UPMRC Station Controller Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

Each question carries equal marks, but the advertisement doesn't say how many, so the maximum score isn't published. There's no section-wise split either.

Stages

1. CBT.
2. Psycho Aptitude Test at Lucknow. It's qualifying only, and sixteen times the vacancies are called, category by category. SCTO is the only post in the notice with this stage.
3. Iris verification, documents and medical for those who pass and rank high enough.

Your iris is scanned at the CBT (fingerprints if that fails) and checked again at every later stage. A mismatch at any point disqualifies you, and there's no other method of verifying you. UPMRC can also add an extra written stage if it needs to.

The advertisement names five areas: English, General Awareness, Logical Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and knowledge of the discipline. The general four have no further breakdown. The discipline half has its own post-wise syllabus, headed Electrical / Electronics and Telecommunication:

It's a diploma-level syllabus, broad rather than deep. Control Systems and Generation, Transmission and Distribution take the most space. The psycho aptitude test has no syllabus.

Qualification

A three year engineering diploma in Electrical, Electronics or Electronics and Telecommunication, or equivalent, from a government recognised university or institute: 60 per cent for UR, EWS and OBC vacancies, 50 per cent for SC and ST. You must hold it by the closing date.

A B.E., B.Tech or B.Sc without a diploma in the relevant discipline is not eligible.

Age

21 to 28 on 1 March 2024. Relaxations, for UP domiciles only:

• SC, ST and OBC of UP: 5 years, for reserved posts only. Use it and you're counted only against a reserved post.
• Ex-servicemen of UP: service plus 3 years, up to 40, retired on or before 1 March 2024.
• UPMRC employees with 3 years' continuous service: up to 40 for UR and 45 for OBC, SC and ST.

Reservation is for UP domiciles only

If you're not originally domiciled in Uttar Pradesh, you're treated as unreserved. To claim any reservation you need a UP domicile certificate in the UP Government format. Women, ex-servicemen and dependants of freedom fighters of UP are horizontal categories. You get only one concession, whichever helps most. For a woman candidate, only a caste or domicile certificate from the father's side is valid. An OBC (NCL) certificate must be issued within one year of the closing date.

Medical

SCTO needs A-1 under the Indian Railway Medical Manual, including naked vision of 6/6. Candidates who have had Lasik surgery can't apply for SCTO; Lasik is allowed only for the non-technical executive and assistant posts. Fail the medical and your candidature is cancelled, with no alternative job offered.

You sit the CBT on your own declaration. If anything turns out false or doesn't meet the rules, you're out, even after appointment. Government, PSU or autonomous body employees need an NOC at document verification.

The CBT ranks you. The psycho aptitude test only qualifies you. Then come iris verification, documents and the A-1 medical.

The psycho aptitude shortlist was drawn at 1:16 for the 155 vacancies, applying UP's vertical and horizontal reservation. After the objection window UPMRC revised the key and gave full marks to everyone for every question it found ambiguous. The final result then named those called for documents and medical, and a T-Score for SCTO was published on the portal.

Passing the CBT or being shortlisted gives no right to a job. Joining depends on UPMRC's project needs and a character and antecedents check. The merit list is valid for two years, extendable by one, and can be used for new UPMRC projects or other metro operations.

Pay is on the IDA (Industrial DA) pattern, plus the Corporation's perks and benefits. SCTO shares the Junior Engineer scale:

What joining costs

• The three years exclude leave without pay or extraordinary leave. Resigning needs three months' notice or pay in lieu, and the Corporation can refuse a resignation.
• Break the bond and it's forfeited. If you move to another government body, PSU or the Railways through proper channel, UPMRC won't transfer the bond; you pay it.
• Probation is two years including training. After that you're likely to be confirmed as permanent.

You may be posted anywhere in India.

Apply online only, through upmetrorail.com, Careers. Don't post anything unless asked. In 2024 registration ran from 20 March to 19 April 2024.

Bank and gateway charges are extra. The fee is non-refundable. Pay through the SBI gateway by UPI, net banking, RuPay debit card or credit card; no drafts, cheques or postal orders. You can apply for more than one post with a separate fee for each, but the tests may fall on different days in different cities.

Uploads

• Recent colour photo on a white background and a signature, each under 80 KB, JPG only. Swap them and you won't be let into the test.
• A handwritten declaration in your own hand, in English only, in the text the advertisement gives. Otherwise the application is invalid.

You get a preview before submitting. After that, no changes.

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited, formerly Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation, is a joint venture of the Government of India and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, based at Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow. It runs its own recruitment.

