, submitted by the candidate, within the period allowed to him into consideration.

12. Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the written examination as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion, shall be summoned for the Personality Test.

Provided that candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribe or the Other Backward Classes may be summoned for the Personality Test by the Commission by applying relaxed standards if the Commission is of the opinion that sufficient number of candidates from these communities are not likely to be summoned for the Personality Test on the basis of the general standard in order to fill up the vacancies reserved for them.

13. (i) after the interview, the candidates will be arranged by the Commission in the order of merit as disclosed by the aggregate mark finally awarded to each candidate in the written examination as well as interview and in that order so many candidates as are found by the Commission to be qualified at the examination shall be recommended for appointment upto the number of unreserved vacancies decided to be filled on the result of the examination.

(ii) The candidates belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes may, to the extent of the number of vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes be recommended by the Commission by a relaxed standard subject to the fitness of these candidates for selection to the Service.

Provided that the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes who have been recommended by the Commission without resorting to any relaxations/concessions in the eligibility or selection criteria, at any stage of the examination, shall not be adjusted against the vacancies reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes.

(iii) The prescribed qualifying will be relax able at the discretion of the commission at all the stages of examination in favour of Physically disabled candidates in order to fill up the vacancies reserved for them. In case, however, the physically disabled candidates get selected on their own merit in the requisite number at the qualifying standards fixed by the Commission for General, SC, ST, and OBC category candidates, extra physically disabled candidates i.e., more than the number of vacancies reserved for them, will not be recommended by the Commission on the relaxed standards.

14. The form and manner of communication of the result of the examination to individual candidates shall be decided by the Commission in their discretion and the Commission will not enter into correspondence with them regarding the result.

15. Success in the examination confers no right to appointment, unless Government are satisfied after such enquiry as may be considered necessary that the candidate having regard to his character and antecedents is suitable, in all respects for appointment to the Railway Service.

16. A candidate must be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of his duties as an officer of the service. A candidate who after such medical examination as Government or the appointing authority, as the case may be, may prescribe, is found not to satisfy these requirements will not be appointed. The medical examination shall be conducted only of the candidates who are declared finally qualified by the UPSC on the basis of Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination, 2010.

A communication for medical examination will be issued by the Ministry of Railways to the candidates individually at the address for communication indicated by them to the UPSC. In case any candidate does not receive such communication from the Ministry of Railways within 21 days from the date of declaration of final result, he/she shall get in touch with them to have the date of medical examination. Failure to do so within 21 days from the date of declaration of final result, will forfeit his/her claim for medical examination and thereby allotment on the basis of Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination 2010. For the purpose of Medical Examination the successful candidates will be required to present themselves, before the Additional Chief Medical Officer, Central Hospital, Northern Railways, Basant Lane, New Delhi. In case the candidates are wearing glasses, they should taken with them, the latest number of glasses to the Medical Board.

No request for change in the date of medical examination or in its venue would be acceded to.

The candidates should note that no request for grant of exemption from medical examination will be entertained under any circumstances.

(i) a sum of Rs. 16 (Rupees sixteen only) in cash, is required to be paid by them to the Medical Board.

(ii) no traveling allowance will be paid for the journey performed in connection with medical examination and

(iii) the fact that a candidate has been physically examined will not mean or imply that he will be considered for appointment.

THE CANDIDATES SHOULD NOTE THAT THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY SEPARATE INTIMATION REGARDING MEDICAL EXAMINATION FROM THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS.

Note: In order to prevent disappointment, candidates are advised to have themselves examined by a Government medical officer of the standing of a Civil Surgeon before applying for admission to the examination. Particulars of the nature of the medical test to which candidates will be subjected before appointment and of the standards required are given in appendix –II to these Rules. For the disabled ex-Defence Services Personnel the standards will be relaxed consistent with the requirements of the service.

17. For being considered against the vacancies reserved for them, the physically disabled person should have disability of Forty per cent (40%) or more. However, such candidates shall be required to meet one or more of the following physical requirements/abilities which may be necessary for performing the duties in the concerned Services/Posts:-

The functional classification in their case shall be, one or more of the following, consistent with the requirement of the concerned Services/Posts:-

CODE	FUNCTIONS
BL	1. both legs affected but not arms.
BA	2. both arms affected	a. impaired reach.
		b. weakness of grip.
BLA	3. both legs and both arms affected
OL	4. one leg affected (R or L)	a. impaired reach.
		b. weakness of grip.
		c. ataxic.
OA	5. one arm affected (R or L)	a. impaired reach.
		b. weakness of grip.
		c. ataxic.
BH	6. stiff back and hips (cannot sit or stoop)
MW	7. muscular weakness and limited physical endurance
B	8. the blind
PB	9. partially blind
D	10. the deaf
PD	11. partially deaf

(a) who has entered into a contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living ; or

(b) who having a spouse living; has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person.

Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.

18. Conditions of apprenticeship for the Special Class Apprentices selected through this examination are given in Appendix –III, brief particulars relating to the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers are also given in Appendix –IV.

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

2. The subjects of the written examination under Part I, the time allowed and the maximum marks allotted to each subject/paper shall be as follows:

S.No.	Subjects	Code No.	Time Allowed	Maximum Marks
Paper-I	General Ability Test (English, General Knowledge and Psychological Test)	01	2 Hours	200
Paper-II	Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry)	02	2 Hours	200
Paper-III	Mathematics	03	2 Hours	200
Total Marks 600

3. THE PAPERS IN ALL THE SUBJECTS WILL CONSIST OF OBJECTIVE (MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWER) TYPE QUESTIONS ONLY. THE QUESTION PAPERS (TEST BOOKLETS) WILL BE SET IN ENGLISH ONLY.

