Saturday, February 5, 2011

NON TEACHING SYLLABUS -FOR CLERK EXAMINATION

For the Post of Clerk
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Preliminary Screening Examination: The questions in the Preliminary Screening
Examination will be ‘Objective Multiple Choice Type’ on (i) General Knowledge and
Current Affairs (20 marks) (ii) General Intelligence and Simple Arithmetic (10 marks).
Each question will carry 1/2 (Half) mark and the paper will be of 01 (One) Hour’s
duration. Candidates will be required to qualify in each of the tests separately. The
Commission will have full discretion to fix the minimum qualifying marks in each test
separately or cumulatively. The Questions will be set in Bengali and English versions.
General Knowledge & Current Affairs: Questions will be designed to test the
candidate’s general knowledge of the environment around him and its application
to society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and
of such matters of every day observation and experience in their scientific aspects
as may be expected of an educated person. The test will also include questions
relating to India and other Countries, especially pertaining to Sports, History,
Literature, Culture, and Geography, Economic Scene, Polity, Indian Constitution
and Scientific Research etc.
General Intelligence & Simple Arithmetic: The syllabus for General
Intelligence would include questions of both verbal and non verbal type. The test
may include questions on analogies, similarities, differences, space visualization,
problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory,
discrimination observation, relationship, concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal
and figure classification, arithmetical number series etc. The test will also include
questions designed to test the candidates' abilities to deal with abstract ideas, any
symbols and their relationships, arithmetical computations and other analytical
functions.
Written Examination: The questions in the Written Examination will be on (i) General
English (20 marks) and (ii) Arithmetic (10 marks). The Test will be of 01 (One) Hour’s
duration. Candidates will be required to qualify in each of the tests separately. The
Commission will have full discretion to fix the minimum qualifying marks in each test
separately or cumulatively. The Questions will be set in Bengali and English versions.
General English: Candidates’ understanding of the fundamentals of the English
Language such as Vocabulary, Grammar, Sentence Structure, Synonyms,
Antonyms and its correct usage etc. would be tested. Questions on paragraph/
writing, report writing/ letter writing, Translation into English from the Language of
Medium of Instruction applied for may be included.
Arithmetic: Questions of this component will cover number system including
questions on simplification, decimals, Recurring Decimals, Divisibility, fractions,
LCM, HCF, Partnership, Average, Ratio and proportion, percentage, profit and loss,
discount, simple and compound interest, time and work, time and distance.
Typing skill using Computer and Computer Proficiency: It will be tested during
Personality Test, for the persons those who will qualify in the Written Examination and
qualify for the Personality Test. The desired minimum typing speed for qualifying the
Typing skill using computer is 20 words per minutes (in English). The typewriting test
will consist of one paper of running matter of 05 minutes duration

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