The 2024 advertisement covered Assistant Managers (executive), and Junior Engineers, SCTO, assistants and Maintainers (non-executive). All posts have a written test then documents and medical; only SCTO adds the psycho aptitude test. Assistant Managers of all posts must also train in train driving.

The SC/TO role is interchangeable as operations need: running metro trains, depot and operation control centres, customer care centres, and station upkeep. Junior Engineers can be deputed as SC/TO after training and passing the psychometric and medical tests.

The CBT was held in Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Basti and Sitapur, or any other UP city as needed. UPMRC can drop or add centres. The psycho aptitude test, document verification and medical are at Lucknow.

No travel costs are reimbursed for any stage or for joining. All dates and notices appear only on upmetrorail.com and its recruitment portal.

Watch UPMRC Careers for the next cycle; everything is announced there and nowhere else.

Admit cards and every later notice are on the recruitment portal linked from UPMRC Careers.

At the CBT, the psycho aptitude test and document verification, bring the admit card, one passport photo matching the one in your form, and an original photo ID (Aadhaar, passport, driving licence, voter ID, PAN or similar) matching the one you named in the form. If your exam-day photo doesn't match your form photo, you won't be let in.

After the CBT, UPMRC publishes the response key with a short, portal-only objection window (absentees can't object), then the score card, the cut-off notice, the psycho aptitude shortlist, and finally the result for documents and medical, with call letters and a T-Score. All are on the portal linked from UPMRC Careers.

A place on the result doesn't guarantee a job. Failing the medical means no alternative post, and false information found later ends your service.

UPMRC published the marks of the last candidate shortlisted in the CBT for the psycho aptitude test, by category (cut-off notice, NE 03):

The maximum mark isn't published, so read these as raw scores, not percentages. Small categories swing widely: ST had 5 vacancies against UR's 52, ex-servicemen 7 and dependants of freedom fighters 3, so their cut-offs track how many people applied rather than the paper. Women of UP, with 31 posts, sat at 91 to 93 across UR, OBC and SC. Full marks given for ambiguous questions lifted every score a little.

Check eligibility first. You need the diploma (a degree alone won't do), and the A-1 medical with naked 6/6 vision. Lasik rules you out of SCTO.

Don't guess blindly. Three wrong answers cancel one right one, and 140 questions in 2 hours is about 51 seconds each.

Work through the discipline syllabus. Give extra time to Control Systems (transfer functions, Mason's formula, root locus, Bode plots, non-linear behaviour) and to Generation, Transmission and Distribution (tariffs, faults, switchgear, HRC fuses, Buchholz relay, Merz-Price system, lightning arresters). Prepare the general half as a standard aptitude paper.

Use the official mock and the objection window. UPMRC puts a mock test on its recruitment portal. After the exam, check the response key and challenge errors; in 2024 UPMRC awarded full marks for every ambiguous question.

Get your paperwork exactly right. Matching photos, the English handwritten declaration, and a UP domicile certificate if you claim reservation.

Budget for joining: ₹41,300 training cost and a ₹1,50,000 bond.

No previous year papers are available for UPMRC SCTO. UPMRC doesn't keep a past-paper archive.

What it does publish, on the recruitment portal linked from UPMRC Careers, is a post-wise syllabus and a free mock test on the exam interface, and after the exam your own response key. The last advertisement came out in March 2024.

• UPMRC Careers, which links each cycle's recruitment portal (advertisement, exam cities, syllabus, mock, response key, score card, result, cut-off)
• Advertisement No. UPMRC/HR/Rectt/O&M/1/2024, 13 March 2024
• SCTO discipline syllabus
• Cut-off marks, Post Code NE 03
• Psycho aptitude test shortlist, SCTO
• Final result, SCTO

I have a B.Tech. Can I apply?

Not without a diploma in the relevant discipline.

What is the age limit?

21 to 28 on 1 March 2024, with 5 years' relaxation for SC, ST and OBC of UP on reserved posts.

Is there negative marking?

Yes, one third of a mark per wrong answer.

What was the cut-off?

In 2024: 214 for UR, 172 for OBC, 128 for SC, 47 for EWS and 18 for ST. The maximum mark isn't published.

How many are called for the psycho aptitude test?

Sixteen times the vacancies, so roughly 2,480 for 155 posts. It's qualifying and adds no marks.

I've had Lasik surgery. Can I apply?

Not for SCTO.

Do I need a UP domicile certificate?

Only to claim reservation. Without UP domicile you're treated as unreserved.

What does joining cost?

₹41,300 non-refundable training cost before joining, and a ₹1,50,000 bond for three years' service.

Is the post permanent?

After two years' probation you're likely to be confirmed as permanent.