"NOTE: THERE WILL BE PENALTY (NEGATIVE MARKING) FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPER.

(i) There are four alternatives for the answers to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.

(ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happen to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.

(iii) If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question."

6. 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.

7. The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination.

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

The questions will be designed to test the candidates' understanding and command of the language.

The questions will be designed to test a candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society. The standard of answers to questions should be as expected of students of standard 12 or equivalent.

Evolution of life, plants and animals, heredity and environment-Genetics, cells, chromosomes, genes.

Knowledge of the human body-nutrition, balanced diet, substitute foods, public health and sanitation including control of epidemics and common diseases. Environmental pollution and its control. Food adulteration, proper storage and preservation of food grains and finished products, population explosion, population control. Production of food and raw materials. Breeding of animals and plants, artificial insemination, manures and fertilizers, crop protection measures, high yielding varieties and green revolution, main cereal and cash crops of India.

Solar system and the earth, Seasons, Climate, Weather, Soil-its formation, erosion. Forests and their uses. Natural calamities cyclones, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions. Mountains and rivers and their role in irrigation in India. Distribution of natural resources and industries in India. Exploration of under-ground minerals including Oil Conservation of natural resources with particular reference to the flora and fauna of India.

Vedic, Mahavir, Budhdha, Mauryan, Sunga, Andhra, Kushan. Gupta ages (Mauryan Pillars, Stupa Caves, Sanchi, Mathura and Gandharva Schools, Temple architecture, Ajanta and Ellora). The rise of new social forces with the coming of Islam and establishment of broader contacts. Transition from feudalism to capitalism. Opening of European contacts. Establishment of British rule in India. Rise of nationalism and national struggle for freedom culminating in Independence.

Constitution of India and its characteristic features - Democracy, Secularism, Socialism, equality of opportunity and Parliamentary form of Government. Major political ideologies-democracy, socialism, communism and Gandhian idea of non-violence. Indian political parties, pressure groups, public opinion and the press, electoral system.

India’s foreign policy and non-alignment- Arms race, balance of power. World organisation-political, social, economic and cultural. Important events (including sports and cultural activities) in India and abroad during the past two years.

Broad features of Indian social system: The caste system, hierarchy - recent changes and trends. Minority social institution - marriage, family, religion and acculturation.

Division of labour, co-operation, conflict and competition, Social control - reward and punishment, art, law, customs, propaganda, public opinion, agencies of social control - family, religion, state educational institutions; factors of social change- economic, technological, demographic, cultural; the concept of revolution.

Social disorganisation in India - Casteism, communalism, corruption in public life, youth unrest, beggary, drugs, delinquency and crime, poverty and unemployment.

Social planning and welfare in India, community development and labour welfare; welfare of Scheduled Castes and backward classes.

Money - Taxation, price, demographic trends, national income, economic growth. Private and Public Sectors; economic and non-economic factors in planning, balanced versus imbalanced growth, agricultural versus industrial development; inflation and price stabilization, problem of resource mobilisation. India’s Five Year Plans.

The questions will be designed to assess the basic intelligence and mechanical aptitude of the candidate.

Length measurements using vernier, screw gauge, spherometer and optical lever. Measurement of time and mass.

Straight line motion and relationships among displacement, velocity and acceleration.

Equilibrium of bodies under action of forces. Moment of a force, couple. Newton’s law of gravitation. Escape velocity. Acceleration due to gravity.

Mass and Weight; Centre of gravity, Uniform circular motion, centripetal force, simple Harmonic motion. Simple pendulum.

Pressure in a fluid and its variation with depth. Pascal’s law. Principle of Archimedes. Floating bodies, Atmospheric pressure and its measurement.

Temperature and its measurement. Thermal expansion, Gas laws and absolute temperature. Specific heat, latent heats and their measurement. Specific heat of gases. Mechanical equivalent of heat. Internal energy and First law of thermodynamics, Isothermal and adiabatic changes. Transmission of heat; thermal conductivity.

Wave motion; Longitudinal and transverse waves. Progressive and stationary waves, Velocity of sound in gas and its dependence on various factors. Resonance phenomena (air columns and strings).

Reflection and refraction of light. Image formation by curved mirrors and lenses, Microscopes and telescopes. Defects of vision.

Field due to a bar magnet, Magnetic moment, Elements of Earth’s magnetic field. Magnetometers. Dia, para and ferromagnetism.

Electric current; electric cells, e.m.f. resistance, ammeters and voltmeters. Ohm’s law; resistances in series and parallel, specific resistance and conductivity. Heating effect of current.

Magnetic effect of current; straight wire, coil and solenoid electromagnet; electric bell.

Force on a current-carrying conductor in magnetic field; moving coil galvanometers; conversion to ammeter or voltmeter.

Chemical effects of current; Primary and storage cells and their functioning, Laws of electrolysis.

Electromagnetic induction; Simple A.C. and D.C. generators. Transformers, Induction coil,

Cathode rays, discovery of the electron, Bohr model of the atom. Diode and its use as a rectifier.

Nuclear energy; fission and fusion, conversion of mass into energy, chain reaction.

1. Atomic structure; Earlier models in brief. Atom as at three dimensional model. Orbital concept. Quantum numbers and their significance, only elementary treatment.

Pauli’s Exclusion Principle. Electronic configuration. Aufbau Principle, s.p.d. and f. block elements.

Periodic classification only long form. Periodicity and electronic configuration. Atomic radii, Electro-negativity in period and groups.

2. Chemical Bonding, electro-valent, co-valent, coordinate covalent bonds. Bond Properties, sigma and Pie bonds, Shapes of simple molecules like water, hydrogen sulphide, methane and ammonium chloride. Molecular association and hydrogen bonding.

3. Energy changes in a chemical reaction. Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions. Application of First Law of Thermodynamics, Hess’s Law of constant heat summation.

4. Chemical Equilibria and rates of reactions. Law of Mass action. Effect of Pressure, Temperature and concentration on the rates of reaction. (Qualitative treatment based on Le Chatelier’s Principle). Molecularity; First and Second order reaction. Concept of Energy of activation. Application to manufacture of Ammonia and Sulphur trioxide.

5. Solutions : True solutions, colloidal solutions and suspensions. Colligative properties of dillute solutions and determination of Molecular weights of dissolved substances. Elevation of boiling points. Depressions of freezing point, osmotic pressure. Raoult’s law (non-thermodynamic treatment only).

6. Electro-Chemistry : Solution of Electrolytes, Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis, ionic equilibria, Solubility product.

Strong and weak electrolytes. Acids and Bases (Lewis and Bronstead concept). pH and Buffer solutions.

8. Natural and Artificial Radioactivity: Nuclear Fission and Fusion. Uses of Radioactive isotopes.

1. Hydrogen : Position in the periodic table. Isotopes of hydrogen. Electronegative and electropositive character. Water, hard and soft water, use of water in industries, Heavy water and its uses.

2. Group I Elements : Manufacture of sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride.

3. Group II Elements : Quick and slaked lime. Gypsum, Plaster of Paris. Magnesium sulphate and Magnesia.

5. Group IV Elements : Coals, Coke and solid Fuels, Silicates, Zolitis semi-conductors. Glass (Elementary treatment).

6. Group V Elements. Manufacture of ammonia and nitric acid. Rock Phosphates and safety matches.

7. Group VI Elements. Hydrogen peroxide, allotropy of sulphur, sulphuric acid. Oxides of sulphur.

8. Group VII Elements. Manufacture and uses of Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine, Hydrochloric acid. Bleaching powder.

10. Metallurgical Processes : General Methods of extraction of metals with specific reference to copper, iron, aluminium, silver, gold, zinc and lead. Common alloys of these metals; Nickel and manganese steels.

1. Tetrahedral nature of carbon, Hybridisation and sigma pie bonds and their relative strength. Single and multiple bonds. Shapes of molecules. Geometrical and optical isomerism.

2. General methods of preparation, properties and reaction of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, Petroleum and its refining. Its uses as fuel.

Aromatic hydrocarbons : Resonance and aromaticity. Benzene and Naphthalene and their analogues. Aromatic substitution reactions.

3. Halogen derivatives : Chloroform, Carbon Tetrachloride, Chlorobenzene, D.D.T. and Gammexane.

4. Hydroxy Compounds : Preparation, properties and uses of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary alcohols, Methanol, Ethanol, Glycerol and Phenol, Substitution reaction at aliphatic carbon atom.

6. Aldehydes and ketones : Formaldehyde, Acetaldehyde, Benzaldehyde, acetone, acetophenone.

7. Nitro compounds amines: Nitrobenzene TNT, Anlline, Diazonium Compounds, Azodyes.

8. Carboxylic acid : Formic, acetic, denezoic and salicylic acids, acetyl salicylic acid.

10. Polymers : Polythene, Teflon, Perpex, Artificial Rubber, Nylon and polyester fibers.

11. Nonstructural treatment of Carbohydrates, Fats and Lipids, amino acids and proteins - Vitamins and hormones.

1. Algebra :

Concept of a set, Union and Intersection of sets, Complement of a set, Null set, Universal set and Power set, Venn diagrams and simple applications. Cartesian product of two sets, relation and mapping - examples, Binary operation on a set - examples.

Representation of real numbers on a line. Complex numbers: Modulus, Argument, Algebraic operations on complex numbers. Cube roots of unity. Binary system of numbers, Conversion of a decimal number to a binary number and vice-versa. Arithmetic, Geometric and Harmonic progressions. Summation of series involving A.P., G.P., and H.P.. Quadratic equations with real co-efficients. Quadratic expressions: extreme values. Permutation and Combination, Binomial theorem and its applications.

Matrices and Determinants: Types of matrices, equality, matrix addition and scalar multiplication - properties. Matrix multiplication - non-commutative and distributive property over addition. Transpose of a matrix, Determinant of a matrix. Minors and Co-factors. Properties of determinants. Singular and non-singular matrices. Adjoint and Inverse of a square-matrix, Solution of a system of linear equations in two and three variables-elimination method, Cramers rule and Matrix inversion method (Matrices with m rows and n columns where m, n less than equal to 3 are to be considered).

Idea of a Group, Order of a Group, Abelian group. Identitiy and inverse elements-Illustration by simple examples.

2. Trigonometry :

Addition and subtraction formulae, multiple and sub-multiple angles. Products and factoring formulae. Inverse trigonometric functions - Domains, Ranges and Graphs. DeMoivre's theorem, expansion of Sin n0 and Cos n0 in a series of multiples of Sines and Cosines. Solution of simple trigonometric equations. Applications: Heights and Distance.

3. Analytic Geometry (two dimensions)

Rectangular Cartesian. Coordinate system, distance between two points, equation of a straight line in various forms, angle between two lines, distance of a point from a line. Transformation of axes. Pair of straight lines, general equation of second degree in x and y - condition to represent a pair of straight lines, point of intersection, angle between two lines. Equation of a circle in standard and in general form, equations of tangent and normal at a point, orthogonality of two cricles. Standard equations of parabola, ellipse and hyperbola - parametric equations, equations of tangent and normal at a point in both cartesian and parametric forms.

4. Differential Calculus

Concept of a real valued function - domain, range and graph. Composite functions, one to one, onto and inverse functions, algebra of real functions, examples of polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions. Notion of limit, Standard limits - examples. Continuity of functions - examples, algebraic operations on continuous functions. Derivative of a function at a point, geometrical and physical interpretation of a derivative - applications. Derivative of sum, product and quotient of functions, derivative of a function with respect to another function, derivative of a composite function, chain rule. Second order derivatives. Rolle's theorem (statement only), increasing and decreasing functions. Application of derivatives in problems of maxima, minima, greatest and least values of a function.

5. Integral Calculus and Differential equations :

Integral Calculus : Integration as inverse of differentiation, integration by substitution and by parts, standard integrals involving algebraic expression, trigonometric, exponential and hyperbolic functions. Evaluation of definite integrals-determination of areas of plane regions bounded by curves - applications.

Differential equations : Definition of order and degree of a differential equation, formation of a differential equation by examples. General and particular solution of a differential equation, solution of first order and first degree differential equation of various types - examples. Solution of second order homogeneous differential equation with constant co-efficients.

6. Vectors and its applications :

Magnitude and direction of a vector, equal vectors, unit vector, zero vector, vectors in two and three dimensions, position vector. Multiplication of a vector by a scalar, sum and difference of two vectors, Parallelogram law and triangle law of addition. Multiplication of vectors - scalar product or dot product of two vectors, perpendicularity, commutative and distributive properties. Vector product or cross product of two vectors - its properties, unit vector perpendicular to two given vectors. Scalar and vector triple products. Equations of a line, plane and sphere in vector form - simple problems. Area of a triangle, parallelogram and problems of plane geometry and trigonometry using vector methods. Work done by a force and moment of a force.

7. Statistics and probability :

Statistics : Frequency distribution, cumulative frequency distribution - examples. Graphical representation - Histogram, frequency polygon - examples. Measure of central tendency - mean, median and mode. Variance and standard deviation - determination and comparison. Correlation and regression.

Probability : Random experiment, outcomes and associated sample space, events, mutually exclusive and exhaustive events, impossible and certain events. Union and Intersection of events. Complementary, elementary and composite events. Definition of probability : classical and statistical - examples. Elementary theorems on probability - simple problems. Conditional probability, Bayes' theorem - simple problems. Random variable as function on a sample space. Binomial distribution, examples of random experiments giving rise to Binomial distribution.

Each candidate will be interviewed by a Board who will have before them a record of his career both academic and extramural. They will be asked questions on matters of general interest. Special attention will be paid to assessing their potential qualities of leadership, initiative and intellectual curiosity, tact and other social qualities, mental and physical energy, power of practical application and integrity of character.

APPENDIX – II

REGULATIONS FOR THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE INDIAN RAILWAY SERVICE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

These regulations are published for the convenience of candidates and in order to enable them to ascertain the probability of their coming up to required Physical Standard. The regulations are also intended to provide guidelines to the medical examiners and a candidate who does not satisfy the minimum requirements prescribed in the regulations cannot be declared fit by the medical examiners. However, wile holding that a candidate is not fit according to the norms laid down in these regulations, it would be permissible for a Medical Board to recommended to the Government of India for reasons specifically recorded in writing that he may be admitted to service without disadvantage to Governments.

2(a). It should, however, be clearly understood that the government of India reserve to themselves absolute discretion to reject or accept any candidate after considering the report of the Medical Board.

2(b). The medical examination shall be conducted only of the candidates who are declared finally qualified by the UPSC on the basis of Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination, 2010. A communication for medical examination will be issued by the Ministry of Railways to the candidates individually at the address for communication indicated by them to the UPSC. In case any candidate does not receive such communication from the Ministry of Railways within 21 days from the date of declaration of final results, he/she shall get in touch with them to have the date of medical examination. Failure to do so within 21 days from the date of declaration of final result, will forfeit his/her claim for medical examination and thereby allotment on the basis of Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination, 2010.

1. To be passed as fit for appointment a candidate must be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of the duties of his appointment.

2(a) In the matter of the correlation of age, height and chest girth of candidates of Indian (including, Anglo-Indian) race, it is left to the Medical Board to use whatever correlation figures are considered most suitable as a guide in the examination of the candidates. If there be any disproportion with regard to height, weight and chest girth the candidate should be hospitalised for investigation and X-ray of the chest taken before the candidate is declared fit or not fit by the Board.

(b) However the minimum standards for height and chest girth without which candidates cannot be accepted are as follows:

The minimum height prescribed is relaxable in case of candidate belonging to Scheduled Tribes and to race such as Gorkhas, Garhwalees, Assamese, Nagaland Tribes, etc. whose average height is distinctly lower.

He will remove his shoes and be placed against the standard with his feet together and the weight thrown on the heels and not on toes or other sides of the feet. He will stand erect without rigidity and the heels claves, buttocks and shoulders touching the standard; the chin will be depressed to bring the vertex of the head level under the horizontal bar and the height will be recorded in centimeters and parts of centimeters to halves.

He will be made to stand erect, with his feet together and to raise his arms over his head. The tape will be so adjusted round the chest that its upper edge-touches the interior angles of the shoulders blade behind and lies in same horizontal plane when the tape is taken round the chest. The arms will then be lowered to hang loosely by the side and care will be taken that the shoulders are not thrown upwards or backwards so as to displace the tape. The candidate will then be directed to take a deep inspiration several time and the maximum expansion of the chest will be carefully noted and the minimum and maximum will then be recorded in centimeters, thus 84 – 89, 86 – 93, etc. In recording the measurements fraction of less than half a centimeter should not be noted.

N.B. The height and chest of the candidate should be measured twice before coming to a final decision.

5. The candidate will also be weighed and his weight recorded in Kilograms fraction of half kilogram should not be noted.

6. The candidate’s eye-sight will be tested in accordance with the following rules. The result of each test will be recorded.

(i) General – The candidate’s eye will be subjected to a general examination directed to the detection of any disease or abnormality. The candidate will be rejected if he suffers from any squint or morbid conditions of eyes, eye lids or contiguous structure of such a sort as to render or are likely at a future date to render him unfit for service.

(ii) Visual Acuity – The examination for determining the acuteness of vision includes two tests, one for distant, the other for near vision. Each eye will be examined separately.

There shall be no limit for maximum naked eye vision but the naked eye vision of the candidate shall however, be recorded by the Medical Board or other medical authority in every case, as it will furnish the basic information in regard to the condition of the eye.

The candidate will be examined with the apparatus and in accordance with the method prescribed by the Railway Board’s Standing Advisory Committee of Medical Officers, to determine his acuity of vision.

N.B. No candidate will be accepted for appointment whose standard of vision does not come upto requirement specified below: -

The candidate’s eye sight will be tested in accordance with the following rules: -

(c) In every case of myopia fundus examination should be carried out and the results recorded. In the event of any pathological condition being present which is likely to be progressive and effect the efficiency of the candidate. He shall be declared unfit.

Radial keratotomy/lasik surgery shall be considered as a disqualification for this service.

The testing of colour vision is compulsory and the result should be normal in respect of all candidates. Satisfactory colour vision constitutes recognition of signal red, green and yellow colours with ease and without hesitation. Both the Ishihara’s plates and Edridge’s Green Lantern shall be used for testing colour vision.

Colour perception should be graded into higher and lower grades depending upon the size of the aperture in the lantern as described below: -

The field of vision shall be tested in respect of all Services by the confrontation method. Where such test gives unsatisfactory or doubtful results, the field of vision should be determined on the perimeter.

Night Blindness need not be tested as a routine, but only in special case. No standard test for the testing of night blindness or dark adaptation is prescribed. The Medical Board should be given the discretion to improvise such rough test e.g. recording of visual acuity with reduced illumination or by making the candidate recognize various objects in a darkened rooms after he has been there for 20 to 30 minutes. Candidate’s own statements should not always be relied upon, but they should be given due consideration.

(a) Any organic disease or a progressive refractive error which is likely to result in lowering the visual acuity should be considered as a disqualification.

(b) Squint – The presence of binocular vision is essential. Squint even if the visual acuity is of the prescribed standard, should be considered as a disqualification.

During the medical examination of the candidate, the use of contact lenses is not to be allowed. It is necessary that when conducting eye test the illumination of the type letters for distant vision should have an illumination of 15 feet candles.

It shall be open to government to relax any one of the conditions in favour of any candidate for special reasons.

The rough method of calculating normal maximum systolic pressure is as follows: -

(i) With young subjects 15-25 years of age the average is about 100 plus the age.

(ii) With subjects over 25 years of age the general rule of 110 plus half the age seems quite satisfactory.

N.B. – As a general rule any systolic system over 140 mm and diastolic over 90 mm should be regarded as suspicious and the candidate should be hospitalised by the Board before giving their final opinion regarding the candidate’s fitness or otherwise. The hospitalization report should indicate whether the rise in blood pressure is of a transient nature due to excitement, etc. or whether it is due to any organic disease. In all such cases X-Ray and electracardiographic examination of heart and blood urea a clearance test should be done as a routine. The final decision as to fitness or otherwise of a candidate will however, rest with the Medical Board only.

The mercury manometer type of instrument should be used as a rule. The measurement should not be taken within fifteen minutes of any exercise of excitement. Provided the patient and particularly his arm is relaxed he may be either lying or sitting. The arm is supported comfortably at the patients side in a more or less horizontal position. The arm should be freed from clothes to the shoulder. The cuff completely deflated, should be applied with the middle of the rubber over the inner side of the arm and its lower edge an inch or two above the bend of the elbow. The following turns of cloth bandage should spread evenly over the bag to avoid bulging during inflation.

The brachial artery is located by palpitation at the bend, of the elbow and the stethoscope is then applied lightly and centrally over it below, but not in contact with the cuff. The cuff is inflated to about 200 mm. Hg, and then slowly deflated. the level at which the column stands when soft successive sounds are heard represents the Systolic Pressure. When more air is allowed to escape the sounds will be heard to increase in intensity. The level at which well-heard clear sound change to soft muffled fading sounds, represents the diastolic pressure. The measurement should be taken in a fairly brief period of time as prolonged pressure of the cuff is irritating to the patient and will vitiate the readings. Rechecking, if necessary, should be done only a few minutes after complete deflation of the cuff. (Sometimes, as the cuff is deflated sound are heard at a certain level they may disappear as pressure falls and reappear at a still lower level. This Silent Gap may cause error in reading).

8. The urine (passed in the presence of the examiner) should be examined and the result recorded. Where a Medical Board finds Sugar present in a candidate’s urine by the usual chemical tests, the Board will proceed with the examination with all its other aspects and will also specially note any signs or symptoms suggestive of the diabetes. If, except for the glycosuria the Board finds the candidate conforms to the standards of medical fitness require they may pass the candidate “fit subject to the glycosuria being non-diabetic” and the Board will refer the case to a specified specialist in Medicine who has hospital and laboratory facilities at his disposal. The Medical Specialists will carry out whatever examinations, clinical and laboratory he considers necessary including a standard blood sugar tolerance test and will submit his opinion to the Medical Board upon which the Medical Board will base its final opinion “fit” or “unfit”. The candidate will not be required to appear in person before the Board on the second occasion. to exclude the effects of medication it may be necessary to retain a candidate for several days in hospital, under strict supervision.

9. A women candidate who as a result of tests is found to be pregnant of 12 weeks standing or over should be declared temporarily unfit till the confinement is over. She should be re-examined for a fitness certificate six weeks after the date of confinement subject to the production of a medical certificate of fitness from a registered medical practitioner.

(a) that the candidate’s hearing in each ear is good and that there is no sign of disease of the ear. In case hearing is defective the candidate should be got examined by an Ear Specialist, provided that, if the defect is of a temporary nature, remediable by operation but without the use of Hearing Aid, and provided further that the candidate has no progressive disease in the ear, he can be declared fit. The following are the guidelines for the medical examination authorities in this regard: -

(ii) Perceptive deafness both ears in which Unfit for appointment as Special Class

(iii) Perforation of tympanic membranes of Any unhealed perforation of eardrum would

(v) Persistently discharging ear operated/ Temporarily unfit for both technical and non-

(vi) Chronic inflammatory/allergic condition (i) A decision will be taken as per circumstances of

(vii) Chronic inflammatory conditions of (i) Chronic inflammatory conditions of tonsils,

(viii) Benign or locally malignant tumours (i) Benign tumours – Temporarily unfit.

(x) Congential defects of ear, nose (i) If not interfering with function – Fit

(c) that his/her teeth are in good order and that he/she is provided with dentures where necessary for effective mastication (well-filled teeth will be considered as sound).

(d) that the chest is will formed and his/her chest expansion sufficient and that his/her heart and lungs are sound.

(h) that his/her limbs, hands and feet are well-formed and developed that there is free and perfect motion of all his/her joints;

(k) that he/she does not bears traces of acute or chronic disease pointing to an impaired constitution;

11. Radiographic examination of the chest for detecting any abnormality of the heart and lungs, which may not be apparent by ordinary physical examination will be restricted to only such candidates who are declared finally successful at the Special Class Railway Apprentices’ Examination.

“The decision of the Chairman of the Central Standing Medical Board (conducting the medical examination of the concerned candidate) about the fitness of the candidate shall be final”.

When any defect is found it must be noted in the Certificate and the medical examiner should state his opinion whether or not it is likely to interfere with the efficient performance of the duties which will be required of the candidate.

Note (a): Candidates are warned that there is no right of appeal against the findings of a Medical Board, special or standing appointed to determine their fitness for the above Service. If, however, Government are satisfied on the evidence produced before them of the possibility of an error of judgement in the decision of the first Medical Board, it is open to Government to allow an appeal to a second Medical Board, such evidence should be submitted within 15 days of the date of the communication in which the decision of the first Medical Board is communicated to the candidate, otherwise no request for an appeal to a second Medical Board will be considered.

If any medical certificate is produced by a candidate as a piece of evidence about the possibility of an error of judgement in the decision of the first Board the certificate will not be taken into consideration unless it contains a note by the medical practitioner concerned to the effect that it has been given in full knowledge of the fact that the candidate has already been rejected as unfit for service by the Medical Board.

Note (b): No appeal would be preferred after Appellate Medical Board and the decision of the Appellate Medical Board would be final.

1. The standard of physical fitness to be adopted should make due allowance for the age and length of service, of any of the candidate concerned.

2. No person will be deemed qualified for admission to the public service who shall not satisfy Government or the appointing authority as the case may be, that he has no disease, constitutional affliction or bodily infirmity unfitting him, or likely to unfit him for that service.

3. It should be understood that the question of fitness involves the future as well as the present and that one of the main objects of the medical examination is to secure continuous effective service, and in the case of candidates for permanent appointment to prevent early pension or payments in case of premature death. It is the same time to be noted that the question is one of the likelihood of continuous effective service, and that rejection of a candidate need not be advised on account of the presence of a defect which is only a small proportion of cases is found to interfere with continuous effective service.

4. A lady doctor will be co-opted as a member of the Medical Board whenever a woman candidate is to be examined.

6. In case where a candidate is declared unfit for appointment in the Government Service. the grounds for rejection may be communicated by the appointing authority to the candidate in broad terms without giving minute details regarding the defects pointed out by the Medical Board.

7. In cases where a Medical Board considers that minor disability disqualifying a candidate for Government service can be cured by treatment (medical or surgical) a statement to that effect should be recorded by the Medical Board.

There is no objection to a candidate being informed of the Board’s opinion to this effect by the appointing authority and when a cure has been effected it will be open to the authority concerned to ask for another Medical Board.

The candidate must make the statement required below prior to the Medical Examination and must sign the Declaration appended thereto. His attention should be specially directed to the warning contained in the Note below: -

or suppuration of glands, Spitting of blood, ............................................

requiring confinement to bed and medical .............................................

with consumption, scrofula gout, asthma, .........................................

6. Have you suffered from any form of nervousness ..........................................

9. If answer to the above is yes, please state what service/services you were examined for?

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12. Result of the Medical Board’s examination if communicated to you or if known.

13. All the above answers are to the best of my knowledge and belief, true and correct and I shall be liable for action under law for any material infirmity in the information furnished by me or suppression of relevant material information. The furnishing of false information or suppression of any factual information would be a disqualification and is likely to render me unfit for employment under the Government. If the fact that false information has been furnished or that there has been suppression of any factual information comes to notice at any time during my service, my services would be liable to be terminated.

Thin..................average......................obese...........................

when...............................any recent change in weight..........................................

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4. Ears: Inspection ....................Hearing...................................

Right Ear .................................. Left Ear..................................

5. Glands ..................................... Thyroid...................................

6. Condition of teeth ....................................................................

7. Respiratory System : Does physical examination reveal anything abnormal in the respiratory organs.

Diastolic ............................. Systolic ...................................

9. Abdomen Girth ............................... Tenderness .........................

(a) Palpable : Lever .......................... Spleen .....................Kidneys ......................

(b) Haemorrhoid ................................. Fistula ....................................

13. Is there anything in the health of the candidate likely to render him unfit for the efficient discharge of his duties in the service for which he is a candidate?

Note: In case of a female candidate, if it is found that she is pregnant of 12 weeks standing or over she should be declared temporarily unfit vide regulation 9.

14. For which services has (the candidate been examined and found in all respects qualified for the efficient and continuous discharge of his duties and for which of them is he considered unfit).

Note: (I) The Board should record their findings under one of the following three categories:

Note: (II) The candidate has not undergone chest X-Ray test. In view of this, the above findings are not final and are subject to the report on chest X-Ray test.

Note: The Board should record their findings under one of the following three categories in respect of chest X-Ray test of the candidate.

APPENDIX – III

Conditions of Apprenticeship for Special Class Apprentices selected through the examination.

The terms and conditions of Apprenticeship will be as set out in the form of agreement prescribed in the Indian Railway Establishment Manual, brief particulars of which are given below:

1. A candidate offered appointment as a Special Class Railway Apprentice shall execute an agreement in prescribed from binding himself and one surely jointly and severally, to refund, in the event of his failing to complete training as Special Class Railway Apprentice or to accept the service as an officer on probation in the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers, if offered to him to the satisfaction of the Government, any money paid to him and any other money expended by Government on him, the Government being the exclusive judge of the quantum of such expense.

The apprentices will be liable to undergo practical and theoretical training of 4 years in first instance under an indenture binding them, to serve on the Indian Railways on the completion of their training, If their service are required. The continuance of apprenticeship from year to year will depend on satisfactory reports being received from the authorities under whom it apprentices may be working. If at any time during his apprenticeship, any apprentice does not satisfy the superior authorities that he is making good progress he will be liable to be discharged from the apprenticeship.

Note: The Government of India may at their discretion alter or modify the periods and courses of training.

2. The practical and theoretical training referred to above will be given in a Railway Workshop for four years of their apprenticeship. Special Class Railway Apprentices must pass within this period the Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (Ranchi). The apprentices will be granted a stipend of Rs. 9100/- per month during the 1st and 2nd years and Rs. 9400/- per month during the 3rd year and first six months of 4th year and Rs 9700 for last six months of 4th year. During the Apprenticeship, the candidates will be required to undergo both theoretical and practical training. There will be in all Eight semester Examinations passing each of which compulsory. If unsuccessful at any of these examination, they will be depending on their performance, be asked to sit for and pass in supplementary examination or reverted to the next lower batch or removed from apprenticeship.

Note: Except at provided for in paragraph 4 below or in cases of discharge or dismissal due to insubordination, intemperance or other misconduct or breach of agreement 9 weeks notice of discharge from apprenticeship will be given.

3. After the completion of the 4th year of training referred to in paragraph 2 above, the apprentices will be listed in order of merit on the results of the examination held and the reports on the apprentices received during the period of apprenticeship. Successful apprentices will be appointed on probation for 18 months in the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers.

Note: An apprentice will be considered to have obtained the qualifying standard if he/she obtains a minimum of 40 per cent marks in the aggregate in all the examinations held during the Eight Semester Examination of his/her training and 60 percent marks in the reports of the Director Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Jamalpur and of the Ch9ief Works Manager, Jamalpur Workshop provided that in each of the Eight Semester Examination he/she has obtained a minimum of 40 percent marks in the aggregate and minimum of 40 percent marks in all the subjects.

4. Unsuccessful apprentices will be discharged from their apprenticeship, one month’s notice of discharge being given along with the intimation that the apprentice has been unsuccessful.

5. After successful completion of 4 years apprenticeship the apprentices will be appointed as probationers in the Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers subject to the proviso below para I in Appendix IV. Particulars as to pay and general conditions of service for officers of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers have been given in Appendix IV.

APPENDIX – IV

1. The period of probation will be 18 months. The appointment and pay as probationers will commence from (a) the data of completion of 4 years of the apprenticeship or (b) the actual date of completion of training whichever is later.

Provided however, that those Special Class Apprentices who could not pass Bachelor of Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (Ranching within 4 years of their apprenticeship will be deemed to have been appointed as probationers only from the date when they pass in full in all the Eight Semester.

Note: (i) The retention in service of probationers and the grant of annual increments are subject to satisfactory reports on their work being received at the end of each year of probation.

(ii) The services of a probationer may be terminated on three months notice on either side.

2. During the 1st and 2nd year of probation they will be sent to one or more of the Indian Railways for undergoing training in accordance with the Syllabus prescribed for the purpose as modified from time to time. The probationers may also be required to attend after working hours, a technical college of special lectures on Engineering subjects. They will be given an oral test at the end of each phase of training during these two years of training and at the end of the 2nd year, will be given a written test to be conducted jointly by the Chief Mechanical Engineer and the Chief Operating Superintendent of the Railway to which they are posted, on the training received by the probationers during the period. The qualifying marks at this test will be 50 percent.

3. During the probationary period they will have to attend a prescribed course of training in the Railway Staff College Baroda and to qualify in the test held in the College. The test in the College is compulsory and a second chance in the event of failure, will not be given except in exceptional circumstances and provided the record of the officers is such as to justify such relaxation being made. Failure to pass the test may involve the termination of service, and in any case the officers will not be confirmed till they pass the test their period of training and/or probation being extended as necessary. Before the end of the second year of probation, they will be required to undergo a departmental examination which will include Accounting and Estimating, General and Subsidiary Rules Factory Act, Workmen’s Compensation Act, ability to handle labour and general application to work or works on which each Officer is engaged while on probation. They will be required to pass the departmental examination within the second year of the probationary period. Failure to pass the examination may result in termination of service and will in any case, involve stoppage of increments in case where the probationary period has to be extended for failing to pass any or all the departmental examination within the stipulated period on their passing the departmental examination and being confirmed after the expiry of extended period of probation the drawl of the first and subsequent increments will be regulated by the Rules and Orders in force from time to time. It must be noted that a second chance to pass any examination will as a rule not be given except under exceptional circumstances and only provided the other record of the candidate during the period of his training is such as to justify such relaxation being made.

Note: The period of training and the period of probation against a working post may be modified at the discretion of Government. If the period of training is extended in any case due to the training not having been completed satisfactory, the total period of probation will be correspondingly extended.

4. Probationers should have already passed or should pass during the period of probation an examination in Hindi in the Devanagari script of an approved standard. The examination may be the “PRAVEEN” Hindi Examination which is conducted by the Directorate of Education, Delhi or one of the equivalent Examination recognised by the Central Government.

No probationary officer can be confirmed or his pay in the time scale raised to Rs. 8550.00 per month unless he fulfils this requirement and failure to do so will involve liability to termination of service. No exemption can be granted.

5. Any person appointed to the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers shall, if so required, be liable to serve in any defence Service of post connected with the Defence of India for a period of not less than four years including the period spent on training, if any;

(a) shall not be required to serve as a foresaid after the expiry of ten years from the date of appointment as probationers;

(b) shall not ordinarily be required to serve as aforesaid after attaining the age of forty years.

(b) shall subscribe to the State Railway Non-Contributory Provident Fund under the Rules of that Fund, as applicable to Railway Servants appointed on the date they join service.

7. Pay will commence from the date of joining service as a probationer, Service for increments will also count from the same date subject to paragraph above. Particulars as to pay are contained in paragraph 10 of this Appendix.

8. Officers required under these regulations shall be eligible for leave in accordance with the rules for the time being in force applicable to officers of Indian Railway.

9. Officers will ordinarily be employed throughout their service on the Railway to which they may be posted on first appointment and will have no claim as a matter of right to transfer to some other Railway but the Government of India reserve the right to transfer such officers in the exigencies of service, to any other Railway or Project in or out of India. Officers will be liable to serve in the Stores Department of Indian Railways if and when called upon to do so.

10. The following are the rate of pay of present admissible to officers appointed to Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers.

Note: 1. Probationary officers will start on the minimum of the junior scale and will count their service for increment from the date of joining. They will, however, the required to pass any departmental examination or examination that may be prescribed before their pay can be raised from Rs. 8275.00 p.m. to Rs. 8550.00 p.m. in the time scale.

Note: 2 Increment from Rs. 8275.00 to Rs. 8550.00 will be stopped if they fail to pass departmental examinations within the first two years of the training and probationary period. In cases where the training period has to be extended for failure to pass all the departmental examinations within the stipulated period, on their passing the departmental examination after expiry of the extended period of training their pay from the date following on which the last examination ends, will be fixed at the stage, in the time scale, which they would have otherwise attained but no arrears of pay would be allowed to them. In such cases the date of future increments will no e affected.

11. The increment will be given for approved services only and in accordance with the rules of the Department.

12. Promotion to the Administrative grades are dependent on the occurrence of vacancies in the sanctioned establishment and are made wholly by selection, mere seniority does not confer any claim for such promotion.

RULES

APPENDIX – II

APPENDIX – III

APPENDIX – IV

Aryan Classes